After feedback from our loyal readers, the Board has approved an upgrade of 1 second everyday to 3 seconds everyday for the videos. The Pro version also includes music, an additional snippet per day, and the option to remove branding (thank goodness 🙄). The videos were a bit rushed and the essence of my amazingness fell short. But this also means that the Editor-in-Chief had to redo each snippet to trim it at the right length. If you have extra time or are super bored, the June highlights video recap has been redone with longer and extra snippets. Check it out! https://ein.cool/2019/06/30/june-2019-highlights/

We now present to you, the July recap, best viewed in landscape mode if you’re on your mobile phone:

A look back on what happened in July:

• Sprint progress: beginning of July – started at 45 mins off the vent, once a day in the morning. Moved to 1 hr -> 1 hr 15 mins -> 1 hr 30 mins -> 2 hours (by end of July)
• Figured out how to get up from sitting to standing in my crib, while holding onto the rails. I then started pulling on anything within my reach like wiring, tubes, feeding line, etc because I was bored or wanted attention 😇
• Starting taking tiny steps on my own but in a very wobbly manner where I end up scrambling/diving to hold something rather than stabilize first, then take steps. I’m working on it. So much coordination!
• Got fitted to my very own gait trainer walker, explored my environment outside of home on the driveway, at the park, at the hospital, and at the Google office.
• Point Vicente: did a mini hike to the lighthouse and interpretative center. Beautiful views of the coast in Palos Verdes.
• Crystal Cove State Park in Laguna Beach: Weather was a bit muggy but the views were very nice. I even got the chance to get out of my stroller at the scenic points.
• Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden in Long Beach: scenic garden featuring stone carvings, a koi pond where you can buy food to feed the fat fish, bonsai trees and a waterfall. It was hot under the sun and that made me fussy but I was okay under the shade.
• Started tasting formula or water by drinking right out of the syringe / bottle. I must put my little grubby fingers in there first to test it out beforehand!
• Getting more comfortable with water a bit more. The uprights have been making it fun with tons of distractions during bath time and water activities in the backyard in the ball pit. I like to use my hand to splash in buckets of water.
• Experienced one of those Arcade mall rides on a moving truck but was terrified by it. I just didn’t expect that noise and movement!
• Emilie and Aby came to visit! We met their friends Alice and Roy who happen to have a little boy who is a year younger than me! We also went to Santa Monica pier, Tongva Park and enjoyed pizza + hand rolls.
• South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes: former landfill transformed into a botanical garden with themed areas including a discovery garden, Palm collection, garden of senses and a Rose garden.
• A visit from Auntie Queenie and Uncle Nate: most everyone including mommy ditched me for Disneyland but I got a buzz lightyear bubble machine out of it! Thank goodness this bubble machine does not make noise, just lights.
• Arts and crafts at Redondo beach library
• Having fun throwing everything to the ground with my new hot dog ice cream food truck
• Nurse taught me how to give kisses and everyone seems to respond so I’ll keep doing it!
• Mommy’s friend, Catty, made a special visit to meet me for the very first time!
• I learned that I could start throwing balls out of my ball pit, one by one, to get attention.
• Visited lots of cool new parks. One in El Segundo had a crazy saucer looking swing that I was able to swing in with my nurse. I started enjoying going down slides with mommy. And I even cruise now on the apparatus as long as I hold onto something. It’s fun exploring the whole park now rather than being a bystander.