That Little Boy of Mine

I was reminded last week that the title of this blog was "Diary of a New Daddy", but somehow, over the months of blogging, and no less due to the fact that Caleb is so so cute and that so many people are asking for his photos, this blog has turned into "Caleb's Online Album!". While I have found it a joy to share Caleb's charm with one and all, I am now aware too, that the original purpose of this blog has since gone slightly AWOL... so here's an attempt to steer the rudder back a bit towards the original direction :)

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As Caleb continues to grow, his relentless appetite to explore all things new, whether they are within reach or or out of reach, low or high(!!!), blunt or sharp(!!!), safe or dangerous(!!!), continues to grow too. He is starting to have a mind of his own and will promptly decide to ignore the "no no"s, if he deems that the object of his interest is worth the 'chiding' or disapproving stares of his parents.

So in my attempt to equip myself with the necessary skills and knowledge to handle 'the boy' in Caleb, I started reading "Bringing Up Boys" by Dr James Dobson. A story and a poem brought a smile and a tear out of me, no doubt you would have no difficulty distinguishing which brought out the smile and which brought out the tear... here they are.

A story told by "perfectly decent grown men"
"In the seventh grade, the biology teacher had us dissect fetal pigs. My friends and I pocketed the snout of the pig and stuck it on the water fountain so that the water shot straight up out of the pig's nostrils. No one really noticed it until they were bent over just about to drink. The problem is that we wanted to stick around and see the results, but then we started laughing so hard that we got caught. We all got the paddle for that" - Mark, Ohio, 1960.

A poem - "That Little Boy of Mine"
"Two eyes that shine so bright
Two lips that kiss goodnite
Two arms that hold me tight
That little boy of mine

No one could ever know how much your coming has meant
Because I love you so, you're something heaven has sent.

You're all the world to me.
You climb upon my knee.
To me you'll always be,
That little boy of mine."

Where's Caleb?

Here's Caleb sleeping soundly amongst the barang barang that we had to carry when we brought him along for Young Adults Ministry on one of the Sat afternoons.
He blended in so well with all the bags that we couldn't resist taking a pix of him :)

Bad hair day

Here's a pix of Caleb who just woke up :)
Looks like it's a case of a bad hair day...

Caleb and his 4 front teeth!

Here's a rare pix of Caleb showing off his 4 front teeth! Typically his photos only reveal his 2 tiny teeth at the bottom but actually Caleb has 4 more teeth growing on top. Surprisingly, Caleb is growing teeth at a very fast rate. His first tooth started showing when he was 3 months old. Typically, babies start showing their first tooth between 4 to 6 months. We read that it is in the genes and between me and Ben, one of us must have passed that teeth gene to Caleb.

Godma from Overseas

This is a little belated... but Caleb's overseas Godma, Jacelyn came by last month to visit and see Caleb for the very first time!
Here's a pix of Godma Jace, Uncle Luc together with Caleb...


And here's Caleb snug in Godma Jace's arms...

Bye Bye Caleb

Over the last month or so, Caleb has started to enhance his communications skills. One of the earliest things that he started doing was to wave "Bye Bye". We were in the living room playing with him one afternoon, when he just started to wave "Bye Bye" at us. It was hilarious coz we'll go "Bye Bye, Bye Bye Caleb" and wave at him and he would wave back at us.

Here's a pix of Caleb caught in the act of practising his wave...


Here's Caleb and Mummy waving at Daddy...

A photo a day keeps the mobs away :)

In case the angry mobs start a mutiny...

As in the title, in case the angry mobs who have been starved of Caleb's photos for almost 2 months decide to start a mutiny, here's something for you to feed on for the a short while ok?
Been really really busy and many things have happened to Caleb in the intervening time which will take a while to blog... bear with me for a while longer. Hoping the crazy period will end at the end of this month.
Oh by the way, the 1st official word that Caleb spoke was "Ball!". He's now on to words like "there", "da-da", "ma", "drop" & "ssss..." :)

Caleb with Godpa's Christmas Present

One Leg Kicking

Penetrating Stare!

Young Aristocrat...

Hai-Yak!

Hey! That's mine leh!!!

Haha!