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Firstly, Happy 24th Birthday Pei Wen! I’m sure you had awesome gifts. If not, wait till Saturday for your awesome gift and celebration! 😆

Sunday was a pretty awesome day because friends and relatives finally got to meet Zayden Asher! 😀

He was a sociable baby, not crying while he was being passed from a pair of arms to another. He wasn’t the only baby there though. I finally got to meet Cheyenne! Though she was exactly a month older than Zayden, the difference in their sizes was quite big. Plus, she has these huge pretty eyes. They were bigger than bambi-eyes 😮

As I was busy running between groups of friends and relatives, I did not manage to take much photos 🙁

Everyone said Zayden was really cute. Guan and I couldn’t agree any less 😆 Since it was a special occasion, he was wearing his new Threadless onesie, (I love this design but my size ran out of stock.) and Guan and I wore our Missing!!! tee.

Zayden
The Very Important Baby (in his new clothes!)

Relatives
My 2nd uncle carrying his granddaughter Cheyenne and my 3rd uncle’s wife carrying Zayden. At the back, cousins Esther and Abigail.

Ooh, yes! My mother bought cakes! She wasn’t in time to order a huge cake for everyone and, instead, bought three small cakes 😀

Zayden
The kid and his cakes.

Cake decor

7ners & Zayden
7ners with the first 7ners baby 🙂

7ners & Zayden
Love, love, love this photo! 😀

Family Portrait
My (New) Family Portrait

After every guest had left, everyone was quite tired. I mean, my siblings KO-ed in the living room:

Sleeping Siblings

Ending this post with an awesome photo (courtesy of Pauleon):

My boys
The love of my life with the love of our lives 🙂

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If anyone remembered the last post where I mentioned I was to attend my cousin’s daughter’s first month celebrations, I should say that I failed to do so because on that day, Zayden Asher was born 😀

So that makes him exactly a month younger than his second cousin, Cheyenne. Which also makes him exactly one month older than Li Jiawei’s son.

Anyway, on a random note, tomorrow’s the day where my relatives will see their new addition to the family! 🙂

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Today marks the end of my month-long (really, it felt like months) confinement period because…

… Zayden Asher is one month old! 😀

So far, my parents and siblings commented that he grew chubbier, heavier and longer. But since I see him every time, I only could tell he was longer because when I place him in the same position in the cot, his feet can hit the sides if he kicks hard.

Anyway, here are some photos of his progression…

Zayden
Four hours old

Zayden

Zayden
He opened one eye then…

Zayden
… and both eyes later in the day 😀

Zayden
Three days old

Zayden
One week old (We love this portrait!)

Zayden
Nine days old

Zayden
19 days old

Zayden
Three weeks old

Zayden
26 days old

Zayden
Day before 1st month

(Okay, so I went overboard with the photos. I had initially wanted to just post one per week, making it four. But, look at him! I’m sure you guys want to see more.)

I found my own newborn photos and realized that he probably looked like me when I was still in the hospital because subsequent photographs showed that he look rather different from me.

Me
That’s me in the hospital cot 24 years ago 😀

Mom and I
My mom and I 🙂

No big celebration today. In fact, Guan and I were supposed to bring Zayden over to my old home but he came home late from camp and we’re both totally exhausted. (That’s why once I click “Publish”, I’m going to hit the sack before Zayden’s next feeding time.) But, my parents will be having a celebration later this week so for those who are coming over, (with red packets or gifts, I hope 😆 Kidding!) be excited to meet him! 😀

A little note to those who actually plan to bring diapers: No Drypers and no newborn size. He’s quite a big baby 😕

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Guan and I finally registered his birth!

As most of you know, the delay was due to the fact that we had trouble coming up with a name since we eliminated a lot of names suggested. And when we finally came out with one, we were shot down by my mom :mrgreen: But I went on to find a meaning behind the name and it was good so hey-ho! His names are awesome! 😀

There are 9834750938756 uber cute shots of him but here are a couple for the online folks to enjoy 😉

Everyone, meet Zayden Asher 🙂

Zayden
He does know when his picture is being taken because he seems to look right into the camera lens 😕

Zayden
He fell asleep on my chest with this expression 😆

He’s quite a sociable baby but he does really wear me out at times. I can’t imagine when he can start running around like Dylan, my hyperactive first cousin, once removed 😐

Anyway, he brings in joy to the family (on both sides) and a whole lot of noise to the estate 😛