Julian is 1 Year Old!

Happy Birthday, Julian! Julian turns 1 year old today.

The experience of the past 12 months has been truly wonderful. From the time he was born, we saw him learn to smile, turn over, crawl on his tummy, and crawl on his hands and knees. He amused us with his babbling. He made us anxious when it was difficult for him to gain weight and when he started teething. He can now wave his hands and imitate holding a telephone handset. He is now learning to stand unaided and to walk (or stumble :o)).

What makes him excited? Water splashing (from a tap or fountain), balloons, large "flapping" objects over his head (blankets, umbrellas, and large palm fronds).

What makes him "interested"? Books and paper (he seems to like the texture and sound of paper).

We are glad that he has been generally healthy and happy, and that many people have found him cute and "easy to cuddle" :o).

We are especially proud to have presevered in breast-feeding Julian as much as we could. He is on formula milk plus some expressed breast milk while at the babysitter's but is practically fully on breast milk while at home. He also loves his porridge and cereal.

We celebrated his birthday with a chinese sit-down dinner at Sea Palace Restaurant in Taman Pekaka last Saturday night (25 May 2008). We baked him a special banana chocolate chip cake in the shape of a teddy bear for his birthday cake.

Today, Niq, Chui Ying and Gabriel came over after dinner to celebrate Julian's actual birthday :o).


[Julian's Banana Chocolate Chip Teddy Bear Birthday cake]


[Julian at his birthday dinner]


[Julian and Gabriel having fun with party hats]


[Julian going through his birthday presents. He also received some ang pows (red packets)]