Zoo

Orion's first trip to the zoo and he loves it! He especially loved being in the baby bjorn. He feels like he feels like he's driving and in the mix of things. It seems like his favorite exhibit is the orangutans. Although we went on a Monday, the zoo was quite packed for some reason. Doesn't anyone work these days?

Although we were only there for a few hours, it was perfect. We have a whole year to enjoy both the zoo and wild animal park with our annual memberships.

Playdates

Orion had many playdates this past week:

Susan and Marian (pictured below) are members of our small group. Their babies are a couple days apart. Susan has a baby boy, Caleb and Marian (wearing blue) has a baby girl, Alexandra.

Mei and Jeanine were memebers of my old church. We had a playdate with their kids. Jeanine has 3 girls and 1 boy. Mei (not pictured) has 1 little boy named David who is the same age as Orion. He is pictured in blue, sucking on Jeanine's arm.

Of course, here is Sofia, Camlinh and Roy's baby girl who is also born the same month as Orion. Orion seems to like her very much here! Orion and Sofia have a date at the zoo this coming week.

Our Easter

On Easter Sunday, Orion got all dressed up to go to church. He was a happy camper that morning because he knew Jesus has risen!

One more picture before heading off to church . . .

Service was outdoors that day so he had an opportunity to wear his cool shades again. Daddy always wears his shades so father and son matched that day.

The message was so exciting and stimulating that it really taxed him. He fell asleep in daddy's arms.

Little joys

No one understands the little joys and excitement parents go through unless they are parents. Orion slept a continuous 8.5 hours last night (9pm to 5:30am). It was so wonderful. Before bed, mommy fed him some rice cereal and then he gulped down 5 ounces of milk. We think the rice cereal did the trick because we thickened it more than usual. We started feeding Orion solids this week and at first he made these awful faces like we were feeding him poison, but he got a hang of it and welcomed the challenge of "chewing" his food. Chewing = using his tongue to push the contents against his upper mouth and then swallowing it. He was also able to sit very well on his high chair to eat all the rice cereal. High chairs are great and keeps them in place. If only they have handcuffs attached to them now :)

It's also very exciting to see his personality come out. He's such a little fella right now, but has a huge personality already. We think he'll be very charming and witty and very good at communication. We want him to be humble and that is why his chinese name means "humble" and "abundant." So abundantly humble?

The other night, Orion was sleeping in bed with us and mommy heard him pee, which is a weird occurance, but then understood why she heard him pee. It was because his diaper was off and he was peeing in bed. She felt the flow right away. Apparently, little Orion pulled off the tab that held his diaper together during the night. We caught him doing it again on his new diaper so knew instantly what had happened. Eversince then, Orion does not get to sleep without shorts or something that goes over the diaper so he won't be able to pull anything off. We underestimated his ability! After that incident, we decided it is time to purchase a king sized bed. We are looking into a memory foam bed because we heard great things about them. The king size will also give us more room if the whole family wants to sleep together, which is becoming a frequent occurance.

Too sexy for these shades

It was a bright day so we decided to put some shades on our little guy. He ended up keeping them on the whole day when he could have easily pulled them off with his little hands.

Last night, I heard Orion chuckling in his sleep and then I looked at him and he broke out into a huge smile. He must have been dreaming about being tossed up in the air and having fun.