random pictures... brain farts...

william likes to post these random collections of pics up just so that he can admire them when he is at work. how silly!

anyways, it is so funny how different thomas looks depending on the expression on his face. sometimes he looks like me, most of the times like william. but occasionally he looks like my dad or william's dad. william's mom always thinks he looks like my dad and frets that thomas looks like a "korean baby". (by the way, i have no idea why the fact that he looks korean is something to fret about... he is half korean). on the flip side, my mom claims that thomas looks just like william's dad. you just can't win! it is just the two grandmothers, seeing the other side of the family "oh he looks like the other side of the family" because both grandmothers like to worry and fret "glass is half empty" type of mentality. nothing i can do about that... *shrug* :)

Thomas is now 5 months old. he weighs about 17 lbs and is a little over 26" long. we have discovered it is true that babies have different cries for when they are hungry, or tired or just want your attention. i used to think that was a load of bologna, but after about 3-4 months with thomas, william and i realized that he did have different meanings for his sounds. we also think that thomas is a pretty mellow baby. he loves music (many babies do) but he seems particularly fascinated when william sits and plays the guitar. even when thomas is getting hungry, he will stop fussing to listen and watch william play. so as you can see in the pic, we are trying to introduce a little piano too. although by the look on thomas face, i have a ways to go before he starts to enjoy it. ha ha... i REALLY want him to play classical music first. he can play whatever he wants later, but i believe if he doesn't have a firm grasp of theory and technical skill first, he'll always lack later, regardless of what type of music he plays.

here is a perfect girly picture of thomas. i was getting tired of people asking if he is a boy or a girl. so last Monday, i finally cut Thomas' hair. his first haircut on June 5th! he no longer has those girly little extensions behind his ears on both sides. i didn't save any of his hair, but i wish i took a picture. i cut it while he was sleeping on my lap. it is kind of scary having scissors so close to his head.