Connor does not like sitting in his car seat; more than half of the time he will be doing some major crying during the car rides.  But he and I are still trying to get out of the house at least once a day.  We often go shopping, usually just for groceries.  Three weeks ago we tried out Baby Boot Camp.  Connor did quite well at the first class; he stayed in his stroller the entire time with the help of the soothing pacifier.  The next class was during a spat of three days of fussiness so he was crying most of the time.  However, I ended up having a better workout while carrying this 16 lbs baby in the Bjorn and doing the routines.  This week at the third class, Connor actually slept through the entire class.  We plan on continuing the boot camp once or twice a week to give mommy some regular exercise.

Connor and I watched our first movie together yesterday.  We met up with Delfina and Dario for a quick bite first.  Connor decided to wake up right when I was ready for my sandwich and he cried almost the entire 20+ minutes.  But once we were inside the theater, he was very calm.  He drank and then sat with me to watch the movie, later on he needed me to stand up for some rocking before falling asleep for the remainder of the movie.  There were probably only about 10 mommies with their kids at this Diaper Day movie and the other kids behaved very well.  So everyone was able to enjoy this great documentary “Waiting for Superman”. 

For my owner personal historic record keeping, my first movie with Stuart was Seabiscuit, and the first movie with Logan was “Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona”

     It was Logan’s turn to be grumpy this weekend.  We started the weekend by going to Pumpkin in the Park in the morning with the Kaos.  Unlike Mckayla who had such a good time participating in the children’s activities there at the park, Logan was not interested in any of them.  All he wanted was his snack while riding in his stroller.  He did enjoy watching the cultural dancing and playing in the toddler’s area for a little bit at the end.  We managed to take a few photos and have a nice (yet whiney) picnic lunch there before heading home.

     In the afternoon, we were hosting the Mommies group at our house.  It was great seeing and catching up with Logan’s buddies and their families.  Logan was very clingy to us, but he was fine playing and sharing his toys with his friends.  However when it came to the kids group photo time, Logan suddenly threw an unusual tantrum, ended up crying big time for a few minutes and missing his photo opportunity.  Connor did make it on the group photo though.

     On Sunday, we did not have any plans, so we just hung out at the house and went for a walk to the nearby park.  Logan was a bit difficult this morning according to Stuart; he refused to do any suggested activities and was not following directions as good as usual.  Today we also hoped to have Logan try on his Halloween costume for some photos, but Logan did another crying tantrum and refused to put it on.  We basically had to give up when he fell down onto the floor.  I now worry that he may not get dressed up for trick or treat on Halloween.

     One of the cute things this weekend was that Logan started singing the ABC song.  He loves to use the handle of the jump rope as a microphone.  I managed to capture his singing on video, now being posted on Video of the Week.

This is Bonnie’s extended family in Hong Kong.  Posting here to share photos with Bonnie’s Sisters…

Rebecca’s wedding in December:

June’s Wedding in May:

Congratulations to both couples and Uncle and Auntie Lam !

     Logan is more talkative these days, at least at home with us.  He is able to say 3 to 4 words sentences sometimes, like “mommy, don’t go away”, “Logan is eating”, or telling me about the TV show Kai-lan, “Hoho hurts Rintoo”.  He can be such a story teller too when he tries to tell me, with prompting from daddy, what happened at school or on the drive home.  He can be very dramatic with his expression and hand gestures while he talks.  

     Logan is also more aware of our conversations as he will repeat the words that he wants to say.  When Scottie hurt himself two days ago after a fight, Stuart and I were talking about it while Logan was playing.  Logan suddenly went over to Scottie to look at his owie.  So we started telling Logan what happened and what Scottie should, and should not, do again.  Logan then proceeded to tell Scottie repeatedly “Be careful” and “Don’t go outside”.  The cute thing was that as he told Scottie not to go outside, he went around Scottie and blocked the front door with his arms wide open.  Wish I could have taken a picture or video of that.

     Logan can understand the concept of counting without knowing all the numbers yet.   So far, he can count up to two for sure, and make up the other numbers.  The other day he was counting his trains and said “one, two, one, two, one, two….”, then another time counting the rain drops he drew “one, two, four, three, five, eight, nine, ten”.

For more than a week now that Connor often cries after feeding during the day, mostly in the afternoons and evenings.  He would start crying angrily right after feeding.  It would take several minutes to calm him down.  The doctor suggested that it may be reflux making him uncomfortable and suggested trying burping him every few minutes and keeping him upright for longer after feeding. The next step would be to try medication like ranitidine.  Connor actually feeds quite fast these days (5-10 minutes sometimes) and if I try to interrupt his feeding to burp him, he would get very angry as well.  I am not totally convinced if the reflux is the reason for the crying, I wonder if Connor is just upset for other reasons, like drinking too fast, not laying down comfortably, too noisy environment or I am not paying full attention to him while he is feeding.  Maybe he is just a grumpy baby.  Hopefully this phase will pass soon. 

On the positive note, Connor is sleeping through the night (until 5am) since he turned two months.  This is a lot sooner than Logan did.