Lil Ivan's Splashing time …

Last 2 weeks, I bought my lil Ivan his first swimming trunk !! And, not forgetting a neck ring and also this kiasu mommy, even bought him the trainer seat float. I was so excited and can’t wait to bring him to the pool.

So, finally, the unforgettable moment is here. It was a sunny Sunday yesterday, so mommy and daddy decided to bring lil Ivan for his very first swim. Changed lil Ivan to his new swimming trunk and there we go!! 

Went downstairs and started putting the neck ring on him, and daddy carried him to the pool. He did not show any sign of afraid or excited, but he seemed to be more on ‘wondering’ mode .. Haha .. As there were a few other children playing there, he was so busy body looking around as well.

After playing with the neck ring for awhile, we let him try out the trainer seat float. Again, he shows no excitement, but again looking around here and there .. 

As it was his first time and afraid that he will be cold as the wind was blowing quite strong though, hence after about 20 minutes, we bring him up for shower and there goes the tired lil boy ..zzZZzzz… 

Happy Birthday to Dad (from us) & Happy Birthday to Grandpa (from lil Ivan)

Hmmm, this is another outdated post. Dad came down from Taiping as there were long weekend on 19 April, due to it was a PH for Perak for the birthday of Sultan Perak. As dad’s birthday falls on early May, hence, we decided to have an early celebration for him during that weekend.

Since on that day, lil Ivan needed to go for his final vaccine at Sunway Medical Centre before the next vaccine at the age of 1, so we decided to have our celebration in Sunway Pyramid. Hubby and I brought our lil Ivan to vaccine, while sis, bro, mom and dad went to the mall for window shopping first.

Once done, we went over to the mall and meet up with them. As it was almost lunch time, we then went to a Vietnamese restaurant there. Bro ordered a birthday cake from RT Pasty for dad. It was also 1^st time that lil Ivan will be celebrating Grandpa’s birthday … J .. And, as usual, this lil man was so excited to see the candles lit up, as though it was a celebration for him.

All of us had a great time there …. xoxo

My 1st Mother's Day .... :p

12 May 2013, my 1^st Mother’s Day celebration .. haha .. Nothing special, on the eve of Mother’s Day, we had a family dinner for all the mommies in the house i.e my mom, my mother in law, my sis in law and of course myself. Hubby bought a jelly cake from Q Jelly for all the mommies to ‘cut-cut’ .. haha.

On the respective day itself, sis bought 2 stalks of carnation on behalf of lil Ivan and requested him to give it to Grandma (my mom) and myself. This lil fella actually grabs the flowers so confidently as though he is really serious of giving it to us. Well, in actual fact, I guessed he is just curious with it.

Later on, we went out for a Mother’s Day lunch with hubby, sis, bro and mom. Bro suggested to have lunch at Ben’s General Food Store at Bangsar Village. After having our scrumptious meal, we went walking around buying some groceries and hubby decided to buy us Haagen Daaz as dessert.

By the way, as I am a Loccitane’s member, a day earlier, I have received a sms saying that there is a Mother’s Day gift readied for the members. What you need to do is, walked to their outlet and say out the special slogan, i.e ‘ I love my mom’ and you will receive the gift !! So, since I was in the mall, and passed by the outlet, so I went in and did what it required and this is what I got .. a miniature perfume and RM 10 cash voucher :)

I know this is belated, but I just wanna wish Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there ... xoxo ... 

Lil Ivan started solid !! ... :)

Oh dear, I just realised that it has been almost a month since I last checked in here. Well, I guess my updates nowadays will be mainly on my lil boy .. so please bear with me ya .. :p

Yes, he is already 7 months and 5days today. Bad mommy, missed out his update on his 6^th month. So, why not a 2-in-1 updates here … :)

Hmm .. my lil Ivan has started solid since last month when he reached 6 months. However, I have only started him with fruit and veg diet. His very 1^st try was mashed pumpkin (lazy mommy, so go easy way … hehehe). We steamed the pumpkin and just used the fork to mash it.

He felt kinda weird during his first try .. He doesn’t know how to ‘munch’ and swallow, hence, he ended up spitting it out. But, mommy didn’t give up and continue trying. After a few try, he learnt and start using his jaws to ‘munch’ and showing us his swallowing action. We were all so excited when we realised that he has learnt how to handle his solid food … Haha

Haha .. look at his 'wondering' look ...

We followed the 3 days rules before introducing the next food to him to monitor if he has any allergic to the new food introduced. So far, he had tried mashed avocado, mashed banana, carrot puree, broccoli puree, pear puree, apple puree, zucchini puree and papaya puree.  And, my lil Ivan is loving everything .. I really hope he doesn’t learn to be a picky eater as he grows up .. :)

We bought the Avent steamer and blender. I highly recommend this product as it really saves a lot of time and also hygienic as you do not need to remove the steamed fruits or veg to the blender. What you need to do is just to flip over once the steaming is done :)

This is how the Avent Steamer and Blender works !! 

As he reached 7 months last Friday, I started to introduce oat to him. I bought the organic rolled oat and used my Avent blender to process it into powder.  I combined the oatmeal with papaya puree for his 1^st try, and guess what … he loves it too !! Daddy actually felt weird with this combination, but I did tried the taste .. it tastes yummy !! So far for this week, we have been feeding him 1 meal in the afternoon with either fruit or veg puree and another meal in the evening with combined oatmeal and fruit or veg puree or even fruit + veg puree which what we are feeding him currently is oatmeal with pear + zucchini puree.

Next introduction will be rice ... and I have actually bought organic brown rice and will be blending it to powder this coming weekend ... :)