Day 168

I really like this picture, not sure why, just funny that Simon looks kind of PO’d… like, “why are you taking my picture? I just woke up!”.

OOTD and with a smile.

Fifteen minutes later when daddy realized he forgot to put on a bib.

A little tickle session with daddy:

Grandpa Chung fed Simon lunch today. NOM!

Here is the food we made for Simon. Mostly white corn and some yellow squash. This a mini brownie bite silicone mold, much cheaper than those specialty baby food silicone molds. Unfortunately, we won’t be feeding him these just yet. The yellow squash seems to cause Simon some stomach discomfort with digesting it so we’ll wait until next month or so to try again. For now, I’ve popped them out of the mold and put them in sealed plastic bags with proper labeling.

In the evening, I played with Simon and his toys. The shape sorter that Suanty gave us has a dome that we use as a bowl for his toys and also makes a great hard hat!

Simon had a little Simon (the chipmunk) for dinner…

Our friend Ken brought us some yummy pastries for breakfast tomorrow.

Can’t wait to dig in!

Day 167

Dirty mind. What were you thinking? Simon is playing with golf balls!

Uncle William gave these to us last night so that Simon could play with them. Since he seemed to really like those round pieces of fruit, he thought Simon would like golf balls and they’re not perishable.

Simon’s legs are getting stronger by using this jumper to exercise. It will play music when he moves, it stays quiet when he just stands there.

Simon practicing his professional photo pose. Looks a bit serious doesn’t he?

Now not so serious here. A good way to practice his stomach muscles though when he wants to get up. Assisted stomach crunches.

Another of Ron’s ways of keeping Simon occupied with his toys. Biggie Pooh to prevent Simon from toppling forward and the Boppy to prevent him from hitting the back of his head then all his toys in front of him so that they’ll stay there rather than being tossed around.

Lately Ron and Simon have been coming to pick me up after work. Usually Simon has had an exhausting day so is asleep in his car seat. I love his little chubby hand and fat wobbly cheeks. I tried to open his little fingers but his hands were clenched tight. I wonder what’s so stressful in his sleep that he can’t relax?

Here is Simon exercising his voice, talking to “da-da”.

I wonder when “ma-ma” will come…

Day 165

It feels like we’ve been really busy recently so we wanted to spend the day at home in San Francisco. Simon is sitting on my lap wearing his OOTD. He is almost growing out of these CAL onesies.

We went for a walk to the SF Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market and picked up some fruits and veggies to make Simon some food. We had been using jarred baby food that we got from my coworker Zoe but I thought I’d try my hand in making my own now. We picked up some yellow squash, white corn, an avocado, and some peaches. I will let you know how that goes.

Here is Simon relaxing at home with Biggie Pooh.

Simon has been giggling quite a bit recently. In this video, he is laughing at Ron while Ron is making funny noises and faces at him. Simon thinks Ron is quite the comedian.

Although I think this may have overstimulated him as he could not fall asleep at bedtime. He took a one hour nap then did not want to go back to sleep. Instead, he wanted to play but only things that didn’t involve too much movement. We propped him on the sofa and let him play with his xylophone. He likes to bang on the keys and likes it when we also play with him at the same time.

Eventually he did get tired again and is back asleep.

Day 164

Simon enjoys looking at bright colors. Ron bought this ABC toy which is a caterpillar with each foot being a letter of the alphabet. Simon enjoys banging on it but not sure if he understands much of it when it is talking to him.

Simon’s OOTD. Green polo with overalls.

So after work today, we dropped by my co-worker Julie’s place because our pharmacy team has a twice monthly study session and tonight was the night. We haven’t had a chance to introduce Simon to most of them yet so I thought this would be a good opportunity. Tonight they were studying pain management but I just didn’t have the energy to attend the session. Anyhow, Julie had a dog named “la mei” (= spice girl) who she adopted a while back. She had been abused in the past so can get a bit anxious and start barking. She especially dislikes men, and even dislikes them more when they are either wearing a hat or hoodie. She seemed to dislike Ron, possibly because she is from Taiwan and he reminds her of her past abuse… so she would bark at him. I thought Simon would be scared of her bark but quite the opposite, it would make him burst out into giggles. It was quite random but funny.

Yay for the weekend!