Jin's Six Months Old!

It's here and I can't believe it, our baby is half a year old! CRAZY. Time flies, seriously, when you're having a blast, as the old adage (sort of) goes. I'm so blessed beyond measure. We've settled into such a nice routine with our little baby who's fast becoming a little boy. He's everything I look forward to at the end of my long days at work away from him. My boys (Woo, Mushu and our Nano) are what spell out happiness for me. Thank you for these six months of joy beyond belief.

Here are the photos I managed to snap this afternoon. Poor baby, he caught his first cold that began around Thursday last week, so he's just getting over it. He really rarely smiled during our little shoot, and what few smiles he offered up, my slow camera just didn't catch in time. But he's such a trooper. He may not smile as often, but he hasn't been fussy either. Just tired and kind of blah.

Go figure, right after these were taken, we ran some errands around town and he giggled a lot in the stores and in the car. Such an odd duck. I fear he may be the kind of kid that I just can't keep at home. Ah, well, socializing is important too. :)

Hope you're all well and healthy...here's to being half-way through the work week!

Monkey mittens are good eating.

 Looks almost bored.

We're getting good at dirty looks.

 The "please stop already" face, which is where all this ended.

Woo's First Father's Day

Today was a good day. Really relaxing. We got home late after being at a wedding for most of the day yesterday so we took it easy today. Woo really didn't want to do too much but he did ask for Korean for lunch, so off we went to our favorite Korean place in town (sooo good). It was a nice, quiet, family-time meal, which I loved. The rest of the day was even quieter. We took naps, cleaned a little (I cleaned, Woo and Jin took naps, which is what a great Daddy should be able to do on his day). Later. Woo got us take-out for dinner while I put our little monkey to sleep. Nothing exciting to report at all, but it was genuinely such a NICE day at home with my little family. Loved it.

To the man that I've loved and who has been a true friend to me since I was 15: THANK YOU for being the most amazing Father to our Jin. You're more than I could have ever hoped for in a partner and a Father to our child. I think back to my own childhood and the absence of a strong, supportive father-figure and I'm just thankful beyond what I can express in words, that my child has only the best. Jin, Mushu and I love you to all of Saturn's moons and back. :)

We Got Another Amanda Box!

One of my greatest friends, Amanda, always sends us stuff...for no special occasion, just to say hi and be the amazing friend that she is. Well, we got one of her cool care packages late last night (or, er, that's when I remembered to check the mail)! She's that friend. You know the one that you have when, right you feel like life is kicking your butt, you get a random "just wanted to tell you I miss you" card? Yup, that one. She's so awesome, and I can honestly say she's a better friend to me than I am to her. Can't have that, so I gotta work on that! So here's the super cute stuff she sent this time:

She sent Jin the cutest shirts and a onesie, and now he's got something to wear on the fourth of July which is coming up! That "Call Me Chief" shirt is so perfect for my little Polynesian man. And of course, as always, she always packs a few little *treats* in there for the mommy who insists on never growing up (can you say Hello Kitty???? and can you say Hello Kitty Duck tape!?! oh the possibilities...). 

Everything she sends always manages to find the perfect place in my life. Let me show you. I've been needing something on my house key that allows me to hold a baby in his heavy carrier on one arm, the last minute grocery bag of stuff that I just remembered we needed on the way home in the other, and be able to tell which one is the key to get into the house while standing on the front stoop in the dark because I forgot to turn on the porch light before we left. Voila, Amanda to the rescue yet again. AND she sent me a new tissue packet to put in my little purse organizer that I made! Yes, I got skills too. I have a tube of lotion, hand sanitizer (despite what you might think of me because of my cool swagger, I have always been a nerd that carries this stuff in her purse), chapstick, eye drops, my phone, some gum, and tissue that I pack in this thing so I can find all that stuff easily in my purse. Well thank you, Amanda, because I was out of tissue (how'd you know?). Cute, huh? I heart her. Betcha don't have friends like I do. Just kidding, that was mean. But really, isn't she the bestest? Miss you bunches and love you even more than that!

Throwback - Jin Meets His Grandpa Woo

My poor Mom has been asking me to post these pictures since they were taken, and I'm the world's worst daughter so here they are, only a couple of months late. Woo's Dad came up from Samoa for a visit back in April for Jin's 100th day, which fell on April 20th. It was so nice to have him here spending time with us and for Jin to be able to see what a rich legacy of great family men he comes from. Jin is the fifth generation of first-born sons, which is so cool to know. His Grandpa Woo is a great photographer and this visit was no exception. He came prepared and got so many great shots that I was fortunate enough to be able to download to our computer so I could keep them too. Here are just a few of the photos he got while he was here.

This was their first meeting, fresh from the airport. :)  

 

Such a little man with that hand on the lap.

Looking back now, I realize he makes this face a lot.

Jin and his Grandpa watched one of Grandpa's favorite channels, ESPN. 

And then Grandpa and Jin watched one of Jin's favorite movies, Winnie the Pooh. :)   

My two sons and Daddy. 

Three generations of first-born Woo sons. So handsome, love these guys. 

Jin's Five Months Old!

Gosh how time flies! Today started with me not even realizing today was the 11th. I feel like I posted Jin's four month photos a couple of weeks ago. He's such a little person now, smiling, watching tv while laying on his side, putting his own binkie in his mouth, and having enough coordination to bring his teething toys to his lips. He's a little chatterbox too (mostly squealing, which I can't get enough of because the sound is just that cute). He opens his mouth when he's ready to have his binkie or bottle given to him, and he even grunts his disapproval when the wrong one is about to be placed in his mouth. Soon enough, he'll be crawling and getting into all of mommy and daddy's things. Oh joy. :)

He started kinda camera shy, lol. Don't let this face fool you, though. Daddy got him to smile after a few practice shots.

  

Jin's Four Months Old!

I had the recent misfortune of losing my camera (ugh), so last week Friday, on the 11th, I ran out to Costco after work and actually purchased a new one just so that I could come home to take Jin's four month shots. And then I waited until now to post them. Eh, such is life...such is MY life.

Here's our little booger, getting so much bigger by the day and sleeping through the night (woo hoo!!).

 He's almost never without his binkie. I guess better that than his thumb.

This month, about last week or so, Jin started laughing OUT LOUD. It's such a great sound to hear. He cracks me up just by cracking up.

 What started again as a friendship...

 inevitably lead to another brawl...

 and some kung-fu style kicking...

 and his fight face.

There was also some biting, or "gumming", I should say, since we still don't have teeth.

Mushu tried to get in on the photo shoot but there was an awkward, uncomfortable silence as Jin just stared him down until he jumped off his chair. We're learning how to share.

 In true Jin fashion, we eventually fell over, thus ending the shoot.

 At four months, we like to blow bubbles,

 we drool A LOT,

 and lazy stretching and toe wiggling are other very favorite pastimes.

We had his four-month doctor's visit yesterday, and he's a whopping 14 pounds now! I can't believe how fast he's growing. Here's a run down through the months: