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We went to Dream Forest yesterday for a gathering of APIS staff and faculty families. A lot of children and babies:

He’s getting closer and closer, as evidenced by the shoving forward with his hips:

When August is in the wrap, he intently studies every move that Carly makes. Particularly when she is eating:

Friday, August and I went on a nice long walk with my dad. Along the way we found a new park, looked at the burial place of some old lord, saw the science center that is being built, bought some random beverages, and got to see August burst out crying at random women that were talking to him. Twice. Usually he loves the attention, but not today. 

also, he fell asleep facing forward in the carrier for the first time:

The new park:

The past several days, August has spent a lot of time just gazing at his hands. It is one of those things that is difficult to get on video, because as soon as I pull out the iPhone he is staring at that. I posted a video of him sort of doing it while drinking from a bottle a couple days ago, but I finally got a good video of him just staring at his hands:

This is what happens when you blow in his face:

Excitement at looking in the mirror:

Walking across the bridge:

Gazing at art:

This is a shirt that used to belong to me when I was a baby. 

 

He he wore this on our short walk to the art museum and Home Plus. He loved all of the kids and adults at the art museum that paid attention to him, as well as the video art pieces and the digital prints with lots of circles and colors. 

Here he is getting excited looking in the mirror:

And here he is getting excited by the video monitors:

The big adventure was a long walk up to the center of Nowon and back. Along the way we stopped at Daiso, a stationary store, a park, and hung out in Starbucks for an hour. 

He was facing forward in the carrier for the first time outside our apartment and he loved it. He squealed and got excited at trucks and people and trees and especially at any mirror we came across.  

I dressed him in a tshirt and pants, which makes him look older, and which he seemed happy about:

While at Starbucks I had to change him twice. Here was the scene:

Yes, I washed his hand when we were done. 

wgen I got out the bottle for him, he seemed surprised to see it, as if he hadn’t expected me to remember it. 

On the way back we picked up pizza and then, on our way back through English Science Park, walked by the senior center where a band was playing. The musicians waved at us, and then a woman started dancing for August. Here’s what it was like:

Back at home, he was excited to see his mom and continue to work on his crawling – and staring at his hands. Of course, he hadn’t sleptich during the day, and he did have a bad wake up from a nap – the most crying he did all day:

Drinking from a bottle:

Turning, trying to crawl, and teething:

Trying out the carrier facing forward:

After a bath:

On his tummy: