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2011-05-14T22:41:00.003+08:00

Welcome to the family little Edred! Little Edred arrived to this world on 9 May 2011 and he was 3.88kg! What a big baby! He is my sister's first born and also my first nephew.

Looking at this photo made me remember that the little one also like to sleep in this position. I guess it is their way of telling us that they are enjoying their sleep.

Botanic Gardens

2011-05-07T14:56:00.010+08:00

Since it was a long weekend, we decided to have a walk in the gardens on Monday which is the May day public holiday.

Before the walk, we had our late brekkie at Casa Verde. As it was a public holiday, the place was very packed. We queued up to order for half an hour and waited for another half an hour for the food to arrive. Luckily it was a good wait as the breakfast set is good and filling.

{taking a rest near the pond}

{the little one saying cheese with da-di}

{couple swans swimming leisurely in the pond}

{four women and the little one}

My Life #2

2011-05-04T00:00:00.000+08:00

/ 1 April, Friday night / 2 days shy of his 2nd birthday

/ 2 April, Saturday night / 1 day shy of his 2nd birthday

/ 3 April, Sunday afternoon / Dressed in 表姐's top

/ 4 April, Monday evening / Waiting

/ 6 April, Wednesday night / Super late dinner

/ 9 April, Saturday morning / 清明

/ 14 April, Thursday morning / Rise and shine!

/ 15 April, Friday morning / Brekkie

/ 16 April, Saturday afternoon / My fav pasta

/ 22 April, Friday afternoon / Super late lunch

/ 23 April, Saturday afternoon / Enjoying pocky!

/ 28 April, Thursday night / Gals nite out

Sing Along

2011-05-01T14:46:00.000+08:00

The little one loves to watch and listen to the children songs. So in the above video you can see him "singing" along to "London Bridge".

Curious as a Cat

2011-04-30T15:04:00.004+08:00

The first thing that little one did after he woke up in the morning was to climb onto the dining chair and try out my headphones. I seldom use the earphones in front of him, so I wonder how he manage to know that they are meant to put on the ears.

Ever since after his 2 year old birthday, the little one seems to improve a lot on his speech. These days he is able to say quite a few numbers of words, for example the following:-

off - 'of'
milk - 'nuke'
sweet - 'sweeet'
fish - 'vish'
star - 'tar'
socks - 'socks'
shoes - 'shooes'
eight -'egg'
vitamin - 'min'
light - 'lite'

I think he achieved quite a fair bit of milestone. So the next milestone for him or rather the parents is to cultivate his learning. Time to hit the bookstores.

Scribbles

2011-04-18T23:49:00.000+08:00

I was hoping the little one will not randomly scribble on the walls before deciding to get him a box of crayons. Luckly (under close supervision) he only 'draw' on the paper given to him.

{concentrating on his 'drawing'}

{'drawing' away}

{it is actually his 2nd piece already}

{he seems to like the colour red}

My Life #1

2011-04-02T00:21:00.001+08:00

/ 7 March, Monday night / my first time at MacDonalds drive thru

/ 9 March, Wednesday morning/ Team Leadership Toolkit Course

/ 13 March, Sunday afternoon / long overdue task, emptying out the little one's red packets

/ 16 March, Wednesday night / my fav dessert - 汤圆

/ 18 March, Friday afternoon / Balloon Lobster @ Marina Square Centre Stage

/ 19 March, Saturday morning / Brekkie with the little one

/ 25 March, Friday morning / Waiting at the bus-stop

/ 30 March, Wednesday afternoon / Junk food for lunch again

/ 31 March, Thursday night / My dinner

2nd birthday celebration No. 2

2011-04-02T00:12:00.001+08:00

The little one had his 2nd birthday celebration with my family at Changi Airport Terminal 3. We had dinner at Earle Swensens and later retreated to Ya-Kun to cut his birthday cake.

{Ma-Me having shot with the birthday boy in the car, on the way to T3}

{the little one dinner}

{home baked oreo cheese cake by 姨姨}

{happy little boy to blow and cut his birthday cake again}

2nd Birthday Celebration No. 1

2011-04-01T23:24:00.000+08:00

Since the little one's 2nd birthday falls on a Sunday, we bought him a birthday cake to celebrate together with his 表姐, 爷爷 and 奶奶 on Friday. So after work, I rushed down to Secret Recipe and got him a banana chocolate.

{the little one birthday cake}

{the little one looking at the cake excitedly, waiting to blow the candles}

{this is how he looked after eating his birthday cake}

TV Manic

2011-03-27T14:56:00.001+08:00

The little one is a TV MANIC! The first word that popped out of his mouth early in the morning is "OKTO". Yes yes, it is the TV channel "OKTO". He says "OKTO" better than Ma-Me.

{this is how he look when he is engrossed watching the TV programme}

{this fav VCDs}

He loved the Sesame Street and Sing-along VCDs. He can watch them over and over again without getting bored. These VCDs were a big help to me last weekend. They got the little one glued to the sofa while I did my housework as hubby was outstationed and I was alone with the little one at home.

I am sure to bring these VCDs on board the flight when we go to Hong Kong this coming July.

Da-De & Jerold

2011-03-20T15:14:00.003+08:00

Well I do not whether the little one is a daddy's or mummy's boy. On one hand he is sticky to me, on the another hand he addressed da-de automatically when husband and I came home after work. Or is it da-de is easier to pronounce than ma-me?

{love this photo - both of them smiling sweetly}

{taken at the post office while in queue}

{in the lift, on the way to have reunion dinner with my family}

Ma-Me & Jerold

2011-03-13T14:58:00.003+08:00

In another 3 weeks time, the little one is going to turn TWO! That seems to have happened very fast to me. One year certainly passed by very fast. He just started walking one year ago and now he is going to be two.

I certainly loved taking photos with him. He is so photogenic. However it takes some skill to get him to smile and look at the direction of the camera.

At this point of time, he still do not address me automatically. I would have to tell him to address me "mummy" then he would repeat "ma-me". So sad.

{cam-whoring at home}

{early reunion dinner with family}

{初二visiting at 婆婆's place}

{ 初四visiting at 舅公's place}

{dinner at secret recipe}

Fun Morning

2011-03-06T23:24:00.004+08:00

We went East Coast Park a couple of Saturdays ago. Lucky the weather was good and we set off around 10am. The little one had a fun time there playing with the sand and water. He was not interested in building sand castles but rather enjoyed playing with the sand with his bare hands and watering the sand with the watering can. We definately will be going back there again. But this time round we need to pack in sunblock!

{In the car, flashing his pearlies for the camera}

{at the beach}

{got the little one some sandcastle building equipments}

{saying cheese-part I}

{saying cheese-part II}

{my findings on the beach}

Passport Photo

2010-11-17T00:02:00.000+08:00

As I am renewing my passport, I decided to apply for the little one passport too. It is really hard to get the little one to stand straight and smile in front of the camera. Lucky there is a function in the camera that is able to take mutiple shots at a click of the button.

[ take one - smile too big ]

[ take x - decided to use this shot and photoshop it ]

[ final product ]

Cheeky Boy 3

2010-11-16T22:56:00.003+08:00

This little boy is full of mischief. Look what he had done with his toy bin. He practically emptied all his toys out and cover himself with the bin and walked around. Haha.

Gadget

2010-11-08T23:12:00.003+08:00

Yes I am back to the blogging hemisphere after almost two months of absence. I kept giving excuse of losing the blogging mojo but I guess laziness was the main reason. Haha. Hopefully I would be more hardworking and post at least once a week.
Children are always curious with everything around them, my little one is no exception. His new interest or rather gadget is the iphone! I do not know how he manage to learn but apparently he knows how to slide the arrow across to unlock the phone. There were a few instances that he woke up in the morning and took my iphone and started fiddling with it. The results? He sms to my friend in some alien language and also called my in-laws place at 6.30am scaring the hell out of my MIL. Since then I decided to lock my iphone using the pin number function.

One of the little one's favourite application on the iphone is "Talking Carl". He loves to poke at Carl, tickle Carl and talk to Carl. He finds it rather amusing to have Carl repeating what he says. I guess Carl is the only one who "understands" what he says. Haha.

Being 19 months old, the little one is still babbling in his baby language with occassionally words sounding like "jie jie", "ah-ma", "por por" and "pa-pa". Are boys really slow in talking?

Drink or Play?

2010-09-12T22:11:00.003+08:00

Recently the little one developed a bad habit. After drinking water, he would play with the bottle and let the water seep out from the straw. Knowing that he would perform such a act, I would take the bottle away from him after he had finish drinking. When I try to take the bottle away from him, he would start to cry and he would hold on to the bottle very tightly. Basically I had to force open his fingers to take the bottle. Hubby comments that the little one take after my short temper.

Family Affair

2010-09-06T22:03:00.000+08:00

Had dinner with sis and mum last Saturday at Vivocity's 三盅两件. As usual the little one showed off his cheekness to everyone. He was exceptionally good during the dinner, did not fuss a lot. After the dinner, we went to do a bit of shopping then went back home.

Second Swim

2010-09-04T21:41:00.000+08:00

We brought the little one for his second swim after Jovia's first birthday party last Sunday. The little one enjoyed himself very much. Initially he was just standing at the same spot playing and splashing the water. After 10 mins, he began to walk around in the baby pool, not scared of falling down. He also got his share of drinking the pool's water. Haha.

Happy 17 months old!

2010-09-03T00:06:00.000+08:00

Another month passed and you are one month older! During this one month, you had been very playful and stubborn. You still only have 6 teeth and there is no signs that the rest of the teeth are going grow out. You are able to listen to simple instruction but sometimes pretend not to hear any of our words. You are still very clingy to your ma-ma and me. You will cry whenever we are out of your sight especially at home. You now taller than the dining table. You have learnt to climb up the dining chairs but please be careful as you might fall and hurt yourself. Love you! Smuck!

Zoo Zoo Zoo

2010-08-30T22:31:00.001+08:00

Last Saturday, we made a trip to our Singapore Zoo with a couple of friends. We reached there close to 4pm and had only 2 hours to tour the whole place. Though it was a bit rush, it was still fun as it had been years since my last visit to the zoo. By the way it was the little one first visit to the zoo. Well he was not very excited when looking at the animals. He just stare at them. Haha. Guess he must be terrified by the animals. Haha.

[ $2 Singapore Zoo mineral water ]

[ father and son looking at polar bear ]

[ close up look at the tall giraffe ]

[ family 大头照 ]

[ petite penguins ]

[ clever and playful seal ]

[ in the tram, on the way back to the entrance ]

Greedy Boy III

2010-08-22T16:02:00.002+08:00

This little one reallys love to eat! He practically eats everything including papers. Haha. Well that is good and bad for us. Good is because we will not have a problem of feeding him and him rejecting the food. Bad is because he would make a fuss whenever he sees someone eating and no one is feeding him. This happens even when he finishes his dinner.

So there is the little one feeding himself with his morning snack. He would place 1 piece of the food into his mouth and before the food goes down his throat, he would stuff another piece into his mouth. That explains why his mouth is full in the last picture. Haha.

Work and Family

2010-08-13T16:12:00.002+08:00

I have not been updating my blog regularly ever since I started my new job. Weekdays are impossible to blog because by the time the little one is asleep, is almost 10pm. Then I had to bathe, by the time I am done it is almost 10.30pm. Then I surf the internet, 11.30pm and its time for bed.

I hardly had the time to blog during weekends too. Weekends are always filled with housework, looking after the little one and outings. When the night comes, I would be too lazy and tiring to blog.

My new job is also more demanding. I find that time passes extremely fast in this new environment as compared to my previous job. Previously, I could work comfortably till 7pm and called it a day. But now time seems not enough, especially these couple of weeks. There are endless meetings and coordination work to be done. Looking at the bright side, I am learning new things everyday.

Work and family are filling up all my time...how I wish I had more time for myself...

1st YOG

2010-08-07T15:29:00.001+08:00

We joined in the heat for the first YOG by witnessing the YOG torch relay. For the first day of the relay, it journeyed through Ang Mo Kio and luckly our estate was part of the route.

A week before the relay, we received the pamplet stating the time and the exact route. The time was from 4.30pm to 5.15pm. We went down slightly before 4.30pm and to our dismay, we had to wait till 5.30pm before the whole team arrived. Nevertheless, the whole event was very joyous and everyone were cheering on for the torch bearer.

[ YOG open top bus ]

[ YOG Mascots - Lyo & Merly ]

[ YOG torch bearer ]

Nandos Nandos

2010-08-06T14:59:00.002+08:00

Both Hubby and I were on leave ysterday and today as my parent-in-laws were away for a short trip to kuching. So today we went out and the first venue is a second hand car shop then to Hubby's friend newly opened boutique in Bali Lane.

Since we are near Bugis and it is soon to be dinner time, we headed to Nandos at Bugis Junction. Hubby was raving about the Nandos chicken. That was his fave food when he was studying in Perth.

The deco there is quite mexican. Forgotten to ask Hubby whether Nandos originated from Mexico.

The attendees - Hubby, me and the little one. Since we were out the afternoon, so the little one had no porridge to eat for dinner. We had to order some rice and fed him with that with some soup.

Both of us ordered half chicken with some side dishes. We could choose the level of spiciness for the chicken. We had the lowest level one as we feared it might be too spicy for us. In the end it was not that spicy as we think. On the whole the chicken is tasty, just that half chicken is too much for me and the side dishes are not as good as Kenny Rogers.

Another thing that surprises me is the queue. We were there around 6pm and there were no queue. But around 6.30pm, the queue was formed from the restaurant to outside of the building, amazing!

Happy 16 months old

2010-08-03T00:07:00.001+08:00

Everyday the little one is learning something new. Last Sunday when I let him play with the tricycle, I realised he is able to manoeuvre forward! He was still going backwards 2 months ago.

Happy 16 months old Jerold! Love you!

Tea, Coffee & Scones

2010-08-02T10:48:00.000+08:00

Last Saturday, I managed to meet up with the gals and tony for lunch. After lunch we retreated to Takashimaya's Copenhagen for tea. We ordered their famous scones but I have forgotten to take photos of them. Too busy looking after the little one. The place wasn't child friendly as they do not have any baby seat, so I have to let the little one sit on my lap.

Here is the little one playing with his new toy. A magnetic board which daddy got for him to play while we are having tea.

Their coffee which we think is worth the price as it comes in a big cup.

Their tea seat (excluding the cheesecake) consisting of a big pot of tea and the cup with saucer and the container for sugar.

I had their ice tea which was nothing special. Next time I would like to try their tea but of course it must be done without the little one. Haha.

New Hair Style

2010-08-01T22:40:00.002+08:00

The little one new hair style, crew cut! It was done last week by my MIL's friend. Quick and easy.

By the way, this set of photos were taken in the morning before I went to work. The little one was busy taking things out of my drawer. Yes this activity is one of his favourite past time.

Random Photos

2010-07-24T22:25:00.002+08:00

Some photos of the little one taken by my iphone.

[ poor boy, banged himself on the nose ]

[ happily riding on the toy motorcycle ]

[ the little one looking so smug as he is able to play with the control ]

Mess

2010-07-22T22:46:00.003+08:00

What is the common thing that kids like to play or do? That is to take out anything from anywhere, fiddle with the thing for a while and leave it on the floor in a mess! No matter how many times you tell them not to take but when you turn your back around, they will run to take the 'forbidden' thing.

The photo is a typical layout of the mess in the room when he is inside while i am ironing clothes. The little one will just poke his fingers everywhere, playing with every possible things he can lay his hands on.

The result? We have to pick up after them.

Voyage de La Vie

2010-07-19T22:35:00.003+08:00

Last Wednesday, hubby managed to get a free ticket to watch "Voyage de La Vie" at RWS. But he can't be watching it alone, so he paid for 1 ticket for me to watch with him.

I was expecting something like Cirque de Soleil, however I was disappointed. The show is like a mix of musical cum circus show. There was no 'wow' factor. There were only 2 performance that bowled me over - the 15 -year-old Russian contortionist Alexey Goloborodko who is able to twist himself into a pretzel and the crossbow performance by crossbow artist Martti Peltonen.

Probably I was tired from work as there were a couple of minutes I had my eyes closed. Haha. Overall I felt it was a mediocre show.

He Bangs

2010-07-18T23:18:00.003+08:00

Saw the red marks on his nose and nose bridge? That was the result of him climbing up my in laws' bed and banging himself onto the head board. This incident happened a couple of weeks ago. When I got home and saw him that night, his nose was as red as a reindeer. It was even redder than the photo.

The little one is so active now. Always climbing up and down. Even when he is walking, he will also fall down. There were a few occasion that he walked and fell with a bump on his forehead. Are boys always so active as compared to girls?

Procrastination

2010-07-18T17:40:00.001+08:00

Ever since I started in my job, I have been lazy and tired to blog. By the time I reached home, put the little one to bed, bathed, it would be well over 10pm. I would still switch on my laptop and log into Facebook. However I would usually dozed off while surfing through Facebook. Haha.

This applies to weekends too. I would still wake up around the same time as weekdays because the little one is a early riser. By the nightfall, I would be tired from looking after the little one and all the housework.

Everyday I would tell myself - ok its time to type my blog but day after day due to the above reasons it was being put off. Hopefully I would try to blog at least once a week from now on. *cross my fingers*

Jerold Boy - 15 months old

2010-07-03T11:23:00.000+08:00

Hey our little one is 15 months old! Everyday he is changing and learning new things. Everything around is interesting. He would open every drawers and take the items out to play. He would touch every of the buttons on any electronic devices eg the cable TV box, DVD player, fan etc. Even the detergent bottles are fun for him. He is really a little devil in disguise of an angel. Haha.

No matterwhat, he is always our 开心果! He never fails to cheer us up when he is around us. Love you!

New Beginning

2010-07-01T23:37:00.002+08:00

Today marks a new beginning for me as it is my first day of work at the new company. Yes I had left my previous job of 8 years and moving on to what I deem and hope to be a greener pasture for me.

After working in the same company for 8 years, work had become very stagnant. Of course there were times I wanted to leave but the pulling factors were not great and on a couple of occasions I were asked to stay after I threw in the letter.

However, this time round I stayed firm on my decision to leave after a couple of rounds of talks with my previous boss. It was really a tough decision. My previous boss was rather unhappy with my decision. So when he requested me to extend my 1 month notice period, I agreed. I helped to finish a tender, forsaking any break time before the new job.

Well, though I cannot have a break, I was paid in cash for my 32 days of outstanding leaves. Hopefully this new company will be a greener pasture to me.

Food Talk #14 - Japanese Curry Rice

2010-06-27T23:38:00.003+08:00

My second attempt in cooking this dish. Well it is quite a relative simple and easy dish to cook. Just put the ingredients into the pan, fried them, add water and curry cubes, shimmer and voila the curry is done.

[ ingredients needed - chicken, onions, carrot, potatoes and brocoli ]

[ pan fried all ingredients together ]

[ end product ]

I think I had been rather absent minded when it comes to cooking. For Saturday's steamed egg I had forgotten to add water, so had to have fried egg. For this curry, I forgotten to marinate the chicken, luckily hubby reminded me, if not we will have tasteless chicken to eat. Bad memory.

Kiddy Ride

2010-06-22T23:27:00.001+08:00

As the name suggests, any kids who ride on them are happy kids. Same goes for the little one when he gets to ride on the Kiddy Ride. Look how happy and excited is he and he goes on to touch and press everything on the little train.

Birthday Treat

2010-06-19T22:35:00.000+08:00

Sis and I were treated to a post-birthday dinner by our little brother. We had dinner at Saizeriya, City Square Mall. This is their second outlet with the first one at Liang Court. They served Italian Japanese food. My brother and sister had great raves about their food. I had their seafood risotto but doesn't quite like it. It tastes like our zhi char's mui fan cooked in tomato sauce. I was quite disappointed. I guess it explains why this outlet was not crowded whereas the Liang Court outlet is often packed.

[ pressie from SIL - handmade card and DHC lip balm ]

[ Family photo ]

[ close up of the ladies ]

[ close up of the men]

Stuck

2010-06-13T18:04:00.001+08:00

This is what happened to the little one when he decides to play with the stool, flip it over and sit in it. Haha. I let him enjoy his seat for a couple of minutes before he starts to cry, wanting to get out of it.

Baby Talk

2010-06-12T17:55:00.001+08:00

This is what the little one is 'talking' in the car during our journey home just now when they came to pick me up from my work place.

Playing Ball

2010-06-11T17:37:00.000+08:00

The little one loves to play ball with someone. He does not play ball alone. He loves to throw the ball to someone and let him/her throw it back to him. He will laugh out loud when the other person uses the head to hit the ball. Haha.

Birthday 2010 - 080610

2010-06-09T16:35:00.000+08:00

So what can 2 ladies and a toddler do on their birthday? We went out shopping! In the morning we head out to Marina Square and met another friend for lunch. Hubby came and look for us during his lunch break.

Coincidentally there was a Doraemon exhibition at the central stage. The little one was happily running around, touching the photos on the wall.

Next, we (a team of 3 gals and a toddler) headed down to Orchard ION for some shopping therapy. The little one was a good boy because he did not make a fuss while sitting down in his stroller. Guess he was busy observing the surrounding and people around him.

Our friend left us for another appointment around 3pm. Then we went to the bakery shop 'Provence' for tea (for us) and milk (for the little one) break.

I lover their breads! Both sis and I had their cinnamon bun and drinks. The bun is good! After the break, we continued with our shopping.

Around 5plus pm, the little one had another break. He had some biscuits and water before we continued shopping. Shopping was fruitless. Did not managed to buy much. I only got a pair of heels and a top.

Next we retreated to PS Cafe at Palsis Renaissance for dinner together with our hubbies. Their food is good too!

We were seated in the outdoor area. Luckily the weather was breezy and there were sufficient fans around.

The birthday gals and their boy / man.

Our food - mine was catch of the day (grilled fish). Sis had grilled steak and BIL had St Louis pork ribs. Hubby had beef steak burger.

Reached home closed to 10pm and the little one was ushered to dreamland. A tiring but happy day.

A Trip to NTUC

2010-06-06T16:21:00.002+08:00

[ the little one happily sitting on the supermarket trolley]

[ playing with the parts of the trolley ]

We went to grocery shop at NTUC earlier on. The little one was place in the trolley as we didn't want to bring the stroller along. He got excited when he was seated in it. However he started making a fuss when he felt sleepy (because it was his nap time already). Hubby wanted to carry him but he refused. So it was me who carried him while we continued with our marketing.

Why are kids always more attached to the mummy rather than daddy?

Playground

2010-06-05T23:11:00.000+08:00

Kids really goes ga-ga when they see a playground. That happens to the little one too. We went to have dinner at Changi Airport T3 earlier on and he was hopping with joy when his grandma (my mum) brought him to the playground. He walked to every section, touching and playing with everything. He made a fuss when we carried him away.

[ he enjoyed playing with this bars which will rattle when one touch/move them]

Illness go away

2010-06-04T23:40:00.002+08:00

After the little one recovered from his fever, he passed the virus to hubby and me. Both of us were down with cough and flu last week. So we went to see the doctor last Thursday to get some medicine as last weekend was a long weekend. We wouldn't want to be sick during the holidays.

Then on last Friday the little one developed cough. I believed it was passed back to him from us. Haha. No choice but to bring him back to the doctor again.

I am quite relieved that the little one is very cooperative when it comes to medicine feeding time. He opened his mouth and took the medicine without splitting out. This shows how greedy is he, thinking that is some sweet syrup water. Haha.

Happy 14th months old!

2010-06-03T00:08:00.005+08:00

My little angel fallen asleep in the car while we are on the way out to attend a wedding lunch last Saturday. Always love to see him sleep. Smuck!

Gals Talk

2010-05-28T23:57:00.004+08:00

Met up with the gals just now for drinks at Coffee Bean. Its been a awful long time since the last time we got together. Of course the central of attraction is the little ones, my little one and D's little man! Our conversation also centres around them. Haha.

Looking back, we have known each other for 14 years already since our poly days! Now, it is hard for us to meet up as some will be busy with work and some will be busy with kids. Wish we could have more time to catch up and have our usual gals gossips.

An-Pan

2010-05-27T23:52:00.001+08:00

[Kawaii packaging! Couldn't resist and bought them at Watsons]

Sick

2010-05-26T23:28:00.001+08:00

The little one had high fever on Sunday since morning. Gave him baby panadol but the fever did not subside, therefore brought him to KKH around 5pm to see the doctor.

We were there for 3 hours till 8pm. They gave him panadol and tested him for urine infection. Everything was ok, no cough, no flu, no throat infection, no urine infection, so the doctor concluded that it might be viral infection that causes the high fever.

The little one was super cranky in the hospital while awaiting for the check. Clamp to me like a kola bear and kept crying. He only stop crying when I let him play with my iphone.

The fever lasted till yesterday night and he is ok today. Yeah!

June Babies

2010-05-22T23:28:00.001+08:00

Most of my close friends' birthday fall on the same month as me which is June. Therefore in view of the upcoming birthdays and Jina is back in town for a short holiday, we decided to have a early celebration. As usual the gals came over to my place for lunch and a quick catch up.

[ black forest cake from Four Leaves ]

[ the June Babies ]

Tricycle

2010-05-20T22:58:00.003+08:00

Yi-yi (my sister) bought him this foldable tricycle last month for his first birthday. It was being kept in the box until recently the little one took a interest in playing with the box. So I took the tricycle out of the box and let him had a ride.

I believe he is still unable to coordinate well his legs movement (other than walking) as he is only able to move backwards. Haha. Well he only ride on it for less than 10 mins before he decide that it is boring and wiggled down from it.

I guess he would only appreciate the fun of the tricycle when he is able to move forward. Haha.

Another Episode of Cheeky Boy

2010-05-17T22:54:00.000+08:00

Photos taken at the wedding dinner we went last night at Shangri-la hotel. Look how the little one reacts when his 大表姐 wanted to take photos with him. Cheeky little boy! He never fails to cheer us up with his cheeky smile.

How?

2010-05-16T22:14:00.000+08:00

I could not find a answer how he managed to climb into the walker himself and landed himself in such a position, with one leg in the walker and the other leg dangling outside.

This was the position I found him in when I came out of the kitchen thinking how come it is quiet in the living. Haha.

Remote

2010-05-16T12:52:00.003+08:00

The little one loves to play with the remote controls. Look what he is doing in the morning the minute he wake up, walked into the living room and find the remote lying on the table...

[hmmm...wondering how daddy and mummy switch on the TV with this thing...]

[*looks up in the direction of the TV* the TV is not switch on yet]

[oh no...mummy has discovered me...no more playing]

Two Years

2010-05-15T11:37:00.000+08:00

Our 2nd year wedding anniversary...I totally forgotten about it until I saw hubby's message to me on Facebook. Anyway, we did not planned anything special. Hubby and the little one came and pick me up from my office and we went to have their haircut in the afternoon. Thereafter we went to Bugis for a walk and have dinner at MOF.

[hubby]

[the little one and me]

[our food - the little one and I shared the egg and beef bento as hubby did not pack his milk powder and bottles out. He thought I have already pack everything into the bag]

[hubby commented that the chicken in this new restaurant is good! When we walked out it, there is a long long queue. Must find a time to come and have a bite]

Happy 2nd Anniversary Hubby!

Up and Down

2010-05-12T23:41:00.003+08:00

After the little one had learnt to walk, the next thing he learned is climbing up and down the sofa.

Prior to learning to walk, he have already mastered the skill of getting down from our bed. His mama (grandma in cantonese) taught him how to get down from the bed by flipping his body and face to face the bed and push himself down, so that his legs will touch the floor first.

So after he started walking, either he is stronger or taller, he is able to pull himself and climb up onto the sofa unassisted.

For the whole day, he will climb up and down the sofa numerous time but each time he is unable to sit there for more 5 minutes.

Are most toddlers so active? The little one is just like a energiser rabbit, hopping here and there non-stop unless he is sleepy or there is food to eat.

Food Talk #13 - Noodle or Rice?

2010-05-10T23:30:00.001+08:00

You are a noodle or rice person? For me, I am more of a noodle person because I perceive that noodles have lesser carbohydrates than rice. However, sadly to say, my office's canteen only have 2 stalls selling noodles food. Therefore, I have to eat rice stuffs at least 3 times per week for my lunch. As for my dinner, my FIL usually cooked plain rice with a couple of dishes, so I will limit myself to eat only half bowl of rice in order to cut down my carbo intake.

[economic fried bee hoon with cabbage and luncheon meat]

- last Saturday breakfast, bought from market

[fried rice with egg, ham and asparagus]

- home cooked food by hubby

Safety Gate

2010-05-08T23:16:00.000+08:00

The little one loves to follow me into the kitchen and start playing with the dustbin. I would pull him away from it but in the less than 5 seconds, he would walk back and start playing with it again.

So the only solution to prevent him from such a act is not to let him into the kitchen. Therefore hubby went to get a safety gate from John Little at a discounted price.

This is the reaction of the little one when he realised he cannot access into the kitchen. He was crying out loud, wanting to get into the kitchen. Sorry baby you cannot come in unless either daddy or mummy give you permission to come in.

Happy 13th month old

2010-05-03T00:00:00.000+08:00

The little one seems to have grown alot and is hard to keep track of his progress now. To date he has completed quite a number of milestone :-

1. He is walking very steady now

2. He has 4 teeth and 2 more are coming out of the gum

3. He is able to drink from straw using his sippy cup

4. He is babbling some word (which we cant understand)

5. He knows how to wave goodbye

Still waiting for him to call me, mummy....

Food Talk #12 - 小霸王

2010-04-30T17:32:00.000+08:00

Had lunch here on one of the afternoon at ION Orchard. After seating there for sometime and watching their TV, I realised this eatry is open by an Mediacorp Artiste.

Had their mee sua and black sugar milk tea. Their mee sua does not come with the oyster, instead it has some meat balls. The milk tea is different from other, maybe they used black sugar hence the special taste. Overall the food is ok.

Hubby's Birthday

2010-04-24T17:21:00.001+08:00

This is the 2nd time the little one celebrate Daddy's birthday! Actually is not much of a celebration, just had dinner with his close friends and cut a cake.

Happy Birthday again 老公!

Sing Along

2010-04-17T00:00:00.001+08:00

The little one is engrossed at watching the sing-along VCD on TV. Actually he has quite short attention span (not sure whether it applies to other kids of his age). But this VCD caught his attention. He could sit on the bed and watch it at least for 15mins before he move his eyes away.

Speaking of this, he has another liking. He LOVES to watch and listen to the 主题曲 of the TV serial "想握你的手". So on every weekdays evening at 7pm, his eyes would be glued to the TV until the song end. So funny right? Haha.

1st Steps

2010-04-16T23:07:00.002+08:00

The little one walks now and he would walk to every corner of the house. It is very sudden as we seldom see him trying to take a few steps. Then when he walks, he was very steady. Hubby says he walks as a Frankenstein as you can see, he lift up both of his hands trying to balance himself. Haha.

Food Talk #11

2010-04-10T14:42:00.004+08:00

[ required ingredients : bread and beaten eggs ]

[ result : French Toast ]

A hussle free and easy to cook food for breakfast which hubby doesn't like. He prefer omelet to this. But I love it!

1st Birthday Party

2010-04-04T23:10:00.003+08:00

Celebrated the little one's 1 year old birthday yesterday. Had a small but cozy party at home with all the family members and close friends. The little one was very happy....with people feeding him with food. Haha!

[ party hats for the kid/babies ]

[ his birthday cake from Pine Garden ]
It is delicious despite all the creme. It doesn't taste too oily and one will not get sick of eating it.

[ mummy (me) and the birthday boy ]

[ a quick family shoot before the guests arrive ]

[ a shoot before we cut the cake ]

Happy 1 year old!

2010-04-03T00:00:00.000+08:00

My little boy has grown up! Looking back, it doesn't seems like 17 months have passed by from the time I got pregnant to when I was in the delivery room till now. Starting to miss the feeling of carrying the little one in my arms. Haha.

Happy 1 year old my little one! Later we will be having a mini party for you, enjoy!

Fav Toy

2010-04-02T00:00:00.000+08:00

One of his favourite toy is the phone. He will put the speaker near to his ear, pretending that someone is calling him and then he will break into laughter. After done with that action, he will start fiddling with the rest of the parts of the phone until he got tired of playing with it.

Training #2

2010-04-01T14:06:00.003+08:00

From birth till he is about 6 months old, we seldom give water to the little one to drink. So he doesn't like to drink water when we introduce it to him thereafter. We tried several methods, eg using sippy cup with sprout, drink straight from cup and feed him using spoon, but not successful.

Recently we noticed that he is able to drink water from the straw. So we got the sippy cup with the straw attachment and ta ta, he started drinking the water! Now he can drink like almost 200-300ml of water during the day.

Gotcha!

2010-03-28T14:32:00.001+08:00

[ one of his funny sleeping position ]

Walking Up & Down

2010-03-26T13:56:00.000+08:00

Recently, I have been reminding myself to use the stairs at my workplace in the morning and evening. As I have not been exercising, so I decided to treat this activity as a form of exercise.

My office is on the fourth storey but I will pant for breathe when I reached the floor. So lousy of me. This is the result of me not doing any exercise.

Hubby often chide me for not doing anything to get rid of those spare tyres around my tummy. I wish I could. But often the tiredness and laziness took over me. Being a working mummy is tough. After a busy day at work, I return home to do another job - looking after the little one. I can only rest and relax when the little one is asleep. By then I would just bath and sleep.

Toy Corner

2010-03-21T00:20:00.002+08:00

The little one has a small corner where he would play with his toys, or rather most of the time throw his toys around. He had a wide variety of toys, ranging from stacking cups, training car to soccer goal post.

His favourite toy would be the stacking cups. He loves to take them apart when I stack up them nicely. Then he would throw them around.

[he and his stacking cups]

Most of his toys were gifts and the only toy I bought for him is the stacking cups. And it is a steal - cost me less than $10 from the John Little Expo Sale. Haha.

Test Test

2010-03-11T12:52:00.003+08:00

[The little one trying out his new car seat]

[He looked so relaxed sitting in it]

[Look at the way his legs are placed - like some big boss]

Food Talk #10

2010-03-07T10:15:00.004+08:00

[ my breakfast bought from the market]

[ a bowl of mee rebus]

[ a cup of soya bean milk ]

Happy 11 months old!

2010-03-03T00:00:00.001+08:00

Another month older and 1 more step closer to your 1st birthday celebration. Mummy wish you good health and happiness. Smuck!

First Swim

2010-03-02T23:13:00.006+08:00

Got the little one a arena swimsuit and brought him to the pool after Dylan's birthday party. He was very happy to be playing in the water. Hope to bring him swimming again very soon.

Dylan 1st Bdae

2010-03-01T23:04:00.001+08:00

We attended Dylan 1st birthday party at Aloha chalet yesterday afternoon. Dylan is just 1 month plus older than the little one.

All the four babies that were born in the Year of Moo Moo - Dylan, Jerold, Olivia and Jovia.

The little one and his 表哥, the birthday boy. There after we went swimming! Photos in the next post.

Dinner at Waraku

2010-02-28T22:36:00.001+08:00

Went shopping at Centrepoint yesterday and decided to have dinner here.

The little one showing off his cheeky face again.

Trying to take a photo with the little one but he is distracted.

His dinner consisting of milk and cereal.

Our drinks - Asahi Beer - 1 for 1!

The little one looking anxiously at his dinner.

Our 1st dish - Tamago. Did not take photos of the rest of the food as I am busy feeding the little one and myself. Haha.

Food Talk #9

2010-02-28T09:55:00.005+08:00

Treats from Marks and Spencer...

All time favourite - Chocolate Chip Cookies and a cuppa of tea.

New found favourite - Jam Sandwich Creams - love it for its creamy texture and strawberry/rasberry jam.

Woof Woof

2010-02-23T10:54:00.004+08:00

Went to my 阿姨 house at Bukit Batok on 初二. She has a dog called Miki. Miki is a friendly dog that does not bark a lot and she will run to whoever is eating, very greedy. Haha.

* photos couresty of Maxime

The little one is very curious about Miki. He would go near her and try to touch her face. He doesn't seem to be afraid of her. He is not afraid of dog but is afraid of car wash. So funny.

Stand Stand

2010-02-19T00:00:00.000+08:00

The little one has been standing up by himself without holding on to anything. He only started to do this this few days. We noticed him doing it when he was standing near a table with both of his hands holding on to his books. Then we realised he is not supporting or leaning on to anything. So proud of him.

Seeing Red

2010-02-18T00:07:00.001+08:00

All the CNY goodies packed in containers with red covers.

Oranges in red basket. The basket was bought during my wedding's Guo Da Li. Now can recycle to use to display the oranges.

Red wheel spring ornament which I bought in Sydney when I was there for study.

The only things that are not red are my new shoes. All flats, no heels because they are not child friendly.

First Day of CNY

2010-02-17T22:39:00.002+08:00

Our house visiting day started at 11am, first stop is my Parents-on-law place. Well that is the only time I flashed out the camera. The rest of the day, my hands and eyes are mainly fixed to the little one or rather the little one is fixed to me. Haha.

Our family photo. Not very well taken. Wanted to take another nicer one but no chance to do that.

Daddy and the little one. Don't they look alike?

My PILs and the little one.

The little one is wearing the chinese suit bought by Popo (my mum). The 2nd and 3rd day of CNY were also spent house visiting, so tiring. Everyday we would reach home around 10pm, change the little one, feed him milk and he would go straight to dreamland.

Happy Lunar New Year!

2010-02-14T00:00:00.002+08:00

Gong Hei Fat Choi! May everyone have a prosperous and healthy Tiger Year! and also Happy Valentine Day!

New Haircut

2010-02-07T22:40:00.004+08:00

As CNY is approaching, we brought the little one to have his hair cut. This is the 3rd time he is having his hair cut. The last 2 times, he was cut by my MIL's friend. This time round, we brought him to my hairstylist to do the job. Hubby also trimmed his hair.

The little one did not cry or make a fuss while the hairstylist was doing the work. Instead he was either sitting down or standing up, turning his head looking around as he was curious about the environment in the salon. I had to use his porridge as a bait to make him sit down for a moment.

This is the end result. He had the sides and back of his hair shaved and the front part trimmed. Now is hair looks much neater. Handsome boy!

Early Reunion Dinner

2010-02-06T22:09:00.001+08:00

Since both my sister and I are married and we can't have our reunion with my mum on the CNY eve, we decided to have it tonight. And my mum doesn't want to cook, so we had our reunion dinner at Sichuan Douhua Restaurant at OUB Plaza, 60th storey.

There is my little one making funny faces while eating his porridge. He is so cheeky.

Overview from the 60th storey.

1st dish - Yusheng. They have a special ingredient which is dried fish skin, very crunchy.

Their specialty green tea.

The main dish, Peng Cai consisting of dried oysters, prawns, chinese sausages, fish balls, sea cucumbers etc.

Pi Pa doufu with vegetables.

Last of all, dessert which is Thousand Layers Nian Gao. Something special. We were too engrossed in the food that we had forgotten to take a family photo. Will make up for it during CNY.

Happy 10 months old!

2010-02-03T00:00:00.002+08:00

Two more months to 1 year old. Most likely going to have a small celebration for him with immediate family members.

These few months there has been a lot of changes in him and he is constantly giving us surprises. He started on solids and is eating well. Two of his bottom front teeth have grown out. The left top teeth is half emerging. He is babbling baby words which sounds like "jie jie" (sister in mandarin), "mum mum" (food in baby language) and others sounds/words which we can't make out. He is able to stand well, holding on to something and he loves it. Think the next step for him is to stand by himself.

Training #1

2010-01-27T15:22:00.005+08:00

Training the little one to hold his own milk bottle and drink on his own. He was able to drink nicely for the first few minutes. Thereafter, he started to turn his body to the side when he hear some sounds in the background. So in the end I would have to assist him in holding the bottle.
p/s : look at the way his legs are placed. look like some big boss. Haha.

Sun, Sand and Sea

2010-01-25T14:36:00.000+08:00

Last Saturday was hubby's company team bonding day and spouse and children were being invited too. So the little one and me tagged along to East Coast Park to have fun. It is also bb's first visit to the beach. As it was quite a sunny day, we wanted him to wear his fisherman hat. But he refused to wear. He would take it off whenever we put it on him. So funny.

Daddy also brought him around the beach and got him near to the waters. He was extremely happy and excited watching the waves coming near him. Haha.

The rest of the afternoon was spent lazing around and watching the rest playing games. Conclusion, it was a relaxing but tiring day as I have to entertain the little one, pushing him around in his pram. Haha.

Greedy Boy II

2010-01-19T00:01:00.002+08:00

Guess what is he eating?

Me Time

2010-01-18T23:11:00.003+08:00

Took leave today and got some 'ME' time. In the late morning, I went back to bedok, my mum's place to pack my stuffs together with my sister. Finished packing around 2plus, so we decided to head down to Orchard's new shopping centre Somerset 313 to have some retail therapy.

By the way this is the third time after I gave birth that I actually spent quality time looking through the clothes, trying them on without having to hear the little one crying/fussing away. It felt good and relaxing.

Then we went for dinner at Food Republic. Sis wanted to try out this food stall "麻辣香锅". It is actually selling 麻辣 food without the soup. One just choose the ingredients and they will fry them in 麻辣 style. We chose 4 items and it cost $14plus including the pot base which is the 麻辣 and a bowl of rice. Quite expensive.

As you can see the bowl they used is extremely big. Our food doesn't even fill up half of the bowl. I quite like the food but sis find it too 麻. After dinner is back home to put the little one to sleep. Looking forward to my next shopping trip...wonders when will that be....

Golden Shoes

2010-01-08T22:35:00.003+08:00

This pair is a steal buy from BHG J8, 30% discount! Good buy! It is love at first sight so I got it without much hesitation. It is very comfortable too as it has a padded sole. Actually it was husband who is looking for shoes but ended up I was the one who bought. Haha.

Happy 9 months old...

2010-01-03T00:49:00.002+08:00

to Jerold boy! Wish you be a healthy and happy boy. Do not be so stubborn and cranky, or else nobody will love you. Smuck!

2 Tooth = Teeth

2010-01-02T23:37:00.003+08:00

All I like now is my two front teeth,
My two front teeth, see my two front teeth.
Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth,
Then I could give you a big smile.

Food Talk #8

2010-01-01T22:46:00.002+08:00

As usual, dinner cooked by Hubby. On the menu is ma po tofu with rice and pork ribs soup with potatoes, carrots and tomatoes. Simple and nice.

Greedy Boy

2009-12-31T11:26:00.004+08:00

This little boy loves food! He will scream, shout and cry whenever he sees food or sees someone eating. Therefore bringing him out for meals is tiring as one of us will have to finish our food fast and carry him. If not we will have to feed him with his baby biscuits.

Since he is so greedy, he practically eats everything we put in his mouth. Like what you see in the video, he just open his mouth whenever the spoon is near it. Haha. He finishes his porridge in 15mins. Fast?

Food Talk #7

2009-12-25T11:08:00.003+08:00

What I have eaten for the day...

Soya Bean curd and peanut pancake for Breakfast...

Homecooked Yong Tau Foo soup with bee hoon for lunch...

Pre Xmas Dinner

2009-12-22T00:15:00.000+08:00

My SIL organised a family pre-xmas dinner and my sister suggested to have the dinner at her place. So we went over last Sunday while she and her husband cooked up a sumptuous dinner for us.

The little one lying on his car seat and chewing on his toy. He is having slight fever, hence kind of cranky.

So dinner was served with rice cooked with black beans and shrimps,
Baked bacon and asparagus rolls,

Grilled chicken wings, stirred fry bean sprouts and mushroom soup. Overall dinner was good! Too bad I wasn't able to enjoy the food fully as the little one was super cranky due to lack of sleep and fever, so we had to rush through dinner to go home. Sigh. Nevermind there will be another chance to eat my sis and BIL's cooking as promised by my sis. Haha.

Merry Christmas!

I love books!

2009-12-21T00:05:00.000+08:00

Not reading but for playing! Haha! This little one loves colourful stuffs and he loves these little padded books which we bought for him last week. For the first 5mins, he was able to let me read to him. Then it was his time to "read". Hope he would develop more love for reading.

Food Talk #6

2009-12-20T10:55:00.006+08:00

A simple chocolate swiss roll, gobbled down in minutes. Yummy! Swiss roll is a door gift from Hubby's friend's son full month celebration.

what I want for xmas...

2009-12-20T10:12:00.006+08:00

Actually I can't really think of things that I want or wish to get. Instead of a list, there are only 2 items. Haha.

First item will be a iphone which hopefully later I will go and get if nothing happens. Have been wanting to get it since launch of iphone 3GS half year ago. But wasn't able to get it as I was still on contract with M1. Now my contract is over, so I can go and get it. Better still, I have different telecoms I can choose from. Yippee!

Second item will be a LeSportSac Baby Ryan bag! Chanced upon it on the website a few days ago. Always wanted to get a diaper bag for myself as the bag which we are using now is a backpack and Hubby commented that I looked ugly carrying it. Haha. So this LSS bag is the perfect size for me and it is roomy enough to put all of bb's stuffs. Not sure whether it is selling in Singapore. Hopefully I will have the time to shop for it.