[[My magical love journal]]

Saturday, June 27, 2009

[[Our future new home... b4 renovation!]]

24 Jun 2009... Little Zenden sat in his new potty & poo for the 1st time. =)

When he told me "大便", I quickly brought him to his potty. At 1st, he dun wan to sit on it. After some persuasion using toys, he finally sat on it & poo!

B4 pooing... touching this & that. He even made his chicken rattle sit beside him haha..

This pic made me laugh coz he covered his nose & told me "好臭". He oso realised his poo was smelly lol...

He looked so cute sitting on his little potty.

The black gold. This might looked disgusting but itz the little 1's great achievement. I was so happy when I saw he poo successfully in the potty.

19 Jun 2009... Celebrated Father's Day in advance. Treated my father to dinner at a "tze char" stall.

My parents.

Us! This dinner was oso for darling as he's a daddy too. :)

The spread. We had rice wif sambal stingray, sweet & sour pork, fried sotong wif oats, long beans wif roast pork, chilli lala & fried mantou.

Gave my father a shirt on Sun, the actual day. Wanna get something for darling as Father's Day gift but he said he doesn't need anything. Haha... tink baby Zenden is already his best gift ever.

Backdated to 3 Jun 2009... Our key-collecting day!

HDB gave a large leather key pouch & a hand carry bag for documents.

Darling took half day leave that day & my mother-in-law as well as darling's bro went along wif us to HDB Hub.

After getting the key & eating lunch, we proceed to our new hse! =)

The main door now came wif nice grilles.

My mother-in-law prepared a pineapple & a pkt of uncooked rice for the 1st "door-opening ceremony".

Opening the door to our future new home.

Rolling the pineapple frm the door to the other end symbolised prosperity & gd luck.

All the 3 bedrms as well as living rm have unblocked views as our new hse is on the 15th floor. :)

Our wooden main door.

Darling sprinkling rice on the floor as part of the "ceremony".

Our bomb shelter.

Living rm.

Dining area.

Walkway leading to the bedrms.

Zenden & darling's bro's rm. They will b sharing it.

My mother-in-law & darling's sis will b sharing the rm next to theirs & ours.

Our master bedrm.

The wooden doors.

Our bathrm.

Kitchen.

The common bathrm.

The water pipes in the bathrm r now all hidden, unlike in the past where they were all visible.

Our service yard.

Came attached wif a folding door.

The laundry area.

Darling was checking the locks of all the doors.

Baby Zenden's 1st time at the new hse.

He looked so tiny.

Dressed in shirt & cargo pants.

All sweaty.

The corridor to the lift.

We have a spacious compound outside. Gd for displaying buffet.

These r all pics taken b4 renovation. After renovation can definitely c the differences & I m looking 4ward to seeing the outlook. :>

Dinner at Lerk Thai to celebrate getting the key to our future new home. :)

Had rice wif tom yum soup, omelette, sambal kang kong, green papaya salad & green curry. Dessert was tapioca wif coconut milk. =)

More updates & pics in my next entry...

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[[Joanna, wife of Edmund & mummy of Zenden & Rayden Wrote On]]*|1:10 AM|

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

[[Zenden is 18 mths old! =)]]

17 Jun 2009... Baby Zenden is exactly 18 mths old!

Happy 18th mth to our little prince!

Last Fri, we finally collected our long awaited family album from the photo studio. Waited for 2 mths! Really happy & excited to c the outlook!

The album is really pretty & the photos r well taken. Every pic of Zenden is so cute!

Though the package is expensive but itz something beautiful for us to keep for life. Zenden can only b a baby once & we will only b young once as well so I feel that parents wif baby should have a family album to keep the lovely memories. When Zenden grows up, we can show the album to him & tell him "see... this is how cute u r when u r young." :)

A peek at our family album...

The cover. Chose LV as the skin.

The back.

The 8R photo & frame that come along wif the package.

There r a few hundreds of photos (soft copy) which is impossible to load them all here. Thus the same thing as Zenden's previous complimentary photoshoot (earlier post), I have selected some of my favourites to post them here.

For family & frens who wanna view all the photos, u can find them in my FACEBOOK.

Below r the links...

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=88839&id=749193861&l=57c6d6f2c6

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=88843&id=749193861&l=f2a94f413c

My favourites...

Theme: Car

Theme: Mickey's hands

Theme: Toys & books

Theme: Ball & family tee.

Theme: Beach

Theme: Traditional costume.

Theme: Liverpool personalised jersey

Theme: Greenery

When I look at the photos, I will smile coz the little 1 has so many different playful poses! I oso like our family shots.

Simply love my cheeky little model & not forgetting his daddy! ;)

To me, Zenden is juz the cutest baby ever. He is the love of our love.

~ Shall do a special update on Zenden's developments (PIES) as he turns 18 mths old 2day ~

* PHYSICAL *

- Able to walk & run.

- Able to climb the staircase wif help.

- Eats all kinds of food & fruits. Rice, egg, avocado, banana, mango, strawberry, yoghurt, biscuits & bread r among his favourite. Drinks milk 3 times a day & cod liver oil once a day.

- Drinks water frm a straw.

- Sleeps independently throughout the nite. 1-2 naps in the day.

- Able to kick a ball.

- Scribble wif his right hand.

- Will tell us b4 he poos but sometimes the "warning" came late lol.

- Loves to swim.

* INTELLECTUAL *

- Able to address pple wif the correct term. Knows both of our names as well.

- Able to do greetings like "hi", "hello", shake hands, "high 5", "bye" & flying kiss.

- Able to name/identify food & fruits.

- Able to name/identify objects, animals, sea creatures, insects & vehicles.

- Able to say out number 1-10 in sequence (but sometimes a few numbers will b missing in between haha).

- Can say out my parents' car number as well as our car number in both English & chinese versions.

- Able to recognise & identify his own belongings.

- Able to name/identify colours (red, purple & orange).

- Able to identify pictures in flashcards & books.

- Loves to watch Hi-5, Barney, Doraemon as well as his nursery rhymes & educational vcds/dvds.

- Loves pretend play like cooking.

- Loves books.

- Loves to watch advertisements & able to identify the products in his favourite advertisements.

- Billingual. Able to speak/understand English & Mandarin.

- Can sing & sway along wif his favourite songs.

- Loves to imitate in terms of words & actions.

- Has a gd memory & learns things fast.

* EMOTIONAL *

- A happy-go-lucky boy who is always cheerful & smiley. He never fails to make the pple ard him happy.

- However, he can b a little impatient & short tempered at times. Will make noise/cry if he fails to complete his task or gets the things he wants. We will use encouragement as well as discipline depending on the situation. Instead of giving in to him, we will sometimes distract his attention to other things & it works!

* SOCIAL *

- Compared to the past, he is now able to "warm up" faster wif strangers & a different environment.

- Able to play & mingle wif other children even if they r slightly older than him.

As a full-time mummy, I have witnessed all of Zenden's progress & developments frm newborn till now. He has really grown up a lot! Seeing him healthy as well as learning & achieving different things at different stages give me a great sense of satisfaction that only comes once in a lifetime. (^-^)

More updates in my next entry...

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Labels: 18 months old, Baby Zenden, developments, family album, photos, photoshoot