In Between

Since the arrival of Jonathan Boy, we have been “demoted” to sitting at the back of the congregation in church. Not because Jonathan can’t behave during church service but we just want to avoid any disturbance. On the other hand, I think we have also assumed a new post as an “observer”.

As I was in church as usual on this Sunday morning, I observed that in most families, young children will be sitting in between the parents with one parent sitting at each end. The seating arrangement usually will look like this…Daddy, Kid 1, Kid 2…, and Mommy. Looking at this, I suddenly realised that it is happening in me too. Before the arrival of Jonathan, both of us seated side by side, close to each other so that we can feel each other’s heat. And now, when Jonathan is with us, we put him in between us because both of us also want to feel Jonathan’s heat. 😀

Jonathan’s 1st CNY

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This year was Jonathan Boy’s first CNY and receiving lots of ang pow.  He can really grab the ang pow and hold on to it nicely. I don’t have to rugi a lot this year but got back half of what was out from my pocket. 😛

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First ang pow from Gong Gong. I wonder how much inside??

We travel back to Sitiawan 3 days before CNY and stopped by Ipoh to visit God-parents as this is the first time Jonathan meeting up with them. God-mom was so anxious and happy to see Jonathan and carrying him for the first time. Of course because her own grandchildren are in New York and she had never seen them before other than some photos that God-brother sent back. Unfortunately God-dad went out at that time.

It was also Jonathan first time stepping in to Sitiawan, back in Daddy and Mommy’s hometown. The moment he stepped into Darling’s house, he felt like a stranger and kept looking around. He would not allow us to put him down.

As usual we went to Pangkor on the 1st day of CNY to visit my Grandma. The queue to the ferry was quite long and crowded but good thing that Jonathan slept thru soundly in Daddy’s arm during the 1 hour queue. Luckily we brought along the clip-on fan and thank God for the windy morning. 

The 2nd day was always the Fu Qing Association CNY celebration in the afternoon whereby they will always have the calligraphy and animal-of-the-year drawing contest. On the 3rd day, we visited Darling’s uncles and aunties in Pantai Remis. We departed for KL on 4th day morning as we are worried of the jam and Darling need more rest to prepare for his new job.

Overall, Jonathan Boy behaved quite well throughout the journey (to and fro) although he did make some fuss after more than 4 hours in his car seat. Of course his little buttock also need a break like we adults do. 😀

Got Attracted by Jonathan

We brought Jonathan along to JJ, Bukit Tinggi yesterday. While Darling went it to the Supermarket section, I waited with Jonathan outside the Supermarket near the payment counters. 

There was this little girl (I think she’s about 3 – 4 years old) from Middle-East country (she’s so pretty with rosie cheeks) who spotted our adorable Jonathan and started playing with him. She extended her hands for Jonathan to grab. She got all excited when Jonathan grabbed her fingers tightly and smiled at her. Then the little girl’s mommy joined the fun and caress his soft cheeks. Both the little girl and mommy got attracted by Jonathan’s cuteness. The little girl can’t help it but to kiss Jonathan’s hand and later his forehead. Then there came her daddy, talking and smiling to Jonathan too. The moment Jonathan smiled back and cooed, their heart melted. The little girl’s daddy can’t help it but to kiss Jonathan’s hand too. The rest of their family members were so happy to see little Jonathan responding to their reaction. The little girl’s daddy whispered to me, “Your son is very friendly”. The little girl felt so heavy-hearted to leave Jonathan. She kissed Jonathan’s hand few more time before saying bye bye.

I felt so shy with so many of them surrounding us with Jonathan being the highlights. Jonathan is indeed a cheerful boy. He used to give me his cheekiest smile. Chiak!!

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Jonathan…4 Months

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Jonathan Boy reached 4 months old on the 2nd day of CNY.  Just to share some new development in Jonathan.  He started to turn from his tummy to facing up when he was about 3.5 months. He will start pushing himself forward and curled up his legs and stomach to help himself to turn over.  He make new sounds now, like, “Aaarr…”, “Uhhh…”, “Eerrr…”, “Boo…”, “Emmm…”, as though talking to us.  Just can’t wait for him to call “Ma…” or “Pa…”. When he is bored playing on his own, he will sigh to get our attention to play with him.

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He can sit very well in the Bumbo chair and I’ve started to spoon-feed him water so to prepare him for solid. Being a kiasu mom, I shall start letting him sip from straw soon. I bought him a fish shaped teether and he likes it a lot and he gets very frustrated when he can’t put the “fish” in his mouth properly.

No update on his physical development as there is not paediatric check-up this month.

Happy 30th Birthday, Darling!

Finally, 30…years old. No more the you-are-still-young thingy cause age is catching up. It’s Darling, not me. I still have 2 months to show off my still-young age before I enter the you-are-not-young-anymore gang. 😆

For this year, I would like to wish Darling good health (I think he needs that most now).  We are celebrating with our CG today so it will definitely be a good one especially with our Jonathan Boy around now.

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Happy Birthday, Darling…and loving you always.

P/s: Not forgetting to thank my MIL for this day of suffering and joy in bringing Darling to this world.