Little Boy and Nature

Today was just another day for baby K.
The boy loves playing outside, just like us dogs. 

He loves to feel the wind, run around in the sun, and splash on puddles of water. 

Try a piggyback ride on Lightning's back, or ride the wooden tricycle passed down from a Great Uncle.

Today he collected dry leaves on the ground. 

And placed them gently in his secret hiding place.

Do you know what it is?

It's a drain pipe from the gutter on the roof. 

Just the right shape and size for stashing special secret treasures. 

We found it though :)

Little boy loves nature, and so do we.

The Global Fluffy What?!

Well you wouldn't guess what Mommy did this time.

She participated in what's called the Global Fluffy Bum.

Whats that? Oh, it's a diaper cover that has traveled around the world, and it's made it to us. 

Mommy said it's a global effort of cloth diapering awareness towards mothers.

Unfortunately, there was nothing a doggy could do with the diaper. 

I couldn't sniff anything interesting out of it, Mommy said it's because they have very specific caring instructions, so I wouldn't be able to smell any of the smellies doggies like to sniff. 

And I obviously cannot chew on it. Mommy would put me on time out! Bummer.

It was around for about a week or so, and one day, Mommy and Auntie Lisha decided to take some pictures of Baby K in the diaper.

Baby K loved playing with just a diaper on!

I, of course, couldn't get the hang of it. What's the deal with this Global Fluff anyway?

Auntie Lisha thought that Mommy should be dressed in a batik skirt and a kebaya top, to show some Indonesian tradition.

She took pictures of Baby K and the *strange* stiff holey dachshund.  Mommy told me it wasn't a real dog, it was a mancala. Whatever that is. But I knew something was off! As, aside from the stiffness, and bloated head, it has some reeeeally freaky whiskers. 

Mommy said that back in the old days, little children played mancala every day with their friends. It was a favorite traditional game, along with marbles and other traditional child plays.

So, while they took some pictures, I decided to bring out my rubber toy bone, that is, well, not really a bone anymore, since I chewed the edges off! Maybe they'd want to play with me, instead of doing this boring photo shoot! Oops. Caught on camera.

 

Well, at least Baby K wanted to play with me a bit.

And I almost munched on colorful beads. Mommy played a trick on me and told me they were yummies. But my sniffers prove they're not! Almost.

So yeah, Mommy and Baby K and Auntie Lisha were pretty excited over this whole Global Fluffy Bum thing. Mommy said it's great to be a part of things like this to share the excitement and let people know that wearing cloth diaper is fashionable, cute, environmentally friendly and economical.

If you ask me, I'd rather someone play with me and my poor little rubber bone. But hey, at least I got to be in the pictures!

Now that it's finally done, after a bit or cuddle time, and a little conversation with the Teddy,

It's cleaning up time, Mommy! Look at those beads scattered all over the floor.

It wasn't my mess Mommy :)

So there was my unusual doggy day!

PS. Thank you for the beautiful pictures, Auntie!

A Day at the Pool & Park with Baby K

Mommy, Daddy, and Baby K went to the pool one sunny afternoon...

 Baby K was ecstatic! He loves the water!

Daddy blew bubbles for Baby K. He quite liked it, and even tried to do the same thing!

He ended up taking a gulp of pool water. Which he did enjoy!

And then there was some snacking for Baby K... 

All the splashing made this little guy very hungry! 

Grandmama shared her french fries with the hungry bub.

Look at that belly!

After all that swimming and splashing, they went to the park. 

Mommy loved seeing Daddy and Baby K walk on the grass...

It was a beautiful sunny afternoon for a family outing!

Everything in Four Months

There has been many things that happened in the last four months.

Somebody can drink out of a straw... 

Why it's Baby K, of course!

We finally moved to a town on the mountains. 

The weather has been a lot nicer than the city. The air is cooler and cleaner.

The view out is quite different from what I'm used to in the city. Here's what I used to look out to at our place in the big city...

As promised, Mommy takes us on regular walks in the afternoon when it's sunny out. We usually take walks to the lake. There's a clearing nearby, and Mommy would let me and Lightning run around. We don't run as much now. Old age is coming, I guess! Although, I have to admit, the cats roaming around the area still get the blood rushing and makes my heart race really fast !

Baby K started walking! Eeeek! Yes, he now has the freedom to chase me around whenever he wishes to! But he and I seem to have a mutual understanding that I don't want to be bothered. So he prefers to go goo-goo-ga-ga on Lightning. I truly suspect there is something going on between them.

Mommy lets Baby K snack on crackers sometimes. So, I usually follow him around and stare right in his eyes until he gives me a crumb or two. The stare tactics also work when he's on the highchair. See me in action?

Ha! More yummies for me! 

And, if he doesn't give me any, I'll have a quick look around, make sure that Mommy isn't watching, and I pry that cracker out of Baby K's hands. Gently of course. Ahem. Yeah.

Baby K is also really fond of using my water bowl as his own splash pool. And he seems to have mistaken my food as tiny edible balls. He's obsessed with balls. When I see him wobbling towards my food, I rush to beat him to the bowl and start gulping as much as I can, and growl at him to protect it. Fortunately, Mommy doesn't think it's a great play activity for him either.

And at last,

Mommy, Daddy, and Baby K went on a vacation to a small group of islands far off in the Eastern side of Indonesia. Near the big island of Papua, they said. It's called the Raja Ampat. Daddy and Grandpapa went diving together, while Mommy and Grandmama snorkeled. Baby K even got to 'snorkel' in the ocean. They said it was amazing. Mommy promised to post pictures later.

Okay, so that's it for now.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Patience and Trust

 Now I'm ready to start writing again. Baby K has been so curious about the world ever since he started crawling. He still takes one to two naps a day, but sometimes not without a fight. Mommy and I get our quiet times at night now, after baby K goes to bed. Never thought we'd become night-owls...

Anyway.

Meet Lightning. My ever-so-calm furry bigger sister; big fluff of hair. Loves to bask around in natural light, connecting to her inner peace. Might be mistaken as a carpet at times.

If there was ever a patient dog...she is one.

Now, see her in her hiding spot? or so she thought. 

I'm sure she's figured out that it isn't so much of a hiding spot anymore now.

Did I mention that baby K is a pro crawler now? Yep. And if there is ever one thing that is unbearably intriguing to him; that would be my hairy sister. Who could resist a big wonder-of-fluff?! 

So when he spotted her, guess what he put in his internal GPS target destination?

Yep. You guessed it. He went after her.

She has the patience of the saints.

Extremely submissive and patient. I'm not saying she's not going to snap at one point, but she is definitely more tolerant than me in the patience department.

Wow. A moment after that she even let him pat -looked more like pounding to me- her on her chest.

She did run to Daddy after that, asking for refuge.

Still...her patience is to admire for. 

As for me, I peer from between the tall curved legs of the chair, shivering to imagine when that day dawns upon me... I can only hope for more patience, and enough trust in me.

Taking a Breather!

Well people,

It's been such a long time since I've updated this blog!

-in doggy months that is-

There's been so many things going on recently.

 

Mommy and Daddy went on a trip with the Grandparents, and took baby K with them. 

They brought some pictures back, Mommy said she'll share them here soon so you all can see what they did while they were away.

We're going to move to another city.

Mommy and Daddy picked a little house with a backyard just for me and my furry Sister to run around in.

The new house is near a lake, so Mommy's promising me lots of exploration and walking on the leash time.

Baby K is ten and a half months old...

...and 

CRAWLING!...

He started crawling at about nine months. And I guess that's when Mommy and I stopped working on this blog temporarily, because we were literally running around like crazy trying to keep up with baby K.

Let's just say that other than being on the run constantly, I've been staying in my hideout spot a lot lately!

So, hang on, let me take a breather, and I will get back to writing more soon!

Bubbles!

Splish! Splash!

Do I hear some baby-splashing fun?

Splish! Splash!

Playdate

Playtime!

Today Mommy thought she'd put us in one room so that we can play together...

Hmmm... baby K may have the hots for me..., but I'm so not there yet. Nope, no cool vibes here...

He's getting better at learning how to crawl though! Look at those legs!

And Mommy thought that his onesie looks really boyish cute matched with the dump truck toy. Cute right? I think so too...
But don't get any ideas that I like  him just yet...'cause I get the jitters when he tries to come close to me.
See me eyeing him closely when he tries to reach for me?

Okay, so we didn't really play together, but at least we were in the same room, and Mommy was being really nice trying to help us play together. As for me, the only thing on my mind...

...is just that door. I want out please. Please?

Baby on the Move

This week baby K is learning to crawl...

Daddy's predicting that he'll be crawling by the end of this week. Mommy thinks he'll be crawling by next week.

Great. Wonderful. I'm so looking forward to that. Not!

Mommy is letting him have more and more floor time. Thankfully, not so often in my space. He's been playing in his own room. Mommy just spreads his toys on the floor, and puts him on the floor. We like this arrangement better now that he is older and a bit more independent...

Although I'm not ever going to come over to him just yet, I am a teeny weeny bit more convinced that he could be a good playmate soon...as long as he lets me lead the game that is.

For now, we'll see when he actually crawls. Eeek! My days are numbered!