Two Months

This past Thursday was my two-month birthday.  I weighed 9 pounds and I was 22.5 inches long.

The past month was really exciting.  Hopefully soon, I’ll post pics from my first roadtrip and my shuttle sighting.

One Month

Two days ago was my one month birthday.  I can’t believe how big I’m getting!!  I’m already over 20 inches long and 7.5 pounds – that’s a pound bigger than I was when I was born!  Of course, the past month has been very eventful.  I spent my first couple of days in the hospital, where I had lots of great visitors.  My mommy and daddy were so proud to show me off that they invited all of their friends to come meet me.  I was still pretty tired from being born (you try being pushed out of your warm, cozy home thru a tiny hole into a cold, dry world!), so I was quiet during the day.

After the visitors left, I woke up and wanted to play that night.  Mommy and Daddy were not very interested in playing.  I think they wanted to sleep, but how could we sleep when there were so many new things to look at and when I was so hungry?!

My first few weeks at home were a bit of a blur because I was so hungry.  I spent most of those days with my mommy on our living room couch.  Some nights, I would sleep for four hours at a time, but most nights, I didn’t want to sleep more than two hours.  I am growing, people!  I have to eat!  Since it’s been so hot here in Los Angeles, I haven’t gotten outside much, but we’ve been on a few walks around the neighborhood and out to lunch.

I’ve also spent this month making my parents laugh at my funny faces.

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My dad says that he’s going to show this video to boys when I’m older…that’s just rude.

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Last week, I received my first letter with my social security number.  I wonder what my credit score is right now…

Last week, I finally figured out how to focus my eyes and have been gazing into Mommy and Daddy’s eyes ever since.

This past weekend, I discovered how to smile, which makes my Mommy and Daddy very happy.

It’s been fun out here!!

Emery’s first days…

Check out the video below of Emery’s birth and first few days. It is best viewed in full screen mode with audio. We were blessed to be surrounded by friends and family. Emi already has a great community around her.

Week 41 – Baby

Last week, Baby Vo was the size of…well…a 6.29 pound Emery!!  (Like all babies, she lost a little weight after birth.)  We love her so much!!!

 

Week 40

As you all know by now, Baby Vo did not arrive on her due date.  I thought I wouldn’t mind when she came, but after her due date, I started to get anxious.  I badly wanted to give birth without any intervention, but with each day after her due date, it seemed more and more inevitable that Baby Vo would need some “help” coming out (i.e., the doctors would have to induce her).  We took this picture the day after my due date.  In an effort to encourage Baby Vo to come out on her own, we went out for spicy dumplings in Alhambra and stopped by Occidental College for a quick photo session.

Week 39

This week, Baby Vo is still the size of a watermelon.  We have barely started to eat the watermelon from last week, so there’s no need to buy one for this week’s picture.  Instead, we took this picture at Urban Light at the LACMA near our house.  Hopefully we’ll get to meet Baby Vo soon!!

Week 38 – Watermelon

Last week, Baby Vo was the size of a watermelon.  It was also my last week of work before maternity leave.

Week 37

For weeks 37-39, the book says that Baby Vo is the size of  a watermelon.  (Geez, Louise, that’s a lot of baby inside me!)  We decided to take the actual watermelon picture during week 38 to break things up a bit.  For now, here is what I looked like in week 37.

Maternity Photos

In LA (and I think around the country now), it’s become somewhat trendy for couples to take maternity photos.  The photos are very similar to engagement pictures, but the woman obviously has a large baby bump.  There are many professional photographers out there who take these type of pictures and in fact, Steve has done photo sessions for our good friends.  Naturally, Steve and I wanted a few of our own…but we didn’t want to pay the exorbitant prices that professionals charge.  So, what did we do instead?  We turned to Craigslist of course!  (What can’t you find on there?!)  Steve advertised that he was looking for a photography student or aspiring photographer and found a guy from Orange County willing to take our photos for free (in exchange for getting to use Steve’s camera.)  The Friday after our mothers left LA, we met the guy down in Palos Verdes, where he took photos of us along the bluffs.  It was definitely an interesting experience, but totally worth it for the photos that we got.  (Steve did all of the editing.)

The next day, we were supposed to go sit in the audience for “The Voice” blind auditions (one of my personal favorite shows on TV), but unfortunately, we were turned away at the door because the audience was full.  This was probably for the best because the last time we sat in a studio audience (for “The Sing-Off“), we ended up being in uncomfortable seats for five hours without any food or water.  I’m not sure I would have enjoyed a similar experience at 37 weeks pregnant no matter how much I like the show.  We didn’t let this snafu discourage us, though.  Instead, we went home, changed, and headed up to a park outside of Beverly Hills to take some more maternity photos.  With just us, a few props, and Steve’s camera equipment, I think we came out with some great photos.  Steve would say the whole process was very tedious (after all, he was the one running between posing for the photo and positioning his camera while trying to do everything with a timer), but I had fun just being with Steve and laughing at some of the ridiculous places we tried to stop for creative photo ops.

Week 36 – Yellow Melon

Last week, Baby Vo was the size of a large cantaloupe.  Do I need to mention once more that we don’t like cantaloupe?  Probably not.  Anyhow, we decided to use an equivalent-sized fruit and chose the yellow melon.  I know this picture looks like we are somewhere in the woods, but it was actually taken in a park just outside of Beverly Hills.  Sometimes it’s crazy to think about the diversity of our landscape right here in Los Angeles County.