Wandering Browns

We love our Korean mother here at Sky Baragi pension. She bought Landon a pool and squirt gun at the beginning of the summer, only to have it be too cold to set up for weeks. Finally, she set it up on the "party deck" right outside our room. It is great because it's shaded, so I don't have to worry about sunscreen, but the water does not warm up very fast. So, Landon didn't really want to swim in it because it was too cold. Seeing this dilemma, she found a pink tub that is now the "warm up" tub. We haul water from the shower and put it in this tub. Landon swims in the pool until he gets too cold, then warms up in the tub. Since these photos were taken, she also got Owen his own pool, a tiny soft and inflatable one, that he loves to splash around in. When we are just hanging in Samgilpo for the day with no car, the pool is on our agenda every day! Baby swallows in their nest Korean mother cleaning the pool Korean mother not only bought the p...

This baby is growing up WAY too fast. With Landon, I was looking forward to him getting bigger and hitting every milestone. I was so excited with each new development. With Owen, I'm shocked at all that he is able to do as an eight-month-old, and time is flying by! I just want him to stay my baby forever! I guess that's life as a mother, though. Anyway, Owen goes by many nicknames around here: O, O-wee, O-wee-O, and O-gabow (Landon's go-to). Landon also calls him a naked mole rat every time I change Owen's clothes (because of a book we read, I think?) This little guy continues to light up the room, and charm everyone around with his frequent and face-brightening smiles. His hair is getting really light- at this point it is almost a strawberry blonde color, definitely light auburn. I'm not sure if that is from the sun or just growing up. He has a patch of really long hair in front, and on the back of his head. I'm not sure when we'll cut it, but I'm not...