Sand

First time on sand...

This one's for Jiayi...

Thanks, dear friend, for blessing Aik Kor's Nathalie and my Isaac with such beautiful dungarees! We purposely coordinated the kids' dressings over this Christmas eve at church, so that we can snap these photos specially for you, as a sign of our appreciation! :)

Christmas Eve Celebration at Church

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve celebration at church. Apart from a beautiful worship session filled with Christmas carols, and the kids putting up a skit on the true meaning of Christmas, we also screened a children animation called "The Gift". Thereafter, Pastor Adrian gave a sermon message whilst the kids were brought to a room where they had a fun and exciting time of games!

We were so tired after that. My hands were aching as i was the photographer for that day. YL was also tired as he was playing the guitar and thereafter he was tasked to take care of Isaac whilst Isaac's mum went around snapping pics! But it was all worth it. We had a couple of friends and family members accepting Christ that day! PRAISE GOD! In addition, all of us, be it the little children or us older adults had a lovely time fellowshipping with one another! There was so much job and laughter as we rejoice over the celebration of God's gift to us - the birth of Christ!

Images of the day's event may be found in the Riverplace Church's Flickr Chirstmas Album. I was really happy with how the photos turned out. Thank God! ; )

Merry Christmas to all!

huckleberry isaac

Don't know why... when i look at Isaac in his denim dungarees today, he reminded me of the fiction character Hucklerberry Finn! : )

Love is...

... spending time with your loved one watching God's beautiful paintings upon the skies...

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[Picture taken with sze's nokia handphone during the September trip to Tokyo, Japan]

Me and my Pop

Isaac is in this 'I-want-to-stick-to-Daddy' phase. Everytime he sees his Daddy, he will follow him around... His daddy would gladly oblige by playing with him. Sze is really happy for that as it means that she gets some time-off, and they get to do the "Father-and-son" bonding thingamy... : )

However, whenever Isaac is sleepy or cranky, he still comes to mummy for his hug and his cuddle. : )

Definitely walking now!

Hallelujah! Thank God for legs!

Yes, it was just a couple of days ago that we commented that the little one needs more confidence in walking on his own.

Can walk already! So "yaya-papaya"!

Today, we spent a whole afternoon at Isaac's paternal grandparents' place, as his grandaunt was celebrating her birthday. The large number of familiar guests/extended family members and cousins got Isaac so excited and happy...He just got up and walk up and down from one person to another, mingling around...

walking? no sweat! :)

walking a little!

Isaac can now take a few baby steps!
But he's still not confident with walking by himself.
He'll hang on to our hand and walk gleefully, but once we let go of his hand, he'll just sit his butt on the floor!

Gotta' build up his confidence a little more...but its a good start! : )

xylos

Remember when we said that we were looking for a xylo-piano for Isaac, and couldn't find one that we wanted?

In the end, Isaac's uncle YH and aunt LS bought him the tiger xylo-piano from little tikes!! And not only that, since then, he has received two more xylos!

One beautiful one that was made in italy that produced the most brilliant sounds that we've ever heard, and another four-note xylo that was made of wood~!

So now, he has one at home, one in his paternal grandparents' home and one in his maternal grandparents' home!!!

PRAISE GOD for his abundant blessings! : )

Don't want...

"Don't want..."

Remember us writing that Isaac had acquired the knack of 'shaking his head' and then smiling in glee, not really understanding what that meant? Now, it seems that he has understood the implication of 'shaking his head', i.e. it means "No" or "Don't want"!

When we want to feed him more food and he already had his fill, he would 'shake his head'.

Ask him to return to us our handphone(s) after letting him have a look at it (them), he would shake his head in defiant.

Just today, when a stranger invited him to come over to her, he looked at her straight in the eyes and then shook his head. : )