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Both from yesterday. Howling:

And having a conversation with Carly:

He has slept in bed with us to this point, but given since his arms are getting longer and he’s doing a better job of escaping his swaddle, he’s started to wake us (well, mainly Carly) up with a jab to the face. 

so we’re trying out the crib. So far, so good. We’ll see how it works through the night:

This was a couple weekends ago. It was August’s first real interaction with another baby, although Logan, who was born in December, was doing most of the interacting. 

What an eventful and memorable day it was. I started it with my book club meeting, but that was just the beginning.

First, August has a new sound:

He didn’t crawl, but he figured out he could stretch out his arm and get the letters he was going for:

But then he decided to just suck on his arm, which gave him a bit of a hickey:

And we went to Hyehwa with our friend Megan where she and I played whack-a-mole:

And August got to be held by Megan in the pho restaurant:

After which we went to the Arko art gallery and saw our first show of comic book art:

Back at home he played in the crib for the first time and loved it:

And in the early evening we went for a nice walk by the power plant with him in the carrier, which he also loved:

We realized we’re going to need to take him to the airport in it, so we need to get him used to it. Luckily, he is now big enough to fit in it, and he handled it really well. We thought he was going to sleep, but he stayed awake almost the whole time, mainly looking up at the trees and sky. He finally fell asleep (after also walking through the park and going to the grocery store) as we got back to our building. I was easily able to take him out of the carrier and put him on the bed without waking him up – something Carly found difficult with the Moby wrap. 

Just a series of photos of August playing with his letter…

He’s gotten good enough at grabbing the birds that he has started to pull them off the string. As you can see in this video, he only has a string to hold on to now:

So we walked to Toys ‘R’ Us (and Quiznos) today and purchased some plastic letters. He has taken to them immediately:

No need to keep destroying the origami birds that Carly made. 

I love the 5-10 minutes after August wakes up from a nap.  We often hang out on the bed, stare into each other’s eyes, talk, smile, giggle, squirm (once I unwrap his swaddle blanket).  Here is the first smiley picture I’ve been able to get of him, after one of his naps today.

From the last couple weeks, that it. First, the changing table and elephant:

Some staring into space:

And some more talking to the  birds: