yawning

My little baby yawning. Ethan crawls very fast now and loves to play with his beach ball. This photo is taken mid Jan 06.
Ethan is also such a joy in the mornings, he wants to be hugged and kissed and he sleeps in his cot beside our bed. In the middle of the night when he wants comforting, he crawls up to me and cuddles and searches for boob. Now when Ethan doesn't spend the night with us, when I;m sick or have too much office work, I end up not sleeping well anyway. It's such a comfort to have Ethan and it's an irony that while I have to wake up in the night, I sleep better with my baby beside me.

Ethan walked on his own today!

AFter many false starts and clinging onto skirts, heard from my mum that Ethan took his first unassisted steps today. Not a fluke! 7 to 8 steady steps and no falling, no support! My little precious is growing up! Time to get his daddy to process more photos so that I can post them up!

Christmas and New Year

Yes I have many blessings to count and being able to spend Christmas and new year withmy sweet sweet Ethan ranks up there amongst them. We tried to do a stint at church on Christmas and Ethan lasted all of 40 mins. Quite good considering his first foray only lasted 15 minutes when he was about 4 months. And it's been a good Christmas with Ethan being excited over every Christmas tree spotted and lighted stars noticed.

However, I got hit by a nasty nasty bug the period before the New Year but recovered enough over the New Year to be able to be with Ethan. 4 days of non-stop fever - not funny and it meant that I didn't have enough time to spend with Ethan and I didn't get to spend the nights with him. *Pout*

Ethan's gotten cuter if that's possible and can point out buses when asked. Favourite VCD series is "Wheels on the bus" and he will also start to dance to the songs. Ethan's settled into a routine for the day, kind of, when he's with us. Out for Breakfast then home for a nap. Then out for lunch and some place where he can look at stuff or play, and then home for a nap. Then very likely swimming in the late afternoon and then retire for the night. Busy busy days with Ethan but filled with so much joy!