First time in the park

There's a small park near to our place and today we finally have the chance to walk there after dinner

poker face

delighted at the play ground

wanting to sit on the swing

so happy to get to walk on the ground

swinging happily

picked up some red flower from the floor...

I so missed the DSLR photo.... 

:)

T&A

It was Christmas, New Year and now Chinese New Year!

And we have been blog-absent. Well, not too late to wish everybody a very Blessed Lunar New Year!

Somehow we missed out writing a 1 year old summary for our Ian. So, no more delay! (he's already almost 14 months!!!)

Over the course of the last 2 months, our little boy has GROWN! He now speaks a few words! His first word was 'Deng' (mandarin word for light), and followed by 'I Want', 'mum-mum', and some mams/ah-da's which we are hoping he means Mummy & Daddy :P

Ian is a great mimic. He finds so much fun in following actions & facial expressions, he's a riot :P

Being a boy, he is sometimes all rough and tumble, strong too. But mostly, he is a good boy and knows how to obey when we say 'No'.

At 13.5 months, he can stand and walk a few shaky steps giggling all the time, before collapsing into outstretched arms.

Not much progress on hair growth, hair still remains sparse. And there is less of it now since it got trimmed today for the first time at the hairdresser's.

Oh, and he weighed 9.6kg at 13 months... he's a comfortable bundle to carry, well rounded and not too heavy yet :) From the looks of how he enjoys eating, we have no doubt he's getting enough food and perhaps even too much this festive holidays :)

So here is a short post and hopefully you'll be hearing more from us at more frequent intervals :)

Tim & Audrey

Christmas 2012

Christmas 2012 whizzed by. It was a very special Christmas indeed (though Christmas 2011 is tough to beat).

Our little guy, Ian, turned 1 Year Old!!! Family came to visit, we met up with friends, Shanna learnt to sing carols. And for the kids, presents galore! Shanna really enjoyed the Christmas Cantata at PCC too.

Adelene Ah Yi was around for a week, we all enjoyed her company, and she was very helpful when we had to stay home (unexpectedly) and deal with plans gone awry with the unfortunate events of our babysitter falling sick and being hospitalized.

Though there were many reasons to celebrate this Christmas, we are most grateful for God's love shown to us through Jesus being born. This year, Shanna learnt about the meaning of Christmas through Truth In The Tinsel. Besides getting to know about Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, Zechariah, John, the angel Gabriel. She also learnt about Jesus being the light of the world, and of our hearts. Shanna made many ornaments for the tree based on Truth In The Tinsel with Mummy's help. She can cut shapes and stick stuff really well. 

Hand made candle light ornaments: Jesus is the Light of the World

Hand made sun ornament & Mary in the background

Handmade Angel Gabriel

Zechariah & Elizabeth ornaments

Our CG had a Christmas party too. There were many home cooked yummilicious foods, as well as turkey and ham.

Daddy & Shanna hanging out

A rather rare sighting: a full tummy on Shanna

December babies (Shanna & Mummy are just keeping Ian company)

Enjoying her food

The three of us

@ Straits Quay

Family time

Our family Christmas meal

We had a small party for Ian's birthday. Pictures later....

Last but not least, Happy New Year to all our dear family and friends!

~ Audrey & Tim

Hi

Hello everyone! Wow, has it been a month since our last post? Sorry for the radio silence. Time flies! Well, it's time to share some pictures of what we have been up to.

Our little boy, now a mere 11 days away from turning 1 year old *disbelief*

With the kids outside the most happening drink/desert outlet, and Shanna's favorite - Black Ball

We went to the fun fair twice, our Shanna enjoyed it very much. The 2nd time going was a reward for her for being fully independent at school, going in to wash hands with teacher, going to toilet at school (overcoming her initial resistance).

Babies have exceptional skills at crossing their legs, while sleeping, while sitting, even while in the baby carrier. Ian is no exception.

View from the ferris wheel

Some pictures of our little prince and princess.

Getting the Christmas tree up generated a lot of excitement in our house. Shanna could still remember all the ornaments we had from last year, she likes our tree that much! Ian had a field day...

With the tree up, it is also time to get the presents wrapped. First, a present for the little boy who will be celebrating his first birthday and first Christmas! Present from Shanna jie jie.

No pictures here, but our tree is not dressed up at the bottom layers. It's a win-win situation, where Ian can get near to the tree and touch it whenever he likes, while the ornaments stay on the tree :)

Thanks to our friend Joy's introduction, I'm doing Truth In The Tinsel with Shanna to introduce her to the meaning of Christmas. More of that on another (hopefully-soon-coming) post.

~ Audrey

our little singer at home :)

follow the link if the video cant show up Little Singer ... fruit salad song

see how Ian laugh.... this is the link happy boy

Birthday Boy

Between sending/picking up the elder child to/from school, sending the younger one for doctor check up for chicken pox treatment, & Mummy breaking up in hives (unknown reason), on a work day, we squeezed in time for a nice lunch for the birthday boy.

Supposedly my treat to the birthday boy. But it was technically it was more of him treating us, as the bulk of the meal payment was done with vouchers he 'earned' from work.

The cake was chosen by our little princess for her Daddy.

Right after the cake cutting and candle-blowing, Shanna pronounced "Daddy, your birthday is over. Ian's birthday is coming soon."

  Blessed birthday to the man of our family.   Love, Audrey, Shanna & Ian