Yakking away in the car

Christmas Dancing

Sierra has learned to "boogie down" early in her first year!

December 21st - one of the first moments we noticed that Sierra can't help but start bouncing when she hears music!

And unrelated, playing with her favorite chair:

Christmas Eve at the Taos. Cousin Julia on the piano, accompanied by Sierra's dancin' stylin's...

A trip to the San Diego Zoo

Second trip to the Zoo, but first time she expressed any interest in animals...

Petting a goat's ear

Good times with Lilly O

Babysitting Lilly... Sierra and Lilly love each other's company!

Here is Lilly pushing Sierra in a stroller for baby dolls.

Lilly and Sierra pushing each other

Santa Barbara Trip with the Huangs

Family trip with Grandma and Grandpa Huang and Uncle Ben.

1 year old + 1 week

Some pictures here. Not many videos were taken, but here is one where is she practicing walking... like a drunk girl... and growling with Uncle Ben. Daddy acting like Coco cracks her up!

After coming back to SD, a yummy meal at Rei do Gado. Dancing while eating papaya!

Walking with Grandma and Grandpa

Happy Birthday Sierra!

Sierra's first birthday - 12/04/2009
First birthday party! - 12/05/2009

Videos coming....

Eating Adventures Part 2

Sierra is almost 11 months old and getting better and better at chewing. I don't need to puree anymore!

October 30, 2009

We paid a recent visit to Red Lobster (craving some endless shrimp). Here are some snapshots of Sierra's evening of seafood...

Salmon!

Broccoli!

Drinking some water

Sierra certainly enjoyed this trip to Red Lobster. She also had some cheesy biscuit and made a massive mess.

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November 1, 2009

Remember how I said avocadoes were the only food that Sierra was not an instant fan of? Well, we've changed her mind!

We made some homemade guacamole with tomatoes, onions, lime juice, and parmesan cheese. Check out how much she loved it!

mmmmmmmmm!

Halloween 2009 - Heigh Ho Heigh Ho

Halloween pictures can be found in my Facebook album.

The O's recently moved to San Diego! Andy did his PhD in the same lab (you may recognize him in some old Diaz Lab/NYC posts from years back), graduated, and got an awesome job in San Diego. It feels great that a bunch of our good friends from Sinai are relocating to Southern California (i.e. Heather and Cheryl!).

They have a 2 year 3 month old, Lilly. She is SUCH a sweetie. So good to Sierra. She lets Sierra play with her toys and really watched out for Sierra this evening. Since Sierra couldn't walk up to doors and do trick or treating the "right" way, Lilly learned to trick or treat (a whole new phenomenon for her, but she was a quick learner! - The stages: 1. silence, 2. grab candy, 3. grab candy and say thank you, 4. say trick or treat, grab candy, thank you, 5. run to house, trick or treat, grab candy, thank you, 6. "another house?" etc. etc.) and quickly started to share her loot with Sierra!

Sierra's new best friend

Sierra was covered in a mound of candy by the end of the night!

Pai pai so! (Clapping!)

Also, some videos from yesterday:

Playing

Encouraging Sierra to practice walking with the remote

First Steps

We saw Sierra take her first tottering steps last night!

10.5 months

Here are the first videos that we managed to capture.

When a hand goes near her mouth...

We've conditioned our baby to do the following:

First trip tp the playground

10 months 1 week

Splash Park

Second time on the swing... Sierra was very interested in the little girl next to her.

First time checking out the playground.

Watching big kids... Practicing walking.

Gotta watch out for her habit of eating everything!

Climbing stairs

Stuffing Her Face

10 weeks and 1 week old.

Sierra likes to stuff her mouth
(reminds me of someone I know... ahem, DADDY)

"Mom"

Eating Adventures

We haven't been great at capturing all her first eating moments (check here and here for older posts), but here are a few that we have gotten. It's pretty amazing how quickly babies turn into more adept eaters.

Sierra is a good eater (she better be!). She's had rice, oatmeal, peas, carrots, green beans, sweet potato, potato, bananas, peaches, pears, apples, watermelon, wheat bread, cinnamon raisin bread, eggs, tomatoes, cheese, cream cheese, chicken, beef, cheerios, chex, broccoli, cauliflower, pasta, pasta sauce, yogurt, and a bunch of Gerber crackers. But so far, we have managed to find ONE food that she was not a huge fan of after the first bite - AVOCADOES.

Here's a clip from August 19, 2009. She was 8 months old.

That was Grandma Liu laughing in the background.

Sierra would make gagging actions and her whole body would shiver occasionally. We should try it again sometime and see if she would like avocadoes more now (probably would if it was guacamole!)

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This is how Sierra usually looks when eating.
(August 29, 2009)

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Fine Dining

Sierra is perfectly comfortable munching away on carrots and bread in middle of a fancy restaurant. (September 13, 2009)

Gimme more! Gimme more!

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Ba Ren - last night of Grandma and Grandpa Huang in town - Almost 10 months old!
(September 29, 2009)... She has a history of wanting to chomp away on the camera...

Dave's 2nd Gig

Dave was asked to perform at his brother in law's 45th Birthday BBQ today... Here's a clip (keep a close eye on Sierra in the backdrop):

L.O.V.E.

Doesn't Dave sound good? He had to transcribe the music from some youtube videos he found. He put together a bunch of songs in just a week!

Sierra likes to F L Y !

Maneuvering around the Baby Chair

2 days shy of 9 months.

I noticed that Sierra was paying a lot of interest to the baby chair today and was glad I had my cell phone nearby to capture these shots. Albeit fuzzy, these pictures show Sierra maneuvering herself in and around (and most importantly, back out!) of the chair all by herself! No fuss whatsoever...

Yay, success!
How to get out?
Crawl back the way she came in...

Successfully out!

Which tastes better? Table or Lemon?

I think the lemon won.

Sierra wants some taco (octopus)

Waikiki Aquarium