Friday, April 25, 2008

Babyproofing

Well, a couple weekends back, we finally got around to doing a bit of babyproofing...specifically, latches for several of the kitchen cabinets. Good thing, too, because just later that same day, THIS started happening (sped up a bit because I know you're all busy people):






In fairness, she does sometimes try to clean up...



They say it's actually good for baby's development to let her, ah, "explore" like this, so we're letting her have unfettered access to the cabinets that don't have anything poisonous or breakable in them. Besides, it's kind of cute! Although, we'll probably feel different after the thousandth time or so.

We also put gates on the stairs a couple days ago. Why, you may ask? Well, because THIS has been going on:

Oh, and, not babyproofing-related as such, but Lily also now takes it upon herself to double-check the recycle bin. Apparently, to see if it is delicious enough to recycle:

Heaven help us once she figures out how to walk!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

The belated birthday blog

Dada is so lame. Here it is, already April and he still hasn't gotten around to posting a blog for my birthday! Guess I'll have to take matters into my own hands.





The fun started a few days before my actual birthday. I woke up SO excited about my party, but I had to wait. I did practice my gift-opening skills on this bit of leftover Christmas present. Hey, dada, is it time to open gifts?



How 'bout if I PULL on your nostril? THEN is it time?








What? I was just asking a question?


I was so excited, I couldn't settle down to nap all day. Dada tried to make me sleep by taking me out for a drive, but I wasn't fooled. I didn't want to miss a bit of my birthday! Anyways, by the time we got back, people had already started to arrive for my party. Yaayyy! Look how festive things are!















See my pretty dress? Po Po and Gung Gung got me this dress, it makes me look very ladylike.










Mama had done a lot of work to make sure it was a really good party. She ordered great Filipino food (which I helped dada pick up while I wasn't napping), decorated the place really nice, made gift bags for all my kid friends, and even made sure there were things for the kids to play with, like games and sidewalk chalk. Here, Lucas is explaining to me how to play Tic Tac Throw...hey! Where are you going with those?






This is my very special cake. My nanny Norma made it for me all by herself! The doll on top is supposed to be me, except I guess when I'm bigger 'cause I don't have that much hair yet. I'd never had cake before! In fact, I don't think I'd even seen cake, at least not this close up. Naturally, in the interests of science I tried to grab it to investigate further, whereupon mama and dada decided maybe they should take me out of my pretty dress until AFTER cake.










Here I am blowing out my candle. Mama helped!





OK, now the moment of truth...cake tasting time!

OK, so maybe I was a LITTLE cranky, but bear in mind that I hadn't had ANY nap. so you gotta cut me some slack!

Next up...pinata time! Of course, I'm too little to really take a swing at a pinata. Some of my friends like Lucas, Clara and Madi are big enough, but mostly seemed to want to negotiate peacefully.


Big kid Natalia finally tries to show us how it's done. Hey, is it just me or does the pinata look like it's trying to run away?








Turns out this is a common problem, for which the pinata industry has created a clever solution. They put on these little ribbons, one of which opens a trap door. Pulling ribbons is much more my speed, so I was able to get in on the act, along with other little folks like Jesse here.


Here I am chillin' with all the Mojica women post-pinata. Whew!







Well, that was about it for the day of my party, but a couple days later, on my ACTUAL birthday, Aunty 'Chelle, Uncle Charlie, Molly, and my boyfriend Andy-rew came over to help me celebrate again. Hey, Aunty 'Chelle, is it time for cake yet?





How about NOW??

I was able, through such methods of gentle persuasion, to convince everyone to give me another chance at attacking a cake. I did a little better this time!






After dinner and cake, we opened more presents, although I seemed to have a hard time concentrating on account of Andy-rew having such a cute bum.







Posing with my future in-laws.





...and with that, I am officially 1 year old! We now close this blog with my cousins Tyler and Joshy singing me Happy Birthday. Yaaayyy!

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

In further headgear news...


This just in: as you can see from the bandanas, Madi, Mallory, and Lily have apparently all joined gangs. These child gangs, or "backyardigangs" as they like to refer to themselves, are becoming rampant in the preschools and daycares of America. Based on the colors, Madi is a "Pablo", while Mallory and Lily are "Uniquas".

Mallory appears to be trying to make a shiv out of confetti.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Chiquita Balily

Hmm...Aunty Darcy brought me this cool flower headband. It was a present to me from her parents! In Canada! I wonder where that is? Dada says it's the 51st state but I dunno, he has that kinda naughty look like he gets when he's lying.


Aunty Darcy went to visit them over Easter, so she could see her cute new baby sister, Dani. We saw pictures, so we KNOW she's cute. There was also a video of Aunty Darcy and Dani and one other lady doing a dance called the "Banana Split". Hm, between the hat and the dance, I guess Canada is probably somewhere tropical. Lemme change...


There, that's better. But it still needs something...


Maybe a little off the shoulder action? Ohhh, yeahhhh!


OK, well, I'm gonna try to phone Aunty Pat in Canada to thank her. Hope they have phones in Canada. See you later!


-Lily