Location: Toddler class as IEC Church
Height: 34.5"
Weight: 33 lbs
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
I am TWO years old
Date: May 24th, 2009
Location: Toddler class as IEC Church
Height: 34.5"
Weight: 33 lbs
Location: Toddler class as IEC Church
Height: 34.5"
Weight: 33 lbs
When Ethan met Terrance for the 1st time
Location: Battambang Restaurant
Occasion: Celebrating Mommy's 30th birthday
Thank you for visiting us. Until we meet again...
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Counting my blessings
Yesterday as I was feeding Ethan and was talking to Nai2, Irealized that God has blessed us with such a good kid. God has given us a happy, active and healthy son. God has blessed Ethan with wonderful characteristics (happy all the time, friendly, always greets people at the church, giving them High Five, rarely cries and throws tantrum).
I thank God that can still feed Ethan on his high chair. Nowadays is even easier to get him into his high chair since he would climb onto the chair and put on the seat belt by himself while mommy or nai2 prepares food for him. He's also learning to buckle his seat belt in the car. I thank God that Ethan still sits on his high chair during feeding time.
I thank God for having a son who does not let his mommy get out of his sight even for a bit. Although. it can be annoying sometimes but Yes, Ethan loves mommy that much :)
I thank God that Ethan listens to us and does not throw tantrum when mommy/papi does not let him to do this and that. We explain to him why, comfort him and give him something else for him to play with.
Ethan has been a good boy, a very good boy actually. We thank God for that.
I thank God that can still feed Ethan on his high chair. Nowadays is even easier to get him into his high chair since he would climb onto the chair and put on the seat belt by himself while mommy or nai2 prepares food for him. He's also learning to buckle his seat belt in the car. I thank God that Ethan still sits on his high chair during feeding time.
I thank God for having a son who does not let his mommy get out of his sight even for a bit. Although. it can be annoying sometimes but Yes, Ethan loves mommy that much :)
I thank God that Ethan listens to us and does not throw tantrum when mommy/papi does not let him to do this and that. We explain to him why, comfort him and give him something else for him to play with.
Ethan has been a good boy, a very good boy actually. We thank God for that.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
6 days away from turning 2 years old
Our sweet Ethan is turning 2 years old this Sunday, May 24th, 2009.
We are so excited to celebrate his 2nd birthday at Disneyland. We bought the 2fer ticket (buy 1 ticket for 2 entrance).
As Ethan approaches his 2nd year birthday, here's what we notice out of his development:
1. Playing with other kids (he starts to share his toys, play and show affectionate to younger kids). If he forgets, we'll remind him again and again.
2. Understands most of our conversation with him. We communicate better.
3. Follows our instructions and answers our questions correctly most of the time.
4. Still loves playing ball. He kicks hard with his right foot & kicks the ball up high in the air. He can do this with big and small balls.
5. Starts humming nowadays
6. Poses for the camera (silly, Ethan).
7. Takes off his shoes and takes down his pants.
8. Still drinks milk at night time. (I tried so many times but Ethan still needs his milk at least 1x/night)
9. Takes 2 1/2 hours nap time everday. If he gets really tired, he would nap for 3 hours.
10. Walks up the stairs by holding his milk bottle on 1 hand and up he goes. Walks down by holding the stair rail. But if he's in a hurry, he would be on his tummy strolling down the stairs.
11. Brushing his teeth with our help (it's quite a struggle to brush his teeth).
12. Repeats after us ALL THE TIME.
13. Remembers what snack that mommy gave Ethan a week before and asked for it again the week after that (it happened last Sunday at the Church). Mommy gave Ethan 'Astor' snack last week from Church kitchen cupboard while waiting for the mother's day performance to begin. When we were at the Church kitchen yesterday, Ethan asked me to open the kitchen cupboard as he remembered that Mommy gave him 'Astor' snack out of that cupboard last week.
14. Gets excited of things related to Birthday". He began to understand the meaning of 'Happy Birthday'. A birthday means there would be a b'day cake, blowing candle and saying happy bday. Ethan got excited when he celebrated Papi's and Mommy's B'day. He got excited when he saw the b'day cake. He blew the candle (with our help, of course), said 'happy bday' and gave us kisses. We can't wait to celebrate his 2nd b'day.
We thank God for His love, blessings and protection towards Ethan everday.
We are so excited to celebrate his 2nd birthday at Disneyland. We bought the 2fer ticket (buy 1 ticket for 2 entrance).
As Ethan approaches his 2nd year birthday, here's what we notice out of his development:
1. Playing with other kids (he starts to share his toys, play and show affectionate to younger kids). If he forgets, we'll remind him again and again.
2. Understands most of our conversation with him. We communicate better.
3. Follows our instructions and answers our questions correctly most of the time.
4. Still loves playing ball. He kicks hard with his right foot & kicks the ball up high in the air. He can do this with big and small balls.
5. Starts humming nowadays
6. Poses for the camera (silly, Ethan).
7. Takes off his shoes and takes down his pants.
8. Still drinks milk at night time. (I tried so many times but Ethan still needs his milk at least 1x/night)
9. Takes 2 1/2 hours nap time everday. If he gets really tired, he would nap for 3 hours.
10. Walks up the stairs by holding his milk bottle on 1 hand and up he goes. Walks down by holding the stair rail. But if he's in a hurry, he would be on his tummy strolling down the stairs.
11. Brushing his teeth with our help (it's quite a struggle to brush his teeth).
12. Repeats after us ALL THE TIME.
13. Remembers what snack that mommy gave Ethan a week before and asked for it again the week after that (it happened last Sunday at the Church). Mommy gave Ethan 'Astor' snack last week from Church kitchen cupboard while waiting for the mother's day performance to begin. When we were at the Church kitchen yesterday, Ethan asked me to open the kitchen cupboard as he remembered that Mommy gave him 'Astor' snack out of that cupboard last week.
14. Gets excited of things related to Birthday". He began to understand the meaning of 'Happy Birthday'. A birthday means there would be a b'day cake, blowing candle and saying happy bday. Ethan got excited when he celebrated Papi's and Mommy's B'day. He got excited when he saw the b'day cake. He blew the candle (with our help, of course), said 'happy bday' and gave us kisses. We can't wait to celebrate his 2nd b'day.
We thank God for His love, blessings and protection towards Ethan everday.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Happy Mother's Day 2009
This year we celebrated at the Church (IEC Azusa). Silas had to go to Las Vegas that day. Therefore, it was just me, Ethan and Nai2. On Sunday, at the church, friends greet happy mother's day to me and shake hand. Ethan observed this and practiced it home.
Ethan: "epi mama dei"
Then he shakes his hand, says thank you (taki) and walks away.
Here's 2 awesome photos captured by our friends at the church.
Ethan: "epi mama dei"
Then he shakes his hand, says thank you (taki) and walks away.
Here's 2 awesome photos captured by our friends at the church.
Monday, May 4, 2009
The Meaning of I Love You
These past 2 days, I received something special from Ethan, a kiss. It happened last night and 2 nights ago as we were on the bed, getting ready to sleep. Ethan was on the bed, drinking his milk and I was cleaning myself up before getting into bed. When I finished, I sat down on the bed and Ethan was getting up and walked towards me then kiss me on my cheek. I was surprised to get the kiss, since it was always us asking Ethan to kiss us that he would then give us kisses. But these 2 past nights, he has been giving me kisses without being instructed to do so. Silas and I have been teaching Ethan to say I love you and we say that all the time to him. I guess, Ethan starts to understand the meaning of I love you. Thank you for the kiss and Mommy loves you too.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Easter Celebration 2009
Egg Hunt :
At Mommy and Me Class
Ethan didn't understand how to participate and collect the eggs. What he did was everytime he saw eggs, he kicked them (he thinks that those are balls).
At Diamond Bar Pantera Park
We were too late coming there but we did get a few eggs. Again, Ethan played with the eggs by kicking them. But this time, he accidently stepped on the eggs and cracked open the eggs. He discovered something inside the eggs (which is candy/chocolate). Then he began cracking the eggs by stepping on them. hahahahaha....
At IEC Sunday School
Each kid was supposedly limit their self to 7 eggs, but Ethan collected more than that. Mommy was happy UNTIL... he poured out the eggs that he had collected and emptied his bag.
Conclusion: Ethan does not understand about egg hunting on Easter celebration yet. But at least he had lots of fun, especially at Pantera Park.
At Mommy and Me Class
Ethan didn't understand how to participate and collect the eggs. What he did was everytime he saw eggs, he kicked them (he thinks that those are balls).
At Diamond Bar Pantera Park
We were too late coming there but we did get a few eggs. Again, Ethan played with the eggs by kicking them. But this time, he accidently stepped on the eggs and cracked open the eggs. He discovered something inside the eggs (which is candy/chocolate). Then he began cracking the eggs by stepping on them. hahahahaha....
At IEC Sunday School
Each kid was supposedly limit their self to 7 eggs, but Ethan collected more than that. Mommy was happy UNTIL... he poured out the eggs that he had collected and emptied his bag.
Conclusion: Ethan does not understand about egg hunting on Easter celebration yet. But at least he had lots of fun, especially at Pantera Park.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Creative teaching that didn't work
I've been teaching Ethan to do puzzles and he can do the animal shapes, object shapes & is still learning to do the alphabet puzzle. Since Ethan's a very active boy, it's rather hard for me to sit him still and finish his puzzle. When he can't put in the puzzle and became impatient with it, he would just walk away from it or start kicking the puzzles. Therefore, i used this teaching method: i put his best friend "Winnie the Pooh doll" next to him and tell him that Pooh will help Ethan doing his puzzle. Whenever he's having trouble doing the puzzle, i would have Pooh help him with the puzzle. Until last night, when we were doing puzzle, Ethan was only doing 1 piece of puzzle and he got up and said : pooh...pooh...pooh....he didn't want to finish the puzzle and asked pooh to finish the puzzle instead. oh myyyy....was it my creative teaching method that didn't work out or was it Ethan that's always full of ideas and tricks and somehow managed to be creative?
Early Reading
Last week, we discovered that Ethan started his early reading:
The Letter "O"
Nai-nai was giving Ethan a drink from a glass of water. She was bending down and suddenly Ethan said : "O" and pointed to the letter O that he saw on Nai-Nai t-shirt.
The Letter "M"
We were at LAX airport on 04/02/09, dropping off Papi for his business trip to Taiwan. After checking in & baggage screening, we went to the 2nd floor and walked around the food court. We bought Ethan a $.99 MacDonald ice cream. As he was running around in front of the MacDonald stand, he said "M" (he saw the MacDonald's logo and read it out loud).
The Letter "O"
Nai-nai was giving Ethan a drink from a glass of water. She was bending down and suddenly Ethan said : "O" and pointed to the letter O that he saw on Nai-Nai t-shirt.
The Letter "M"
We were at LAX airport on 04/02/09, dropping off Papi for his business trip to Taiwan. After checking in & baggage screening, we went to the 2nd floor and walked around the food court. We bought Ethan a $.99 MacDonald ice cream. As he was running around in front of the MacDonald stand, he said "M" (he saw the MacDonald's logo and read it out loud).
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
April 1, 2009
Papi turned 29 years old today.
And here's Ethan & I's prayer for him on his birthday:
God continues to bless you, keeps you safe and guides you in His ways.
God gives you good health.
God gives you wisdom to be a good father for Ethan and a good husband for Angel (a.k.a Mommy)
God gives you wisdom to lead our family according to His will.
God gives you strength to be the head of our family.
God gives you strength to be the man of His words.
Amen.
And here's Ethan & I's prayer for him on his birthday:
God continues to bless you, keeps you safe and guides you in His ways.
God gives you good health.
God gives you wisdom to be a good father for Ethan and a good husband for Angel (a.k.a Mommy)
God gives you wisdom to lead our family according to His will.
God gives you strength to be the head of our family.
God gives you strength to be the man of His words.
Amen.
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