Hey Seth 2018

Hey Seth!


Taken Feb 2017

Guess what? YOU SURVIVED ANOTHER 365 days! Or rather, all of us survived this together but we have no clue what is coming next. You just turned 2 and this is the time everyone calls the ‘Terrible Twos." and some say that it might just become "Terrible 3,4,5,6" and it will continue if we are unlucky. *shrug*

ANYWAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!



Your first visit to the Zoo. Are you the half blood prince?

Anyway, it has been a fulfilling year for me having you around. You have grown up so much this year. You grew taller, you lost weight, and you have picked up so many skills and new words. You might not be able to speak in full sentences yet but you sure have a lot to say.



Some of your favourite words include,

Vibemin which means vitamin.

Gurt which means Yogurt.


#OOTD Much?

Word Party - your favourite TV show which I randomly stumbled upon on Netflix. Just in case Netflix is no longer around by the time you are reading this, it's this subscription based, on-demand TV.

Papa, which might means yours truly or sometimes means you are scared.

And of course your latest obsession – DINOSAUR!

And for some funny reason, you are speaking in 3rd person all the time.

Baby's food. Baby's ball. Baby watch Tv.

Yes, you call yourself baby all the time and you actually knows how to use "'s" as compared to 95% of our population that goes "My one."


You ain't exactly the bravest and most adventurous kid in town.

Having you around changed me this year. You have grown from this useless little poop machine to a charming little man like your father. (If you are able to read, you would probably know 2 things about your dad by now. He is very charming, and nonetheless shameless as well.) I used to work 16hrs a day and spending a longer day in the office has never been a chore to me. With you becoming who you are over the last 12 months, you have charmed me to become a faster worker, and one that knows when to stop. I try to reach home earlier to spend some time with you before you call it a night, I also try my best not to schedule any work meeting or photoshoots on the weekend.



Do I miss having a life that I can travel and do things without missing you? Maybe.

Do I miss you? A lot more. Some nights are harder than others at work due to stress and demanding clients but the sight of you sleeping besides me with your head on the same pillow just make everything better. Until the point when you decide to flip and smash your leg onto my new nose. You are one active sleeper.



You did your first ever trip to Taiwan last December with your mum, my mum, your aunt, and myself. To be honest, I hated the idea of bringing you overseas. I was worried about your well being, your diet, how you handle the cold weather, and of course for selfish reasons, I do not want to carry your luggage as well. It's really a lot to bring you know? However, the trip turned out pretty well. You had so much fun, you were all laughters, you were the perfect model for family trip posters, and above all, you were very well behaved.



EXCEPT, (I'm sure you saw this coming) the fact that you are crazily obsessed with your suitcase. You will cry murder every single time we shifted from hotel to hotel when the bellboy helped us with it. You will go "BABY LUGGAGE! BABY LUGGAGE!!" OI! All you have inside are like some diapers, nobody is stealing ittttt.



You my son has major ODC. You can't accept things to be incomplete, you can't handle it when things are not the way they are supposed to be. To be honest, I am really worried that you grow up to be one boring person who follows rules too much.

That aside, you are one sly kid so I guess you will be okay growing up.


See?


This is my ball. MINE!

Talking about growing up, things seem to be pretty much on track so far. My conscious effort of making sure you like basketball and dance seems to be really working out well. You will always go for a ball whenever you see one and you will always move when there's music in the air. Of course, you will also always eat when there is food. If you grow up to be a fat boy, that's on you not me. LOL.

Besides that, your current obsession includes, word party, cars, planes, light saber, dinosaur and penguins.



School seems to be pretty easy for you I guess. You were well liked by everyone in the school from friends to teachers. Like I said earlier, you are charming and I'm not even surprised. You know the saying that the apple doesn't fall too far away from the tree? And your mum ain't exactly the... oh nvm about that. LOL. But thanks to school, you found your way to the doctor's pretty often. You were admitted to the hospital and lucky it was nothing major. You were a brave boy. You recovered quickly and you weren't exactly much of a problem either. But my heart hurts when your mum told me about how you were always waiting for me to visit. You will start calling for me when you hear any footsteps, and you will even request to head over to the entrance and wait for papa. See lah, how to focus on work when you are such a darling?

Not only are you popular in school but you are also popular within our friends. Some of my friends even visit me just to play with you. Pretty much visiting you actually. And you even stayed up late just to play drinking games with my friends during New Year's eve. Erm, you played the game but we did the drinking just in case you are wondering.

Wisdom from after being a dad for another year? 



There are always a lot of things that we as parents wish you will become one day but I guess the potential of a child is really based on the effort put in by the parents. I am not afraid that this might come back to bite me one day when you feel like I didn't do my part as a dad to make you a better person because this is what I really believe. There might be some stuff that is tied down to your personality (or star sign or horoscope depending on your belief) but I think the major factor is really one's exposure and at such age, your exposure is really us. We are your 1st hero and heroine. You look up upon us. It's strange how Ah Ma and our helper spend so much time with you but end of the day you always know who are your parents and they are the one that you will look upon. YOU, are a result of us. I will always try my best to make sure you grow up into a fine man who the world might not deserve but the man the world needs.

It's not easy juggling you and starting my new business but I will always do my best. Or at least, I tried.

So I'm sorry if I didn't do good enough okay?

Fly High, Burn Bright, Baby Seth.
You will always be my baby.
Smith Your 1st Hero. (I think, I wish, I hope. I am. Right?)


No more. Next year?

In case you are new around here;

Hey Seth 2016
Hey Seth 2017