Twist & Shout

Lucas has learnt to turn himself over ! It's a very exciting time, but it can also cause lots of anxiety coz as of now, he can & will turn himself over at any time ! Even when he's not supposed to, even when & if he's on the edge of the bed/sofa etc..

He's done it on his own for about two days now. He's still not very good at it, but he's getting there. Sometimes he tries and
gets it rather quickly, other times, he doesn't. He tries & tries and gets frustrated when he cannot to do it. So he squeals, he yells, and makes alot of noise to show his frustration. Then he tries & tries again. After he's acomplished it, there are tiny beads of perspiration at the back of his head, on his arms & legs. But he loves it !

Lucas' Hobbies:


1. He loves watching TV. Nowaday
s, he automatically looks in the direction of the television whenever he sits upright (is held upright in a sitting position) on the couch in front of it. He smiles whenever Ernie or Big Bird comes on screen (close up).



2. He loves sucking his bottom lip. It's very very cute.


3. He loves sucking his fis
ts.



Other updates. Gong Gong is finally willing to carry him. He's been waiting till he's not too fragile before handling him. Now that he's conquered his initial fear, next trial - changing diapers !!



Here are some other recent photos of him.






oh ! oh ! oh ! and how could I forget...

Lucky Marcus has the privilege of being the first person that Lucas called.

When Marc came to pick up mother & son this evening, I told Lucas that "papa" was here.. As Marc turned to walk away, we (popo, aunt, and uncle) were all very sure that we heard Lucas say "baabaa" (or maybe he meant to say "mama" haha which makes Steph the lucky one).

Needless to say, we were all very estatic. It probably wasn't what we hoped it was but still !!! He'll be three months old on the 16th and he's already babbling more than any toddler we know. He
may just start talking young !

another milestone


I'll leave the picture to do the talking.. he learnt it himself !
Nothing to do with mummy or popo this time.

see what the boy can do !



tantrums and Lucas

Don't get me wrong.. Lucas is still as cuuuute as ever.. and I stiiiilll love him to bits.. but he's quite the naughty boy.

He has a rather short attention span and refuses to stay in one position for longer than 10 minutes (if we're lucky). He loves to be carried, cradled and there's a catch there too ! Said "carrier" or cradler must move around. Stay at the same spot for too long and he will complain. YES !! he does ! He actually voices his disapproval. Ignore his "first-gear warning" and he'll very quickly launch into full-battle, high-decibel assault. He can scream so loudly that one can mistake it for that of a teenage girl! So as you can tell, we can hardly get any work done around the house whenever he's around (but we're not complaining).

He's quite the talker too. He can carry on a conversation with anyone/anything he fancies. Talk to him and he will reply you with some babbling or he'll charm the socks off you with a smile. In short, he's got his little world twirled around his little finger.

Because
after all,



... and we, are his loya
l following :P

see lah !

Mummy & Popo have taught me something..



Bet they'll be trying to get me to stop it in a couple of years' time !

Lucas' Baptism

It was Lucas' Baptism today at OLPS Church.




Aunt: "Lucas, how do you feel about your Baptism ?"


Lucas: "Yay !!"

a tad late...

This was supposed to be done for his first month, but well.. here it is now.

Peekaboo !

this is the face that greets me everyday when I come home...



.. how not to rush home after work ??

Just about a month apart...


then...

now.

Look how much he's grown !!

This is the day the Lord has made !


Look what we found...

Daddy & Son.. both asleep the same way


Who does he look more like ?



Taken while he was gurgling

an hour after the last post...

I survived one hour alone with Baby !!!

Lucas' mummy & grandma went to the neighbourhood shopping centre to do some shopping for groceries etc and left him home with me. He was supposed to sleep till 5.30pm for his feed but he had gotten up early at 4.45pm because his nose was blocked.

I had to carry him on my shoulder till he fell asleep again. Then I decided to put him lying down on the bed to sleep. He slept rather peacefully and just when I thought I could resume my marking, he got up again and started crying rather bitterly. I.didn't.know.what.to.do. I tried carrying him over my shoulder again, but it didn't work. I carried him in my arms, that didn't work either. I tried all positions, walking, bouncing. All cannot. So what did a desperate taiyi do ? She got out the
tu tu hehe. And it worked.

Then proceeded to get milk ready. So funny. Baby's grandpa
kalang kabut to try and get the bottle sterilized and to fit the teet into the erm ring thing.. Could tell that he didn't really feed me & sis much when we were babies.

Halfway preparing the milk, mummy came home. But for the record, I did feed him. YAY !!! I survived !

for the LUCAS fans

hehe I just got to know that there are some of you out there who are visiting this site almost everyday.. some everyday, in fact.. I'm so sorry for the seemingly lack of updates. You didn't leave any comments ma.. so I didn't know if anyone else (except for myself) appreciated the updates.. haha

ok.. so here goes..


mummy & son shot (so adorable right ?)


he's holding on to his milk bottle

isn't he photogenic ?


a quick shot

... just so you know how cute he's getting

sniffles

Poor Lucas is sick again. He had his first bout of flu when he was about 2/3 weeks old and how he's got his second.

His poor little nose gets so stuffed up that he has difficulty breathing. He wheezes and makes little snorty sounds very often. He can't stay lying down for too long and has to be held upright (but on that note - he IS getting very strong. He keeps kicking while he is being held upright and that gives the effect that he is jumping. So cute.)

The first time, the PD had to aspirate his nose. That left him crying his little lungs out. This time around, the doc sprayed some meds into his nose to flush the "clog" away. According to his mummy, he didn't cry so much but he was clearly very disturbed by the experience.


So poor thing. I hope he gets well soon and gets stronger too.

as promised...





one month on...

Lucas celebrated his first month with a BANG ! It was first a celebration at our place for our side of the family & friends on Saturday, and the second one was at his own home with an EVEN bigger turn out on Sunday !!



He was a real sweetie on both days as he didn't fuss much. He even allowed so many of his aunts, grandau
nts, great grandaunts, grannies, great-grannies to carry him. He was a real dear and gladly entertained his enthusiastic following !

I don't have many pictures with me at the moment as most were captured on video cam or on his mummy's camera. Will upload them when I can. As for the ones on video, well.. someone's gotta teach this aunt how to do it before we can see any footage online !

Oh.. and he's starting to be able to support his head !! He's been trying to lift it up for a while now, but each time he would flop back down. But this morning during his bath, he held himself up rather steadily for a while !! What a champ !!


I've also included one more photo of him during his bathtime..



... clearly bathtimes are his favourite !

A picture paints a thousand words :)






More pictures!

Hi all :)

Thanks for your prayers! baby's stuffy nose is better altho for the past 2 weeks, he's been pretty "windy" (but er... i don't mean the 'burping' variety so hmm... u know where the air comes out!) He sometimes sounds like he is in real pain trying to 'gek' the wind out... the poor thing!

Anyone who can't sleep at night should also consider coming to visit him cos, guess wat?! Baby is a night bird... eyes WIDE OPEN from 11-2am the past few nights! yikes... Daddy's eyebags are catching up with mine...haha :P Grandma says it's my fault for not sleeping early when i was pregnant! I'm sorry everybody!!!

But..... he is STILL so cute!!! :)

Here are another 2 pictures! Many more to come cos they're still stored in the camera!