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After Yeon and Nature we hopped back over the Han (in the subway – no literal hopping) to the park. After walking through the design center, we found a nice place in the grass to take a nap:

As a video:

He also got excited by fish in the design center:

And since (like most almost-six-month-olds) he loves different textures and new objects, as we walked through the park we would stop to feel different leaves and branches and petals:

Also, there was a guy with two trained cats at the park. It was pretty awesome:

Finally, here is a pretty cool panoramic view of the Han:

We had a big adventure today. First, we visited Yeon and Nature – the birthing center where August was born. We got to see the room he was born in, visit with two of the women that helped us a lot, and find his photo on the wall. 

Then, we went to Ttukseom Resort – a large park on the shore of the Han. I’ll leave that for a second post. 

The room where August was born and spent the first two nights of his life:

Sophie, the interpreter/all sorts of other roles that helped us out:

The nurse that swaddled August a few times, took him to his hearing test, etc.:

His photo on the wall. Note that all the other parents have their babies bundled up, regardless of time of year. Whereas we had him in a onesie. In March:

I had physical therapy in the morning, so in the afternoon we took a short trip over to Dream Forest. We went walking on the west side of the park and found a great lookout spot from which you can see much of the city. 

The lookout area:

The view:

The walk. I don’t know how many of these walking videos I have posted on the blog, if any, but I have been taking videos of August on walks like this ever since I first had him in a carrier. I hope to edit them together at some point:

I don’t usually take them from the front, but it looks pretty cool that way as well:

Also, apparently around six months babies develop a good appreciation of texture. So on the walk he was feeling all sorts of things. I just barely missed a good shot of him holding on to some leaves, and didn’t think to get him holding a rock. But he also enjoyed pulling on the rope (didn’t actually capture him pulling on the rope with two hands):

And, finally, on the insanely packed bus ride home, August decided he wanted to hold on to the nice smooth pole as well:

Here are three videos that give you an idea of the sorts of things August likes to do right about now:

Make noise as he sits in his chair:

Work on crawling:

And exercising by holding an object over his head and pulling with both arms, while grimacing. Also, he loves playing with straws:

People keep asking for proof of the teeth. Like the Loch Ness monster, visual evidence is difficult to come by. But they are there. If you look closely I swear you can see the two front bottom teeth right at the beginning of this video and at the 10 second mark:

He is definitely getting the eating thing down, and can now open wide when he wants another bite of food:

And here he is later in the day, listening to the Hungry Little Catepillar:

August got plenty messy while using his spoon and bowl yesterday:

Thank you for the shirt, Glecy! August was very excited to wear it yesterday. 

This morning August managed to roll over, grab the iPad off its stand, exit the program, switch screens, start a typing program, and type.

Not that that was all intentional – you can apparently accomplish a lot by randomly swiping at an iPad. But here is his first typed work. Note the use of both roman and Korean alphabets: 

JFytgh|/ ,  be.  Ava ss. .]#]\{}|\]|4://_112121/2[]|adwz asedxawfsvcxczxdxdrtetvddr ettr.   Zrvnnva.  Bq.  qaqㅋ.  ㅇㄴㅇ.  유류와 ㄹ 

August loves seeing his reflection. Although August and his reflection don’t actually see each other in this photo, it is the best I have taken of August and Mirror August: