Tuesday, June 30, 2009
After 2 weeks of swimming
Ethan can swim by himself on his life vest jacket now. He kicks his feet and moves his hands. He can even swim round and round in a circle. He also understands if the pool water gets into his mouth accidentaly, he needs to spit out. Swimming with Ethan is so much fun now and mommy / papi can also swim as well. The weather is getting hotter nowadays so we'll be out in the pool everyday. Yipeee....!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Learning to swim
We have been swimming almost everyday for the last 2 weeks. Ethan takes his nap time, wakes up and eats lunch and then comes swim time. Usually nai-nai would let him play in the backyard and wet his feet by the poolside while waiting for mommy to come home from work. I usually get home around 4:10pm. Then it's swimming time with Ethan. We usually swim in the jacuzzi since the water in the big pool is still quite cold. Ethan never wants to swim with his ducky floater. We gave up trying to get him to use the floater. Then last sunday, we bought him the life vest jacket.
On the first day swimming with a life vest jacket, Ethan refused to wear it, but we managed to put the jacket on him with a bit of struggle. On the first day with the life vest jacket, i basically held him all the time and sometimes I waited in the middle of the jacuzzi with hands reaching out to him and he jumped to grab my hands.
Second day, Ethan asked Nai-Nai to put on the life vest jacket. Yeahhh...he knows swimming is fun with the vest. Again still in the jacuzzi, Ethan started to follow mommy from behind if mommy slided accross the jacuzzi back and forth. I told him to kick his feets and move his hands and he did so. I saw his improvement from day 1.
Third day, as the wheater was quite hot, we swam in the big pool. Ethan has improved so much and began to swim without mommy holding his hands. But of course, i still need to watch him very carefuly, he sometimes flipped to the side and over and drank the pool water accidently.
We hope the wheather will warm up and we can swim in the big pool. I wish potty train would be this easy but unfortunately not. Mommy needs to be patient with Ethan when it comes to potty train.
On the first day swimming with a life vest jacket, Ethan refused to wear it, but we managed to put the jacket on him with a bit of struggle. On the first day with the life vest jacket, i basically held him all the time and sometimes I waited in the middle of the jacuzzi with hands reaching out to him and he jumped to grab my hands.
Second day, Ethan asked Nai-Nai to put on the life vest jacket. Yeahhh...he knows swimming is fun with the vest. Again still in the jacuzzi, Ethan started to follow mommy from behind if mommy slided accross the jacuzzi back and forth. I told him to kick his feets and move his hands and he did so. I saw his improvement from day 1.
Third day, as the wheater was quite hot, we swam in the big pool. Ethan has improved so much and began to swim without mommy holding his hands. But of course, i still need to watch him very carefuly, he sometimes flipped to the side and over and drank the pool water accidently.
We hope the wheather will warm up and we can swim in the big pool. I wish potty train would be this easy but unfortunately not. Mommy needs to be patient with Ethan when it comes to potty train.
Disney California Adventure
Date: May 13, 2009
We've been telling Ethan that we'd visit Disneyland again and see Mickey and friends. He got excited, he then told us what he saw the last time we went there.
Ethan said: mickey...minnie...pluto....desy....goofy...bye-bye....(he remembered the parade that we saw and us waving goodbye to those characters as the parade ended the last time we visited Disneyland).
This time, we visited the Disney California Adventure.
The theme park is not as big as Disneyland, in fact it's much smaller. We were having a difficult time at first getting Ethan to entar live perfomance shows. He got scared, i don't know why, he just didn't like seeing live on stage shows. He cried and asked us to get out when we wanted him to see Playhouse Disney show. Thank God he enjoyed "Aladin". That show was a 1 hour show and it was beautiful. I recommend to see Aladin show when you visit Disney California Adventure. I think this was the highlight of our trip.
For sure, we'd come back again to Disneyland, i'm not sure about going back to CA Adventure though.
We've been telling Ethan that we'd visit Disneyland again and see Mickey and friends. He got excited, he then told us what he saw the last time we went there.
Ethan said: mickey...minnie...pluto....desy....goofy...bye-bye....(he remembered the parade that we saw and us waving goodbye to those characters as the parade ended the last time we visited Disneyland).
This time, we visited the Disney California Adventure.
The theme park is not as big as Disneyland, in fact it's much smaller. We were having a difficult time at first getting Ethan to entar live perfomance shows. He got scared, i don't know why, he just didn't like seeing live on stage shows. He cried and asked us to get out when we wanted him to see Playhouse Disney show. Thank God he enjoyed "Aladin". That show was a 1 hour show and it was beautiful. I recommend to see Aladin show when you visit Disney California Adventure. I think this was the highlight of our trip.
For sure, we'd come back again to Disneyland, i'm not sure about going back to CA Adventure though.
Friday, June 12, 2009
When Ethan is 2 years old and 2 weeks
Spelling
Ethan can spell more letters now. Last night, as we finished eating dinner at a pho restaurant, we took a walk down the restaurant complex. I tested him to spell the letters from the display words from the stores’ windows. He managed to spell a few of them correctly. Ex: A, B, C, D, E, F, M, H, O,...
Wait and stand in Line
Ethan understands when mommy told him to wait. He’s learning to stand in line now.
Saying 2 words
The most often phrase would be: mommy come, papi come, nai-nai come!
Understand us better
Ethan can understand pretty much what we say to him. Ex: Ethan, ride on your stroller when we arrive at the market, okay. And he replied: No, walk! He can now hold onto our hands when we walk in public places. He was not able to do this before,
Good appetite
Ethan looks chubbier nowadays. We just love to “cubit-cubit paha” Ethan. He also enjoys when we “cubit-cubit paha”-nya.
Make own story
Ethan would speak in his language and end the sentence in an understand word: Ex: “(gibberish talking)….No”. “(gibberish talking)….Okay”. “(gibberish talking)….tung-tung (hurt)”.
Imitate everything
I mean everything.. yeahhh….! He’s learning by watching us.
Remember directions
He knows which way to go to Ernie’s house (he’s our neighbor son). He knows which way to turn when mommy drives Nai-Nai to adult school (he sees the school on his left side and point it to that direction).
Learn to bath by himself
He can wet himself from hair to toe by using “gayung”.
Begin to understand there’s hot and cold
Before Ethan says “dingin” (meaning cold) to any temperature. Now he can say hot and cold.
Help Mommy and Nai-Nai buy grocery
Ethan can get the milk, bread and prepackaged chicken and put them into the trolley.
Ethan can spell more letters now. Last night, as we finished eating dinner at a pho restaurant, we took a walk down the restaurant complex. I tested him to spell the letters from the display words from the stores’ windows. He managed to spell a few of them correctly. Ex: A, B, C, D, E, F, M, H, O,...
Wait and stand in Line
Ethan understands when mommy told him to wait. He’s learning to stand in line now.
Saying 2 words
The most often phrase would be: mommy come, papi come, nai-nai come!
Understand us better
Ethan can understand pretty much what we say to him. Ex: Ethan, ride on your stroller when we arrive at the market, okay. And he replied: No, walk! He can now hold onto our hands when we walk in public places. He was not able to do this before,
Good appetite
Ethan looks chubbier nowadays. We just love to “cubit-cubit paha” Ethan. He also enjoys when we “cubit-cubit paha”-nya.
Make own story
Ethan would speak in his language and end the sentence in an understand word: Ex: “(gibberish talking)….No”. “(gibberish talking)….Okay”. “(gibberish talking)….tung-tung (hurt)”.
Imitate everything
I mean everything.. yeahhh….! He’s learning by watching us.
Remember directions
He knows which way to go to Ernie’s house (he’s our neighbor son). He knows which way to turn when mommy drives Nai-Nai to adult school (he sees the school on his left side and point it to that direction).
Learn to bath by himself
He can wet himself from hair to toe by using “gayung”.
Begin to understand there’s hot and cold
Before Ethan says “dingin” (meaning cold) to any temperature. Now he can say hot and cold.
Help Mommy and Nai-Nai buy grocery
Ethan can get the milk, bread and prepackaged chicken and put them into the trolley.
Friday, May 29, 2009
2nd year old check up
Ethan and I saw Ethan's new pedic doctor at Diamond Bar Kaiser Permanente Clinic yesterday for his 2 years old check up. We transferred from Baldwin Park to Diamond Bar since it's much closer to our house. I am so grateful for this new clinic which just opened last year. It makes my driving much more convenient.
Check up was good.
Height: 34.5" (50 - 70% growth percentile)
Weight: 33.2 lbs (95% growth percentile), Doctor told me to start giving Ethan 2% reduced fat milk since Ethan has gained a lot of weight over the last 6 months.
Doctor also ordered Ethan's 1st blood test for anemia. We went to the lab. The nurse that drew Ethan's blood was VERY unprofessional. To begin with, he made Ethan scared of him by the way he talked to Ethan. We needed to draw 2 tubes of blood. The 1st tube was fine and when we got to the 2nd tube somehow the blood was not flowing fast enough to fill the 2nd tube and Ethan was crying and struggling the whole time. The nurse began to pinch Ethan's upper arm expecting the blood to flow faster, didn't work. He somehow began to pull out the needle just a bit away, then inserted a bit deeper. THAT MUST HURT! Then after it's all finished, the nurse told me that the 2nd tube might not be enough. If it's not enough, Ethan has to go back and draw the blood again. Then he asked me if i wanted to have him take the blood one more time just in case the 2nd tube is not enought and i said: NO MY SON IS IN PAIN.
Ethan stopped crying as soon as I held him in my arms and walked away from the nurse. Ethan even said bye-bye to the nurse as we exited the lab room. My son can still be polite to him after that horrible blood draw experience.
At home, Ethan told Nai2 what happened.
Ethan: "Nai-Na..tung-tung (pain/hurt), Om (a man).." as he pointed to his left arm.
Translation: Nai-na....i'm hurt by a man.
Check up was good.
Height: 34.5" (50 - 70% growth percentile)
Weight: 33.2 lbs (95% growth percentile), Doctor told me to start giving Ethan 2% reduced fat milk since Ethan has gained a lot of weight over the last 6 months.
Doctor also ordered Ethan's 1st blood test for anemia. We went to the lab. The nurse that drew Ethan's blood was VERY unprofessional. To begin with, he made Ethan scared of him by the way he talked to Ethan. We needed to draw 2 tubes of blood. The 1st tube was fine and when we got to the 2nd tube somehow the blood was not flowing fast enough to fill the 2nd tube and Ethan was crying and struggling the whole time. The nurse began to pinch Ethan's upper arm expecting the blood to flow faster, didn't work. He somehow began to pull out the needle just a bit away, then inserted a bit deeper. THAT MUST HURT! Then after it's all finished, the nurse told me that the 2nd tube might not be enough. If it's not enough, Ethan has to go back and draw the blood again. Then he asked me if i wanted to have him take the blood one more time just in case the 2nd tube is not enought and i said: NO MY SON IS IN PAIN.
Ethan stopped crying as soon as I held him in my arms and walked away from the nurse. Ethan even said bye-bye to the nurse as we exited the lab room. My son can still be polite to him after that horrible blood draw experience.
At home, Ethan told Nai2 what happened.
Ethan: "Nai-Na..tung-tung (pain/hurt), Om (a man).." as he pointed to his left arm.
Translation: Nai-na....i'm hurt by a man.
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.
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