I'm a full-time mummy

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...	Ben started gurgling and making cute sounds...
Ben started giving us cute faces...	Ben's 1st visit to his pediatrician...
Ben pondering about his future?	One in a million shot of Ben's 1st sit on his own!
Ben pulled me over and gave me a kiss!	Ben's surprise look as I snapped this shot!
Ben enjoying live music...	Ben signalling to daddy 'no, no, no'!
Ben showing mummy how he brushes his teeth...	Ben showing us how old he is...
Ben with his cute teeth!	Ben, careful not to reveal too much...
Ben enjoying his float...	Ben's 1st solo walk in the park...
Ben having fun weighing himself...	Ben started his Sunday school!
Ben gazing up at me as I breastfed him...	Ben tasting the oil pastels...
Ben's 1st banana leaf rice meal!	Ben loves stickers!
Ben's 1st tantrum at Toys'R Us...	Bubble Head? Ben playing with his bubble gun!

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)

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...

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...

Hubby found out from one of his friends that there is currently a dinosaur expo going on at the National Science Center and we decided to check out the expo after having our lunch at home. Tickets for adults cost RM10 each while children under age of 4 goes in free of charge.

Now a bit info about the dinosaur expo:

"The Dinos Alive World Tour will be here in Kuala Lumpur from 1st December 2010 till 31st May 2011 everyday from 9.00am to 5.00pm. The tour will see 32 ‘life-sized’ dinosaurs including the ever famous Tyrannosaurus Rex, towering above you at a height of 16 feet. There is also an Apatosaurus measuring a whopping 23 feet! Other dinosaurs like the Stegosaurus, the Megalosaurus and the sly Velociraptor can also be found here at the exhibition."

"Oh my goodness, that T-Rex is trying to eat my son!!"

Daddy and Ben at a safer distance away from the menacing looking T-Rex...

Ben strolling happily by himself once he's away from the dinosaur exhibits...

Ben looking up, very intrigued at some aeroplane toys that moves using solar energy...

Ben helping daddy by pressing the button to release the 'rocket'

Who says it's an easy job pressing buttons?!

"I'm seeing double Ben, no, triples, no wait... how many of Ben are there?!!

My eyes! What's wrong with my eyes??!!"

Ben climbed up the tree house and played with some balls in it...

He also tried to lift up this dragonfly...

Ben managed to score some goals!

I love this shot! This is the roof of the National Science Center.

Ben was quite scared with some of the dinosaur exhibits though there are some that he doesn't mind touching and patting and he even said 'Hi' to some of the cuter looking dinos.

I think he enjoyed himself very much at the kiddy playground area and those non-dinosaur science exhibits, especially the one with the mirror tunnel which reflects multiple images of yourself when you looked through the mirror tunnel.

All in all, it was a fun family outing, though there are other spots which we have missed out at the center (those located outdoors especially) as we only reached the center about 3pm. We will consider revisiting the place again, more to check out what we have left out in this round.