At 5 months:

1. Rolls front to back effortlessly. Changing  his diapers has become challenging. 
2. Giggles and laughs at anything that makes a sound. 
3. If you smile at him, he ALWAYS smiles back at you. 
4. He figured out how to put his whole fist in his mouth and anything else he can grab. Now he’s working on shoving both hands at the same time.
5. Breast-fed & formula fed (def. prefers breast over bottle); when I bottle feed him instead of nursing, he always fusses in the beginning but he doesn’t complain when someone else feeds him bottles. hmmm…it’s like he can smell me.   
6. Can sit still for 5 seconds by himself before he growls and twists his body out of his chair 
7. Sleeps through the night (from 6:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. Yes, I’m back to waking up at 5 a.m. ) 
8. Definitely ready for solid food. He immitates eating when he sees us eat. 
9. He stares, quite intensely, memorizing faces, especially mine.:) 
10. Loves music. He also tries to sing along when he hears vocals. 
12. Takes catnaps at home, but in his stroller outside he can sleep for hours at a time.   
13. He’s very chatty, especially in the morning.   
14. When you put your hand out to him, he reached in and places his hands on yours wanting to be held.
15. He’s only gotten hit by his sister twice. The first time was by mistake and the second time was on purpose when Chloe was trying to watch Dora, the explorer show. Shane was sitting at arms length from Chloe making gaga noises, so without hestitation she lightly hit him to shut him up. Honestly it didn’t seem like it hurt that much but he whaled and cried very sadly. I think his feelings were hurt. 
16: … He’s Mr. Haewon (says Andrew)

Just about a month ago, we noticed Chloe can sing! She memorized quiet of few songs like ‘twinkle twinkle little star’, ‘alphabet song’ ‘oh mcdonald’, ‘row row row your boat’, etc. Tonight, as we were all sitting in the living room having a conversation after dinner, Chloe started distributing her shinny metallic papers to my parents, Andrew and myself. Then, she stood in the middle of the room and just like an orchestra conductor with a baton, she started raising and lowering her arm that held the metallic paper straight up and down as she was singing twinkle twinkle little star, dictating to all of us to start lifting and lowering our metallic papers in sync. It was so out of the blue and we were all laughing so hard. Where did she learn this? It was harilous and sooooooo darn cute!!  

We had a very busy day today. We had a doctor’s visit this morning and we found out that Chloe has an ear infection and Shane has Bronchiolitis… my poor babies.:( 
Then in the afternoon we went to our friend James & Jinsun’s baby shower. Between socializing and catching up with friends, Andrew and I lost count on how many cupcakes Chloe was eating. Seriously, everytime I saw her she was grabbing them! 

 and here’s my cupcake queen now.

Congratulations James & Jinsun on your new bundle of joy to come!

We have a new nanny for the kids. We love her and the kids love her too! So far, so good…

We went sightseeing by car because the weather was too cold and the kids were too tired but we ate very well. We went to Carlyle’s for brunch then to a very famous Peking House for dinner. Everything was absolutely delicious. 🙂 So to sum-up our trip, it was: 

lots of food, lots of driving, great time with friends & family and no sleep .  

Thank you Jenn & Rich for your warm hospitality! Chloe’s already said she was going to emo’s twice this morning! 

Jenn and Rich graciously welcomed us to their home. Jenn even baked muffins and blueberry bread for us! We stayed in and ordered in dinner, spending a cozy afternoon with friends. Within two hours of our stay, Chloe was already so attached to Jenn, calling her Emo(aunt) and following her around. Chloe even charmed them by singing ‘twinkle twinkle little star’. We also got to hang out with my cousin Tony which was  also great.

We thought it would be a great idea to take the kids to Washington D.C. over the long weekend. It started out with excitement… until our first night, which we realized that it wasn’t a smart idea to put a 4 month old and a 2 year old in the same hotel room, given we arrived there at midnight. Chloe was wide awake until 2 a.m. excited that she was sleeping in the big bed with us and Shane was not feeling the new crib at all. Andrew and I took turns holding him all night. Nobody got enough sleep that night  and we were all up by 6 a.m. Sleeping in late never happens with my kids. I called the front desk to ask for a suite for the next night but nothing was available. That’s when we packed up and went to my lovely friends, Jenn & Rich. 

In the picture, Chloe’s having strawberries and kiwis for breakfast, which she then told me she forgot to pray after taking her first bite . So, she stopped eating and prayed all by herself… for a long time! 

Here’s a card I made for Andrew but I also want to share it with my readers! Download it here for a free pdf template. You can print your own and give it to your valentine. Enjoy!

This is for you, Andrew. Owl love you forever…

We have been featured here. We had the pleasure of knowing Bentley Waters when we hired her to photograph Chloe’s first birthday in 2007. She’s a very lovely and talented person and we definitely want her back to shoot Shane’s first birthday for sure! Thank you for mentioning my website. We look forward to seeing you soon!