Many faces of Ethan

 Ethan having fun with the camera ;p Pictures taken at CKS Millenium meant for the Johnson & Johnson Baby Contest but I managed to get Ethan's pictures taken just for the fun of it...not meant for the baby contest as it was meant for those 3 yrs and below only ;p

Ethan is 4 today!!

Oh my.. how time flies..

Look how you've changed. Look, how you've grown

You've filled our heart with so much joy

We're so very proud of our little boy

Both Mummy and Daddy...and your lil baby brother Eli too

Wishing Happy 4th Birthday especially to you our ever dearest Ethan

As every day passes and we watch you grow

Our love will be constant we want you to know.

Poem adapted from HappinessPages

Photo of the day

Ethan at 6 months old

Eli at 12 months old.

My precious...

My world...brotherly love..

My two boys...thy grow oh so fast....Ethan is going to be 4 in June while Eli just turned 1 early this month. Like most boys at his age, Ethan is into super heroes. His favs are Batman, Ultraman, Spiderman, Superman and Ironman. Eli on the other hand is hooked with the Disney Chanel cartoon characters...among his favs are Mickey Mouse where he will dance to the Mickey Mouse songs without fail! ;p He loves Timmy Time and and Pororo too. And as long as theres' music on he will pause from whatever he was doing and glued his eyes to the telly and start his groovy moves heee...I will have to record his dancing moves one of these days as remembrance..he just look so awfully cute! ;p Can't wait to see them in bit! :)

Men in uniform

He might not be a man yet but to me he does look good in his school uniform ;p

Finally, after weeks of waiting, he finally gets to wear his new uniform along with his new white rubber shoes & socks. The look of a growing boy... I loike :)

Eli & Noah

When SIL and her entourage i.e. Joshua, Moira & Noah came over a couple of weeks ago, I quickly took some photos of Eli and Noah…both of them were born on the same year with only about 3 months apart. Eli was born early March while Noah was born end of June. Ethan and Moira were born on the same year in 2007 too…about 3 months apart as well…Ethan was born in early June while Moira was born around middle of March...

The two tiger babies...

Noah seems ready for a boxing match ;p

The four cousins…the pigs and the tigers…they are supposed to be compatible with each other as pig is the secret friend of tiger in Chinese horoscope :)

Eli and his Dodu

The bigger kids having a blast…at that juncture, Moira was being outnumbered by the 3 boys and 2 baby boys (1:5) in the house ;p

Birthday celebration

We celebrated Uncle Tony's 66th birthday last Sunday at the Emperor Restaurant and while Ethan was having so much fun with the cousins ...Eli was 'socialising' with other extended family members especially from hubby's side...more pictures in my FB :)

Ethan having the time of his life ;p

Lil' Eli with Uncle Nicky

BTW, see how 'playful' Ethan is even to his teenage uncle...tsk tsk tsk...

and oh...talking about birthday...I turned 39 yesterday!! Looking foward to the big 40 next August and yes I am not afraid to tell my age nor do I feel ashame about it!! ;p what I wish more is to grow old gracefully and hopefully as I age I will be a much stronger and wiser person. So here cheers to myself!! :)

My poor kiddos

Both Ethan and baby Eli has been under the whether...Ethan has just recovered while baby Eli is still recovering from mouth ulcer... due to that both of them have not been eating well especially Ethan. He seems to have lost some weight as he didn't want to take his usual meals ... nor does he want to take his milk or water especially for the first 2 days. Actually, I didn't realise he has mouth ulcer and I was wondering why he doesn't want to take his milk or water...it was only when he started to whine and cry and kept pointing to his mouth when he was eating his banana that I realised he has mouth ulcer...when I first saw the ulcer I thought he might have caught the HFMD but a visit to his paed confirm it is not...phew...what a relieve ... but from then on he refused to eat his usual meals...at least for 3 days...luckily it was during the weekend so we could do a trial and error on what he can or will eat...though his appetite was bad at least he could take in some noodles and most of all his favourite Baby Bytes biscuits...he could finished up to 4 packets and even more if I didn't stop him ;p He was able to eat the butter/cheese spread sandwich that I prepared for him too.. as for his milk I reduced the hot water so it won't hurt his ulcer while feeding... he has no objection with hard boiled egg (only the white part) too...

Talking about medicine, previously, it was like World War III to feed Ethan his medicine...at times we need 3 people just to feed him medicines - one person to hold his head and mouth, another to hold his super strong legs while the 3rd person to feed him the medicine... but giving him his medicine nowadays is a lot more manageable...the trick is that we have to tell him that those are his vitamins instead of medicines ;p

Here's Ethan eating his cut and peeled grapes...

As for Eli..it is more heartbreaking as he can't speak. The only way he could tell us he is in pain is by crying and crying he did...a lot...till he almost lost his voice :( Poor baby his ulcer must have hurt him more as compare to Ethan...it's really heartbreaking to hear him cry for food and at the same time cry due to the pain...but as of last nite...the pain may have reduced as he didn't cry when I fed him his last milk before bedtime (I made his milk with no hot water..just room temperature boiled water...) Just hope he will recover soon ...

But am thankful that despite the mouth ulcer both boys are as active as ever...so that is a good sign :)

Just like his big bro, Eli doesn't like to take medicine too. He started to protest even before the medicine goes into his mouth ;p

Ethan's 3rd Birthday

We initially planned to celebrate Ethan's birthday at his playschool this year. Unfortunately hubby was away for almost 3 weeks and only managed to come home exactly on Ethan's special day in the evening. So we had a small celebration just among us at PIL's last nite instead :)

I wanted to have Elmo cuppies or cake to bring to his playschool...since that was cancelled I ordered cheese cake from Strawberry Cakehouse instead...

Hubby lighting the candles while Ethan waiting patiently...

Ethan getting impatient ;p


Birthday boy posing for the camera! :)

Blowing the candles..but it was hubby who blew the candles out in the end ;p

Cut the cake!
Another pose while cutting his cake ;)

"Nah...here's a squashed piece for you Daddy!" ;p

Photo of the day

My two little rascals ;p

Life is a bliss...

...especially with these two little boys in our life...

Sweet brotherly love...

Since the arrival of Baby Eli, Ethan has been a great Koko (big brother). He adores his lil' bro as he will always ask for his shoes right after he has his dinner at PILs' (after playschool) and ask to go home to see baby Eli pronto ;p I was told that once he got mad and cried when BIL had to finish up some work before sending him home ;p He is such a sweet little Big Bro to Baby Eli...

His first encounter with Baby Eli...his first reaction was "Who's this?" ;p
Ethan meets Baby Eli for the first time :)

Nenen together ;p

Ethan & Baby Eli

Ethan: Me & my lil' bro :)

Ethan gave Baby Eli a loving kiss before going off to his playschool..ain't he such a sweetie ;p

Our precious boys...

I love the way he holds Baby Eli...so protective ;p

Baby Eli getting another loving kiss from his Koko Ethan :)

Today is special...

It's our 3rd wedding anniversary...

...and Ethan who is now 15.6kg turns 2 years 4 months :)