Week 49 (1/14/08 - 1/20/08) - 20 lbs...

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... this has been my weight for the past 3 months. Now that I am crawling, cruising, and being more active in general, I am burning as much calories as I am taking in. As you can tell from my pictures over the past few weeks, I am not the chubster that I once was. Mommy is kind of bummed about that, and I think I sense mommy and daddy scheming to fatten me up again.

Even though I have been randomly saying da-da for a while, the first word that I actually associate meaning to may actually be ma-ma. Daddy theorizes that I usually say ma-ma when (and only when) I am crying and wanting to be soothed, and those are the times that I want mommy's attention the most. So he thinks that my saying "ma-ma" literally means "I want my Mama." He may be onto something, but, then again, he may be saying this just to make mommy less jealous about my first word being da-da. I think I am going to keep them guessing for a while longer. :-P

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Week 48 (1/7/08 - 1/13/08) - My 2008 Resolutions

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• I promise to start drinking out of the bottle or sippy cup.
• I promise to sleep in my crib at least once.
• I promise to go to bed before midnight.
• I promise to start eating normal food so I can pig out with mommy and daddy.
• Lastly, I promise to be more diligent about updating this blog.

And now, an update on me:

I crawl faster than daddy and mommy can follow. Sometimes I think I can walk even though I can still only cruise. I can climb stairs. Once I even climbed all the way up to the second floor. I clap my hands when I am excited and I can wave hello and goodbye. Much to mommy and daddy's dismay, I love to empty our shelves and TV stand and drop everything on the floor.

I enjoy doing the raspberries, especially during feeding. I am a chatterbox and my vocabulary includes da-da-da, ba-ba-ba, ma-ma, ga-ga, and more. The most important word, however, is EH! Eh can mean Hey! or Feed me! I am Hungry! or Look at me! or Carry me! or I am ready for my next spoonful of food! or even Hi Grandma! It is not so much about what is said than is about how I say it and the context in which I say it in. You get my drift?

I am a huge Hannah Montana fan. I love to boogie to her theme song. It is so upbeat and catchy. I like High School Musical too, but not as much as Hannah. I love you, HM.

See my pictures and videos from Week 48. My pictures are also available on Shutterfly.

Week 47 (12/31/07 - 1/6/08) - Happy New Year and Happy B-day Mommy

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Don't ask me how, but yes, this is how I sleep sometimes...

We went to a New Year's Eve gathering with Uncle Hansel, Auntie Betty, Auntie Allyson, and Uncle Robert. As usual, mommy and daddy stuffed themselves while I watched. Not fair at all. We left the party early but made it home just in time for the count down. Happy 2008, everyone!

Saturday was mommy's birthday. Daddy, Uncle Warren and Uncle Sonny took mommy and me out to dinner at Ducks to celebrate. Hmm... Tonkatsu... Yumm... Or so I am told anyways. :-(

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Week 46 (12/14/07 - 12/30/07) - Merry Christmas

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Look at all my presents! Mine. All mine! :-)

I caught a little cold so we slept in Christmas morning and did not open presents until noon. I gotta tell ya. I love Christmas. And this Santa fella? I like him. He seems to be a generous and righteous dude.

Uncle Vince flew in from SF on Saturday and stayed with us for a couple of days. It has been a few months since I last saw him, but he still looks like daddy.

Also on Saturday, daddy and mommy took me to Downtown Disney to check out their Christmas decorations. There were one Christmas tree or two and a few ornaments here and there, but it wasn't much better than their lame decorations during Halloween. Mommy, daddy, enough of this Downtown Disney nonsense. Disneyland, baby. I want Disneyland. Not some commercially motivated pale imitation.

See my pictures and videos from Week 46. My pictures are also available on Shutterfly.

Week 45 (12/17/07 - 12/23/07) - Which one is me?

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This weekend daddy and mommy co-hosted a Christmas party with Uncle Dan and Auntie Cora at their house, so I got to play with Evan's toys in his big play room all day. But there wasn't just Evan and me. There were seven babies at the party. Yep, count'em. Seven. In the picture from left to right: Ryan, Nathan, Me, Nicole, Jayden, and Hayden, plus Evan who was not in picture. I have never been to day care , but I would imagine this comes pretty close.

Nicole, Nathan, and Jayden are the youngins. Hayden, whom I met for the first time, is the oldest. I am actually the middle child of the bunch. Anyways, mommy cooked up a storm and everyone enjoyed the meal. Good job, mommy.

It was a fun day to say the least. Come see pictures and videos of our Christmas party. These pictures are also available of Shutterfly.