Sunday, June 30, 2013

Iris is now very good at getting one arm out of the swaddle while she sleeps. I guess she is getting more comfortable with being free which is good because with the weather being so hot recently, it could get really uncomfortable being swaddled so tightly.

Naptime. Leaning tower of baby! There is that one arm again.

Simon had a big movie day today. He went to see Monsters University with daddy then also watched Despicable Me on TV. I am sure he is going to love Despicable Me 2. Sometimes when the TV is on, Simon will ignore everything else around him, including mommy taking pictures of him.

Soundly asleep with both arms up.

Goodnight everybody!

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Today we took a road trip to Monterey to visit the aquarium. Simon has been asking to go see the sharks and tuna fish. He also wanted to see angler fish but they are not on exhibit. It’s all because of a song called “slippery fish” that they sang at story time at the library.

However we were a bit late getting out of the house and had a somewhat long journey with some traffic. We had to stop a few times along the way to stretch our legs. Iris was fussy being in the car seat and had to get out to nurse so we made a gas station stop. Her happy face after filling her tummy.

Simon got a watermelon lollipop at the gas station.

We stopped at a place called Chopstix for lunch. I had the BBQ chicken banh mi for lunch. The meat was both spicy and heat-hot. Pretty good for $3.50.

Grandpa Chung played with Iris while we finished our meal.

We finally made it to the aquarium!

Simons favorite thing to see all day were the sharks. I personally was happy to see the turtle.

After the aquarium, we had a quick snack at Pinkberry. Simon had chocolate with strawberries, mochi, and chocolate crisps.

I tried the cucumber sunflower Greek yogurt which also had olive oil and chili pepper. Overall it was a bit bland and not too appetizing. Next time I will stick with something sweet.

We ended the day with dinner at Mama Chen’s in Santa Clara, yummy Taiwanese food. Ron was happy.

It was over 100 degrees in Walnut Creek today so I was glad to escape the heat as it was more than 20 degrees cooler in Monterey.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Whew! I am tired… this morning Ron went to a meet up with his saltwater fish tank aficionados so I spent the day with both kiddos. We managed to go to Target for some light shopping and then to McDonald’s for lunch. At Target, I couldn’t find one of those special shopping carts where there is a separate section for toddlers to sit so ended up having Simon sit in the shopping cart and carrying Iris in a sling. Then put the baby/toddler bag in the main compartment of the stroller which didn’t leave much room for the things we needed to buy. The bag we carry for both kids is the LARGE size classic messenger by Timbuk2. It’s huge compared to our previous bags but very roomy and easy to access stuff. There is also a bag organizer inside to make the bag have more compartments for smaller stuff. I’ll have to take a picture next time. It’s pretty heavy but convenient. Lucky for me, Iris didn’t get fussy until we got to McDonald’s. I had to eat my lunch while nursing her but eventually she fell asleep.

Simon fell asleep for his nap without too much fuss but Iris didn’t want to fall asleep in her own bed so I ended up having to hold her until she nodded off. She woke up briefly when Auntie Tiffany and Little Zoey came for a visit.

Iris easily fell asleep again while being held and eventually Simon woke up from his nap to have his snack. Recently we’ve been allowing him to get out of bed by himself and walk down the stairs. We used to have the door safety latch so he wouldn’t wander out of his room without us knowing. He seems more responsible now so less likely to run off and get into mischief.

Zoey and Simon having snack time together. Simon shared some of his strawberries with Zoey and enjoyed feeding her with smaller pieces that I cut up for her.

Ron made it back to cook dinner which was great because I did not have the energy to cook. Iris usually falls asleep for the night around 8:30-9pm but stayed up until 10pm tonight. Maybe overstimulated from our visitors’ voices. My little star.

Ouch. My arms and back are sore from carrying Iris, moving and lifting the car seat in and out of the car, and lugging around all our stuff. I’m looking forward to a good night’s rest. I hope Iris will cooperate 🙂