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</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2011/09/more-energy-more-teeth-at-nine-months.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gc4vuSGDXEI/Tmm2h86QplI/AAAAAAAAANs/k-cpLPrQjHs/s72-c/IMG281.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-7989148437276802540</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-09T15:02:52.274+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">songs</category><title>Barefoot books...</title><atom:summary>
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</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2011/06/more-baby-teeth-and-hair-at-seven.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_QIKA9gjKqM/ThEkubziQ7I/AAAAAAAAANI/Vlf-GvqHZBM/s72-c/23062011%2528004%2529.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-7773367072609565234</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-30T22:10:17.455+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kiss</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">physics</category><title>It doesn't get any better...</title><atom:summary>

At 2AM this morning, little baby woke up and we had to change diapers. Since mommy went on a bathroom break and I wasn't allowed to play with her(or she won't go back to sleep), I just laid myself down beside her and just give her back rubs and pats on her behind.

Suddenly, she lifts her cap in the air and dropped it. There was a pause for a few seconds, as if she's thinking, "Lift an object </atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2011/05/it-doesnt-get-any-better.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1GqnXIreuHs/TeMbPjtLmsI/AAAAAAAAAMw/SSvBH3p4nxs/s72-c/15052011.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-88597046006624446</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-11T21:00:01.448+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">baby pics</category><title>Prettier at 6 months</title><atom:summary>



</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2011/05/prettier-at-6-months.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kz419MtcCEA/TcqH-SP79gI/AAAAAAAAAMo/zIua8U-eLzw/s72-c/DSC01206.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-7109992930718403738</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 04:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-13T13:23:05.603+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">baby pics</category><title>5 months!</title><atom:summary>




















</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2011/04/5-months.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fJ1-Q2l5LKI/TZ_mavvXcyI/AAAAAAAAAKw/lm8ntqAx1Jk/s72-c/DSC01122.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-1768945467033151388</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-10T11:08:08.222+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">baby pics</category><title>@ 4 months!</title><atom:summary>








</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2011/03/4-months.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--S27MM-11e8/TXdtb1gHSpI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/byuudxibboA/s72-c/DSC00937.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-5043055538682602119</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-01T21:43:38.232+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reflections</category><title>Tough Love</title><atom:summary>A month ago, we brought our baby girl to see an ophthalmologist.  Her right eye always has yellow crusts unlike her left eye. The doc told us the her tear duct did not develop properly like 90% of newborns and we had to intervene.

She taught us how to massage the area near her eye to force the tear duct blockage to 'pop' and allow for proper development. Taught, being an actual demonstration of </atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2011/02/tough-love.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-3664993932996848040</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-01T21:16:48.102+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reflections</category><title>I hated pink</title><atom:summary>I used to hate pink...

I have pink all around me. Pink dresses, pink mittens, pink caps, pink pillows... even my baby girl's medicine comes in a pink box! Pink markers, pink nail clippers, pink pajamas... even pink mosquito repeller!

Now, I like pink. It tells the whole world that I'm a dad to a baby girl!


</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-hated-pink.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-1969443059815985712</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-16T21:45:13.637+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">songs</category><title>Bless my Daughter</title><atom:summary>May she have the faith of Sarah
May she be as loyal as Ruth
May she have the wisdom of Deborah 
Always seeking truth, always seeking truth

Father above, bless my little one. 
May she grow to be someone of God

May her prayers be heard like Hannah's
May she have the favor of Esther
May she be a helper like Priscilla 
Always sharing love, always sharing love

May she have the joy of Elizabeth
May </atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2011/01/bless-my-daughter.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-5640755392125407029</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-09T20:46:13.652+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">baby pics</category><title>Two months...</title><atom:summary>


















</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2011/01/two-months.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gXZqEuThXgY/TTBZXzaZs0I/AAAAAAAAAIA/ZDv_RvdSzN0/s72-c/DSC00731.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-5865619148721495663</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-09T20:46:13.653+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">baby pics</category><title>Oh the places I'll go(a.k.a Happy Feet)</title><atom:summary>


















</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2011/01/oh-places-ill-goaka-happy-feet.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gXZqEuThXgY/TSl9Wn0UniI/AAAAAAAAAHk/dDkdsYNz9oU/s72-c/DSC00048.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-8898143730962049791</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-09T20:46:13.653+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">baby pics</category><title>Morning after Christmas Day</title><atom:summary>
</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2010/12/morning-after-christmas-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gXZqEuThXgY/TReoN6ybzjI/AAAAAAAAAG4/P_Num2uSTn4/s72-c/DSC00677.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-1716813117025224358</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-09T20:46:13.654+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">baby pics</category><title>One Fine Morning...</title><atom:summary>























</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2010/12/one-fine-morning.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gXZqEuThXgY/TQcGHXLKc1I/AAAAAAAAAGU/-SNkbQhuhj8/s72-c/11122010%2528012%2529.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-5841494109127408224</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-09T20:46:13.654+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">baby pics</category><title>smile</title><atom:summary>
</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2010/08/smile.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gXZqEuThXgY/THppCbFv4NI/AAAAAAAAAGA/QyELhE6cgWE/s72-c/I0000004.index.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-459151533014648336</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-27T12:38:59.688+08:00</atom:updated><title>baby worships too</title><atom:summary>Mommy and I went to  Manila last week for EN2010.  Baby was kicking  inside Mommy's tummy during praise and worship. Most likely she encountered  Jesus even while in the womb!</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2010/07/baby-worships-too.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-4660776554172502354</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-09T20:46:13.655+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">baby pics</category><title>A girl!</title><atom:summary>


Finally. </atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2010/07/girl.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gXZqEuThXgY/TDhjQw2_UYI/AAAAAAAAAF4/0nRNWG2gKDE/s72-c/DSC00117.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-914018348976664482</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-08T12:26:53.697+08:00</atom:updated><title>A few days more...</title><atom:summary> And we'll have the baby's 3D image taken.    We'll know if it's a he or a she…   And from then be called either Liam or Lois...    </atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2010/07/few-days-more.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-1512711557908687279</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-10T10:07:11.486+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reflections</category><title>Well-rounded... Or not</title><atom:summary>

I grew up in an environment where parents, schools etc. are so intent of raising well-rounded individuals.



Schools would require certain skills and would, more often than not, tone down any variance to the 'norm'. Talkative kids will be asked to shut up, while those who are silent are always asked to recite in front of the class.



I have had my own sad experiences on being asked to conform</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2010/07/well-rounded-or-not.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-7157469057949672218</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-04T21:31:52.261+08:00</atom:updated><title>Kicked</title><atom:summary>Baby kicked mommy today... soccer fan too, I suppose. ;-)</atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2010/07/kicked.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549511343832942653.post-1807942574786872312</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-16T21:53:18.869+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reflections</category><title>Legacy...</title><atom:summary>As I was reading my Bible this morning, I came across the part in the Old Testament where God declared that kings will come from David's line. Having kids that are blessed in such way is every dad's dream. 

As I began thinking about David's life and comparing his to mine, I began thinking, 'there's no way that it would happen. David was a great man...'

Then a scripture reflection in the Dad's </atom:summary><link>http://daddynow.blogspot.com/2010/07/legacy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rss)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

