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I am turning 19 months old soon. Time flies! The past month or so had quite rough for me. My health wasn't too good either. I had 2 times of ear infection and several fevers. And my cough and nose congestion didn't really fully recover. My pd said that this is common especially when I'm new to a daycare environment where there are germs around and also due to the winter flu season where one gets sick easily. Even Daddy and Mommy did not feel very well sometimes too.

This month I begin to speak a few real words that makes more sense to most people. Here's a list of my regular words:

1. Car
2. Ball
3. Book
4. Keys - car keys
5. Mama - mother/hungry
6. Dad Dad
7. Nan nan - milk/want something
8. Go go - go/hurry up
9. Na na - banana
10. Mum mum - food
11. Oh oh or Uh oh - when something's wrong
12. Hi - say hello

Those are the more significant ones. The rest of the words which I sometimes speak are:
13. Mak - grandma
14. Gok - grandpa
15. Jek - uncle
16. Woh woh - dog bark
17. Shh shh - urinate
18. Duck duck - duck
19. Nite nite - goodnite
20. Go gurt - yogurt

My favorite word so far is "Car". Whenever I see a car advertisement on TV or when I'm going towards the garage, I'll say car. I even say it the first thing when I wake up in the morning.

I also like to imitate the car's reverse sensor sound. I'll go "Too..too...too..." whenever Daddy or Mommy reverse their cars from the parking lot hehehe...

Sometimes I'll take their cellphones and say "Hi" and pretend to talk to someone on the phone. I'll speak my baby language which nobody understands. Daddy said the words sound like Japanese or Korean words kekeke...

My daycare center teachers also say I'm very talkative in class. I love to say "Hi" to almost everyone. I'm a friendly boy!

Today Daddy taught me to smile for the camera. So I showed him my 'colgate' teeth and grin. They started to laugh. Very funny meh? Hehehe....

Vacation

It's been a long time since my Mommy helped me to post anything here. We've all been busy lately...she started working and me going to the daycare and getting sick coz I have to adjust to a new environment. So the past month or so was kind of 'crazy' for us. Now that we are more settled down, Mommy said she's going to back-date and post some of our trip photos here. They always say pictures tell a thousand words. So she's not going to do much typing.

Here are some of our photos:

12/14/2008 to 12/18/2008 - Solvang, San Francisco, Yosemite National Park

New environment

As usual, I'm always excited to explore a new environment. This time, it's my new place in Irvine. It's newer than the old apartment but lacks a children's playground on the property. However, it's nearer to the freeway and shops are just a stone's throw away. The property is quite nice actually. It has private garage, granite countertops for kitchen, cultured marble tops for bathroom, in-home washer and dryer, walk-in closet, in-home alarm system, lush landscaping with beautiful Spanish Revival feel, saltwater pool and spa, outdoor fireplace courtyard, BBQ area, a clubhouse with full kitchen and plasma TV, business center and 24-hr fitness center.

Views from the patio



Daddy checking out the kitchen

From left to right: the washer/dryer, ceiling fan in bedroom, bathroom and closet

I like to run around the house and open up the cabinets or drawers. They always say I "chiu jian". But I'm curious mah, hehehe...

For the past few days, Mommy was busy unpacking our belongings and also we were busy going places too. That's because my grandparents, uncle and auntie are coming to visit us. We fetch them from LAX and also went to the Cabazon factory outlet to shop during the weekend and came back with loads of shopping bags. Daddy bought me a pack of 4 socks and a Brennan bear striped t-shirt from GAP outlet. He bought some polo shirts and jeans while Mommy got a red sweater top and a pair of flats to replace her worn out pair.

At first, I was rather shy when I met Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Briston and Auntie Huiling, but after a few hours or so, I became 'friends' with them. Maybe we are all family so there is no problem of unfamiliarity. Uncle Rayson is currently still in Singapore but he will join us in mid-December. That's when we start the actual vacation road trip to other places.