Rolling Over

I had my camera ready this time!

This morning, we unswaddled K and let her chill by herself. She was lying on her back when we unswaddled her. Thirty minutes later we found her like this in her crib. Guess she has been busy practicing rolling over.

Wide Awake

This afternoon I went to Target with K and she took a really short nap in the stroller. When I got home and fed her, she was pretty tired. She was constantly rubbing her eyes, so I knew it time for another nap. I swaddled her and I typically rock her for a few minutes to help her fall asleep. Today she was fighting the nap when I was rocking her, so I thought ok then you go to sleep on your own. I laid her down in her crib wide awake and closed her door. I could hear and see her in the monitor playing and giggling. She didn't cry and after 15 minutes...she fell asleep on her own! I couldn't believe it!  Maybe now she is ready to sleep on her own through the night which would make sleep training so much easier! Fingers crossed!!!

I snuck into her room to get a photo of her sleeping. This was definitely a proud mommy moment! Auntie Ali taught me to leave one arm unswaddled, so K can learn to soothe herself. K ended up napping for almost two hours

Hello Sebastian!

Yesterday we went to grandma & grandpa's house to see baby Sebastian who is my uncle's son. He was born less than 3 weeks ago and even made an appearance at K's red egg ginger party! He is such a cutie and a very good baby. He hardly cried once and slept pretty much the entire time.

The new moms. That's Auntie Lety. She looks great for just having a baby!

Look how little Sebastian is compared to K. What a difference 3 months makes. Sigh...I already miss when K was that small!

Congrats Aileen & Joe

Today we attended Auntie Aileen & Uncle Joe's wedding celebration. Auntie Aileen worked with me at Genentech several years back. The dinner was held in Vallejo at Golden City Buffet. The couple had a civil service at City Hall the day prior. The buffet was transformed into an actual wedding reception which included a DJ, many toasts to the happy couple, first dance, father/daughter dance, money dance and cake cutting. We are so happy for them! They complement each other in many ways.

The new Mr. & Mrs. Apostol

Here are some shots taken at home. Someone didn't seem too happy in this picture, maybe she didn't like her new hair accessory. Daddy says K is like my little doll and I like to play dress up with her.

Daddy and his little girl

Mommy's New Toy

Daddy brought out his old SLR camera for me, so I can learn how to use it. Here is today's photo shoot. Not too shabby for my first try-dont you think? Here's what K thought....

What is that black thing you are sticking in my face?

Grr this is hard work trying to keep my head up, but I can do it!

This is actually fun. I can see all around.
 It beats just looking up at the ceiling.

Mom, seriously how many more pictures?  I'm tired of looking cute.

Attempting To Roll Over

When K was playing with her cousins, she rolled over. This is probably her fourth time she has done this. I wasn't able to catch it on video, but here is a video of her attempting to do it again. You can hear Nicholas and Aunt Vandy cheering K on in the background.  Hopefully next time she does it, I will have my camera ready. Maybe this is why K is waking up more in the middle of the night.  I read in a book that when a baby is trying to practice a new milestone, she will wake up trying to do the new skill in the middle of the night. This perhaps is true for K since we can hear her moving so much on the baby monitor.

Photo Booth Silliness

Today we went to hang out with cousin Ethan and cousins Nicholas and Julia who live in Japan. They come back to SF to visit every summer. My uncle is directing a consulting firm in Japan and his family has relocated to Japan for 9 plus years already. Three weeks ago, when Nicholas met K for the first time, he started taking pictures of K on his ipad. He had some fun and used the photo booth option and emailed me the photos below. The pictures are disturbing yet hilarious at the same time. My favorite is the alien child.

Here are all the kiddies. We will miss them when they leave on Sunday, but can't wait to play again next summer!