Walking, Part 3

Since Nov 1st, I've come a long way! :) I love walking all the time now and prefer it over crawling. Here are two videos of me shot on Nov 13th and Nov 16th.

Walking, Part 2

When I last left you, I was taking my first consistent steps! :) Mommy finally shot a good video of me 2 days later (Nov 1st) taking many steps in a row.

More Chair Fun

Not only have I learned all those other tricks, I also figured out some new tricks with my chair. :) Mommy's not too thrilled about the second trick, especially since now I can reach her computer and plates!

Two videos for you...

Eating with Utensils

Walking isn't the only thing I've been working on this month - I've learned lots of new tricks! I learned how to sign "please" (well, kind of - I just stick my finger in my mouth.) I learned how to bounce on the bed, push the doorbell, set the alarm off in Mommy's car, flick the light switches on and off, open all the kitchen drawers and cabinet doors, and pull magnets off the fridge to name a few.

One of the things I'm proudest of is learning how to eat with utensils! I won't eat a meal until I have my own utensil and now I can even get it consistently in my mouth. :) Here are two videos showing how I use a fork.

Walking!!!

Tonight, I took 7 steps in a row!! Mommy and Daddy were so shocked, they didn't get a chance to take a video! Afterwards, they kept trying to set me up to do it again, but I don't do repeat performances on demand. :)

Here's a failed attempt at a video. :)

I faked daddy out!

Daddy was trying to block me from the kitchen. I tried to go around him to the right, and he moved in front of me. I tried to go around him to the left, and he moved in front of me. So then I deked right and went left, and daddy nearly flew out of his skates... well, that is if we were playing hockey. Daddy wasn't really wearing ice skates.

One Year Old!!!

Today, I am 1 year old!!! Mommy and Daddy keep saying "Happy Birthday" to me, but I don't really understand what it's all about. :) Mommy also made a big deal on Tuesday, because she said I took my first step. Plus, she thinks I just dropped my morning nap, since I haven't taken it since Sunday!

Here's a picture of me and my cake. The candle looks so pretty!

Mommy and Daddy let me eat some of it! I've never tasted something so good!

Moving Furniture

Hi :) I've finally returned from my travels to Dallas and the East Bay. It was lots of fun seeing all the grandparents and aunties and uncle. :) While on my trips, I got to eat alot of yummy food cooked just for me and I showed off all my new skills including balancing, trying to walk, and learning how to go down the stairs backwards. After I got back, I picked up a few more including how to put my bottle caps back on the bottle and put the rings back on the ring stack. My latest adventures include moving furniture all around the house. :) Here's a video of me moving my chair...

Happy 10th to Me!

Hello :) I turned 10 months old yesterday! This week has been full of lots of fun and new experiences for me. On Tuesday, I went swimming for the first time. At first I was scared because the water was so cold, but then I got used to it and I loved splashing around. On Thursday, I went on a playdate with my friend, Isabel, and we went on the swings (my 3rd time ever!) Isabel and I had almost the same due date, but she was born premature, so she is a bit older than me. On Friday, I went to the Boston Children's Museum and discovered their infant toddler playroom with aquarium. (My favorite were the tiny tropical fish.) On Saturday, I went to Portsmouth, NH and went to the beach for the first time. The sand was so fine - I loved the feel of it on my hands and feet (and in my mouth too - though Mommy didn't like that too much!)

Mommy hasn't had time to upload all those pictures yet, but tie you over, she has three swinging videos of me laughing and playing with Isabel.

Cruising and Balloons

It's been awhile since my last video update, so I thought I'd post a couple here today. :)
The first is me surfing on our living room furniture on 7/22/09.


The second is me playing with a balloon on Friday with Daddy.

A Week of Firsts

Today, I am 9.5 months old! This week has been full of firsts for me! It's so much easier to get things that I see and I love playing with my friends and my Mommy and Daddy. Sorry for the lack of videos and pictures, Mommy and Daddy are forgetful!

• On Monday, I was so eager to pull up to the dining table and reach Mommy that I tripped and fell into the table and cut my lip with my new tooth! :(
• On Tuesday, I went to the park with Mommy and Daddy and they introduced me to the swing! I love it and can't help but laugh every time I go higher.
• On Wednesday, I learned how to drink out of a cup by myself without spilling it down my bib. :)

More teeth!

This past weekend, Daddy & Mommy were arguing about whether my top teeth were coming in. Daddy kept saying he could feel them and Mommy kept saying that they were just white spots on my gums, because she couldn't feel them. :p Well, Daddy was right!! I could have told them that though, because I was chewing on everything I could get my hands on. On Tuesday, Mommy finally agreed that my tooth had come out. :) It's strange to rub my top and bottom teeth together though. They make squeaky sounds!

Pulling Up at Night!

I've been so excited by my new skill that I've been pulling up in the middle of the night! On Monday night, I woke up and decided to practice. I pulled myself up and hung onto the crib railing. Unfortunately, I couldn't get back down and got stuck there. I started crying, but nobody came to rescue me, probably because Mommy and Daddy want me to learn to go to sleep without needing their soothing. I finally just started whimpering, because I didn't know what to do. After a few more minutes, Mommy came in and helped me to lie back down. Mommy and Daddy said that they felt really sad that I got myself stuck and that they will teach me how to lie back down myself. :)

Pulling Up

Hello! Today, I finally accomplished what I've been trying to do for weeks! I pulled myself completely up from the ground to my stool, then from the stool, I pulled myself to the top of the desk, then climbed on top of the stool to pull my toy off the top of the desk! :) Earlier today, I also figured out how to pull myself up and stand up in my crib and my play pen. Mommy is really scared now! :)

Learning to Crawl

It's been awhile since my last post and I've learned so many new things since then! :) Before I left for Dallas in mid-May, I started learning how to move from one spot. At first, I could only push myself up on my arms and push myself backwards. Then, at the beginning of June, while I was in California, PoPo helped me learn how to push off on my feet and inch forward on my stomach. A day later, Gong Gong taught me how to stand by myself in my playpen while holding on to the side. By the time we returned home in the middle of June, I had finally learned how to crawl on both hands and feet. (Although, when I get impatient, I still fall on my stomach and go back to the army/stomach crawl.) Last week, I learned how to pull myself up on myself on different pieces of furniture. Last night, Daddy and Mommy realized it was really time to babyproof everything and they put up a safety gate for me in the kitchen.

Here's a video from today that shows off all my new skills! :) (And yes, I'm going for the wall outlets!)

Mobile Escapades

Yesterday, Mommy put me down for my afternoon nap and after 1 minute of fussing, I got very quiet. When Mommy turned on the monitor, she suddenly heard my mobile music! Daddy had been trying to teach me which button to press, but I never hit the right one until now. :) I finally learned how to turn it on all by myself. Poor Mommy keeps telling me that now she has to take my mobile away when I nap! :)

My First Peach

Today, Mommy let me feed a peach to myself, but I didn't quite know how to eat it! Later, when Mommy tried my peach, she realized it was super sour!!

First Tooth!

My first tooth came out today! This morning I woke up at 5:30 am, crying at the top of my lungs and Mommy and Daddy couldn't figuret out what was wrong.  Finally, after a whole morning of fitful naps, Mommy let me chew on her finger, and she felt my first tooth.  I won't really let her see it very easily, so no picture yet!

Month 5 & 6 (February/March)

Hello! Mommy keeps promising that she'll help me post these updates, but she just noticed it's already been 6+ months! Daddy and Mommy can't believe how big I'm getting, they keeps saying it's going by too fast... Here's a recap of month 5 & 6.

On the first of February, En Na left to go back home to Dallas. I missed her very much! Mommy had negotiated part time work, and tried to work at home for a couple days, but soon realized that it was too hard to split time between working and taking care of me. Mommy asked Po Po to come from California to watch me while she looked for day cares for me and went back into work. Mommy took me to a few day cares and they all seemed fine, but I preferred to stay home and play with Po Po and Mommy. Mommy actually dropped me off at day care twice, but I cried most of the time that I was there, and Mommy decided that she wanted to stay home with me full time instead. Yay!

Some highlights from Month 5:

• I love to play in my exersaucer!
• Starting cutting back on night time feedings
• Learned how to grab everything and put it into my mouth
• Daddy taught me how to ride on his shoulders (I especially like eating Daddy's hair!)
• I love to touch new things and feel them
• Enjoyed my first Super Bowl and played the piano
• Rolled from front to back on my right on February 5th
• Celebrated Chinese New Year with lots of friends
• Had my first bite of solid food, rice cereal, on Feburary 10th
• Went to my first ICF Retreat in New Hampshire

In March, Mommy worked out a deal with her work that she could stay home with me full time and work 10.5 hours at home. I was so happy to have her finally be at home with me! (She tells me that she was really happy too! She was starting to feel sad that she was missing so much of my babyhood.) Daddy and Mommy also decided it was time for me to learn how to soothe myself to sleep, so they started "ferberizing" me. The first night, I cried for 45 minutes, but the second night, I only cried for 20 minutes, and on the third night, I only cried for 5 minutes! Unfortunately, this month, I also developed ezcema on my face. I'm still not sure what causes it, but when it gets really dry and I get really hot, it gets much worse and sometimes it bleeds. :( Mommy and Daddy have been trying to wash all my clothes with extra sensitive detergent and double rinse everything. They also have been trying to keep me cool and trim my nails to try to stop me from scratching! At the end of the month, I took my first plane ride to California to visit Gong Gong and Po Po. It was fun to play with them! Gong Gong fed me food and gave me lots of baths and Po Po took me outside to play everyday and played lots of mirror games with me. The weather was so nice and I saw lots of green and flowers for the first time! It was so sunny, I was amazed since I never get to see sun in Boston. Daddy left early to go back to work in Boston, so it was also the first time I was away from Daddy overnight. :( More on California in next month's update! Oh yes, and at my 6 Month pediatrician visit, I found out my new stats: 20lbs 2 oz (90th percentile), 27 inches, and a head circumference of 44 1/2 cm.

Some highlights from Month 6:

• Got my first haircut from Mommy (Too many people thought I was a girl!)
• another cold!
  
• ate oatmeal for the first time.. except I think I may be allergic!
• I eat everything I can get my hands on
  
• learned how to play with my new jumperoo
• learned how to sit up by myself on March 2nd!
• Auntie Teresa, Uncle Mark, and Uncle Jeff came to visit me
  
• went to my first birthday party for Jaden and John
  
• touched my mobile on 3/20
• ate sweet potato on 3/25 (yum!)
  
• pulled down mobile on 3/26!!!! (see video below for evidence!)
  
• first plane ride to California on 3/27
• had a bbq with lots of new friends on 3/28
• my first cut on my finger with band-aid

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Month 5 & 6

California

Happy 6 Month to Me!

Hello :) it's been a long time! I went to California last week for my 6 month birthday and experienced my first plane flight! Mommy said I was a good boy, because I slept for half of each flight which made life alot easier for Mommy and Daddy. Also, I didn't cry at all on the plane! (Only before getting on the plane in Boston, I got scared of the hand dryer in the bathroom and couldn't stop crying...) All the other passengers said I was such a good boy. On my 6 month birthday, I decided to give Mommy and Daddy a gift! I finally learned how to roll over from my back to front, and now I can't stop. Mommy has been trying to get me on video, but I don't like to perform on cue. :p Here's one that Uncle Michael took of me after I already rolled over once. Unfortunately, I was too tired to roll over a second time...




Oh - and I also learned how to stick out my tongue! Here's me with Auntie Jenn. (That's eczema on my face, btw.)

Curiosity

Lately, I've been learning how to sit up and grab at everything around me! Here's a video clip of me in my play pen...

Eating!

It's been awhile, life has been hectic! Mommy was going to work in February, but it was so busy at work, so busy at home, she finally decided that she was going to stay home with me... yay! To commemorate being at home, she decided to help me upload this video of me trying my first bite of rice cereal on February 10th...

Success!

Yesterday morning, while daddy was playing with me, he put me down on my front so I could get some tummy time.  I decided I wanted to be adventurous and practice some of the moves mommy showed me the day before.  So I lifted a leg and arm, felt a big rush, and suddenly found myself on my back!  Daddy seemed totally caught off guard and surprised, because he immediately put me back on my front as if to say that he didn't believe that I really rolled over by myself.  So just to prove him wrong, I did it again!

Later when mommy came by, daddy put me on my front again, but by that time I was too tired.  Rolling over is hard work!  Maybe I'll roll over for mommy some other time.

Bye EnNa!

Yesterday, En Na left for Dallas :( I miss her very much... it was strange to go downstairs and not see En Na in the morning.. here's a couple videos for En Na.

The first one is of me waking up and feeling very sleepy...



This one is from this morning..

Playing with my Hands

Thanks for all the well-wishes! I feel much better now, though I still have a slight cough and a stuffy nose... I've also discovered that if I cry in the middle of my night because my nose is stuffed, Daddy will come and suck all the stuff out of my nose. Since I haven't posted in awhile, I thought I'd share two videos with everyone. The first of me sitting in a chair doing nothing much, but my hair is all static-y.



The second is of me waking up and touching the sofa.. since I discovered my hands, I LOVE feeling the wall and anything else I can get my hands on..

Wheezing

Today, I went to the doctor's because I had a bad cough and had started wheezing. :( Unfortunately, my doctor said that I have RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus), so she prescribed me a nebulizer and I have to take some medicine to help my breathing. Thankfully, after I breathed in the medicine, I was able to both sleep and cough better.

Superman

Pre-Rolling

After being rolled over by Daddy, I can now pull my hand free easily!! Next step - Rolling!



Also, to Mommy and Daddy's delight, I slept from 10:30pm to 5:45 am straight! After that, I went back to sleep until 8am... I think Mommy and Daddy were very very happy to finally get some rest! Hopefully, I'll keep sleeping like this...