Noah's Progress Report

This week Noah had his 4 month check up. According to his doctor he's doing great and is on track with everything. As I already knew, his weight and height were way above the curve. Noah is 21.1 lbs and 28 1/2 in. I brought my camera to get proof, but silly me, I forgot to change the lens so that I could take really close up pictures. But I thought the picture I did get does give his size some justice. The doctor told me that Noah's maxed out his infant car seat and has to be in a regular car seat that can be rear facing. Do they even make those? I guess they do. Time to go shopping. He got another round of shots this time too. It always breaks my heart to see my kids in pain. If I could take all their pain away so they wouldn't feel it, I'd do it in a heart beat. But after being stabbed by needles, Noah stopped crying as soon as I picked him up and still managed to give the nurse one of his infectious smiles. I swear, he is such a flirt. And yay, Noah's two bottom front teeth have also erupted, I know cause I've already been bit. I'm so excited because next week he gets to start eating his veggies. I'll be sure to have pics of that.

I think he actually weighs more than 21.1 because his legs are hanging off of the scale. I didn't catch it until now.

Happy 4 & 11 Year Anniversary!!

Next week Monday, May 18th, Jason and I make 4 & 11 years. We say 4 and 11 because we will have been married for 4 years, but have been together for 11. So this week I'm holding off on my other postings and dedicating this week to our anniversary. Our original plan was to have an intimate wedding at Magic Island, but once my mom heard about that our plans had to change. We wanted to wait on the huge ceremony so that we could save more money and have the wedding of our dreams the year after. So instead I had 3 weeks to plan a nice wedding, I became a bridezilla, poor Jason. I was able to pull it off though. It's ok that I wasn't able to have the wedding of my dreams, but I was able to marry the man of my dreams. Maybe for our 25 year anniversary we'll renew our vows and have the party of all parties.

5 Generations

For Mother's Day '09, we spent time with Jason's mom, Jessie Robinson, and then we went to Anty Lota's house to visit with the family. My grandmother just came back on Tuesday from a 4 month trip to the Philippines, so everyone wanted to see her and hear stories of her trip. She took an extended stay there because her mom (my great grandma, Lelang Elena) turned 103 on May 7th. Yes she's old, her eye sight is going bad, it's harder for her to get around, and she has trouble hearing, but she's still going strong. The officials of the Philippines honored her with an award on her birthday this year. In the first picture is 4 generations of me and my family and in the second picture is of Lelang receiving her reward. Even though we are only separated by the Pacific Ocean, I think of her sitting beside us in the first photo, making us a united 5 generations.

From left to right: Noah, Marjorie, Elijah, Grandma(Nay), My Mom(Cecilina), and Sariah

Great Grandma Lelang, turned 103, receiving an award.
Hopefulling the kids will get to see their Great, Great Grandma soon.

Elijah, Noah, Jessie, and Sariah

Elijah's Piano Recital

This is Elijah performing in his 2nd piano recital. He has been playing for a little over a year and a half and he's really done well with it. Elijah's very talented teacher is Joanne Watanabe and she is a brilliant pianist. I have heard her play and she blows me away. Elijah performed two pieces and he did it flawlessly. Great job Elijah!!!

Cheese...

My little Beethoven

Sariah, Elijah, and Mrs. Watanabe

MILK BUBBLES!!

..... How to enjoy milk bubbles.

First, fill a cup at least half way with milk. Then blow, blow, blow until your cup overflows with milk bubbles.

Second, try to eat as much of the bubbles as fast as you can before they pop. Poking also works.

Finally, smile a big milky smile for the camera.

HEART-ATTACKED

"Mommy, Noah is so pretty!"

This is what happens when you leave a 2 year old in charge of keeping an eye on a defenseless baby and foamies within an arms reach.

Noah's Progress Report

On May 2nd Noah made 4 months old. Yay! We celebrated the day by eating baby food, rice cereal to be exact. Some people like to wait until baby is 6 months old before they feed them, but I always start at 4 months. It's more for swallowing practice than nutritional needs right now. Elijah and Sariah were more excited about it than Noah was, they couldn't wait for their turn to feed him. For the first time, more food came out than went in, but practice makes perfect. So by dinner time Noah was a pro at eating. I was able to empty the bowl and his bib was virtually mess free.