BUZZING ABOUT

Wow it's been a long time since I've posted. It's been busy, but thankfully good busy.

TWO IS REALLY THREE
Of course, my last post heralded the birth of Isaac's sister Malaya. She is now hitting eight months and is doing great! She can sit up now and is in the beginning stages of crawling. Her current movement of choice is rolling back and forth from tummy to tumm, inching ever so closely to what ever's got her attention at the moment. If we're laying next to her, then she'll use us to kick off and lunge for nearby objects. Malaya is also now eating baby cereal and first stage vegetables. Her personality is starting to come out too...and boy are we in trouble! She's more curious and more of a spaz than Isaac was at that age.

Speaking of the little guy, Isaac is also doing well. He's down to one nap a day and is otherwise a bundle of energy from 7:30am up to 9:00pm. He loves to run and jump and dance (especially to Pandanggo). He always looks forward to playing a few beats on the kulintang, agong or drums. Isaac's blossomed into his terrible twos while we were on tour in Europe. He still has his moments, but he's not trying to test us as much as he was!

Isaac and Malaya have bee great together. Malaya adores Kuya, always laughing when watching him hop and run around his sister. Isaac does fight for some attention, but we've been pretty good about giving him lots of attention. Luckily, he loves his sister and if anything tends to smother her too much sometimes! He's super protective and will get mad when anyone else besides mommy or daddy picks up or holds his sister.

Mommy and daddy are doing fine too thanks. It took some adjusting, but we've got our routine down. When I'm not working, Tina takes care of Malaya and I have Isaac. This was tough in the beginning, cuz we both felt like single parents at times. But the dust settled and we've been able to continue on with other parts of our lives...

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