Zaach 1st Birthday!

Time flies and Zacch is already 1 year old as on 20 June 2008. It brought us back to the day when he was born. So tiny, cute and hairy. Yes, Zacch was born with alot of facial and body hair, and not only that, it was very long. As long as 2cm. I still remember that Daddy Seng's mum commented because I ate too much beef during my pregnancy. Haha

To prepare for Zacch 1st birthday, preparations were made months before. Daddy Seng and I agreed that it is a joyous day in our and baby Zacch's life. And hence, we want to make this day as memorable and wonderful as possible. We are also very thankful to our good friends who even formed a committee for Zacch's birthday celebration. Our good friends included Zacch's godma Eveleen, Serene and Gopal. It is so heartwarming knowing that so many people who love Zacch and want to make his birthday a happy one.

Prepartations towaards this big day was smooth sailing. First, the committee decided on the venue between BBQ pit, function room and our house. After much discussion, we felt that function room was a better choice. Next, we also need to decide on the caterer, follow by theme of the party, number of people to invite, decorations etc. All these couldn't have been done so smoothly without the help of the committee members.

On Zacch birthday, many friends and family members came to celebrate our joy and sent their wishes to baby Zacch. Zacch was a bit cranky because he was feeling sleeping in the midst of the party and also because he was passed from one guest to another. And there was almost 60 guests in the party. haha. He was indeed the star of the party.

The theme for Zacch party was 'animals' and hence, we encouraged our guests to dress in animals attire or t-shirt on our e-invitation card. (thanks to godma eveleen for creating a wonderful e-invitation). We bought animals balloon for our little guests to bring home. Not only that, even the goodie box for children was packed with animals snacks.

Lastly, it was a day full of well-wishes from our friends, fun and lots and lots of presents for Zaccheus. Zacch was such a blessed boy to have the love of everyone. Blessed 1 year old Birthday, my precious one.

The most adorable period of baby Zacch

It has been quite awhile since Mummy Esther last updated the happenings of Baby Zacch. Throughout these months, Zacch has been doing very well. He has gone past the stage of fearing at strangers and is at his most adorable period now. Why do I say so? It is because he smiles and laughs at the slightest thing around him. A simple peek-a-boo or blanket game can make him laugh and scream out loud. Other than that, he also understand a number of single words like clap, hi, goodbye etc. When I said clap, he would respond by clapping his hands. And I said hi or goodbye, he would respond by waving at me. That's just how lovable he is...

I am also amazed that he seems to be able to recognize the alphabet letters and the meaning of certain words when they were flashed to him since last month. Lately, he became very expressive also and babbled non-stop as if he was having a conversation with us. Of course, I responded to him even though I had no single clue what he was trying to tell me. Still, I know that it was his efforts in wanting to be part of Mummy and Daddy's world.

Life has been good and God has blessed Zacch tremendously. There is no single day that Zacch fails to brighten my day. I appreciate and cherish every of his developments with my heart. It bring tears to my eyes just to think that Zacch is turning one year old soon. I can't believe this little gem has been with me for nearly a year. I count each day as my blessing as my life continues to be with my precious and darling Zacch...

Shaving off Zach's hair for the 2nd time @ 9mths

Before shaving...


During shaving...


After shaving...

God loves a Cheerful Giver!!

Zaccheus celebrated his FIRST Chinese New Year this Jan 2009 and as an only child, he received quite a subtantial amount of red packets money from our family, relatives and friends. Our initial intention was to deposit this sum of money into Zach's account as it is rightfully belong to him. After some thoughts, we decided that we want to make an offering to God on Zach's behalf as whatever riches he owns belong to God. We then decided to return half of what Zach has received for his red packets money to God's kingdom. I know that if baby Zach understands this offering, he will definately be more than happy and proud to give as a child of God.

And what Zach will receive in return from God will be far more greater than this monetary value.. as 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 says, Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, for God loves a cheerful giver. :)

Zach @ The Little Gym

3 weekends ago, JS and I brought Zach to his first ever gym. To think Mummy only went to gym when I was 23 years old and Zach hit the gym at the mere age of 7 half months. :) But not to forget, Daddy Seng was once a frequent gym goer. That's why it is not surprising that Zach gone to the gym at such an early age...
Of course, the reason behind the gym class has nothing to do with the above. In fact, choosing between appreciating music or developing motor skills has always been the back of my mind since Zach was as young as 5 months. After some thoughts, I decided to go for the latter first as the skills will be able to develop Zach's sense of competence and self-confidence.

We brought Zach to attend the trial lesson and the lesson was divided into three segments with music accompany every segment. The first segment is mainly the warming up session where parents exercise the babys' shoulder, hands, legs and followed by the body. The second segment is the most intense, at least for the parents, as they have to carry their babies in the form of gunny sack under their arms or on their shoulders and walk/ run along with the music. Daddy Seng enjoys this segment most as he enjoys tucking Zach under his arms. After a tedious 10 minutes of exercise, the instructor will use different items such as parachute, handerchief, ball to facilitate his teachings. After that, it is left to free exercise for babies to build up their strength using ramp, slides and climbers. The last segment is the cooling down time for baby and parents after a tiring 40 minutes. In this segment, the instructor will blow bubbles to babies for the purpose of coordinating their eyes and hands. Last but not leave, the class will end off with parents singing the goodbye song.

Zach did not enjoy his first session as much as JS and I did. I guess it was due to the new environment and people. Despite Zach showed interest during the lesson, he was very stiff. But he has definately loosen himself up and starting to enjoy the gym classes in the next 2 lessons. Overall, I feel that the lesson programme is well-organised and planned, the instructor is professional and the class size is also comfortable enough. And after attending the lesson, we know that babies are not as fragile as what we thought. There are now so many fun activities we can do together with Zach now. :-)

Latest Updates...

It has been a long time since I last updated Zach's updates in the blog. Eversince school started, life has been very busy at work and at home. Once I reached home after a hard day work, I could hardly rest. Time is precious and it is meant for Zach. I really look forward to coming home each day to hug and kiss him. If possible, I chose to bring back my work home even though I knew the chances of working from home is very slim during day time. Hence, it ended up that I either had to sleep later (after I put Zach to sleep) or wake up at dawn to finish up my work. I miss the luxury of taking naps...
However, my priority is Zach and his overall well-being. Nothing beats seeing him growing up healthily and happily everyday. Just the mere thought of him will make me become a stronger Mummy!

Zaccheus' first CNY 2009