Water Baby!

Our little love, Lucas, was born on the island paradise of Palawan, and started swimming pretty early on. He was 3 months old when he had his first swim in a pool, and 4 months old for his first dip in the ocean. He's very fair-skinned so we have to be careful about covering him up, but I love that he is a water baby and loves splashing around, whether in a bathtub, a pool or the ocean. We recently spent some time in Taytay, Palawan, and Marcus got this fantastic shot of Luke with his fishy friends. So blessed to live in Palawan!!

Earlier shots of our little water baby:


First swim in a pool at 3 months old:

First dip in the ocean at 4 months old:

Just chillin':

No Means… Nose?

My baby boy is 14 months old and has a pretty limited vocabulary. He pretty much only knows how to say “dada” and “dog”. Recently though, he has started showing some signs of understanding words describing parts of the face. In particular, he seems to understand the word nose. When you ask where his nose is, he points to his.

The other day I was making coffee while keeping an eye on Luke and I suddenly realized he was sticking his fingers in a socket. I said “Luke, NO!” very forcefully and he immediately stopped what he was doing, looked at me, and stuck his finger up his nose. He does this now every time someone says “no”. “No” apparently means sticking one’s finger up one’s nose.

On the bright side, when we say “no”, at least his nose picking interrupts whatever naughty or dangerous thing he was doing that we wanted him to stop.