A real roll

I think I just put up a movie of Reina rolling, but this one is cute too! She totally goes for her worm toy and you can tell how much control she has over her body now!

She's gotten better with Kuniko, but mainly when she comes to our house. Reina was sitting with her for a long time quite content.

Check out those baby legs! We love our new leggings. Perfect for keeping Reina warm on those chilly Okinawa days (hear the sarcasm here)! Actually it has been a little cooler and really rainy. But the leggings are cute, will be great for this summer, make diaper changes easy, and will be awesome for when she starts to crawl. And look how high she gets up now!

The ending is the best...

This is some video footage Chris took while I was attending a meeting last night. We purposely place Reina in certain positions/places - but she's starting to figure out ways around our tricks! Sneaky girl!

A little more

Well, being as it is a weekend, I get a little more time to take pictures of Reina. We went to the comprehensive park. We picked up bentos and then had lunch at "our" bench in the park. Then Chris got to carry Reina for the first time in the backpack (or frontpack I suppose). I love wearing the wrap, but its killer on my knees! Anyhow. Also got some footage of Reina playing with one of her toys. I think she's trying to get it into her mouth, but she usually ends up smashing it into her face!

Don't wake a sleeping baby

So, this saying, I have decided, stems not from the health "risks" associated with waking sleeping babies, but from the meer fact that it really pisses them off! Reina was asleep in the wrap (see picture) before bed time. Once we got her out to put her in her pjs and off to bed she was QUITE unhappy. So, the moral is don't wake a sleeping baby b/c it makes them angry!

The next pics are from the next morning. She is getting pretty good at holding herself up. I've also started putting her in her 6 month onsies - and they just about fit. I think I just got tired of the 3 month ones!

PS - We have been to Family Mart, a Japanese grocery store, a sports store, the beach, and a furniture store with NO crying. I guess this is progress, or perhaps she just likes shopping!

*I also added more pics to the 4 month slide show.

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

Well, Reina has really mastered the roll. However, she seems to do it whether she wants to or not, and when she does, she is not always happy about the outcome. And she seems to have only mastered the roll from the back to the stomach (which is interesting b/c in the beginning she seemed to be better at going the opposite way).

So, I included a short clip of her rolling. She is still frustrating me with random crying sessions outside of the home, which I continue to try to explain. Chris keeps telling me, this is where the saying comes "you're a baby" since babies are supposed to cry. She seems to get scared, and this is the ONLY time we ever hear Reina cry. She is ok in the sling or car seat, so I fear she will be tied to me the whole time we're in the states! We're going to work on "scary" situations though.

The school year is wrapping up quickly. We have three weeks left and 1 of those will be half days and exams for me. 4 weeks until we visit Seoul...and then off to the states.

4 month stats

Reina went in for her 4 month ck up on Friday. She did pretty much as we expected. The second Chris and I put her down or passed her over she cried. But other than that she was fine. She weighed 14lbs and 12oz (60 percentile) and was 24 inches long (30 percentile). It seems she is already a little on the short side! She got three shots that she did not enjoy. On Saturday she had a slight fever and was much needier than usual. All else was great. The doctor encouraged us to keep her on breastmilk until she is sitting well on her own (which should be around 6 months). I'm hoping to hold off solids until we get back to Oki.

Our summer plans will commence on June 21 in which we will spend a week with my mom in Seoul. Then we'll head to Seattle on the 27. I am taking an AP certification course in Bellevue, so the government will be putting us up in a hotel until July 3. Then we'll visit with the Eastman's in Tacoma thru the 6th. After that we'll be up in Bellingham until about July 18, which we will drive down to Roseburg, OR to spend the remainder of our trip with my Dad. We hope to visit all of our family and friends and introduce Reina (at a distance it seems!!).

Reina and the waves

I forgot to mention that we need to add to Reina's "I'm afraid of..." list. We wanted to get a pic of her "in" the water...but as soon as Chris turned towards the waves, she decided she didn't like them!

Reina's Room

Ok. So, yea, NO SLEEP for me. Reina slept ok, accept she of course got up twice to eat! Although I can't tell if she really needs to get up now that I can't see her, so I just went and fed her everytime I heard her. Chris had the nerve to say, "wow, she slept great," when she got up at four. I was like, um, "no, we've already been up once!"

We did have a wonderful day at the beach today. And we got lots of cute pics of Reina. Also added a new slideshow (four months). Crazy that school is almost over and we'll be jumping on a plane come June! Not so long away.

When we got home from the beach, we "installed" Reina's jumper. She liked it, although I'm not sure if she knew what she was supposed to do.

Waiting Reina

This is Reina waiting at the door. Yes, Chris put her on the carpet right in front of the entrance...I about fell down laughing once I saw her waiting so patiently. There was also another laughing on the floor experience that I will spare you all from. Needless to say there was a diaper change immediately followed by a bath! Fortunately Reina was the only one in dire need of a bath.

Last weekend Chris and I actually took off from work we were so sick. I say this because I am out of leave, so I took a day without pay...we were SICK. Thankfully I can report that we have survived the swine flu (just kidding...but it was the flu!).

Reina was weighed today and she has made it to 15lbs! She is also lengthening...she's around 24 - 25 inches. We'll have official stats on the 22nd, when she goes in for her four month visit.

Another big event - Reina has her own room. She will spend her first night in her crib in her room tonight. I hope she sleeps better than I will. She has gotten pretty consistent with needing just one feeding in the middle of the night. She usually goes to bed around 7. On "bad" nights she's up around 1am and on good nights she's up around 4am. Either way we get up once since we get up SO early on work days (550).

Reina is STILL crying with strangers. Yesterday we went to a middle school event and all of these people wanted to hold her. She was even crying when people were touching her feet. Ridiculous, eh! I put her in the wrap for the remainder of the night. I think she is worse when there are LOTS of people, and better when there is just a few. But I think I have to accept that despite my efforts to take her with us all the time and pass her off...she is sensitive. She even cried with a new daycare worker this week. Jeez! I just hope she is ok on the plane and then with all the new relatives she's going to meet.