1st post in Dec & last post in 2009

Reading a book with the support of his legs
Daily night rountine

Bathe photo

Simply loved being in water

Year 2009 is leaving in a few hours time. With Ethan, the mommy had a great wonderful year with him. There are of course the ups ups side when hefirst call me "mama" & not neglecting the down down side when he falls into the prey of virus attack.

Mommy's 2010 new year resolution is for Ethan to stay healthy & happy always. May all our dear friends stay happy, wealthy & healthy always...

Mommy's 1st Letter to Ethan - Delayed

Dear Ethan,

Time really flies. It seems like yesterday, you were just born. On 3rd October 2009, you celebrated your 1st Birthday which coincide with Mid Autumn celebration with close family members, mommy's besties & papa's buddies & family.

Shape of a cake that resembles a mooncake

Notty Act Caught

I recalled back our wonderful moments for the past year, whenever you show us your broadest smile, we laugh & joy about it. When u fall sick, we start to be in panic mode. Every action from u causes a reaction from us. I had always store your smile, your naughty act & your every single behaviour in my heart & reviewed it frequently, on the bus, on the train or whenever I am bored at work. I had always shared my joy about you with the loved ones around me.

Here is a recap of your milestone for the past 1 year:-

3rd Oct 08- The long awaited arrival of you with "little fight & war" in MT Alvernia smallest delivery room.

5th Oct 08 - Discharged from Mt Alvernia & 1st ride on 姑妈's car

8th Oct 08 - Admitted to Mt Alvernia for Jaundice with the test result of 16.1 with 25 being the highest in range

For the 1st time since you joined the family, I cried at the hospital with so much reluctances to admit & leave you for photo-theraphy. On the same night I visited you alone despite braving through the rain & cried before leaving ward. Nurse at the ward 321 fed you with so much patiences as you took an hour to consume a bare 30ml of milk.

9th Oct 08 - Discharged from Mt Alvernia & home sweet home

1st Nov 08 - Had 1st baby full month party at home with both mommy & papa's friends & relatives at our place

8th Nov 08 - 1st try on the pacificer

11th Nov 08 - 1st 6-in-1 immunisation

30th Dec 08 - 2nd 6-in-1 immunisation

4th Jan 09 - 1st Hair cut

2nd Feb 09 - Mommy resumed work after 4 months of maternity leave

28th Feb 09 - Finally shaved off the baby hair & become "BOTAK"

8th Mar 09 - 1st try on sleeping in the hammock like swing

9th Mar 09 - 2nd Jab

18th Apr 09 - 1st day mommy left u overnight alone at grandma house as mommy & papa had to attend a bestie, Sebastian & Eunice's wedding.

26th Jun 09 - 1st visit to PD clinic for flu, cough & fever consultation. This coincide with the growth of Ethan's 1st 2 lower Central Incisor

11th Sept 09 - 1st time rolled down the bed & onto the hard floor

@ 1 year old, Ethan has 8th teeth (4 upper incisor & lower incisor teeth respectively)

Like what every parent will say to their kids, I take pride in you Ethan. My only wish for you is to stay healthy & happy always.

Luv,

Your mommy

Lack of posting

4th haircut since birth

The lack of my posting is due to the overwhelming amounts of household chores to be completed in the evening since the maid left....


Equation : Maid-less = Alot of household chores to be completed
= no time for personal stuff at night


Meantime will try to blog soon..

Ethan turns 1 on Mid-Autumn Festival..

Happy Birthday to my dearest Ethan!!

May you be blessed with excellent health & happiness in your entire life :)

Day 344 & finally rolled over

Nursery Rhymes

London Bridge is falling down

Falling down

Falling down

London Bridge is falling down

My Fair Lady

Ethan's version

Ethan Loke is rolling over

Rolling over

Rolling over

Ethan Loke is rolling over

Finally pop over..

YES YES YES at Singapore time 4.55am morning today

I awoken with a fright as I heard a "POP" sound like a durian drop from a tree

Same sound as durian sound during my kampung childhood days

I found this little gem on the floor like a little baby frog

when I asked Ethan what happen?

he cried..That freaking moment I sweared my heart just pondered

But his fall was not a powerful one cos he rolled down from the bed onto a matteress

I folded the mattress 3-fold

from the 3-fold mattress he rolled over to the foor

the height is approximately 25cm high

So I tot since he is awake

I asked..

Ethan have you become "gong gong" after the fall? Please reply mommy with an ugly smile

There he is, an ugly smile with mini eyes..

Oh man..This is driving me nuts :)

11 months = 336 Days Old

Ethan turns 11 months old today.

Being a 11 month old baby, he request attention from us every single minute. Back home, he will usually be put on the walker for him to explore the house for new things so as to keep himself entertained. He often talks, yells, screams, laughs or calls for help if he is lonely or being left unattended whilst the mommy is so pre-occupied with household chores & many more.

But if he is quietly tucked away in a corner, there you find him up to some real mischief. He will either tiptoe trying to reach for something or his hands will be holding on to some new found toy like our handphone..etc.

From the corner of the room, I called for him asking “Ethan what are you doing?” He replies with a smile broadly spread across his face. How can I not love him more & more each day??

14.08.2009

On this day, the fellow rolled down to the floor from the bed of course 1st time (hoped no more next time).

At 4.06am Singapore time, I woke up in fright cos I heard a "pop" sound. There he is the little fellow had kicked all the blanket, pillows & bolster onto the floor. Ended up on the floor still in his dreamland. The sleeping arrangement at mom's house is in such a way only the top & bottom is proned to dangers & blocked by the pillows, blankets & bolster,big ones...Right & left is blocked by me & my mom respectively. Still he can wiggle his way down down onto the floor.

Luckily, Enric was sleeping on a mattress besides the bed. The mattress left a narrow 15cm gap from the bed to the mattress. AND amazingly is, Enric's small pillow fits into the corner portion & Ethan happens to roll exactly into that spot. I have to thank GOD in all race & religion for protecting this precious gem of mine.

14082009 is such a happening day afterall.Thank you all for the well wishes, cakes, gifts, dinner... I am so blessed with all my loved ones around.

Day 313

Day 313 of my life with Ethan..The world is such a wonderful place to live in.

At 10months old, this baby had upgraded from a baby to a toddler. He has 3 tiny teeth & likes to munch on biscuits. With him around, there is non a FREE moment. Either my time is fully utilised or even stretched like a rubber band by him or pre-occupied trying to complete the housework even with him yelling at the bakground. Gone are the days I stayed late to watch DVD or VCD.

Some updated picture of Ethan:-

My Fantastic Four

At Da Po's house

Staring...

Pokemon hairstyle

3 tiny teeth

Transformer Singlet

Eating Oreo cheese cake

With favourite cousins

I try, I tried & I am still trying..

Ethan Ethan Ethan turns 10months old 2 days ago..

A 10 months old baby supposed to
(http://www.babycenter.com/0_milestone-chart-7-to-12-months_1496587.bc)

1. Waves goodbye
2. Picks things up with pincer grasp
3. Crawls well, with belly off the ground
4. Says "mama" and "dada" to the correct parent
5. Indicates wants with gestures
6. Stands alone for a couple of seconds
7. Puts objects into a container

For Ethan
Yes - No 1, 2 & 7
No - All others

Is his progress slow or is he normal? Often I wonder. What amazes me always is his demands for people to carry him around the house with his body inching forward, going towards he directions he wanted.

Haizz..1st posting in August but things just dun seems to go right. Tried uploading some pictures of Ethan but apparently I am just unable to upload it. Did I miss out a program somewhere?

@ 9months

At 9 months old, he is gradually upgrading his skills;

1. Raises his hands & flocks towards the person he want to be carried

2. Recognises simple words like "kai kai = go out", "mumu = eat", baobao = carry", pongpong = bathe"

3. Sulk when he sees a stranger occassionally
(does it inferes that he is an anti-social person? Inherited whose genes. Definitely not mine)

4. Change position within a few seconds
(No longer the baby who will sit still. Now his hands has to hold on to something or he fidgets his way)

5. A baby who is simply scared of ticklish....Laugh hilariously when we tickle his shoulder or just holding on to his feet.

6. Finally 2 little teeth (Day 269) from the bottom gums appear. No wonder he turns cranky & had fever on the last week of June & stuff every single items into his mouth when he lay his hands on.

With Ethan, my dinner & outing with friends had minimized & had been postphoning & postphoning. Sorry ladies..u know who u are :)

Approaching 260 Days

Ethan's new cap

New haircut in off-shoulder shirt ^_^

Cool look after shower

Rolling baby -- from mattress to the floor.

Look at me with pitiful look but dun dare to cry

The moment I asked him, he yells & cry as if in real pain

Still smiling

Showing his Octo-legs

Ready to pose on the floor

Updates :-

• Ethan's stylo milo 3rd haircut.Simply adore his new look...
• Crying upgraded from babies to toddler with screeching voice as he approaches his 260 days with the family
• Attention seeker, attention seeker & attention seeker

Walker Pictures

With his legs "qiao" up..

Ethan never fails to amazes with his witty acts. Gosh kids are born smart today !!!

My Octo--babe

Often I wonder if all babies possesses such poor sleeping posture & inherited such naughty acts from nowhere...

Hmmmm my conclusion, boys tend to behave differently from girls...

Need to hold on to feeding spoon before agreeing to drink his milk

Tightly holding on to the Thomas & Friends spoon

In his La-la-la- land

Need to cover up

Ugly smile !!!

Wiggle from one end of the bed to the other..

Growing up - Day 238

I am a lazy mommy BUT very HAPPY mommy. Juz simply lazy to update the blog... due to insufficient time. Every day mad mad day..wake up play with Ethan-rush to work-finish work-go back help take care of Ethan. I cannot even find time for myself ....

At this stage of Ethan's growing up process, he is very much a mommy or even a papa's boy.

He tends to flip(only 1 sided flip) over a few times in the middle of the night. Unable to flip back he make baby noise to wake me up & smile @ me. Then he falls into sleep with his face flat to the bed the moment I smiled back. I reckon he is just seeking attention from me.

He likes to eat eat eat & turns grouchy when he is not able to. At 7mths with no teeth, there is only a limited variety of food I can feed it. Being home alone last weekend, Ethan ate whatever I ate. Both of us had chocolate ice-cream from Awfully chocolate, fried hor fun from the coffee shop & instant mix rice cereal.

I am glad that I had spent all my time with him. For the past 7+ plus month, the only night that Ethan had not slept with me was on Aunty Eunice's wedding. Imagine now that he is at Day 238, I slept with my darling boy 237 days...wow impressive !!

Gosh am loving him more & more each day....

Flipping

Ethan's favourite pastime now - to flip & flip yet his left hand always stuck. No matter how tough it is, the hand can still wiggle its way out.

To conclude, babies are genuinely smart.

A day with my besties

Ethan with God-moms

A day of nothing yet something with my besties. Of course we spent our time playing-- our favorite hobby -- MAHJONG.

It had been a wonderful time playing MJ with my besties....with Ethan around at home.

Best of both worlds in fact :)

Btw thanks for teaching me how to deal with Loke's pet birds..Next thing to buy from supermarket is Enos.. Thanks :)

Terror

Mommies greatest fear -- Notty kids.

Everyday when I reach my mom's house, the seniors will feedback to me what Ethan had done for the day. I am like "Oh Gosh, Ethan is a notty baby". Each day I hear new things & I am beginning to wonder, are all kids like that or only the exceptional notty ones behave like that?

The seniors will always feedback & commented how can a 6 month old baby:-
1. Choose the person he prefers to carry him
2. Uses his leg to lift up any items near to his leg area to play
3. Talks as if someone is talking to him in baby language
4. Yells at the slightest discomfort

Aren't babies supposed to be eating & sleeping all the time....

Just so happen talked to my sister on the phone earlier, she mentioned kids are a reflection of either the past or present the behaviour of their parents. I totally agreed is true..But, am I like that when I was young? OR am I like that currently?

And my conclusion, Ethan takes after the father - Loke cos I am a clone in disguised.

I am a 200 days old

Dear Loved Ones...

How time flies!! Ethan had reached its 200 days old mark. YEAH YEAH..

The mommy has no doubts about it that he had been a well-behaved baby. Continue to smile & well behaved always !!

With Plenty of Love

............

Sebastian & Eunice's Wedding

The bride

Us Us Us !!!

Attended onc of my bestie's wedding -- Sebastian & Eunice's Wedding at Novotel Clarke Quay with fantastic food & companion.

Congratulations Kitty, finally together after 12 long years.

May you have a wonderful & blissful marriage.

Playmates

Kendric & Jaden posing...

Yes !! They are Ethan's playmates.

Something that touches my heart during a conversation with Jaden.

Me : Jaden, you have got 3 brothers aka cousins in all -- namely Enric , Kendric & Ethan. (En & Ken are real brothers)

Jaden : No... Enric & Kendric are brothers. I only got 1 brother. His name is Ethan Loke.

As you all know, kids do not know how to lie. I smile at him cos this 5 year old boy words really touches my heart.