Mali Crawling Stage 1

Shake that Booty!

The Caveman in the House

Christmas 2007

Christmas 2007
Grandma and Granddad came to visit for Christmas. We went to see the Christmas lights on Eucalytus in San Carlos again. Roan could barely wait to open presents and even had some practice opening one of Daddy's gifts a couple days before Christmas (while no one was watching). It was Mali's first Christmas of course and she enjoyed herself even though she was sick.

December 2007

December 2007
Mali turned 6 months on December 9 and celebrated the occassion with her first real meal - bananas!! She took to the spoon like a champ and certainly had been wondering what took us so long. She also worked more on sitting up and being just too charming. She also perfected rolling over from her belly to her back this month and figured out how to roll back the other way on her sixth-month birthday (which drew quite the celebration from Mom who was tired of waking to the screams of help when she rolled to her back in the night).

Some of Roan's favorite phrases for the month included "it's too big" (which is the reason he provides for almost any situation), "i sorry", "too many", "sir taco hat" (as in Thomas's Sir Topham Hat), "what's happening, Daddy?", "I want to make a deal, Mommy" (apparently Mommy has made one too many deals with Roan, deals which usually involve a cookie in exchange for getting in the stroller or car, putting on his shoes, getting dressed, etc.), and "I want someting" which is followed by him rifling through the snack drawer - a habit which has earned him the title of Little Granddad (Granddad shares Roan's snacking habit).

November 2007

November 2007
Some of Roan's favorite phrases this month were "last sip" (which he likes to announce everytime he takes the last sip of milk or juice), "all of deez" (all of these), and "play choo-choos with baba, mommy?". He was very into playing with uncle ernie (games which Uncle Ernie doesn't always fancy) and with Mali and he also became very silly.

Here are a few photos from November.

Maui - November 2007

Maui - November 2007
Here are some pictures from our trip to Maui with our friends Irene, Aadil, Benjamin and Darius. Roan and Benjamin are the same age and great buddies. Unfortunately Roan didn't care much for the ocean (hence the frown in most of the beach photos) but he loved the pool.
As Roan's a bit of a home-body right now, his mantra throughout the trip was "I wanna go 'ome". One of his other favorite new phrases was "all dem" (indicating he wants us to gather all of his trains and bring them with us). Amali had a great time and enjoyed snoozing on the beach.

Amali Month Five

Month Five
Amali got her first two teeth this month! She also started sitting up (with a little help from pillows) and had her first plane ride. Not too many shots this month - they're mixed in with the other albums.

Halloween 2007

Halloween 2007
Here are some photos from Halloween. Mali was a strawberry and Roan a firefighter. Roan was sick and although he eventually amused us by putting on his costume, we never actually made it trick-or-treating.

October 2007

October 2007
Here are some miscellaneous photos from October.

Atlanta Trip

Atlanta - October 2007
Mandy and the kids went to Atlanta this month to visit Uncle Ryan, Auntie Sheryl, Grandma, and Granddad. The highlight of the trip for Roan was undoubtedly riding in Uncle Ryan's "hot rod" and he also had a great time perusing his car magazines. We also took a trip to Stone Mountain, where we of course rode a train, and also went to the Georgia Aquarium.

Pastorino's Pumpkin Farm - October 2007

Pastorino's - October 2007
Here are some photos from our trip down to Half Moon Bay to a pumpkin farm. The main attraction was riding trains of course.

Amali Month Four

Month Four
Amali has been working on socializing this month. She absolutely adores her older brother and thinks everything he does and plays with is facinating and everything he says is just hilarious. Roan is still quite fond of her, but he does get a little annoyed when she tries to "play" trains with him by destroying his track. She also insists on touching him if he's nearby and that can get a little old from time-to-time for a two year old!

Perry Farms - October 2007

Pumpkin Farm October 2007
We went to Perry Farms to see the pumpkins and enjoy a hay ride with Roan's Tiny Treks program. Roan had a blast seeing the tractors and the train and even enjoyed the pumpkins a bit.

September 2007

September 2007
Here are some shots from the month of September. Some of Roan's favorite new phrases include "I missed you Daddy", "Come back, play choo-choo's mommy", "Daddy's at the oppice (office)", and "I going check baby" (indicating he's about to bolt into her room while she's sleeping to make sure she's okay).

Amali Month Three

Month Three
Amali is already using her hands quite well and can manipulate toys to keep herself entertained. She's particularly interested in our food and has become famous for throwing our dinner plates on the ground. She loves to talk and smile and she even rolled over from her belly to her back this month.

August 2007

August 2007
Roan's favorite song to sing this month has been "I've been working on the railroad" and he sings it all the time (he fills in his own words of course, but he has the tune down). He's started speaking mostly in sentences now and is quite the parrot. One of his favorite new phrases of the month was "Island of Sodor" (where Thomas lives of course). He's become a star at naming his colors and shapes as well.

Trip to San Francisco

Trip to San Francisco
Roan and Jan traveled to San Francisco via Caltrain and BART while Mandy and Mali came via car. After dining on crepes, we went choo-choo hunting and found the Muni bus that came to be known as the "choo-choo bus".

Month Twenty Seven

Month Twenty Seven
There are two albums this month. One featuring the highlight of the month for Roan--a trip down to ride Thomas the Train (click here to see the Day Out with Thomas album) and one with photos from the rest of the month.





Video Clips
Here's a video clip from the day before we went to ride Thomas...he's very excited!

Here's Roan talking about riding Thomas after the big event...

Day out with Thomas

Thomas Album

Roan got to meet the love of his life--Thomas. We spent a day with "Tomis" and rode on the special Thomas train.

Amali Month Two

Month Two
This month saw lots of smiles and even some giggles. The highlight of the month was a visit from Nana. Mali also kept busy trying to use her hands.

Month Twenty Six

Month Twenty Six
This month was a month of adjustment for Roan to having a new sister. Nana also came for a visit and Dada went to Sri Lanka for 13 days. So Roan got very familiar with airports! Roan worked on sentences this month. We rode the train at the zoo one day and he's been talking about it nearly every day since "Baba ride choo-choo with Nana at zoo".

Rest of Amali's Month One

Month One
Here are some photos from the rest of Mali's first month with us.

Amali's First Two Weeks

First Two Weeks
Here are some photos from my first two weeks. I slept through much of the first week, but became much more alert by the second week. Grandma and Granddad came for a visit, too.

Do they look alike??

Amali on left, Roan on the right.