Mickey and Friends

Busy Sunday for Zach..

Brought him to East Coast for some sun and sand play. Weather was good..the sun is out but windy at the same time. Both of us love the sun and we do hope Zach will too..lucky for us, he is okay with it.

As expected, he is scared of the sand when we put him down. Took a while for him to touch the sand using his hands.. I ventured further by carrying him near the water..he screamed! Hahaha..he pulled up his leg not wanting to touch the water further. Supposed it is too cold for his liking.

After 15minutes, it is time for breakfast.. yummy yummy at Old Town.

Head home for him to rest and he actually fell asleep after 2 spoons of cereal..ooppss..

Daddy needed to get a pair of shoes for their wedding dinner next Saturday so mommy suggested we go to Vivo for a short shopping.. She wanted to drop by Toy R Us to get some toys and let me try on the Little Tikes slide before she consider getting it for me. Ooopss.. our house is really slowly filling up with my barang barang..pai seh

We got lucky cos mommy spotted some promotions on Mickey (umbrella @ $10) and there was a show at the atrium!! Hooray.. mommy asked daddy go shop at Zara on his own while she bring me to watch Mickey & Friends.

Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Mickey and Chip & Dale all came out one by one. I am quite excited about it. My first time watching such show.. however, I think mommy is more excited and happy than me cos she kept singing all the Christmas song with them..

At night, daddy was a real gem to bring us to Tanglin Mall to catch the 'snow' show.. mommy woke me up so that I will not miss out on the fun.

It was really fun-filled day...not the usual boring whole day shopping at Centrepoint or Tangs. We will definitely do this more often..

Moo Moo Party

05 Dec 2009, Zach woke up earlier than his usual 7am! I don't mind it at all because it is his BIRTHDAY!! He turns one today.. yipppee. I am more excited than he is, having sleepless nights few days before today. Afraid and worried that his birthday party will be a flop, bro couldn't rent a helium tank, what if there is too little food? what if the cake is a total disaster and don't match the price I paid?

After planting a huge and wet kiss on him.. brought him down to meet his grandparents. This would mean his usual routine in Klang, watching the fishes gobbles down the food..haha.

7.36am a year ago, Zach was carried out from my womb, crying even before Dr Soong spank his butt. Grandpa says Zach is a smart boy, cry before someone spank him..hahaha.

Out to the world for the first time

Fast forward to 2009, he is lying on my lap drinking his milk. I love having him on my lap drinking milk. Nothing beats latching him but I shall not dwell into it anymore..as long as I still get to cradle him, I am happy.

Got style even when drinking milk in his urine sogged diaper

We decided to let him play the choose-your-destiny game. I am not the superstitious type but for the fun of it..

There's no drumstick for him to eat nor stepping on the big ang ku kueh etc. He wore shoes long before he even turn one and he hates wearing shoes. Mabbe it is because of his big big feet?

His party starts at 7.30am and went into full swing by 9pm!! All of us at home clearly adore Zach..everyone went the extra mile to ensure that he gets the best. Thanks everyone from Zach, mommy and daddy.. most of all, the ang pows, presents and love.

Presents and more presents! Zach can open a toy shop

The preparation

Alas, Zach wasn't a very good host. He was cranky and whiny the whole night. It is probably due to the early start of the day and rushing in and out with me the whole day, only catching a few winks of sleep here and there. A peace-loving baby which dislikes loud noises, he is especially disturbed with our neighbour holding his bachelor party ala KTV style. So all the Hokkien songs were being belted out in style while my son is crying away..

Star of the day

Party ended past midnight! There's leftover of food and cake but mostly were tapao-ed back by my relatives for breakfast, lunch n dinner the next day.

Ooohh..I must rave about the cake from Just Heavenly! Just like the name...it is simply just heavenly. Rich chocolate fudge cake with a Barnyard Animal theme. I love the way the ducks were swimming happily and the pigs were frolicking in the mud.

Hand-crafted cake

Zach will enjoy the photos when he is older..

Zach is ONE

The twelfth month.. time really whizzes by! Zach celebrated his 1st Birthday last week in Klang with my family and close relatives.. it was a grand affair. He will have another celebration with our close frens, his frens and daddy's relatives on the 19th. Ai seh.. mommy don't even have such luxury of celebrating birthday twice.. lucky chap!

By now, my little cheeky monster is not only getting cheekier, louder, smiley than he was a month ago, he is also able to:
1. Walk holding on to furniture. Sometimes, he tries to be a brave little man and try cruising holding on using one hand and another hand waving. Braver gesture is to move from one furniture to another one close by.
2. Play patty-cake: Zach was able to do so months ago..
3. Drink from cup: and mess up! That's his forte. Somehow, he knows how not to swallow the water and the moment I remove the cup, he will open his mouth to let the water flow out. He will then proceed to play with the water on the floor. Eeekkss..
4. Pick up tiny objects: If he can use his thumb & index finger to peel out those small embellishments from my shirt, he have not problem picking them up from the floor. Haha
5. Stand alone momentarily: We tried this on him several times a day to give him some confidence, usually about 10cm away from us. I will let go of his hands and he will throw himself on me after few seconds. The longest was 5 seconds!!
6. Say dada or mama: No mama yet but he calls his daddy fondly as Pa Pa. He refers me a Eh now..hahaha
7. Play ball: Zach can roll the ball back to us if we play this with him. Recently, he is able to net the ball into the basket by watching me doing it several times. Zach is like me, learn through observing.
8. Spouting gibberish: Yes... we get that alot from Zach. I will reply him with things that may interest him such as "You are right, this is a bus and there is the wheels on the bus. You remember the song?" and I will start singing the song to him

Besides the usual developmental milestone, Zach is able to:
1. Pat on his tummy to signal that he is full
2. Tap on his chest to tell us that he is scared *duh..dunno where he learnt that from*
3. Wave goodbye and say bai bai
4. Do the action of 'pai pai' (prayer gesture)
5. Shake his head to signal no
6. Using his hand to sign 'No More'

Zach wean himself off porridge when he was a week shy from turning one. I am not sure what is the trigger point but everytime I cook porridge for him, he will only eat a few spoonful and turn away.

I decided to try fish bake rice and he took all of it! So for the past 2 weekends, it is rice for him, bake rice, steam rice with pork, bah kut teh..hahaha

Now that he is one, I started him on some table food but most of the time it is safe food like chicken, fish, pork and tofu. I have yet to let him try food that contains cow's milk in full yet. A small tub of yoghurt, 30ml, will cause him to have rashes..so no formula milk for him but goat's milk instead. Costly but do I have a choice?