Too cute for words

Orion's first boat ride

Orion went on a whale watching trip this weekend with his pal, Aidan (along with the mommies and daddies, of course). He was fascinated with the water. We think he will love swimming or water polo since he loves the water and he can kick and jump like no other 5-month old. Unlike mommy who got seasick, Orion was energetic and all smiles! The whale watching trip was overrated. We got to see some whales, but the boat ride back and forth was very long and grueling for 10 minutes of "whale" watching. The dophins were great and we saw a school of them passing by, which didn't make the trip a total disappointment. If it wasn't free, we would never put ourselves through that again. We can go to Sea World and see a killer whale jump and do tricks instead :)

Going backwards to Friday, Orion went to his first story time at Barnes&Noble bookstore. He was the youngest boy there, but was the best behaved. He was more interested and fascinated with other kids than listening to the story teller. At the end of story time, they ran a bubble machine and all the kids tried to pop the bubbles. That was Orion's favorite part too. He looked up at the bubbles and his eyes tracked them as they fell to the hands of little kids. We think we'll be taking him on a weekly basis from now on.

Melts your heart

Orion developed a habit of caressing mommy or daddy's face while trying to fall asleep. After caressing our face, he'll put his palm under our chins and once in a while he'll open his eyes to make sure we're still there and then he naps. He's been napping better with the ipod playing lullabyes. Before we bought an ipod speaker/dock, he would wake up in 20 minutes from a nap. Now, he finally sleeps for 1 to 2 hours which is a huge improvement. I guess he either likes music or it just drowns out all the other noises that can startle him.

We also bought a toyota rv. This rv is old and needs some of the furniture replaced inside, but it only has 80,000 miles and the important things are in working order. We will take our first road trip in August with baby bear.

Watch out Yao Ming

At Orion's 4-month doctor's visit, we are pleased to report the below:
Length: 95 percentile
Weight: 50 percentile
Cuteness: off the charts

Orion's upcoming public appearance:
03/06/09 - story time at Barnes N Noble
03/21/09 - whale watching at the San Diego Harbor Cruise