Melissa Crawling Stairs!

Look, Melissa is ready to crawl the stairs! It looks a bit dangerous, but don't worry, daddy is right behind her!

Melissa's Major Milestone 8-9 Month

Here are some major milestones when Melissa is 8-9 month old:

• Starts to cry or complain when people leaves her behind.
• Sleeps through the night without waking up (usually from 9-10pm to 7-8am)
• She would rather play than sleep (just like all the kids)
• Gets distracted very easily while eating solid food or drinking milk
• Doesn’t like to eat her own pureed food and is more interested in adults’ food
• Can sit up from facing down position.
• Her two bottom front teeth all came out.
• Crawl pretty well and likes to explore new areas.
• Grab onto something to stand up.
• Still takes 2 naps (one in late morning and another one in the afternoon).
• Not as interested in her toys that much and likes to play our toys like remote controls, magazine, keys, etc. Day care teacher says she likes to play lego and cars. (Melissa seems to be a tomboy!!)
• Grab Cheerios and put them in her mouth by herself sometimes.
• When you say “NO” to her, she will stop whatever she is doing and look at you, but she will continue her action after 10 seconds.
• Shakes and bangs all the toys before eating them.
• First time sitting in the real swing at park, and she laughs like crazy! However, she cries when you try to push her from behind.

Weekend Outing

We went to Vasona park on 5/25, here are some pictures from the trip.

We rode on a little train that went around parts of the park. I doubt Melissa will remember anything about it but we have the pictures to prove it :)

After visiting the park, we also stopped by Aunt Susan's place, since it was only about a mile or two away.

Mina/Marlene were also in town, having just came back from a camping trip together so Melissa got to see some of her cousins.

Happy Piano Time

Melissa likes playing piano with Aunt Sally



So much fun... Can't stop laughing!

Daddy's Bday - Melissa Meets Some Friends

A bit late with this posting, but better late than never :)

We had a gathering for my birthday couple weeks back. Many friends showed up, including some second generationers, so Melissa got to make some new friends.. Ok, they're not exactly interacting yet but it's still fun. Here are some picture of Melissa's new friends:

Maya (1yr 4m) with Dad (Mike in Green) Uncle Yui, and Aunt Shu-Han

Linus (2y) and Allison (4+m) with Dad

Thanks to everyone for coming by and celebrating me getting another year older and thanks to Sandy for organizing the event!