Speechless Sunday!

Whever you are...

wherever you are it is your friends who make your world... {William James}

A friend recently gave me a magnet with this saying on it... and it is so true and I thank God everyday for all the friends that we have here in Singapore... it would not feel like home without you (thanks Jenn for the magnet... I love it).

Thursday and Friday Pierce does not have school so we always try to spend those days with friends and having fun...

Thursday we went to see Levi and Caleb at their new condo... we had so much fun.

Can you see those little faces... just want to eat them all up.

A house with three boys is so much fun... tiring but fun...

Here Pierce thinks the vacuum hose is a hula hoop...

Friday morning we joined some friends at the IMM building for some outdoor play...

Wonder what he is up to????

He filled up and now headed towards mama to deliver a mouth full of water... look at that face.

I think he was peeing here... really concentrating...

Well Pierce got the camera again... he is getting really good at taking pics... still a little blurry but he loves to take pics of the most random things... like back packs, trash, bugs, toys, etc... I will spare you the boring ones...

Looking forward to next Thursday and Friday with friends...

Flashback Friday!

July 2009

June 2007

Neville, Pierce's new big brother!

Sunny is a coworker of Blake's (and our friend of course) and his family is here in Singapore visiting from Texas... Sunny has an older son named Neville and Pierce has adopted him as his big brother... they play Lego's together, swim together and Pierce seems to get in alot of trouble too... they are best buds.

Sunny, Sogie and Neville (and Pierce... he is the blonde one)

Pierce always has adored Sunny...

Last Tuesday we went and had Indian food in Holland Village.

Sunny's family leaves in week... and we sure will miss them... Thanks for being so good to our son. We adore you!

Weekend times... some good and some bad!

Friday was our norm but good... Blake gets home from work and we head to the best Mexican rest. in Singapore.... Margarita's... we usually go with Blake's co-workers but this time we invited some friends with babies... Jayme, Gillian and Violet and Jessica and her boy Kaelan came...

Pierce wanted to sit with everyone but mommy and daddy... isn't that how it usually works.

But then when mama got baby Kaelen, Pierce wanted mama... and then Kaelan was like no way dude... she was holding me first... so cute... stripes were in that night.

Saturday was uneventful... Blake worked and Pierce and I hung out, then mama and daddy had a date and Pierce stayed with Cena... a good day but nothing crazy happened..

Now Sunday was bad... we woke up, hung out a little while and then headed to church... after church we joined Gillian and Jessica and their families for a lamb roast at a near by pub (which was great) but Pierce was done... TIRED... we had to leave early bc of his behaviour... consequence for getting to 3. After we got a taxi and arrived home... Pierce was still whinny... I was trying to make him stop pushing the elevator buttons (so we could get home) and I was making a game out of it and held his arms above his head and said no what... and was twirling him around (trying to make it fun... distraction)... remember he is tired and has a water bottle hanging out of his mouth... when we step out of the elevator he trips and I still have his hands in the air... but I am not really holding him up... just holding his arms up... so down he goes with no hands... and totally lands on the water bottle... blood everywhere and a screaming tired baby... mommy felt really bad but after we accessed that he did not need to go to the hospital we put him to sleep... he was out like a light... but the pic. below was taken 2 days later... it was pretty bad and I did not get a pic. at first bc I did not want to touch it...

Potty training is still going really well... he does best when he is butt naked.... when he is wearing big boy underwear he forgets that he has to go to the potty for #2 but if he has a pull up on you might as well forget about it... so the best case scenario is to have him butt naked... do you think i will get arrested if I keep him naked in public... at what age does indecent exposure take place??? (JK)...

Funerals in Singapore...

Funerals are alot different here then in the states.. I say that but I have yet to go to a funeral here for someone that I know but I have been able to witness 2 from my balcony. Typically for locals they hold a celebration at their house for the deceased... They party all weekend... this video below is the latest one I was able to witness and celebrated on Fri. and Sat. until wee hours in the morning, with music, tents, people, porta potty's that lined the street and more, and then the video below was taken on Sunday when they take the casket to the grave yard.


You have got to watch this video... I took this footage from my balcony when after I had heard the drums begin to sound down the street... I knew exactly what it was bc I had been watching the 'celebration for the deceased' all weekend long. I am humbled at many parts of the video especially all the people that gather to carry the casket for blocks and blocks and blocks... Just watching this production take place made me feel that this man/woman must have been very special to many people...

I have seen 2 funeral processions from my balcony to date and they both feel within 2 weeks of each other... here is a pic. of the first one. A little less dramatic...

Pierce is 2.5... wow where does time go?

Pierce turned 2.5 years old on the 4th of July (yes I am a little late on this post but it has been busy) Here are just a couple of things that I want to remember at this time in his life... and all these pics were taken near his 2.5 year old birthday.

He weighs 17 KG (37.5 lbs)
He is 100 cm (3.2 feet)

Things I want to remember at 2.5:

1) We got 3 new sucker fish to keep the tank clean and I asked Pierce to name them... he said Natasha, Turtle and Fish Name.

2) We saw some kids playing soccer on our way to church one day and he seemed so excited to see them I asked him if he wanted to play soccer someday and he said "No I want to play Gig'em Aggie Football"... we are so proud.

3)His favorite songs to sing are: Jesus Loves Me, the wheels on the bus, baa baa sheep, spider song, Hot Cross Buns.

4) Potty Training success.... so far.

5) He is using more words now than ever... our favorite words to hear are "I love you mommy/daddy", "Jesus loves me", "I'm sorry", "play with the boys", "miss you", "Amen".

6) Pierce either wants to be a Gig'em Aggie Football player or a bus driver... both are very fascinating to him.

7) He really likes to go to school and play with his friends... he calls preschool Dinosaur school (bc their mascot is a dinosaur) and he calls the playgroup at the gym 'Cheri Hearts where he gets sushi".

8) His favorite things to eat are sushi and chicken satay... I think he was meant to be Asian.

9) He loves both his mommy and daddy very much but he really loves his mama... has become a BIGGGG mama's boy.

10) Does not know his ABC's yet but he knows the rhythm of the song and makes up his own letters to go along with it... so cute.

11) Can count 1-5, knows that we live in Singapore on the 10th floor... so cute.

12) Favorite thing to wear is his turtle/lizard shirt that Great Mama gave him.

13) Pierce is a big negotiator for the 5min... If we say it is time to take a bath he says 5 minutes... if we say it is time for bed he says 5 mins.... if he wants to get down from the table he says 5 mins... you get the picture... loves the 5 min rule.

14) His Girlfriends name is Violet and the friend (that is a boy) that he mentions the most is August and Levi.

15) He loves to take walks after dinner... and go outside... and I love to get him tired before bed.

16) Quiet Times... we still have a difficult time with getting Pierce to take an afternoon nap but I have always heard that even if they don't sleep that all children need a time away from parents to take a quiet time... so we enforce that in our house... Pierce usually cries to go take a quiet time and sometimes he will play for an 1.5 and sometimes he will sleep (see below)... but he is always happy after his quiet time... I have started to set a timer for 5 min. before we take our quiet time and that seems to be working like a charm... and if he takes a quiet time without crying he gets a sticker on his reward chart when he wakes up... he loves this...

Funny story... Right around 2.5 years old Pierce was having trouble with quiet time... he did not want to take a quiet time and then he refused to sleep... in hopes to get him use to a quiet time I would put him in his bed and let him play... this is good for Pierce and mommy... there were several occasions when I went to get Pierce an hour later or so I found him and his room like this... almost naked (you can see his diaper is about to fall off and he had on clothes when I put him in there), his bed is destroyed and he is all smiles... not sleeping for him but his quiet time was good for him after all... Just love this little booger.

How does he get his mattress out... wow... so proud of his mess?