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!
 

Ben the Ghost goes trick/treating!

When our Building Administrator announced that we were going to have a Halloween party, we knew right away that you just had to come as Ben the Ghost, the main character in “Say Boo!”, one of your favourite books. Like Ben the Ghost, we practiced all week so that you could say “Boo!” 

You and bestie Alon (who came as He-Man) went trick/treating!

There were, however, lots of other scary characters at the party;

 so scary they didn’t even need to say “Boo!”

 

 

 

Even Mommy, your yaya, and Norma tried to be scary!

 

 

 

 

P.S. This is our second Halloween party.  Last year, you came as a skeleton J

happy 1st birthday!



Preparing to go to the airport

They say that one year olds don’t remember their first birthday.   But we didn’t take any chances. In fact, we didn’t have a first birthday party for you when you turned One … we had FOUR birthday parties! J

A week before your birthday, we flew to Adelaide via Kuala Lumpur.  It was fitting that you and Mommy were the ones who travelled since it was Daddy who flew to Manila the day before you were born.

Party 1

This was on 14 September, the day of your birthday. We had a barbecue at Zio Eugene and Zia/Ninang Luisa’s place.  We did an “Oh Baby, Go Baby” theme which we lifted from one of your favourite books.  You had a birthday cake which looked like the book cover, and we adopted a yellow and blue colour scheme.  We made a special video for you chronicling your progress the past 12 months! For souvenirs, we gave out music cds with a jacket insert of an adaptation of the “Oh Baby, Go Baby” book.  

Oh Baby, Go Baby! (adaptation from a Dr. Seuss book)

Birthday cake

CD jacket






Party 2

Your lolo, lola, tiyos, tiyas, and cousins in Tacloban City had a special lunch in honour of you (we were in Adelaide at that time)! Talk about love, long distance!

Party 3

The Friday before we flew back to Manila, we had another birthday barbie for you (in Oz-land, they call a barbecue a barbie..). Of course, this called for another birthday cake J

Party 4
When we got back to Manila, Mommy celebrated your birthday with office friends.  Yes, still another birthday cake!

Click here for the video

Hope you enjoyed your first birthday belloching. You are so much loved!

Cheers to more adventures!

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!