Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We got this adorable little outfit from my mom's friends, Ann and Richard.
Unfortunately, Pau hasn't begun eating solids yet, so he won't be tasting turkey with all the trimmings until next year. Pau is showing tremendous interest in food. Every time we eat, he smacks his lips. I'm beginning to feel a little guilty. We'll be introducing rice cereal next month and hopefully some fruits and vegetables shortly thereafter. We'll document how that all goes and provide pictures of this exciting new experience.

I can hold my bottle!

Here is Pau holding onto his bottle all by himself. He's changing so much every day!

Tummy Time? Bring it on!

Pau is no fan of tummy time, but here he is tackling the task with the best effort we've seen so far. Pau is holding his head pretty steady and comfortably holding his torso up using his elbows. Hooray for Pau! You're growing so fast!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

This year was my 35th birthday. It amazes me how much has happened in this past year of my life. I got married to the best possible guy, had this beautiful baby boy and spent four wonderful months taking care of the little guy. Life is good.

Today, I made dinner for my family and spent the day with my son. A perfect day! I'm sure that once I start back to work, these are exactly the kinds of days I will wish to have more of.

100 days "baek-il"

Pau's 100 days celebration took place today. Here is the traditional Korean rice cake that you eat in order to provide good luck and long life to the baby. The 100 days is a celebration of the baby, but moreso, it's a celebration of the parents who have made it through the difficult first three months of baby's life. So raise a glass to Jose and me for, I think, we did pretty well. Molds d'anys!!!

Smiles and Laughter

We're thrilled to share that Pau is a very happy baby! Lately, he's been all smiles. He smiles at goo-goo sounds that mom and dad make. He smiles at the elephant and lion mobile above his crib. He smiles at the walls... It's simply adorable!

Does anyone know how to get Vaseline out of their kids hair?

So I read in one of the baby books that a good way to rid your child's scalp of the dry skin scales, or "cradle cap" is to put Vaseline in their hair, then comb out the scales. So we tried this and I must say that the Vaseline did the job. The bad part is, the Vaseline doesn't wash out too easily. Here we are 2 days post-Operation Vaseline and Pau's hair is still saturated with the stuff. I think I now understand why the term "greaser" originated. Grease is the word...