Stop drooling!

Yesterday was a very important day for Aga -- he turned 4 months old! Actually, we parents didn't even know that 4 months was a big event for Taiwanese babies, but in A-mah's monthly recorded message she explained the whole thing to us: at the fourth month, we should celebrate the "Stop Drooling Ceremony"!!! She instructed us to get 12 or 24 cakes with holes in them, thread them through a red string, and hang the cakes around Aga's neck. Then we are to go to our neighbors, who should each take a sweet from the string and give a good wish to the baby. It's called the "stop drooling" ceremony because afterwards the baby is supposed to quit dribbling saliva all over himself and grow up quickly.

Sounds fun! But.. but.... Jimmy failed to listed to A-mah's message 'til the evening. Oh no! No time to prepare! Where would we find cakes with holes??? We rushed to the nearby store, and got gummy candy lifesavers instead. And since I only had orange string, we used that instead of red. Then off we rushed to our nice neighbors, and were lucky to catch them before they went to bed!


Here we go!

First stop: Frances' home!

 

Austin's turn

Haha, Frances introduced a new twist to a Taiwanese tradition: the well-wishers need to kiss and smell Aga's feet as well! Here goes Austin

 

 And Jonathan

 

Austin can't help himself, he wants more!

 Whaaaat's all the fuss about, Aga wonders (actually you can't see it, but he's totally grabbing the candies here)

 

Off we go to Anne and Ray's!

 

 

 

 

And wow, even got an awesome new book! Thanks Anne!!!

(Today's update:  Aga's STILL drooling. Hehe)

Mother Nature's Son

Suggested soundtrack for these pics :

 

 

Turn! Turn! Turn!

Exciting times -- Julien is learning how to turn himself!!! First, take a look at earlier attempts at head-raising. This is from >2 weeks ago:

Just a week later we witnessed him flip over for the first time!!!! We didn't catch the historic first on video, though. While so far he's only managed to turn to his right, today he attempted to turn to his left! Only his head got in the way, poor bébé ;-)

And here's perfectly executed right-side turn!

Is Julien gonna be right handed? What do you think?

Playtime expressions

This is from >2 weeks ago. He's changed a lot since!!