One

Guess who turned 1, erm, more than a month ago?

This little guy is such a bundle of energy these days and so much fun to be with! It's simply amazing how he's grown... from a skinny little thing at birth, to the Michelin baby at 2 to 3 months. And then he started flipping (4 months), sitting up (5 months) and crawling (7 months)... and then he took his first steps (towards his birthday cake) during his first birthday party - on the 22nd of March.

From copying Kor Kor tons (he still does), getting "bullied" at times even, he's really come into his own person, and defends himself very well, I must say. I bet Christian won't forget when Connor decided to bite him after he snatched a toy! Haha.

Oh Baby Connor, we're constantly amazed at how quickly you pick up words, and how you love singing Wake Me Up Before You Go Go along with daddy and Kor kor in the car. And how the first word you say when you wake up is usually Kor Kor - you simply adore your big brother. You love watching Mickey mouse and you often scamper over to the TV and ask for Mou Mou Mou. You do a fantastic job of shaking your booty to the Hot Dog song, by the way.

And oh, how you drag daddy out of bed just so he can pull down the minions so you can get your daily dose of "Bah Bah Bah". Daddy, right now, is kinda called "Deh Deh" while I'm "Mummeh". You also love calling pop pop, mama, and gah pah (godpa).

I've honestly lost track of how many words you know now - but I know you sort of started with dog dog and cat cat. And car car and bus bus. Why the double words, I have no idea. When something falls, you say "drop", and you love you announce that you're taking steps by saying "wok wok wok". Just the other day, you cracked us up when you proudly declared "wok wok wok" while strutting your stuff, then "I drop" when you fell on your butt. When you're exhausted and want to go to bed, you look around frantically for your nok nok and when you want to eat something you shriek "eat eat eat" like we've been starving you. And when you finish your food you look forlornly at the plate and say "no more".

True to your birth right in this family, you've already got your geek on and can recognise the Hulk and get all excited when you see Captain America's "shield". Unfortunately, you're quite the gadget fiend even though we hardly let you use them - you call the ipad "pad pad" and the phone "fouuu". 

While you took your first steps just before you turned one, it's only in the last week or so that you started walking more confidently. So much so that you try to walk at every opportunity. We just had a crazy "Star Wars" day out when you went nuts walking around at Jurong library, and then an even more trying dinner at Mad Jacks when you refused to be confined in the baby chair and walked out of the restaurant in complete and utter disregard for whom - if anyone - was following you.

You're fast leaving your baby days behind. I don't know how much of these days you'll remember but you know, you'll always be Baby Connor to us. Love you to the moon and back :)