Playtime with Cousins

Vid taken on 07/02/09

A family gathering at our house on a weekend. As Jiaxin was too young to travel far then, my parents, Qian, Hui and her kids had came over to visit us.

The kids had a good time playing together and jumping in the playpen. :) I am glad the kids are getting on very well, especially Jieming and Yaoren who are about the same age. Jieming shared toys with Yaoren voluntarily and Yaoren also reciprocated. So I thought that Yaoren has learnt to give, and to share, but later he took Rui-En's water bottle and refused to return. Rui-En cried but Yaoren was unapologetic. Guess we still need to work a bit more on this, cos sometimes Yaoren was jealous when Jiaxin was playing with his old toys.

No Business for Yun Nan

Same as Yaoren, Jiaxin has alot of hair when she was born and like me, their hair colour is a little brown. Unique huh? :D

I remember that when Yaoren was born, he had very long hair, much longer than Jiaxin's, and his hair kept 'standing up' all the time, like Dragonball's. He also had golden face hair then, which makes him look very special. :)

Jiaxin had very neat hair when she was born, as though she had combed it before meeting us parents for the first time. She was also more hairy than Yaoren. When I first saw her, I was quite surprised to find that she has got so much hair. Cos Jiaxin has got hair on her forehead, ears and arms, I thought it was not very ladylike. Luckily now it's not so obvious and she is looking prettier day by day! :)

Pic taken on 15/01/09

Jiaxin, after a haircut on her Full Month celebration.

Pic taken on 17/01/09

Craze with Phones

Pic taken on 22/01/09

Yaoren sitting on the sofa and playing with the house telephone. Cool huh? He was very interested in playing with telephones and talking to don't-know-who then. He would quickly take other people's handphones whenever he could and talk happily, after pressing some buttons on the phones. He could also differentiate a real handphone from a toy handphone and is totally not interested in the latter. So sometimes he would play with our handphones when we leave them within his reach and would not let us subsititute it with a toy handphone. :( But then again, sometimes he would play along with us when we use the fan remote controller/calculator/unused diaper/soft toy/hand as a handphone. It all depends on his mood. Haha

2 videos of Yaoren talking on the phone. Notice how he acts like an adult when using phone. :D

Vid taken on 22/03/09

Vid taken on 23/03/09

The MacDonald's Outing

Aiksoon wanted me to list a few things I would like to do before I gave birth, so that I will 'obediently' go into confinement (I disliked confinement mainly cos I hated not being able to bath). I listed down a few things, and going to MacDonalds's together and having hotcakes for breakfast was one of these. :)

Hence a month before I gave birth, our family of 3 went to MacDonald's. Attached are some pics of the outing, with Aiksoon feeding Yaoren food and him asking me to take pics of them having MacDonald's breakfast.

Pics taken on 28/11/08

Then Yaoren befriended a little girl who was very nice and friendly. They kept smiling at each other... till Yaoren caught sight of another beautiful girl who, regrettedly, was walking side by side with her boyfriend. Too bad... haha

You can see that the little girl was obviously not pleased with Yaoren... haha

Walking the dog??

Pic taken on 24/11/08

This is Aiksoon training Yaoren intensively for walking.

Actually it's our shower hose and Aiksoon had taken it down to change. Yaoren wanted to play with it and refused to let go. Haha

Yaoren and Aiksoon

Pic taken on 23/11/08

A very nice picture of both father and son! I think this pic shows how close they are. Between me and Aiksoon, Yaoren prefers him more. I guess it's because Aiksoon plays with him more often. I was also pregnant then and now I have to take care of Jiaxin (Adelaide), that's why Aiksoon has the opportunity to 'snatch' him away from me. :/

During my 2nd pregnancy period, we noticed Yaoren started to become naughty and cranky. He would cry and throw tantrums often. I remember that when he went to bed every night, he would cry alot. I could also sense that Yaoren was hurt, perhaps it's because he thought that we do not love him anymore now that we have another baby. We had prepared him by telling him he is going to be a big brother soon and that we will love him all the same, but it did not help much. His crankiness finally ended when I gave birth to Jiaxin. He is still jealous of his sister though, at times bullying her. But he is becoming better already, they can now be placed side by side and Yaoren will even try to pass her a toy. Will show you the pic soon! :)

Yaoren learning to walk

Pic taken on 16/11/08

A pic of Yaoren learning to walk, with Aiksoon helping him.
Yaoren can walk now, after just 2 weeks of 'intensive' training. Actually he can learn to walk much earlier, but his development was delayed by my second pregnancy.
I will be posting pics of him walking soon. :)

We like to jump!

Pics taken on 16/11/08

Yaoren and 2 of his cousins jumping on their grandparents' bed for fun!

The girl in the middle is Faith and the one on the right is Andrea.

Notice Yaoren's funny expression in the 2nd pic. haha

Guess who is Yaoren's favourite playmate? His grandfather, who is on the left. Whenever he spots his grandfather, he will stop whatever he is doing and want him to carry and go outside to play. :)

D&T Boy

Pics taken on 16/11/08

Aiksoon wants Yaoren to play with toys that are more hands on so he bought Yaoren these toy tools. Yaoren was interested in these toys for a while and even played with the toys in his bathtub. But kids being kids, he grew tired of the toys quickly and now, some of these toys are broken. :/

Yaoren choosing Xmas presents

Pics taken on 15/11/08

'Papa, can I have this for Xmas?'

You would have thought he was concentrating and reading quietly. But no, he was looking at xmas gifts catalogues and busily choosing presents, pointing this toy and that. :)