A Day with Grandma

Yesterday, Hao's babysitter had to go out settle some personal matter. So I seek mother-in-law (MIL) help to take care the boy for a day. Else I had to take a day off. MIL actually had to go for a body check-up in the morning. However she was kind enough to re-arrange the appointment.

I was a little worry. Knowing the boy has stranger anxiety, putting him with someone that he does not meet very often had made me feel a little uneasy. I was worry he will be giving lots of trouble to my MIL. From the morning, I kept on telling him today he will be going to grandma's house. He cried when I left MIL house to work. MIL assured us he will be alright as this is absolutely normal.

We went to pick him up after work. He was playing with MIL happily in the living room. MIL told us he just cried for a while in the morning then stopped. He was good boy the whole day, except a bit 'sticky'. Followed her wherever she go. He wanted accompaniment and attention. I felt relief after hearing this. Phew! Looks like I am worrying too much. Oh Zhe Hao o zhe hao.... you are awesome. Mommy love you!

Hao @ 8 months

Time flies. Hao is already 8 months old. Again, his weight has not been increasing much for the past 2 months. He is now weighted at 8kg . This is his progress so far: -

• Know how to wave bye bye. However only as when he likes it.
• Can sit still quite steady for quite some time. So now when we dine out, I can put him on the high chair.
• Can crawl quite well and for quite a long distance.
• Know how to kneel.
• Know how to change from a sitting position to crawling position.
• When he catch something, he will play with it using both hands instead of putting it directly into his mouth.
• Like to grab things. Whenever he saw something catch his eyes, he will think of ways to reach it.
• His latest favourite toy is no other than my mobile phone.
• Will make sounds of ba ba ba ba..., wa wa wa..., aaa... Will hear him saying mama... mama... ONLY when he cries looking for me for milk. Latest favourite word is da da da..., de de de...
• Having Nestle Honey wheat cereal with breast milk and brown rice powder in the late morning. And taking porridge in the evening. Prefer salty taste than sweet.
• Getting more distracted easily when being nursed and thus making the breastfeeding time becoming slightly longer.
• Would like to play for quite some time before going to bed at night pushing his bed time from 10pm to around 11pm. 
• No sign of teething yet.
• Like to get hold of things and pull himself up. Probably going to stand up very soon.

Wedding photo

Do you wish to have such beautiful picture like this taken for you?  Photo courtesy from Photogreative.

Nice wedding photo, isn't it? Well, this is not my wedding photo. How I wish I could have such nice photo shoot being done on my wedding day. How I wish I could have met this old friend of mine back to when I got married 4 years ago. So that I can hire him to be my photographer on the day I got married. Hehe

When I got married 4 years ago, I just got few friends of mine to be the photographer for the day. At that time, the cost of hire a photographer for the day was not cheap. We thought we could have save some money by just asking favor from friends for it. The results? Well, since they are not professional photographer, what kind of quality can we ask for. Especially after seeing those nice wedding photo taken by my this professional photographer friend, now I'm feeling regret for not hire any professional photographer on my wedding day.

This friend of mine is my primary schoolmate cum neighbor. We used to take the same school bus to school together as we are staying in the same neighborhood. We lost contact to each other after we went to different secondary school. We resumed contact each other when he got married more than a year ago. He had been taking wedding shoot for people for years. You can view his profile here. Photogreative is setup by him and 2 other partners. They offer professional photographing service for actual wedding day and outdoor pre-wedding They also offer actual wedding day video service. Besides wedding, they also shoot picture for baby/family portrait, pet, event and food/products. See this nice baby photo taken by my friend. Click here for details of the packages available. And if you are member of the Malaysia Brides, you can enjoy discounted price from signing up their wedding day package promotion.

Later I'm going to get him to capture some nice pictures of my 2 kids. Hehe cant wait! :)