Catch us on TV.... ;)

Finally...after almost a month after Kendrick and I filmed our first little TV commercial, we saw it aired on TV :) The ad campaign started on 26 Mar 2009 and may last some time into April (to be confirmed). It was quite funny to see ourselves on air even though it was only for a short while! The 15 sec commercial actually took us around 3 - 4 hours to film!! The setting up of the location took time and so did the 'ng' shots. I'm quite thankful that Kendrick was pretty well-behaved that afternoon the filming was done. He did not really fret as much as I thought he might and was fairly cooperative. Well, hope this will be something for you to have a good laugh when you grow up my son! :)

Weekend with Kendrick

In the recent weekend, we brought Kendrick to my friend's son's birthday party. The place was full of kids and at first, Kendrick stuck close to us. Eventually when he warmed up to the new surroundings, he started venturing on his own to touch things. Like at home, he would touch anything that was on the table, including the tissue box. Talking about that, there was once when Kendrick started pulling out pieces of tissue paper from the tissue box at home without our knowledge!! I was both amused and mad to see all the tissue paper wasted on the floor! Ha ha... Anyway, back to the party, the thing about Kendrick is that he still does not know how to really interact with other kids yet. He would rather go about on his own and play with things that he can see around the place. He also attempted to climb up this flight of stairs and was not afraid to run off to places even though we showed him that we were not following him. He is quite a curious boy after all.

Then on Sunday, we took some time to head down to Marina Barrage since we were all new to that place. Although it was a little warm that afternoon, I could tell that Kendrick did enjoy the fact that we have brought him outdoors. He liked walking about on his own and really seemed like a 'big kid' already. When I look at the photos, I can't help thinking that my little baby is growing up fast! One moment just a little baby, next moment, walking next to us like a big kid. Time for #2?? Maybe, maybe not. Haha....

Here are some photos from our outing to Marina Barrage:

A few series of Kendrick walking about on his own

Somehow this part of the landscape really made it look like there was nothing else around. Looks like a fake backdrop too ya? Ha ha...

Series of Father and Son shots

14 month old boy

Kendrick turns 14 months old today and he's been growing very well so far. This cheeky little boy is also getting quite sticky to me nowadays too - mostly wanting me to carry him or sayang him or comfort him. It's sweet to know that he thinks of me every now and then. If I'm out of his sight for some time, he will call out 'Mee-Mee' to look for me.

Anyway, some updates on his development:

• Walks very well and has taken bigger steps to walk faster. This is especially so when we play catching with him where he will walk off very quickly to hide. I suppose in a few more months time he may show signs of running?!
• Climbs up and down low bed/sofas easily without help, especially if they are just slightly below his waist level
• Eats with his fingers for snacks
• Empties containers of contents when he plays with his toys
• Able to build his toy blocks more steadily now
• Started to doodle on the 'magna-doodle' board that I bought him
• Points to his nose when we ask him where it is
• Responds to instructions such as 'hug' or 'sayang' or 'kiss'
• Continues to be quite 'talkative' as he babbles lots of words that we tell him or teach him. Some new words include 'pur-pur' (purple), 'wed' (red), 'two', 'three' (which he can say when we prompt him with the first word 'one')
  
• He seems to be understanding more things now when we read to him. Like this book of animals/objects with sounds they make, after reading many times to him, he remembers certain actions and sounds that represent that animal / object like - roar for lion, ding dong for bell, meow for cat, hiss for snake, buzz for bee...
  
• He is also picking up patterns of how we do things. For e.g. when I use the vacuum cleaner, he knows that I have to pull the plug out and plug it into the power point. He showed me this when he wanted to 'help' me pull out the plug of the machine as the first step
  
• He responds to the question 'Where?', like when we ask him where is Mummy, or where is his toy block, or where is his bib, or where is papa, where is his book, etc.
  
• He recognises clothes that we wear. When we fold clothes and showed him the piece we are holding and ask him whose is this, he did say the correct person's clothes correctly quite a few times
• He likes to play a lot with our 'adult stuff' like pretending to type away at the computer, press the telephone and put it to his ear, changing the TV channels by pressing the remote controller

Here's a few pictures of Kendrick with different expressions...

His number 1 action

Watching Sesame Street but not really concentrating...

Posing while at this big open area at Raffles City shopping centre

Enjoying the view of the sky up there