Week 5 ~ Joshua Turns a Month Old!!

We can't believe Joshua is already a month old. Where did the time go? From the time he was born to his 2 week check-up, Joshua gained a pound and grew an inch. I'm sure he has gotten bigger since then. He has grown out of his newborn clothes and is now in 0-3 months. I can remember the days when we had to put him in preemie diapers. Now, he is in size 1.

Song thinks that Emma and Joshua, both, skipped the Park genes as far as looks. He doesn't think they look like him or his side of the family at all. Emma definitely looks like me when I was a baby. A lot of people have been saying that Joshua looks like one of my younger brothers. They think he looks like Adam. I think so too. All I can say is that, our kids my have more of the Paik looks in them but they definitely have the Park's appetite. Joshua eats every 3 hours like clock-work and if the bottle isn't ready the moment he gets up, he cries. Song gets really cranky when he is hungry too. Like father like son. haha.

"Look how chubby my face has gotten."

"Time to burp after a nice bottle. I'm so tired...maybe I'll skip the burping."

"This is how wide awake I am between 2 AM and 6 AM. It drives my Mommy crazy. I'm getting better at sleeping at night though. For a little while there, I had my nights and days mixed up."

"It's cold. Let me bundle up."

"Look how big I have gotten. I can reach the bottom of this sling now. I couldn't before."

Joshua's 1st Play Date w/ Aubrey

Joshua had his first play date with his friend, Aubrey. She was born a week before him.

"Ah...I needed that diaper change after that one hour car ride to Clarksburg, MD. Did you check out my socks? Aren't they cute?"

"Hey Aubrey, do you want to use my arm as an arm pillow?"

"Hey...I said you could use my arm as a pillow. I didn't raise my arm just so you can go after my boob. Mine doesn't have any milk. Ask your Mommy."

"I'm ready to go home now. Don't I look so warm?"

Week 4 ~ Random Pictures

Unfortunately, taking care of 2 kids doesn't give me enough time to take a lot of pictures. Obviously, we took a lot more pictures of Emma when she was Joshua's age since she was the first child and the only child. I try to at least take a few pictures each week but since Joshua sleeps most of the time, the pictures all look the same. haha.

Joshua seems to like sleeping on his Daddy's chest. He must like the sound of his heartbeat.

Emma: "Daddy...Daddy...put Joshua down and play with me."

My cousin, Seung Hoon, came over to visit Joshua. He said that he was afraid to hold Joshua because he was so small and fragile looking.

"Mommy is making me do more tummy time because she doesn't want me to have a flat head like my big sister.

Week 3 ~ Daddy Styled My Hair

Song didn't like the way I was brushing Joshua's hair, so he decided to style Joshua's hair after one of his baths. He tried to give him a Daddy hairdo.

"Well, what do you think? Daddy tried to spike my hair in the front."

"Hmm...I don't know if I like it or not."

"I tell you one thing...someone needs to trim the long hair around my ears. I don't like it hanging over like that."

"Ah...I think I like Mommy's hairstyle better."

1st Real Bath

On Oct. 27th, Joshua's umbilical cord stub fell off, so we were able to give him his first real bath. He didn't like it very much.

"OMG...what are my parents doing to me? I liked swimming when I was in Mommy's belly but I don't think I like this."

"Yeah, it's getting a little chilly in here."

"I'm going to count to 5 using my fingers here. You better get me out before then or else..."

"I warned you!!"

"Is it me or do I have wavy hair? Hmm...Mommy, Daddy and big sis don't have wavy hair. Why do I?"

Week 2 ~ Do I look different?

Like all babies, Joshua looks different every week...sometimes every day. Babies grow so fast at this age that sometimes you just don't have enough time to enjoy them being newborns. Both of the outfits you see below are now too small for Joshua. I think he is going to be a tall kid just like his sister.

"I don't like to be swaddled anymore. I like sleeping with my arms up."

One of the rare few minutes Joshua is awake. We can't wait until he stays awake longer during the day. Everyone says they like Emma better since all Joshua does is sleep.

"Let me just stick my tongue out at you."

"Okay...nap time again. This time, Mommy didn't swaddle me too tightly that I managed to get one arm out."

End of Week 1 Pics

Here are some pictures from the end of Joshua's 1st week. When we look at these now, he was so small. Joshua will be 6 weeks old on Thanksgiving Day. He has grown SO much. He should...he drinks 4-5 oz each feeding which is every 3 hours.

"My big sister is so gentle with me. She barely touches me when she kisses me. haha."

"Hi Grandma Paik. Let me give you a high-five!!"

"This vibrating bouncer is pretty nice."

"Hmm...is this my good side?"

"Mommy...I'm trying to get some sleep. Can you stop taking pictures now?"

Joshua's 1st Sponge Bath at Home

A couple days after we brought Joshua home, we gave him his first sponge bath. We weren't as nervous giving him his bath since we had already gone through it with Emma. We wanted to give him a nice regular bath but we didn't since we had to wait until his umbilical cord fell off.

Ah...sleeping like a little angel.

"Why did you wake me up from my nap?"

"I don't want a bath. I want to sleep!!!"

"Are we done yet? It's cold."

"Is this the new robe Aunt Lindsay bought me?"

"YES! We're done!"

"Raise your arms, if you're sure!"

"Oooo...I'm all nice and clean."

"Doing some tummy time on daddy."

"Back to sleep, I go."