Gracie at 4 months

Gracie turned 4 months old on January 22. She's such a big girl now. Her stats: 25 inches tall, 14 pounds and 11 ounces and a head circumference of 41.4 cm. The doctor says she looks perfect except for her flat head. We may go and see someone about getting her a helmet. Eric and I don't want to and we'll only do it if it's effecting her face. She'll probably grow out of it and nobody will notice it at all once she gets some hair.

Just yesterday I tickled her and she giggled. And then she kept doing it. It was great! She has also started to stick her hands in her mouth. Drool city! But the doctor says she isn't officially teething yet. And the herky-jerky movements have begun as well. It's so funny to watch.

She's doing wonderful at school. She sleeps more than Sadie did while at school. Sadie would come home from school having slept 30 minutes total some days. She was just a social butterfly and didn't want to miss anything. Gracie will sleep for hours. And all of a sudden, she's one of the oldest kids in her classroom.

Gracie just loves her sister. She lights up when she sees her. It just warms my heart to witness that. Please, please! I just want them to be close as they grow older.

A baking fool

White cake with cream cheese frosting. It's supposed to look like a mini cupcake on a stick.

White cake with cream cheese frosting. I made them for Wendy's birthday.

Brownie cupcakes with walnuts and (you guessed it) cream cheese frosting.
Oh, and caramel drizzle. I made these for the daycare teachers' holiday party.

All I want to do these days is bake. And blog. And then bake some more. I finally made Bakerella's cupcake pops. My parents and brother visited in January. My dad just had his birthday and Sadie's birthday is Monday. So I decided to attempt making these cute little cakes on a stick (http://www.bakerella.com/chocolate-cupcake-pops/). She makes it look easy. It's not. Oh well. They were delicious, very sweet. Maybe next time they'll look better.

100th day celebration

Happy Gracie.

Eric with my sweet, precious.

Sadie, my silly munchkin.

Happy mom after a successful party.
Photos by Wendy Yang Brunk

It's a tradition in the Korean culture to celebrate the 100th day of life. It was thought to be a major milestone during the days when the infant mortality rate was high. Gracie's 100th day or baek il was on Dec. 30, a Wednesday. So we invited our friends to brunch at our place the following Saturday. We had biscuits, ham, quiche, fruit, coffee and juice... all very Korean, very traditional. =) Maybe one day we'll have a party with actual Korean food. But then again, I've been saying I will start to cook Korean for a long time now. Anyway, I digress... Eric and I look at it as a "thank you" to all the people in our lives who helped us get to day 100. All the support - meals made, words of encouragement, kind Facebook posts, offers to babysit - really mean a lot to us and we are so grateful.

My little girl is two weeks shy of being 4 months old. My, time really flies. She's all smiles lately and is such a good baby. She only fusses when she's hungry or extremely tired. It doesn't take much to get her to calm down most of the time. Since she's probably our last child, I can't help but just stare at her and try, try, try to not forget what she's like at this age. You see, I love little, little babies. I'd have two more if a certain husband of mine would agree to it. He says we can if we win the lottery. I'm pretty sure I already have.

Gracie at 2 months - smiling and cooing

Gracie's coos are just the best. And she's smiling all the time now. At her 2 month well visit, she was 23 inches tall, 11 pounds 10 ounces with a head circumference of 38.7 cm. She's in the 75th percentile for height and weight and the 60th percentile for head circumference. I can't believe how much she's grown. We used to tuck the pant legs of the outfit she wore when she first came home into her socks. Now they are like shorts on her. She's sleeping as much as 7 hours at night which makes things easier on the adults in this house.

Sadie's crazy hair

BEFORE: Just woke up after going to sleep with wet hair.

AFTER: A little water, a comb and some hair ties.

1 month well visit

Gracie at 1 month.

Gracie is already a month old and growing like a weed. There's a noticeable difference in size. She weighs 9 pounds 1 ounce, is 21.5 inches tall and has a head circumference of 36.8 cm. The doctor says she is "perfect." She's already taking more milk per feeding than Sadie did at 3 months old which means she stays full longer and lets her mom and dad sleep more at night!

My two girls

Sadie, top, and her sister Gracie, below.
Photos by Wendy Yang Brunk.

Hilarious!