Highlight of the day: Yesterday, Eric stood up! By Himself! I was so shocked and shouted for joy when he did that! Of course, he didn’t stand up too long, only about 5 seconds or so, but what a 5-second event it was! There he was, sitting and playing with the magazines, when all of the sudden, he stood up slowly with his two legs, no hand support, went down again, and stood up again, this time with the magazine in his hands. It was so amazing!

His goofy smile is so cute!

When is Daddy’s Birthday? 28 November. Happy Birthday Daddy. I love you.

The daycare centres must have mastered the art of teaching babies how to hold their own bottles. Eric and Joel were sent to daycare centres when they were infants and I was working full time, so Eric learnt to hold his bottle when he was 3 months old, and Joel when he was 4 months old.

Being unemployed, I was fortunate that I could take care of Ezra at home and not send him to a daycare centre, not even one day. Ezra is 6 months old now, and I still have to hold his bottle. Propping his bottle with his blankie only helps when he’s sleepy and less animated.

Imagine how much household chores and blogging can be done when both your hand are free…gosh, I wonder how the the daycares do it?

Highlight of the day: Eric is pointing at everything nowadays. “Geegeejah!” at a book. “Ndjeahjah!” at the remote control.

Also, his goofy teeth are so cute!

My kids are at the ages where hugs are still abundant — they love being hugged and getting hugs. Eric would come to me for his big boy hug at random times, especially when he’s tired. Joel demands one every morning, noon, and night with such gusto that sometimes I would almost fall back as he run towards me and jumped, expecting me to catch him every time (do I have a choice not to?). When he’s not too excited, he’ll just calmly sit on my lap, grab my arms around him, and he’ll hum “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”. Ezra… well, he’s still a baby, but what baby doesn’t like to be hugged? Ezra will either put his head on my shoulder, or be most alert, smiling and babbling himself away.

There will come the day when giving a hug to Mommy and Daddy becomes more and more sporadic, somewhat of an embarrassment, not to be given publicly. But that’s a long time away. I hope. I’ll take things one day at a time.