9 months means lots of talking!

I can't believe Gideon's 9 months old already! He looks like he's older on account of his height, but we all know he's only 9 months old. Wow...he's going to be in the double digit months soon. And then he's going to be walking! Yikes!

One of Gideon's favorite pastimes right now is to talk/babble. And boy, does he sure have a lot to say!!

Here are pictures from our Picasa site:


Gideon Elijah - Ninth Month

Fun at the park

I got to take Gideon to the park this past weekend so I can watch him play on the swing. We had lots of fun swinging around. We even tried putting him on the slide...which he didn't take to very much. Probably because I was holding him the whole time. :P

Fun times with daddy

January 18, 2011 -- My first day back at work at a new job. I knew that Gideon was going to be in great hands with Eugene, but I still couldn't bear to part with my little boy. I cried the whole drive into work, which took about 45 minutes that day. I called home to check up on him, while I was crying and driving. He was still asleep. :P Nothing to worry about. I felt like a silly mommy, but that's okay.

Since that day (which has only been 3 weeks), I have done better. All because I know that not only is Eugene a great daddy, but also because the Lord Jesus watches them even more closely and cares for them always. It also helps that Eugene takes hundreds of pictures and plenty of videos to show me once I get home. Yay!!!

**swinging at the park**

8 months!!

Wow! Gideon is now 8 months old! I can't believe it...he is just growing up so fast right before our eyes. This past month was especially eventful for Gideon too. Gideon went on his first road trip to Southern California and also his first plane ride to New York! What a little traveler we've got! Despite all the inconsistencies associated with traveling, our little guy never stopped learning and laughing. Our little boy now:

**weighs 21 pounds, 3 ounces**
**says "Oooh!" and "Ohh!"**
**sits very well on his own**
**crawls a little on all fours (started the day he turned 8 months!)**
**recognizes himself in the mirror**
**loving solids: bites into bananas, eats peas and carrots**
**holds his own bottles for brief moments**

Now that Gideon is slowly crawling around on his own, it looks like we'll need to baby-proof our place. Yikes! We'll see how that turns out!

Here are pictures of Gideon from our Picasa site:

Gideon Elijah - Eighth Month

7 months!!

Gideon is now 7 months old! I can't believe that 7 months have already flown by. Seems like it was just yesterday that we were bringing him home. Now, he's not only 7 months big, he's also just a big little fella (now 21.5 pounds!!). Gideon still loves to eat milk and sometimes, he loves his solids too. So far, he has tried plain rice cereal and rice cereal mixed with bananas, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, carrots, and prunes. Sometimes, he'll eat everything, but most of the time...there's more food on his bib than in his tummy.

This past month also featured some other new things: sleeping through the night (yay!!), first tooth (yay!!), first birthday party (for Gideon's little friend), new stroller, and starting to crawl! Who knows what the next month will bring.

Big accomplishments and new tricks:
**learned how to whine (still really cute though!)**
**sat in a child seat at a restaurant**
**eating solids regularly**
**first tooth (bottom front)**
**learning to crawl**
**tilts head to the side (really cute!)**
**chews his toes**
**burps on his own**
**babbles: ah-bah, o-boy, o-kay, ooooo, bah**

We are thankful

I am so thankful for so many things this year. We have been blessed with a beautiful sweet little boy, we are happy and healthy, and we have such wonderful family and friends who love and support us through everything. How can we not be super thankful?

This Thanksgiving, we decided to stay in San Francisco and have a first family Thanksgiving with Gideon. Since Gideon goes to bed pretty early (around 6 pm), we had a Thanksgiving lunch so that Gideon could "eat" with us. And, since this was our first carniverous Thanksgiving, we got quite ambitious and made our very first turkey!! Yes, it was a little much for just two people, but we had lots of fun cooking and Gideon got to try sweet potatoes for the first time...and he liked it!! All in all, it was a great Thanksgiving at the Wongs. :)

**Eugene stuffing the turkey first thing in the morning**
**Watching for Kermit in the Macy's Thanksgiving parade**
**Turkey's done!!**


**Gideon with the 12-pound turkey**
**Gideon with the Thanksgiving feast**
**Gideon's first taste of sweet potato**
**Gideon likes sweet potato!**