Baby Talk

This is just too cute for words. Trenton came over today for a play date. He and Jalen had a lengthy little conversation!

Sporty Jalen

Here's Jalen in his soccer outfit.

Here's Jalen sporting his basketball jersey and shorts.

Jalen's grandparents threw him a 100-day party on August 18th. In Chinese tradition, 100 days is a big milestone for a baby so we invited all of our family and friends to celebrate. Here are some of the babies born this year (left to right): Jalen (5/15), Trenton (5/3), Tyler (4/22) and Katelyn (5/20).

Jalen is Three Months Old!

Our little piggy is now three months old! He's got a few new tricks now. The other day, Rick was playing with Jalen's stomach and he laughed out loud for the first time! Since then, both of us have been trying to get him to laugh by tickling him. He smiles many times a day now so the laugh is the elusive reward that both of us are after. At three months, Jalen is also doing much better with tummy time. Before he would just face plant on to the floor then whine about not being about to see anything. Now he can support himself with his arms and almost pull himself upright. He still needs lots of practice though. We've developed a night time routine for him for the last few weeks. I put him down to sleep in his crib around 9pm, then wake him up around 11:30pm or midnight to eat, then put him straight back down to sleep. He usually can sleep until 5am or 6am. His record is around 6:30am. Some nights, he wakes up at 2am or 4am, so I just give him his binky then put him right back to sleep. Since we've had this routine, Rick and I have been about to have a couple of hours of uninterrupted adult time at night, then I can get 5 or 6 hours of straight sleep! During the day, his routine is less predictable. I try to put him down for a nap about an hour after he feeds. He usually only sleeps for 30 minutes. Then depending on what mood he's in or how busy I am, I'll either hold him until he goes back to sleep or put him in his bouncer or swing to play. Jalen has also developed a very close attachment to me for obvious reasons. When he's in a good mood, he'll let anyone hold him but when he's cranky and tired, he can only be comforted by me. He will scream at his daddy for half an hour until his face is red and streaked with tears. Little does Jalen know, he'll have to learn to break that habit very soon because I'm going back to work in less than 2 weeks and he will have to let Grandma take care of him while mommy is not around.

Tickle, tickle!

Jalen asleep in his swing.

Tummy time for Jalen.

Tummy time for Jalen's daddy at 3 months old.

Jalen's mommy at 3 months old. When Jalen was first born, everyone said that he looks like daddy. Now he looks like a bit of mommy and a bit of daddy. He still has daddy's nose and forehead but he may just have his mommy's chin and mouth. What do you think?

Amazon Company Picnic

Last Saturday was the annual Amazon company picnic. Rick and I brought Jalen and Taylor, Grant and Grace with us. Jalen got to meet quite a few of my coworkers. There's not much at the picnic that he could enjoy except for the fresh air but the rest of the kids had a great time eating and playing games.

This year's picnic had a Latin theme.

Here we are at Mountain Meadows Farm in North Bend, WA.

Jalen is wearing his American colours.

Jalen's Second Trip to Canada

We took Jalen to Vancouver last weekend to attend my friend Abby's wedding. My parents babysat Jalen and took these pictures.