Typhoon Fung Wong

Quick note...i took a clip of the typhoon and i am always saying i am going to send something to ireport.. well i did. Next thing someone from CNN in Atlanta phoned and chatted for about 10 minutes , he then said they might use the clip on CNN...Watched out for it and they had it on in the weather report..they first google earthed our district in Taichung and then showed a piece of the clip and mentioned what i had said..:)) So here is a link to the site:))
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-52284

For those who couldn't see it on the link, i will try embed it here

Stones, swimming , summer

It has been a busy week. Last weekend Ciro started feeling pains and we took him off to the ER..turned out to be kidney stones..he was admitted for 2 days to do more tests etc.. to find them and to help with the pain. Discovered they are small enough to pass through by themselves and so the rest of the week he has been home drinking lots of water and waiting it out ... We have been doing things around Taichung and spending lots of time in out apartment building's swimming pool!! Looks like another typhoon is heading our way for tomorrow/monday..were supposed to head down to Kenting..so we will see how it goes.
Maya had her first taste of solid food and she is sooo loving it!!!! She had rice cereal first and was grabbing the spoon and putting it in her own mouth. Yesterday she had sweet potato and also finished everything in her bowl. In fact when we are getting things ready at the table she gets very excited and starts moaning if we are not quick enough. She also likes her rice biscuits. She is definitely teething at the moment. She is also moving about all over the place..rolling and turning in circles...still yet to crawl forward but she is defintely covering ground in her own way. She can also sit quiet well although she needs cushioning for when she topples over.
Dylan is doing great. We went to the Science museum today which he loves and he is really into animals at the moment..looking forward to getting up to the zoo in the next week or so.

In Taiwan when you find yourself in hospital you had better hope you ahve family to take care of you. Nurses etc administer your medication but that is about all. You can also leave the hospital drip stand in tow to go to the local 7-11.In fact when you are approaching a hospital you may encounter loads of patients in wheelchairs or with drips sitting at the street vendors having a meal. So anyway here is Ciro ..we were going to 7-11 for yet ore water!!

What's that?

Yummy!!

Here let me help you with that...

I like this eating business!!

Posing

Here she goes...

Here i am...

At the pool.

Soccer at the science museum.

Ordering waffles at the Art museum!

Excellent interactive exhibit at the Art museum. You hit the drums and a keleidoscope of colour appears like it comes out of the base of the drum. (Of course the one pic they let me take wasn't on the right setting to get the colours in). Dylan LOVED it.

Maya six months

Maya is six months old today and we got to all stay home. Yay!!! Typhoon Kalmaegi was originally supposed to be gone by this morning it was still here and brought loads of rain..Surprisingly Taichung called a typhoon day...usually the typhoons don't affect us much. But from what we've seen on the news etc.. roads have collapsed around the city and the central areas of Taiwan seem to have got most of the rain. Pic below is from our building entrance..sandbagged... the water level had already gone down a lot when i took this.


Back to Maya.. she is super cute..had her immuisation this week..weighs 8kg and is 66cm tall. Pics and video are from today! She is so close to crawling it will be any day now. A really, really happy little baby:))))








Rasberries!

Siblings and school

Dylan's teacher took these pics at school and sent them to me.. he loves painting!!


















Video from last night ...Dylan was having dinner then stopped to entertain Maya a bit.

Pics below from the weekend at the science museum...we have not seen the dinosaur for a while and D was a bit nervous.






The pose...

Bastille day etc...

So it is Bastille day day today...and I realise I have not blogged for a very long time. So much has happened. It is really hot here at the moment..this week i am working full day (as opposed to afternoon and evening) so the kids are at daycare for a bit longer:(( Then next week we are off..yay vacation time!!! Maya is growing sooo fast. I have not started her on solids yet but will do so next week...she is very interested in food when we are eating it. She is rolling all over the place..not crawling yet but moving in circles:) She is super cute and loves laughing with Dylan. if he starts laughing she joins in. He is doing really well..speaking more(parts of the body and things he wants) .. he is in a loud stage right now..almost everything is super loud..especially when Maya is sleeping. He is also really cute with her though..we have both their car seats in the back and he makes sure she always has her dummy and toys if they drop he picks them up for her.

We were very sad to say goodbye to Sandy, Ryan, Ivo and Burl last week..they have gone to Canada...pics of the boys below...bye guys:((
Will try update more frequently over the holiday:))

Maya playing with Ciro.

D and I made cupcakes..more pics of this later..they don't want to convert:((

Kisses for Daddy.

Maya trying out her walker...she is so happy to be vertical and pushes herself along.

Ivo..last time we went to play with them:(

Dylan and burl.

Burl hanging out with Maya.

Tummy time..trying to get those knees up to crawl.

Giggles on the mat

Where did Dylan go?

There he is...