Merry Christmas from us

We had a very quiet Christmas with some family, and best of all, there was amazing food :)

Check out the pictures from our holiday! (Gerard's first tooth showed up on or around December 19)

...and the first tooth is making its way!

Today, I noticed Gerard's first bottom tooth surfacing through his gums. I first noticed his gums were extra swollen today, and upon closer look, it's because of the tooth. My brother first noticed it yesterday and didn't even tell me! But it's ok, I made the discovery for myself today -- my birthday! What a treat! Just wanted to share this as it's a wonderful milestone! 

Winter project

Baby growth is unbelievably cool. I look at pictures of Gerard's first few minutes of earth life, and I look at him now. He looks so different, but in my eyes, it doesn't seem like he changed all that much! Yes he's bigger and chubbier and have rounder eyes, but his growth seemed to have passed me so fast because he's just been this little baby I saw everyday (minus the days I had to be away in work-related circumstances and when we moved from one apartment to another), and voila, here he is continuously growing and changing in many ways. My project this winter is to finally start compiling his pictures -- from first newborn minutes to the first week, to the first month to the third month to the sixth month and so on till today. I will periodically update these as the months go by. Sooner or later, I'll be on this 12th birthday! Jeez, the speed of time when life is busy is too freaking fast. He has adjusted himself to go to bed at 8pm, though sometimes it's a bit later. He is still a bit random with his sleep pattern. He can go from 3 hours of sleep at a time to 8 hours. Even when he goes for 8 hours, his early bedtime results in an early wake up call for me (and/or Egan). Sunday is usually our only day together at home -- Egan doesn't have a Monday-Friday schedule but I do -- and I like to try to sleep in. But there are some Sundays Gerard will wake up at 5am and not go back to sleep again! Even when I try to cuddle him or ignore him, he gets me up earlier than I really want to. But hey, mommyhood is going well and I'm enjoying most of it! As for the rest that I don't enjoy, it's really just being sleep and time deprived of the other things I used to have time for. Oh well! It's a worthy trade off, and I wouldn't have it any other way. 

Almost 8 months old!

Gerard is pushing 8 months old already. How fast!! The day of his birth last April is a fresh memory in my mind, one that I'll always remember (I hope). Gerard is now crawling, eating carrots, avocados, bananas, squash, turkey, brown rice cereal multi-grain cereal and oatmeal. His appetite is pretty big right now -- always wants his milk regularly! We're proud of the little guy. Though he was born 2 weeks early and was a bit underweight, he's a perfect boy today! Very playful and inquisitive, and loves to be played with. Anyway, time is still an issue with mama here so I must cut this short. Till next time! 

Blue Angels fly by the Bay Bridge and Alcatraz

Wish list

The holidays are around the corner, and I'm looking forward to that since it will be Gerard's firsts! Seriously, what I'm about to list here isn't a cry for presents... but we do have awesome friends and family whose intentions might be to get us a little something. By no means you need to get us anything =) But if you're like me, you like to give a present that the receiver will use. With that said, the following are items and gifts that would go a long way in our household:

Picture frames

Gift cards (Amazon, Target, Best Buy, Starbucks, Macy's, iTunes)

Old/used oscilliscope for Egan

Cool or unique socks for Rio

Babies R Us gift cards for Gerard

Queen-sized cotton bed sheets

Some not-so-good ideas might include: video games, DVDs and books - only because we have a pretty good selection of these already. 

Hope this gives you an insight if you have us on your list this year :) 

In other news, Gerard is now almost 7 months old. Time flies!! It really does seem like I just gave birth and I was with him every day and minute before I went back to work. He's such a cool kid, very playful and loves the presence of his goofy parents.