A Happy Afternoon

It was a hot and muggy afternoon at Moody Gardens and Megan was happy as can be. I sat down with Megan and tried not to think about the heat. Meanwhile, Ian had a blast with his papa playing in the water and on the splashpad.

Ian's art work

When Ian was little, he would look at the wheels of my car instead of the person driving the car (me) when I came home from work. Today, he still loves wheels, a lot. He often asks me to draw all kinds of wheels for him. One day, he came home from school with a drawing in his hand.

At first look, I thought he drew a sun. His teacher even wrote the word "sun" on his drawing. When I asked him, he said it is a wheel, not a sun. The orange symbol in the middle of the drawing is the Toyota symbol. I thought it is the cutest effort to draw his own wheel, especially the Toyota symbol.

Just pictures

No matter how busy it is everyday, I still like to take pictures of Ian and Megan. Here are a few to share...

I love this, Ian rarely smiles for the camera

Now, this is more like him, giving me some funny faces

Sleepy time...means peaceful time for me :)

And Megan...my darling daughter

At least I don't have to ask her permission for taking her pictures (yet)

Megan is 6 months old

Megan is 6 months old today. It seemed like yesterday when she came home with us from the hospital. She was so tiny, her body molded mine, and she was totally a part of me. Today, she is still very much attached to me though she is discovering herself and is trying to be independent. I feel that she is growing up too fast.

She turned from tummy to back at 4 months and from back to tummy at 4.5 months. She rocks back and forth when I put her down on all fours. She is trying to sit and sometimes still topple over and it looks so funny when she does that.

She seems to understand some of the things I say, such as milk and “I am going to suction your nostrils” because her eyes would squint expecting me to do that. I love her toothless smile and laughs. Her favorite person is Ian. She totally adores him and must think that he is a real life toy. She will laugh out loud when Ian makes some silly faces for her or dances for her. She loves to jump (assisted) with Ian on the bed. It melts my heart to see Ian kisses her on her forehead.
Here are some pictures of Megan. She is so lovable and brings us so much joy.

Home coming

1 month

2 months

First Smile

3 months

4 months

4 months

4 months

5 months

5 months

6 months

6 months

6 months

6 months

Chinese New Year

Food Allergy and Eczema

My dad found this very good article about food allergy and eczema. The article is very enlightening and real as we are still battling food allergy and eczema with Ian. As with food allergy testing, whether it be accurate or not, has helped us a lot. At least we had a starting point to know what foods to work with or to avoid. I am thankful that Ian is seeing a good and caring Allergist.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703808904575025013194645130.html