Miss Celeste & Mister Sebastian

Grandma's tupperware

2012-02-12T21:40:00.000-08:00

Sebastian's First Birthday Present

2012-02-12T21:35:00.000-08:00

Portland

2012-02-10T14:13:00.000-08:00

She needs food

2012-02-09T21:07:00.000-08:00

Walking with the gators

2012-02-09T21:04:00.000-08:00

Zoo with Tallulah

2012-01-03T13:34:00.000-08:00

More oldies

2012-01-03T13:24:00.000-08:00

Crawling

2012-01-03T13:22:00.000-08:00

I know these are oldies, but I've been meaning to post them, so here they are.

From October

2012-01-03T13:20:00.000-08:00

Pumpkin carving with our neighbors.

Homework

2011-12-29T15:22:00.000-08:00

Big Sister

2011-12-29T15:18:00.000-08:00

Cousins

2011-12-29T15:14:00.000-08:00

From October

Celeste's Christmas Show at School

2011-12-16T18:57:00.000-08:00

Baz's 1 year photo

2011-12-14T10:09:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone.

We are home and readjusting the PST. There will be many photos to come, but for now, I just wanted to get Baz's one year photo up.

Here he is.

Notice the toy birthday candle. He just happened to be playing with it when I decided to take the photo so I left it on the blanket with him.

Homeward Bound

2011-12-11T19:20:00.000-08:00

It's Monday morning here in Batam and we are getting ready for the trip home.

Our flight is out of Singapore tomorrow morning, and since there's no ferry early enough to get us there, we will be taking an afternoon ferry today and staying in a hotel near the airport overnight. Daniel has today off, so he will make the trip with us, and get us (and all our stuff) to the airport in the morning before heading back to set.

Looking forward to seeing you all.

Sebastian's First Birhday

2011-12-09T17:50:00.000-08:00

Today Sebastian turns 1 year old!

He's been up since 4am celebrating. Yeah jet lag!

We had a birthday breakfast with Daniel before he headed off to set, but the real festivities will be today at lunch.

In Singapore Celeste helped me pick out a #1 candle, and some party hats, and we even bought a couple of small presents to wrap up for him. Celeste is excited to teach him about ripping wrapping paper. Daniel will be sneaking away from set for a couple hours to help us celebrate.

We got back yesterday from another excursion to Singapore. We spent all day Thursday at the Singapore Zoo. It's stunning. The whole front half of the zoo is full of free roaming moneys. The designers left the tree canopy strategically intact, and electrified the trunks so the monkeys can't come down where humans are walking, and they just roam free in the tree tops. Then, at the back of the zoo is a giant water park - we got there just as the heat was getting overwhelming and played until a thunderstorm passed over and the lifeguards made everyone get out because of the lightning.

That night we stayed again with our new friends Erika and Nick and their daughter Mia. Razmig and Atsuko (friends from Stanford who now live in Singapore) came over with their daughter Fira. Erika bought a little cake for Baz and we all sang to him, but he was super tired from the zoo and didn't hold up long enough to even try the cake.

We can't believe how fast these two weeks have gone by. We plan to spend the next few days in the pool, and then we (the kids and I) will be headed back on Tuesday. I'm kind of dreading a replay of all this jet lag business, but at least we will be at home where I can make a cup of coffee at any hour and the house is so much more baby proof.

I promise to post Baz's one year photo as soon as I can (I dragged pooh bear and the special blanket all the way from LA just for this reason).

Love to you all.

Update from Indonesia

2011-12-06T15:02:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone,

It's Wednesday morning (greetings from the future) and we're back on Batam after two days in Singapore. We have some friends who live there - two couples, and each has a girl about Celeste's age - so it was great for her to have some time with playmates.

On Sunday we had Daniel with us. We went into China town to look at an old Hindu temple, and had lunch at the Long Bar in the Raffles Hotel (a throwback from colonial times, they claim to have invented the Singapore Sling).

On Monday I tortured Celeste by making her walk in a nature reserve that is home to the only virgin jungle in the hemisphere. She wined the whole way, but was slightly appeased by the many monkeys we saw swinging from the trees. We then went to the touristy section of downtown and rode the Singapore Flyer - the largest ferris wheel in the world (a few meters taller than the one in London). THAT she loved.

Unfortunately Baz's health continued to be a problem. His fever was persistent and he just seemed uncomfortable, so on Tuesday we took him to the hospital to have him checked out. Thankfully it was just an ear infection. The pox seem to be clearing fine, and we've got him on some antibiotics for the ears, and this morning he seems to be feeling much better. He hasn't yet slept past 2am (which is making me a tired mess), but Celeste seems to be over the jet lag and is sleeping well.

I am taking lots of pictures, but in our rush to get out of town I forgot the cord that allows me to download them from my camera. I promise when we get back I will post them, and I'm sure they will spark more stories that I'm skimming over right now.

It continues to be a great adventure.

Love to you all.

Day 3

2011-12-02T17:48:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone,

It's day three in Indonesia, and I'm hopeful that today is the day we finally venture out. The first day was lost to everyone just being so tired from the trip that all we did really was sleep. Sebastian threw up a little, but I attributed it to jet lag (I often get nauseous after long flights). Then yesterday Celeste threw up all over the table at breakfast. Ug. So we're officially fighting some kind of stomach thing.

Also yesterday, we began to suspect that the red spots turning up all over Sebastian's body might not be bug bites. They don't look like bites and the rest of us have not been bitten. After some reading on babycenter.com we have come to the conclusion that little Baz has the chicken pox. Double ug. From what we've read, baby's who get it in the first year generally are slightly protected by the left overs of the immunity they get from their moms, and so it tends to be mild. This seems to be holding true. Aside from a slight fever, and the spots, he seems okay. He isn't scratching, and really, he only has maybe a dozen spots, so it could be worse. We are treating him with baby Advil, and it seems to keep him comfortable.

So, aside from Daniel, who has been working really long days, we haven't really made it out of the hotel room yet.

But today is the day. It's friday night where you are, but here it's Saturday morning. We plan, after nap time (which is early, since we've all been up since 3am), to take a hike around part of the island and there's a party hosted by the hotel here tonight.

Tomorrow, we're heading over to Singapore. It's Daniel's day off, and we're hoping we can steal him away for a little adventure.

In any case, I hope to have some fun reports soon.

Love to you all.

Indonesia!

2011-12-01T03:49:00.001-08:00

Indonesia

It’s been an exciting few days for the Dávila Colliers.

For those of you who don’t know, Daniel got a call the Saturday after Thanksgiving asking if he could come help produce an HBO movie in Singapore. The production had just started, shooting on location on an island called Batam, just across the Singapore Straight from Singapore, in Indonesia.

Daniel spent Sunday negotiating (to make sure lodging and airfare for the whole family was included), Monday we ran around getting everything ready (mostly for a rush job on a passport for Sebastian) and Tuesday at noon Catherine dropped us at the airport.

We flew to Tokyo, then to Singapore, where we killed a few hours at the airport before taxing to the ferry station for the first boat at 8am. After a 40 minute boat ride we were picked up by folks working on the film and seen to the hotel. It’s a little remote, but they have a restaurant where we eat for free (nice negotiating Daniel), a pool and internet (yeah!).

All in all it was about 30 hours of travel for our little foursome. Both kids held up really well. Sebastian rode the whole way in either his car seat (strapped into the plane seat), or in the ergo pouch that I borrowed from Lynn (thanks Lynn!). Celeste was just excited about the individual in flight movie screens.

Shortly after we arrived Daniel set off for his first day. We got settled in here, took an afternoon nap that was VERY hard to wake up from, then a dip in the pool and dinner. It’s 6pm here (3:30 am for you guys), and I just tucked both kids into bed.

We are all extremely tired, but I have to say, I’m pretty excited that we’re here.

We (the kids and I) plan on staying until the 13^th. Daniel will most likely be here through the end of the month, which means we will not have him home for Christmas, but we’ve accepted that as part of this exciting opportunity for him.

So that’s the news from our end. Tomorrow, hopefully, we will all be better rested, and ready to start exploring. Daniel has Sundays off, so we may take the ferry back over to Singapore then to go play.

I will try to do daily updates, but tonight I’m too tired for much. So far: Singapore sling = yummy. Salted fish = not so much.

Love to you all.

Sebastian at 11 months

2011-11-10T16:19:00.000-08:00

Sebastian and Tallulah

2011-11-09T20:05:00.000-08:00

Cicero Run Around

2011-11-09T20:02:00.000-08:00

We've begun a Wednesday evening tradition on Cicero Street where all the kids and their parents all come out in the evening for what our neighbor Jordan has dubbed The Cicero Run Around. It's really fun.

Whale Watching

2011-11-09T19:58:00.000-08:00

Daniel and I took the kiddos whale watching a couple months ago.

Unfortunately this is the only video I got, because as soon as the boat stopped moving forward and started bobbing around, I became violently sea sick. Boooo.

But there were whales. They were beautiful, at least as far as I could tell as I was leaning far over the railing at the back of the boat.

Fun with Olivia

2011-11-09T19:53:00.000-08:00

This first one is from an afternoon we spent at the pier with Olivia, Amelia and Lynn. The second is from a sleepover. We were actually supposed to go camping with the Elias clan that weekend, but plans fell through at the last minute and the girls had been so excited to sleep in the tent, so we set it up in the living room and had a camp-out sleepover, with marshmallows and everything.

Oldie

2011-11-09T19:50:00.000-08:00

This is an old one of when Baz was learning to sit down again after standing.

LA County Fair

2011-11-07T11:50:00.000-08:00

The Elias Batism Reception

2011-11-07T11:48:00.000-08:00

Celeste the Card Shark

2011-11-07T11:41:00.000-08:00

Halloween

2011-11-07T11:34:00.000-08:00

Grandpa Bill

2011-10-05T21:20:00.000-07:00

I have some nice photos from Nana Carla and Grandpa Bill's visit, but for some reason blogger isn't registering photos. I'll look into, but for now here's a nice one of Grandpa Bill with the little ones.

Zoo

2011-10-05T21:16:00.000-07:00

At the Park

2011-10-05T16:09:00.000-07:00

Two cute ones of Celeste

2011-09-27T20:41:00.000-07:00

Cheerios, and a health update.

2011-09-27T10:51:00.000-07:00

This video is from about a month ago. He's actually much better with the Cheerios now. In fact, he eats them so fast I can hardly believe it.

In other news, it looks like the little guy will be having his first (and hopefully last) surgery before the end of October. Thankfully it will be minor. He has an undescended testicle that needs to come down, but is obstructed structurally. It's a fairly quick, outpatient procedure. We'll be sure to keep you all posted, and for the time being there's no need for concern - he's not hurting in any way. This is mostly just to make sure he can have babies of his own one day.

Hanging Out

2011-09-26T21:03:00.000-07:00

One more from Tahoe

2011-09-26T21:00:00.000-07:00

Standing

2011-09-26T20:57:00.000-07:00

Tahoe

2011-09-26T20:48:00.000-07:00

Here are a few from our trip to Tahoe in August.

9 month photo

2011-09-26T13:17:00.001-07:00

Okay, I'm a little slow getting this up, but I TOOK it on his 9 month birthday.

My apologies for running so behind. I promise to post more soon!

Misc. Goodness

2011-09-06T12:55:00.000-07:00

Early Crawling

2011-09-06T12:51:00.000-07:00

So this is also a little dated. Baz is crawling so fast now, but it's fun to look back about six weeks to see how far he's come.

Sebastopol

2011-09-06T08:01:00.000-07:00

Here are a few from a trip we took up to Sebastopol in June to visit my friend Megan. She lives next door to a guy who grows a lot of fruits, and he let us graze around his land for an afternoon picking berries and nectarines, and watching his bees dance from a distance.

Catching Up

2011-09-06T07:44:00.000-07:00

I've got some catching up to do....

Here are a couple from June at Muir beach.

Baz at 8 months

2011-08-11T11:09:00.000-07:00

Here is out little guy at 8 months!

AND he sprouted two new teeth over the last few days, bringing the total count to 6!

He is crawling everywhere, and pulling himself up to standing.

We can't believe how fast he's growing.

A Good Read

2011-07-25T15:59:00.000-07:00

Celeste's Birthday

2011-07-25T15:53:00.000-07:00

Pool

2011-07-19T16:02:00.000-07:00

Goggles

2011-07-19T15:59:00.000-07:00

Sebastian at 7 months

2011-07-13T15:02:00.000-07:00

On Sunday Sebastian enjoyed his 7 month birthday, on the same day that Daniel and I shared our 7 year wedding anniversary.

Talking

2011-07-13T14:43:00.000-07:00

This was an attempt to capture Baz's developing vocal skills.

Some Fun Photos from Our NorCal Stay

2011-07-13T14:35:00.000-07:00

Camping at the Russian River

2011-07-13T14:27:00.000-07:00

Laurence Hall of Science

2011-07-13T14:23:00.000-07:00

Fairy Land

2011-07-13T14:13:00.000-07:00

Alameda Beach with Yaya

2011-07-13T14:08:00.000-07:00

Crawling!

2011-07-02T10:12:00.000-07:00

Due to the fact that our internet here in SF is painfully slow, I'm waiting until we're back in LA to post all the great photos and videos I have of the last two months, but I just couldn't resist putting this one up right away.
Sebastian is officially on the move, and I finally caught him in action.
Check it out:

Sebastian's half birthday!

2011-06-10T10:17:00.000-07:00

A Ghirardelli's "kids" scoop

2011-05-22T17:04:00.000-07:00

Crazy Hair!

2011-05-20T08:41:00.001-07:00

Learning to sit

2011-05-19T17:17:00.000-07:00

With a little help from big sis

Baz's first meal

2011-05-19T14:01:00.000-07:00

1,2,3 SOCCER!

2011-05-19T13:54:00.000-07:00

This is the end of Celeste's soccer practice. They all huddle up and yell "1,2,3, SOCCER!"
She loves it.

Kite Flying

2011-05-19T13:39:00.000-07:00

This one's a few weeks old, now, but pretty fun.
We stopped by Daniel's office so he could take a break and fly a kite with Celeste. There's plenty of wind on Treasure Island, and it was going well, but Celeste got really upset every time the bird took a nose dive, so ultimately it was a short-lived adventure.

More cuteness

2011-05-10T17:09:00.001-07:00

Rolling Over

2011-05-10T17:03:00.000-07:00

Baz at Five Months

2011-05-10T16:59:00.000-07:00

Sebastian's first trip to the beach

2011-05-10T16:46:00.000-07:00

Celeste Mops

2011-05-10T16:44:00.000-07:00

Juan got us this great mop that cleans wood floors easily with just water. Celeste LOVES mopping with it. Lucky mommy.

Celeste in Golden Gate Park

2011-05-03T15:41:00.000-07:00

Sebastian laughs

2011-05-03T15:39:00.000-07:00

This is the first laugh we caught on video

Celeste the arteest

2011-05-03T15:38:00.000-07:00

Sebastian

2011-05-03T15:34:00.000-07:00

Celeste Serenade

2011-05-03T15:32:00.000-07:00

Easter

2011-05-03T15:21:00.000-07:00

Decorating Eggs

2011-04-28T09:05:00.000-07:00

The San Francisco Aquarium at Pier 39

2011-04-27T20:30:00.000-07:00

There's a moving sidewalk that takes you through the aquarium tunnel. Celeste called it the magic carpet. We went around twice. It's no Monterey Bay, but it was pretty cool. We had a great time there with Yaya.

Celeste Teaching Baz to Roll Over

2011-04-27T20:25:00.000-07:00

Just for Fun

2011-04-27T09:07:00.000-07:00

Sebastian at 4 months.
Celeste at 2 months.

Celeste's First Ballet Recital

2011-04-26T21:17:00.000-07:00

Sebastian's first visit to Papa's office

2011-04-26T21:13:00.000-07:00

Sebastian at 4 Months

2011-04-26T20:26:00.000-07:00

Better late than never...

Disneyland

2011-03-28T15:47:00.000-07:00

Baz is Three Months Old

2011-03-15T20:06:00.000-07:00

Here's our happy little guy on his three month birthday.
Celeste is very excited that they are both three now.

Baz Smiles

2011-03-15T11:14:00.000-07:00

This hardly does his smile justice, but it's the first one I've caught on film.

Princesses

2011-03-15T10:43:00.000-07:00

Celeste's friend Love had a "Mermaid Princess Tea Party Birthday"
Everyone dressed up. It was fabulous. Here is Celeste dancing with her best friend Pippa

Those things on the end of his arms

2011-03-04T10:48:00.000-08:00

Sebastian has just started using his hands to grab things. Mad skills.

Ski Weekend

2011-03-04T09:51:00.000-08:00

Photos From Portland

2011-03-01T16:36:00.000-08:00

Dancing in the kitchen

2011-03-01T16:22:00.000-08:00

Tallulah

2011-03-01T13:11:00.000-08:00

So Big

2011-02-27T08:07:00.000-08:00

Crying Cousins

2011-02-26T21:55:00.000-08:00

Gotta wonder, are they commiserating: "how 'bout that birth canal?"

Crazy Town

2011-02-26T16:36:00.000-08:00

What do you get when you give a 3 year old chocolate cookies before bed?

Portland here we come

2011-02-26T16:25:00.000-08:00

We've never traveled with so much stuff...

On the town

2011-02-26T16:00:00.001-08:00

Well, on Cicero street at least. Just for fun I dressed Sebastian up
for our neighborhood progressive dinner tonight.
So handsome!

Cousins

2011-02-14T11:26:00.000-08:00

Hanging out for the first time.

Some Other Cute Photos

2011-02-10T19:57:00.000-08:00

Sebastian at 2 Months

2011-02-10T19:45:00.000-08:00

Sebastian hit the 9lb mark today at his 2 month check up.
He is doing well, fattening up and otherwise being a delightful baby.
We leave tomorrow to go meet his (and Celeste's) first cousin.

Playing with Papa

2011-02-10T12:27:00.000-08:00

Miss Celeste & Mister Sebastian

Grandma's tupperware

Sebastian's First Birthday Present

Portland

She needs food

Walking with the gators

Zoo with Tallulah

More oldies

Crawling

From October

Homework

Big Sister

Cousins

Celeste's Christmas Show at School

Baz's 1 year photo

Homeward Bound

Sebastian's First Birhday

Update from Indonesia

Day 3

Indonesia!

Sebastian at 11 months

Sebastian and Tallulah

Cicero Run Around

Whale Watching

Fun with Olivia

Oldie

LA County Fair

The Elias Batism Reception

Celeste the Card Shark

Halloween

Grandpa Bill

Zoo

At the Park

Two cute ones of Celeste

Cheerios, and a health update.

Hanging Out

One more from Tahoe

Standing

Tahoe

9 month photo

Misc. Goodness

Early Crawling

Sebastopol

Catching Up

Baz at 8 months

A Good Read

Celeste's Birthday

Pool

Goggles

More camping videos

Sebastian at 7 months

Talking

Some Fun Photos from Our NorCal Stay

Camping at the Russian River

Laurence Hall of Science

Fairy Land

Alameda Beach with Yaya

Crawling!

Sebastian's half birthday!

A Ghirardelli's "kids" scoop

Crazy Hair!

Learning to sit

Baz's first meal

1,2,3 SOCCER!

Kite Flying

More cuteness

Rolling Over

Baz at Five Months

Sebastian's first trip to the beach

Celeste Mops

Celeste in Golden Gate Park

Sebastian laughs

Celeste the arteest

Sebastian

Celeste Serenade

Easter

Decorating Eggs

The San Francisco Aquarium at Pier 39

Celeste Teaching Baz to Roll Over

Just for Fun