baby kienan

my little boy's growing up

2009-04-24T22:46:00.006+08:00

the date's 24 april 2009.
it's been more than half a year since my last post. talk about being consistent... *sheepish grin*
i'm always put to shame when i see how some others update their babies' blog so conscientiously.
for now, it's going to be words.. as it's the easiest. i don't have pics with me right now. so reading this will have to do.

kienan's really growing up! (and i'm saying this with a tinge of sadness)
he's 2yrs 3mths and 4 days old today.
he's in dreamland as i'm typing this.
the things he learns and picks up nowadays really amaze me. and i can't help but really feel so proud of him and how he's grown and developed.

here are some things i love about our little boy...
- how he responds by saying "i love u, mama" whenever i tell him that i love him
- how he wakes up in the morning, sits up, smiles, looks at me, and says "good morning mama!"
- how he insists that i sleep next to him and hug him when i put him to bed (though i really have to start trying to get him to sleep without me lying next to him. and he refuses to let kevin put him to bed when i'm at home.. which isn't really a good thing. here's how our conversation with him goes:

mama: kienan, papa will put you to bed tonite, ok? papa will sleep with you on the mattress and mama will sleep on the bed.

kienan: no, mama sleep with kienan on mattress. papa sleep on bed.

(and if kevin still continues to sleep next to him on the mattress...)

kienan: don't want papa (tries to nudge/push him away). only mama.

(following which, he gets up and comes to the bed and insists on sleeping with me on the bed).

*faint*

kienan's 2nd birthday!

2009-01-16T18:17:00.006+08:00

time for me to post some updated photos of kienan...

we celebrated kienan's 2nd birthday earlier... on 16 Jan 2009.

somehow, the 2nd birthday party isn't a big a hoo-ha as the inaugural 1st birthday party.
this time, we only had close relatives for kienan's 2nd birthday.
it was definitely more fun this time, because he's now aware of what's going on.
and he knows that we are celebrating his birthday! :)

the photo on top shows kienan's birthday cake. i got it from awfully chocolate and decked it out in colourful m&ms so that it would look more like a toddler's birthday cake! and since kienan is such a fan of mickey mouse, i ordered some cupcakes from this nice lady (from Regina's Oven) and bought some mickey mouse cupcake picks to decorate the cupcakes... kienan loved it!

our family photo! (on the left is a yummy agar agar doggy that kienan's grandma made!)

(L-R): gong gong, grandma, kienan (looking at who, i don't know!), nai nai and ye ye

finally!!

2008-09-22T13:55:00.004+08:00

in case you are wondering what the title of the post is all about...
kienan has finally been weaned!!! praise God! :)
so, you must be wondering.. how did i wean him?

if you've read one of my earlier posts, i've been considering weaning kienan off the breast since a while ago.. just that it's been quite tough battling it out with him at night. and i decided that i had to take leave for a week in order to wean him, so that i wouldn't have to go to work looking zombi-fied...

so, this was the plan:
- mon to thurs: leave him at my MIL's place overnight. (this meant that he didn't come home for 3 consecutive nites..) it was really quite sad for me, cause kienan hasn't been away from me for more than a night since he was born. but oh wells... i had to make a sacrifice.. and it's time to learn how to release him, instead of insisting that he be with me all the time. (don't want him to grow up to be a mummy's boy even when he's 21 right?!)
- thurs nite onwards, he comes back home, and i continue to reinforce the fact that "mummy doesn't have anymore milk" and that he has to drink milk from a bottle.. and we will make the milk for him. :)

he came back on thurs, and he still asked to be nursed...
since we'd already decided that this was the time to wean him, i had to keep to my end of the bargain and tell him that "mummy as no more milk". he was so upset he cried and bawled... i felt so sad to see him like that. but i had to persevere.... after a good 20 mins of insisting that he wanted to nurse at my breast only to hear me say that i don't have any more milk for him.. he finally said, "mummy, make milk".

it's amazing to see how he really comprehends us now.. i confirmed with him that "mummy is going to make milk and put it in a bottle", and he echoed "mummy make milk in bottle". following which, i promptly made the milk in a bottle for me, and gave him his bottle to "shake shake", after which, he lay down and said, "mummy, open". and then proceeded to down the bottle of milk after i uncapped it for him.

my little boy has grown up! wow... it was a bitter-sweet sensation when i realised that he has reached a point where he's ok to not nurse.

it's monday today, and he's been home since last thursday night.
i'm really thankful that he's been alright to taking milk from a bottle now.. of course, he has been trying his luck at getting me to nurse him now and then. but he usually relents and takes the bottle after i firmly tell him that "mummy has no more milk for you".

lesson learnt here about weaning:
- consistency in saying "no" to nursing, and giving him lots of reassurance and love when he's not being nursed.

kienan now likes to tell me, "mummy, big hug", whenever he wants to nurse and i say no.
it's as though this is the other way i can show him how much i love him... it's like his "fall-back' whenever i say "no" to nursing him. and i make sure that i shower him with lots of big hugs and kisses in return for not nursing him anymore.

okies, this is it! a super long post about how kienan is finally off the breast! :)
thank You, Jesus! because it's really all in His time... and God made it such a smooth process...

fyi, the ticker-tape counter for how long i've breastfed kienan has finally been removed.
and i'm proud to say that i've been able to nurse him for 20 months!!!

i'm such a cow... moo....

back home after the fireworks

2008-08-10T23:51:00.002+08:00

ok... i'm typing this just before i go to bed. it's been a great weekend. kev finished his reservist just before national day, and kienan's gong gong and grandma (my parents!) booked a room for us to view the fireworks.. it was really nice to be able to see the fireworks up close!
and, it was great fun to have some relatives over to enjoy the national day parade. it was a good way to feel patriotic. after all, not every day is national day.
stay tuned for pics that were taken over the weekend.. they are all in other ppl's cameras right now! will post as soon as i've got them! :)

the milk battle...

2008-08-06T21:05:00.002+08:00

as you can tell from the ticker-tape thingy at the top of the blog, kienan's been breastfed ever since he was born. while i'm proud that i've been able to breastfeed kienan for such a long time, i feel that it's time for me to weane him.

i've learnt quite a bit about kienan's character from this - that this little guy's really persistent! he refuses to take the bottle when i'm feeding it to him. and his favourite words at night when he sees me at home after coming back from nai nai's place... "drink milk.. drink milk.. pls drink milk"!

the milk battle, or rather, the whole weaning battle will have to commence soon.. probably sometime in september, when i can afford to take leave from the office. keep both of us in prayer pls, that kienan will understand that it's time for him to stop nursing at mommy's breast, and that i will be patient through this whole episode!

one thing's for sure though... i don't regret having breastfed him for this long a period of time. the feeling of closeness when kienan is nursing is amazing, indescribable!
but he IS 18.5mths old now.. and it's high time he's weaned...

hope that i'll have good news to report in time to come!

marvel-lous comics?

2008-08-05T00:02:00.003+08:00

i was really impressed with kevin (kienan's papa) for doing up this comic strip thingy...
and it's so nice to have something done by kevin put up on the blog.
these pics were taken during our melbourne/sydney trip last June (2007) when we were there for the hillsong conference.

you can see how much kienan has grown since then...
i can already see how i'll miss his baby-ness as he grows older...

2008-08-04T22:35:00.004+08:00

kienan was really happy to see his papa home today, and spent some time making funny drum sounds... he loves looking at himself in the camera too. so you'll see him walking towards the camera now and then to try and see what's going on. he's such a cutie!!!
(pardon the formatting... i dunno how to rotate the clip!)

finally, a new post!

2008-08-04T22:10:00.002+08:00

ok... i (meaning "mommy") have been reading a few friend's blogs set up specially for their tots, and realised that it's been yonks since i've last posted anything on kienan... even my sis has more stuff about kienan on her facebook profile compared to me!
so.. it's time to get back to work and do some updating on the blog that we set up more than 18mths ago to track kienan's development.. :)

look out for more posts in time to come.. yeah!

playdate with zach!

2008-08-02T23:25:00.000+08:00

xiuling was bringing zach over to the playground downstairs and asked if i wanted to bring kienan down so that the two boys could try and "play together". of course i said, "yes!"
i think it's great that kienan has someone to try and learn to play with.. :)
here's a pic of them on the ever-popular yellow bus at the playground.. albeit not that great a photograph cause it's tough to get both boys to look at the camera at the same time!

i also managed to snap a few other pics of kienan on the rocking-thingy at the playground.. check out how much he's perspiring!

enjoying the ride!

2008-07-25T23:12:00.000+08:00

this is kienan's fifth visit to the pediatrician i think...
kienan was going to have his 18mth jab that day. good thing there's toys at the clinic to keep him distracted. the last time we were at the ped, kienan didn't really know how to play with this rocker and didn't really enjoy it.
this time round, he got on it himself without any help... and he definitely enjoyed himself!

biting the window?

2008-07-13T23:53:00.000+08:00

kienan's in uncle simon's car after church.. and his xiao yi is just behind him.
this is a short breather for me... before kienan looks for me later for his milk fix...

kienan - the stomptrooper??

2008-07-12T22:28:00.002+08:00

i've never really thought about what kienan would do when he sees lots of ants..
lo and behold.. one afternoon in church, someone spilled something sweet on the floor and there was an army of ants around the ground..
he started to stomp on them! i wonder who taught him to do that... cause i didn't!
(maybe it's in him already... if you recall, there was an earlier post last year where he accidentally killed a baby cricket!)

lazy sunday afternoon at home

2008-07-08T23:19:00.000+08:00

this is a sunday afternoon.. when kienan and i decided to stay at home and just enjoy each other's company! and the photo below was taken when kienan was insisting that he gets some biscuits from the container...
kienan: "mommy... biscuit..."

how do i look in papa's hat?

2008-07-08T23:13:00.000+08:00

kienan doesn't usually like us to put hats on for him.
but we manage to coax him into leaving it on his head by asking him to go to the mirror to look at himself -- this, he likes! hahaha...
(ps: this hat was bought by caleb for kevin)

looking cool in a cap...

2008-06-28T23:50:00.000+08:00

kienan has on uncle mervin's cap...

kienan's on the drums!

2008-06-28T22:49:00.000+08:00

kienan tries his hand at the drums

2008-06-28T22:20:00.000+08:00

kienan was put on a set of electronic drums recently (sometime in early june 2008), and he instinctively seemed to know what to do on the drums.. look how contented he is, hitting on the snare and cymbals! his legs are way too short, of course, to reach the bass drum pedal..
but what he's doing so far is good enough for me!

the wheels on the bus go...

2008-06-14T23:56:00.000+08:00

this was the first time i brought kienan to play at the playground downstairs.
it's recently been re-furbished, and the playground is really quite nice. kienan particularly likes getting on the bus and turning the steering wheels on the bus!
see how happy he is... :)

me and aidan... :)

2008-01-10T14:20:00.000+08:00

this is me (right) and aidan (left)... he's about 4mths old now, i'm about 8.5 months older than him i think?
papa, mama, uncle e-gene and auntie sarah are cooling themselves down with a creamy cold cup of ben & jerry's ice-cream!
wish i could have some.... *sigh*
this is me, 'sayanging' aidan...

fun at the zoo!

2008-01-10T14:17:00.000+08:00

ooh.. what's that climbing precariously high up in the tree???
this is my first trip to, ahem, the singapore zoological gardens! let's call it the zoo for short!
i think mama is more excited than me. she was so happy last night, telling me that she and papa are going to bring me to the zoo...

seriously, i think mama enjoyed the zoo a lot more than me. think the main things i saw were...
a) white tigers (did you know that tigers are only found in Asia???)
b) giraffes
c) two enormous elephants! (they actually walked right past us!)
d) orangutans! (mama loves ah-meng... but we didn't see her...)
e) one huge polar bear (merrily taking a swim in her tank)
f) huge tortoises! (and i mean, huge!)

and lots of other animals.... but these were the ones that were obvious enough for me to notice, since i was in my stoller most of the time.

my new found 'toy' - mama's hairbrush!

2007-12-08T00:32:00.000+08:00

i'm actually in the car, on the way to port dickson! we're going for church camp! yay!
this is my first ever trip to malaysia...
if you can see, i'm holding a little hairbrush in my left hand. i recently learned how to "comb my hair", and mama passed me her hairbrush for me to have a little fun and entertain myself on the long car ride...

xiao yi and me!

2007-11-25T00:29:00.000+08:00

oooh... don't i look cute again? haha...
this is my xiao yi (small auntie)... and i think she's here to babysit me while mama and papa go pak-tor-ing...
by the way, this is one of mama's favourite romper. xiao yi bought it, and it says "i'm mommy's breast friend"!

mama and me after the "cricket incident"...

2007-11-18T00:24:00.000+08:00

mama: "i'm so proud of my baby boy! he saved me from the cricket!"
me: "you're welcome, mama.. anytime!"

my first encounter with an insect - a cricket, for that matter!

2007-11-18T00:17:00.000+08:00

in case you can't see what this pic is all about... mama actually tried to take a shot of me and papa checking out the little cricket that had somehow found its way into our house! to cut a long story short.. mama saw the cricket (and being terrified of insects) and wanted to ask papa to try getting rid of it. in the end, she decided that she shouldn't "pass" her fear of insects on to me. afterall, i AM a boy! hahaha.
so, she asked papa to let me "play" with it so that i wouldn't be afraid of creepy crawlies when i grow up.
and you can tell from the pic... i AM intrigued by this jumping little thing...
in fact, i tried touching it too! but oops, think i was too excited... cause guess what happened? (scroll down to see the next pic...)

i accidentally squashed (and i actually mean, killed it!) it in my excitement...
oops.. sorry, mr jiminy cricket! l
ooks like i ended up getting rid of it for mama.. heh. *sheepish grin*

at tati audrey and ton ton yann's house

2007-10-28T00:11:00.000+08:00

that's me (looking not too pleased or excited...) to be held by my tati audrey and ton ton yann... (fyi, "tati" is french for "aunt" and "ton ton" is french for "uncle"!)

look at me! i'm beginning to cruise... slowly, but surely... with some help from the trusted sofa... hahah..

mama and me.. and errm.. think it's my third finger?

2007-10-08T08:25:00.000+08:00

this is mama and me having a morning brekkie outing at the good'ol hawker centre near our house... papa just had to snap a shot of this cause it's my trademark third finger pointing out.. heh.

a hand at the xylophone?

2007-10-05T00:16:00.000+08:00

oooh... look at me... i'm going to try my hand at playing the xylophone!

chilling out in my cot

2007-10-05T00:08:00.000+08:00

i've been able to stand in my cot since quite a while back, and i love being able to stand up and look out at the things that are happening around me when i'm in the cot!

me and all the pretty aunties... oops.. i mean, ladies...

2007-09-29T23:49:00.000+08:00

this was the day after mama and her friends threw a hen's night for auntie roo... (she would want me to call her roo jie jie actually!) hahaha...
they're all looking at the camera except for me. i'm staring at mama, wondering what she's doing!

so... do you think i look cute?

2007-09-29T23:41:00.000+08:00

papa and mama brought me for a stayover at swissotel the stamford... it was nice. i could crawl all over the floor!

day out at the pool!

2007-09-28T22:47:00.000+08:00

we're at swissotel the stamford for the weekend.. and papa and mama decide to bring me swimming! i love the water.. but the sun's kinda getting in my eyes...

mama and me!!! papa says i look like a hamburger face in the lower pic. cause my cheeks are sooo chubby and fat! (but seriously, don't i look cute?!)
papa, mama and me! (xiao yi is behind the camera here...) our first family pic when we go swimming...

a big boy already...

2007-09-06T22:19:00.000+08:00

mama's trying to figure out why this pic keeps turning out to be horizontal when she's already rotated it! anyways, this is me at ntuc finest (at bt timah).. i'm with grandma and mama.. :) i feel so proud of myself! i'm sitting all by myself in the trolley!

hello there....

2007-09-01T12:24:00.000+08:00

we're at giant @ vivocity.. and uncle ryan's carrying me. there's this caucasian jie jie who was in her pram just behind us at the queue for the cashier... mama made me wave 'hi' and 'kiss' her. *yikes* well.. thankfully we didn't actually kiss. it was more like a "nose to nose" thing. hhaa...

we

me and the bumbo...

2007-08-30T22:45:00.000+08:00

i'm learning how to get out of the bumbo seat already... hehehe..

i'm a morning baby!

2007-08-27T22:42:00.000+08:00

mama captures a shot of me in the morning before she sends me to nai nai's place.. i'm a very happy baby in the morning.. (you don't want to see me at nite.. i tend to be quite a grouch).

playing with my new toys!

2007-08-25T22:35:00.000+08:00

that's a learning globe ball thingy that mama bought for me.. it sings a song about the various continents when i press it... i'm still learning how to play with the ball...

yummy! there i go again.. putting everything into my mouth! this is a ring stacker that auntie ee-bin bought for me when i was born.. i'm only playing with it now..

i'm getting used to my car seat! :)

2007-08-16T22:31:00.000+08:00

look! i'm in my comfy britax carseat! mama's very proud of me cause i don't cry as much when i'm in the carseat now.. :) (i used to wail a lot when i sat in the seat...)

look who's wheeling me around in my stoller?!

2007-07-01T22:03:00.000+08:00

uncle joel is actually pushing my stroller! this is one of the rare moments that he pushes my stroller.. and i think auntie qi seizes the opportunity to snap a pic of this rare sight! (he looks kinda sheepish rite..?)

in the parking lot of mcdonald's (on route to sydney)!

2007-06-30T21:41:00.000+08:00

it's a lovely day.. the wind is so cool.. don't i look absolutely adorable in my outfit? papa and mama pose with me for the camera.. we're having lunch at mcdonald's.. (actually, it's papa, mama and the other uncles and aunties eating at mcdonald's.. i'm still drinking good 'ol milk from mama...)

xiao yi (small aunt) and me...

2007-06-29T23:57:00.000+08:00

this is my xiao yi (mama's younger sis)... we're in one of the motel rooms in mansfield motor inn.. the other uncles and aunties came to mansfield first so that they can go skiing.. but papa and mama decided to come to mansfield one day later cause they can't do any skiing with me around anyways...
xiao yi is baby-sitting me while mama and papa run out to a nearby supermarket to get some food...

a rowdy night in mansfield...!

2007-06-29T22:09:00.000+08:00

we're in this nice restaurant in mansfield for dinner.. and we decide to take a family photo.. since we're all colour coordinated.. cool!

this is mama, uncle e-gene and auntie sarah.. auntie sarah is preggie here with baby aidan (but you can't really see her big tummy)... mama takes the opportunity to take a breather while i'm sound asleep (for just a little while!)

yeps! this is me.. sound asleep in the rowdy restaurant that everyone's having dinner at.. papa and mama are quite creative. they didn't bring my stroller out to dinner.. so they made a makeshift bed for me using two armchairs.. and i sleep pretty comfortably.. :)

wooo hooo..! i'm on top of the world! i love it when papa props me up on his shoulder like this! :)

stop tickling me!

2007-06-27T23:52:00.000+08:00

hahaha.. uncle e-gene, stop tickling me.... i'm ticklish!

it's christmas in june at miss marples!

2007-06-27T23:47:00.000+08:00

my first time sitting in a high chair. mama said i could sit in it cause the chair's so comfy, snug and cushioned.. she didn't need to worry that i'd bump myself. oooh.. sitting in a high chair is such a new experience for me!

mama, xiao yi, and me! we're waiting for our food at miss marples.. this place serves lovely scones! and it's christmas in there.. there's a fireplace and christmas wreaths and christmas music playing in the background! *christmas is mama and papa's favourite holiday in the year*

another family pic!

2007-06-27T12:28:00.000+08:00

another family pic.. this was taking when we were still in melbourne.. i just luurvvvee the cold!

our second day in melbourne.. good food and ice-cream...

2007-06-26T23:20:00.000+08:00

uncle simon and me... we're at mekong... eating beef pho.. perfect for a cold winter day in melbourne...

*yawn...* it's late.. and i'm tired.. when can we go back? this is a nice ice-cream joint along lygon street (a.k.a little italy). mama's ordering ice-cream so papa has to chill with me for now...

2007-06-26T23:14:00.000+08:00

everyone else arrives at melbourne the next day.. we meet at crema cafe.. you can't see me cause i'm sound asleep in the pram.. can you see the pram? :)

this is me.. zzzzzz-ing away... my morning nap!

we're all pooped...

2007-06-26T22:07:00.000+08:00

you can see that both papa and mama are pooped after a long day out walking around in melbourne.. and it's late! we're waiting for uncle e-gene to close his cafe so that we can hitch a ride back with him.. even though mama and papa are really exhausted, i still energy to flash a smile for the camera! hiak hiaks...

our first day in melbourne.. in uncle e-gene's cafe - crema

2007-06-25T23:12:00.000+08:00

my first time in australia.. my first time out of s'pore, for that matter! mama is cuddling me and we're in uncle e-gene's cafe.. it's called "crema".. very nice place! :)

oooh.. isn't this a nice shot of me? uncle e-gene took all these pics.. i'm grasping mama's finger..

this is something i really enjoy doing, even till now. i have this innate tendency to bite mama's chin and suck really hard on it! don't ask me why though.. hee..

this is a really nice shot of papa and me.. can tell that papa loves me a lot, right?
we're having lunch at a vineyard in yarra valley.. some place called debottliee? i don't know how to spell it.. the food was yummy.. but i couldn't have any. check out the pics that mama's going to post below on the food.. *smacks lips*

i flash a smile for the camera.. and i'm actually looking AT the camera! wow.. hehee.. this is my papa and mama.. mama insists that i look more like papa..

what lovely scenery...

2007-06-25T23:02:00.000+08:00

this is me and mama... i'm not really looking at the camera though uncle e-gene tries really hard to get my attention... heh.
once again, i seem to be more intrigued by something on the ground.. perhaps it's the ant i see crawling in the grass? *why am i not looking at the camera?!*

food glorious food...!

2007-06-25T22:51:00.000+08:00

this is the really yummy food i was telling you about earlier.. it tastes even better than it looks!

papa had to put me up on his shoulder to try and entertain me cause i was getting bored watching the food arrive at the table...

okies.. just a bit more and i'll get my hands on papa's scrumptious looking steak! give it to me now!

"yering" something?

2007-06-25T22:00:00.000+08:00

this place is really beautiful.. it's at another vineyard in yarra valley... called "yering" something...
mama poses with me again in the wine store!
papa, mama and me once again.. but tough luck. i'm not looking in the direction of the camera once again!

yay! another family photo!

2007-05-31T21:53:00.000+08:00

it's rare for us to have a family photo..
this time, we're at mommy's ah yi's house for lunch. once again, i don't get to eat any of her yummy food...
but hey, i get to drink nutritious milk from mommy! :)

i'm happy.. i'm happy...

2007-05-31T21:52:00.000+08:00

whheeeee!!! i'm flying....!!
look at the grin on my face!

who are these people?!

2007-05-31T21:50:00.000+08:00

don't be mistaken. these aren't my parents ok. the lady's my xiao yi, and the guy is uncle simon.
they love playing with me and trying to make me laugh...

baby ogre...

2007-05-31T21:45:00.001+08:00

err... what's that on my head?! am i wearing a headband? yikes!! help!!
(mommy says: he looks so cute in those shrek ogre ears!!!)

we're at west coast park!

2007-05-31T21:45:00.000+08:00

papa, mommy and me -- one happy family!
i'm feeling really hot in my stroller...
i'm waiting for gramps and grand to come and take care of me while mommy and papa play ultimate frisbee at west coast park.. when are they going to come?! it's getting really hot.. and i'm getting kinda grumpy... :(
i wonder when i'll get to play frisbee... i bet i'll be really good at it! hahaha

mmm..... my mini cornetto

2007-05-31T21:40:00.000+08:00

ooooh... it's so nice and cold... my mini cornetto..
it's only for me to hold. mommy says that i can't eat it yet! how much longer before i can sink my teeth into delightful ice-cream??? *looks hopefully at mommy*

i'm getting my jab!

2007-05-25T22:06:00.000+08:00

mommy decided to record my reaction to my immunisation jab...
she says that i'm braver this time round as i cried only for a very short while. *brave little me....* :)

'kun-ning' in my car seat...

2007-05-20T21:39:00.000+08:00

mommy sneakily takes a shot of me while i'm fast asleep in my car seat.... i'm waiting for papa to finish his recording so that he can come home with us...

babbling on and on and on...

2007-05-19T23:32:00.000+08:00

whooah... here i go! i'm talking, i'm talking... :)

me & my new teether doll...

2007-05-19T21:36:00.000+08:00

mommy specially bought this teether doll for me. it's basically a big terry cloth towel with knots as its hands and feet.. its original name is 'kammi'.. but mommy and papa call it 'kenny'... :)

walking with Jesus

2007-05-18T23:07:00.000+08:00

papa helps me 'walk'... :)
and i love being on my feet, or should i say, my toes!
walking with Jesus, walking everyday... walking all the way...

auntie roo, me & teddy

2007-05-13T21:34:00.000+08:00

auntie roo brought her teddy to church today specially to compare how big it is when it's next to me.. hmmz.. looks like i win in terms of size?

oops!

2007-05-12T22:28:00.000+08:00

hee.. this is funny video of me.. think mommy was trying to video me talking.. but i end up regurgitating a bit of milk, and plonk, my face accidentally lands right in it!

look at my feet!

2007-05-12T21:08:00.000+08:00

ooh.. i'm beginning the discover the existence of my feet!

i'm at west coast park!

2007-04-29T22:48:00.000+08:00

it's a hot day at west coast park.... papa and mommy went to west coast park to play frisbee... this is the first time mommy's playing frisbee since she got pregnant.. they took turns to play cause someone had to look after me..

auntie wendy & me...

2007-04-29T22:46:00.000+08:00

meet auntie wendy! this is the first time she's playing with me since i was born...

me in my nice looking jumper!

2007-04-29T22:23:00.000+08:00

i'm in a really nice-looking jumper!
it was bought for me by grandaunt jacqueline! (i think i should be calling her "grandaunt" cause she's uncle yann's mommy?) everyone in church commented on how smart i looked in it today..! :)
the cool thing is this was bought in evian, france! yeps, that's where the nice spring water comes from.. and my papa loves drinking evian!

papa and kienan in similar clothes?!

2007-04-29T22:16:00.000+08:00

papa deliberately puts on a shirt that sort of matches my jumper.. :)
but papa looks a bit sleepy cause i think i kept him and mommy up last nite with my incessant waking up..

i've found a new use for my hands!

2007-04-27T22:11:00.000+08:00

i realise that i can now use my hands to grab things.. see.. one hand's holding the plastic thingy that mama bought for me, and i'm sucking my fist.. and the other hand's scratching somewhere behind my head or my ear, i think... hee...
i usually feel quite happy and contented in my blue bouncer..

here i go again, flip flip flip on my tummy

2007-04-27T22:04:00.000+08:00

this is a clearer video that mama took of me flipping onto my tummy.. mama's proud of me cause i've persevered in my attempts to flip on my tummy!

wanna listen to me babble?

2007-04-23T23:40:00.000+08:00

kienan's beginning to babble more and more.. and he sounds super cute when he does that!

here i go... flip over on my tum-tum

2007-04-23T23:10:00.000+08:00

kienan can flip over on his tummy now! watch and see how he does it... :)

all three of us chilling out on my playmat!

2007-04-21T00:08:00.000+08:00

say cheese! i love my papa and mama.. :)

yay! i can totally flip onto my tum tum now!

2007-04-20T23:57:00.000+08:00

great news! i found out today that i can flip over on my tummy all by myself now! and look how high i can lift my head! my neck's grown really strong over the past couple of days...

my new playmat that mama bought for me!

2007-04-20T23:55:00.000+08:00

i'm chilling out on the bumper playmat that mama bought for me.. it's got dinosaurs on it.. :) cool....

lunch at din tai fung

2007-04-20T00:06:00.000+08:00

papa and mama have lunch at din tai fung after my visit to the pediatrician. mama tries to teach me play with the spinning thingy on the table.. wonder what it is.. she keeps using my hand to hit at it.. man...

i'm a brave boy...

2007-04-20T00:04:00.000+08:00

see, i'm ok now. i can even look at the camera to take photo some more... this is me with my papa, then with mama..
(p/s: can you see the band aid on my thigh? painful you know.. the needle poked me there...)

yeoowwchh!

2007-04-20T00:02:00.000+08:00

and the needle goes into my thigh! poor me... mama snapped this pic of me while papa tried to distract me with some toys.. man, those toys will really remind me of the times when i'm at the pediatrician!

i totally do not suspect an injection coming...

2007-04-20T00:00:00.000+08:00

pediatrician dr chan gets ready to give me my 5-in-1 jab... yikes... !

sliding down the couch...

2007-04-17T23:52:00.000+08:00

mama put me on the couch so that she could get changed for work. i like sitting up, but i can't really support my head all that well yet. it's still too heavy for my neck!

yawn

2007-04-16T23:50:00.000+08:00

*yawn* do i really have to wake up?!

okies.. if i'll wake up if i must..

i love my adidas shoes!

2007-04-15T23:49:00.000+08:00

mama bought this pair of adidas shoes for me way before i was born. i could finally fit into them! :) and don't my tiny feet look cute?

i've started reading!

2007-04-15T23:46:00.000+08:00

mama put me on the blanket to read my first book, "good puppy"! i can stare at the brightly-coloured pages for a really really long time..

my ability to focus has really improved too.. i'm really focusing on looking at the camera now...

i can point now!

2007-04-14T23:45:00.000+08:00

yes, that's right. i'm talking to you!

my neck's getting stronger!

2007-04-14T23:35:00.000+08:00

mommy put me on my tummy today, and i decided to try flipping again. this time, i managed to raise my neck quite high! my neck's really getting stronger.. can't wait till i can fully flip from my tummy onto my back!

mama and me! :)

2007-04-13T23:34:00.000+08:00

mama cut her hair! she decided to cut it cause her long hair's beginning to drop.. and i have a puzzled look on my face. perhaps i'm not used to mama's new hair...

in my sunday best!

2007-04-08T23:24:00.000+08:00

don't i look smart? mama dressed me up in my sunday best for church!

look at me! i'm sleeping like papa!

2007-04-08T23:23:00.000+08:00

papa and i both sleep on our tum-tums..

sleeping on my tummy

2007-04-07T23:21:00.000+08:00

mommy put me on my tummy so that i can sleep better.. i feel more secure this way. :)

i try my hand at flipping!

2007-04-07T23:17:00.000+08:00

don't i look cute? i'm going to try my hand at flipping..

okies.. i've managed to lift my head up a bit.. it's kinda tough and tiring though, cause my neck isn't strong enough yet!

okies.. i'm getting there! i'm getting there!

i give up! it's too tiring.. will wait till my neck gets stronger. in the meantime, practice will make perfect! :)

new carrying position!

2007-04-06T23:16:00.000+08:00

i love it when papa carries me in this position..

chilling out in the rocker

2007-04-01T23:14:00.000+08:00

mommy captures another shot of me in my blue rocker... i'm waiting to go to church!

yay! we're going home! :)

2007-03-31T23:10:00.000+08:00

papa just came back to the hotel to fetch mommy and me home! i'm all smiles cause i just woke up from my afternoon nap...

focus.. focus...

2007-03-31T23:09:00.000+08:00

okies. i'm beginning to focus better now.. hhaha..

patiently waiting for the lift... chilling out in my pram

2007-03-31T23:07:00.000+08:00

i'm waiting patiently for the lift to arrive so that i can go for breakfast with mommy and papa. we're putting up on the 45th floor of the swissotel (with a panoramic view of the marina)... *yawn*

mommy and kienan fast asleep

2007-03-31T23:05:00.000+08:00

papa snapped this pic while mommy and i were asleep.. (pardon mommy's gaping mouth!) last nite was the first time i got to sleep on the same bed as mommy and papa cause the king size bed was big enough for me to sleep on it without risking either of them rolling over me! :)

some alone time

2007-03-30T22:54:00.000+08:00

papa and mommy decide to put me on the bed to have some alone time... time to kickie-kick my tiny feet! mommy also gives me mr crocodile to hold on to.. i'm not too good at gripping and holding onto things yet.. heh

look at my papa and mommy!

2007-03-30T22:30:00.001+08:00

first.. papa and me...

next, mommy and me...

finally, a family shot! papa, mommy and me! yay! :) (but i'm not looking at the camera!)

look at me! i've found a new friend - my fist!

2007-03-30T22:27:00.000+08:00

mommy puts me on the bed and ooh.. it's really comfy! this is the first time i'm spending the night out of my cot!

yeeeaps... that's right. let me introduce you to my new friend - my fist! i've recently discovered that my fist is something that i can suck and lick whenever i like.. i don't have to wait for mommy or papa to stuff the pacifier in my mouth!