Duncan: 23 Weeks Old

Hooray, for a 23-week-old-today handsome guy! Yup, I'm talkin' about little ol' me. :)

This week has been pretty laid back but I've been having some fun:
-  I like to sit up to play (with Mommy or Daddy close by). I'm still
    working on my balance, but I'm getting there!

-  We've been going out in the stroller when the weather isn't horrible
    and I actually like it! You can't tell by this face, but I really do
    enjoy going to the shops & the park with Mommy & Daddy. :)
    Sometimes, I even nap! Amazing, I know...

-  I am so crazy in my Bumbo! I like to make a racket by banging

    my toys on the tray and attacking them viciously.

-  I love my rattle! I shake it like a madman and I only wish that it was

    not a hard toy. It's not fun when I whack myself in the face with it,

    but I still get so excited when I see it. :)

-  I've moved up a notch on my jumperoo! I must be growing lots.

    I just love playing in that thing. It's the best!

-  I've learned how to suck in my bottom lip and keep it tucked under

    my upper lip. I love to do it all the time. I even try to blow raspberries

    like this, but it doesn't work. They usually come out, "MmmmMmm!"

-  I can pivot my body around when I'm on my tummy! Almost mobile!

-  My hair is growing SO fast! It sticks straight out of my head still, so

    I look like a poofy chimpanzee baby. And it's longer in the middle

    of my head, so I have a mini-mohawk going on.

-  I love my toes! I can reach them and hold them now, especially when

    I'm sitting up, so I like to lean forward to grab them & I laugh at

    them a lot. :)

Now that we're all healthy again, I've been moved back to my room to sleep in my crib. I don't like it! But aside from that little annoyance, I've been pretty happy this week. Mommy keeps telling me that I'm such a good baby, so I must be doing alright. :)

Catch you all next week! I hope you have a good one!

Love,
Duncan

Duncan: 22 Weeks Old

I'm 22 weeks old today! How is that even possible? I'm growing up so fast! It seems like just yesterday, I was still pooping in diapers. Oh wait, that's because I was.  :)

I've had a pretty good week, but this last week has been a rough one for Mommy. She's been sick! I think I gave her my RSV bug but with the added bonus of a fever. Sorry, Mommy! I seem to be completely over my RSV today and I'm back to doing that screeching thing that I love. And blowing raspberries! No more wheezing, coughing, and snotting up the place. Thank goodness!

Daddy was such a big help and stayed home from work on Friday to take care of me so that Mommy could rest. Good thing he was home because her fever reached 102 that afternoon and she was out for the count! Then he spent the weekend cooking and doing chores and playing with me 24/7! Thanks, Daddy. :)

Needless to say, it's been a laid back week of recovery and just plain old rest for us. Mommy did, however, find time to update the blog for me since we were so behind. This is like the sixth post this week! So aside from my 5-month onesie shoot, Mommy hasn't had too much time or energy for taking many pictures this week. Today, however, we had some fun tummy time so she just couldn't resist taking some shots of yours truly:

Hope you all had a fun day like I did! I'll be back again next week!

Love,

Duncan

Duncan: 5 Months Old

"5" onesie made by: Marlynn

I'm baaaaaaack! And I'm 5 months old today!

Since I'm feeling so much better today and Mommy's still trying to get over the nasty cold I gave her, I thought I'd get back to doing the blog posts so she can get some rest. I'm such a good son, I know. :) Mommy weighed me this morning and I am a whopping 17 pounds! Hooray for milk! Hehe. :)

My absolute favorite things to do right now:
-  Play in my jumperoo! I LOVE that thing so much.
-  Blow raspberries loaded with spit. So fun!!
-  Roll from back to tummy. I do it pretty much anytime I'm lying down.
-  Suck on pieces of mango that Mommy shares with me. Yummy!!
-  Watch my mobile in my crib. It makes me so crazy excited!
-  Bath time! I am a splashing machine!
-  Obsess over my feet. How come I've never noticed them before?!

Other things I like to do now:
-  Ride in my car seat & stroller! Yay! Finally!
-  Eat the occasional bite of pureed bananas. Mmmm!
-  Screech like a banshee sometimes. For awhile there, I was doing it
    A LOT. Mommy is glad that I've toned it down a bit. :)
-  Sit in my Bumbo chair. I'm so MUCH more stable now.
-  Sleep in Mommy & Daddy's bed. I sleep so well in there.

Things I don't like:
-  Being left alone for very long. I like having company while I play.
-  Being on my tummy for too long. It seems I have forgotten how to
    get myself from my tummy to my back. :[
-  Bedtime. Yea, I still like to fight it. I'd rather be playing!

See you next time! I've got some jumping to do!

Love,

Duncan

Duncan: 21 Weeks Old

Dear Duncan,

You, my handsome little baby boy, turned 21 weeks old on March 7th. This is Mommy's last catch-up post! We are officially caught up. :)

Your 21st week started off REALLY rough for us. You had a little cough when we returned from Colorado and we didn't think it would do anything more, but in just a couple days, it turned into a full blown case of RSV.  :( Your chest started doing this terrible wheezing and your nose was a running faucet of snot. You were still in pretty good spirits, though:

We had to take you to the night clinic on February 29th because as soon as we told the nurse-line that you had a wheezing chest cold, they wanted a doctor to see you right away. Well, they suspected RSV, sent swabs to the lab, listened to you breathe, and the next day it was confirmed. Luckily, your oxygen levels were good and your breathing wasn't too labored, so the doctor didn't think you needed to be hospitalized. We were so thankful!!

You are a very happy sick baby and that has been nice. You cough and wheeze and drip snot but still belt out laughter, LOVE playing in your new jumperoo, have rediscovered blowing raspberries, and squeal this awful sound that you recently discovered you can do. You just love it. It makes Mommy's ears bleed. But you are happy and that makes me VERY happy. We took you for a walk over the weekend since it was 70 degrees out and you loved hanging out in the stroller. Yay! We love being able to take you out in something other than the front pack. Especially since you're over 16 lbs now! We also took some time over the weekend for a photo op. Thanks for the WAY awesome outfit, Kristen!

There is nothing we can do but wait out the RSV. We busted out the fancy humidifier we bought for you months ago and put it to good use. You've been sleeping with us so we can prop you up on pillows to help with your breathing like the doctor told us (that's our excuse anyway... it just makes us feel a lot better to have you close). You sleep SO well when you are in our bed. You are on a pretty regular schedule of bedtime at 7:30p, nurse at 1a, nurse at 5a, then awake at 7a. We LOVE not getting up 6 or 7 times a night to rock you like we used to! 

Thanks for being such a good baby even when you're sick, peanut. We love you so much, Duncan punkin!

Love,

Mommy

Duncan: 20 Weeks Old

Duncan & Grandmom Debbie

Dear Duncan,

Mommy is still playing catch-up with your weekly posts so hang in there with me, peanut! :)

You turned 20 weeks old on February 29th. Time flies so fast! We were still in Colorado and your 20th week started with a trip to Fort Collins to stay with your Grandmom Debbie and Auntie Celina. It was exciting for all of us because you have never met them before!

Duncan, Grandmom, & Daddy

Duncan w/ Grandmom, Auntie Celina, & Daddy

You just LOVED playing with Auntie Celina SO much! She had a way of just cracking you up! It was pretty fun to watch you play with her, buddy. She didn't even mind when you spit up on her cute clothes! :) You also loved when Grandmom read The Very Hungry Caterpillar to you. That IS one of your favorite books after all! Grandmom fed us like kings and bought you a new Charlie Brown book that you love. Auntie Celina read it to you and you were so attentive:

Auntie Celina & Duncan

You also got to meet Grandmom's new fiance, Ron. Congratulations, Grandmom & Ron! We wish you a lifetime of happiness!

Duncan, Grandmom, & Ron

You were such a good baby on our Fort Collins trip, little man. I was so proud of you. You were great on the car ride to and from and slept most of the way. Thank goodness you are used to your car seat now! That would have been a really long hour and a half... :)  The dogs, Rudy & Shelly, are crazy barkers and you handled the sudden bursts of ear-piercing noise like a pro. You are becoming a regular at adapting to new surroundings and it is a wonderful thing for all of us! So thank you!

After our stay in Ft. Collins, it was back to Denver for a couple days before we headed home to San Francisco. We tried to cram in as much time as we could with Ba Ngoai & Ong Ngoai, Auntie Heather & Uncle Trung, Logan, and baby Dustin before we had to go home. You're not going to remember it but you could not get enough of Logan's reading to you. You loved watching him as he read you books about superheroes, gorillas, and flies. Those moments were among my very favorites.

You just love your cousin so much. He's your ultimate hero, I think. :) He sure is a lot of fun to play with. He loved holding you, reading to you, and patting your head. It was pretty cute. We sure miss having him around, don't we?

The next time we see your baby cousin, Dustin, he's going to be so big! He'll probably give you a run for your money. For now, he can't reach the floor in the jumperoo yet, so you have a leg up (or down) on him.  :)

It was sure hard to say goodbye to everyone. But don't worry. We'll see everyone again later in the year, hopefully. And your Ong Ngoai and Ba Ngoai are going to come stay with us for a month or so before they head back to Vietnam. You'll like that. Mommy knows that she will!  :)

For the record, I should note that you were a complete ANGEL on the trip back to San Francisco. You were so calm and content while we returned the rental car, then took the shuttle to the airport, then sat in the airport at the gate, and you even smiled at the flight attendant while we waited for boarding to wrap up! Then you slept pretty much the entire flight with very little fussing. I wasn't even sure you were my kid!! Haha! I sure hope you're not going to demand to fly first class every time in order to cooperate for us. :)

Another awesome week, buddy. You are without a doubt a super good baby these days. The Colorado trip was such a good experience for you, as well as for Mommy & Daddy. We are now a mobile family! Yay! We love you so much, monkeyface.  :)

Love,

Mommy