Water Logged

so evan got his first taste of a swimming pool last week. i thought he would freak out in the cold water, but he did quite well.

we also got him a new towel. we were using our towels to dry him off after a bath, but he always seemed to not like it and squirm around and wimper. now we got him a proper baby bath towel...you know, the ones with a hood. needless to say, our very particular child loves it.

did we mention that evan is gt? here he is reading to mommy. you cant see his left arm b/c he likes to wave it around when he reads to put more emphasis on the words.

Reading Rainbow

so k has been reading to evan over the last couple of days. he seems to like a touch and feel book about kittens...next...sat vocabulary.

also...many thanks to grandfather kim for his crib...

And the Little One Said...

Roll Over...



this was taken on 6/19.

Jerry and Evan...bff

so jerry has volunteered to be evan's yard stick...here is evan on may 15th...
here is evan on july 2nd

you know you have gained a lot of weight when your skin doesnt even stretch to fit you anymore and it looks like you have 2 elbows...

Little Monster

he is two kinds of monster...little monster and milk monster. he went to the doc the other day b/c he was throwing up half of what he eats, nevertheless, he is now at 12 lbs. 11 oz. some of his clothes are fitting like sausage casings.

there is a reason why we call this one little monster...

but then you get this...his first recorded smile, and it just does something to you.

We're Tired...Nothing To Say

i will just leave you with this...

lion...

and the lamb

Leaps And Bounds

evan got his immunization shots the other day. he had to get 4 shots, 2 at a time. he cried...actually he waled...but as soon as the needles were taken out, he stopped crying. my little tough guy.

so evan came into this world at 6 lbs 3 oz which is in the 10th percentile and 18.5 inches...which is also in the 10th percentile. now he is 23.5 inches which is in the 65th percentile and 11.4 lbs which is in the 75th percentile. so he is still averaging about a pound a week. our little porker...

i can assure you...the following image is not photoshopped...

Keepin Your Head Up

so evan is about 24 inches now and weighs about 11-12 lbs. he has the michelin man rolls...little fatty. however, he is not unathletic. he is able to keep his head up in a controlled manner for extended periods of time. he has a doc appointment on monday. k thinks he is closer to 11 lbs...i think he is closer to 12. we shall see.

Wailing Wall

evan has been much more erratic in his behavior lately. he used to sleep all the time, and we would have to wake him up to feed. sometimes he wouldnt even wake up when we changed his diaper.

these days, he is always up. he refuses to go to sleep during the day. its sometimes really confusing as a parent what he needs. sometimes when he is crying and inconsolable, we just want to get into his mind and know exactly what he wants/needs. we run through the mental checklist...

-changed diaper
-hungry?
-needs to be burped?

diaper dirty/wet...no just changed him, hungry...no just fed him, needs to be burped...no did that too. at that point all we can do is hold him and tell tell him things are going to be okay.

it occurred to me the other day. i used to think of God's omniscience as a scary thing like he is going to catch me doing something and make me pay for it. now, more than ever, God's omniscience is so that we know that He knows exactly what we want/need. even when we dont know what we want or need. it is so reassuring that there is a benevolent God that knows everything so He can provide exactly what is needed at any given time.

cry cry cry

evan has been pretty sleepless and fussy over the last several days. he also spits up a lot. i think in an hour, i had to change my shirt 4 times.

so apparently he has acid reflux, so we are giving him the healing purple pill and will be starring in the next nexium commercial. j/k, we took him to the doc today and they prescribed something for it...apparently it is pretty common in infants.

he is also gaining weight like a madman. last week he was about 6 lbs 13 oz. today he weighed in at 7 lbs 12.5 oz. crazy...the kid gained a pound in a week. that means he has gained about 15% of his body weight in a week. that is like me gaining 25 pounds in a week.

This one we call "blue steel"Derek Zoolander...eat your heart out

playtime

the whole fam had fun last night...

let the games begin...
evan: "im not so sure about this..."evan: "i knew he was a cannibal!"
evan: "this is getting weird..."

territorial

so i had evan laying on my lap while k and i ate dinner. i was eating this chicken soup. all of a sudden, feel this warm feeling on my upper leg. oh look, its just evan marking his territory...


been peed on 3x and counting...

new invention

i think the newest thing in baby technology will be kinda like a sous-vide machine. what would happen is you put a waterproof wrapping around your baby's lower body with a hole cut out for his bum and pee hole (whichever one that may be). set the temperature to about 98 degrees and let nick lachey sing to him/her. nix that last part about nick lachey. then you put your baby in the water and just let him poop and pee in the water. the water would automatically flush everytime poo or pee goes into it, and refills with warm water again.

your baby is warm b/c of the water...dry b/c of the waterproof wrapping. you dont have to change him 10+ times a day, and everyone is happy :). if someone makes this, i get first dibbs.

bath time

evan loves to have his hair washed...

christened

i was changing evan's diaper yesterday. his umbilical cord is just a stump but not fully gone, and his circumcision is not fully healed either so i have to put a gauze pad with vaseline on him. however this being my first week of changing diapers, i didnt have his gauze ready so i could quickly change him. then i made the noobish mistake of leaving his diaper undone while getting his gauze ready.

when i came back to him, just before i put the gauze on him, he peed all over my hand and forearm. it was not like it was just a little bit either. it was like a mini gardenhose shooting pee all over me.

hence, i am christened...a father

and then there were three

it has been a crazy week. last week at this time, it was just the two of us. then, k's water broke. pretty much all of her friends told her when it happens, it would just be a trickle. yea right. it was like half a gallon of liquid gushing out of her. we were lucky that we had a waterproof mattress cover on or our most prized possession would have been ruined.

i remember saying to k right as we stepped outside our apt door, "you know...next time we walk through this door, there will be three of us."...we both kinda took a deep breath and made our way to the hospital.

so that was 11pm, and we got to the hospital around midnight...16 hours later, we have a perfect little package in the form of a 6 pound 3 ounce little boy. happy one week birthday evan.