September 8, 2018

Hello!

Fun weekend out here. Grandma and grandpa came to visit. 

Great uncle Matt and great aunt Jane came to visit!

This week we tried making some new food. Corn fritters and chicken katsu. Mark even asked for some chicken katsu to take to school. That’s a big compliment! Also made spanakopita, and working on perfecting a cinnamon roll recipe. 

Then some random pics from this week:

Can you guess who is Mark who is Vivian? They look so alike! So far the correct response rate is about 50%. 

Here is a hint:

Got a sponge bath in preparation for visitors. 

Epic train building! Mark rode the rails with grandpa this weekend!

Pretend walking. 

Vivian is not a fan of that one!

Love,

Betty

September 6, 2018

Just a short post today! Think Vivi is going through a growth spurt so she has spent a lot of time eating today- which is great! But, it means fewer pics!

AMA says Mark doesn’t eat enough so we should make him desserts to get calories in. How come no one ever says that about me! Ha. This dessert is called Blueberry boy bait. Because teenage boys go crazy over it, according to the America’s test kitchen cookbook we got for Ama this week. We’ve been watching the cooking show, and she wanted the book. It’s awesome! I’m going to order myself a copy. 

Mark built this amazing train structure with Ticket to Ride tonight. He was very proud of himself. 

Here’s dad pretending to sleep with Vivian again!

Ender, nothing has changed!

Love,

Betty

September 5, 2018

Hola! Ventured outside the house today. So not worth it. Came back exhausted!

Vivi had another spa day. 

She doesn’t like the bows. 

Tummy time. Vivian is really strong! You can’t tell here cause it just put her to sleep. 

SNOO is still going strong. 

And finally! A weeks photo!

Oh yes and dad pretending to fall asleep. 

But then he really did fall asleep. Don’t worry I sat and watched them both cause I was nervous. 

Trying a new burping technique?

Love,

Betty

September 4, 2018

Vivian is a week old! We are having the best time. Thank goodness for Ama! She did the drop off and pick up today no problemo, and she even popped out to Whole Foods. 

Did a photo shoot with Viv:

Love the portrait mode on the iPhone. Here is tummy time. 

Escape artist. Before. 



After. 

So far the SNOO is living up to the hype. Here’s her sleep log for the day- I didn’t put her in for a morning nap. But Vivian likes it in the SNOO- she can fall asleep in it during the day pretty well. At night she definitely has a witching hour period between maybe 11-2, but otherwise, she is happy as a clam (knock on wood).

I’ve been able to get a few naps in thanks to all the help. So feeling pretty good. Have been using the down time to watch cooking shows. Check out the apple strudel that Mark and I made. 

Mark loved it so much. I asked which part was his favorite- he said the top, the dough, the middle, and the bottom. He said please ask Ms. Hoa for more recipes haha, because he knows she sent us that apple cobbler recipe a few weeks ago. 

Tom took a photo of Viv during her diaper change. 

Trying baby wearing with Vivian. She’s not very into it. She woke up right after this picture screaming. 


She prefers to be held on the couch. 


Much love,

Betty