Mother's Day

Tony, Thomas, and I went to Balboa Island on Mother's Day. We walked along the little boutiques. It was a nice walk. Afterwards, we went out to eat, and then we went to South Coast Plaza.

Thomas takes 2 Steps!

This morning, while Thomas was in his crib playing with his toys, he stood up, and took 2 steps before falling back down! He's been trying to take his first steps lately, always falling down before he can take his first one. He looked so happy when he took his first 2 steps! Here are some pictures of his playing in his crib, and walking around his crib while holding on the bars for support. Here are also some pictures of his 2 bottom front teeth too!

Thomas First Time at a Wedding

Yesterday was one of my cousin's wedding, and we took Thomas along. It was Thomas' first big event that he's ever gone to. At first, he was ok, but when too much people crowded around him and held him, he got scared. He started crying and wanted Tony or me to hold him, refusing to sit in his stroller. He was a little better later on. Here are some pictures!

Thomas has runny nose and fever

Last night, Thomas' nose was runny. He was crying at that time, so we thought that it was because he was crying too much that his nose was runny. He turned out that later, a little past midnight, he woke up after 2 hours of sleep and started crying again. I gave him some milk to get him back to sleep, but he wouldn't take it because he had a hard time drinking with his runny nose. I had to spoon feed him some rice cereal, and gave him some medicine and water. We had a hard time getting him back to sleep, but we finally succeeded. However, less than 2 hours later, Thomas woke up again. This time, he didn't fall asleep until almost 5:00 am.

Tony and I were so tired! Tony overslept half an hour later than usual this morning, and he had to rush to work. Thomas woke up a little past 8, and he was so fussy! I had to feed him rice cereal again, and gave him more medicine and water. He stayed awake and fussy until almost 12, when he finally fell asleep. I was so happy, but not for long...some of the maintenance men from our condo area was trimming the trees outside, and their machines were so loud that they woke Thomas up half an hour later. It wasn't until his afternoon nap, when all was quiet, that I finally got him to sleep for an hour and a half.

His nose is still so runny. His temperature was about 100 degrees around 6:00, but after giving him more medicine, it went down. I finally got him to sleep a little past 9:00. Hopefully he'll be able to sleep better tonight, so that Tony and I can get some rest! I also hope his fever will be gone tomorrow, and that his nose won't be runny anymore! It's so hard to take care of a sick baby - I don't really know what to do to make him feel better because I can't ask him how he's feeling, or where he's hurting. I really can't wait until Thomas is able to talk!

Thomas Crawling Around the House

Thomas and I picked up his 2 cousins, Alan and Andrew, from school today because their mother (Connie) had to go to a school conference and their father(Tom) was out of town. We went to their house and Tony let Thomas crawled around on the hardwood floor. I'm hoping that his legs won't ache tonight.

Last week, we had gone to Tony's parent's house and Thomas had crawled on the floor. That night, he couldn't sleep at all - he kept tossing and turning all night long. I think it was because his legs were aching from the hardwood floor. Since he crawled again on the floor today, I'm hoping he'll be able to sleep, because if he doesn't sleep, then I won't get any sleep either!!! :(

Thomas has 2 teeth now!

Thomas actually has 2 teeth now! They are both at the bottom. He's still chewing on everything!

Thomas kissed my booboo to make it better!

I had bumped into my sister's coffee table the other day at her house, and I was sitting on the couch showing my mom the big, purple bruise on my knee, when Thomas suddenly leaned forward and kissed it! It was so funny and cute and so unexpected! My mom and I laughed at him and he laughed along.

Thomas' First Tooth

Thomas has a partial of his front bottom tooth growing out. It had sprouted out last week. He's been so cranky lately because of his teething. His sleeping habits has also changed. Usually, he'd get up every 3 hours and drink his milk and fall back asleep. Lately, he's still been getting up every 3 hours, however, he's having a hard time going back to sleep. It's taking him up to 1 hour to go back to sleep! I'm hoping this teething phase will pass by quickly. I've been having only 3-4 hours of sleep everyday!

Also, Thomas has been drooling a lot and placing his fists in his mouth, so his rashes has been coming back. I try to keep his fingers out of his mouth, but he'd just put them back in. I've given him his teething ring and his pacifier, but he loses interest in them quickly. At least his cold milk helps him with his teething!

Thomas' New Trailer Bike

We bought Thomas a new trailer bike on Monday night. It's the kind that can be converted to a jogging stroller. We haven't been using it as a bike trailer yet, since Thomas is still too young. I've been pushing him to the park these past two days, but somehow, by the time I get him ready and push him to the park, he gets sleepy and cranky! Next time, I have to get everything ready before he wakes up, and leave as soon as he wakes.

Thomas Trying to Stand

Thomas has been trying to stand lately. When I'm laying on the bed, he'd put his hands on my body, and lift himself up to a standing position and then he'd let go. He would fall back down and try again. He does this in his crib too, grabbing hold of the crib and letting go. I always yell at him when he does this, because I'm afraid that when he falls, he'll hit his head against the crib poles. I know that he will really get into things when he starts to stand and walk!

Thomas Kissed Me!

Last night, Thomas was playing with his learning puppy when he suddenly turned towards me and reached for my face. I thought he was going to hit me in the face, but he gave me a big, wet, sloppy kiss with his mouth wide open. He then turned back to his toy. I was so shocked and surprised, and I laughed out loud. He turned back towards me and kissed me again! I figured if I laughed out again, he would kiss me again, and he did! He gave me about 5 kisses before he finally figured he had kissed me enough, and then he started pushing my face away. I told Tony about it, and we tried to get him to kiss us again, but he refused. Tony said he was probably hungry at that time and wanted to taste my face...hehehe...it was his feeding time at that time when he kissed me. Well, whether he was hungry or not, it still was a kiss to me and I loved it!

Thomas' First Time in the Pool

This afternoon, we took Thomas swimming in the pool for the first time. We went to the pool at my sister's (Connie) house in Irvine. Thomas really enjoyed himself there. Since it was his first time, we didn't stay in the water too long. We can't wait to take him again!

Afterwards, we took him to the park next to the pool. Here are some pictures of Tony feeding him his baby food. So far, Thomas' favorite Gerber food is the Turkey rice dinner.

Then we went to visit his 2 cousins, Alan and Andrew, where he sat and played with one of their toys.

Thomas is crawling so fast now!

Thomas is crawling so fast now! I can't leave him alone for even a minute. I put a safety gate on one side of the bed where he usually lays and plays there while I sit next to him. However, when I get off the bed on my side, the first thing he does is quickly crawls over to the edge on my side of the bed! Sometimes, I pretend to get off and leave, and then I'd turn around quickly, and he'd laugh and tries to scoot to the bedside even faster.

Trip to San Diego

Tony had been working so much lately and hasn't been spending much time with Thomas and me, so I decided to book us a trip to San Diego this weekend. We left early Saturday morning and got to our hotel around 11 am. After checking in, we went to Old Town. It was a really nice walking area with lots of restaurants. We had to wait for a while to get a table at one of the restaurants.

That evening, we drove around San Diego, drove past Coronado Beach, and went across the Coronado-Bay Bridge. We went to this huge shopping mall downtown. It was a really nice 2 story open mall. There was a beauty fashion show being filmed there, and we stayed and watched for a while.

The next day, we checked out of our hotel and drove to La Jolla Beach. Tony and I have been there before, and it's one of our favorite beaches. We walked around and Thomas really enjoyed the fresh beach atmosphere. It was such a nice, hot day for the beach! Afterwards, we went to Marie Callender's to eat. Tony and I had our first date at Marie Callender's, and this is our first time going back to this restaurant to eat. It was a wonderful weekend getaway! In fact, the first thing Thomas did when we stepped in our door was cry because he wasn't ready to go home yet!