11 months as of 5th August 2008, Tuesday

Tristan is officially 11 months as of today! Yipee! I'm so happy. 1 more month and he will be 1 year old. In the past, when others celebrated their baby 1 year old, I will always think that the baby is an 'old baby' already. However, looking at my own Little Tristan, I can't help but think he is still so babyish.

Yesterday night was an amazing night. He looked at me and utter the word 'mama' softly because he wanted me to carry him from his cot. It really melts my heart. I tried to make him say it again but he simply refused. Nonetheless, it was really a feeling that is beyond description.

I'm now anxiously counting down to 5th September to celebrate his 1 year old. Cheers! =)

Walking? -- Not yet

I'm still waiting for the swimming photographs from my dearest sister. Hope to get them soon.

I think in the previous post I mentioned that Little Tristan has got 4 teeth coming out, but no no no, we found out these few days that it is actually 5 teeth popping at the same time. So excited! He looks so different when he smiles nowadays.

He is learning to stand without support at times when he feels like it. I managed to see him doing it last sat before his Shichida class. He stand for a few seconds without support and I felt so proud of him. I just can't wait for the day when he started walking, but think I will have another set of headache when that day comes. Oh, I may even slim down further cause I have to chase after him.

He is also making a lot more sounds and noise these days. Previously, he is a pretty quiet baby that I thought is quite unusual. Luckily he is more 'talkative' and noisy these days and it set my heart at ease. He will go 'ee ee', 'ah ah', 'eh eh' etc, it is actually quite funny and sometimes he tried to communicate with us with his baby language which we find it very amusing.

I will try to upload more recent photos of him the next time I blog. Still trying very hard to snap pictures of him smiling or laughing with his small little teeth showing. So cute...

Updates

Latest Update: Baby Tristan is 11.2 kg as of 2 weeks ago.

Did I ever mentioned that he is also teething? He had 4 teeth coming out at the same time. Finally!!! Anyway, he looks different now whenever he smiles or laughs. He is growing so fast by the days that I almost cannot catch up with his growth.

We brought him swimming 2 Saturdays ago. Snapped quite a few pictures but the photos are with my sister so will update when I get the pictures from her.

Swimming

We brought Baby Tristan swimming sometime end of march and early april so this post is like 3 months overdue. Heh...nonetheless, I still want to write about it because we finally brought him swimming on 2 separate occasions and another time just dipping in the water for a while. I think he likes to swim based on my observation. However, he needs time to get use to the water temperature before he can enjoy himself. I'm quite keen to bring him for a swim soon but need to arrange with my cousin, Val and see when she is free. Hopefully, I can have more updates on his swimming session soon.

First real swimming session:


See how happy Baby Tristan is!
The beautiful red hat doesn't belongs to Baby Tristan. It's either his cousin, Chloe's or Charlize's.

Second swimming session:

Noelle, my third sister is the one carrying him in this picture. Yes, she is pregnant and due anytime from now. We are all waiting patiently for Baby Sophie to arrive soon.

Oh, yah, I'm getting his swim suit soon. I don't think it is a good idea to let him wear his normal clothes for swimming, he may catch a cold. So hopefully, the next time I post his swimming session, he will be in his new swim suit! So cool.

Counting down - 10 months old

I'm counting down to Tristan 10 months old ---6 more days---
So far, his achievements are:

-- calling 'papa' most of the time (yes! he looks at me and call papa, duhz! Actually I thought most baby learn to call 'mama' first, how wrong I am with my own baby)

-- crawling around like nobody's business

-- running in his walker (that's dangerous! I know I know...but it usually only happen when I play 'monster' with him)

-- eating our food (He will be super duper unhappy if we eat and do not let him try the food)

-- having 3 teeth pop out at the same time (still in progress, I know compare to other baby he is a bit slow in tooth growth, but as long as they grow; i'm happy)

-- clapping his hands when asked to

-- saying 'bye bye' occasionally

That's all for the moment, will update if I think of any...cheers!

Baby Tristan Photoshoot

I know we neglected this blog for sometime, usual excuse, we were both very busy! Haha

Anyway, wanted to blog about his photoshoot on the day after the session but drag until now. I actually did all the collages very early but just couldn't find a proper time to do it as I was busy with my stuff during the hols.

We brought Baby Tristan for photoshoot at Foto-U because there was a promotion going on. The package was quite a good deal:

$120 for 1 hour shoot

unlimited number of shots

CD return to us

Three 8Rs

We had the shoot done on 13th June Friday. The first half an hour Baby Tristan was still enjoying himself, but the next half hour he was rather grouchy because he was tired already. Before the shoot actually ended, he fell asleep while complaining at the same time. It was an amusing sight. Overall, it was a wonderful experience and we (I think is we) enjoyed it very much! =) Hoping for more...

Bui Kia

Hahaha...my dear a.k.a silly old man to Little Tristan is really good at writing interesting entries...whereas the good old mummy only know how to post 'informative' and not-so-interesting entries.

Anyway, Little Tristan is growing at a much faster rate than I can imagine. We brought him to the PD on 7th April cause of his cough and weigh him at the same time.

Little TRISTAN is 10.1KG!

Slightly heavier than a bag of rice! So carrying him is as good as carrying a bag of rice walking around the house. Can you imagine that I can carry him for hours?! Gosh! Even I can't believe that I'm actually that strong!