Friday, July 19, 2013

Playing with other kids...

Since Bill has been the stay-at-home-daddy from day 1, we haven't had a huge amount of socialization with other kids Cristina's age. And being such a big kid (95th percentile for height and weight), I get worried that she may accidentally hurt another child.

I am sharing this video because I actually caught this on camera. Cristina and our friends' son, Ryan (who is 19 months), playing together.

"Playing house", so to speak. Super cute...




Thursday, July 11, 2013

Sister Bonding

I think we have an official "sister bond" going on in our house. You may have remembered my post in 2011, concerned about having a baby in the house with a dog (more of a puppy as she was just under 2 years old).  Well, all of my concern has been alleviated, evidenced by the past 13 months of bonding that has occurred.  There definitely was some signs of reticence on Chloe's behalf when Cristina showed up in May of last year -- but we are certain that now the two of them get along famously. It's so fun to watch...

Also, I don't know if many of you saw this recently in the Wall Street Journal or somewhere else, about "Why Dogs and Cats Make Babies Healther".  Very interesting research being done by the journal Pediatrics. 

So while you may think that Chloe slobbering all over Cristina is gross, we're actually fighting against infection! Enjoy the video...


DBCC

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

When Mama Is Her First Word

Thanks Huffington Post! You can read my latest entry here.

Happy Fourth of July everyone!

D

Monday, July 1, 2013

Happy Weekend in the Sun....

We had such an amazing weekend in the sun. A friend was visiting and "out-of-towners" are usually our excuse to get out and do some "touristy" things...which usually means that I get to have my way. And Bill doesn't get to do his house projects. LOL.

But I always tell him that we live in Hawaii for a reason -- to enjoy it. So here you go...our Saturday in a nutshell.

Cue the beach, the sun, the ocean, a sappy song, happy dads, a super happy 13-month-old and a proud uncle...



Happy Summer All...
DBCC