Baby Jail (aka Hotel Crib)

Sea World

Finley had so much fun with cousin Faith, G-Ma and Aunt Rose at Sea World. The best part was Faith's Beluga whale interaction. What an absolutely amazing experience. I have a ton of pictures from the day. Finley was a party animal the night before and was up until 10pm. Lucky for her, the stroller goes into full recline so she was able to squeeze in a nap while Clifton and I rode the Steel Eel. Feeding the dolphins
Getting used to the view from six feet up
Family picture time
Feeding the lorikeets


Finley snoozing away in her stroller
Sea World wears a girl out
Girl picture time
Meeting Shamu (Finley was scared of him!)
Feeding the flamingoes

Posing like a flamingo
Beluga whale interaction time

Road Trip

Finley went on her first big road trip this weekend to San Antonio. She did great on the car ride and was rewarded with dinner at Mi Tierra. She got a balloon and was so excited. Finley also got to use her umbrella stroller that Auntie Kristina got her for the very first time. It worked great at the Market, the Alamo and on the Riverwalk (which deserves its own post). Her only disappointment was that Auntie Heather was not in San Antonio for her visit. Hoepfully next time!

Forty-Four Weeks

First Haircut

We are so lucky that Finley's nanny is trained to cut hair. Finley just needed a little trim because her bangs were constantly getting in her face. I held her while Lori did her best to trim her hair. Finley was super wiggly, but we got her bangs trimmed up and saved her first lock of hair. It is baby fine.

Finley Loves Filipino Food

I am in a breakfast club at work, two weeks ago was my boss's turn to make breakfast. His wife made an amazing noodle dish that reminded me very much of the Mee Hoon Goreng I enjoyed so much in Malaysia. Another co-worker is also from the Philippines and I asked her if she had a recipe for whatever it was that my boss's wife had made. She said it was very similar, just not as spicy as the Mee Hoon Goreng. Imagine my surprise on Tuesday when she brought me a huge dish of Pancit Sotanghon. It was soooo good and Finley loved it too.