Day 103

I spent this afternoon away from Simon for my friend Kathleen’s bridal shower.  The host has a lovely home in the Los Altos Hills and they provided a delicious catered lunch and we enjoyed good conversation.  The most entertaining part of the afternoon was when the hostess’ and their friends created a “wedding dress” for Kathleen using the wrapping and tissue paper from her presents.  Two of us also helped to create a “bouquet” using a paper plate and the ribbons from her presents.  I guess I probably haven’t been to too many bridal showers as only recently have I heard of creating a bouquet from the ribbons and this was the first time I’ve seen a dress made from wrapping paper.  The aunties were very creative with the paper and made a pretty good looking dress and veil.  But I only have an ordinary clothing photo to show from the end of the party.  It was a beautiful warm day.

I got a chance to look at the photo CD I received from the restaurant yesterday and have one photo to share of our little family.

I forgot to share this photo yesterday so thought I’d cheat and do it today.  Simon and I still went for our walk in the evening and it never fails that he will fall asleep when we go into Old Navy.  I didn’t realize he fell asleep again until I caught a glimpse of him in the mirror.

I was wondering why people were smiling as they passed us… he looks totally konked out.

Since Simon’s been sleeping so well, I thought it’d be appropriate to share a picture of him after he fell asleep tonight.  Using Winnie the Pooh to keep him from using his right arm to pull out his pacifier no longer works as well so now we’ve resorted to wrapping his right arm in but keeping his left arm out.  He usually still likes to have one arm out because he’ll struggle if we wrap both arms.  He’s still able to get his arm out but it takes some effort so he is usually too tired to care for the moment.

He slept almost a continuous 9 hours last night but he did cry out twice during the first two hours but still seemed asleep.  He must of have had a really bad dream but was too tired to wake up.  Poor little man was probably completely exhausted after not napping well all day.

Day 101

Simon with a crossed eye, slightly PO’d look.  He had just woken up from a nap and wasn’t quite awake yet so didn’t really know what was going on.

Simon is going through bibs quickly with his increasing drool.  He ends up soaking through the bib and then through his shirt.  It might be causing the rash he has on this chest so tomorrow we have to make sure to put him in a bib that has a plastic backing so that it won’t soak through his shirt.  He loves blowing bubbles! and talking all the while.

We went out all afternoon since it was a beautiful day in San Francisco.  I was carrying him in the Baby Bjorn and took a rest at Starbucks and after a few minutes, he started to cry.  As soon as I went outside into the sun, he would stop and start smiling again.  I tested it a few times and he would cry inside Starbucks and immediately stop when outside.  I wonder if it’s the coffee smells, the noises, or the temperature (the AC was on so cooler inside)?

Sleeping update: 8 hours and 45 minutes!  Woke up at 6am, drank 130 ml (~4 oz) milk and went back to sleep for another 2 hours and 20 minutes!

Day 100

Today, June 10, 2010 marks Simon’s 100th day!  We went down to San Mateo to purchase some official copies of his birth certificate.  We haven’t had a chance to head down there since Simon was born but the certificate was available 2 weeks after his birth.  It was a pretty simple process of filling out a form, showing ID, and paying $19 for each copy.

First we went to have lunch and for some reason, Simon was fussy.  He was like this yesterday too.  Not sure why it’s been around lunchtime.  Maybe because we were eating at a restaurant so it’s different than the normal routine.  Eventually he was able to fall asleep.

We went to visit Ron’s parents and Simon was dressed to impress.  I’ve discovered Small Paul by Paul Frank for Target.  It’s much more affordable (this onesie was only $7.99!) than the Paul Frank store.  Although the material might not be as nice as I discovered a little hole already on this onesie, it’s still cute.

Or it’s the baby that makes the clothes cute?

Sleeping update:  Last night Simon slept 6.5 hours, woke up to eat, then slept another 3 hours.  Getting closer to consistently sleeping through the night…

Day 99

For the second time in a week, Simon slept 7 hours continuously.  Ron and I were both amazed.  It’s very encouraging that he will hopefully soon be sleeping through the night.  We didn’t do much except start a bedtime routine and let Simon naturally change his own sleep habits.  Simon did not really nap much in the late afternoon so was probably very tired but I’m still surprised he could stay asleep for so long.

In the morning, I love it when Simon stretches, it’s just so cute!  This isn’t quite his fully stretched position but it’s hard to catch.

We went for lunch at City View Restaurant for dim sum.  For some reason, Simon got really fussy inside the restaurant and started to cry uncontrollably.  We weren’t sure if it was because of the noise, the smells, or if he was just tired… it took me about 10-15 minutes to calm him down outside before I was able to go back to finish having lunch.  He fell asleep during the rest of our meal (but then ended up only sleeping about 25 minutes…)

Simon seems to be on a 48 hour schedule.  One day, he’ll nap a lot during the day then that night, will sleep 3-4 hour durations.  The next day, he’ll nap a lot in the morning only, take only a short nap in the late afternoon, then sleep 4-6 hour durations.  Since last night, he slept 7 hours, I’m expecting he will be waking up more often tonight but we’ll see.

This is the new wallpaper on my phone:

I love his big eyes!