Last Post for the Year

Sorry for leaving this blog hanging for quite a while. Trust me, my hands are pretty full with Sebastian as active as ever. He is actually starting to learn how to walk by himself. Last Christmas Eve, he was going back and forth towards me and my sister and managed to make 2 steps on his own. Anyhow, I will probably try to start publishing (hopefully) all the draft entries I made for the past months so don't be surprised to see old entries just being published in the days to come.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!!

In the meantime, here are a couple of photos take last Christmas...

10 Months!

Cake day again! Our little family had his "birthday cake" as usual, but the lady wrote the wrong message on the cake. She put in "10th birthday" instead of 10 months. This is the second time we are celebrating his "month-ary" in the states, his first one was when he was 1 month old. (We left for the Philippines a few days shy of his 2nd month, coinciding with my 29th birthday, so we celebrated it there.) Some pictures: (Can you believe he ruined the cake again? He seemed to make it a monthly tradition!)

Flu Shot

Today, we brought Sebastian to see his Pediatrician whom he hasn't seen since April 15 of this year, a few days before we left for the Philippines. He still remembers every bit of our little boy (I guess he would since he was the one who took care of him when we rushed him back to the ER the day we got discharged from the hospital from giving birth to him, and has taken care of him ever since) and likewise, Sebastian was still very comfortable with him and showed his best behavior. Good thing we still continued on his immunization schedule and only missed his next doses of PCV (Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine) so there was no need to pick up where we left off in terms of vaccines. He did get his first flu shot today (and I'm mighty proud of my brave boy who didn't even cry - well, he protested a little bit each time the needle pokes him through but was okay afterwards) which I think led him to having a fever tonight. He still eats and breastfeeds well, though so I guess it's no biggie.

I was actually looking forward to this checkup so the doctor could address his eczema. He has flare-ups in his creases (which has gone a little better since we got here) and some are even starting to get infected due to his scratching. Now I'm glad we have a prescription for antibiotics and a higher dose of hydrocortisone to ease his itchiness. I just hope he outgrows it like most of them. But going back to his well-baby check, I found out he actually lost weight and is now only around 19 pounds, on the 12th percentile in terms of weight, but is standing tall at 29 inches or 2'5" high, putting him on the 62nd percentile. His head circumference, as usual, is on the upper percentile (86th). Hmmm... he must have big brains, LOL! All in all, I am just so happy that his growth and development are normal. The doctor even said he's a little advance in his skills and other developments and will probably be starting to walk on his own soon as compared to heavier babies.

He fell asleep early but woke up after just an hour or two, with no fever and as active as ever. He stayed up until past midnight. Sigh!

9 Months!

Today, he turned 9 months. And, you guessed it, we had cake. Today would be the last day he's celebrating any birthday month in the Philippines for we are leaving in 3 days. Here are some pictures:
















Can you tell he was very happy? And he swiped the cake again. Oh well...

Here are more pictures showing how amazed he is at mom's Christmas tree...





















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Oh yeah, today was also our last Sunday at PVGC, our home church in Las Piñas. We managed to get a few clicks after the service.

Look at how sad Sebastian is for leaving...

With Pastor Ariel and his wife

Last night, some of our friends from church and the music ministry gathered at home for a surprise party. We had lots of food and played Cranium until midnight. It was fun.