my little one year old man

my little boy is almost two! he'll be a little grown boy in no time! well he already is one, but he'll be speaking full blown conversations and all that big boy stuff!
I never thought and could imagine myself to be a mom to a kid older than 4. but now, when I talk with him and communicate and do all sorts of interactive things with him, it makes me just wanna speed up to 5-6! it's AmAzing how much fun you can have with your kid. and I love how he's such a little boy! when he plays with his cars (the favorite thing in the WHOLE world) all by himself on the floor in our room, making little "brrrrooom!!" sounds, it melts my heart to gazillion pieces! he's the biggest charmer in my life, and the cutest fat thing I'll ever squish! (for now eh??) and I know he's becoming a big boy, and one day he won't need or want mommy to cuddle him or smooch him all over, or hold him and read him stories and make funny sounds to make him laugh. but to me he'll always be that fat little chubby boy with the cutest little smile that's worth more than a million dollars!
so before he grows up too fast, I'm gunna enjoy those moments when he's just a little guy who loves to be squished and cuddled.
I have NO idea why I'm getting all emotional over the fact that he's turning two. maybe it's because all my mommy friends tell me that once they turn two, they never turn back. so I'm hoping to hold on to his little one year oldness until the very last second!!
..then of course, two is another exciting age to begin a new stage:)

ZOO

we took jason to the zoo for his first time ever!!

and even though it was a pretty small one and not too many animals to see, it was FREE (always a winner) and had a huuuge playground and splashpad for the kids to play in.

not the mention, the 2 dollar train ride. (the ONLY thing that cost but was nonetheless cheap and worth it!)

he loved it!

and the pictures pretty much speak for themselves.

the camel had thee most limp and soggy humps I have ever seen in my entire zoo life!! I joked around with joe and told him it was because he wasn't getting enough water. DUH. haha turns out, some camels are born with it..it's passed on by their relatives. poor darling.

this is Jason's signature smile. whenever you ask him to smile, he'll scrunch his face up just like this and stay still until the photo is taken. whata little star

there's that smile again. I HEART YOU

I had NO idea that polar bears were THAT huge! the lady said that it was an average height and there are taller ones out there! so much for cute and cuddly white bears...eeehhayy

close to the biggest highlight of his day! dadum!! the Backhoe! Jason absolutely LOVES those things above all other construction/farmyard machines! (and that's saying somethen) we finally managed to find one sitting alone at the top of the hill and decided it was now that Jas was going to have his first seat on one of them things!

a normal smile!?! is that possible???

NOPE! just the starter of what came next!

thank you to Aunty Meg who brought this over for him!! he loves the faces and colors and best of all, it holds FOOD (which is something he cannot live without for more than one hour)

it worked wonders!! we love it!

Jason at the splashpad. one of his favorite things to do: be in water.

already got the bikini babes!!

THEE END!!

hope this makes Aunty nina happy! the world has not come to an end and yes, the once-upon a time faithful Cha is still alive and won't ever die...
well..not anytime soon for that matter!!
thanks for your time!! oooh

and a BIIIIIIIIIIG long and huge excited congratulations to MAXIM and LILIA! on their new and I'm pretty sure darn cute (no photos yet!!!) baby newborn girl, Amelie!! from the sounds of it (thanks for the details Max) it was a rough and long ride for Mama Lils, but now it's over and eeek Jason has two cousins now!! woohoo!!
lots of love sent your way!
you'll be great parents!!
she'll be a wonder-kid!!

Elena

it was raining outside, and as much as you can't see the raindrops, you can see she's WET! nyahaha. anyways. cheers girl! tx for going out in the rain even tho you had a cold xox

Someone finally arrived!

congratulations Jess and Rumi on your beautiful, wonderful baby girl, Kanon!!

She's ever so perfect and you can already tell she's gunna be something by how she arrived right smack on her due date! haha

most of all, welcome to parenthood! 

the joy and honestly best thing that could happen between two people!

"catch all her smiles, all her tears, all the rainbows in her eyes. catch all her beauty, all her joy, and all the love and no goodbyes"

omedetou!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

ps. better take photos of her, and no more chin down of rumi please!!

HEE HEE HEE!!

her aunt and uncle over here oughta be in the know of thangs!