Cut my hair, pleez!!

Mummy brought the cheeky boy for a haircut today. Mama, auntie yas and jie jie chrissy went along as well. Initially, it was juz supposed to be mummy bringing ryan alone but jie jie wanted to go 'gai gai' as well so poor mama had to get changed and off we went to Jean Yip with ryan in his new ride, the MacLaren Volo!

Once we got to Jean Yip, ryan's stylist, Ken took over and as usual, mummy had to carry ryan on her lap and distract him so that Ken could work his magic! Mama too, played a part in distracting ryan with his biscuits. It took Ken about 15 minutes to simply cut the little rascal's hair but I must say that ryan was pretty well-behaved actually! No fussing and unnecessary screaming! Simply carrying out amusing antics and irritating the stylist with his constant looking at the mirror to see what's being done to his hair!

Daddy wasn't very pleased with the end product coz it wasn't short enough at the sides...mummy thinks it looks just fine actually! Hehehe, difference in opinions I guess! But whatever it is, our boy still looks as good as ever! Handsome little one! The daddy will definitely agree coz everyone ALWAYS says ryan looks just like his daddy! Sigh...I'm pretty sure he'll look so much better if he had mummy's genes! Hehe...

RYAN'S FINALLY WALKING ON HIS OWN!!!! *woohoo*

*WOOHOO!!!* my lil boy is finally walking on his own unaided!!! wat a milestone it is today! for weeks now we have been trying to entice him to walk on his own by standing at least about 1m away and each time after a few steps, he will plomp on his butt and start crawling towards us! so we kinda concluded he's just plain lazy and would rather crawl faster to get to his destination! hehehe... we were at guild house having dinner with the entire family to celebrate baby ethan's 1st month. halfway through dinner, uncle rodney revealed that with his "method", ryan could walk more than 10 steps on his own and i was flabbergasted! OMG! i stopped munching and demanded a re-enactment rightaway! he stood and said "watch this!" he went over to ryan who was busily chasing his cousins ian and chrissy around, of course strolling from chair to chair. rod brought ryan to a fairly open space and with mama in the distance as 'target', he said "let's walk to mama". ryan with his outstretched hands, seemingly to balance himself as if on a tight rope, began walking steadily towards mama! and as we counted the number of steps! it soon reached 10 and counting!! i was like *speechless*. uncle steven immediately took out his videocam and said "Again!" and that was precisely wat ryan did! hehehehehe.... another fantastic reward of parenthood!!!! alas, it may be the start of our nitemare of chasing him around now! it was truly a sight to behold and soon after even the maids were trying to entice ryan to walk towards different 'targets'! ehehehhe... it seems that each time that baby ethan has a milestone, ryan would celebrate it with one of his own! just like when baby ethan was born and ryan took his first steps! and today, another milestone together! gong gong brought ryan out towards the lounge for a "walk" with ryan in tow and he was happily laughing/screaming away! he must be overwhelmed with his new found skill minus the lack of confidence! I AM ONE PROUD DADDY!! hahahahaha.... he must be really exhausted after all that walking cos he's fast alseep next to me now. my lil rascal aka pride & joy! till the next milestone!

RYAN'S 1ST SWIM CLASS! *it's only a trial though*

i brought ryan for his 1st ever swim class ALONE!! mummy was supposed to be ard as well but due to some unforseen ridiculous reason (request to apply for childcare leave was turned down cos of contact time), i had the honours to bring my lil boy alone with maximum bonding time!! hehehhe... and of course mummy is still fuming to date and has demanded to bring him swimming this sat! the swim session was organised by aunt ivy aka perper for the 06 babies (trinity, jayden, javier, cayden, dexter & ryan) and it was held at the NTU alumni house over at one-north. it was a breezy afternoon and expectedly the water was *brrrr* cool! had to single-handedly change ryan out of his clothes and into his swimwear and it was no easy feat! aunt ivy offered to help but i insist i was fine (must appear competent!) ryan was rather co-operative and soon after he was ready for his swim! while waiting for aunt lina aka keikei and aunt 'caymom' to arrive, we were told to bring our lil ones to the edge of the pool for some 'warm-up' preps. i was amazed that jayden and trinity were walking on their own already and very fast at that and realised its just that ryan's rather lazy to start doing that now! hmph! the occasional splashing of the 'cool' water was rather enjoying and ryan appeared 'warmed-up' and was ready! when everyone was ready, i realised i was still in my tee & berms! OMG! thank goodness aunt lina's maid was there to help hang on to ryan while i zoomed to the chair and stripped! the entire session was thoroughly enjoyable except for the part where the coach came over to ryan for his turn to get orientated! as usual, due to his high level of stranger anxiety (which was never apparent til a few months back), he wailed and screamed much to my embarrassment! he had to stand out among his peers! hahahahahha.... aunt sally aka sweetpea was busily snapping away while we were 'swimming' and i must say, the pics were great! absolutely priceless!! then came the moment i dread! it's shower time!! i carried ryan to the bathroom, stripped him and tried to rinse off the clorinated water without any soap (since grandma's gona bathe him soon enough when we reach home anyway). as usual, dressing him up was an extremely mind boggling and tedious affair! had to distract him with my car key, his mickey rattler, etc just to put on his romper and shoes! wat a struggle! but i kinda enjoyed it and felt good about it all! alas! i could bring ryan out single-handedly wifout crying for help! hehehhe.... we gave aunt jerene aka missy and javier a lift to holland v before heading for grandma's place! it was truly a great experience and a memorable one too! cant wait for the upcoming MyGym trial at great world this sat!

ryan's teeth update!

woohoo! ryan's 4th tooth is finally sprouting out too!! *jumping for joy* when will his first molar appear?!! my lil monster has been bugging us to feed him whenever we are munching or having our meals!! but at least he's growing very well! hehehe....