MAY UPDATE

UPDATE from the BUNTONS
(Don't miss the video toward the middle! It's cute and funny.)

The diaper man fell asleep on our new couch - new to our family, I mean, the couch was given to us by Sean's grandparents in Bakersfield - THANK YOU! He must have been so tired because he just fell asleep in that cute, funny position, in his new tennis-shoes.

He's very sweet... when he's asleep!!

How can anyone fall asleep in that position? I don't know. It works for him.

Then he woke up from his nap and started playing with his cool car.

Then we ate dinner! Matt has been so good at using forks and spoons!! He actually feeds himself.

Then it was his bath time. He was happy to brush his own teeth, so I let him. What a neat kid!!

I'm stinky NO MORE!!

Mama wanted to take a picture of my long eyelashes. She's jealous of my long eyelashes cause her's are short...

For Mother's Day, Sean made all kinds of delicious food for the three women - his mom, his sister, and me... well, and for the rest of the family members - Everything was fantastic. It's a shame that we don't get to eat Sean's delicious food everyday. Sean makes this amazing asparagus dish that everyone loves. I mean, Matt even ate like two of them in one sitting!! Now, that's a miracle.

With his cousin, Alex. He was actually having fun and smiling until I got my camera out.

Matt is probably more curious than curious George. He loves to learn names of different things. His favorite book is baby's 100 first words - he pulls it out and always points and asks what everything is. Well, every now and then, he would take our fingers to pictures on the book and say "Thats?" meaning "What's that?" This is a video I captured one day of Matt's curiosity.

Matt hates hats but this time, he had it on for quite a while so I made sure I took some pictures of him in the hat before he went and hid it somewhere. He looks so cute in hats, I think.

Cute!

Well, everything is going well with the Bunton family! Until next time, tah tah!!

Four Steps!!

Matthew took his first steps last night after we bribed him with some chocolate. Also his new stride rite shoes helped a lot! Well, we paid 30 bucks for those shoes so they'd better help!! Anyway, I can see him walking everywhere pretty soon. We were so very excited to see Matt taking those first four steps, though. It was pretty much the best mother's day gift ever! Everyone asks why I want Matthew to walk so badly but I don't know - I guess I am anxious to see Matt grow and do different things. :-)

Smart?

I just wanted to write a quick note about Matt's improvement in speech and comprehension department before I forget. I'm starting to wonder if he will start talking before he starts walking. Yeah, he's 14 months old and still not walking but you know what, I am not going to worry too much about it. I am doing whatever I can to help him take those very first steps but if Matt's not ready, I will just try to be patient. It's not a competition, you know! :) Anyway, that's not the point of this post - Like every parent thinks that their kids are the smartest, I know, but I can't help thinking he might be one of the smartest kids ever. Maybe it's what every kid at his age does, I don't know, I've only had one kid so far - but Matt understands so many things already. He understands sentences, not just words, so funny and strange. I guess the obnoxious repetition pays off at last.... Sean and I repeat certain sentences over and over again for Matt to remember. For example, we have been trying to get him to imitate animal sounds - such as snake's hiss, lion's grawl, wolf's owww, etc... And when we say "What does a snake (or lion or wolf) say?", he makes their sounds. He also started saying "popo" which means "kiss" in Korean not too long ago. His kisses are so cute - he usually has his mouth closed tight then lets the air out when his lips touch other people's, yeah, a little gross, but funny. Oh another thing, he can feed himself with a fork now. He grabs food with fork and takes it to his mouth and chew! Wow, that's a great accomplishment for such a little person, don't you think? He's not so much of a messy eater, either, so I am relieved. But I am sure that will change somday. Anyway, I didn't mean to brag about my baby boy but thought I'd write it down before I forget. I write these things so that I can look back later - blogging is so great. It's like a family journal.

Anyway, I wonder if he will start reading when he's 3 like I did. That would be pretty sweet. Although that would take a lot of effort to acheive that one, on my part. My mom was so patient with me - she always read books to me and I think that is why I wanted to read so badly when I was so young. I used to memorize children's books when I started reading and would recite them to my parents. They thought I was some kind of a genius... humm... what happened?? :)

For the Beauty of the Earth

Every Saturday, our family goes on a trail in town and walk 3-5 miles - it usually takes us about an 1-1 1/2 hours to finish our walking + jogging + enjoying the nature. It has become our Saturday tradition. This week, we knew it was going to rain all weekend, so we decided to do it on Thursday when Sean came home a little early for the check-up for our Nissan. Matt loves it whenever we go for a walk. He's a nature person, I think, he loves all the green colors and colorful flowers around the trail. Here are some pictures from our walk.

Someone carved a smiley face on the wood - how cute

Love the view

California Poppy - so pretty!

Daddy and Matty

Mommy and Matty