Barricade

Wife reconstitued the living room, and erected a more efficient barricade to stop Siyuan from getting into the kitchen or access to my computer, where he feels an urge to play with my mouse and chew cables. We had previously used a mixture of the pram, chairs and boxes, but he's been wriggling through them or managing to push and pull aside the boxes etc.
We were at Williamstown sunday to satisfy my cravings for crepes. Laid him on the grass patch in front of the waters after that, and were prepared to just sit back, read and enjoy the spring afternoon.
Siyuan got the fright. Sitting beside me and wife, he just suddenly started crying and wanted mom to cuddle him. We couldn't figure out why since he's been at the parks before. Maybe it was the seagulls wandering around?

Doggie Ride

We've been thinking of getting one of those ponies for him to ride for a while, but haven't quite seen something we like so far. Then wife saw this one on a day out. Since Siyuan was born in the year of the dog, this was perfect :)

Growth

This morning as I was about to depart, i realized Siyuan had managed to stand up using just the wall, rather than legs of chairs and tables. I yelled excitedly for my wife. She took a look and went back to sleep, saying it's been happening. Ah, the things that are happening!
The other day, wife did an experiment with Siyuan. She laid down his food on the floor. He saw, quickly crawled over to the bowl and sat himself down quietly to wait for her to feed him. Last evening, we were out at a Japanese eatery and wife fed him some tofu, alternating with his normal dinner. He quickly decided he only wanted the tofu and screamed himself red if we tried to sneak his normal dinner back.
Who says babies don't have a mind of their own? :)

Sonny's Jacket and Hide-and-Seek

Here's Siyuan in a jacket that our friend Sonny bought for him. And then Siyuan was playing hide and seek behind my knee later :)