Bible Action Songs!

~ Posted on Monday, March 7, 2011 at 2:54 PM ~

My SIL bought Ben a couple of Bible Action Songs VCDs last year and on and off we've been playing the VCDs for Ben to watch every now and then. Some of the songs were also sung during Ben's Sunday schools so it's really nice to see Ben reacting positively and enthusiastically whenever he hears the songs!

I took some recent photos of Ben while he was watching the Bible Action Songs VCD...

Ben got excited when the "Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes" song came on...

And he started dancing on the bed, pointing to his knees and toes real quick...

Ben following the hand gestures while watching the "Open Them, Shut Them" song...

And Ben showing how mighty God is during "My God is so Great" song...

Ever since I noticed how Ben reacted positively and enthusiastically whenever he hears the songs during Sunday schools, I decided to play the VCDs more often now. I'm thinking I should probably get down to drawing up a daily activities timetable for Ben... 

24 Awesome, Awesome Months!

~ Posted on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 8:30 AM ~

Yeap, today is the day my precious Benjamin turns 24 months old... aka, the TERRIFIC 2 stage! I choose not to even think of the commonly used 'terrible twos' terms as I like to think positive and I believe we as parents should think the best of our child!

So yeah, here's a glimpse to the 24 awesome, awesome months we went through with our dear boy. Mind you, I have a very, very large collection of pictures taken almost daily since Ben was born and so to choose only 1 to depict each month is quite a difficult task. There are of course many many more I would love to share with you guys but these will do for now... heheheh...

Some of the pictures are linked to some of my blog posts, so feel free to click on it to read more (and see more pictures!). Here goes:

Ben looking around...
Terrific Two!
Ben started gurgling and making cute sounds...
Terrific Two!

Ben started giving us cute faces...
Terrific Two!
 
Ben's 1st visit to his pediatrician...
Terrific Two!
 
Ben pondering about his future?
Terrific Two!
 
One in a million shot of Ben's 1st sit on his own!
Terrific Two!
 
Ben pulled me over and gave me a kiss!
Terrific Two!
 
Ben's surprise look as I snapped this shot!
Terrific Two!

 Ben enjoying live music...
Terrific Two!

 Ben signalling to daddy 'no, no, no'!
Terrific Two!

Ben showing mummy how he brushes his teeth...
Terrific Two!

Ben showing us how old he is...
Terrific Two!

 Ben with his cute teeth!
Terrific Two!

Ben, careful not to reveal too much...
Terrific Two!

 Ben enjoying his float...
Terrific Two!

Ben's 1st solo walk in the park...
Terrific Two!

 Ben having fun weighing himself...
Terrific Two!

Ben started his Sunday school!
Terrific Two!
 
Ben gazing up at me as I breastfed him...
Terrific Two!

Ben tasting the oil pastels...
Terrific Two!

Ben's 1st banana leaf rice meal!
Terrific Two!

Ben loves stickers!
Terrific Two!

Ben's 1st tantrum at Toys'R Us...
Terrific Two!

Bubble Head? Ben playing with his bubble gun!
Terrific Two!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and I pray for many many many more awesome months and years to come that we can spend with our cute little guy! What an exciting phase for him (and us) to be entering the terrific two stage!

Happy 2nd birthday to you sweetie!

Mummy and daddy loves you awfully so so so much!

Read: Psalm 112:1-2 (NIV), Psalm 127:3 (NIV), Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)

Watch Out! I've Got Pregnancy Brain!

~ Posted on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 4:42 PM ~

Just want to write this down that I've been having what you call pregnancy brain... also known as forgetfullness or memory problems during pregnancy...

(Image from Google search)

According to this excerpt from Babycenter article:

"Many pregnant women say their short-term memory isn't up to par during pregnancy, particularly during their first and third trimesters."

I've already excused myself from the job of family event planner. Prior to this I'm mostly the person to contact the restaurants to book rooms and tables for family gatherings and then liaise and contact all the family members and invite and remind them to attend the functions. Can't cope with the stress and tiring tasks of liaising with each and everyone in this, so it's better to not take up this task anymore...

Then, I've also been telling my MIL not to entrust me with anything during my pregnancy especially with the tasks of remembering something for her, which she likes to get me to do. Prior to getting pregnant, I have very good memory and could remind her and other people of things to be done, but now, 3 months along, I'm really having trouble remembering things.

So far, I've been having problems remembering where I put (or did I even keep it?!!) hubby's car keys (whenever we're out, I normally hold and keep the keys for him in my diaper bag) and occassionally a couple of times forgetting to replenish Ben's water bottle prior to going out, resulting in us having to buy water outside...

Sigh... I have got quite a few more months to endure this pregnancy brain phase... bear with me please...