Children's Discovery Musuem

Luke's been going wild at home lately. He crawls around like no other and just enjoys touching everything he isn't suppose to touch. I have never said "NO" so many times in my life! Anyway, I thought CDM would be a good place for him to get rid of his energy and touch everything to his heart's desire. Unfortunately, he's been a little timid around new places lately and has been more of an observer. Lucky for him, we now have an annual membership, so hopefully he'll get used to the CDM and cause a havoc there instead of at home! *crosses fingers*

the little observer

somewhere upstairs

the tower of big blocks just tumbled down on him

hoping he's tired after 2 hours at CDM

nope, still has energy to play with his toys at home

Daddy's Birthday

This year, daddy's birthday was a tad bit different.

1) We didn't go out to a nice dinner because Daddy wanted Luke to join in on the festivities.
2) We didn't even go out to a decent dinner because Daddy was sick. He requested soup, so we went to Kunjip for some delicious, comforting ox tail soup.
3) We didn't have a cake because well... a cake for 2.5 people was a bit too much. Instead, we had one Mochicream each!
4) Presents weren't as extravagant as in the past because Mommy no longer has an income.

Boy, have times changed. However, what we both agree to is that there are some things which money can never buy. Look at this boy, he makes everything better (regardless of how much destruction he makes when he's awake).

Happy dragon birthday, Daddy!

Monterey Bay Aquarium

This weekend, we took our first family trip with everybody in our small group to Monterey. We were probably the group nobody wanted to be near (5 families: 10 adults, 7 kids).

our only family picture @ MBA

yummy, jellyfish!

jump jump jump!

Luke's favorite part of the aquarium, I think it's time for a trip to CDM...

our little clam

passed out

Happy belated Easter!

all my eggs!

my 1st Easter family pic

my 1st Easter egg hunt

My 9 month love!

I can't believe lil homeboy is in his last month of single digits! Parents were right... time flies! As he's growing bigger and bigger, I'm falling more and more in love with him. We definitely have more fun together since he's now mobile, "talks", and tries to imitate me.

Hurricane Lucas likes to create toy-nadoes every day in his little play corner. I'll have to think of a way to expand his play corner since it looks like he's slowly starting to outgrow it.

One day, when there are no more babies in the house, it'll be cool to have a medium sized dog! We've prepared ourselves by having Dot & Luke coexist together, now Luke does not fear canines!
This guy has become quite confident in his standing skills. Crawling, done... standing, done... next up: walking!

8 Months Old

Oops, I nearly missed his 8 month old post. Happy really belated 8 months, big guy!

Parents were right - the older your baby gets, the more fun they are, but they also become more trouble! During this month, Luke has learned how to scoot (don't know if he intentionally scoots to where he ends up) and is still trying to get the hang of crawling (he manages to crawl backwards, not forward). So as for now, gates are still not necessary. He loves to stand! Our fun continues at The Little Gym... as well as all our neighborhood parks now!

Playing in the water is fun!

Still getting used to bigger pools of water.

This is my mean face! (I got it from Mommy)

See ya next month!

7 month old monster!

It's been a while. I can probably think of 10 other things I should be doing other than blogging, but that's also when procrastination kicks in...

My boy is now 7 months old and is as handsome as ever! As wrong as this sounds, I always say that if he weren't my boy and if he were 30 year older, I'll have a mad crush on him! 99% of the people who've met him or seen his picture of FB says he looks just like his father, so going back to my statement before... mad crush on his daddy...?!

Anyway, this kid's a handful. I don't know how I will ever deal with a newborn ever again since I can now attest that newborns to approximately five months of age is just a living human blob! I am seeing more and more of my boy's personality blossom each day, and although I can already predict that my little rugrat is going to be quite a handful, I'm looking forward to this handful.

Currently, his newest obsession are spit bubbles, standing up (hurts Mama's back since he's so darn heavy!), being crazy, and sticking EVERYTHING into his mouth! I'm really hoping he'll crawl soon (so I can look him up like a caged animal, jk) so he'll have more fun at Little Gym. Yes, I became one of those parents who got sucked into it, but only because my boy loves it so much. I love my boy!

a glimpse of my crazy crazy dude