Happy 2nd Birthday, Erik!
How time flies so fast as we're having fun?! Yes, Mummy knows that she will be forever repeating this as our little Erik approaches each milestone in life. However, honestly, Mummy & Daddy CANNOT believe how it flew by so fast and all of a sudden, we have a beautiful and active 2-year-old in our hands!
(Left to Right: April 2007, May 2007, June 2007)
(Left to Right: June 2007, July 2007)
(Left to Right: August 2007, September 2007)
(Left to Right: October 2007, November 2007)
(Left to Right: December 2007, January 2008)
(Left to Right: February 2008, March 2008)
Dear Erik,
Happy Birthday! Your Daddy and I cannot believe you are already two years old. Every day we are so thankful that you came into our lives! We became a loving family of 3 because of you! Our world is so much brighter because we get to see things through your eyes. We are so proud of you for being who you are, a wonderful and loving boy!
You have achieved some amazing milestones already. You love to be read to by Daddy and Mummy. You know most of the colors quite well "Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Pink, and Purple" in both English and Cantonese. You recognize the letters (and keep pointing to ask for more explanation), you can recognize the upper case letters "A", "E", "O", "S", "M", "T", "P". Daddy taught you how to spell "STOMP" because that was one of your favorite dinosaur books "Stomp, Stomp" by Bob Kolar. Without fail, you love to be held in Daddy's arms, while being read to during bedtime. You often request "Monkey Puzzle" by Julia Donaldson. You also have a new found love for "Bob & Otto" by Robert O. Bruel. Mummy will often read to you in Cantonese and you would pick 2 to 3 of your favorite books before bed time. Sometimes we'd read about "Tabitha & Jessica", tales of a mouse and baby elephant. You don't know yet that Mummy's name is the same as one of the characters. You also request that Mummy hold you in your arms but often you get a little distracted and asks to nurse instead.
You've grown so much over the year already! You are an almost whopping 30lb boy! Oh my! Your 24 months onesies are quite a vertical stretch for you nowadays and your Daddy and I are quite sad to know that you won't be using onesies for too much longer. Some of the 2Ts clothes are just right on you and some of them are a bit small! 3T tops and pants fits a lot better on you. You're already wearing size 7 shoes but we think you'll be outgrowing them by beginning of summer into 7.5 or 8! Good gosh, where did our little baby go? You still sleep with Mummy and Daddy, actually you prefer to sleep while one of us is cuddling you in our arms! Sometimes Mummy and Daddy's arms get a bit numb in the middle of the night from holding you for so long. You are so long now that when you turn sideways in our bed, you would actually kick Daddy in the middle of the night. Poor Daddy! However, you're getting more independent every day, some nights, you actually crawl to your own crib and sleep in there by yourself. SIGH!
You are into sports already. You love going to the swimming pool with Daddy. You happily show Daddy how you can jump from the side of the pool into the pool and then 'paddle' a bit to Daddy. You love going under water and can 'swim' a little bit if Daddy is maybe a toddler arm's away from you. However, you hate wearing the swim goggles and we have not yet been successful in making you wear them! You also love to play 'basketball' with Daddy. We have a toddler size basketball hoop at home for you and you love DUNKING the ball. You also love throwing the "Magic Flower Ball". It's an orange ball that you can squish together and made flat to throw like a frisbee but you think of it as a flower instead. You are into riding your little trike as well. You don't even mind wearing your Elmo helmet, knee pads, and elbow pads that I make you wear all the time as long as you get to sit on that trike and be pushed around by Daddy or Mummy. You know to put your feet on the pedals and ring the bell on the trike but still working on how to peddle.
At school, you love to play with all of your friends. You didn't have particular best buddies but you liked being with all your friends including Audrey, Karalyn, Kelly, Gabriel, Jackson, Jeremy, and a new friend, Matthew. However, you may have experienced your first toddler love, you even once declared your love in public at a restaurant shouting "I Love You, Karalyn!" when she wasn't even there. You also loved to take care of the new "babies" that came into the class to make them feel welcome and I was told that you were super gentle with the babies or smaller toddlers and would bring them toys and drinks. One of your favorite teachers is Miss Tara! You made a special rainbow just for her during class, even when Daddy and I asked you, "was the rainbow for us?", you'd shook your head and said "No, Miss Tara!". You're a big time hugger from what I was told. You'd start out hugging one friend and then all of a sudden, you had to go and hug all the other friends one by one. You also loved following the big kids around during outside play as you move to the next classroom. If the big kids wanted to climb and sit on the drums you'd pick the shortest one and try to do exactly that. You are also into finding and collecting rocks all around the playground. You give them out as a 'token of affection'! Very cute!
Your palate for food is also growing! Your favorite food is still an all-time Macaroni and Cheese, whether it is homemade by Daddy or box mixed. You can down a whole bowl of it plus some more. You also have a taste for fish, shrimp, crab, and anything seafood. We had to limit your seafood intake to only 3 times a week because you love it so much! You also love Daddy's homemade special pasta! Mmmm! You'd get all messy face whenever you eat it. At home, we still feed you like a little baby but you are more than capable in using a fork on your own. You even like to cut some of your own food, using your plastic knife. You also like eating Grandma Katy's homemade wontons w/shrimp. You've started loving vegetables and takes big bites out of broccoli, baby and regular-size corn, cauliflower, carrots, and straw mushrooms but they have to be stir-fried Chinese-style! You were also opened to different ethnic foods like Thai (You loved their Raad Na noodles), Mexican (spanish style rice - you call them "Orange Rice"), and Indian. However, we found out you didn't like "Orange Milk" known as Mango Lassi from our favorite Indian restaurant but you liked eating Paper Masala Dosa! Daddy was proud of you for that! You are also really into cooking, both pretend and real! Your morning routine with Daddy is helping him make "Ham & Eggs" for you! You'd crack the egg with Daddy's help but you'd also beat the egg a bit. You love sprinkling in the cheese. You are just driving for more independence every day!
Our conversations with you are so interesting at times. You'd happily recall events from school of what you did and what you liked. You will command both Mummy and Daddy to sit in certain places during meal times. Even at night time when Daddy is super tired and would ask Erik to do story time instead, you'd make up "Dora the Explorer" story, along with Daddy's help. Your imagination is just wonderful, Mummy thinks you got this creativity part from Daddy. You love pretend play. One of the pretend play is "Safari Hunting" in your own bedroom. Daddy & Mummy would turn off all the lights and only provide you with a flashlight while all 3 of us are inside. We'd close the door and then we start "hunting" for a Lion...and you would use your flashlight to find the Lion on the wall. You still remember your ASL signs and would use them to make your point. If you wanted Mummy to sit down and mummy didn't on your first verbal request, you would immediately say "Mummy Sit Down" but would also sign "SIT" as well, in case Mummy didn't get it.
Daddy and I started a family tradition ever since you were born. We always took your birthday off from work in order to spend time with you and to let you know that you are well loved and thought about no matter what! We spend the day however you like. This year, we gave you simple choices of park, zoo, or bounce house. Well, you eagerly replied "bounce house!" so off to the bounce house we went for our morning celebration! Daddy and I didn't just sit aside and let you run around and bounce yourself. Oh no! We climbed after you and played with you in the slide structures. We'd crawled into the bounce houses and happily jump with you. Whew! That was tiring! We even had a family reenactment of "3 Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed". You excitedly said "Mommy called Daddy and Daddy said" not the doctor!
Our darling Erik, Happy 2nd Birthday! We love you more and more as each day goes by. We can't wait to see what you will achieve in the next year!
Love,
Mummy & Daddy
(Left to Right: April 2007, May 2007, June 2007)
(Left to Right: June 2007, July 2007)
(Left to Right: August 2007, September 2007)
(Left to Right: October 2007, November 2007)
(Left to Right: December 2007, January 2008)
(Left to Right: February 2008, March 2008)
Dear Erik,
Happy Birthday! Your Daddy and I cannot believe you are already two years old. Every day we are so thankful that you came into our lives! We became a loving family of 3 because of you! Our world is so much brighter because we get to see things through your eyes. We are so proud of you for being who you are, a wonderful and loving boy!
You have achieved some amazing milestones already. You love to be read to by Daddy and Mummy. You know most of the colors quite well "Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Pink, and Purple" in both English and Cantonese. You recognize the letters (and keep pointing to ask for more explanation), you can recognize the upper case letters "A", "E", "O", "S", "M", "T", "P". Daddy taught you how to spell "STOMP" because that was one of your favorite dinosaur books "Stomp, Stomp" by Bob Kolar. Without fail, you love to be held in Daddy's arms, while being read to during bedtime. You often request "Monkey Puzzle" by Julia Donaldson. You also have a new found love for "Bob & Otto" by Robert O. Bruel. Mummy will often read to you in Cantonese and you would pick 2 to 3 of your favorite books before bed time. Sometimes we'd read about "Tabitha & Jessica", tales of a mouse and baby elephant. You don't know yet that Mummy's name is the same as one of the characters. You also request that Mummy hold you in your arms but often you get a little distracted and asks to nurse instead.
You've grown so much over the year already! You are an almost whopping 30lb boy! Oh my! Your 24 months onesies are quite a vertical stretch for you nowadays and your Daddy and I are quite sad to know that you won't be using onesies for too much longer. Some of the 2Ts clothes are just right on you and some of them are a bit small! 3T tops and pants fits a lot better on you. You're already wearing size 7 shoes but we think you'll be outgrowing them by beginning of summer into 7.5 or 8! Good gosh, where did our little baby go? You still sleep with Mummy and Daddy, actually you prefer to sleep while one of us is cuddling you in our arms! Sometimes Mummy and Daddy's arms get a bit numb in the middle of the night from holding you for so long. You are so long now that when you turn sideways in our bed, you would actually kick Daddy in the middle of the night. Poor Daddy! However, you're getting more independent every day, some nights, you actually crawl to your own crib and sleep in there by yourself. SIGH!
You are into sports already. You love going to the swimming pool with Daddy. You happily show Daddy how you can jump from the side of the pool into the pool and then 'paddle' a bit to Daddy. You love going under water and can 'swim' a little bit if Daddy is maybe a toddler arm's away from you. However, you hate wearing the swim goggles and we have not yet been successful in making you wear them! You also love to play 'basketball' with Daddy. We have a toddler size basketball hoop at home for you and you love DUNKING the ball. You also love throwing the "Magic Flower Ball". It's an orange ball that you can squish together and made flat to throw like a frisbee but you think of it as a flower instead. You are into riding your little trike as well. You don't even mind wearing your Elmo helmet, knee pads, and elbow pads that I make you wear all the time as long as you get to sit on that trike and be pushed around by Daddy or Mummy. You know to put your feet on the pedals and ring the bell on the trike but still working on how to peddle.
At school, you love to play with all of your friends. You didn't have particular best buddies but you liked being with all your friends including Audrey, Karalyn, Kelly, Gabriel, Jackson, Jeremy, and a new friend, Matthew. However, you may have experienced your first toddler love, you even once declared your love in public at a restaurant shouting "I Love You, Karalyn!" when she wasn't even there. You also loved to take care of the new "babies" that came into the class to make them feel welcome and I was told that you were super gentle with the babies or smaller toddlers and would bring them toys and drinks. One of your favorite teachers is Miss Tara! You made a special rainbow just for her during class, even when Daddy and I asked you, "was the rainbow for us?", you'd shook your head and said "No, Miss Tara!". You're a big time hugger from what I was told. You'd start out hugging one friend and then all of a sudden, you had to go and hug all the other friends one by one. You also loved following the big kids around during outside play as you move to the next classroom. If the big kids wanted to climb and sit on the drums you'd pick the shortest one and try to do exactly that. You are also into finding and collecting rocks all around the playground. You give them out as a 'token of affection'! Very cute!
Your palate for food is also growing! Your favorite food is still an all-time Macaroni and Cheese, whether it is homemade by Daddy or box mixed. You can down a whole bowl of it plus some more. You also have a taste for fish, shrimp, crab, and anything seafood. We had to limit your seafood intake to only 3 times a week because you love it so much! You also love Daddy's homemade special pasta! Mmmm! You'd get all messy face whenever you eat it. At home, we still feed you like a little baby but you are more than capable in using a fork on your own. You even like to cut some of your own food, using your plastic knife. You also like eating Grandma Katy's homemade wontons w/shrimp. You've started loving vegetables and takes big bites out of broccoli, baby and regular-size corn, cauliflower, carrots, and straw mushrooms but they have to be stir-fried Chinese-style! You were also opened to different ethnic foods like Thai (You loved their Raad Na noodles), Mexican (spanish style rice - you call them "Orange Rice"), and Indian. However, we found out you didn't like "Orange Milk" known as Mango Lassi from our favorite Indian restaurant but you liked eating Paper Masala Dosa! Daddy was proud of you for that! You are also really into cooking, both pretend and real! Your morning routine with Daddy is helping him make "Ham & Eggs" for you! You'd crack the egg with Daddy's help but you'd also beat the egg a bit. You love sprinkling in the cheese. You are just driving for more independence every day!
Our conversations with you are so interesting at times. You'd happily recall events from school of what you did and what you liked. You will command both Mummy and Daddy to sit in certain places during meal times. Even at night time when Daddy is super tired and would ask Erik to do story time instead, you'd make up "Dora the Explorer" story, along with Daddy's help. Your imagination is just wonderful, Mummy thinks you got this creativity part from Daddy. You love pretend play. One of the pretend play is "Safari Hunting" in your own bedroom. Daddy & Mummy would turn off all the lights and only provide you with a flashlight while all 3 of us are inside. We'd close the door and then we start "hunting" for a Lion...and you would use your flashlight to find the Lion on the wall. You still remember your ASL signs and would use them to make your point. If you wanted Mummy to sit down and mummy didn't on your first verbal request, you would immediately say "Mummy Sit Down" but would also sign "SIT" as well, in case Mummy didn't get it.
Daddy and I started a family tradition ever since you were born. We always took your birthday off from work in order to spend time with you and to let you know that you are well loved and thought about no matter what! We spend the day however you like. This year, we gave you simple choices of park, zoo, or bounce house. Well, you eagerly replied "bounce house!" so off to the bounce house we went for our morning celebration! Daddy and I didn't just sit aside and let you run around and bounce yourself. Oh no! We climbed after you and played with you in the slide structures. We'd crawled into the bounce houses and happily jump with you. Whew! That was tiring! We even had a family reenactment of "3 Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed". You excitedly said "Mommy called Daddy and Daddy said" not the doctor!
Our darling Erik, Happy 2nd Birthday! We love you more and more as each day goes by. We can't wait to see what you will achieve in the next year!
Love,
Mummy & Daddy
posted by Tabitha | 2:44 PM
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Happy Birthday Erik! Hope you had a great day and a fun birthay party.
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