It's a Saturday night and I am on duty. It seems strange not to be with the fasu in the afternoons. I wonder what she is doing right now, if she is happy, is she missing me. She is hanging out with her dad and some friends so I am sure she is ok. I just wish I could give her a big kiss. It is so funny how she loves her dad. Everytime he comes home from work she throws her arms in the air and wait for him to pick her up. It is always makes me very sad when he can't take her right away because I can tell her feelings are getting hurt. But what can you do, even dads need to go to the bathroom sometime I guess.
Yesterday, the Fasu the entire afternoon with her dad and he called me laughing telling me that apparently both his girls loves Subway Sandwiches. He said the Fasu ate a 6-inch sub and loved the chicken and tuna. That's my girl. It is so funny to see her with food. She just enjoys it so much. She picks it up gently and puts it in her mouth...sometimes she also feeds her food to the dogs, which gets a big no no from mommy. My dogs are chunky enough. But they love her from giving them her scraps.
Anyway, the Fasu is close to being 10 months old, which means she is nearing the one year mark. I can't wait. And what a good girl she has become. Only fusses when sleepy (she is rarely hungry because I feed her alot) and she's sleeping well through the night...tfu tfu tfu. Ms. Fasu, we love you so much.

Progress Update

Well the Fasu is becoming a pretty good crawler. It is just amazing how from a baby that was so put she has now taught herself to move all over the place. At first she would only crawl in the room where we put her in, but now she goes everywhere her mind sets. It is so cute to be in the bathroom and all of the sudden see her little head picks at you after she crawled from the living room. She also likes to crawl to her puppies and play with them. They like that too.
The Fasu is still a good sleeper although now that she is moble, she'll sit in her bed or try to stand or crawl is she's awaken at night. That usually leads to crying but only a little bit. Over all she's a really good baby but sometimes I have to say I don't have much patience. Especially when she fusses and I cannot sooth her. I guess she's at an age where talking would become very handy. I do think she says mama and aba. Sometimes if I leave the room she'll start crawling at my directions and cry ma ma ma....Too cute.

Big Baby Steps

I still cannot believe my eyes when I see the Fasu these days. She is nine and a half months old and crawling and sitting on her own. She is trying to stand on her own. Her teacher told me she had to take away the moble from her crib at school because she was pulling up and she was worried she will pull on it.
Looking at the Fasu being moble is so amazing. I can tell she is gaining confidence and becomes very curious about the different objects around her. I even had to take out a few items that we place pretty close to the floor because she showed dangerous curiousity toward them.

In terms of food, the faus is pretty much eating everything. I give her milk when she wakes up (she hold the bottle alone my big baby girl, while I get ready for work). She gets a second breakfast at school (milk) and then around lunchtime she gets another bottle with some veggies. Most often it will be something I prepared at home but this week I was lazy and she gets Gerber. She loves it though, so I am happy. After her after noon nap at school she gets another bottle and then it's time to go home (around 3 pm.). Around 4:30 or so I give her some other solid food: cheerious, veggies, fruit with some milk and then before she goes to bed (around 6:30) she gets her "night milk," which is basically formula with rice cereal. That usually knocks her out until the next morning.

I have to say the Fasu has become a lot more picky about things she wants and that she doesn't want. I find myself telling her "no" much more often because her behaviour is not too cool. Like when she pulls on the dog's fur or when she just screems for fun. I can now see what my friend meant when she said she is "losing" her baby and gaining a toddler. But I have to say I do enjoy her more and more. Babies are cute and all, but just like puppies, when they grow older, they are a lot easier.

Oh yes, ms. fasu has also rediscovered the joy of bathtime. She always liked the tub but now she can play with the toys that i put in there for her. She enjoys putting them in her mouth with all the foam...It's kinda of funny.
I also things she says "aba=dad" and "ama"= mom. She also can point at the light when I say "eifo orr?" which in Hebrew means "where's the light?". and she also nodds her head all the time like the no no teddy bear.
Too cute for words I tell you. And smart too.

We've got a crawler people!!!!

Well these are words I thought I would never say, but God has heard my plea and now my precious baby is finally crawling. It started about four days ago, when she and dad were chilling out and playing in the living room. All of a sudden I hear dad's cry to come over quick and to my amazement, ms. fasu was on all four and instead of crushing on her belly being really pissed like always, she actually made a few steps (crawling steps that is).

Of course I was extatic. We pulled out all her favorite toys and of course the blanket to try and get her to crawl to us. And sure enough, she did it. Again and again. The first day or two it was just a few steps. You could see she wasn't really sure when the hands and legs go and in what order, but now she can pretty much crawl through the entire living room. And we have a good sized living room. The fasu is still not one of those super fast crawlers and she still gets frustrated if something is out of her reach. But, she will try and now will usually succeed in getting it by crawling to it.

I am so proud of her. I was worried she would be a back crawler for a long time but nope, once she learned how to crawl, she started moving forward. I can't wait for her to be more and more independent. I think she would like that a lot. I know we get a real kick out of it. Our little girl is growing up.

My Baby Is 9 Months

The Fasu is now nine months old and she's so much fun. She still shows no signs of crawling but she does try to pull up by holding on to me. She is also getting on all fours and tries to figure out what to do from there. I hope she'll start crawling soon because she'll gain her independence. Right now she tends to freak out when I leave the room. She cries and gets really frustrated because she can't get to me.
I can tell she want to get the show on the road but doesn't really know how. They say to just keep her on the floor and that's what we're doing.
Also, the fasu continues to adore Almo. She starts making silly sounds when he comes on the screen. When we went to Dad's parents they gave her an almo dall and she loved it so much. She kept hugging it.

A Vist to the Doctor

Yesterday we went to Ms. Fasu's 9 month check up. The good news is that she is at the 75th percentile for both weight and height. My big chubby girl. The not so cool news is that the doc. said if she doesn't crawl by next month, it's time to see a developmental specialist. Brrr.....
I talked to my best friend today and she seemed very concerned about Fasu's inability to crawl or sit on her own. I was worried before but hearing others agree with me that there's cause for concern make me feel a lot worse.
But then I hear of babies that just didn't want to crawl and went straight to walking or just didn't feel like crawling until they were 10 or 11 months old. I don't think it's the case with the Fasu though...It seems she does want to move but still hasn't figured out how to do it. I see her on her belly waving her arms and legs trying to get somewhere.

The Trip to Pennsylvania

It's been two weeks since I updated my blog. Bad mommy of Fasu. Today is Monday and three days ago we returned from a family vacation to Pennsylvania to visit Ms. Fasu's dad's family. This was the first time not only for our real family vacation but for dad and I to be on vacation together. With our crazy work schedules, we always seem to miss one another whenever one of us has some time off. Well, no more.

Ms. Fasu as the zoo

Ms. Fasu with her 8-year old uncle and 14-year old aunt

Ms. Fasu was actually quite sick/ teething the entire trip so wasn't her usual cheerful self. She showed her timid nature with her clingness to mommy. I have to say it took me a little bit by surprise because I am used to her going happily to her caregivers at school. The more I get to know my baby I learn she, much like myself, doesn't like changes and tends to be quite frightened when she is in unfamilar waters.
And don't get me wrong, the fasu did have a blast. We went to Fallingwaters, the Pittsburgh Zoo and the aquarium. We went to different restaurants and hanged out a lot with dad's family, which we love and miss so much.
They are such good people and they have tons of love to give to their granddaughter number three (with more on the way, tfu, tfu, tfu).

Ms. Fasu with her 15-year old uncle

Babi and grandpa even held a welcoming party for the fasu, which was tons of fun. The Fasu got to eat good (real good), meet the nicest people you can meet and get cool gifts.

Need I say more?

Ms. Fasu about to eat cake for the first time. Surprisingly, she didn't like it. But I say, give her time.

We stayed in Pennsylvania for a total of one week, which was the perfect amount of a great family vacation.

At the Pittsburgh Zoo

A day's trip to Fallingwaters. A house created by architect Frank Lloyd Wright