Happy 100th Day, Ethan!

Ethan turned 100 days old on October 16, 2011.

Just like his older sister, Ethan had a Red Egg and Ginger/100 Day party.  This time, the party was held at a Korean restaurant in the Central Valley.  The Red Egg and Ginger part celebrated Ethan's Chinese heritage, while the 100 Day part celebrated his Korean side. 

In Korean culture, we celebrate a baby's 100th day of life (baek-il) with family, friends and food.  We also share a particular type of rice cake on this day, to spread luck and to wish the baby a long life.  Typically, this rice cake is white, but we had a rainbow one ordered (the pink topped one in the picture).  Unfortunately, the rice cake didn't travel well from San Francisco, where we had it special ordered, to the Central Valley.  Pretty to look at, but it was dry. 

He pretty much slept through the entire dinner party. 

Meanwhile, Emma ate and sang at the table and then ran around outside the restaurant.  She also managed to find a water source outside of the restaurant and played around with the water in the fountain. 

She swam in her grandparents' pool since it was 88 degrees outside!  She was a little unsure at first, because she hadn't been swimming in a while...These two pictures crack me up. Note her displeasure in each.

But, then after a little while, she decided she liked being in the water again and didn't want to come out. 

Again, note her displeasure at being dried off and being told that swim time was over.

We celebrated another important family milestone with loved ones and lots of food, which is always a recipe for a good time. 

Separately, I am returning to work at the end of November, after the holidays.  I am totally reluctant to return, even more so than last time, because I know that a mountain of work is already awaiting my return.  In fact, I have had to go into work a few times while on leave, and every time the question has been "When are you coming back already?!"   My husband's advice "Don't psych yourself out before you even know what it will be like."  Solid advice, I think, so I am going to try to keep a positive attitude and an open mind, and see how it goes when I actually am back at work.