Mooo Mooo Mooo

Cayden returned from his trip and I finally saw him on Friday evening!

He picked up new skills and obviously he created a scene at home because he was simply irressistable! Cayden is able to mimick a cow, a kangeroo and a dog!

I am glad that Cayden was able to play with big dogs at close proximity. Uncle Chris has a golden retriever (named Honey) in Australia and Cayden had a great time bonding with the Honey. Honey allowed Cayden to poke her, pulled her ears and allowed Cayden to leaned on her while he sits on the carpet. Obviously Cayden missed Honey even now. Cayden has this soft toy dog at home and has treated the toy as Honey. Whenever we ask him "Where's Honey?", he looked for the soft toy and then if he is in a good mood, he will kiss the toy! *LOVELY*

Cayden had the opportunity to see kangeroos, Horses, Cows and Emus live! He was deeply facsinated with the hopping skills of kangeroos. When we asked how does kangeroo hops, Cayden stands on his feet and attempts to jump on the spot twice (each time). When we asked how cow moos, Cayden pouts his lips and looks at you! This behaviour is somewhat similar to boo-boo skills he mastered when he was younger. Nonetheless, Cayden uses the moo-moo skill to express his dissatisfaction. When Uncle Sam attempted to cuddle Cayden, Cayden didn't enjoy that moment and did a moo-moo face to express his unhappiness! *SMART*

Fortunately the trip has proven to be an educational one for Cayden and there are evident signs that Cayden is learning well. :) Cayden is able to remember most things lately. He is able to identify Uncle Sam, Aunty Linda, Aunty Janet and HONEY!

Let's plan for his next trip... to Dubai...?

While He Enjoys....

his trip with the rest of the elders in the family, poor Aunty Yang Ming had a terrible shock at home today.

She called and sounded frantic over the phone and I asked what happened. She said "The rubbish chute is fumigated and there are cockroaches everywhere!!!!". Poor Aunty Yang Ming, she couldn't stand such crawlies creepies but had to deal with them face to face at home today.

Fortunately Uncle Ryan came to her rescue and helped eliminated about 8 cockroaches of various sizes to keep Aunty Yang Ming cool. For his herotic act he received a bowl of love noodles (aka instant noodles). Aunty Yang Ming will be moving over to stay with me over the weekend just to kill the time.

While he enjoys, we are living a frugal life here... BOO HOO!!!!

He'll Be Visiting Australia....

Kids these days are so fortunate! Cayden is taking SQ flight to Australia tonight to visit Aunty Janet and Uncle Chris.

I still remember the good old days when Grandpa brought the whole family to Cameron Highlands... That got everyone really excited at home even though it means travelling in a mini-van overnight.

In preparation of his trip, Grandma and Mom had to make sure Cayden's daily necessities are taken care of. I got a msn message this morning that said Cayden cried so badly last night because he didn't have his Kuma to hold onto during bedtime. Oh man! Kuma needs a shower before the trip and because Cayden cried so badly, Grandma had to use the hairdryer to get Kuma dry...

I can imagine how the custom officer will glare at Cayden if he refuses to let go of Kuma. I can't imagine how dirty Kuma will be if we leave Kuma in the basket for x-ray check... Oh man!

Anyways, I've been so busy lately to blog... Have to get back into the motion soon hopefully over the weekend when Cayden is out of town. :)

Naughty Naughty Naughty Boy!!!

Learning to Blow!

Lady Like Laughter!

A Healthy Baby

Two days back, Cayden made a visit to the pediatric (perhaps cum orthopedic) clinic for his annual bone review. He had to make this trip a year after he was placed in cast for a fractured on his thigh bone. Fortunately, there were no long term complications on his development despite the fracture. Cayden is a healthy baby! :)

As of 20 Feb 08, Cayden weighed 9.8 kg and is standing tall at 75 cm. The readings are classified in the 75 percentile. His head circumference is about 45 cm and is considered to be in the 50 percentile. As of today, he has about 8 teeth too and more are appearing. Woo Hoo!

His brain is developing well too. He enjoys playing flash cards and will focus on the cards as soon as someone sits in front of him with the set of Fruit & Vegetable flash cards. The sense of satisfaction in educating Cayden using the flash cards is extremely rewarding. Majority of the time Cayden could identify the fruits or vegetables we wanted him to point out. I supposed he was distracted with other matters if he couldn't get the answer right (I could be wrong though...).

In a sms I received from Mummy Irene on 12 February 2008, Cayden tried walking unassisted a few steps. About 2 Wednesdays/Thursdays ago, he tried walking unassisted and fell hard! He had a bruise on his cheek subsequently. We think it hurts because when we touched his cheek and asked if it is pain, Cayden placed his palm on his head and stroked it twice as how we taught him to express his pain. Earlier this week on 19 February 08 @ 19:40 hrs, I received another SMS from Mummy Irene and the message reads:

"Cayden walks v far! He's going to make it b4 his birthday! He's v happy and kept showing off his skill with raised hands!"

I should also mention about his emotional intelligence developments too! He's pretty sensitive to the moods of the adults too. There's this dialect term "Sai Nai" to describe the way one tries to act innocent and cute. Cayden is good at sai-nai-ing! He knows if he made someone upset, he would give that someone a big kiss usually on the lips. Sometimes, he would just rest his head on someone's shoulder or bury his head into someone's neck, look at that individual's response and lay his head back onto the same spot. This usually sends most people at home melting!

Today marks Cayden's first year and first day arrival into our Family. His developments have been really impressive so far. His future ahead will be very bright!