climbing and stairs

ok, I know I am really behind in my blogs!

My mom has been asking to see the videos of Ryan climbing up and down the stairs... so here are some videos!

The first one : Ryan climbing up the stairs on his own. We let him climb on his own early cos he is too heavy.. so when we go upstairs, we tell him to come along and he makes his way up and we don't have to carry him..... it's a win-win situation if you ask me....





The second one : Ryan going down the stairs... Gordon taught him this one...it's like one day he doesn't know how to come down, and the next day, he is a pro....




The third one : Ryan goes round in circles..:)



ok ok, since you are already watching videos... here is one more showing Ryan playing with sand...

and Ryan escapes from his room.....

From C'est la vie

It was 3am and Ryan made an escape from his room last night!

We did not lock the fence together and there was a small opening and Ryan was able to find the opening and get out.

The door was propped and Ryan was able to open the door.

By the time I heard him, I looked at my video monitor and said aloud “no signs of Ryan” and I heard him making noise just outside my room.

I opened the door and he was crawling towards the bathroom!!!

All this was done in the DARK. THIS BABY!! It’s a good thing he did not fall down the stairs..:(

Mummy felt bad and took him to sleep on our bed after the event……..:)



** The reason I did not lock the fence was because when he wakes up, he would usually sit up and cry for us. This time he decided to just head out. Also, when the fence is lock, I feel very claustrophobic in his bed….. my mom did say that even if the fence was locked, Ryan could stand up and push the fence over and fall…

*** Maybe I should forget about the fence around his bed, and just put a baby gate by the stairs? Or maybe I should just fully close his door? Decisions decisions….

Our trip to Krabi, Thailand

During our Asia trip, we were able to make a trip over Krabi in Thailand. Krabi is located next to Phuket..



I was excited about this trip as I wanted to see the pretty beaches and to do some scuba diving...



However, it is the rainy season in Krabi....:(.... we ended up not scuba diving, but was able to take a speed boat out to see the Phi Phi Islands and do some snorkelling.



Speed boat ride was HORRIBLE! I got seasick 3-4 times during the whole day trip! Yucks! but, the islands were pretty and some of the beaches were nice. Ryan had no issues in the boat. He mostly slept and was just happy to be out and about.:)





Good thing I was able to jump into the water and snorkel a little. So nice to see the many many cute fishes..:) We were able to give them bread to eat and they were very excited and happy!

hehe, my darling hubby refused to try snorkelling.. so he sat on the boat with baby..:)

For accomodation, we stayed two nights at The Sheraton. Nice hotel with great service. It was funny... since it was off-peak season, they only had 14 rooms occupied and they have a total of 250 rooms! Service was of course excellent and they knew us by name..:) The hotel also had several restaurants just outside the entrance. Very convenient.

They also had several activities (like a club med)... we were able to see Rara the elephant..:) urm, Ryan had a look of disgust when the elephant ate bananas from my hand and I was carrying him. It was funny! (i think my mom took pics with her camera... need to ask her to send pics to me)

The third night, we stayed at The Sofitel. Also very quiet and great service. But nothing as good as The Sheraton. They also did not have a beach front at the hotel. To get to the beach, one had to cross the road. Sheraton had their own beach front..:)

ok, Sofitel had a nice play center..:) heheh.. check out the picture below: Can you spot Ryan?

He loved having the freedom to crawl around..:) Sofitel also had a video games room (it was funny to see the employees taking their break in the video games room and playing games..:))

We also got a chance to eat a lot of Thai food in Thailand! yumm every meal we ordered our tom yum soup..:) and Gordon had to try his Phad Thai (he says it taste the same as the Phad Thai in US..*grin*)

At hotel Sofitel, they did not have restaurant closeby, so we had to eat at the hotel restaurant.. We were the only customers for the night! And the waiters and waitresses wanted to baby sit Ryan for us while we ate. So funny! Gordon ordered the food and included some Ahi Tuna, papaya salad, crab cakes and others.

It was a simple trip. We were saddened with the news of my cousin's passing and we cancelled our Bangkok trip to be with the family and attend the funeral.

I am 8.5 months old!

hello!

This is Ryan Kwan and I am now 8.5 months old. So many things have happen the last 2 months and I have been super busy and no time to update this blog.I travelled round the world to Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. I love to travel and sit in the plane on mummy...:D I also can get over my jet-lag quickly.
I can now crawl! I am loving it as I get to move around and chase after mummy! I can also climb all over and love to climb on mummy when she is sleeping. At 8.5 months, I prefer to stand instead of crawling. I can also climb stairs now at a quick rate. Mummy needs to take a video of this (she is too busy watching me to make sure I don't fall down)

I have 5 teeth. My top two teeth came out while I was in Singapore and one more bottom tooth came out this week. My teething is making me grumpy and I try and bite mummy all the time.

Oh! I met my cousin Sophie. I love her and get extremely excited when I see her.

My trip to Asia was the best. I loved getting to see mummy and daddy day and night everyday. I was in my best behavior most of the time. Flying and boat rides were no issues to me. I did not care for the noise the plane made cos I got to lie on mummy. I also got to sleep on the same bed as mummy and daddy the whole trip. So much fun! I did get grumpy due to not enough sleep cos mummy and daddy kept taking me out for dinner appointments and I could not sleep at 8pm.

I also played with Grandma a lot. She took care of me and gave me baths daily. She also fed me meals and put me to sleep. How come I don't see grandma lately?

I love food! I have tried so many new foods during my trip and loved every single one. Papaya's are the best. And hard boil eggs for breakfast were great. Mummy would order me an egg each time we went to Jaipur Indian Restaurant for breakfast (they went there like 3-4 times a week to eat Roti Canai and Roti Banana).

I also got carried a lot from everyone. I would give my biggest smile and some aunty or uncle would want to carry me. They would also offer to feed me my meal, or take me to see things.

Below is a pic of me with my Ku Poh.

mmm, my cheek hurts from all the cheek pinching from Aunty Cindy. Since she pinches my cheeks, I find opportunities to pinch baby Sophie when no one is looking..;)

and, somehow, I have no more hair! I kinda like it cos my head gets rubbed a lot by everyone. Mummy also rubs my head more. She keeps telling me that she wants to shave it again!

The picture below was taken right after I shaved my head.

Oh, while in Thailand, I got to play with sand for the first time. sand is interesting.....

Till next time.. (which i hope is soon)...:)

Over the weekend.....

We were invited to Madison's 1st birthday party over the weekend. I met Madison's mom through the Castro Valley's mother's club and our frenship has grown since..:)

Below is a pic of Ryan with the birthday girl.

Ryan was excited to sit at the table with all the other kids....
Ryan was extremely happy because he was able to play with Madison's toys..:P

Happy Birthday Madison..:)


Over the weekend, we also visited the new indian restaurant in Castro Valley, called Aroma Restaurant.


I ordered the lunch special Chicken Tikka Masala and Gordon ordered the Lamb Vindaloo... both were yum and included garlic naan (double naan)




Also, they had patio sitting... and the weather was so nice that we were able to sit outside.




Hopefully they will stay around. Their prices were a little higher, but ok since we did not need to drive. mmmm... I should take food to go one night... yum..:D

After eating, we took a walk around Lake Chabot park. It was the last day of summer and we had use the last day of summer well...(where did summer go?!?!?!)