Aidan Raney

This book is very interesting upside down…

What’s that you say?…

What kind of trouble can I get into?…

Getting ready…

Paying attention…

Getting close to the teacher’s guitar…

Sleeping on the way home…

Aidan turned 1 year old today!  He now weighs 22.7 lb (50th percentile) and is 30.5 inches long (75th percentile).  His head comes in at 49 centimeters (off the chart - even his pediatrician had to check twice).

(yes, that’s a piece of banana on his face - he didn’t mind…)

During the Doljabee event, the birthday child goes around the table and picks up items that attract him. The child’s future is predicted according to the what he grabs. After placing the child in front of the table, the child’s father becomes the guide for the child to go around the table and grab whatever he wants. The first and second items the child grabs are considered the most important. We had the following items:
- money (representing wealth)
- book, writing brush, and ink stone (all representing scholarship)
- rice (representing prosperity)
- computer mouse (not traditional but perhaps representing nerdiness? ;))

In this video, you can see that Aidan picks up the book first then the ink stone second. Apparently, this means he will be very smart. Crossing our fingers!

Since Aidan turns one on Monday, we had a birthday party for him on Saturday.

I love Harmoni…

Dadda showing me all the things I can choose for the Doljabee event…

Choosing the book first during the Doljabee event…

In preparation for his first birthday party, Aidan tried on his Dol Bok (traditional Korean outfit specifically made for a child’s first birthday)…

Also practiced sitting on his chair…