Hand in hand, sibling bonding. A peaceful sight.
Before long… The mind starts to wander…
Hmmm… Jie jie’s fingers… Sausages…. Fingers… Sausages….
I wonder what they taste like…. Wonder wonder….
Why bother with wondering?? I’m a man of ACTION! *pops them into my mouth to savour….*
Extremely loud shriek from Jie Jie “Di Di is eating my fingers!!!”
A must take photo for every baby – nude bathing photo!!
Eee! These darn paparazzis have even infiltrated my bathroom! Haven’t you seen a 帅哥 bathed before?! Luckily I’ve covered my vital part!
It’s Sunday again. Why are the snapshots always of 小小宝贝? Because we are always home alone while Daddy brings sis to her morning classes. Our pastime is photo taking!
I didn’t really mark the milestones of 宝贝’s development. I should have kept better track of all her firsts… First steps, first crawl, first flip etc.
At 5 months 1 week, 小小宝贝 can now flip himself onto his tummy and back again. I foresee good days ahead… When we don’t need to rescue him every 5 minutes when he accidentally flips himself over and can’t flip back. When he shouts for rescue, the whole neighborhood hears him… Yes… His diaphragm is amazingly strong.
小小宝贝 in the most unglam position. In the process of a flip! See! iPhone can be used to take motion photos!!!
He spent a good 15 minutes talking animatedly to his new friend. His friend responded with lots of arm waving and head bobbing. They even sighed at each other in bliss.
Little memories like these should be tucked away and relived. Very soon, he’ll outgrow this stage. What bliss it is to be an innocent babe!
Drinking his feed, just before his morning nap, he decided to express his displeasure at being left in the cot while I had my breakfast
With his mouth full, both eyes boring into mine, “MMMM MMMM M!”
Me : Erm mm mmm m?
Him : MMM MMMM MMM!!!
Me : mm m mmm….
Him : mmm mmmm
I wasn’t too sure what transpired but he looked mighty pleased at the end of the conversation. I hope I didn’t make some promises that I will regret later. Foreign language is a headache…
I love sniffing him. His hair, his face… He probably thinks I’m a dog. But he loves me anyway. He giggles and grins at me beatifically.
There’s this inherent sweet smell that he emits. Smells like a baby, literally. I just can’t get enough of him. Even his stools don’t stink. Well, they do look icky though. I’m not being biased ok!!
I’ve another 2 months to enjoy this fragrance. In another 2 months, he will be starting on solid food and he will lose his fragrance, his stools will start to smell.
Til then… Sniff sniff!!
I’m sure when I read this post a few years later, I’ll laugh at myself. But hopefully it’ll trigger my memory of how sweet he smells.
My 2nd Mother’s Day present from 宝贝. She made a purse for me last year. I’ll have to get around to document it.
She loves to draw stick figures which have thin long legs, round black eyes, L shaped nose and a crooked smile. This is one of them. All her drawings are very colourful, perhaps it’s a reflection of her sunny disposition.
Anyway, that’s me she’s drawn. I must be a really colourful character in her heart. >.<
I love this photo. It took a while to arrange everyone to fit into the frame nicely. It’s a self taken shot, so the size is limited by the length of my arm. :p
宝贝’s knowing sideways smile. 小小宝贝’s clueless look. To me, it’s a gem of a photo.
That one moment, captured in eternity.
I love my short get-together time before bed with 宝贝. She’ll lie on her bed and recount her activities in the day to me.
宝贝: Mama, it’s your birthday today but papa didn’t buy you flowers. (With a very serious frown)
Me : *sigh*
宝贝: (she sat up on bed and patted my head gently) Never mind, never mind. Tomorrow I’ll draw many flowers for you. Ok? (Big eyed empathetic look)
Me : That’s real sweet of you!
宝贝 : But I don’t know how to draw flowers!! (Thinking hard, brows furrowed) Fish ok?? I know how to draw fish!
Me : (*bo he hair ma Ho! in this case, it’s bo huay, he ma Ho!) Erm fish?
宝贝 : (sensing my hesitation) I’ll draw many many fishes!! And a pond! And a duck!! Ok ok?!
Me : ok! (How can I reject her sincere offer?!) <3 <3
*bo he hair ma Ho = hokkien dialect. Literal translation : no fish, prawn works as well.
Sunday is a day of leisure, to be spent with the family.
He’s blessed with absurdly long eyelashes for a boy. Will they thicken and curl like his sister’s??