Two weeks ago (yes, I’m a little behind my blog), we put on a little party for Gabriel and his little posse of toddlers. We rented some tables at Rengstorff Park, which is about ten minutes drive from home, and invited Rosanna’s Las Madres 2006 friends over. We even had Val visit from […]
How quickly children grow!
Today, Gabriel made some real progress. He started making a few unsteady steps about a week ago, and today he finally mustered the confidence to make real strides. He pulled himself upright, take several steps. Each endeavour sees him more confident and covering more distance.
OK, enough prose - […]
Gabriel turned 10 months yesterday. He is imbued with boundless energy and an insatiable curiousity. He has developed a quirky yet endearing three-limbed crawl which allows him to explore almost every corner of our small apartment.
He is now able to understand a few words - “Shake your head”, “No!”, “Gabriel” are among his […]
Shooting a video of a curious child is a big challenge. When G sees me holding a camera, he becomes terribly excited and tries in every way possible to get to the gadget. It takes a generous dose of patience to capture G in his natural element and here is a short clip […]
Americans have a great way of arranging public holidays so that it falls on a Monday most of the time (except for certain holidays that are fixed in date - Independence Day, Christmas). This means long weekends are commonplace and most folks do their best to make use of breaks like this to get […]
R and I are trying out a number of things with Gabriel. At his age, we are told that there’s only a few activities worth trying - one of them is swimming.
We bring him once a week to the Betty Wright Swim Centre in Palo Alto - about 15 minutes away from home. […]
Gabriel is growing rapidly. Just this week, several new milestones to commemorate his 8-month birthday:
First tooth - his first tooth is beginning to sprout from his lower gums.
First swim - we took him for his first swim in a pool. The Betty Wright Swim Centre provides a pool that is especially suitable […]
Its the end of the year … already! How quickly time flew. I’ve been busy catching up on processing videos and photos, and there’s quite a bit to share.
We spent the holidays rather quietly. R and I felt that G wasn’t ready for any big ambitious trips so we planned small this […]
It’s been three months since we moved to California. I would like to say that I didn’t write because I was very busy, but that’s not entirely true. We’re now settling into a routine - R, G and myself - and we’re nearly comfortable.
Having said that, we just realized that a growing baby […]
Our little boy is now three months old! I came back from Sunnyvale on Sunday, and what a difference three weeks have made. He is now holding his head steady; he is responding to smiling faces and can laugh when tickled; he can turn over to his front to raise his head and […]