A long time ago, I used to actively keep up with Eric’s developmental activities, noting down what month he started rolling, crawling, standing up, had his first tooth, etc. Although I pay attention to Joel’s development as well, I haven’t really been rushing to put things on paper, or blog them.

It’s good to note, anyways, that Joel has been reaching all his milestones like a text book, even his 13-to-18-month milestones. He doesn’t throw tantrums that much, as he’s been using the simple sign languages I’ve taught him whenever he’s hungry, sleepy, wanting to bathe, or even changing the channels and choosing the cartoons he wants to watch. Joel loves to say bye-bye and hi to his dad on his way to and from work. He’s also a real joker, who likes to entertain Eric and myself with his pretend falling down antics and turning around in a spot till he’s dizzy and then having a big laugh out of it.

I’m eagerly awaiting Joel to reach his next crucial milestone — learning to potty. I’m pretty anxious about this because I haven’t really taught him how to communicate with me whenever he wants to urinate; he only knows how to tell me when he poos. He’s almost a year and a half now, the same age as when I started potty training Eric, and he managed to go diaper-free after just 3 months. I don’t know how both of us did it, but I hope Joel and I get the same success because it does look like Joel doesn’t enjoy his potty that much.

I’ve been trying for months to get my blog listed in The Mom Blogs to no avail. When I first submitted this site, they sent me a response saying that they can’t find the the required back link to their blog and wanted me to re-submit, but the strange thing was that the link they wanted was in clear view in the sidebar. I waited until a month or so before I re-submitted. This time, I kept getting stuck on their link checking section (where I was suppose to input my URL to verify that it hasn’t existed in their directory) and got an error saying that “the link is not available or cannot be accessed”.

I’m not gonna be bothered with listing in the Mom Blogs and have removed the back link. I’m sure there are better general and niche blog directories out there that are worth my time.

once upon a time Joel still in mommy tummy. Suddenly joel give birth go out from mommy. Joel is so cute, so small. Hello my name is Eric. and thank you for blogging.

My recent periodic checkup to the OBGYN finally revealed the sex of my baby. He finally showed his healthy “turtle” form during the scan. I would have included the ultrasound picture here if not for the fact that I’m too lazy to scan the printout.

So, scrap my baby girl names. Off I went looking for the right name that matches Eric’s and Joel’s, and I tell you it wasn’t an easy for me to find a name that matches the “oel” in their middle names.

I think I’m going for either Ewan (”young warrior”) or Ezra (”helper”), and Roel or Yoel. I like the fact that Yoel means “the Lord is God” and it goes with the religious themes of the rest of my boys’ middle name, but it sounds too much like Joel. Roel sounds catchy, though the meaning “famous country” doesn’t mix well with my taste.

What do you think? Can you help me decide?

Hello. This is my first time blogging. At school, Nazim is a very naughty boy. And he like to disturb me. And he is busted. And he disturb my friend. And he punch me.