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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

my little tot walked briskly through the park on the 4th of july.

 

i've been playing a bit of catch up each month. it does seem like my blog exists only for the 52 project. well, on second thought maybe the 52 project is a motivation to keep me blogging. let's think positive, shall we? i've planned lots of fun adventures during the summer. some are already done but i just forgot to snap the precious moments. so with fingers crossed i'll do better job at keeping memories alive and managing time to post on the blog regularly. huzzah!

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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

i hope his love of books lasts long.

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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

'mommy, could you please stop taking pictures of me? i am very busy playing with water!' ;D

 



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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

 my 17 month old baby is not a baby any more. he's getting to be a big boy. i love watching him grow everyday. 

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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

last saturday our little family was invited to a private bbq party. luckily but anxiously at the same time, there was a private sandy beach nearby the venue tempting little kids to jump in and play. we weren't prepared at all for the unexpected play set, and to be frank, i guess it was only me who was a bit concerned about letting glenn play in the wet coarse sand! glenn couldn't stop himself running to the beach. he didn't mind the sand got everywhere on his body or the water soaked into his clothes {of course he didn't! what am i saying?}. he was full of pure joy while playing in the sand. ;)



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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

playing with light and shadow is one of his favorite things to do.

 

 

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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."



a few weeks ago, david and i bought glenn a play kitchen. we were not sure how much he was going to like it but now i can say we have been delighted to watch him cooking for us. :)

under cherry trees

oh, yesterday was a good one. no more words needed. ;)

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" a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

it's very fascinating to watch glenn begin to recognize letters.

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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

glenn is quite fond of dandelions in the grass tickling his hand.

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" a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

after he decided to be brave walking outside glenn doesn't want to stop walking, saying hello to strangers and exploring everything that is within his reach. :)

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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

glenn made a CAR all by himself! there were a lot of trials and errors of course but he finally figured out how to put the lego blocks together. nice job, glenn! 

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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

when i call his name with open arms glenn walks to me with this big grin on his face. i just love it! 

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 "a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

glenn very carefully took his steps outside while holding mama's and dada's hands.

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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

Glenn has been taking his time to walk outside {this sounds weird but he doesn't have any problem walking at home}. every time i encourage him to walk in the hallway or at the park he becomes so rigid and crawls back to me and wants to be hold in my arms after all. my husband and i just figured out Glenn is very sensitive to the change of his surroundings so we are trying not to force him to walk until he is ready.

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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

this little toddler made me so worried since he didn't want to eat solids for a couple of weeks. but thank goodness!! yesterday he was enjoying his dinner and his plate was almost empty!!

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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."
 

Glenn was swinging at the park on a sunny, bright day.

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" a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

on a sunday afternoon Glenn decided to read books with mommy .

we can't believe it's march 3rd already! :)

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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

i'm joining the 52 project, initiated by Jodi of Che and Fidel, from this week. Glenn started walking as soon as he turned 13 months old, and he's been following me everywhere i go at home. what a big step towards independence!! ;)

diaper rash help

 

 

i can tell last month was the toughest time for Glenn in his 13 months of life. he suffered from bad diaper rash for a month. a month. seriously. my heart was so broken when i saw it getting worse and worse. to treat diaper rash i tried pretty much everything i was told to do, you know, change diaper frequently, keep the diaper area clean and dry, rinse the diaper area well at each diaper change, use a barrier ointment, and so on. however, at such an age of that every single diaper change is an exhausting battle, trying to hold him down long enough to do all the treatments was really really hard. applying the ointment on his diaper area was no kidding!!! meanwhile, i found out the products that worked great to treat G's diaper rash and i thought it would be good to share them with you someday (today is the day!). first, triple paste medicated ointment worked great especially for G's severe diaper rash. it creates a thick barrier to keep the diaper area dry longer. second, bambo diaper worked like magic. it is eco-friendly diaper without chemicals, soft and breathable. third, kirkland baby wipes worked amazing. i love their clean smell and texture that doesn't irritate baby's skin.

 

Glenn's diaper rash is cured now and this mama doesn't want to see diaper rash on his cute butt any more! ;) i hope this post can be a little help for you and your baby suffering from diaper rash.

 

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