From BB to Boi

Now that I've passed the baby stage into toddlerhood, Mommy thinks that I'm too big for the nickname "lbb" as "bb" sounds like baby. So she calls me "Min Boi" hehe...the "min" is pronounced as Min3.

I've learnt some new things this week. I know how to say 'ji dan' meaning egg in Chinese. I also learnt to imitate the driving wheel action by stretching my arms forward and literally driving while making the "mmm" sound. When I ride my bike, I move by scooting forward with my feet. I'll say "go go go" when I go forward and "too too too" when I reverse. I also like to imitate the "Di di" sound when Mommy pressed the button on her car remote to unlock the doors. I get very excited when I am able to flip the light switch for the patio light and turn on and off the water tap. Mommy scolds me for wasting electricity and water. When I see photos or TV ads of cars, I'll say "Car". I can also identify Dad Dad and Mama from the photographs but when I see myself, I'll say "Dad Dad" hehehe....I still haven't learn how to say my own name yet. When Dad Dad asked me to smile, I'll smile for him...just like this:



I also like to play with Mommy's bag. I'll carry it then I'll say 'Bye!' and then I'll go to my bike and pretend to drive off. I'll even do a kiss goodbye sometimes hehehe...muaks!

The next big thing for me will be learning to use the potty. Now I only know to sit on it but don't know that it's used for peeing and pooping. Mommy is cracking her brains thinking how to train me hehe...

Yak-katy Yak-katy Yak

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