My favorite bday card

Isabel made this for me for my birthday and I laugh every time I see it. The top two figures are supposed to be me with a ponytail and jaime with glasses and the bottom are isabel and Alexis. Hilarious.

Isabel makes Alexis laugh again with a giant yellow tail

You will see what I mean

Alexis 6 month check up - 3 weeks ago

All is good. She got 4 shots + a liquid thing and she cried for 5 second and was happy to breastfeeding after that. Still a bit behind Isabel who was both taller and heavier at her age.  http://leijaime.blogspot.com/2008/11/isabel-is-6-months-old.html

Alexis stats
- 80% in height 26.75 inches
- 45% in weight 15lb 13 oz.
Dr hume says she is not growing as fast as before and we should try to get her to drink 32 oz of milk a day. So far we have only been able to get her to drink 25oz a day, but we will keep trying.

 She is starting to eat solid and love that. Overall, she is nice and healthy.

Lei

ABC song

Agnes taught me this song when she started taking care of Isabel at 2 months old.  Isabel love it.  Alexis now love it too.  here are the lyrics in case you want to sing it to your kids

A - you are adorable
B - you are so beautiful
C - you are cutie full of charm
D - you are my darling
E - you are exciting
F - you are feather in my arm
G - you look good to me
H - you are so heavenly
I - you are the one I idolize
J - we are like Jack and Jill
K - you are so kissable
L - you are the love light in my eyes
M, N, O, P - I can go on all day
Q, R, S, T - alphabetically speaking you are okay
U - make my life complete
V- means you are very sweet
W, X, Y, Z.
It's fun to wonder through the alphabet with you and tell you what they mean to me.
It's fun to wonder through the alphabet with you and tell you what they mean to me!

What I am looking forward to

Lately, I have been feeling a little overwhelmed - maybe its the big birthday, maybe it's the returned estrogen (getting aunt flow again), maybe it's the two kids, maybe....

I can go down this path and analyze the why and also dwell on the negatives of what I have been feeling, but that would be a drag and it won't really help me.

During my run today I decided to try something different and share with you what I am looking forward to this week.

1. Salsa dancing tonight at impala
2. Coaching someone tomorrow
3. Breast feeding Alexis in the mornings and when I get home
4. My Zumba class on Tuesday's
5. Bath times with isabel
6. Finding the fun in writing my blog and newsletter. Lately I have been making it a chore, an obligation and it's been a drag. I want to find the fun again in writing. Wish me luck.
7. A fun night to celebrate agnes bday on Friday 13th

Looking forward feels so much better than looking back

This is my small step to change my outlook. Whether it will work or not I don't know but I am glad to be making a change nonetheless.

Lei

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103.5 degrees

Isabel woke up with a high fever on Sat. 102.5.  We were worried but luckily it was only a 24 hour bug.  She woke up today with 97.7..  wow we are relieved.  Here is what we did to help her heal

- children's tylenol every 4 hours
- feed her liquids (whatever she want between vitamin water, coconut water, and gatorade)
- try to feed her food (gave her ensure strawberry shake when she didn't want to eat)
- rub her down with a cool towel every 1 hour or two.  she didn't like that but helped a lot with her temperature.
- stayed in
- measured her temp every 90 min.  It was fluctuating between 100.5 and 103.5...pretty strong bug.  but I did read kids get higher fever than adults
- let her rest and nap with her
- lots of TLC
- let her watch tv and movies - she loved that.

It's the first time she had such a high fever but she was such a good little patient even at night in taking medicine.  It's the first time she sounded so tired all day, but this morning she was full of energy and said she felt great.   Kids heal so fast.    I am so thankful

Lei

Alexis is starting to crawl

right now she is more like a seal.

Alexis is a big girl now

First time out in stroller without the car seat. Alexis loves it as she is facing outwards and can see a lot. Isabel is of course also excited as she has more space in the back.

Who can resist this charm

Here is Alexis flashing her smile and absolute cuteness so we would pick her up from the crib. Very hard to resist.

Hard at work

Alexis on the computer and isabel with practicing her letters.

Just hanging out at home

Agnes bought this great cover for our floors so that Isabel and Alexis can hang out in the living room together. They look like two little puppies here

Father's Day at Picaro

We had a nice lunch here with the family plus grandma and grandpa Lapena

Isabel and Alexis loves to picnic in the park

This is the yueba brena park where they try to go every Friday.

Only Isabel can make Alexis laugh

For some reason, only Isabel has the magic expressions to make Alexis laugh. Agnes and I have tried and so far still failed. Here is Isabel making Lingling laugh We will keep trying. I was close this morning when I was playing with her arms. She gave me one chuckle and that was it :-( Lei

Enjoying the sun in sf