Just Another Monday Morning

This morning (8am) Olivia hung out with me while I tidied up the bedroom and myself. She's so much fun in the morning. She's very interactive and is a very curious girl. She's always twisting her head or giving sidelong glances to conversations around her. She does not like to be lying down and would rather be propped up - or better yet, carried around. If you are carrying her and try to sit, she'll give you little grunts and kicks to get you back on your feet and moving again! In this morning's video, she's wearing a skulls onesie from her Ai-Yi. Just another Monday Morning at the Feldman house. :)

At Last

Hooray! At last, Olivia got to meet her Auntie Sharon and Uncle Ryan. They came up from Orange County to spend Thanksgiving with Olivia and Higgins.

Auntie Sharon & Uncle Ryan

Gobble Gobble In Style

Please excuse the typos in this post as I am busy eating my leftovers from the Annual Thanksgiving Ho Down. And boy do I mean Ho Down! My Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Doreen, Cousins - Elan, Morgan and Spencer always know how to do it up when it comes to food and entertaining guests. This is our second year going to my uncle's place in Napa. David and I switch off between SoCal (Takeguchi-side) and NoCal (Wong-side) for Thanksgiving. As you would have it, both families are very much into fine dining and companionship!

My Uncle and family make a to-die-for feast. You literally have to eat a lot leading up to the feast so as to expand your stomach, otherwise you'll leave there feeling like you'll burst. Some of their signature dishes are: My cousin Spencer's smoked duck, sticky fried rice stuffing, lamb, prime rib, roast beef, last couple of years they had Kobe!, curry chicken, sweet yams and of course turkey, mashed potato...and the desserts are nuts, they take up a full table all on their own. I've started my own tradition several years back where I would bring my own tupperware :) Now they provide tupperware and tinfoil to go! haah.

Here are some photos:

Friends and Family

As mentioned before, Olivia is very lucky to have so many wonderful, thoughtful and loving family and friends. Here are some more visitors who've come to meet Olivia.

Terrance, Susan Poh-Poh

Aunt Louisa & Aunt Rachel

Uncle Art & Uncle Fletcher

Aunt Irene

Aunt Linette & Uncle Christian

Uncle Dar

Uncle Billy, Jenny Yi-Yi, Yi-Goong & Yi-PohPoh

Yi-PohPoh & Yi-Goong

Crafty

Olivia is so lucky to be surrounded by such creative and crafty aunties. First was Ai-Yi's rose-petaled skirt with the floral halo and now Jenny Yi-Yi's blankie!

Blankie by Jenny Yi-Yi

Photo-Op

Uploading this photo real quickly. As always, Olivia is smiling ear to ear in the mornings. Here she is showing off her Aloha bib from her Aunt Sindy.

Morning Bird

At 6 1/2 weeks, Olivia is smiling even more than ever and interacting more with people both with her expressions and vocals. It is so hard to capture her smiles, coo's and ahh's. I've resorted to carrying the Flip videocam around wherever I go. She has always been the most playful and good humored in the mornings.

Unlike her Mom (aka Night Owl), Miss O is a Morning Bird chirping away....

6 Week Freedom!

Today is mark's Olivia's 6th week. 6th week is a big deal because that meant Olivia earned her freedom and can venture out of the house. We celebrated by bundling up and going for a stroll around the neighborhood.

#1 Son

We must not forget our #1 Son, Higgins. He's been such a good brother. Awhile back, Olivia was crying in her swing and Higgins went to get his favorite toy (Octopus from Aunt Aylang) from another room and brought it over to Olivia and dropped it under her swing and went back to the other room. Call it coincidence or a fluke, but I'd like to think that it was brotherly love :).

We aren't able to take as many videos of Higgins anymore, but recently, with the help of my sister, we were able to capture fun times with Mr. Higgins. Recently he's been allowed access to other rooms of the house. He's been enjoying his new extended territory as you will see in the video. Our house is all hardwood, with no rugs, except for the family room. Watch how Higgins love the feel of the rug underneath him. Luckily we don't have carpet because he'd tear around the house like the Warner Brothers' Tasmanian Devil!

One Month Check-up

We had our one month check up today for Olivia. She's right on track. Here are her stats:

Head: 37 cm
Length: 22 1/4 in (80 percentile)
Weight: 9 lbs 10 oz (50-60 percentile)

Pediatrician says that Olivia has very good head control and that we should do tummy time. But she has a tendency to look to her right so we need to do some stretches and get her to look to her left.

Just recently I feel like she's staying awake longer when she is awake and she more often than not want to be held after a few minutes of lying awake. I don't think it's really her wanting be held than her wanting to be moved around the house so that she can look at things. I read that at this age she should be smiling now. The pediatrician asked if she was smiling yet. I feel like she's always smiled but I suppose that was more gas, or her drunk off my milk. haha. Lastly, she's making a lot of cute noises now. She does this "sigh" and this "ahh" which is adorable! Haven't really caught it on video yet, though I think my Dad did on the video I had posted.

Slings

Just the other day, I decided to use the sling my gf, June, lent me. It was a major case of deja vous of little than less than a year ago where I was using a sling. Dave and I would kid around about using Higgins sling for the baby. Maybe I should after a major thorough cleaning! Actually, Olivia is way too big for Higgins sling. hehe..

Nov 8, 2008

Nov 2, 2009

One Month

Happy One Month Olivia!

Hooray! Olivia is officially one month old. That means Mom and Dad survived :) Though Olivia made it quite easy for us for the most part. She sleeps, eats and poops like a champ. When she does cry it's merely a reminder to Mom to feed her and Dad to change her. We have a doctor's visit on the 10th for her one month check up. I will try to remember to ask for the percentiles and update the blog.

Olivia and Boo the Bear

Mommy * Olivia * Daddy

Olivia

Lights, Camera, Action!

Location: Dining Room
Videographer: 公公
Starlet: Olivia Vivian Tane Feldman

**Mute your volume - nothing interesting, just jibberish from everyone else in the room.

First Paternal Family Pics

Grandma and Grandpa came and visited for a week, and Uncle Aaron flew all the way from Japan to come meet Olivia. We are eagerly anticipating for Thanksgiving so that Auntie Sharon and Uncle Ryan can come for more family pictures!

Grandma & Grandpa Feldman, Uncle Aaron, Dad and Olivia

Grandma Feldman

Uncle Aaron