Monkey Bathroom

After months of planning and attempting to paint and decorate Dylan's bathroom, we finally did it this weekend. We just love how it turned out.

when you walk in....

going into the toilet/shower

shower curtain and bath rug

Pay toilet 5 bananas

Dylan testing out his potty in his new bathroom

the wash area

wash your face, scrub your hands, brush your teeth

monkey towels

little monkeys

Happy Valentine's Day

jello gigglers for Dylan's Valentine's Day party

Dylan's Valentines from his friends

Daddy made heart-shaped banana pancakes

18mth pictures

Our little man

Mr. Handsome

18 month appointment

Dylan had his 18 month appointment today (two weeks late) and it was so memorable. When we walked in the waiting room, Dylan saw Dr. Chi and had a look of fear on his face. He was saying "no, no, no" and pulling Mommy towards the door who, of course, couldn't stop laughing. After we went into the exam room to meet Dr. Chi, Dylan broke down in tears. Every time he touched or even looked at Dylan, it was a flood of tears.

Other than that, our visit with Dr. Chi went well. Dylan remains in the 95% for height, 10% for weight and 97% for head size (!!!). We do have to see an ENT specialist for Dylan's snoring.

Good thing for Dylan, we don't have to see Dr. Chi until July.

Time Out

Our normal conversation:

Mommy: Dylan, do you want time-out?
Dylan: NO
Mommy: Then, you have to do what Mommy says OK?
Dylan: OK
And most of the time he does. So no reason to actually put him in time out. Right?

Well, we just recently read that time-out starts as early as 18 months, if not even earlier. Lately, Dylan likes to test our patience and will act out when we get upset with him. Plus, he's starting to hit, throw things, bite etc. So we decided that after he turns 18 months (which was last Monday), we'd start time-out. Well, we were on vacation, so it was pushed to after we get back from NM.

This afternoon while Dylan and Mommy were playing, Dylan threw the cell phone on the laptop. Guess what... TIME-OUT!!!

he was doing great for the first 20-30 secs
(recommended time is one minute per one year)

then he thought we were playing a game

CHHEEESSEEE...

Seems like it'll take a few more time-outs before he gets it.

(Ok, so maybe we shouldn't have been taking pictures.. but how can we not??? hehehe )

Airplane Entertainment

During all of our flights (EWR-SF-ABQ-EWR), we were nervous on how we could entertain Dylan during the long flights. We are proud to say Dylan did great and everyone around us were impressed at how 'quiet' and well-behaved he was.

have a lolly to prevent ears popping

learn ABCs

stack lots of cups

cars.. cars.. and more cars...

play with tons of stickers
(notice the stickers on his head)

and of course, eat grapes

Super Bowl Sunday

Today we came home exhausted from our SF/NM trip. We just decided to stay home and enjoy an evening of Super Bowl.

Touchdown!!!

Visiting Ninang Tessa and Ninong Mike

Our time in Albequerque didn't start out too well. Dylan had caught some stomach bug and as soon as we got into the car, he started throwing up. We stopped counting after the 6th time. He was definitely not himself. The kid who eats anything in sight would not even touch grapes!

taking a nap after a full day of throwing up

not sure how he got on the floor...
(we all swear none of us heard him fall and there was no crying. poor kid)

and the next day.. he was BACK!
(but had the runs.. eeeww)

rock band!

#1 Burger Joint according to Bon Appétit

#3 according to Daddy

Dylan's new thing - tilt head and say cheese

the miracle stairs (note: no center support)

Chiles!!!San Miguel Church - oldest church

Took the longest tramway up to Sandia Peak

with Ninong Mike and Ninang Tessa

Dylan -the pooping machine

Unfortunately, Daddy and Mommy also came down with the bug, hence no more pictures! Lots of thanks to Ninong Mike and Ninang Tessa for being great hosts and tour guides. We had a GREAT time!