I'm 1!

Yay I'm finally one! My mom planned a super fun baseball themed party for me. There were lots of games for the guests but the best part was the cake! I was behaved when they sang Happy Birthday but all I could think about was how delicious the cake would be in my mouth (notice the drool).



I dipped my finger into the cake and I knew I just had to have more!



Mmmmm soooooo good! This is why my mommy is addicted to chocolate! Now I understand why!



I wasn't super greedy because I made sure that daddy had a taste of my cake too :)



All done! I have now reached my chocolate quota for the entire year!



The California Yankees Family portrait :D

Green Diamond

I've heard about this sport called baseball but this is the first time I've actually been to a game. I watched the San Jose Giants hit some balls with their sluggers and run to those small white squares as fast as they can. The stadium was small so it was cool to just walk around and not worry of bothering anyone. I like this sport. I know Gramps does too. Maybe someday I can play in the majors :)

Nummies

My favorite food in the world and mommy is happy about it :)

Chocolate festival

Everyone knows that mommy is a chocoholic so there's no way in the world we would miss this festival. This is my first time here but technically speaking, I was here last year too ;-).
Look at the lovely background!

Even though I could not have any sweet treat, I still had fun with daddy and our matching outfits :)

Vroom vrooming...

and dancing :)

Busy day

We're back in Santa Cruz but this time we are nowhere near the beach. We had breakfast at Zachary's then went wandering around town until we found this record store for me to listen to some music...

then I played with some dogs that were up for adoption...

then I played ball with daddy...

made sleepies in the car to recharge...

tried some new wheels...

choo chooed Thomas around...

tested my new ride...

practiced my one-armed-push-up...

then ate organic...

It was a long day... action packed and so much fun. :)

headphone junkie

I want one of these!

Crunchy

Mommy and daddy love the beach and so they decided to bring me to Santa Cruz to get a feel of what it is like to walk on sand and have it flow in between my fingers.


It felt so good I wanted to eat it! ;-)

our own little cage

You may think that Zach and I are just little innocent babies but the truth is we like to play rough! Zach's cage is our arena. We fight over toys - who gets to play with the laptop first or who gets to hammer the other until he cries. After all, boys will be boys ;-)

Zzzzzzzz

Mommy likes to go window shopping and being a boy, I hate shopping! So I do what I do best while she browses through the stores - sleep. Am I chill or what? :)

Happy Hollow adventure

Since we were at the zoo, I figured now is the best time to show my "lion face" :D

I don't know why this little horsey is sticking his nose out of the fence. Is he checking if I have a dirty diaper???

Rawr!

I am a lion! Be afraid... Be very afraid.

Easter in La Quinta

Mommy said the easter bunny was going to La Quinta so we headed there last weekend to check him out. We didn't see the bunny but I saw my cousins Maddie and David again. Daddy reintroduced me to the pool - all armed with my rashguard, swim hat, sunscreen and shaded floater...

hung out with DH in his "crib"...

just being cool with daddy...

read a girly book to DH while wearing our matching bunny bibs...

Pop-up Noodle

Hide and seek is my favorite game :)

Bye bye Lola Nel...

This is my last day to hang out with my Lola Nel before she goes home to Manila. She has been an awesome lola - woke up in the middle of the night to make my milk and feed me, changed my diapers on the dot all the time, played with me, taught me tricks like "align" and "saan ang ilaw?" and taught me Tagalog too. I will miss my roommate for 6 months... If I could talk I would say, "Mahal kita Lola!" I hope you would come back soon. Mmmmmmmmwwwaaah!

Bintana

I often wonder what it is like to be out there in the wild, free from the hands of my Lola Nel who is constantly at my side... Can I escape through this magic window?

X and Z

This is my buddy Zach and I. We hang out once in a while either at his lair or my "crib". Mommy keeps telling me to share my toys with Zach. What does that even mean? All my toys are MINE!

After a tiring afternoon, we relax in my room and just chill :)

X and Rex

This is my Uncle Rex. He came all the way from a land called the Philippines to meet me. We went to a lot of places when he was here. He showed me the fishies in the California Academy of Sciences, he saved me from falling in the Mystery spot and much more. It was nice hanging out with him. Hope he'll come and visit me again soon :)

Pizza is my favorite :)

I love pointing at things!

Noodles on wheels

Daddy celebrated his big 33 and mommy surprised him with a go-kart racing party! Everyone was psyched to race including me! Unfortunately they don't make karts for noodles so I brought my own speed racer. Watch out everyone! Speed demon X will zip past you without you even knowing it ;-)

Where's Xavier?

I recently discovered this new trick that makes me disappear before their very eyes! It's so cool! I love the reaction I get from mommy too hehehe :P

Boom!

Video

Mommy brought home this funny looking toy that bounces on my head. I like it so much i giggled to their ears content :)

Bathtime with duckies

I looooooove taking baths. I guess it's because I'm a natural water baby! Swimming runs in my genes. Because I'm getting bigger, I graduated from my little tiny bathtub to this HUGE big boy bathtub! Can you see my little duckies? Daddy got them for me because they are really cool. They're ninja ducks, one with a nun-chuck, one with a sword and one with shiny sharp stars. But I wonder why their faces are in the water? Maybe there is something under the bubbles that is interesting? Daddy was not happy about their face diving skills... I guess he doesn't want me to get ideas. Hmmmmm....

Obsessed with time

I'm barely 8 months old and I'm already crawling! How did I do it? Mommy placed my most favorite thing in their bedroom in front of me - daddy's alarm clock! When I saw it on the pillow I just knew I had to have it! I am obsessed with time (definitely not my Filipino half!). I think it's because there are numbers on it. Maybe I will become a mathematician like Grammy!

Mmmmmwah!

My daddy and I spend a lot of our time on my play mat. Because he plays with me a lot, I thank him by giving him lots of kisses. He seems to be enjoying it as much as I do :P

Secret man talk

Guess what daddy taught me this time?



It's our secret man talk, our way of communicating with each other when we don't want mommy to understand what the heck we're talking about.

Happy Birthday Lola Nel!

It's my Lola Nel's birthday today. I heard she just turned 17 :) She's still very strong because she can carry me for a long time especially when I am cranky. It's fun having her as my playmate. I spend most of my waking hours with her. She teaches me how to speak Tagalog and tricks like "align" and "point". We also have date night every night where she wakes up and makes my milk when I cry and I just chug it :P Thanks to Lola Nel, I am strong and healthy. I love you Lola!

Starting the year with a bang ;-)

Mommy and daddy wanted to have some seafood so we went to the place where you can get fresh seafood nearby... Santa Cruz wharf. It was freezing today so I had to wear my jacket and I had to be coccooned in my car seat. Mommy didn't seem to mind. She's finally used to the cold winter weather. Where she came from, there were only 2 seasons: hot-as-hell-summer and holy-crap-it's-flooding-again-stormy season :)

After their fishy meal, we went to the arcade where I got to play with bang bangs! It was so much fun! I liked it when the whole place lights up when I shoot. Although I don't think I'll ever be doing this for real, it sure was a fun bonding moment with daddy :)

01/01/10

Wow, 2009 went by so fast. I feel like I just came out of mommy's tummy and now here I am already partying with my crib pals for New Year's Eve! 2009 was an awesome year... I can't wait to see what's in store for me this year!