S is for Sage

A very special girl
From Melbourne
Came to visit
Last Easter-time

P is for Plant

It made it to Easter
It made it to Anzac Day
We are looking forward
To having it around
On the Queen's Birthday!

B is for Book Club

Showing your friends
What adventures can be had
Inside the pages of a book

S is for Surprise

You were not feeling
The best today.
Runny nose
Fever.

A package
From the post
Made our day!

S is for Sharing

Twice more the fun
When you share.

what I want to be when I grow up



Daddies' look-alikes

Your friend, Nathan, celebrated his birthday with the theme, “What I Want to Be When I Grow Up”, which probably meant, “What Mom Wants Me to Be When I Grow Up” J

Nathan was quite sharp as a grand prix winner. You and Samantha came as doctors. There was a police officer, a nurse, a lawyer, an Admiral, and even a NASA personnel!

 

The doctors are in

 

 

Ricky the Magician came to perform some magic tricks.

He made a big fan out of you that day!
 

anton lee @ 11 months (part 1)

Good morning world! I am now 11 months!

Daddy wrote this poem for you (yes, Daddy will give that bard Shakespeare some serious competition):

I’ve learned how to sit, stand, laugh, and squeal
Now I can “walk”,
It’s been almost a year!
The fun has only begun
Who would have guessed
I’m about to turn one!

There were two activities this month which you were so passionate about:

Looking at your books -

Anton Lee's indignant "do not disturb me" look at 10.25 months

Also interested in Mommy's book!

 

"What does the lion say?" "Roar!"

 

and learning to walk -

Thank you Abby for lending me your Moonwalker!

 

In between these two very serious, time-consuming activities, you’ve managed to make some new friends. As the great boxer Muhammad Ali said, “Friendship… is not something you learn in school.  But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”

Antonella's 1st birthday party

with Caterina and Matthew

"Hello Harold, glad to meet you!"



with Abby

with Nathan and first friend Alon

anton lee @ 10 months

Cruising at 10 months

 

The past four weeks have been a series of exciting social activities for you.

 

At Ninong Ricky's and Ninang Menchu's
 at Tagaytay

 

 

 

 

On the weekend you turned 9 months, we drove all the way to Tagaytay to visit your Ninong Ricky and Ninang Menchu.  Travelling 65 kilometers each way was nothing to you (this was your longest road trip to date)! You enjoyed the scenery and when that was enough sight-seeing for you, you just went off to dreamland.  You had a great time crawling your Ninong and Ninang’s long corridor and taking in the fresh morning air afterwards.  You also went along with our sampling of restaurants and listened closely to adult conversation about politics, the economy, and similar serious stuff.

 

 

The weekend after that, we spent at the Richmonde Hotel, Eastwood City, where Mommy and Daddy got married.  Your Ninang Cristine was a fantastic babysitter, reading to you the books we brought with us.

Then the weekend following, you went to not one but two birthday parties in one day. We joined our first parlour game. Was so much fun!

 

Alon's "wavey" birthday

 

Princess Janice's birthday at McDonald's

 

The day after, we drove all the way to Nuvali City, which is 50 kilometers from Manila. It was your Tita Connie’s birthday and we spent the whole day with your cousins, aunties, and uncles on your mother’s side.

This month has been one of great achievements for you.  You can already walk and run while holding on to someone, and slowly cruise while holding on to objects.  You also like your teeth being brushed (six of them!). Just rightly so, because you’re eating varied foods now in addition to your usual fruits and vegetables – ground beef with potatoes and carrots, lentils with fish, and today, your first Filipino spaghetti which Mommy cooked for your birthday!

 

Standing unassisted @ 9.25 months

Brushing teeth @ 9.75 months

First (Filipino) spaghetti @ 10 months

 

There’s not a boring moment with you belloching – reading, running, and even eating are activities charged with so much energy.

 

We're multi-taskers (eating while reading)!
@ 9.5 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’re counting the days now to your first birthday!

 

 

happy birthday dear friend!



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Alon and Anton @ 4 and (almost) 2 months, respectively

Your first friend is Alon. He lives in the same building where we live. His name means "wave". Mommy and Daddy have to bring you to a beach  so we can show you what a wave is. Looks like your friend is meant for big water adventures. Perhaps one day we will watch him  swim in the Olympics, setting new speed records!

Alon turned 1 year last week.  We went to his birthday party. It was so fun! Lots of games and great food! Mommy gave you your first taho (soya with caramel sauce and tapioca/sago pearls).  We also joined our first parlour game (pinning a tentacle on the pusit). Daddy was so thrilled when we told him about it after! :)


 

 

PS: Alon said thank you for your birthday present :)