for taking these niceee pics of Ayden*
Ayden's 1st time to a wedding dinner! Uncle Eugene & Auntie Lena got married on the 4th of July! Hubbs & me decided to bring Ayden along for their wedding banquet! Very adventurous... hahaha... We were in a mad rush for time as we prepared Ourselves, plus Ayden for the dinner! Hubbs was supposed to be there earlier to help out with the rehearsals...plus we were waiting for Ayden to wake from his afternoon nap (in case he gets cranky due to the lack of sleep). After which, was lots of changing of clothes, making up, packing of den's stuff, getting the barangs ready.. Finally, we're on our way to the hotel when mummy suddenly realised that she forgot to wear Ayden's socks and shoes for him!?!?!? OMG! after all the hassle... I actually forgot something so important!!! It got me upset for quite a while along the journey :(
But, we're still very excited about the wedding... I think Ayden was too! He was quite cooperative through the Solemnization ceremony.. but got a bit impatient while waiting for the banquet to start.. sitting in his oversized baby chair, hitting on his spoon and bowl that the nice auntie gave him (& changed twice for him as he threw them on the floor). The banquet went on quite ok, as Ayden savoured his cereal, had his diapers changed halfway through plus falling asleep in mummy's arms before the couple's 2nd march-in. So I managed to catch up on the food saved aside for me by hubbs! It was an enjoyable evening all in all.. & I think Ayden did enjoy himself too.. being the only baby among our 2 tables of friends, carried & hugged by all the aunties & uncles. He was all smiles and full of his baby talk! It was also a tiring, but great experience for hubbs & me... both of us couldn't move after we laid down on our bed that night. hahaha...
Finally... Ayden got to wear his 1st pair of shoes.. for the 1st time! He kept pulling at his shoes at first, but slowly got used to them after a while. Then, he kept showing off his shoes as he kept touching them to get the attention of the people who looked at him! haha... he looked really really cute in his shoes...with his chubby legs, they looked perfect! so grown up! Mummy loves Ayden's new shoes as much as he does! :p
Say 'Cheese'!
making a rattle with his bowl & spoon
the poppers are too loud!
*Thanks to Auntie YingYing, Auntie Dawn & Uncle Yong Khoon 
Everyday before Ayden's afternoon nap, I try to read with him... not that he understand, but more to start a good routine & cultivate an interest in reading. He loves the session though! Haa.. of course, he normally doesn't have the patience to sit through the whole book with me, but he loevs flipping the book as I read! He loves fiddling with the books and looking through them. I didn't buy many books for him as he doesn't really understand the content yet, and these books are quite pricey too! Those few that I got for him are either those with finger puppet eyes, able to give out some kinda wierd sounds when the buttons are pressed, or feely touchy books where he can feel different textures as the story moves on. They keep him quite entertained... and he loves those books! Hopefully he'll keep up with this good habit of reading & love books as he grows older!
