Happy anniversary!

Mommy and Daddy have been married for 6 years!  To celebrate, we went to Half Moon Bay for a day.  We had a nice walk along the coast and posed for a surprisingly good picture where Junior was looking at the camera and smiling.  

7.5 months and crawling

Mommy lost track of counting Junior's age in weeks a long time ago.  He's about 7.5 months old now.  He's learned a bunch of new tricks over the past couple of weeks.  Crawling is a piece of cake now.  He has several different techniques.  The first one he mastered is what we call the "belly slide".  He prefers using the belly slide on smooth surfaces such as our hardwood floor.  He'll use both hands to reach in front and pull his whole body forward while sliding on his belly.  Daddy wants to tape a swiffer cloth onto his belly so that he'll do some cleaning while he's at it.   Next came the standard crawl.  He likes to use this on his playmat since the surface is rubbery and less conducive to the belly slide.   To turn, he'll plop onto his round belly and use the force of his arms pulling on the floor to change directions... the "belly turn".  He can also go from crawling to sitting.  This skill is important if he wants to crawl to the bookshelf, scatter all the books onto the floor, and pick one up to chew on the corners.

Junior's seventh tooth is starting to peek out.  To celebrate, mommy started giving him some rice teething crackers, and he loooooves them!

Say Mama (Umma in Korean)

Grandparents visit and 7 months old

It's been a busy week for Junior.  Grandma and Grandpa K were here visiting.  Grandma is still here, but Grandpa had to go back to work.  We had fun during the time we had all together.  We went for walks, which are Junior's favorite.  His next favorite is being carried around, and between Grandma and Grandpa, he got plenty of that too.

During the few hours before Grandpa had to leave for the airport, we tried to take some family photos in the back yard.  It's pretty hard to get a photo with everyone smiling and looking at the camera.  We never ended up getting a decent picture.  Here are some fails.

Grandma, why so surprised?

Too slow for the timer, Mommy.