makayla roll

It happened. Mak rolled over from her back to her belly without any help. This happened at popo and goong goong's (Heidi's parents) house after dinner, so we had plenty of witnesses. You can also see in the video that she's already multi-tasking by sucking on her fingers and rolling at the same time. By the time I got the camera, she had already rolled a few times. So, by this time, she made it look super easy and smooth. Now she just has to learn how to roll back onto her back.

what the hey? II

Makayla normally likes playing with the jungle gym after her breakfast, and today wasn't any different. Except, when I left her there by herself (*gasp*) she managed to migrate a little...

From here...

...to here.

holding the bottle retro

This is so last month, but Heidi wanted me to post this one up for the world to see. Show-off alert: one finger bottle balance trick toward the end of the video.

double escalator

This has nothing to do with Makayla, other than I just watched this clip while she's taking a nap. I like this show.

reach for the sky

Makayla officially turns 4 months old this Saturday, May 8th, 2010; but if you count the weeks, she'll be 17 weeks old. As Heidi mentioned in the previous post, Mak had her 4 month check-up and one thing the pediatrician asked was if Mak reaches for things with her arms yet. We looked at each other and shrugged, "Not really, only if it's directly in front of her." We were thinking more if it was directly in front of her and already touching her hand in the first place (i.e. bib or blanket). Then she'll grab it and have a taste of it.

Well, the day after, Heidi puts her down to play on the floor with the jungle gym thing. You know, the thing that has rings hanging off of it for babies to grab when they're lying down. We have one that lights up and plays music when it's pulled. Usually, we're the ones pulling on the rings to make it turn on. I'm in the other room, and I hear the usual music play, but all of a sudden Heidi yells out, "Abe! Come here! Look!" Apparently, Mak knew what the doctor had asked during the check-up and wanted to prove us wrong. Good job baby girl.

Now that she sees that we get excited when she pulls on the the rings, Mak actually pulls them 6-12 times in a row.

week 16

Just took Mak in for her 4 month check up and everything seems normal. I swear she feels heavier than 15 lbs but the scale said 14lb3oz. Well, that's still within the 72 percentile so I guess she's doing fine. We were a little nervous bringing her to the injection room cuz she was getting a little fussy. I fed her a little bit before we headed down to get her vaccines. Watched the nurse stabb the first giant needle into her tiny leg but to our surprise...no crying...then came the second needle...and here comes a loud AHHHHH....for exactly 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 seconds then back to her normal self. Abe and I thought, WHAT? that's it? she must have a super high tolerance for pain. If it were me, I would have cried for the next hour or until I fell asleep!

Here're some pics from week 14-15:

story time

Last Saturday, Heidi graciously let me have a night to hang out with Stone, Ming, and Tom. We met up at Po Dogs in Capitol Hill and then took a stroll through the new location of the Elliott Bay Book Company. For a moment, Stone and I had lost Ming in the store. When we found him he was chuckling to himself about something. He was looking at Safe Baby Handling Tips, by David Sopp, Kelly Sopp. Hill-lar-ree-us, if you have a sense of humor. If you're stuck-up or take things too seriously, and don't think anything is funny, don't apply.

I miss working out, I wish I could take Mak to go weightlifting. According to this book, I shouldn't. I guess I need to figure out other father/daughter bonding activities.