Baby is now in her week 3 at five months rank. Days and weeks and even months are passing by so quickly and so fast. We are almost in the middle of the year. And i don't think i accomplish something on the past months. Anyway, so much about that let me share to you what my baby was doing this week.

First i would like to say how grateful i am that the weather finally gets warmer here. We did so many things this week and that includes enjoying the sun outside and walking. On the other day i took a lot of photos of Rianna in our backyard. She just wore normal clothes because that day was so warm. You can check the photos on this post. Baby loves it and enjoyed while i took several photos of her. We were like having a picnik in our yard and it was so fun playing with her.

Yesterday, i was suprised when i saw baby sit down on the stroller. It was the first time she did it. She cannot sit alone yet thats why i was so amzed when she did. I don't really think she can sit until now because i tried earlier, she can't sit yet. Maybe she did yesterday because she had some supports on her legs and she managed to sit for few minutes. I know she's getting there. And before we know it she can sit already. We will see.

This week, she is still sick. Only today that i can say she is totally fine although she still have cough and colds. But at least her voice is now back to normal. She has no more fever and she is so jolly again. She loves walking around the house with her walker. Our house now is so empty. We moved the sofas in the corner to make a big space in living room. She so happy walking around playing music on her toys attached on the walker. Soon enough she will know how to walk by herself. But i am not into a hurry. She has enough time for that. She is only 5 months now. I even think its too early to put her on a walker. But she liked it and she know how to use it, so it's fine i guess. Better early than late. Soon she will learn how to walk.

About feeding solids, i noticed that she don't like pork flavored food. We gave her ready to eat food. Those food in the bottle you can buy in supermarket. We don't make her food and i'm sure those food we bought are healthy. I tried twice to give her potato with pork flavor but she don't like it. I am afraid she might be a food choosy like me. But she tasted so many flavors already like banana, apple, mango, strawberries, potato, carrots flovored foods. And so far she liked it. Maybe she don't like pork because it has no taste at all, unlike the other flavors which are sweet.

This week also she has 5 months check up appointment. She now weigh 8010 kg and 65cm in height. She had 3 vaccinations on the same day. She is healthy according to the nurses and doctor who checked her. We also asked the doctor to check her ears and gladly she doesn't have any ear infections. Her flu is just because of the weather. Most kids here have flus so it's kind of normal here.

I think thats all for this week. Stay in touch with the next updates. Thanks for reading.

I'm so happy to say that baby is no longer sick now. I mean she wasn't same like in few days that she was really sick and pity. Now she is so alive and jolly. That's only during daytime anyway. Ive got to be honest here, our little girl has a sleeping problem during nights. And as a first time mom it is really so hard to handle it. Sometimes i get so tired about it. Doesn't know anything to do. I know the truth that every baby is different. And reading other mommys blogs saying how well their baby are makes me jealous. Especially if they say that their baby sleeps 12 hours per night, 7pm and 7am straight.

Tonight hubby is at work. And now it's already 8:30pm but my baby is still awake. Ive tried to put her on the crib few times since 7pm but instead she just cried there. I gave her formula and breastfed to make her sleep well. But then she just cried when i put her down. So i decided to put her on the walker. And now she's there happily looking outside walking on her walker. She supposed to be sleeping now.

What should i do with this? any mums there who can tell me the right thing to do? It's just so annoying sometimes like you take care of the baby whole day whole night. It pissed me off sometimes why she won't sleep on the bedtime hours. When she was newborn all she did was sleep and sleep. Feeding was a problem before because she won't eat and just sleep. And then after she turned three months, sleeping became the issue.

She usually fell asleep at around 9pm to 10pm. And she won't sleep till morning because she still wake sometime at 12 midnight or 1am to feed. I'm used to waking every now and then during night for five months now, but doing it until now really is so tiring. I didn't complain or anything. I love my baby so much but i just wish that i can also have nights of peaceful sleeping. You know sleeping the whole night without waking up before morning. I also need myself to get back on tract.

There are so many things about parenting that i would like to share here. Since this is a lifestyle and family blog i guess it's okay if i write some personal parenthood stuffs here. Anyway, it's 10 to 9pm now and baby finally sleep. Thanks God!

This afternon i put baby on her stroller to let her sleep. But instead i was amazed to see her sit down on her own. It's the very first time that she sit alone. She tried many times to get up and sit but she cannot. And today she finally did it. Yay! im so proud of my little girl. She's growing up so fast and learning things on her own. Good job baby girl. Mama and dada loves

These photos were the first shoots i did with baby outside the house this spring. As the weather gets warmer we also enjoyed the sun so much. Baby can now sleep outside without wearing any winter coats. And she can just wear any normal clothes. Yesterday was so sunny. I left baby on her stroller as she slept so well while i was inside doing some errands. She was there for few hours having a sound sleep.

As i took these photos, she was so natural. Just a normal kid enjoying the warm weather too. Like she understand whats going on, lol! It's fun to stay in the backyard and play with baby while taking some pictures. I just hope she can sit soon so it would be better to take photos of her.

Spring here you come!  How can you not be happy with the weather getting warmer everyday? Well, it feels like heaven here. Living in a snow land is so boring sometimes, especially when winter is long due. But now here's sunshine everyday.

I was in Helsinki last weekend with baby. It was my first time to travel with baby without hubby and by bus. I was with my filipina friend which was good because i don't think i can do it alone without her. It was raining hard and it's so hard to travel with bad weather. It was nice to see my friends again in Helsinki. We have planned this for over a week and i was so excited.

Seeing friends and new friends is great. Now i feel like i am not alone and i gained more friends. I am the only filipina living here in Loviisa and its so hard to find friends with same dialect. I'm glad that i was able to meet these filipina friends and had bonding with them. We all missed filipino foods, so we cooked all filipino foods and had a little foodtrip together. It was  a great night with foods in the table and interesting chitchats. We had so much fun and i hope we'll do it again next time.

My friend gave me a baby walker when we were in Helsinki but it was still too high for baby. She cannot use it now so we decided to buy her the smaller one today. I don't think its still too early for a five month old baby to starts practicing how to walk. But i guess its time for her to learn little by little. She loves walking it eventhough the fact is she cannot sit down alone yet nor stand. But apparently this kid loves new adventure and challenges. Since we started holding her arms and let her walk, she always wanted to do it all the time. Just like sitting down. She tried herself to get up when she's lying down so she can sit. Sometimes it worries me that it maybe bad for her backbone.

Well, it's good to know that this little girl of ours is willing to learn. And so far we donnot have any problems with it because she is willing to learn. I even starts teaching her to clap her hands and close open. It's funny because she stares at my hands while trying to do it too.

On the other note, she is so sick today. Crying so hard that she almost lost her voice. This is the first time she has a cough, cold and fever at the same time. She was sick since we arrived from Helsinki. I think it's because of the weather. Her temperature reaches 38 this evening so i gave her medicine. But later tonight she cried all over again. Like she is in deep pain. We also have another thoughts. Maybe she's teething now and its so painful for her. I'm hoping she will get well soon. So hard to see her sick.

So today is my first mothers day. It is so special to me because for the first  time in my life i celebrated it and think the day as one of the events that i should remember every year. Having a child and being a mama is a priviledge. We all know that not everyone is capaple of bearing their own child. And today i realized how lucky and grateful i am to be called mama and a mother. Being a mother is a big challenge in one's life and very rewarding as well. We must be all proud that being a mother we were able to raise our kids in a good way. So many ups and downs, we should always remember that all moms out there are heroes (in our own ways).

On the other note, hubby gave me a bouquet of beautiful roses. He was so sweet and i was speechless. I love him so much and i'm so grateful for having him in my life. I couldn't ask for more. My family is perfect and they are my happiness.

And today i want to say happy mothers day to all the mother's in the world especially to my mother who was my hero as well. I hope everyone has a lovely weekend while celebrating mother's day.

We went to the park the other day to take some photos. It was nice there since the snow are gone. The water in the pond is not ice anymore. And there are few ducks swimming. The place is getting colorful here since the Spring came. The leaves starts growing and so as the flowers. We can already see different colors. The weather is getting warmer too.

Here's our lovely family photos at the park.