Aug 21 (9 wks) – Happy Eli loves to kick! His favorite game is sitting in this little rocker and kicking off our hands, causing the chair to fly away. He loves it when we count from one to three. He has the cutest little grin when we get on two and he prepares to kick off. Of course we just keep saying “two” suspensefully until he’s ready to kick off! Thanks to my mom for discovering this game!
Aug 21 (9 wks) – He loves bath time … since he tends to pee when he gets in the warm water, I now use two tubs to rinse him off in case he pees in the first tub. Only problem is, sometimes he pees in the second tub instead of the first! (But so far, never both, and also not while I’m drying him off. Fingers crossed!)
Aug 21 (9 wks) – One of my favorite Japanese animes is Doraemon. There’s a boy (Suneo) whose mouth is all pointy, so we call this Eli’s “Suneo” pout.
Aug 22 (9 w 1 d) – A pro at smiling! đ
Aug 25 (9 w 4 d) – I think he was listening to the Ikkyu-san theme song here, and kicking up a storm with Mom and Grandma!
Aug 25 (9 w 4 d) – This is the first picture I have of Eli grasping his panda rattle.
Aug 25 (9 w 4 d) – All tuckered out after playing. Thanks, Aunt Katie, for the cute onesie! Mom is glad Eli is not quite a speedster yet though! đ
Aug 27 (9 w 6 d) – With such bright eyes, he can only be looking at his grandma (BĂ )! đ
Aug 27 (9 w 6 d) – Thanks, Aunt Susan, for this acute case of adorableness! I love him in this color! đ
Aug 28 (10 wks) – He’s still loving that panda rattle! (Though these days, at 13 weeks, he’s enjoying grabbing on to those toys dangling from the bar overhead!)
Aug 28 (10 wks) – Can’t tell who’s happier about turning ten weeks — Mom or Eli!
Aug 29 (10 w 1 d) – After a long day, he takes some cat naps …
Aug 29 (10 w 1 d) … but he perks right up when he’s on the changing table!
Aug 29 (10 w 1 d) – He has his dad’s chin!
Aug 29 (10 w 1 d) – I love it when he sticks out his tongue! I often play with him in front of the mirror, and if he’s feeling shy, he’ll giggle, smile with his tongue out, and turn his head away from the mirror. So cute!
Aug 29 (10 w 1 d) – I don’t know if it’s talking or cooing, but he makes such cute noises!
Aug 31 (10 w 3 d) – Laughing this much? That’s because he’s playing with his grandma!
Sep 3 (10 w 6 d) – His grandpa gets him laughing a lot too! He loves their breakfast play sessions while Mom and Grandma talk about Hay Day!
Sep 4 (11 wks) – He started raising his little chin up in the air and giggling (night of Sept 3). During this diaper-changing session, he was giggling so much that I had to grab a camera (an actual one, not the phone)!
Sep 4 (11 wks) – Peekaboo! He knows I’m thinking of recording all his giggling (which I totally did, but I can’t figure out how to upload it).
Sep 4 (11 wks) – AHHHdorable!
Sep 4 (11 wks) – He still loves his kick and play gym …
Sep 4 (11 wks) – … and is still happily grabbing on to his panda rattle!
Sep 4 (11 wks) – Tummy time with the super cute shorts from Aunt Kit (DĂŹ HĆ°ĆĄng) from Bangkok! Love the shorts and can’t wait for him to grow into them!
Sep 4 (11 wks) – Another Suneo pout! Apparently, Mom is still unsuccessful in cutting his nails as evidenced by the mitts!
Sep 5 (11 w 1 d) – Talking to his grandma at breakfast. I think they’re deciding what game to play next!
Sep 5 (11 w 1 d) – Ben’s chin is very evident in this picture, though I don’t think he smiles as much as Eli in his sleep. đ
Sep 6 (11 w 2 d) – I hope Eli forgives me for posting this sleeping picture when he grows up. It’s just too darn cute to resist!
Sep 6 (11 w 2 d) – Still sleeping comfortable despite Mom moving around in the bed to get a full body pose. Sorry, Eli!
Sep 6 (11 w 2 d) – Such a loving glance — must be looking at his grandma!
Sep 6 (11 w 2 d) – See? ChĂ o BĂ ! (Hi Grandma!)
Sep 7 (11 w 3 d) – We were invited to a cookout by the owner of our favorite Thai restaurant. We came about an hour late because we were trying to get Eli to nap. It didn’t happen (although Eli slept in the car on the way to their new house.) I was impressed that he never got cranky! Delicious food and lots of people cooing over Eli! What a day!
Sep 7 (11 w 3 d) – We left the barbecue early because Eli seemed ready for a nap (read: whining). As we headed out, Eli fell asleep, so we decided to go for a long drive to Target. Then, as we neared Target, he woke up and started getting irritated, so we decided I should nurse him. This is how we ended up at the dog park at Chris Greene Lake. What a picturesque scene! (This is after he nursed on a bench that appeared to be the home of a large, inquisitive honeybee.)
Sep 7 (11 w 3 d) – And we also changed him on a park bench. What an adventure!! All full and clean now!
Sep 8 (11 w 4 d) – His best smile for his grandpa. He loves it when his grandpa (Ăng) speaks to him in Vietnamese and flashes the widest grins!
Sep 9 (11 w 5 d) – You can’t see, but Eli is wearing Muay Thai shorts that my sister (Auntie Kit) bought for him. So cute that he can’t resist cackling, it seems! This is my phone wallpaper. It makes me laugh!!
Sep 11 (12 wks) — Finally! He’s becoming a pro at these sticker photo sessions! (Okay, not really … if anything, he’s getting quite wiggly at these photo sessions!)
For the Vinh 