Sean intently watching his English Time program

 He is now capable of mimicking what I do. I was folding the laundry while he was crawling around a couple of month ago. When he looked at me, I hid my face behind a pillowcase and played peek a boo with him. He loves this game.  He then came closer an picked his father’s shirt and hid his face behind it. That’s so cute!!

And then the other day, I was trying to make him laugh so I twirled and twirledd. He likes that and makes him giggle. Later in the afternoon, while he was walking around the living room he started to twirl too!! He is quite a cute monkey if you ask me. Although it’s cute when he tries to copy me, I should start being conscious of what I do because he will copy everything he sees now.

Being the obsessive party planner that I am..I have already started organizing this when Sean just turned 6 months. Well I asked hubby first if we can go and celebrate it in Manila so that friends and family can meet Sean. When I got the go ahead I started planning like crazy. I first thought of Peter Pan birthday theme but I couldn’t find a  nice costume so I decided to go with Toy Story theme because it’s more flexible in terms of the costume.

It was fun fun fun!! We had about 70 close family and friends (including the kids) on the party. It was so nice to see them so excited and happy to finally meet Sean.

Sean was not in the best mood in the beginning actually because he just woke up and it was a bit overwhelming for him to see so many people in one room plus the music was really loud so I asked the sounds people to put it a bit lower. He warmed up a little later and started smiling.

Anyhow, he wore this cute Woody costume his godmother Ana from Germany sent him. He looked adorable in it

Specia thanks to Mye of  for designing the lay out for the photobooth.

I can’t thank our friends and family enough for celebrating with us and being such beautiful parts of our life, especially Sean’s. He’s a lucky boy!

• Venue – Legend Villas

• Birthday Cake – Project Happiness Bake House
• Cupcakes – Project Happiness Bake House
• Magician-  this was also included in the kiddie package of Legend Villas

• Host – Ayie –  Her services was also included in the package I bought. She didn’t just host the party, she also did a balloon show for the kids.

• Food/Party Area – The party was held at the Banahaw Hall in Legend Villas.

• Prizes  Divisoria Mall–10 major prizes was included in the package so I ask my brother to buy some more. I knew that there would be cool items to be found in Divisoria, it’s just a pity I had to delegate it to my brother as I would have enjoyed shopping for the prizes myself

Special thanks to Firefly Toothbrush, Guard Insect Repellent for sponsoring some of the prizes too!!

OMG!!

It is so amazing!! I know I should brace myself because I would have to start running after him real soon.

A year ago I was still waiting for you to decide to come out and now you are out and about!

You are busy making momma run after you all the time. You love playing and laughing. We do a lot of hide and seek and you think I am a magician when I transfer quickly what I have on one hand to another hahaha but you are catching on to me!

The other day while you lying on your crib, you suddenly stood up when you saw this group of pretty korean girls singing on the telly and you were smiling at them!

Oh boy I hope you are not gonna be too much of a chickboy! You are growing too fast and me don’t likey !

You only have 2 teeth up to now but that doesn’t stop you from being my little vampire. Just this morning you tried to bite me, thrice!! I don’t know you were thinking, trying to bite momma’s ankle?? :p

When I caught you doing something he shouldn’t be doing like touching a cord or the lamp, you would quickly run  away from it with a mischievous smile. Actually I find it hilarious when you’re being naughty but I know I should not let you see that I find it funny because you would keep on doing it and it will be a big headache for us later on. Oh my goodness…looks like I have to prepare big time running after you little guy…good opportunity for momma to lose weight .

But you are a very friendly baby when you’re in a good mood that is, you get excited when you see people visit us like uncle Frans.

I see these changes as bittersweet but hey it’s a part of life. This last year has been an incredible journey for all of us baby and your Papa and i are looking forward to the years to come. I am sure you have a lot in store for us .

Here’s a little video I made composed of your pictures from your birth up to now.

Happy Birthday baby!! I love you love you to the bones.

Newsflash!
Sean got his first tooth!! It happened last September 3. We just noticed it that morning. It was so excruciating for him. It’s the first time in his life that he felt so much pain it seems like all hell broke loose in our home. I wish I could feel the pain instead of him. We gave him paracetamol and after a few hours he was good again. Crawling around the house like his searching for a treasure. He’s SO ACTIVE!

So since he has his first tooth we have to start with good habits like brushing his teeth. Finally we could try out this awesome toothbrush sent by the generous people of FIREFLY TOOTHBRUSH. Thanks so much, he love his toothbrush!

Sean, it's the other way around...

Yeah, that's better baby!

He got his measles injection today. He only cried for a minute and then it was over. He’s such a trooper!! He’s a bit cranky though because his 2nd tooth is also coming out … would it be hurting so much whenever babies get another tooth?

If you want to try FIREFLY toothbrushes too, I think they are available nationwide.

It was difficult decision for me but when Sean turned 8 months, I gave him some freedom to roam around the floor. Why was it such a difficult decision you might wonder? Well I was afraid of the bacteria and germs that he will contract by crawling on the floor. Yes of course we clean our floors everyday, but I am sure there are still gazillion of germs and what- not that can be found on the floor. You can call me germophobic or OC but for me I just don’t want my baby to get ill.

But anyway, after some deliberation, I tried to overcome my fear of germs so that he would  have a bigger place to practice his crawling and exploring. To my surprise, he learned to crawl properly in a jiffy. He has now mastered the art of crawling. I need to be quick if I want to stop him from grabbing or licking something. Yes, that’s the consequence of the freedom given to him-  being able to reach and touch lots of different things.

And that’s why we also started with NO. It’s so funny because when I say No to him, he is  able to show that he doesn’t agree with me. He would move my hand away from the object I am preventing him to touch or by making a face that shows ” But I want to touch it!“ 

What else has he been up to? Hmmm…he’s been screaming a lot, I don’t know if he thinks he’s talking or singing He also loves to laugh! He’s a very happy baby … I enjoy him so much.

He can now stand longer and longer and has started walking while holding on to the sofa (with one hand- yes he’s that confident) or the wall of his playpen. He fell a couple of times and cried but after awhile forgets about the incident. I’ve noticed that he’s becoming more careful after falling several times.

When he’s inside his playpen, he would try to climb out and sometimes would use whatever item that’s available to step on. Never a dull moment here in this house .

Does he sleep through the night already? NO ! When he was 7 months he would just play a bit around our bed, climb on top of us, pull our hair etc. Now when he wakes up at around 3 or 4 a.m. , he would cry hysterically till he can get us to get up and bring him out to the living room.

I wonder when he is gonna sleep through the night… (yawn) so I can get a night sleep of more than 4 hours again.

You are 8 months old already. Where did the time go? You can now sit, crawl and pull yourself up…you’re even trying to climb out of your playpen. It’s seldom that you sit still, when you are sitting on my lap and you see the laptop, for sure you will go and dive for it.

You are also walking like you are in the military – it’s so so cute!

You started with solids but we have to temporarily stop it because you have been throwing up a lot and I was very worried that you are not gaining weight because of this. We’ll try it again in a few weeks or so.

Oh and yeah you are so fascinated with paper – magazine, books and newspaper! Maybe you’re gonna be a writer someday

Lately you are throwing your head back a lot and fake coughing when you don’t like something. Getting you dressed is also a battle with you – you flip as hard as you can or grab things you see around you. I don’t know what you don’t like about getting dressed or changed.

A week ago you would put your head next to my head. I think that was your way of kissing but just a couple of days ago you gave me real kisses. Oh that’s just so amazing!!!

I am now busy organizing your first birthday party. We will be doing it in Manila so that our family and friends can finally meet you.