Merry Christmas

Merry belated Christmas everyone :-)

Yes, we did have our very, very little Christmas moment (the word 'celebration' is far too big to use!) at home. Dad bought a Christmas tree and mom's Taida friends helped decorating it. Mom bought Changton a little Disney capsule-ball vending machine for Changton. Mom has to admit that this toy is mom's childhood dream! She wanted to own one when she was little. When she saw this little vending machine, she knew she has to get it for Changton. Mom got it long before Christmas, she had been waiting impatiently for the occasion to give to Changton.

Finally, it's Boxing day. Lazy to warp the gift, mom placed the whole bag beside our little Christmas tree, wanting Changton to spot it himself. Not a good idea, Changton was more interested in the blink blink Christmas lighting and ornaments! Great!!

Ten minutes had gone and Changton still played with the little Christmas ornament bell, great!!!

Finally, someone spot the toy and asking mom to take it out from the bag!

One hand on the toy, another still held tight on the Christmas bell. Ah...not a good sign. Mom's excitement started to fad....

Yes, finally...both hands on the toy!

Merry Christmas Changton! Mom was so happy and proud that you are able to walk, talk, and play the toy on this Christmas.  

Again, where's the updates?

This month mom has started her Mandarin class at Taida. Mom loves going to class but the whole Mandarin thing really takes a big chunk of her time away for her poor Changton and almost definitely from updating the block! Each day mom needs to spare at least 8 hrs or so for her Mandarin endeavor! 3 hrs for  class, 2 hrs on the road and other extra hours for homework and study. So basically, she is a full-time student!!

As a result, ones might notice that Changton's block has been more of a Hallmark block recently, since most of our lovely people born on November - December. Though mom has no time for updating the blog, she makes sure that Changton, our little messenger, delivers birthday wishes for our love ones ;-)

Well, now that we have only 2 days left for recapping what has been happened to Changton's life during the past month, let's get on with it, shall we?   

Happy Birthday Grandpa: Khun Ta Kai

Today is December 21! It's my beloved grandpa's birthday! Happy birthday my dear grandpa:-) Too bad that I can't be with grandpa this year. Unlike last like last year, I helped grandpa blowing the candles.

Grandpa, although I can't be with you this year, I'm sure that you would be delight to know that I'm no longer an innocent baby! I'm much more mature now!! I'm old enough to deliver red roses to the ones I love.

 

And yes, the very first person to receive my red roses is my grandpa, Khun Ta Kai.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KHUN TA KAI. Changton, mom and dad wish Khun Ta a healthy body and mind so that Khun Ta could be in his best conscious during his monkhood's time. We love you very much and we are very proud of you.

Happy Birthday Pa Jeab

Hello Pa Jeab! This is the second time of my life that I can celebrate your birthday. If counting numbers this way, you are so young and fresh, just like me!

On Pa Jeab's BD last year I was in a dreamy and sleepy state so I didn't do much for you on your big day. Look, I have the proof! I was THAT sleepy last year!

 

This year is different though; I have gotten my mojo working!! So this year I'm going to do something groovy for my beloved auntie's birthday.    

Here is a groovy birthday dance for Pa Jeab from Changton;-)

Ready?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PA JEAB!

PS. I hope Pa Jeab doesn't mind if I take this opportunity to wish Grandpa Bird, who also born in Dec 8, a happy birthday. Thank you "Bird Bird" (actually that's what I usually call him) for singing me songs and teaching me new dance moves everyday. See you in your next concert!!

สุขสันต์วันพ่อ

สวัสดีครับคุณตา วันนี้ช้างต้นเป็นตัวแทนแม่แต้และพ่อปีเตอร์มากราบเท้าคุณตาด้วยความเคารพรักและระลึกถึงพระคุณของคุณตาครับ

 

และเพื่อให้คุณตาชื่นใจเป็นพิเศษเนื่องในโอกาสวันพ่อ แม่แต้ก็พาช้างต้นไปตัดผมมาแล้วครับ ผมเลยมีภาพหล่อๆ มาฝากคุณตาแทนความคิดถึงครับ 

พอตัดผมสั้น ผมก็เปลี่ยนจากเด็กหน้าหวานเป็นเด็กซ่าส์ทันทีเลยครับ

เหวย...คุณตา...เหวย.....เดี๋ยวช้างต้นจะโทรไปหานะครับ

คิดถึงคุณตาที่สุดในโลกเลยครับ

Happy Birthday Grandpa Peter and Grandma Del

Ah haaaa...

I have to keep the Happy Birthday spectacles on as I have quite a few birthday wishes to deliver this month :-) This time round is for Grandpa Peter and Grandma Del whose birthday is on November 24 and November 27, respectively. Though I haven't met Grandpa Peter and Grandma Del personally. I think I'm quite familiar with their voice ;-) Nope I'm not kidding! It was when we were in Canberra, Australia and I was right there...in mom's womb!!

Mom has told me a lot about her supervisor, Prof. Peter Clayton and his wife, Adela for their continued support throughout her study. This is especially for the time that I caused mom the terrible pregnancy sickness while she was about to submit her thesis.  

Through their kind support and understanding, mom had the courage to wrap up and submit her thesis.

So here is my Thank you message to Grandma Peter and Grandma Del: I thank you for letting me having a Phd-stay-at-home MOM!! I'm such a lucky kid! As she got PhD, she can do lots and lots of things for me like cleaning my pooh-pooh, cooking baby meals (she cooks for dad, too!), burping me, etc. I reckon she can't be this good without PhD, ha ha ha. By the way, may I ask, is it really true that mom got PhD in Communication?  She can't understand my language!!

Oh, time to deliver a birthday message to both of you:)

As you two have retired early to enjoy life 365 days a year, I wish your next 365 days are filled with happiness, wonderful memories and healthy body and mind. And as I am a little fortune-teller, I can tell you that during Jan 6-10 next year, you will have the best time EVER! You are to meet the most gorgeous boy on earth and some familiar faces that you haven't seen them for a year or two. You will be traveling to a little island called Formosa, a place that even your familiar faces know very little of, both language and places. Best of luck;-) That's when all the fun begins!!!

Happy Birthday to you :-)

Happy Birthday Grandma

Ah haaaa.....

 

Today is November 25 and I know too well that it's my beloved grandma's birthday! So here I am wearing a Happy Birthday spectacles just for you, grandma:-)

WHAT MOM??? What do you mean 'not special enough for grandma's big day' ?  Ohh...NO!! It's a major headache for a one and a few months old boy like me. What should I do?

Yes!! Got the idea. How about this? A 'shy-yet-I-am-so-cute-and-innocent' smile. The one that helping me to get away with anything. 

 

WHAT MOM??? Not enough for grandma's special day? Mom, you must be joking!

Ummm...let me think for a sec..............

I know, I know. I can entertain grandma with some funny faces!

Ready, Set...and here you Go!

WHAT MOM??? Not enough for grandma's? Don't do this to me. I'm just a little cute boy, OK? I'm running out of talents!!!

OK, one last attempt. I'm singing a birthday song for grandma...

"Happy Birthday to my Grandma...Happy Birthday to my Grandma...bla...bla...bla..."

You see, I'm clapping my hands, too! I also closed my eyes while singing a song so that I could build my emotion and feel the song...sounds like a pro, huhh??? Oh, I'm so proud of my self:-)

WHAT MOM??? Oh, I see. You've been waiting for me to present grandma her birthday cake. You should have told me earlier! This is so easy. I love this part!! 

Here is the cake especially for our grandma from Changton, mom and dad.

Oh, this cake is a bit heavy! Let's sit and eat, shall we?

WHAT MOM??? We have to wait for grandma?

Well, well, well. I'll email to ask grandma for her permission to eat!

I'm too tired to fight with mom about the cake. More importantly, this is grandma's birthday and I'm so determined to be a good boy for my dear grandma. So let me make a little speech for grandma.

"Hello grandma. I am here to wish you happiness on your special day and to tell you that you are loved much more than any words I could think of!!!"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA :-)

My First Halloween

How did a one-year-old boy enjoy his first Halloween? Dressed in a fancy outfit and played 'Trick-or-Treating'?  Umm...may be a bit too soon for the boy who can only pronounce 'tik, tik, tik'! 

Though Changton was too young to enjoy Halloween, mom got Changton to wear a Devil headband for the occasion. He didn't like it and took the headband off a few times. Mom then used a biscuit to draw his attention away from the headband she put on his head. What a trick! After eating the biscuit, he seemed to forget about the headband worn around his head. In fact, Changton wore the headband for almost the entire time that we were out. 

Changton put on sunnies to complete his Halloween look. 

The little devil on the run!!  Both on legs and wheels. 

 

Bored with the ride, the boy asked his mom for going out. He tried to climb up to his pram. 

Well, mom was about to take you out! Changton had an appointment for vaccination! It wasn't planned for Halloween but somehow it happened to be on Halloween. Poor Changton:(

We went to see his pediatrician, Dr.Sofie of Dr. Bear's family clinic. The clinic has 4 doctors plus lots of teddy bears to cheer kids up. While waiting to see the doctor, Changton had several rides in the play area. This was the first time that mom let Changton played at the clinic. Besides that he is now old enough to play, there were no kids playing in the area. Mom doesn't want to bring Changton up in a germ-free zone; she neither wants to put him in an overly-exposed-to-germs zone, like ones in the clinic. 

Here Changton had a Pokemon ride, followed by a penguin ride and a hose ride.

 

Then, the moment of truth! For this visit, Changton had  2 jabs: MMR and Flu jab. The boy cried after the first jab and continued to the next. But he stopped right after the second was done.

Changton with Yai Jee in front of the clinic. He gave up his Holloween headband and still wasn't in the mood.  

After the jab, we went to Chili's for lunch. This time round mom ordered a kid meal for Changton for the first time. He had a grilled chicken burger. He ate half of the burger (tiny bit at a time) plus a bottle of milk!  

When we came back, mom closely observed Changton for any signs of pain or fever, given that he had two jabs at one time. Mom continued to monitor Changton during the night while the boy slept soundly! Yes, once again the boy survived the jabs. Changton is a very healthy boy. He has never been sick since he was born. TOUCH WOOD!!!!

My first pair of sunglasses

Changton loves sunglasses so much. He is surrounded by four-eyed people. So whenever we are off guard, he pulls the spectacles right from our faces. On his birthday pick ritual, he also picked a pair of spectacles first! Given this, mom has been searching a pair of sunglasses for Changton. She hopes that when he has a pair of his own, he will leave our eyeglasses alone.   

Today mom spotted and bought a cute pair of kid sunglasses, a red, Sesame Street one. When she gave it to Changton, he gave mama plenty of his sweet, 'oh-I-am-so-happy' smiles. Here are some photos of him with the new sunnies.

Changton spent quite a bit of time in his new sunnies.

"Dear Paparazzi mom: LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"