Month#8 progress

Derrick is progressing well with his hand-eye coordination. He understands instruction and will happilly clap his hands when you instructed him so. No problem with right hand-left foot or vice versa movement when he is all on four mode. He is a happy go lucky boy and laugh easily at mommy or daddy's funny expression. He's also an avid fan of simple kid games like peekaboo, song singing, or baby tickling. I love my boy more and more and wish to hear him call mommy... He has started calling his papa at month#6.. when is mommy turn??? Below were some shots taken while on family outing at mengkuang dam.

Another milestone met, way to go baby!

My boy has finally fully recovered from his flu+running nose post CNY. He is also slowly recovering from dark circle under the eyes after I found out that he could be developing allergy towards dust, fur, etc. Quick update on his latest development: Great improvement in both fine and gross motor skills like able to pass object from one hand to another hand at ease, crawling at faster rate now. He loves ball, and will go chasing after the ball, uses his little hands to grasp the ball while trying to bounce it. He has no problem standing up while holding onto something, and followed by biting the next closest object that he sees. I admit its more tiring for me now, as he no longer sits or lye still waiting for mommy to command his limited mobility then. He also wakes up regularly for night feeding now as I think he needs more energy to support his growing mobility. Watching my baby grows bit by bit everyday brings joy and marvels into my life. His little achievement or progress from tossing over, mini push-ups, leg bouncing, grasping objects, standing ups, crawling, laugh at your expressions and cry when you raise your voice at him taught me a great deal about life. Baby doesnt stop learning, and falling down or hitting his head against the floor or hard surface does not stop their attempt to achive the next development milestone. He would cry a bit, but after a while of soothing, he is on his way to 'redo & retest' his capability :). We as adult, should live our life in such a way too be it our career, relationship, belief and dream. My Derrick opens up my eyes through the journey of a baby and the ups and downs along his progress. Mommy is damn proud of you darling ;). Attached are a few of his videos to be shared:

2010 CNY Family Gathering

This is the fist year I brought both Derrick and Charly back to my hometown, Sibu for CNY celebration. Its a rare opportunity as we dont reunite often, and Charly had the chance to get to know my family member better. Mom, especially is very friendly and upon seeing Charly, she handed him a super duper big buddha pendant and a Tibetan Tianzhu. Charly is of course, too awe strucken and overwhelmed by the friendliness nature that my family possessed. As for Derrick, everyone just love him soooo much. Throughout the 7 days stay in Sibu, I never had the chance to worry about nobody taking care of Derrick, as everyone just grab him whenever I brought him home or to the kopitiam. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family and yearn for coming CNY to approach soon. Below were some priceless moment that I've spent with my family. Hope everyone out there too, enjoy their special moments with their love ones.

I am glad to be of help

A friend called me yesterday, asking me for a favour. She recently realized she was pregnant with her 2nd child, approximately 5 months after her partner, M passed away. She was not legally married to M as he had a legal wife. I know this sounds crazy... Hence her first baby with M was named under M's family name with a legal birth cert but having additional remarks to state that this birth cert was produced without a marriage certificate. No issue with first baby. However, with the second baby on the way, due in coming June, the baby will be fatherless, as according to the JPN regulation, if the father fails to present and without any marriage certificate, the column to record father's detail will be left blank. And of course, not wanting her child to be fatherless or should I say she is more willing to have her child taking after her own family name if the 'father column' is to be left empty. After a few minutes googling for JPN details, I finally got the JPN contacts and all her concerns were solved by this wonderful JPN staff who answered my call. All my friend has to do is to produce the death cert of her partner and the birth cert for her first child to JPN for name changing procedure. Just now before lunch, she called me again to tell me that she had gotten all the documentation ready and will head to JPN immediately to have her first child's name edited. I am glad that this entire ugly episode is finally over for her. Its another beautiful beginning of a new chapter for my friend and her 2 little angels.