Teething usually starts during the sixth or seventh month (resulting in a front/bottom tooth) but can start as early as 2 months and as late as 12 months. Most babies cut four new teeth every four months until all 20 primary teeth have come in at around age 2-1/2.Signals that your babys cutting teethSuspect teething when you notice one or more of these symptoms:Drooling
A chin or facial rash
A cough due to excess saliva
Biting to help relieve pressure
Refusal to eat
Diarrhea
A low-grade fever
Wakefulness
Redness in the gums
Ear pulling or cheek rubbing
Irritability

Our Baby This Week:
oct 24:05

Month 3: click to enlarge.

She-s 3 months young. She-s 12 lbs 8 oz. and 24 in. tall. She has also reached her 4 month milestones early, which puts her in the advanced category. She has mastered rolling over, controlling her head movements, tracking an object and sound, bearing her weight when supported, coos and gurggles & tries to communicate profusely, sleep for more than 4 hours, lift her head 90 degrees when on her tummy, and laughs. She is such a joy these days because she is more amiable and playful, not to mention she tries to talk to you and laugh at your funny gestures. These days, she-s so ambitious for a 3 month old. She is already trying to sit up independently, and refuses to be carried on her back. She is our joy.

a laugh…
last night, perze called me to hurry to the room where he was playing with Emma. Little did I know that I was in for one of her cute milestones. When I got there, Emma was standing on Perze’s tummy - laughing.
I don’t know how Perze did it, but he was making her laugh along with him. I melted. This is how it feels when you hear your baby laughs for the first time: it’s like…

her laugh was so simple, but it was so exciting and moving at the same time. it’s so funny how a tiny baby who has no intention of evoking your emotion can make you feel so squishy inside.

chris tomlin, matt redman, louie giglio concert tour
they came to my highschool

i know that these men are making their mark in this generation and hopefully even in emma’s generation. it inspires me thinking that God will continue to use them, mold them, and even refine their ministry to expand and encourage God’s kingdom, to bring His children back to His throne, facedown to worship. It felt awesome on saturday that I was able to be part of that, and to partake of what God is showing to His children through his servants.

one of the sweetest things that saturday was knowing that my siblings were there…My brother fred, my sisters Steph and Kristie, and my Kuya Sam. I know my older siblings haven’t attended a passion concert before, so i was more excited for them.

Matt Redman and Chris Tomlin are really blessed vessels, but that night, I was thankful of hearing Louie Giglio. His insight, logical patterns, and discernment to reach young people were so encouraging, and He continues to bring back God’s message of His holiness and magnanimity. I’ve been reading his books and listening to his sermons and it colors in pictures that i’ve already seen, but were black and white before. His insight and explanations bring vibrant colors that present such a picture so differently, yet familiar, and indeed more meaningful. It is good to hear the Word of God preached. I felt so alive in my worship after having heard the wonderfulness and amazing character and power of God. I knew I was worshipping the God who holds all the stars and galaxy in His hand, who holds my tiny life, with all the seemingly ‘big’ problems, in His palm.

we do have a big God, and He is holy…we need to remind ourselves that His holiness transcends our view of Him as just a friend at our level. He is King and creator, and our awe of Him is just as important as our intimacy with Him.

what i’ve learned from the concert and what has been sticking in my head these days is that because God is so loving to us and so forgiving with mercy, we take His majesty so lightly in our lives, and we forget to change and work hard to follow in his holiness. It’s our deficiency in seeing how big He really is and how small we really are that allows us to think that we can do whatever we want in our lives and say whatever we want to say, but if we can even just imagine the His magnitude, we can try to pattern our lives to Him.

sayo kaayo ko sa opisina ron. si tatay kay gusto unta siya makakita kang zem pero naa man gud ko sa parkinganan samtang ga chat mi. gahulat ko sa gawas kay sirado pa man ang opisina.

Samtang gahulat ko, nakapaminaw ko ug programa sa radyo bahin sa 1996 Immigration Law. Luoy baya ang ubang mga deportees/detainees kay ang implementasyon ani nga balaod ilahang gi inat nga bisag ang imong kaso kay ga drive ka sa imong sakyanan nga hubog, ibutang natog na priso ka ug isa ka tuig tungod sa imong silot , milabay ang kawhaan katuig pwede gihapon ka nila i-deport bahalag unsa pa ang imong sitwasyon kay retro active man ni nga balaod. mao nga pagbinuotan tawon mo kung gusto mo nga magpabilin diring nasura.

naa na sad koy pakighisgot ugma sa hapon. unta madawat na ko aning trabaho-a kay kapoy kaayo ning layo ka sa imong mga kaila, pamilya ug mga higala.

dugay na sad ko wala nakasulat nga sinugbuhanon ang akong gamit. makatawa lang ko usahay kay ang akong panghuna-huna ininglis na. mas makahinumdom pa ko kung unsaon ug pagbatbat sa ininglis kompara sa binisaya.

lisod baya nga ga inusara ka diri. tinood nga naa na koy pamilya pero dili buot ipasabot nga wala pa nako nakaplagan ang kalinaw ug kalipay nga akong gipangita. tingali gimingaw lang ko sa akong amahan. inahan ug mga igsoon, gimingaw sa lugar nga akong nadak-an. gimingaw sa kamanting crisis, kamais, sa pichu-pichi ni manang sa ILS, banana-cue, sa ocean deep nilang puyos, oval, patawag sa PLH , istambay sa comcen, lugasing, sa mga pagari, sleeping lady, 5th street, ang arroz kalbo ni Ganancial, na di nako mahuman ani …

bitaw uy, malipayon ko kay tininood ning gugma sa akong asawa ug wala ko niya gipakasli tungod sa akong kwarta … ha ha ha … was tawon koy datch! ambot kung kinahanglan ba ko maulaw kay murag ako na mang gitalikdan ang akong mga kagikan. ang ako lang pangandoy nga ang akong mga anak adunay kaikog nga makat-on sad sila sa pinulongan sa ilahang amahan.

mao ra to … sa sunod na sad.

We went home for a 3 day weekend because I had to conduct some personal business which would probably enable us to move back in south jersey permanently, with emphasis on the word probably.

I got the chance to show Emma to my parents via yahoo webcam over the net. after 6 long years they finally found a provider that would grant them internet access. It’s still a little bit pricey compared to here and it’s just a 56kbps line, but who cares, as long as they are able to get in and get the chance to see their grandchild grow up without them or so to speak.

Emma’s getting bigger and bigger everytime I look at her (my wife is getting smaller and smaller ). And it seems that time has really passed by so quickly. It seemed just moments ago when I told marchesa that I liked her in that infamously muddled e-mail … right Rogie? ha ha ha. Now, we have a three month old daughter that tries so hard to talk to you in coos and goos. I couldv’e sworn that I heard her say “Lola” and “Nene” yesterday. That would make my mom happy.

Here I am back at the grind. I do feel a bit refreshed considering the stress that I had to go through after that Eagles comeback against Kansas City. Come to think of it, all the stats pointed to the other direction, but whoop-ti-doo we still won. Kudos to the rest of the NFC East Teams. We were just dubbed as the best Division in the league. I just feel bad for Dallas … not!