Ryan's Baby Year

Grampa and Lynn visit on their way to Australia

Grampa and Lynn stopped by for a short but entertaining visit on their way to Australia.  We went out for some lunch and stopped by our place.  Ryan was so excited that he stayed up for the entire visit.  As soon as we d…

Merry Christmas!!!

What a blast Christmas was with Ryan.  We opened all of our gifts on the night before.  It was a bit overwhelming for Ryan -so much excitement and everyone wanting to take his picture.  We woke up the next day and what a…

Ryan shows his tough side, and his happy side

Ryan shows off his musical abilities and first composition.

Ryan being the son of 2 musicians couldn’t possibly escape the influence of his parents.  We certainly don’t give him too much music but when he does hear us he is obviously listening.  Ryan starts out by trying to copy …

Ryan’s first photo shoot

We had a professional photo guy come in and take some photos for us.  We didn’t have to pay (which always rocks!) but we were able to get some pretty cool photos.  We will put a few here but if you want to see them all d…

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Ryan’s Christmas Lights

We are kind of late updating Ryan’s blog but here we are anyway. We went on a trip in Vancouver to the Christmas Light festival. We took a mini train around Stanley Park to see all of the lights. We took some photos.

All I want for Christmas are my 2 front teeth

It has seemed that Ryan has been teething for quite some time.  Now that he is 7 months we knew it would come soon.  On Christmas day when I was making my phone call rounds I was talking to Heather.  Ryan was getting a b…

Who wants an Ipod?

Ryan joins in with the incredible fad.  It seems these days that everyone wants an ipod.  Daddy has an Ipod Touch which plays music, videos and photos.  Ryan goes nuts for this – he loves the photos and falls asleep to t…

Daddy and Ryan practice smiling.

Ryan and Dady had a fun day.  Here are some photos.

Ryan can now sit up all by himself

We have been helping Ryan learn how to sit on his own.  We don’t leave him all alone yet as he still falls over but he is having a blast with his new ability.  It certainly makes playing with toys more fun!

Ryan tries on his new outfit

We bought a six pack of onesies for Ryan to wear (we looked for some for Daddy but they don’t make them for adults).  5 of the onesies were really cute and one of them was…well, kind of different.

Ryan practices his crawling

He doesn’t have it quite down yet – he just looks cute trying.  He can get around by rolling and flipping but no crawling…yet.

Ryan loves the laptop just like mommy & daddy

Now, if you look closely you will see what he is looking at.

Ryan likes to eat apples!

Ryan has started eating solids a few weeks ago and has shown a distinct like for certain foods.  He likes to eat apples – we have a video of him being offered his first apple.  It is worth checking out!

Ryan can (almost) sit up.

Ryan has been starting to really love tummy time, which has made our lives much easier.  Occasionally we will go into his room to see that he has rolled over onto his stomach to sleep.  He has been able to turn from his …

Ryan is learning how to fall asleep by himself.

This falling asleep by himself thing hasn’t been really easy.  The hard part is that Ryan is very strong and stubborn.  When we put him down on his crib he will roll over and toss and turn.  He will do this while fussing…

Happy Halloween!!

Ryan had his first Hallowen and he went as a bumblebee.  It wasn’t his best week as he came down with a cold.  But by Halloween he was starting to feel better.  We did get a few good shots of him in his bumblebee outfit.…

Apple Festival

This weekend we went to the local Vancouver apple festival to buy some local apples.It was pretty intense to see so many different varieties of apples.There were so many different types that we couldn’t decide on what to…

Ryan eats solids for the first time

We have been trying to catch a lot of Ryan’s firsts on video tape. We’ve been pretty lucky so far especially with his laughter. When it came time to feed Ryan for the first time we got out the camera and set it up to r…

Ryan is growing up so fast

We have been noticing some tremendous changes with Ryan lately.  His way of interacting with toys has totally changed.  He grabs at things now, he can turn over, he reaches for our food and makes some really interesting …

Ryan is now a US Citizen!!

Obaki is a US Citizen and daddy is jealous!  In his first few months he has accomplished so much.   He has a Canadian passport, a Nexus pass, a social insurance number, and US citizenship.  We are working on a US passpor…

Ryan loves tummy time (finally!)

Obaki turns over for the first time

Our Trip to New Brunswick

This has taken us forever to update.  Mostly because by the time we got home Jasper had to start up the school year and get his tenure file in.  But now that we have things under control we wanted to write and post some …

Photos of our trip to NB

Ryan’s first laugh!!

I can’t believe we were able to get a video of his first laugh.  Grace was playing with Ryan and he started to laugh so she grabbed the camera.  Enjoy!!

Ryan’s vaccine shot #2

Ryan had his second vaccine shot yesterday and he fussed a bit when the needle came out. It all went ok but he really became quite fussy that night and the following day. It has made things a bit more difficult for us,…

Does Obaki have red hair?

Grace and I have been wondering what colour hair Ryan will have.  We have been goofing around with what colour hair Ryan will end up with.  I took this picture which really shows off Ryan’s hair colour.

Ryan’s first play date

Ryan had a lot of fun the other day with his buddy Eli. We put them close together -they were so happy looking at the tree above them that their arms starting flailing all about. We had to move them a bit further apart t…

A BBQ Picnic

We went on a little picnic the other day. Daddy has been working with YAE (summer camp for young musicians) and will be teaching there for the next 2 weeks so that’s been keeping me busy. But we planned out a picnic at…

Sotto voce? I think not!

Obaki is now 11 weeks old and growing up faster than we could have ever imagined (check out the photos section if you don’t believe me -www.obakiwood.com/photos or the link is above).

A heavy head.

A couple of weeks ago we thought Ryan was going to have the whole ‘hold up your head’ thing figured out by now. But then he goes and gains 4 pounds which makes his head heavier….actually, we got a bit lazy with letting h…

Nothing to see here but my cute PJ’s and smile

Ryan gets high on his chair

When we made our trip to Seattle we found a high chair on sale at Target – so we bought it even though we knew Ryan was a bit young to start eating in his chair.

Supperman!

Supperman...do you get it? He's big and likes to eat a lot in the evenings.

Andante Mobile

Here is a cute video of Obaki playing in his crib. He loves his mobile – I mean LOVES it! Every morning he plays in it for at least 20 minutes and makes the cutest sounds. We wanted to capture it on video as we know h…

Is Ryan fat?

We went in for our 2 month check up for Ryan.  He is off the charts in weight gain – last visit he was in the 90th percentile but now he is off the chart!!  He weighs 15 lb 7 oz at just under 10 weeks.

Our first international trip

It took a bit of planning but the trip happened without any problems. Obaki was an angel and slept almost the entire drive from Vancouver to Seattle. We had about a 30 minute wait to cross the border – but that worked …

Ryan’s first word is…..(“good”)

I don’t expect you to believe that this really is Ryan’s first word.  We caught this by accident as he was playing in his crib.  It really sounds like he says “good”.  It is pretty funny!  I didn’t mess with this vid…

The big day (the first vaccination!)

Ok!  Of course, this isnt’ fun.  I did a bit of research about vaccines and what shots to get and when.  It might sound like I am a bit over-protective (which I am!) but I don’t have complete faith in our medical syst…

Some photos from our Seattle trip

Daddy is gone …off playing concerts

While dad is away playing concerts and trying to get famous, Ryan is getting older and cuter.  Here is a recent photo of Ryan – I am not sure if it is the outfit and sneakers or if he is just looking older and more matu…

Ryan trying to laugh

This is a longer and larger video (and has sound!).  You can hear Ryan trying to laugh a few times.  Here he is playing on his gym mat having a great time.

Ryan testing out his legs

OK, I am not trying to pretend that Ryan can stand up or anything.  We have been trying to get him used to how his legs are supposed to work and feel by letting him put some weight on them.  You can see that Ryan is very…

Ryan lifiting his head

Here is a short video of Ryan lifting his head.  I loved it when he first started lifting his head on his own because it would wobble – kind of like a bobble head.  It was very cute.

THE 1ST PICNIC

On July 1st we went for a short walk to the park – it was one of the hottest days of the year!  We brought a blanket and hung out and had some fun.  Ryan seemed quite happy.  It was so hot and sticky in our home, we w…

The many faces of Ryan

Ryan has been getting happier and showing us every day. Today he spent a little bit of time in his swing making faces at us. We were able to get a few photos ending with his famous ‘sexy man pose’.

HUH? What did you say?

Ryan went in for his hearing test yesterday and passed with flying colours.  I guess when we were in the hospital we left so quickly that they didn’t have enough time to test his hearing.  They finally tracked us down to…

Ryan shows off his dimple

Ryan loves his bath time – ever since day 2. On his first day he was kind of shocked by the water and cried a bit. He hasn’t cried since – I swear if he could laugh and splash the water he would. I think it is his favori…

Ryan is working on his smile

Ryan makes some pretty silly faces especially when he wakes up. He grunts, moans and makes some funny faces before letting out a special good morning fart! Then he gets happy and tries to make silly faces. His favourite …

Daddy’s perspective of the ‘big day’ (a long read!)

It all started out early in the morning when Grace had a bit of blood (bloody show it’s called – but I certainly wouldn’t watch that on TV). She had a bit of cramps but that was common all week. I kind of had a hu…

Obaki stresses out while eating!

Not only does he stress out but he also turns all red like Grampa Wood. I can only imagine what Obaki’s laugh will be like!

Ryan enters his 3rd week

Obaki is maturing every day. Just last night he asked me when he could start dating.

Come here for photos!

We’ve added a new section for just photos. We invite you to come check it out – you can get there by clicking on the top of the page (where it says ‘Obaki Photos’) or you can use the side navigation link where it says p…

Being pissed on isn’t so bad….

OK..this might sound a little weird but there is a story that goes with this.

Happy Birthday Uncle Derek

Obaki still hasn’t met his Uncle Derek but he told me to wish him a happy birthday. He was very excited to learn that both Mommy and Uncle Derek share the same birth month as him.

Ryan looks like both mommy AND daddy

We’ve been having some laughs at how people are commenting on how much Ryan looks like one of us. We see the resemblance with both of us. It is a little hard to tell at this point as we are both over 30 years older tha…

Happy 8-day party Ryan!

Today we had Grace’s family visiting from Los Angeles -Halaburgee (James Cho, Grace’s Dad), Halmonee (Carrie Cho, Grace’s mom) and Jun-Jo Halmonee (Grace’s Grandmother) to celebrate Ryan’s birthday (8 days old). It w…

Ryan loses the bind that ties

It finally happened! The umbilical cord fell off. I have to be honest here -the thing didn’t smell great and it was really getting in the way. It fell off (May 26 @ 2:00 am) at some point during a change or feed, we’r…

Ryan’s first video (4 & 5 days old)

Here’s a photo of Obaki on Day 4. He loves to cuddle.

More photos.

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Daddy and Baby are both tired