Month: July 2008

Letter: Month Eight

Dear E,

The months keep flying by. June was a busy month, mostly because of happenings with your dad’s family. At the beginning of the month we went on a family vacation with all of your dad’s family to Yachats, a town on the Oregon coast. You seemed to enjoy your dad carrying you around on his chest in the Baby Bjorn. He would take you exploring along the beach to look at tide pools.

It was fun to see you with your cousins. Your big cousin E. in particular seemed quite taken with you and would try all sorts of things to entertain you.


After we got back from the coast there was only a week left before your dad’s parents had to leave for Korea. They’re going to spend the next 3 years serving a mission for our church there. I know they’re going to miss you and all of the other grandkids, but they’re excited about this opportunity.


With everything going on, June was a crazy month. Some where in between everything that happened you got pretty good at sitting up by yourself. You seem to be more curious about the things around you and love crinkling up paper or trying to fit the remote control in your mouth. In short, you’re a lot of fun.



Love,

Mama

What’s that you say?

The colonies have declared their independence? By George!

Happy Fourth of July!

I hope you have a lovely holiday. I think we’re going to putter around the house and then see some friends (and hopefully fireworks) in the evening.

I forgot to post about our trip to the ENT on Monday. Our pediatrician’s office had gotten us a 3:45 appointment but the doctor was really behind and we were stuck waiting for almost 2 hours. E. held it together pretty well for the first hour, but then started falling apart. So I put him in his stroller and walked laps around the hallway. It was good for him because he quieted down and fell asleep and it was good for me because I hadn’t had time to exercise that morning. We ended up walking around for 45 minutes!

Lateness aside, I really liked the doctor. He had a very competent and deliberate manner about him. After he checked E.’s ears the doctor said that they look like they’re in the process of draining. He said that the pressure is more painful to E. now that his ears are draining than when they were totally plugged up. He didn’t think it would be worth it to jump the gun and put tubes in when the problem may resolve itself. We have a follow up appointment to check E.’s progress in 2 weeks (thankfully it’s the first appointment of the day and so there won’t be a horrendous wait). So tubes are still a possibility, but they’re a slim one.

E. has been fussier these last couple of weeks than he has ever been. Luckily, it’s still not too bad. However, I’ve been spoiled by his previous mellowness and so this new behavior kind of wears me out. He has taken to shrieking in a super-high pitch at the drop of a hat. Hopefully the shrieking is related to his ear pain and only temporary rather than being a new hobby he has decided to explore. Because I have to admit that I am not a big fan.

Did you know I enjoy FILM?

Me: So my first DVD from Netflix arrived today.

N: What DVD did you get?

Me: Well, uh, I wasn’t really paying attention to the order of the DVDs in my queue…

N: Your very first movie pick says a lot about you as a person. Did you get a foreign film? Or a documentary so you can learn something about an interesting subject?

Me: Well, one of the reasons I signed up for Netflix was to have movies to watch when I’m excerising during the day, so I tried to pick movies that I don’t think you’re really interested in watching.

N: What did you rent? I bet you rented a Criterion Collection release! What’s the movie that you’ve been dying to see?

Me: Um, I rented Enchanted. Yes, Enchanted! Leave me alone!!!

N: Ha-ha!
And then we watched it together.

Next up, Park Chan-Wook’s brutal masterpiece, Oldboy. I know, I know–there is very little method to the madness of my Netflix queue. (Note to readers: I know who most of you are and I know that you are lovely people but that you would NOT like Oldboy. Do not watch it!)

What movies would you recommend? I added movies that I’ve always intended on seeing like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Chinatown to my queue, but I’d love to hear suggestions if you have any.