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In the morning, August had a trip to the doctor to get the last of his six-month vaccinations (except now he can get a flu shot, which will be next week), while in the afternoon I went to Severance Hospital across the city for my three month check on my arm. Took the doctor about 10 seconds to say it looked fine. 

The most exciting thing of the day, however, was August starting to make a little forward progress. Also, you can see him start to alternate some of his leg movements: 

Before August’s appointment we went for a little walk and found ourselves on the museum, playing with the plants:

He had more fun playing in the crib today:

His bald spot is a thing of the past:

A family photo taken by Atsuko when she dropped me off after my appointment:

Evening fun:

 

Chewing on socks:

The odd pushing game:

Playing with dad’s head:

More laughing:

The going to bed book:

In the morning I heard him moving so I went into the bedroom to see this:

He has started to enjoy playing in his crib:

After a nap we took a bus up to Danggogae. We went to the park, where we ate lunch and played on a bench while we enjoyed the leaves changing color:

And made funny faces:

Once home, he took a nap:

And then a bath:

And in the evening he and mom chewed on spoons together:

Raining even more than yesterday. Hopped the bus to Korea University and went to the museum. Kind of underwhelming (except for the one national treasure they possess), but we made the most of it. 

Then walked across campus and into Anam – the little university district by (surrounded by, really) the university  – to scout it out for restaurants. 

The umbrella was well used by the end of it all.  

 

But before that, Augudt enjoying a random word game:

One of the interesting, but kind of tacky pieces in the museum’s current art exhibit. Apparently animating famous works of art is a thing, because I first saw pieces like this at the UNESCO building last year. 

About the only video you will ever see me shoot in portrait, as that was he orientation of the painting, and I really only shot it to show to Meg – our friend who is an art teacher – on my phone: 

The best part of the trip was hanging out on a very nice landing in a very deserted stairwell. We are our lunch and played on the floor for a good 30 minutes and no one bothered is:

The coolest thing in their collection is this national treasure: a series of paintings that forms a map of the east palaces (the one where Glecy took a tour of the gardens and August and I went with my parents for the same tour). I could identify many of the buildings and paths we visited:

I asked Carly why we weren’t given the option of having a placenta jar as part of our birth plan:

We then walked around Anam. I spotted two mexican restaurants, two Indian restaurants, an Indian reataurant, and at least two coffee shops I would like to try. We are window shoppers more than anything when thinking about eating out, so we will probably never make it to more than one or two of them. 

August fell asleep on the bus ride home: 

Back at home, August figured out how to get up on his hands and knees (see a previous post), and also got excited by spotting our water bottle while in the bouncy chair:

It was rainy and dreary, so I was looking for a way to get out of the apartment but to do something indoors. We have a gift certificate to a department store and I’ve been meaning to make it to one of the branches to see if there was anything we could get for August. 

So, August and I hopped on the subway and headed north as far as we could. Transferred, and headed an additional five stops north. 

We arrived only to find that the department store was closed that day.  

We still had fun walking around the area, and August had fun talking to people in the subway.  

 

In bed in the morning: 

Riding the subway:

Walking by the closed department store:

Feeling the wet railing:

He just whipped this out this afternoon and has been practicing ever since:

On Saturday we took August to get more shots, visited Sarah, took our bed off the frame, and I went with our friend Meg to see the movie Jimmy’s Hall.

Sunday, we did some more shopping, cleaned, and hosted Jill and Derek and their son Logan for dinner.  

Somewhere in there Carly and I watched most of The Fault in Our Stars but didn’t finish it. One of these days…

Stealing my pillow Saturday morning when I rolled over to get my phone: 

Waking up:

Oral immunization before the shot:

He likes fans, but we haven’t used ours in a few weeks. So he was excited by Sarah’s:

August was intrigued by the crib temporarily being placed in the living room, and sat there calmly for a long time:

Playing:

We got this steamer/blender for just over 40 bucks on clearance at Toys R Us. A total steal. Here is Carly using it to make chicken:

Becoming a meat eater:

 

Sunday: 

Playing with mama:

Watching her wrap a gift:

Playing with the toothbrush my mom gave him (one of his favorite toys since we rediscovered it on Saturday):

Playing with (in the vicinity of) Logan:

We’d been trying to keep August away from the edges of the play mat so he wouldn’t pull them up. But yesterday we had friends with a 10 month old over, and pulling up the mats became a big game for both of them. So now August is totally into pulling up the floor:

The Kwangwoon University area is only about 15 minutes away by bus but we had never been there. It is a small campus, but nice, and the street connecting the university to the train station is pretty nice, with some decent restaurants and coffee shops. 

But first, we went walking around an apartment complex southwest of us for a morning walk. We walked through a small park, and had some fun on the swing:

He decided it was warm enough that he didn’t need a hat:

There is an open area next to the subway station at Kwangwoon where people feed the pigeons. This was August’s favorite part of the trip, and we probably spent 15 minutes watching them:

I then got an apple earl grey latte and we walked around the area and across the small campus. We ended up sitting in an outdoor amphitheater, each of us having our drink, while we watched people play basketball and that volleyball-with-their-feet game:

A nice, relaxed Friday.  

No big adventures today. We had fun around the house, visited Sarah, and went to APIS so I could go to PT. 

Cause and effect (and notice the wrinkly foot from the bath):

He was more fond of the beach ball today:

He played in the crib:

Got to meet Sarah. We visited her because she broke her ankle and has been stuck in her apartment all week:

Squirming before falling asleep:

When you move him to the crib during his nap, he has a tendency to scrunch up like this:

He got to hang out with Carly’s students again:

He now likes taking off the tray and playing with it:

Bouncy chair time:

Straw:

In his new pajamas and getting a drink from the spray bottle: