Tummy Time and Tunes (2 videos)

Poem started smiling more this week (typical for 6 week old babes), though we haven't caught it on camera (yet!). Here she is having a little tummy time to exercise those neck muscles.


Noble pops up out of the shower to say, "Hi Poem" (video)

Noble pops up again to sing "This Old Man" (video)
He likes singing. The most recent addition to his repertoire is the alphabet song which he manages to sing from front to finish in toddler English. "This Old Man" is his song of choice when we ask him to sing to help calm Poem.

She's so snuggly.

Happy New Year

A little "ha-gow", a little "siu mai". . .
Noble enjoys some New Year's dim sum
with his Pau-Pau (grandmom).
Happy New Year to All!

Happy Birthday, Noble! (Video)

In preparation for the big day, we practiced singing happy birthday and blowing out candles. We hope we didn't singe his eyebrow in the process (see video). When we ask how old he is, he will respond either, "five" or "ten" or "three", though he is two. For his birthday he got a few choice presents, lots of blueberries (so far a perennial favorite food), and cake shared with his friends Luke and Adia.

Noble has grown into a fun little person; he's very active, very talkative, and full of glee as he explores the house, all its cabinets, and lots of things he can (and cannot) play with. His current favorite "mommy" items are spatulas of all different shapes and sizes that he carries around and is quite responsible not to whack things with (another developmental milestone). Balls and cars top out his list of playthings. We are very blessed to have our little boy and look forward to more fun with him in the year to come.