"Clap your hands... Clap your hands...."

Addie finally learned to clap her hands last night. All we have to do is chant "Clap your hands. Clap your hands. " Ad nauseam. Imagine how we look: Two parents, looking and sounding like idiots, and doing everything just to get their little baby to clap her hands.

Tonight, Addie was doing her nightly BANG THE KEYBOAD ritual (yes, she's over her BANG HER HEAD ON THE WALL phase). When we felt that our laptop is on the verge of breaking down, we finally put on our disciplinarian cap and put an end to the madness. All hell broke loose. Fists flying, feet kicking, fake tears flowing -- our baby was really putting on a show of defiance. We didn't know what to do except to say the magic words: "Clap your hands. Clap your hands." She stopped. And clapped her hands.

Two Pictures With Muning

The one on the left was taken last June. The other one was last October. More hair, a little bit less chubby but getting cuter. :)
Our baby is growing!

Oregon Coast

Our baby's first trip to the coast. Sorry Addie. Your parents can't afford the plane tickets to the Philippines. Be comforted with the fact that on the other side of this body of water is our homeland.

Addie's First Youtube video

Pictures lang. Atsaka hindi po siya nagpapasosyal. Beethoven lang kasi nasa Sample Music ko eh. Wala pa kong music sa laptop.
Here's the video:

Addie's Dinner

Iniwan ko po sandali ang magaling kong anak para kunin ang pinatutuyong labada (tsokey, Andres na kung Andres) sa likuran ng aming bahay. Dahil boploks ang ama, naiwan po ang isang babasahin sa tabi ng baby. Medyo gutom at dahil hindi pa masyadong marunong magbasa ang aking anak kaya eto po ang naging resulta. Mukhang nasarapan naman. Tinanong ko kung anong letra ang paborito niya, hindi naman kumibo. hehe. Silipin na lang namin bukas yung diaper niya. Abangan...

On your high horse (chair!)

Gutom na ko!!!

Why settle for a thumb?

Satisfied na with my two-finger meal.

Baby Pics!!!

  You were born on January 18, 2007. Seven pounds, two ounces. 20.5 inches. You didn't even cry on your first day.  We heard a LONG SHARP PIERCING SOUND of pure agony, instead. Must have been traumatic for your roommates in the nursery. :)  Your first word: "aDADADADA" (July 31, 2007) and not "aMAMAMAMA". bwahahaha

   Your trip home from the hospital. 

  Your first picnic. Lucky Peak Reservoir. Spring '07.

  

D-Day

We've been getting in and out of the hospital for four days. You can't seem to make up your mind on when you're getting out. The nurses finally admitted us to the hospital on the wee hours of January 18th. This picture is taken at 5 am. You can see one of the nurses in the background. The nurses from St. Luke's were awesome! We were tired, scared, confused, and excited. Oh and your grandma was flying in from the Philippines on that same day! We had to ask our neighbor (your eventual Ninang Beth) to pick her up. For the record, daddy saw you first when you came out. I was holding one of your mom's legs at the time. You started crying the moment your head cleared the passage way. Sometimes it feels like you haven't stopped crying since then. :)  

In utero

Taken September 1, 2006.  Four months before D-Day. Your mom still looked oh-so-sexy. Even when she weighed a ton. :)