I’m 1 year old! Yipee! I’m a grown up!

Mommy and Daddy really went out to make my birthday celebration a huge one! Why huge? For so many reasons. First, my happiness is so huge I am with my Mommy and Daddy called to wish me a Happy Birthday. Second, a clown hosted the party. He looks huge and a little scary with his face white but I didn’t really cried. I’m a big boy now Third, a huge version of my Mickey Mouse stuff toy was there and danced for me and my friends! Yipee! Fourth, I was able to get huge smiles from my guests with my Micky Mouse and friends’ cupcakes and giveaways, and games, and prizes, and more! It was a very wonderful day!

Mommy hired someone to take pictures and take a video too. But I can’t post the video here, it’s too large… So you can visit my Mom’s Facebook photo album and see all of my pictures there.

I really enjoyed my party. Many kids came and I received many gifts too! LOL! I’m sure my guests enjoyed themselves too especially with the clown’s magic tricks and games, Mickey Mouse’s dance and picture taking sessions, the overflowing softy ice cream, the yummy mickey mouse and friends’ cupcakes and all the mickey mouse goodies that they get to bring home!

I also enjoyed the company of my loveones, aside from my one and only Mommy. There’s GrandPa and GrandMa, my aunts, my cousins and my many grand-aunts! Ahhh.. I love celebrating my birthday!

By the way, Mommy made changes in my blog just in time for my birthday. She thinks making it look brighter will mirror my sunny and happy disposition. Yes, I love being happy, I smile and laugh a lot. Why not? I have a Mommy and a Daddy who both love me so much, I have grandparents, aunts, cousins and friends who care for me… who wouldn’t be happy? So do enjoy my blog’s new look and share happiness and contentment with me…

Hey! Happy Birthday to me!

Nicholas turned 11 months this morning. Just 30 more days and we will be celebrating his first birthday. Oh boy! I am excited but I’m also worried I may not be able to accomplish all my plans. It’s tough to be a single Mom huh!

Anyways, I am trying my best to give my little angel what he deserves — and he deserves the best. But I will post about my plans and what I’ve accomplished so far for my baby boy’s birthday on my next post. For now, I would like to discuss my angel’s milestones.

So after 11 months, Nicholas is already 28 inches (71.1 centimeters) tall, weighs 22.48 pounds (10.2 kilograms), has got 4 teeth, walking fast with one hand supported, walking 2-4 steps on his own, standing 5-10 seconds without support, saying “Mam” (mommy), “mal” (milk), “cat”, “tar” (car), “ber” (bird), “boh” (ball), “ter” (water) “baba” (Filipino for “going down”), “atyat” (akyat, Filipino for “going up”), knows (and loves!) “pasyal” (Filipino for strolling), knows and recognizes his toys by pointing at them when Mommy asks for each (there’s Mickey Mouse, Brownie, the musical toy given by Uncle Mark, and many more). He’s also remembering stuff he likes. One is the sound of the ice cream man. Well, my officemate once bought him ice cream from the ice cream man so everytime he hears the ice cream man’s music, he gets excited and points at the door with all smiles, hehehe.

Ahhh.. So much have happened in 11 months time. I never thought parenting can be both energy-consuming and energy-boosting I’m proud of my Nicholas’ milestones though other babies may have more teeth or more words or more growth, still, my little angel is one of the two best thing that ever happened to me.

My boys happily playing with each other, sgh... they look good together, a happy father and son :)

Hey! A month more and we will be celebrating his birthday! Oh boy! I’ll be busy as a bee! Oh gosh! I’m excited for my little darling!

Yey! Nico is now officially a 9-month old baby

This earned him the privilege of joining the world renowned Creepy Crawlers Club hihihi! My intent little angel now loves to sit independently, loves to play games (and would rather not go to sleep), loves to crawl (and how fast can he crawl!), and loves to practice walking while holding on to anything he can get his hands on. Yep, he’s getting a sense of independence already — sometimes it’s good but there are times it’s frustrating that he wants to do everything on his own!

So my darling has become a little too opinionated and I make sure that I keep up a constant chatter with him while bathing, dressing, feeding, walking, playing and in almost all his waking hours. I heard this encourages speech development. I also encourage him to play with toys that are just appropriate to his age. I can see that he loves to bounce a lot, roll, play pick and drop and bang things together. I guess that develops his motor skills as well and provides him opportunities for safe exploration.

But of course, at his age, he must also know that he’s got limits and that he must understand the word “No”. Well, a spanking is not encouraged at his age yet. I see to it that when I’m angry, I just live him for a few minutes on his crib to play or give him an idea that I’m ignoring him because he’s done something wrong. I guess at his age he can already realize his mistakes. But oh well, it doesn’t guarantee that he’s not doing it again hahaha!

Two of the best things though that I love in Nico’s age is that he now sleeps through the night — without interruption; and when he wakes up in the morning, he just sits down and touch my face (my mouth or nose) saying Maaaammmm as if waking me up. And when I open my eyes, he’s there smiling at me. Ohhh.. isn’t that cute?

Ahhh.. I’m sure many many wonderful things will come with my baby growing up. For now, I just want to sing him a happy happy 9^th month, celebrate this day with a pint of ice cream (his favorite) and a new toy and friend – Mickey Mouse!!!

Ok so we just had a little ice cream and cake/bread, it’s still a party!

Wow! My baby is a big bot now! He’s grown 3 centimeters since his 7th month but I’m afraid he lost weight because he was sick for more than a week Nevertheless, he’s still the smiling and charming little boy that everybody loves (including all the neighboring kids and adult bystanders, hahaha!)

And since sistah Mafe is working here while she’s on “vacation”, she celebrated the wonderful day with us. Well, my little darling obviously likes her, don’t you think so?

Go ahead baby, splurge on those goodies, as long as your little tummy can manage, hehehe. I wish you good health, sound mind, happy disposition, and lots and lots of love… I love you myhandsome baby boy…