Happy Saturday

We are just relaxing and playing! Have a great day :)

Our Five Month Old

Today Kylie turned five months old! I know everyone has told me watch out time flies by fast, I never knew it would be this fast. Although everyday I can't wait to wake up and see what new thing Kylie has learned, there are some baby moments I miss too! Kylie has developed so much in one month. For starters she loves school, her friends and her teachers, she lights up the minute we walk in the door. She has learned to grab things and people, hair etc. She loves to grab at toys and everything goes in her mouth, if she can get it in her hands she will put it in her mouth. Sitting up is her current project, she can do pretty well on her own (until she face plants herself on the ground) but is getting better and better at holding herself up. She is also learning to scoot around a little bit, no worries she isn't going anywhere fast. She loves to eat, a true sign she is Brian's daughter and loves to say mmmm mmm mmmm and bang her highchair waiting for more food. She is very expressive and will let you know what she is thinking and/or wants and inquisitive. We can't wait to see what the next month holds and we try not to blink or we may miss something!

Kylie getting ready to get on the scale (She currently is 13.5lbs)
Some Scooting
Singing in Cantonese and Dancing with Gung Gung and Po Po

Bathtime

Night Night Daddy

Brian is attending a training class in New Jersey for being top of his "class" at Smith Barney. Gung Gung and Po Po are here helping out :) Kylie had two bowls of cereal, a bath, a bottle and out like a light. I am not far behind her.

Oh My Carrots

Today Kylie tried carrots for the first time and she loved them. You will never believe this, I made them all by myself. I guess I make some mean pureed carrots! I offered them to Brian for dinner but he didn't seem interested.

The Carrots

The First Bite

All Done!!

False Alarms

So I am sitting at my desk working away and the fire alarms for our building start to go off. Now, honestly we are on the sixth floor and we have thousands of people in our building. I don't think if I ran down all six flights I would make it out if there was a real fire. But today was the first time I realized that it is not only me in this building but Kylie as well. I immediately ran to our sixth floor window that overlooks the day-care playground (yep that is right when she plays later outside I can sit and watch her from the comfort of my floor!). So back to the story, there Kylie was in a crib with three other of her closet friends being wheeled outside for the fire alarm. The entire day-care was evacuated (as it should- only stupid people on the sixth floor remain at their desks) and there was Kylie in a rolling crib outside.

Now your wondering about this story and where I am going with this? Out asleep in a crib in the sun, with three friends around her. Now that is Kylie for you. Couldn't be bothered with the alarms just wanted to sleep and outside catching some rays! That is her friend Bianca looking at her!

Votes Needed

Brian and I have been now feeding Kylie cereal for over three weeks. She can't get enough of it and is actually starting to grab the spoon and feed herself. She really enjoys her food.

Here is where you come in, we both disagree on how she should eat. Parent A thinks you should keep her neat and tidy and fall asleep in the highchair while Parent B thinks she should express her thoughts and feelings while eating.

Here are two examples from today. Let us know your thoughts.

Parent A

Parent B

Bonus Video: Kylie singing to her favorite song Viva La Vida by Coldplay, she even liked this song when she was in the womb!

Happy Valentine's Day

Kylie just wanted to tell everyone she loved them very much today.

Here she is with her new teddy bear from her godmother Dani
(She loves that it has Dani's voice and smiles!)

Here she is sporting her new Vday outfit and sitting with the Love Bear
(Thanks Aunt G!)

Apparently she had so much love that she was playing on the play mat at school and holding another boys hand. Not sure if she will be wearing the love outfit again!

Kylie Loves Animals

Kylie is going to participate this year with me in the Walk for Animals. Please consider making a donation to our Walk for Animals Website at the following:

http://www.firstgiving.com/maclum

More and more animals are being abandoned everyday at the shelter due to the current economy. Please help them!!

Miss Manners

Kylie has the perfect etiquette when she is eating her cereal. See below for the many stages of eating. Even an interview with Miss Manners!

The Interview with Miss Manners
(She is totally talking but with the hand in the mouth you can't understand her!)

Time for a Cruise

It is time for a cruise but well not for us. Kylie can't cruise until she is six months old and mark my words the second she turns six months I will be looking to sail.

This post is about all the Straub family that Kylie met on Friday who were on their way to a Royal Caribbean Cruise Vacation (Is there another kind??)

Here is the whole clan
(From Left: Joe, Judy, Paul, Alice, Karen, Jeff,
Katie, Sydney, Kaylee, Liz, Jeff and my Mom (who did not cruise either))

Kaylee giving a thumbs up. WAIT IS THAT HER HAND??

Kylie fast asleep after meeting a lot of the Straub Family

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More Time with Grandma

I returned from my trip to Vancouver to view some odd pictures on my camera. Just thought I would share further time with Grandma with you.

What was she drinking??

Grandma took her to the family jeweler, Ulises. What was she looking to buy?

A day with Grandma...

As Tricia had to fly to Vancouver, Canada today for a meeting and then fly back tomorrow, we had Grandma Straub come down from Atlanta to babysit. Tricia being the excellent organizer and flow chart master was able to provide her mom with a hour by hour event scenario on what to expect from Kylie, which Grandma Straub said everything happened just like Tricia and written down. I guess "momma know's everything". Grandma Straub had a chance today to put together Kylie's high chair, which became the highlight of Kylie's day. She absolutely loved it and felt like she was on top of the world.

Trying out the chair for the first time...

Eating just like daddy...when you like something, you just want a lot of it!

4 Month Doctor's Check Up

Today, Kylie had her four month doctor's check up. According to the charts, she is right on track for her weight, height and head size (it was funny to hear that the doctor said Asians generally have bigger heads!) She actually loves the doctors office, until that moment of...dunn dunn dunn.."the shot". She will have the biggest smile on her face while the doctor is holding her and then all of a sudden, her eyes just widen and a loud blasting cry comes out. After 4 shots and a liquid she had to drink, we finally were able to bundle her all back up and go on our way.

Kylie chilling out before the shots.

Kylie and I...(yep, I am actually making a post for once)

A Little Comptuer Work

We have found that Kylie likes to use the Internet to access her Baby Einstein Videos and even enjoys You Tube. There are some crazy baby tricks on there.

Here she is typing in the web address (thankfully she spit up ten seconds after pulling the keyboard out of her hands!)



Here she is watching a Baby Einstein Video.