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Caitlyn 10 Months

2012-02-20T09:41:00.004+08:00

At 10 months old, Caitlyn can stand on her 2 feet without support! And she can also sit down from standing position. It's really amazing to see those 2 chubby legs can stand on her own!

She has yet to start cruising, though. But cruising started right after she's 10 months old.

She's also getting more active, and smarter too. When we ask her where's the lamp, she can look up at the lamp. And she also knows her name, by now.

Her fave soft toy is "Julia" which is given by Auntie Allie. Everynight before she goes to bed, she'll hug and kiss Julia first (amongst all other soft toys she has). It's just soooo cute! Just that after she sleeps, she will throw Julia away.. LOL..

And she still LOVES to eat. Even right after she has finished her meal, if she sees someone with a plate, she'll quickly come and say "mamam.. mamam.. mamam..." such a small tummy yet can eat so many things!

Caitlyn 9 months

2012-02-02T15:02:00.001+08:00

9 months old Caitlyn can crawl very well! She also likes to pull herself up to standing position and let go of 1 of her hand.

She can also understand simple instruction like "clap your hand" and "lie down". Her teeth still not growing (only 2 so far) but of course she eats Like big babies! Surprisingly her gum can chew pretty well.

Oh have I mentioned what her first word is? It's "mamam".. lol.. which means eating :p and here's the words that she can say so far
1. Mamam
2. Ma ma (supposedly calling me!)
3. Dah (which means udah)

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Savio: 3 Years Old!

2012-01-10T13:57:00.003+08:00

At 3 years old, Vio is 102 cm and 15 kg. And we still haven't bought a concession card for him yet! Haha.. Planning to do it reaall soon... I think it will be a matter of days (or weeks) before we'll be asked to pay for him while taking train/bus =p

Drawing nearer to his birthday, Vio seems like "dreaming" of a birthday party! Especially we attended few birthday parties at the month of Dec. He asked about his party (with cake and balloons), and also he kept humming Happy Birthday song.. something along the line: Happy Birthday to you.. Happy birthday to you.. Happy birthday to Vio.... LOL.. And he also said that this year, he's a big boy, no crying in the party.. Apparently he remembered that he cried on his 2nd birthday party! And the bad part is.. we haven't planned of any party for him... Well, for sure there will be birthday cakes, but only our family, no friends invited..

But in order to avoid him feeling disappointed, I planned for a small birthday party when Koko Marcell and Cici Cheryll came to Singapore! So there were only us, plus Koko Marcell and Cici Cheryll and my sister and her hubby. At least that feels more like party! And I also put in birthday banner and balloons, and of course, presents!

Thankfully, Vio was very pleased!! I can see that he looks a bit nervous, but nevertheless, HAPPY! And yes, this year he didn't cry at all!

He got lots of presents! From mommy and daddy, we bought him Marble Racing, the thing that he's been into for the last few months. And he LOVES it a lot. He played with it morning, day, and night for the next few weeks. And yet, not getting bored at it. Well, he's been watching Marble Run videos for the last few months and he loves it a lot. So I think he must be real happy that he finally has one of his own! :)

And this photo is taken on his actual birthday! The birthday boys are posing together. Vio is 3 and Daddy is 30! What a nice number! :p

Caitlyn Month 8: Crawling

2012-01-10T13:48:00.003+08:00

At 8 months, Caitlyn is pretty good at crawling! She started crawling at 7.5 months, which is considered very fast (as compared to Vio who started crawling at 9 months!). And she crawled correctly! (as in.. the same way as other babies.. LOL) Her tummy is fully off the floor, and she gets faster and faster in crawling. Though sometimes she still tumble and fell down.. :p

She also LOVES to eat. And still hating bottles.. sigh.. so we fed her milk using spoon!

And.. a bad habit of her.. If i'm not around, when it's her nap time, do you know how they make her sleep? By..... biscuits!! Or banana! Seems like her source of comfort is still her mouth. So she can actually fall asleep while eating (her mouth is munching something).. Hahaha isn't that cute!

Oh.. and another things... she has 2 teeth now!! The bottom middle ones are out! Heee..

Crawling?

2011-11-29T16:02:00.001+08:00

At 7.5 months, Caitlyn can start crawling! And she can move forward! Clap clap clap.. quite fast ya.. though still often fell down on her tummy while trying to crawl, but somehow she persevere and can move forward bit by bit.

And nowadays when she sees me, she can call "mamamamama.." like that.. oh so smart and so cute!

Here's a latest photo of her. she's now 8.2 kg btw, and is at 60th percentile.

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Caitlyn 7 Months

2011-11-23T15:29:00.004+08:00

At 7 months old, Caitlyn can sit steadily by herself. She can even lean forward to grab something and sit back straight again to "admire" her new findings. She also looks like she wants to crawl! She can lift her body and "stand" on all 4 (arms and legs). And amazingly, she can move backwards!

Her legs are also quite strong, can support her body weight. And just as last month, she still enjoys jumping a lot... which is why... we finally bought her a Jumperoo few weeks back!

Yeah it's kind of late I know... But when we brought her to try out Jumperoo in the shops in 3 different times, she loves it a lot! She kept jumping and jumping and smiling. Felt very happy to see her smiling :)

Though after few weeks of having jumperoo at home, she seems to start getting bored of it.. oh no! Maybe she has spent too long time in it and being "ignored" by other people? (i.e. noone play with her when she's in it).. Well I guess so :( But anyway, she has had great time with the jumperoo and that's the most important thing yeah? ;)

Oh.. not forgetting the big brother.. here's a pose of Caitlyn and Savio together!

I {Heart} Solid Food

2011-11-23T14:23:00.003+08:00

Very very (super) belated post.. Haha... My apology.. As I've been very busy with my new "shop", I almost have no time for writing blog :p You can find the link to my newly reopened Etsy shop in the sidebar! (I will link it soon after writing this post.. :D )

When Caitlyn was exactly 6 months old, we gave her a taste of her first solid food. It's been a while since she shows high interest in what we eat (she looks like she wanna eat what we eat too). So she was super happy to see that we bring a bowl and spoon for her.

What was served? It was Rice Cereal from Happy Baby! (Though sadly, apparently 2 days before, she was already served Nestle Brown Rice Cereal by my MIL). But since I wasn't at home that day, there's no photo of her eating her first ever solid food.. hiks..)

And how was it? OK I should say that she LOOOOOOOOVE it so much that she wanna eat the spoon and the bowl as well!

And that was the story of... more than a month ago.. LOL.. ever since, we've introduced many food for her, and she seems to like all of them (especially fruits): apple, pear, papaya, carrot, brocolli, spinach, asparagus, honeydew, avocado, banana.. hmm that's all that I can remember as of now.. But I'm sure there are somemore that I haven't mentioned..

Anyway, she loves eating much much more than drinking milk :( Yeah when she see milk bottle, she can cry liao... haiz.... this baby doesn't like to drink milk... so we put more milk in her cereal... hopefully it's enough for her..

A side note: when she saw the food is ready for her in her bowl, she'll make a noise and look like almost cry, because she can't wait to eat! Tsk! This is one impatient baby :p

Series of Sickness

2011-11-10T15:52:00.001+08:00

We've had a pretty bad weekend.

It all started on last Saturday early morning (around 6 or 6:30 am). We got a sudden knocking on our room door, apparently it was the maid, and she was saying that vio is sick.

We quickly went to his room and was SO SHOCKED to see him. His eyes were looking at the upper right corner, his limbs all shaking and he didn't response to our call. Oh my goodness! He was having a seizure! It was a scary sight I don't wish to remember.

The night before he was alright. Playing and laughing like normal. Except that he refused to eat (which is also quite normal), and he refused to drink milk (well, this is unusual), and before sleep he told me his tummy painful. But then he slept after that so I didn't think of it seriously. Apparently pi said that vio was having a bit of fever after I slept that night (i happen to sleep early that night).

Luckily the seizure happen for a short while only, about 2 or 3 mins. Afterwards he was in a daze, like didn't hear what we said.

We quickly brought him to NUH children emergency. On the way there he was already able to respond to us, even start to smile.

Once the nurse gave him medicine, within a short time he was already ok and behaving like normal! Luckily the doctor said that we shouldn't worry as it doesn't have any effect to his brain. Phew!

Returning home, Caitlyn was having diarrhea for a few days already. Luckily its a mild one.

And.. the next day I started to feel unwell too, a bit feverish. This, later I found out, was because of the blocked duct I had.

Hope that all's well after this. No more seizure please!!

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On My Bike

2011-11-02T16:22:00.001+08:00

One of vio's fave toy now is his bike! We got him a new bike sometime.back, and he utilise it to the fullest :p

He especially like uneven surfaces, such as from kitchen to dining room, the floor is not of the same height. So he purposely go back and forth with his bike in that area. No surprise that the back wheels now looks like its going to come off one day in the not so far future..

He also love to do acrobatic moves on his bike. At first it was scary to see him do that! But now since he seems to do it everyday, I close one eye liao :p

And he's so proud of being able to do that, he'll say proudly: mommy, you see! You see! Haha.. somehow I feel that its one of his way to get our attention, now that he's no longer the single super star in the house.

And just few days back, when he was playing bike, suddenly I heard a loud sound. The bike has fallen! I quickly went to him, thinking that he's going to cry loudly. But you know what? He was actually posing on the floor! So he purposely fall down from the bike! -_-

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Vio's First Performance

2011-10-22T23:28:00.005+08:00

Actually I should say.... It should've been Vio's first performance..

We were all so excited about Vio going to perform with her schoolmates in Taman Jurong Children's Day celebration that's held in front of his school. Other branches of Apple Tree don't have such performance!

On the day of the performance, we brought Vio to his school (it was a Saturday). He didn't seem to know what a performance is. All the kids were served McDonald's and Vio enjoyed it.

After rehearsing, it was time for the kids to perform! Surprisingly there were a LOT of audience. I thought there won't be many ppl there... But even one of the minister came as guest of honor!

All of Vio's schoolmates were lined up nicely, ready to go to stage. All, except Vio.... He was so scared to see such a crowd and kept crying when we ask him to stand with his schoolmates... So in the end, everybody perform except Vio... sigh sigh... I was sooooo hoping that I can see him sing and dance with his schoolmates... It was very cuteeee...

Anyway... Vio is the youngest among his schoolmates.. so perhaps it's normal that he feels more scared than the rest... Here's Vio perfoming happily at home that very night. It should've been what he performed on the stage. Enjoy! =)

Staycation @ Sentosa!

2011-10-12T15:31:00.014+08:00

We're just back from our holiday at Sentosa! Well... We can't really go travelling this year, so going to Sentosa is better than nothing, eh? ;)

We booked a 3D2N package at Resorts World Sentosa that comes with Voyage de La Vie and Universal Studio tickets. We chose Festive Hotel because it is mentioned to be suitable for families, and it comes with a king size bed, a sofa bed that's convertible to a queen size bed, AND a bunk bed. Wow, that's a lot of space to sleep! And just perfect for us! So we brought our maid along too, that makes it 4 adults, 1 toddler, and 1 baby sleeping in 1 room.. :p

Day 1

We arrived at Sentosa around 12pm, earlier than the check-in time at 3pm. So we walked around the hotel and had our lunch first while waiting for our room.

We got our room at 2pm. According to the internet, the mattress is Simmons. Well, I'm quite curious as to how comfy it is. You know what? Once we put Caitlyn on the bed, she was soooooo super happy she kept laughing and smiling! LOL! She really knows good quality mattress, ya? :p

We got a room on Level 3, the same level as the swimming pool (we got nice swimming pool view from our room window). And Vio (as usual) refused to take afternoon nap. He wanna go swimming instead. So he went for swimming with nai2 while Caitlyn had her afternoon nap.

When it was time for him to stop swimming (so that we can prepare to go to watch Voyage de La Vie), he refused! He was soooo excited to go swimming that he doesn't want to stop! Well, we haven't brought him swimming for very very long...

In the end, he stop swimming just minutes before the show starts. So he went with us to watch the show without bathe! Oops.. Luckily he didn't show any signs of itchiness :p Haha..

When the show starts, it was quite loud. Vio was already prepared to close his ears when it gets too loud. Minutes after the show starts, there's a small fireworks and loud loud loud thunder sounds, and Vio was suuuuuuuper scared inside. He kept screaming for us to bring him out! Sigh.... So we finally brought him out of the theatre. Luckily there's a TV outside showing the show, so pi & I took turns to watch the show while Vio is playing with another little boy that's scared of the show too. But watching the real thing and watching it from TV is totally different experience. When we're watching the real thing, it feels very very nice... while from TV, well... it feels just like watching any other show :p

Going back to the hotel from watching the show, Vio was rather tired. And Caitlyn was already sleepy too. So we slept early at around 8 pm. Can't really do anything after they both asleep, because Caitlyn wants the room to be dark when she's sleeping, and the tv was just in front of the bed! And of course we can't go out too, in case Caitlyn's looking for me and cry cry cry :p

Day 2

Our schedule for Day 2 is supposedly quite pack. But sadly, day 2 begins with... rain :( So there's nothing much we can do while it's raining... So we decided to go to Vivocity first to stock up on snacks and buy food for lunch (because eating in Sentosa is simply expensive.. LOL). And as you might have known, Vivocity has LOTS of kiddie rides. So Vio was so happy to ride on countless kiddie rides (since we're there quite early, the shops are not even opened yet. So Vio can enjoy kiddie rides to his heart contents) :p

Going back to Sentosa after the rain stops, our first stop is.. Universal Studio!

Well we went to Universal Studio just to bring Vio and Caitlyn to play and look around. Not that there's plenty of things for them to play.... In fact, Caitlyn can only take the merry go round, and Vio can only take the merry go round AND the treasure hunter, where he rode on a jeep going thru a track, pretending that he's the one driving the jeep.. kekekekee....

Oh yeah.. Caitlyn slept most of the time.. LOL... and Vio was so excited to pose with the many cars displayed in there.. :p

Going back to the hotel, Vio (again) refused to take an afternoon nap. So we went to... swimming again!

And followed by watching animals & bird encounters and going to the beach area in Sentosa. Vio didn't wanna go near the beach as he dislike the feeling of sand on his foot. He's a little boy that love cleanliness.. :D

We slept early at 6:30pm because both Caitlyn and Vio were asleep by then. Wow, this must be the first holiday we ever had in which we sleep most of the time! LOL!

Day 3

Wah... it was the last day! We went to Hard Rock hotel to swim and play sands. They have really nice swimming pool with white sandy pool side. Really nice for kids to swim and play sand! This time, Caitlyn also joins the fun to swim. It's her first ever swimming session! =)

Caitlyn seemed to be quite ok with swimming (at least not crying or scared)... But we brought her swimming only for 5 minutes... After all, it's her first swimming experience. We didn't want her to catch a cold or something.. Kekekeke...

And for Vio, at first he doesn't wanna step on the sand. But after some time, he wants to play with the sand (building sand castle etc). But when we ask him to swim, he seemed to be scared of the swimming pool.. Hmm.... And I thought that the swimming pool in Hard Rock hotel is much nicer than the one in Festive hotel... It has slides, bridges and all... I wonder why Vio didn't like it :p And before we got a chance to swim in the pool, it was... RAINING again! Sigh.. So.. that's the end of our journey in Sentosa :D

Big Boy

2011-10-03T18:45:00.001+08:00

Vio feels that he's a big boy now. Whenever we say that he can't do something, he'll say "I'm big boy! I can do!"

And when we ask how old is he, he'll answer proudly "3 years old" haha though he's technically still 2.5 years old.

He weighs 14.5 kg now and especially love jumping nowadays. Especially in uneven surfaces. He'll jump from the bed to the floor, from the staircase (lowest 2 level) to the floor, etc. He can really jump around (and run very fast) like a real big boy!

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The Secret

2011-09-29T09:21:00.001+08:00

Finally.. the secret of sleeping Caitlyn is revealed!

After weeks of her getting up hourly at night, we decided to try something new.. that is.. to switch off the light completely. And.. amazingly it works!!

Previously we used a dim sleeping light but maybe that's still too bright for Caitlyn. Apparently she prefers total darkness to sleep in.

Well she still wakes up but at least not hourly! Even sometimes she sleep straight from 10pm to 3.30 or 4 am.

Wow that's certainly a blessing :)

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Caitlyn 5 month: sit supported

2011-09-26T10:57:00.001+08:00

At 5 months, Caitlyn can sit well while supported. She can also laugh at people's joke (especially vio). She loves to go out and loves to smile to strangers that smile at her.

She seems to dislike to be put on her tummy. If she accidentally go to tummy position by herself, she'll cry! So cute ya..

At night, she wakes up more and more often as compared to the previous months. Hopefully it will not happen again in the months to come! :P

Oh.. she can also start to lift her hands up if she want to be carried! And if she see mommy's home but not carrying her, she'll cry..

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So Cute Together

2011-09-22T16:24:00.002+08:00

Don't you think that Vio and Caitlyn just look soooo cute together here?

The photo was taken earlier this morning and I just love it! :)

Actually the more I see them together, they actually look more and more alike! Haha..

I Love You = I Bite You?

2011-09-21T17:09:00.003+08:00

It's really heartwarming to see Vio and Caitlyn play together. Though this actually only means making high-pitched sound (kinda similar to screaming) at each other. But they both seems to enjoy it. And Caitlyn seems to really like playing with her big brother.

Caitlyn seems to be a bit scared (but excited) to see what Vio did (most of the time was jumping). Every time Vio made a sudden move, she'll blink her eyes, scared to see what's going to happen next but yet, excited. Haha..

Few days back, when they were playing together happily, suddenly Caitlyn cried very very loud, and we saw her fingers shaking. When I see closer, OMG! There's a bite-mark on her finger! And it was rather deep! Sigh... Vio bite Caitlyn (again). He likes to do it on purpose though we told him not to, many times. Though he loves his mei-mei, I'm wondering why he would purposely bite her... :(

Sleeping Time!

2011-09-13T14:00:00.001+08:00

I was so happy that Caitlyn wanted to sleep in the baby cot (unlike Vio who refused to sleep in the baby cot). But I guess I was happy too soon.

For the last few days (or is it weeks?) Caitlyn refused to sleep in the baby cot. Once I put her down, within minutes she'll open her eyes, look left and right and left and right again, and then start to cry. But if I put her in my bed, she's ok! Sigh.... Vio and Caitlyn is the same after all.. Just that Caitlyn can sleep in the baby cot for longer period.. Haha..

And talking about sleeping, lately she wakes up reaaaaaallll often at night. Last night, the ones that I remember were: 2:30am, 3:30am, 4am, 4:30am, 5:30am, 6:30am... Arrrggghhh.... And not to mention those that I don't remember.. LOL... Her mouth will be like a fish, rooting for milk. And once I fed her for a little while, she'll fall asleep but not for long.. She'll wake up and do the same again... -_-

Not sure whether is it because she's still hungry?? But when morning came and she roots for milk again and I dun wanna give her, she'll wake up with happy face (full of smile). And when we bring her out, she doesn't look like a hungry baby. She's still full of smile and want to play (not asking for milk). Sigh........ Will the time when she can "sleep through the night" come soon? I hope so! :p

A Bday Celebration ^^

2011-09-12T14:04:00.003+08:00

I'm officially in my last year as a 20-something =p

Heard that Vio was the one choosing the birthday cake! As usual, he chose pink color. Seems like he likes pink color (just like his mommy) hahaha...

In the afternoon, we planned to go to the city area, as pi mentioned there's a laser show in Marina Bay (and I never heard of it before!). But I wanted to eat in Asian Kitchen. Somehow I missed their noodles. Haven't eaten that for about 2 years I think.. LOL... So we went to Marina Square as according to internet, there's a branch there.

Sadly....... apparently the Internet wasn't updated... We couldn't find any Asian Kitchen there... So in the end we had Thai Express instead :D

But it's a good thing that we went to Marina Square. Apparently they were having an event for toddlers. There were some free games, and one of them was bowling game with a very big ball. Being a ball fans, Vio was suuuuuuuuper excited to see the game and wanted to play it.

Luckily the queue wasn't too long :p

Next we went to Esplanade, and sit along Singapore river, relaxing and hoping that we can catch the laser show from there. Walking to where the laser show is was way tooooo far....

Just when the show was about to start..... it was drizzling... Dotzzz.... So in the end we didn't watch the show... Hahahaa... Well, there's always next time ;)

Playing Together

2011-09-08T12:21:00.000+08:00

It's really cute to see that Savio and Caitlyn can start to play together!

Savio loves to jump around, and at first Caitlyn will be a bit scared she closed her eyes everytime Vio jumped. I think she's scared on what her brother's going to do next.. But after sometime, she'll start to get excited and laugh out loud. And Vio, upon seeing there's a happy audience, will be more than happy to keep jumping around to entertain his audience :p

An Infection

2011-09-06T16:37:00.001+08:00

Our poor little princess is down with an infection on her skin... :(

It started about a week ago when some rashes started to show on her left armpit area. The rashes became bigger and with pus inside. Then some dries up but it was spreading.. More and more rashes can be seen around the area... She didn't look disturbed nor does she look like she wanna scratch around the area. So the good news is that it's not itchy :p

So today I decided to bring her to PD. The PD mentioned that it's a fungus infection. Not dangerous but can spread quite fast. He then gave us some cream and powder to apply. I hope the rashes will be gone soon! ;)

Oh.. yeah... today we weighed her and she's 7kg now! She looks quite chubby ya :D

Eeks.. Why does the pic came up as rotated.. Haha.. nvm... Well this little princess of ours lately are always mesmerized by her fingers and toes... She loves to play with them. Pretty soon she'll be able to suck on her toes! :p

And here's her smile. She really love to smile ;)

McDonalds!

2011-09-03T21:26:00.000+08:00

Yesterday when I brought Vio for a playdate in choa chu kang, when the mrt passed by bukit batok, Vio suddenly shouted excitedly: "Mommy you see! You see! McDonald's house!"

Boy, I was shocked! (there was a quite big McDonalds in bukit batok). Have we brought him too often to eat McDonalds? Hmmm.. No.. We seldom eat McDonalds, and even if we do, I'm pretty sure that I never mention the name McDonalds before.. Did he learn it in school??

And just when the mrt passed by bukit gombak, he shouted again: "McDonald's house!" what?? There was no McD in sight. And after that he said: "Old Macdonalds.." oh!!! I sighed with relief. Apparently what he meant was the buildings roof in bukit batok and bukit gombak area are similar to the ones pictured in old Macdonalds song. Wahaha!

"Lean on Me"

2011-08-24T15:33:00.001+08:00

A cute and rather amazing thing: Vio can help us "take care" of mei-mei now! :)

When I asked him to "take care" of Caitlyn for a little while (while she was sitting on her baby chair and I wanna take something for a while), Vio happily agreed to do it. He said "angguguuuu..." to entertain her.. And also passed her some of her teething toys and said to her: "gigit! gigit!" (which means bite in english) haha!

He also happily carrying Caitlyn with care when I want to take photos of them together. Isn't the photo below cute!

Ahem... do you see the headband that Caitlyn was wearing? Isn't it soooooo cute? LOL... Back then when Vio was still a baby, I saw the headband in the internet and I remember thinking: if I have a baby girl, this item is in the top of my must-have list. Hahaa..

Boy and Girl

2011-08-18T14:02:00.000+08:00

Lately Vio likes to say everything in "boy" and "girl" term.

Let's say I was playing with him, and suddenly Caitlyn cry so of course I wanna carry her. Vio will be upset and say "Mommy, dun wan carry baby! Dun wan girl and girl! Is boy and girl!" (in case you don't understand, what he meant was that's the time for boy and girl (eg: Vio and Mommy), and not girl and girl (eg: Caitlyn and Mommy)

And few days back, daddy was carrying Caitlyn and playing with her. Vio looked so happy he ran to me (I just finished my shower) and say: "Mommy see! Boy and girl! Daddy and Caitlyn! Boy and girl time!" (while pointing to himself and me on the second time he was saying "boy and girl").

Ah yes, lately he seemed so happy if I have the time to play with him. Kinda feel guilty that I don't have much time to play with him lately, though I already tried my best to spend as much time with him. Well, one will never be satisfied ya? ;)

Oh.. Here's Vio, as usual he loves to pose for the camera. And for this shoot, he actually asked us to put on the frog costume on him so we can take his photo in it.. Kekekekee...

Caitlyn 4 Month: Smile Smile Smile

2011-08-17T15:03:00.000+08:00

At 4 months old, Caitlyn love to smile and laugh. Especially when she just saw a "fresh" face (that is, a face that she hasn't seen for a while), she can smile and laugh a lot. But after the new face is not so fresh anymore (as in, played with her for sometime liao), the smile become lesser.. Keekekee...

Acting Cute

Laugh happily

She can also flip from back to tummy position, and let go of her hand from under her body, all without help. So smart yar ^^

New Blog & Smiley Girl

2011-08-16T10:25:00.001+08:00

My first official post in Blogspot! Heee...

All the posts have been imported from Wordpress.. They're not perfect though.. Can see all the codes thingy in the old post's photos.. But well, it's auto-import! As long as the old photos can still be seen, it's good enough for me :)

Oh yeah... Our little girl loves to laugh and smile. Here are some of her cute laugh photos!

So which one do you think it's the cutest? :p

On My Bike

2011-08-15T22:09:00.000+08:00

After mastering the art of riding scooter, Vio has now (finally) mastered the art of riding a bike!

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Out of the blue, Vio suddenly showed interest in learning how to ride a bike. We have given up trying to persuade him to learn riding a bike and let the bike sit at a corner, used only as Vio's personal shoe rack.. LOL (yup, Vio likes to keep his shoes in the bike's basket). And one fine day, he wanna learn how to ride it!

At first he can only pedal with his right foot... So it goes like: right foot -> turn back the pedal -> right foot -> etc. But now, he can pedal very well: right foot -> left foot -> right foot.. Yippieeee!

We Are Brother & Sister!

2011-08-12T00:51:00.000+08:00

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Good news! It seems like Vio is not so jealous of his sister anymore. No more purposely hitting mei-mei (not that I know of, at least).. LOL.. Maybe he has finally adapt to the additional member in our family? :)

Vio loves to kiss and sayang Caitlyn gently. (I always remind him to do it gently, then he'll be extra careful). Caitlyn also seems to like Vio's voice. When she heard Vio talking, she'll stare at the voice direction to look for her koko. I hope they won't fight a lot when Caitlyn is bigger! :D

[caption id="attachment_2196" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Hello!"][/caption]

Coupons, Anyone?

2011-08-08T22:17:00.000+08:00

Lately it seems like sites selling daily deals of discounted items/services are the trend in Singapore. And many of us (including me!) diligently looking at what the daily deals have to offer. Some deals are really good, I must say.

Recently pi & I bought a 120 minute facial AND full body massage for only $38. Wow, that's quite a steal! Other merchants offering either facial OR massage at that price! So this is like half the price! We were quite excited to go for the session. So last Thursday, we both took half day leave for the session.

The "spa" was located at Toa Payoh Central... Hmm... Quite suspicious ya... But I've been to other spas located in shophouses along Tanjong Pagar, and they're as professional as those located in the mall.

Reaching the "spa", we were ushered to a small room (without the usual chit-chatting to know what we want/need). We asked for a couple room, so we got a room with 2 bed inside. But it was very small and no "spa"-like feeling! The lady was from China and very unfriendly. Tsk!

We started with the facial first. The lady doing my treatment kept asking whether I want to upgrade to have diamond peel etc but I kept refusing. And the facial included in the package doesn't include extraction. Hmmm... it doesn't really feel like a facial at all, eh? It's just like someone helping us to wash our face and applying mask.. LOL... Not to mention that the lady was quite rough in washing the face..

And for the massage, I heard the masseur kept asking pi whether wanna upgrade the massage or not... And he (of course) also always answer no.. The massage was very soft... Not like the normal massage we went to at other spas... It feels more like the lady is only applying and rubbing oil in our body.. And the funniest thing... The room was very small so there's not enough place for them to move around to "massage" us, so they actually kept shifting the bed around! Haha! I almost want to laugh (desperately) when they're shifting our bed around.. And the therapists was very unprofessional too.. They kept chit-chatting while doing the spa, and even answering their handphone.. Tsk!!

So far this is the worst spa I've ever been to... Pi even commented that the place is meant more for uncles & aunties... LOL... Next time when buying a spa deals, must really check where's the spa located! No more neighborhood spas for us!

Lesson learnt: You get what you pay for.. haha!

A Boy and His Scooter

2011-08-04T01:38:00.000+08:00

One fine day, Vio went to the park and saw a bigger boy playing with an orange scooter. He was very interested, and the boy let Vio play with it for a while.

So when reaching home, Vio instantly asked us to buy him an orange scooter!

I was rather skeptical at first.. After all, he's just a 2.5 years old boy... Isn't it a bit too young for scooter? But if Vio really likes it, then it's quite worth buying him one. It can be a new thing for him to play, other than balls!

That very weekend, we brought him to Toys R Us to buy the scooter. (ps: we happened to have Toys R Us voucher, so we got the scooter for free! Yay!) We bought the orange scooter for Vio, and he loved it sooo much. He plays with it everyday, and as the days went by, he's getting better and better (read: faster and faster) with it! Wow.. so proud of my little boy... He can play scooter already! Looks just like a big boy!

[caption id="attachment_2189" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Me & My Scooter"][/caption]

Caitlyn Month 3: Head Up

2011-07-29T00:51:00.000+08:00

At 3 months, Caitlyn can lift her head up high quite stable while on tummy position. The colic is (thankfully) much better as compared to the previous month. And she still likes to "talk". Looks like she's gonna be quite a talker! :D

[caption id="attachment_2181" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Head Up!"][/caption]

Oh yeah! We also cut her hair botak this month! Heee... Finally decided to make her botak.. Just to avoid having regrets when she's bigger :p Initially we tried to cut her hair ourselves.. But then.. it's a TOTAL DISASTER.. I didn't even wanna take photo of her then.. LOL... Here botak, there got a bit of hair, the other part got lots of hair etc etc.. After that, we asked for our neighbor's help to cut Caitlyn's hair. She's quite an experienced hairdresser.

Oh! We also visited the PD for Caitlyn's injections and assessment. Caitlyn is now 60 cm, 6.2 kg.. Wow no wonder she feels heavier nowadays... The PD mentioned that Caitlyn is very proportionate. All her height, weight, and head circumference are on 50th percentile! Kekekeke..

Oh yeah.. Just wanna share a photo that I think quite cute...

[caption id="attachment_2182" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Koko Vio & Me"][/caption]

Jurong Lake Park

2011-07-19T23:04:00.000+08:00

It's the first time we're bringing Caitlyn to Jurong Lake Park (ahem.. these are from few weeks back)! It was for trying out first actually. Before we bring her to somewhere further (like shopping malls), we want to try bringing her to somewhere nearby where we can walk home. So scared she suddenly cry loudly in public places!

Surprisingly, she (almost) didn't cry! She was quite happy there. There's a short while she cried, but it wasn't long, so it's quite ok.

[caption id="attachment_2171" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Happy Princess"][/caption]

Vio, was of course, happy to play in the park. Especially we happened to meet his friends: Ben & Nathan! Such a coincidence! So Vio was busy playing with sand and slides with them.

[caption id="attachment_2172" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="I Love This SwingSand PlaySlides.. Here We Come!"][/caption]

And here's our family photo!

[caption id="attachment_2176" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Family Photo"][/caption]

Well, since Caitlyn didn't cry much, next time we'll bring her somewhere further! =)

Yao Lan

2011-07-12T06:04:00.000+08:00

What I can say now is.... Blessed are those who invented Yao Lan!

[caption id="attachment_2167" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Caitlyn in Yao Lan"][/caption]

Yeah we now have yao lan at our home... Caitlyn has now used 2 "dangerously"-addictive things that Vio never used before: pacifier and yao lan. Well... I guess we don't have any other option, as she really is very cranky and always cry a lot.

I'll highly recommend yao lan for those having babies that wanna be carried all the time while sleeping. If your baby is sleeping soundly while being carried, and cries the moment she touches the bed, then yao lan is the answer to your suffering.. Gone are the days where I can only sit down and watch movies during day time, unable to do anything else coz Caitlyn wanna be carried all the time.. lol... Now I can do more things during the day! Such as playing with Vio, taking afternoon nap while Caitlyn is sleeping in the yao lan.. :D

Oh... Caitlyn has got her first sickness ever.. It's diarrhoea that lasts for 2 weeks! Sigh.. poor poor baby.... Luckily now the diarrhoea (finally!) is getting better! She and Vio also caught a slight fever on the same day... Last Saturday... It was a very hectic day with 2 kids being cranky and having slight fever.. :p Luckily it was only 1 day and they recover the day after :D

Caitlyn 2 Month: Chatter

2011-06-30T20:18:00.000+08:00

At 2 months old, Caitlyn likes to make very cute baby sound: goo goo.... ga gaaaa.... it's sooo cute... And we can see that she's much more of a chatter than her big brother... Ah well, she's a girl after all.. lol...

: Caitlyn 2 month

Don't you think she looks so cute? She's definitely getting chubbier ;)

Oh, here's a photo of mommy and vio with Caitlyn. Lately Vio likes to make ugly faces, I think he learns it from his friends at school :( You can see that he purposely make his eyes to look all white :(

[caption id="attachment_2162" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="mommy. vio, and caitlyn"][/caption]

Tummy Time

2011-06-25T04:23:00.000+08:00

Haven't got much chance to write a blog lately. I just wanna show off a photo that I think kinda cute

Haha don't you think it's cute??

Caitlyn's First Hair Cut

2011-06-14T20:01:00.000+08:00

This is a belated post..

When caitlyn was 39 days old, she had her first hair cut! We didn't plan to shave all her hair until all botak, but what we had in mind was to cut it very short until almost botak.

Nai2's friend was helping us to cut the hair. But she insisted that it'snicer if wejust cut a little bit so it will grow nice when it'slonger.. Hmmm.. So in the end, only a bit of her hair was cut. She didn't really look like she has cut herhair.. Lol..

I guess we'll cut herhair short ourselves when she's no longer so crybaby :p

Oh yeah, she did cry a little bit when her hair was being cut..

Statistics

2011-06-13T03:47:00.000+08:00

Finally, a light at the end of the tunnel!

For the last few days, caitlyn's colic is getting better! She no longer cries uncontrollably for few hours! She still cries, but its more of normal baby cry, not the hysterical one.. Phew! I hope those periods are really over!

On a side note, here's the statistics of the 2 babies when we visit the paediatrician last week.. Or is it 2 weeks ago??

Caityn
Weight: 4.75 kg
Height: 53.7cm

Savio
Weight: 14 kg
Height: 97.4 cm

Wow vio is almos 1 meter! The PD menioned that vio is right st he end of the chart, at 97 percentile! Tsk..

See how much he loves to be a baby again.. Lol..

"Buy?"

2011-06-09T18:20:00.000+08:00

Vio's way of thinking is getting more and more logical each day. Sometimes it's amazing to see how much he actually understands things and knowing how to reply to our questions.

When his favorite soft toy (hippo) was being washed and not there to accompany him in the bedtime, pi was asking him:
Daddy: vio, where's hippo?
Vio: swimming
Daddy: huh? Swimming? Where?
Vio: in the bathroom
Daddy: Huh? Show daddy!

Vio then quickly ran to the bathroom and pointing to the pail, saying "there! There!" And hippo was really there, swimming in soapy water inside the pail! What a smart boy..

His fave word lately is "buy?" lol.. when we don't have something that he was asking for, he'll ask us to buy for him! Tsk! I wonder who teach him that..
Vio: tennis ball mana?
Mommy: we don't have tennis ball
Vio: buy? (with hopeful tone)

And he can talk few short sentences at 1 go to. Fo example, when I'm playing with him and Caitlyn is sleeping in her day bed, but starting to move and about to cry. So I'll rock the daybed and hoping that shell sleep again. Vio will be upset and say "mommy, baby still sleeping! No disturb baby!"

Colic

2011-06-02T06:59:00.000+08:00

Seriously, having a colicky baby is not fun.

Sadly, that's what we're having now... For the last 3 days, Caitlyn has cried soooooooooo LOUDLY starting from 7 pm with no apparent reason. And it's almost unstoppable. And it can last for hours. *sigh*

We've went to the paediatrician to ask about this (and at the same time, also for her jabs and Vio's last jab). According to the PD, seems like Caitlyn has a rather bad resurgitation (milk being spit-up again). No wonder she's been a crybaby and always seem to be unhappy most of the time. Apparently it's because the milk is stuck at her throat, and some will also be spit out of her mouth. Poor poor baby... She must be feeling so unwell.. :(

According to the PD, this is caused by the formula milk she's been drinking... So he suggested us to change the formula milk to hypo-allergenic one. Well, the best of course if she can be breastfed totally, which is what I'm working on right now. We've reduced her formula milk intake and try to total breastfed her. Hopefully she's getting enough! Quite worried that she's not getting enough. Seems like she looks a bit happier after that. More smile on her face and lesser cry.. If she's not getting enough milk, she should be crying all the time, hor? Hmm...

[caption id="attachment_2149" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Pretty Baby"][/caption]

Ahhh don't you think she look so pretty when she doesn't cry? ;)

[caption id="attachment_2150" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Caitlyn, don't cry..."][/caption]

Caitlyn 1 Month: Sleeping Beauty

2011-05-22T20:26:00.000+08:00

Time really flies. Our baby is now 1 month old!

[caption id="attachment_2142" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Sleeping Beauty"][/caption]

During the first month, she sleeps most of the time. And as for the time when she wakes up, she spents most of them.... Crying! Yes our little baby is quite a crybaby. Unlike Vio whose cry is high pitched, Caitlyn's cry is not so high pitched but they're vibrating. Yes you're not reading it wrongly. Caitlyn likes to make a loud crying sound with vibration. Seems like she's easily getting frustrated as her cry is rather hysterical and sounded reaallllyy urgent. After some time, you'll get used to it coz that's just how she cries.. Lol..

She's also not as playful as Vio. I think when Vio was about 1 month old, we can play with him already, as he didn't really like sleeping.. But for Caitlyn, she didn't seem to be interested to play with us yet. She's more interested in getting back to sleep! Of course there are some days where she's awake most of the time, and some days where she sleeps most of the time.

Thankfully, regardless of whether she sleeps or wakes up during the day, she'll sleep on the night! Yes, the night watch isn't as bad as vio's time, coz Caitlyn is much more of a sleeper. Of course there are some nights where she's crying loudly especially the first few days home. Wow I'm so glad those days are over! During the first days, Caitlyn will cry almost non stop for 1-2 hours in the wee hours. We call it: the hour of agony.. Haha..

During Caitlyn's first month "photoshoot", Vio was more than happy to be in the shoots. He posed according to what mommy asked him to.

[caption id="attachment_2144" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Koko Vio will take care of you"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2145" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="See, I can carry mei mei!Muacksss"][/caption]

Savio: On Becoming A Koko

2011-05-11T18:21:00.000+08:00

One of the thing that we worried most before the baby come was how will Vio react to it? Of course we've told him countless time that his baby sister (mei mei) will come out soon and that he can help us take care of her. And he seemed to be quite ok about it. But hey, we'll never know how much a toddler actually understand, right?

First time meeting Caitlyn in hospital, Vio seemed quite happy. He even posed with his smile happily to the camera. But we don't know whether he actually know that we'll bring the baby home? Lol..

First day we brought Caitlyn home, Vio almost cried when we want to use his rubber changing mat (that he hasn't used for months) for the new baby. He kept saying "it's vio's one.." with teary eyes. Luckily in the end he let Caitlyn use the changing mat.

He also seemed unhappy to see mommy carry baby.. And he said: "don't want baby.. Baby go out.." wah wah so sad to hear that..

There's also a change in Vio.. He'll now cry super loudly if he doesn't get what he wants.. Every little thing can make him cry.. And somehow he also like to scream more, including in play time. He became much more of attention seeker? Well I guess that's normal, coz before this, he was the center of attention, and now he need to share the attention with his new sister.

Vio also became more and more sticky to mommy. He'll cry loudly if he see mommy carry baby.. He'll say "mommy don't want carry baby! Mbak/nai2, carry baby donggg.." or he'll ask me to put the baby down in the bed so I can play with him. There are also times when he doesn't let other people feed him or change him, only mommy can do that. Well, in a way I'm quite happy but sometimes it can be rather troublesome :p

Other than that, Vio actually adapt rather well. Sometimes he'll ask us whether he can carry baby too.. And he'll also happily kiss his baby sister when we ask him to.

I hope when Caitlyn is bigger, Vio and caitlyn can play well together!

[caption id="attachment_2139" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Carrying "Mei Mei" for the first time"][/caption]

Welcome to the World!

2011-04-24T07:53:00.000+08:00

Finally the moment that we've been waiting for is here!

On 11 April 2011, I started feeling something different in my tummy. I was still working from home then. That very night, I couldn't sleep at all as I feel very very mild contraction but i kind of feel that it's regular timing of about 10 mins apart. So the whole night, I was busy timing the contraction, and at the same time thinking "is this the time??". Well, I kind of hoping that it really was it, coz I can't wait to see the baby!

So about 6:30 am the next morning, pi & I decided to go to hospital. Just in case it really was the time.

Sadly, it wasn't. Sigh.. When the gynae check, the cervix opening was only 1 cm. And the contraction was too mild. So.. It was a false alarm. She asked whether I want to be admitted to the ward and see whether there's an improvement or to wait at home. I chose the 2nd option.

Well, I'm glad that I chose the 2nd option, because we spent the next few days waiting and waiting and waiting.. But it seems like the baby was just too comfortable inside and refuse to come out..

And then early morning on 16 April 2011, I notice some colorless discharge and wondering whether the water bag has leaked?? Hmm.. I suppose I really can't wait too see the baby so that every slightest labor symptom will look real to me.. Lol..

Luckily we have appointment to see the gynae on that day. So we just come to see her earlier, complete with the hospital bag. And you know what? She said most likely the water bag has not leaked coz there's still so much water inside. Sigh sigh.. Another false alarm?? She provided an option for me to be induced. Anyway it was only 2 days before the due date. And after the due date, I'll be induced anyway. So doesn't make much of a difference yeah? With that thinking in mind, and tired of the waiting game, we agreed to be admitted that day and be induced.

Around 12 pm I was admitted to the labor ward. According to the gynae, it'll be around 3-4 hours. Learning from the previous experience, I asked for epidural from the start. When the anesthetic learn that the cervix opening was only 1.5 cm, he was rather skeptical that 3-4 hours will be enough. Thankfully, unlike last time where the epidural only worked on the right side, this time round I almost don't feel anything on both side. The epidural was working well!

About 4 pm, the gynae came and check the opening again, this time it was 3-4 cm. Oh no! I was rather hopeless, coz that means that still have few more hours to go?? But about 10 mins after the gynae went out, i kind of feel a pressure below my tummy. When the nurse checked, it was already 9 cm! Wow that's fast! I can start pushing soon!

The pushing part wasn't so easy for me. I pushed and pushed for 1 hour but the baby wasn't out yet. Finally the nurse call the gynae in, since I've pushed for more than 1 hour. Somehow when the gynae was there, I feel more energized and finally finally finally the baby was out! Without assistance!

Introducing the latest addition to our family:
Name: Caitlyn Sidharta
Date of birth: 16 April 2011
Time: 17:20 pm
Weight: 2.85 kg
Height: 49 cm
Head circumference: 33 cm

Surprisingly, unlike other babies, Caitlyn cried for a very short while after birth. After that she was quiet! Including when the nurse was measuring her height and weight. So we were hoping that she's not a cry baby,unfortunately, this wish doesn't come true.. Lol..

Here's a photo of her on the first day at home. Freshly arrived from hospital.

"This Mine!"

2011-04-15T07:27:00.000+08:00

Vio started to show that he doesn't like sharing his things with other people. A bit late, I know..

When I wanna bring him to have his afternoon nap, he really doesn't like if I pretend to sleep on his pillow. He'll scream "this mine! This mine.," and started to be angry and cry while kicking his legs. Same thing happens if I pretend to hug his beloved hippo. How cute!

And while eating strawberry, he has his bowl full of strawberries. When I asked whether I can have 1piece, he said "no!" and asked me to eat some other fruits. And his face look so worried when I still take a piece from his bowl.. Lol.. Isn't he so cute!

Talking in Sentences

2011-04-11T22:06:00.000+08:00

I have to say that we're quite proud with Vio's ability to talk. I feel that he's quite a good talker for his age. He can talk in quite full sentences now. Well, simple ones of course.. Something like: "Mommy, I want the orange basketball"... And somehow, he really likes to use the word "the".. Though sometimes it's not really correct.. like when he said "Where's the daddy?" But anyway, it's quite a good progress, yeah?

The other day, we were drawing with his magnetic drawing board. Then he asked me to draw a basketball ring (his fave, of course!)... then I drew it quite small... and you know what he said? He said: "Mommy, it's too small, cannot see. Draw big one can see!" A bit singlish I know.. but still quite amazing, hor? ;)

Full Term!

2011-04-06T23:24:00.000+08:00

The waiting game has now begun. The baby can officially decide to come out anytime now =)

I got pi to take side photo of me... Wah it seems like my tummy is not big at all ya... Even my colleagues who's due more than 1 month after me, have bigger tummy :( I wonder why... Though I've eaten lots of "junk" food that I like (such as cakes, cheese, and other fattening things), but it seems like my tummy is not growing that much.. In the last scan, the baby weighs 2.7kg. I hope by the time she's born, she'll weigh closer to 3kg!

[caption id="attachment_2111" align="aligncenter" width="146" caption="@ 37 Weeks"][/caption]

Unlike the previous pregnancy, this time round I have quite bad pain in my upper thigh whenever I move or walk :( So even going from bedroom to living room is a chore for me. Not to mention going to work, which is very far faaaaaaarrr away and require lots of walking.

So today, I asked my boss whether I can start my maternity leave from tomorrow (2 working days earlier than planned).. then after further discussion, he suggested why not I work from home and start the maternity leave only after I deliver? (He knows that I got no much things to do now, I only need to test something this coming Monday and maybe helps to answer colleague's queries and that's about it). He actually said that he didn't care what I do at home, as long as I'm contactable (to answer the colleague's queries) and do the testing on Monday, then considered as working liao.. wow.. Isn't he so NICE?? Feel so touched to have a boss that's so thoughtful.. :)

So.. yayyy.. tomorrow onwards I don't need to drag my legs to office liao... :D

Posting with iPad

2011-04-06T05:42:00.000+08:00

Ok this is my first time trying to post blog with iPad. Let's see how it turns out..yup yup it seems like we're following gadget trends after all!! Lol..

Hmmm I wonder how can I post photos here..

Ahh.. Does the photo shows up correctly? It's a scrap page of Vio created using scrap pad in iPad.. Not bad ya? ;)

A Surprise from Vio

2011-04-04T22:14:00.000+08:00

Yesterday Vio gave us a pleasant surprise.

As usual, we were sitting down in the living room after dinner, just hanging around and playing with Vio. Then pi said: "Today is Sunday. Tomorrow is Mooonn.... ?" (with question tone, though we didn't expect Vio to answer that since we never really teach him about days in a week).

Then Vio said: "... day."

But wait! That's not all! He continued and saying "Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday..." And Wah! That really left pi & me stunned for a moment. He knows days of the week! And he can sing it too in a song using tunes of "Brother John". Wah wah wah we were really surprised. When we asked him where did he learn that, he said "school". Oh well, so at least he really did learn something in school. LOL!

Vio's First Good Friend

2011-04-01T22:50:00.000+08:00

As have been mentioned in the last post about his school days, Vio's good friend at the moment is still a Malay girl called Neyla. (which Vio sometimes refer to as Dola). I'm not sure why he likes to call her Dola??

Heard something cute happened yesterday... After school, as usual Neyla was fetched by a car. When the car door is already closed and about to move, Vio insisted that Neyla open the car door (don't wanna let the car go.. something like that).. and you know what happened next? He gave her FLYING KISS! Wa.. so sweeeet.... Vio must have liked this gal a lot :p

Jurong Bird Park

2011-03-29T22:45:00.000+08:00

We brought Vio to Jurong Bird Park over the weekend. It's better to bring him somewhere before mei-mei comes, right? As for the next few months, we might not be able to bring him to these kind of places..

Vio was so so so super excited on the way... He keep saying that he'll see penguins, parrot, and flamingo. Even in the taxi he kept mentioning about these 3 type of birds.

Once reach there, though...... He immediately said "takut.. takut.." (scared) and asked to be carried! Eekss!! Not sure what makes him suddenly feel scared.. Maybe it's the environment? Or the tall tall trees? Or the loud bird sounds?

[caption id="attachment_2091" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Jurong Bird Park"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2092" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="With the Penguins"][/caption]

The first part we went to was the penguins. And it seems like this is Vio's favorite place, because on the way back, he asked to see more penguins! Vio was excited to see the penguins swimming.

[caption id="attachment_2093" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Hello, penguins!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2094" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Pink Penguins!"][/caption]

We also saw parrot and flamingos (as promised to Vio). After that we went to Lori Loft, but since the map given out in Jurong Bird Park is not following the actual distance, we end up taking a loooong route.. and worse of all, it's going up the slope! Wah... I felt so tortured going up the slope. And Vio (still in scared mode), sat in the stroller and insisted that the stroller cover is closed.

In the Lori Loft, pi was feeding the birds. And there's 1 bird (the biggest as compared to the rest), who kept scaring other birds who wants to take the food also.. Haha.. Oh.. Vio touched the birds tails too! At least he had the courage to touch the birds.. :D

[caption id="attachment_2095" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="No.. I don't wanna take photoo.."][/caption]

And then.. the timing was just right for us to watch the birds show! It was a good 30 mins rest for us. At least we get to sit down for 30 mins :p

And after the show, we brought Vio to play in the playground, which is apparently quite small. Vio was excited to see water play. And he insisted that he wanna open all his clothes (yes, including the diapers) to play the waters. And all passerby smiled when seeing him play the waters all naked.

[caption id="attachment_2096" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Just me... without my clothes :p"][/caption]

Science Center

2011-03-24T00:28:00.000+08:00

Ok this is a very belated post.. Haha.. Have been busy with work lately so got less time to update blog nowadays :p

Last last weekend, we brought Vio to Science Center, together with Celestine and her daddy & mommy!

[caption id="attachment_2079" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Cheeeerrssss..."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2080" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Just Us"][/caption]

Oh do you see the baloon Vio was holding? The staff there gave Vio a baloon gun, and Celestine got a flower baloon. So nice of them! :)

I suppose since this year is year of the rabbit, they have some exhibitions related to rabbits.

[caption id="attachment_2081" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="One.. Two.. Three.. Action!!"][/caption]

And Vio was so excited to see so many things to push, rotate, etc etc.. Here he is posing as a pirate:

[caption id="attachment_2082" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Little Pirate"][/caption]

But when we're about to go to the other parts, he suddenly got so scared. He was so scared to see "Uncle Einstein" going up and down the rope. Everytime we pass by that place (which we need to, because it's the central room), he would look reaaaaaaally really really scared and cried, refused to go there.. and hug us tight tight... Hm.... The previous time we went there, he was excited to see Uncle Einstein going up and down the rope leh.. Not sure why this time round he suddenly got so scared..

And here's a photo in the discovery zone...

[caption id="attachment_2083" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Peek-a-boo"][/caption]

And before going home... We let Vio play in the water play. He was so excited to see pool full of BALLS.. So he spent most of his time there instead of playing water... -_-

[caption id="attachment_2084" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Throw throw throw!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2085" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Celestine & Vio"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2086" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="My Kicking Style"][/caption]

Fear

2011-03-17T22:51:00.000+08:00

For the last few weeks, all of a sudden Vio develops fear of almost anything. Even on the small small stuff.

When he sees ants, he'll run away and say "Scared ants! Scared ants!" Even when he sees dirt on the floor, he'll say "Hii.. dirt.. scared dirt.." And don't even mention about bugs or anything that flies.. He'll also feel scared to see the flowers in our home moving because of wind from the fan.

Well, I read somewhere that children around 2 years old have a very big imagination. So it's normal for them to be suddenly afraid of small things.

So what we do now is try to acknowledge his fear, be there for him when he's scared of anything, and try to explain to him that it's ok... Oh! And also hoping that this phase will end soon.. ;)

"Mommy... Mommy.. M!!"

2011-03-14T21:56:00.000+08:00

Vio's showing great interest in alphabets and numbers lately (which he refers to as "ABC". So let's say he sees a series of letters (books, posters, etc), he'll say "ABC! So many ABC!"

So, last weekend we were just walking around in Jurong Point, and when we passed by McDonald's, Vio suddenly scream super excitedly: "Mommy! Mommy! M!!" And the next thing he say was: "M is for Mommy!" Wahaahhaa.. isn't he such a little smartie??

He can recognize some letters now... such as A, B, C, H, M, O, S. So everytime he see the letter S, he'll say "S is for Savio!" Haha.. So so so proud of him :)

And as for the numbers, he can recognize number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 0. I think that's quite good for a 2 years+ ya? :D

A World of Balls

2011-03-10T22:06:00.000+08:00

Vio is still living in the world of balls.. Yes.. morning, day, and night, ball is still his most favorite toys... Every room you step in my home, you'll surely see balls of many different sizes lying or hiding around. Well, I'd say that Vio is surely spoilt with choices when it comes to the number of balls he actually have inside our home. It's countless!

Cute thing is... he actually name some of his balls! Some of his favorite at the moment (and he named them by himself): happy face ball, basketball, orange basketball, tiger ball, pink ball, big ball, football, and the list goes on and on and on...

Not to mention he's really getting better at playing balls too. He can throw and catch the ball rather well, dribbling very well, kick very very well (high, low, hard, soft.. all he can do), and also play basketball (throwing balls inside basketball ring). Though the last one is based on his luck. Sometimes he can get it inside, and sometimes he can't.

[caption id="attachment_2069" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Posing with my football"][/caption]

And do you know that ball can be used as a small chair too?? LOL..

[caption id="attachment_2070" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Sitting on my ball"][/caption]

Oh well, it's good that he has found his passion at such a young age :p Somemore it's one that doesn't need much investment (unlike my hobby that can cause a hole in the pocket :p) Balls are cheap and reaaaally long lasting :D

Pregnancy: Week 33

2011-03-08T22:14:00.000+08:00

Wow it's now a bi-weekly visit! Can't believe the baby's coming in about 1 months time! Hm.. and yet there are many things not ready yet... LOL..

Our appointment was at 9:55am on a Saturday morning. But we didn't manage to get a taxi for verrrryy long time. By the time we get one, it was already 9:55am.. Dotz.... So in the end, we're about half an hour late. Apparently that caused our turn to be put behind any people who come on time for their appointment. So they get to be seen first even though we came earlier than them.. Sob sob... In the end, we waited for about 2 hours... waaaa.. 2 hours! Haiz..

[caption id="attachment_2065" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Week 33"][/caption]

The baby now weighs 2.178 kg.. As usual, the gynae mentioned all are good.. The picture of week 31 is much clearer. In this week 33 ultrasound, the baby looked like she has very thick lips. I certainly hope not! :p

The original plan was to go Far East Plaza after seeing gynae, coz I want to redeem the BigDeal coupon that I purchased sometime back. Do you know about BigDeal? Everyday they have different deals at very good prices. Sometimes it's really interesting! Few days back, I purchased fill-all-you-can cup of yoghurt for S$3.50 only! Wow... That's really cheap.. I remember the last time I go for that kind of yoghurt, a not so big serving already cost me more than S$5!

Anyway... We've almost cancelled our plan... But luckily, in the end we still went to Far East Plaza to have lunch and yoghurt as our dessert! I filled the cup with lots of yoghurt and toppings. And I took quite some strawberry slices and mochi coz Vio likes them very much. And in the end, the cup weighs about 330gr+. And the normal price: S$0.33 for 10 gr. That means... my yoghurt should've cost more than S$10! Wow.... I hope the shopkeeper wasn't upset with me for taking so much for only S$3.50 hehheeheee... :D

The yoghurt was nicee... Vio loved it a lot too. If next time there's a deal like this again, I'll certainly buy it again! ;)

Front-Open Cards

2011-03-08T00:42:00.000+08:00

Still in the making cards kind of mood... This time round I feel like making a "different" kind of cards.. Soo... here's front-opened cards with cute die-cut shapes!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Bee Happy"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Butterfly Card"][/caption]

I used pretty rhinestones to decorate the die-cuts. Don't you think they look kinda cute? Kekekee.. check them out now here.

Blog Candy from Crafts International

2011-03-08T00:17:00.000+08:00

I've been doing (a lot) of blog hopping lately, and.. I'm just amazed at the sweetness of blog candy to be given out at some blogs! Just look at this one from Crafts International:

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="447" caption="Craft International Blog Candy"][/caption]

Isn't it like... breathtaking?? Oh how I wish that for once, I gotta win a blog candy! They are just soooo "sweet"!

In Love with The Penguin

2011-03-03T22:27:00.000+08:00

Have I told you that sometime back, Vio seemed to have high preference in things that can be pushed around? He'll play with them (push them around the house) often in the days. And even when going out, he insisted that he wants to bring them too!

The 2 things that he liked most were his yellow pushcart and his penguin bag.

One Sunday, we wanted to go to the church. And he insisted (and I mean... INSISTED) that we brought the penguin bag along. He cried rolling on the floor very loudly when we try to put the penguin bag back home. So.... that's how the penguin bag went with us...

[caption id="attachment_2055" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="Waiting for the lift"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2056" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="Proudly walking with my penguin bag"][/caption]

Oh well, as you might have guessed, once we reach the taxi, Vio refused to bring the penguin bag by himself again. Tsk! So we have to carry the penguin bag for him around that day... Tsk!!

School Update

2011-03-01T22:00:00.000+08:00

An update of school registration mentioned here.... We didn't get a place for Vio! Sobz.......... Apparently quite a lot registered, and the place is limited... And with our kind of luck.. Well.. I'd said it's not surprising that we didn't manage to get a place... *sigh* Oh well, maybe it's not meant to be :p

On the other side... Vio seems to like school more now. He no longer say "Don't want school! Don't want school!" He even walked willingly inside the classroom all by himself.. And there was one day when I send him to school, when he walked to the classroom, there were 2 other kids (already inside) shouting happily: "Saviooooooo..." And Vio seemed happy! Wow.. He has made friends now! My little baby is really growing up!

And I heard that Vio is the closest with a Malay girl called "Dola". When we mentioned "Dola" to him, he'll laugh and say back again: "Dola" hahaha.. The first time I heard "Dola", I immediately think of "Dolaemon".. haha... *oops* I hope Vio doesn't call his good friend Dolaemon now!

Correction: Vio's friend's name is actually Nyla, not Dola. Not sure who in the first place mention her name as Dola.. haha..

Mini Cards

2011-02-28T21:28:00.000+08:00

I'm just soooo in the mood of making cards right now. Last week, it was mini cards! Here are some mini cards done.. Aren't they just so cuteee? :)

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="Owl mini cards"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="Turtle mini cards"][/caption]

You can check them out here!

Passport Photo

2011-02-24T21:51:00.000+08:00

We're registering Vio to a new school next year!

Yeah, you read it correctly. I know it's only February, and next year is like... 10 more months to go?? LOL... Well, apparently the school we're enrolling him to is quite famous, and it's located quite near to our place. And the registration for nursery class next year is only for today! And... since the place is limited, it'll be ballotting system... Dotz..... Ballotting to go nursery?? Sounds nuts, I know.. Well, maybe I'm now included in the kiasu type of Singaporeans.. wahaha..

If the school's good and Vio like it, he can continue his kindergarten there too, coz they also have kindergarten programme. And the thing I like is that they have 3 hour programme: 1 hour English, 1 hour Chinese, and 1 hour play with music. I hope Vio will like it there! (Provided we got a place, of course..)

So.. to register to the school, we'll need his new passport photo.. Obviously his last passport photo is too outdated. It was like.. his photo when he was around 6 months old?? LOL... So we took photo of him again (at home, of course)... But as you might have guessed, taking a passport photo of him looking at the camera seriously is not easy. He likes to put on silly face (or his signature big big smile) in front of the camera!

[caption id="attachment_2044" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="First Try"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2045" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Second Try"][/caption]

And FINALLY... after many many countless tries... we got a decent one...

[caption id="attachment_2046" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Finally!!"][/caption]

Of course with shadow on the side, it's not good enough to be a real passport photo... But well, it's only for school registration. Don't think they will mind a bit of shadow, hor? :D

Pregnancy: Week 31

2011-02-22T21:37:00.000+08:00

It's time for a check-up again! Everything went smoothly, and thankfully, my placenta has finally went "up". Sooo.. hopefully can go by normal delivery... :D

[caption id="attachment_2039" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Week 31"][/caption]

Can you see the face???

I was soooo happy we can clearly see the face in the ultrasound.. kekekekee... The baby was sleeping.. Can see the eyes, nose, and mouth.. And we also saw glimpses of her hair! Waa so cutee.. Can't wait to see the real one! :D

Blog Candy from HandmadeByRina

2011-02-19T00:11:00.000+08:00

Wow.... there's a blog candy over at HandmadeByRina! Do check it out at http://handmadebyrina.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-day-to.html

[caption id="attachment_2036" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Blog Candy"][/caption]

Just look at that!! Wow... the hero arts stamp that i've been drooling at... and the border punch... and and the magnolia stamps... and other gorgeous things in there.. wah... i'm literally drooling... I really hope I can win this blog candy! Oh oh my lady luck... won't you please come and visit me this time??

"Vio Want Keys.."

2011-02-17T21:56:00.000+08:00

Vio is getting stickier to me lately.. This morning he seemed sad to see me change into working outfit. He keep saying "don't want change.. don't want change.." meaning that he doesn't want me to change.. so he wants me to stay at home with him. As much as I want to, sadly I need to go to work..

Just before I head out to the door, I asked him for a hug and kiss. But this morning he was so busy with his new-found ball (after a night not playing balls) that he simply ignores me... *sigh* so off I go... But when I just went out of the door, Vio suddenly said "Vio want keys..". Then I was like... errrr... why he suddenly want keys? I told him that there are keys inside the house and pointed to the keys. He seemed confused and said to me again: "Vio want keys mommy"...

Ohhh! It was only then that I realize that what he's trying to say is "Vio want to kiss mommy".. Hohohoho... So happy! So I lower my head, and *muahh* the sweetest kiss ever landed on my cheek. Thank you for making mommy's day, Vio! :)

Statistics

2011-02-16T23:23:00.000+08:00

I can't seem to remember when was the last time I posted Vio's statistics?? Hmm.. anyway.. before my memory fails me... Here's Vio's current data:

Height = around 92 cm (but so far MRT ppl haven't asked him to start paying! Hahahaa)

Weight = 13 kg (hmm... i thought it should be 13.5kg or 14 kg... but anyway, the weighing machine in the paediatrician showed it as 13kg..)

Lil' Robot

2011-02-15T00:01:00.000+08:00

Vio got so excited to see Daddy converting his ABC mats into tunnels! He goes in and out of the tunnel for maaaaany many times... And after tunnel-time, an even better idea sprout up: building up Robot Vio!

[caption id="attachment_2026" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Here comes the robot!"][/caption]

He was so happy he admired himself in the mirror and wave "helloooo"...

Uh-oh.. the robot parts start to came off...

[caption id="attachment_2027" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Uh-oh.. my "head" fall down!"][/caption]

And of course, another innovative idea using ABC mat: we can use it for exercise!

[caption id="attachment_2028" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="One.. Two.. One.. Two.."][/caption]

Colors!

2011-02-11T01:51:00.000+08:00

Lately Vio has finally shown some improvements on differentiating colors! The first colors that he recognized were... Brown and Orange.. haha.. I don't know why these 2 colors first... Coz it seems like I always try to tell him about red, blue, green, and yellow..

Well, anyway.. now he can tell us which one is black, white, blue, red, yellow, green, purple, and pink too! Yayy... Way to go, Vio!! :D

CNY Day 2

2011-02-09T00:22:00.000+08:00

For Day 2 of CNY, we planned to bring Vio to River Hongbao. He never went there before... And neither did I actually :p Just that there's ooonnneeeee problem...... Vio refused to take afternoon nap! *Sigh* yeah... that's still Vio's latest bad habit... It's like there's soooo many things to do and play that he just refused to take a nap, though everybody are ignoring him. Tsk!

So we decided to just go ahead and let Vio sleep in the cab... And even while in the cab, Vio still say "Don't want sleep!" though not long after, he fall asleep while sitting straight hahaa.. He was so tired, just that he didn't want to admit it.

So reaching River Hongbao... Vio pas sleeping peacefully while we walk and push him in the stroller.. There was quite a crowd there.. and with Vio sleeping, I didn't feel like taking any photos... So in the end, we didn't have any photo of River Hongbao.. wahaha..

Still with Vio sleeping, we decided to go to the next stop: a Vegetarian Restaurant in Tj Pagar area called Whole Earth Vegetarian Restaurant. This restaurant serve peranakan food and have good raves in the internet, so we decided to try it out. But apparently, since it was CNY, everybody must order their CNY set menu, and yeah, of course it's priced SO high! The tastes was quite ok... But I think we'd still prefer to go to Miao Yi... For half the price, we get more food and the food tastes nicer.. wahaha...

After the food, we wanted to go home... But oh wait! Vio had just woke up when we're going to eat... So from his point of view, we're just go out from the home.. No wonder he kept saying "Don't want go home! Don't want go home!". So.. though everybody (except Vio) was already knocked out from the walking session before, we decided to walk from there to Chinatown area to let Vio see lantern. He always get so excited to see lanterns.

[caption id="attachment_2017" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="So Many Lanterns!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2018" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Daddy & Me"][/caption]

And yes of course he was happy to see maaaaaaaaaaany lanterns he kept pointing and saying "Lanterns!" along the way.. LOL... It was a tiring day (coz of all the walking) but since at the end of the day Vio looked satisfied, it was all worth it :)

Ps: On the taxi home, Vio cheerfully said to the lanterns: "Bye bye lanterns.."

Chinese New Year!

2011-02-07T23:47:00.000+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone! :)

We had a good long weekend (and I kinda miss it now)... On the first day of CNY, while (almost) everybody were busy visiting relatives, we visited Sentosa for the flower festival! And since the Sentosa boardwalk was just opened, we decided to try it out too. And I think lots of people are thinking the same way.... There were quite a lot of people going by Sentosa boardwalk, and apparently, the boardwalk was longer than I thought it'll be.. haha.. Luckily it's sheltered...

[caption id="attachment_2010" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="We're in Sentosa now!"][/caption]

The weather was very hot... Maybe also because we reached there only about 10:30am, when the sun is already high in the sky and happily shining on us..

[caption id="attachment_2011" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="It's so hot, Daddy..."][/caption]

I guess Vio must be feeling so hot and tired coz of the weather... He didn't wanna walk by his own! He only wanted people to carry him! Tsk.. Poor daddy have to carry him all the way....

Just when we're about to reach the flower festival place, it started to drizzle... ARGH!! What a right time!! Luckily we still proceeded to the flower festival place... coz it's apparently covered! Ha! The person who designs it is smart enough to have it covered. So we didn't get any rain, and didn't feel hot inside, but can still get the wind..

[caption id="attachment_2012" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Year of The Rabbit"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2013" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Do I Look Like China Boy?"][/caption]

And since Vio is a "mouse", of course we must take photo with the mouse.. Heehheee :p

[caption id="attachment_2014" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Little Mouse and Big Mouse"][/caption]

Overall it was quite good... Though the flower festival is not as nice as few years back, but it's still nice enough :D It's quite cute that they have all the zodiacs in the form of flowers.. :D

Very WET Weekend

2011-02-01T22:43:00.000+08:00

It was raining almost non-stop the whole weekend! First time I'm experiencing an almost non-stop rain in Singapore for 2 days and 2 nights.. Tsk! And because of the weather, Vio was having runny nose and cough... Sigh... I hope he's getting better soon!

Luckily, on Saturday morning (before the rain starts), we brought Vio out to IKEA! Yeah it's one of his favorite place, coz we'd let him touch almost everything, opening and closing of the drawers, boxes, almost anything that he can see there. And this visit, he particularly likes this wooden push cart (similar to the plastic one he has at home), and he brings it along to all the room we visited.. He even insisted to open a brand new one (even though he was already playing with the opened sample).

And he also loves to climb on almost every chair he sees. There's a big rocking chair that he likes. He'll rock back and forth (and enjoying every moment of it). Now we also see that there's a mini version of Poang armchair that we have at home! Wow.. it's so cute.. and just nice size for Vio.. if only my home is big big biggggg.. then we can get him that chair... He'll look so cute sitting side by side with daddy on the same chair with different size.. LOL...

Here's a photo of Vio, posing on one of the chair (just a random chair that he wants to try... Not any of the above mentioned chair)..

[caption id="attachment_2007" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="Sitting on $700++ chair!"][/caption]

I planned to buy some boxes for organizing DVDs at home (it's just so damn messy!) and also a shadow box to decorate... But when we're about to go to level 1 to collect the stuff and pay, suddenly Vio was very sleepy and almost fall asleep while Daddy was carrying him! So in the end we went home early (without buying those things)... Seems like Vio can't wait to sleep.. He must be very tired from all excitement of running around freely in IKEA, and also added with his body wasn't so fit coz of the runny nose...

First Sprain

2011-01-27T23:17:00.000+08:00

Ouch! Vio has had his first sprain!

It was first noticeable on midnight. Every 1-2 hours, he'll wake up from his sleep, crying and screaming.. Didn't want milk and didn't let us touch his left arm. Poor boy.. He didn't get enough sleep that night coz he kept waking up thru the night. Oh.. and he didn't seem to want to move his left arm. It's just hanging near to his body, and we can't touch it. He also had a slight fever..

The next morning, he's back to his normal cheerful self (seems like he didn't remember the bad last night's sleep). He's still using his left arm for simple task (carry something light, take something that he wants).. But when it comes to climbing to bed, and carry or do heavier stuff, he didn't seem to want to use his left arm. And he also pointed to his left wrist and say "painful"...

So we brought him to the doctor. The normal paediatrician that we went to wasn't opened that day. Luckily there's another clinic called "Kinderclinic" near to his normal paediatrician. Though the name is Kinderclinic, the doctor is actually a GP. He's a friendly Indian doctor (and seems like all of the patients are Indians too!). I had expected Vio to be crying out loud when the doctor wants to check on him. Vio normally hates strangers to touch him... But surprise surprise! Vio was very calm that day! He let the doctor take his temperature, check on his body, press his arms here and there to see where's the sprain.. And he just sat there obediently. But he did almost cry coz it's a bit painful.

The doctor said it's not serious.. A bit of something that's a little bit dislocated in the elbow area (and seems like already put back to normal by the doctor). And Vio can still lift and spin his hand to all directions like normal. It will recover by itself.

Phew.. that's such a good news to hear. Hope that he'll be back to normal soon. But in the meantime, there's no playing in the playground for Vio..

Water Play

2011-01-24T22:06:00.000+08:00

Vio has always been excited upon hearing "play water". Last weekend, we told him that we'll bring him to play water in Vivocity. He was so excited.. And his memory is getting better and better lately. All along the way to Vivocity, he'll turn to us and ask "Play water?" every few minutes.. haha.. it's like he wanted to double-triple confirm that we're really going to bring him play water.

[caption id="attachment_1997" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="This tunnel looks interesting.."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1998" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="KICK!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1999" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="So Happy!"][/caption]

He played for about half an hour or so. Oh well, of course he's all totally drenched. It's like he fell down into a swimming pool with his full clothes on.. Hehe.. But we came fully prepared with towel and new clothes for changing :D

At the end of it, Vio kept asking for "somemore? somemore?" when we asked him to stop playing water.. After many rounds of asking, we can finally bring him to stop playing and changed. And then after finish changing, he found a nice spot to sit down and pose for the camera..

[caption id="attachment_2000" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Smileee.."][/caption]

Vio & His Pokemon Hat

2011-01-19T22:48:00.000+08:00

It's been a while since Vio last put on a hat.

One Sunday morning, Vio (as usual) rejected to start eating the breakfast of the day. Just so happened that we were reading his new Toy Story book, and when the page that we're reading have Mr Potato Head picture on it (complete with the hat and the moustache), I asked whether he wanna have moustache like Mr Potato Head? He can have moustache while eating his noodle breakfast! And off he ran to the dining table! Wahaha! And of course, since Mr Potato Head wears a hat, Vio must wear one too.

[caption id="attachment_1993" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Look at My Cute Hat!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1994" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Cheeeeeseeeee.."][/caption]

Oh well, of course it's not the same hat. But I think this is the only hat that can still fit Vio's head now (other than daddy's hat, of course...)

But still... Vio ate quite lots of noodle that morning! (To imitate Mr Potato Head's moustache). Yayyyy.... I guess I must thank Mr Potato Head! :)

When You Got Nothing Better To Do...

2011-01-19T00:18:00.000+08:00

Sometimes, out of the blue, Vio will just strike a pose, smile, and say: "Camera!" Hoho... He's asking mommy to take photo of him! That shows how much he likes to pose in front of camera.. wahaha.. :D

These series of photos are just one of those times..

[caption id="attachment_1987" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Teach me how to do "Peace"!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1988" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Nyam nyam with Daddy"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1989" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Peaceeeee..."][/caption]

Week 26 - Small Bump?

2011-01-17T22:52:00.000+08:00

Well, everybody's been commenting how small my bump looks for someone who's 6 months pregnant.. So I'm kinda feeling a bit low-esteem.. And also kinda "scared" that I don't gain enough... So at times I'll actually "force" myself to eat something, though I'm not really hungry, and maybe it can make my bump looks a bit bigger? Haha..

For this pregnancy, I don't really fancy eating. Nothing seems to be interesting for me to eat.. (Unlike last time, when everything seems so good to eat). Now I eat just because I have to eat, not because I want to eat..

Anyway... I just went for a check-up, and apparently I'm gaining enough! Even the gynae said it's more than enough. And the baby's now weighing a little bit more than 1 kg.. Wow that's fast.... The gynae commented that if the baby keeps growing this fast, she might be born bigger than Vio.. oops.. Ah, on the positive side, that shows that bump size is not important, isn't it? :D As long as the baby's growing healthy and steadily..

[caption id="attachment_1983" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Week 26"][/caption]

Hm... Not sure if you can catch a glimpse of the baby in the ultrasound pic above?? (Hint: it's in the top left, and showing one of the eyes, nose, and mouth). It's actually not as nice as the pic I saw on the day itself. We saw the baby's sleeping, with mouth a little bit opened. And the way she opened the mouth, it's just like Vio while sleeping! So cuteee.. Maybe they'll have the same mouth shape? Heheheee...

3 more months to go! (Wow, that's kinda soon... And I haven't really bought anything for her! Should start shopping soon..)

New Valentine Cards

2011-01-13T21:51:00.000+08:00

Just an announcement: new Valentine's Day cards have been uploaded! Be sure to check them out at http://aimee-creation.blogspot.com!

Here's a preview..

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[caption id="attachment_1977" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="HC-010a"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1978" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="HC-011a"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1979" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="HC-012a"][/caption]

Vio's 2nd Week of School

2011-01-13T21:42:00.000+08:00

Just an update on how Vio is doing on his 2nd week of school.. This week, the parents/caretakers can no longer accompany the kids in the class. They would have to wait outside the class.

Yesterday I happened to be on MC. So I decided to send Vio to the playgroup while on the way to see the doctor. And how did it go?

Nearing the school, Vio start to pull my pants and drag me further, crying "Don't want sekolah... don't want sekolah.." Oops, yeah he likes to mix languages now... In the end I had to carry him (while he's crying and struggling) inside the door, and sit there for a while accompanying him reading a book (with ball picture inside. Lucky thing he instantly stopped crying after looking at ball picture). But everytime I ask whether he wants to go inside the classroom, he'll grab me tight and say "don't want"...

And then all the kids go to the classroom one by one (some are crying and some are not), and the teacher came to get Vio, and "WAAAAAAAAAA..." he struggled and cried sooo loud.. Makes me feel rather worried... But amazingly, once inside the classroom, his cry instantly stopped and he was busy playing the toys.. Forgetting all about mommy :p Well, I hope it's a good sign....

And the teacher mentioned that the day before, Vio was doing ok (not crying much while going to school)... Maybe it's because I'm the one sending him to school, he cried louder? Hmmm... Hopefully the crying session will be over soon, and Vio can joyfully go to the class all by himself..

{Celebrate}

2011-01-10T23:43:00.000+08:00

Invitations were sent out...

[caption id="attachment_1942" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Invitations"][/caption]

And the cake was ready...

[caption id="attachment_1944" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Vio's Bday Cakes"][/caption]

Yeah you're right. It's time for party!

(Pssstt.. while we're at it.. The cake stand was DIY, and I'm feeling kinda proud of the end result.. Haha!)

And here's the birthday boy, ready to greet the guests..

[caption id="attachment_1945" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Before Everyone's Here.."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1946" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Smile for the camera"][/caption]

And here's some snapshots of the party.. During the party, Vio was rather shy and prefer to "hide" somewhere far away from the crowd. Though occassionally he's also playing in the crowd.

[caption id="attachment_1948" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Vio & Benedict"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1951" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Happy Bday from Caelia"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1954" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Adults Section"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1955" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Mommies & Kids Section"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1957" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Ufffggh.. So Heavy!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1947" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Savio & Celestine"][/caption]

And then... it's cake cutting time!

[caption id="attachment_1962" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Ready to blow.."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1963" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Crying Star of the Day"][/caption]

Uh-oh.. Why is Vio's crying?? Apparently he's shocked because all of a sudden, everybody crowd around him, smiling and clapping while singing "Happy Birthday" song loudly.. Everybody was stunned... And in the end, Vio was led away from the party scene.. Hiding in the kitchen, while mommy blew the candle off.. Ah well, luckily he recovers after few moments, and rejoin the crowd again.

After cake-cutting and eating, luckily the rain stops, so we proceeded to Promenade @ Jurong Lake Park for bubble fun time for the little ones (and those who are young at heart).. The weather was nice and windy.. and everyone's having fun!

[caption id="attachment_1964" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Blow, Sherwin.. Blow.."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1965" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Hm.. Where's My Bubble?"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1966" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Can I eat this?"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1967" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Blowing with all my might"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1968" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Rowen: Sigh.. I wish I can join the fun too.."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1969" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Enjoying The Moments.."][/caption]

And I just love this photo below... It shows (almost) all the kids sitting in lines for the photo! Quite amazed that all of them can sit still in the same place at the same time! (though only for very short period).

[caption id="attachment_1970" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Toddlers in line"][/caption]

Overall, it was quite a great time. Everything was according to plan (no major hiccups, other than the star-of-the-day-crying-during-cake-cutting.. hehe..). I certainly hope that everybody had a great time. Thank you for all who had come to celebrate Vio's 2nd birthday! :)

School Time!

2011-01-06T21:22:00.000+08:00

Oh my.. oh my... sometimes I really wonder.. where does the time go??

Within the blink of an eye, our little baby is now 2 years old, and is all ready to go to school! We've signed him to join Apple Tree playgroup, which is located just opposite our block. It's a 2-hour daily programme. I just hope that Vio can enjoy playing there with his new friends, and not be as shy as before! We were worried at how will Vio react to new environments, new schedules, and new people....

So here's how the first day goes. Before going to school: photo taking session at home!

[caption id="attachment_1934" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Mommy & Me"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1935" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="All Set To Go!"][/caption]

For his first day, mommy accompanied Vio to school. Second day will be with Daddy, and third day onwards with Nai2. For the first week, it'll be half-accompanied, to let the children feel settled before we finally slowly letting him stay by his own in the class.

First time reaching the school, all the students were asked to sit down lined up, while the teacher calling the student's name one by one, for temperature taking. Vio's name is almost at the bottom of the list. He seemed so anxious while waiting, cannot wait for his turn to come.

The class topic for the day was "red" color. The students were shown many red objects, and was given a chance to try on some red stuff. Surprisingly, Vio was more than willing to go to the front to try out the stuff, all by himself! He's not clingy to mommy.. sooo proud of him..

[caption id="attachment_1936" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="I'm Trying Red Helmet!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1937" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Singing and Dancing"][/caption]

When songs were played, Vio was one of the fastest one to start moving his body around and dance... Heheheee... He really likes music..

During the class, the children were also asked to color an apple using red crayon..

[caption id="attachment_1938" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Coloring My Apple"][/caption]

Wow, he really looked like a good student. Always paying attention to the teacher and actively participating in the class. Soooo happy... I was really worried before that Vio will be the most shy and cry-baby in the class. In the end, he didn't even shed a single tear in the class :)

And does Vio excited about going to school again? Yes, very much! When he heard the word "school", he'll be quite excited and wanna sing "Apple" song.. hehehee..

One thing we noticed though, ever since he started on his school (for the last 2 days), Vio just refused to have afternoon nap! He just wanna play and play and play even though he's tired. Maybe it's because he's too excited about his new school and friends... Hopefully he'll want to take afternoon nap today...

Batam, Once Again

2011-01-05T00:57:00.000+08:00

For the last 2 days of 2010, we went to Batam (again), even though we just went there mid this year... wahahaha.. Well, it's partly bcoz I suddenly remember that I still got some unredeemed points from my hotel stay in one of the biz trip years ago. It's a good thing that the points never expire! :D So we can have a free night stay in Holiday Inn.. Sooo.. in the end, we're going to Batam! Anyway the hotel is free and the review for this resort is quite good :)

The ferry departed from HarbourFront at 07:50 AM. Wow yeah that's real early. Luckily Vio is an early bird, so getting him to get ready that early is no big fuss..

Reaching the hotel, our room was apparently not ready yet. Well, it wasn't check-in time yet. So we decided to just go around the resort first to see what's there.

[caption id="attachment_1922" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Just Walking Around"][/caption]

Vio was quite excited at the sight of water. He keep asking whether he can play with the water. Well, as much as we want to, we can't let him play that time. We got no room yet! And all the clothes and bathing things are still inside luggage! So we told him that we'll let him play later, and continue to walk around...

.... and we found the spa!

[caption id="attachment_1923" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="At the Spa Entrance"][/caption]

The spa has many good reviews, so we decided to book a session for us. But of course, we need to take turns.. Haha.. Can't possibly go at the same time... Who will look after Vio? So pi booked a session for massage, while I booked a session for facial. And while waiting for our discussion with the lady, Vio kept himself busy with the gamelan he found there.

[caption id="attachment_1925" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Ting tong ting tong"][/caption]

From here, we decided to visit the Kids Club...

[caption id="attachment_1926" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Peek A Boo!"][/caption]

Hmm... I'd say that Harris Resort's Kids Club is nicer than Holiday Inn's one. There are more things to play with, and the lady inside is chattier and livelier... There were nothing much to play with in the Kids Club, and the toys were kinda old and half-spoiled.

Luckilyyyyy... our room was ready then! All the rooms in Holiday Inn are like "suites". All have their own (rather big) living & dining room. And the bedroom is a separate room by its own. It's certainly much nicer than Harris Resort's room!

[caption id="attachment_1927" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="Living & Dining Room"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1928" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="The Bedroom"][/caption]

And they were providing 1 hard and 1 soft pillow for each person. Wow, that's quite thoughtful :p

Keeping our promise to Vio, we quickly changed and let him play in the swimming pool. The swimming pool was much cleaner and nicer than Harris Resort's one. Vio loved it so much he didn't want to get out even though he was cold! But of course, in the end we managed to lure him out, and we were back to the room to bathe.

And then... we're starving! Inside the resort itself, there were actually 4 restaurants. Sadly, the 2 interesting ones that we want to try only open for dinner... *sigh* so we're left with Chinese restaurant or the Hotel's restaurant... So we went with the 2nd choice and seated by the poolside. Looking at the menu.... Wow! Look at that price! Fried kway teow for more than Rp 100K! Tsk!! The food was real expensive.. So we ordered something a bit special (Ayam Panggang and Nasi Rames), since they're the same price with the Fried Kway Teow!

The food was not bad, though we waited for about 20-30 mins for it.. Tsk tsk... And in the midst of eating... suddenly... Vio start to close his eyes and almost fall asleep! He fell asleep during eating! Wah.. he must be very tired ya... So we quickly brought him back to the room to have his afternoon nap..

... and we wait and we wait for him to wake up... But he didn't wanna wake up.. so in the end we miss the shuttle bus to Nagoya Hill.. But Vio looked so tired that we had no heart to wake him up. So when he woke up, we took a cab to Nagoya Hill for some shopping and dinner there. And also not forgetting.. we bought many bread for our supper and breakfast (since our room is free, it doesn't come with complimentary breakfast... aiks..). Going back to the hotel, we didn't do much other than enjoying our spa session... And that's the end of day 1...

And at 6am the next morning, TUT TUT TUT TUT... a rather loud sound woke us up (including Vio), and we were all wondering what the hell is that sound?? Apparently it came from the alarm clock that Vio played with many times the night before... And I suppose he accidentally turn on the alarm. Argghh! And after that, he just refused to sleep again... :'(

We spent the morning having breakfast and lazing around in our room... After that we let Vio played in the swimming pool again...

[caption id="attachment_1929" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Throw Water... Throw Water.."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1930" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Oh Look! A Floating Ball!"][/caption]

And we had our lunch at the same restaurant again, after that we bid sayonara to the hotel.. Hm... What a short holiday ya? :D

Oh a cute thing that Vio love to do in the hotel room: he likes to pick up the phone, press some numbers, and say "Hello? Yes?".. Just like adult does! Haha! That was really cute...

Happy 2nd Bday Savio!

2011-01-03T23:52:00.000+08:00

Our little boy is now officially 2 years old!!

We bought a small Barney cake for him...

[caption id="attachment_1909" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Barney Cake"][/caption]

And the 2 birthday boys (1 big boy and 1 small boy) posing with their birthday cake..

[caption id="attachment_1910" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="2 Birthday Boyz"][/caption]

And soon it's blow the candle time! (We actually re-take the scene for few times... because the candles were always blowed off by the wind for the first 2 times..)

[caption id="attachment_1911" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Blow the Candle!"][/caption]

And of course, not forgetting the presents! Vio was so excited to see a big present for him, and he opened the present rather fiercefully... Haha!

[caption id="attachment_1912" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="What's Inside??"][/caption]

Ooooohhh it's Thomas Train! Yeah we bought him a Thomas train set for his 2nd birthday. And he quite like it so far! He likes to on and off the switch to make Thomas (or Percy) stop or go. And he especially likes the windmill (take it out and rotate it again and again).

[caption id="attachment_1913" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Playing with My New Train"][/caption]

And not forgetting the other birthday "boy".. Vio was happily helping daddy to open his birthday gift...

[caption id="attachment_1918" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Ooohh.. It's a Bag!"][/caption]

On that day itself, the big birthday boy suggested that we go to Marina Barrage. So off we go! We've mentioned about going there for few months now, but somehow the plan always get delayed. So that day, finally we went there! It's Vio's first time going to Marina Barrage. And he was quite excited to see the waterplay there. But too bad we didn't have time to let him play in the waterplay (coz it was near to lunch time and his nap time too).. But we did promise him that we'll bring him again sometime in the future and that he can play there next time!

[caption id="attachment_1914" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Marina Barrage"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1915" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="A Walk with Daddy"][/caption]

Though it was mid-afternoon, it wasn't hot. It was windy and nice... and Vio enjoyed the jumping session in the rooftop!

[caption id="attachment_1916" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Jump jump jump!"][/caption]

And of course, not forgetting.. the running session too!

[caption id="attachment_1917" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Happy Boy"][/caption]

Overall it was a happy day for the 2 birthday boys ^^

How We Celebrated Christmas

2010-12-27T22:33:00.000+08:00

And this is how we celebrated Christmas..... Go to the church and then spend time together at home... Wahahaha... Well, we're not really the type that's keen on squeezing with other people in crowded places. Though the thought of going to the city sounds nice, but thinking of the no of people that have the same thought as us, woah... that'll be scary :D

[caption id="attachment_1904" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Family Photo at Christmas!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1905" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Kuku & Vio"][/caption]

Aw... why don't Singapore have something like Taman Anggrek? My sister always go for yearly photo with Santa Clause (the kind where you just need to go and get the photo on the same day). Or maybe Singapore have, but just that I don't know about it? It'll be quite cute to lay the photos side by side, year by year and see how the kids grow.. Hahahaa... Since Singapore doesn't have such thing, maybe I'll just take family photos with Christmas tree year by year.. Haha..

Oh oh.. here's the nativity scene at St Mary of The Angels church. Vio was quite excited to see baby Jesus!

[caption id="attachment_1906" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Nativity Scene"][/caption]

A Birthday & A Wedding

2010-12-27T22:09:00.000+08:00

Ahem... This is a very belated post.. Hahhaa..

Last week we went to a birthday party and a wedding. Both on the same day! This is actually our first time bringing Vio to a wedding dinner reception (the sit-down style). We're kinda worried that he can't sit still during the dinner (with the waiting time and all), so we brought LOTS of toys to entertain him. But before going to the wedding dinner, here are some snapshots taken during the birthday party.

[caption id="attachment_1897" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Throwing the ball inside"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1898" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Vio & Caelia"][/caption]

Too bad we need to leave the birthday party early, coz we need to go to the wedding dinner. We missed the cake cutting! Sigh..

Oh yeah, the wedding dinner was at Marina Bay Sands. This would be our first time going there too! Too bad we didn't have time to go to the skypark. Would love to see it someday!

And did Vio make a fuss during the wedding dinner?

[caption id="attachment_1899" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Vio & The Chopsticks"][/caption]

Surprisingly not! He was too happy playing with chopsticks and plates and glass, making his own music! In the end, the only toys we gave him was only a book!

Oh... if I haven't mentioned.. there were fondue served while waiting for the reception room to be opened. And.. the strawberry was deliiiciousssss... It was so nice that Vio kept asking for somemore strawberry. I wonder what type of strawberry that is. I seldom eat strawberries that nice :)

Oh, before going home, we took photo of the night view from one of the balcony. It was nice! :)

[caption id="attachment_1900" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Night View from MBS"][/caption]

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-24T18:15:00.000+08:00

HO HO HO... Christmas is finally here!! :) It's my favorite time of the year, as everywhere is cheerful and full of joy. The festive spirits are everywhere! :)

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. Here's little Santa giving out goodies to everyone!

[caption id="attachment_1893" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Cute Santa"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1894" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Christmas Goodies"][/caption]

A Dream Came True

2010-12-22T18:40:00.000+08:00

I'm practically in cloud nine now.

I just got my dream machine! I have been eyeing this machine for much more than a year now. It's a digital cutting machine. Basically it can cut any template/picture you have in your computer. It can even cut fonts already installed in your computer. Imagine! I can cut as many letters as I want to in whatever sizes, without worrying some letters are gonna finish soon! And better still.. It can work together with a printer, to print design using normal printer, and after that cut it using this digital cutter. How cool is that!

[caption id="attachment_1889" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Silhouette SD"][/caption]

Upon hearing there's 1 shop in SG selling at 25% off this month and with some freebies, I was so happy! Too bad it was only for members... But since I was quite active in this scrapbooking forum, surely some of them are members in that shop. True enough, someone nice from the forum (that I never met before) was more than willing to help me get it. So we went down together yesterday and get the machine. That lady is just so nice :)

And my review about this product so far? Once I'm home, I can't wait to install the software and this machine. Luckily Vio was asleep, so I got time to play around with it. And... it was aweeeeeeeeeesssssoooooomeeeee... I love it! Cutting and making boxes are such a breeze. I also tried cutting intricate design small christmas trees, and the cutting was just perfect! All I can say now is that I'm in love.. Hahaa :D

Early Christmas

2010-12-20T23:21:00.000+08:00

We've thought about buying a christmas tree for our home this year. But then.. thinking of where to put, and how to keep after that, we decided to wait for 1 more year. Maybe next year we'll finally have our own christmas tree! If we're getting one this year, I can imagine all the "ball" ornament to be rolling all around the house, getting rolled and kicked by Vio everywhere.. Haha..

In the meanwhile, we just have to be satisfied with our own mini christmas tree!

[caption id="attachment_1883" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Mini Christmas Tree"][/caption]

I made it over the weekend, from a free origami website. Quite cute hor? And Vio did help in decorating the christmas tree by pasting the stickers and small pearls all over the christmas tree! Ahem... if you can notice, the xmas tree is a bit slunted.. Oh well that's what happen if you're making something in a rush. Anyway this tree is supposed to be hanged in the ceiling, so a bit slunted should be un-noticeable yeah? :D

And we had an early christmas gift for Vio: a huggable Barney soft toy that can sing "I Love You" song!

[caption id="attachment_1884" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Barney & Me"][/caption]

Vio was so happy when he first saw it and immediately gave it a biiigggg huuuugggg...

[caption id="attachment_1885" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="I Love Barney!"][/caption]

Oh well, ok.. actually we already gave him the soft toy 1 week back. But the photo was taken only during the weekend. Hahahaa... In the original first-hug, it was very sincere and Vio have a big smile on his face. While on the above photo's hug, Vio did it because mommy ask him to. Wahahahaa...

And to cheer things up more, Vio wanted to sing "Jingle Bells" song for everybody! Enjoy!

A Bday Party

2010-12-15T23:45:00.000+08:00

We went to Allen's 2nd Bday Party last weekend!

The party started at 4pm. So at 4pm, we started waking Vio up from his noon nap (after 2.5 hours of sleeping), just so that we don't reach there so late. Once he's awake, we started preparing and told him that we're going off to Allen's bday party. But.. we forgot to tell him that there will be many people there.

Once reaching the door, Vio seems to be surprised at the no of ppl already inside (though it's not that much), and he refused to come in! Sigh.. we spent a good 5-10 mins just to entice him to enter the house...

[caption id="attachment_1876" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="I don't wanna go in.."][/caption]

.. and another 5-10 mins to entice him to sit down with other babies... He seemed overwhelmed by the no of people he's not familiar with. Lesson learnt: for the other birthday party next week, we must tell Vio beforehand that there will be loooooottsss of uncles and aunties there. Haha...

Oh the activity of the day was finger painting! Surprisingly though, unlike other kids, Vio didn't seem interested to do painting at all that day. Though at home he normally looks quite interested. Maybe he still feel "shocked" from meeting many unfamiliar people ya...

[caption id="attachment_1877" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Finger Painting"][/caption]

In the end, he mostly play with the balls while painting, instead of doing the painting itself. Haha..

After sometime, Vio started getting used to the ambience and joining other kids in climbing the sofa and staring at the busy happenings outside (read: looking at MRT and buses passing by)

[caption id="attachment_1878" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Playgroup Kids & Teacher"][/caption]

The party was great.. The food was good... and the kids were happy (with the many snacks and goodies distributed in the party).. I hope Vio's bday party will be as merry! :)

[caption id="attachment_1879" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Moms & Babes"][/caption]

Gingerbread Man

2010-12-15T01:47:00.000+08:00

One day, Daddy came back home with.... gingerbread man!

[caption id="attachment_1871" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Gingerbread Man"][/caption]

Vio was sooo excited to see that the thing he's been seeing (and hearing) from storybook is actually "real".

[caption id="attachment_1872" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Me & The Gingerbread Man"][/caption]

He kept pestering us to open it, and once opened...

[caption id="attachment_1873" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="How to On This Thing?"][/caption]

... he said "Mommy.. On! On! Press!" Oh wow.. he thought that gingerbread man was actually a toy... I said no, gingerbread man is food, not toy. So we can't press it or "on" it. He seems confused at what I was saying. But well, I didn't wanna explain that we're supposed to eat the gingerbread man, because that time was just minutes before dinner time. If he had eaten the gingerbread man then, we can say bye-bye to his dinner. He won't even touch it!

So, at dinner time, gingerbread man accompany Vio to eat in the dining table. And... it became our dessert!

Vio's expression when he saw Daddy biting the gingerbread man was just... priceless.... He frowned his forehead, looking confused and looked like he pitied the gingerbread man... It's like he's saying "Daddy... Why are you eating the gingerbread man?" At last though, he started joining Daddy eating gingerbread man, though his forehead still frowning, just like saying "Poor gingerbread man... I'm eating you now.."

Finger Painting

2010-12-11T01:36:00.000+08:00

Ok I've wanted to do this with Vio at home for a loooonggg time... But scared of the mess it'll get, I never really buy the finger painting set. Until I saw it's on sale in the internet, that is. With my current shopping mood, I decided to buy it for Vio. Anyway, I read that good toys for his age now are puzzles, role-play, play doh, and paint.

[caption id="attachment_1867" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="I'm Painting!"][/caption]

At first, Vio was skeptical seeing his fingers getting dirty from the paint. But after sometime, he started to enjoy it! For the next few days, he kept asking mommy to bring the paint out for him to play. And how did he do it? He's singing his normal song, changing the lyrics himself to: "Use your hand.. Use your hand.. Vio vio use your hand.." while pointing to the drawer in which I kept the finger paint! Wow... he's so smart ya...

Heeee.. I hope the artistic side of him will be "awaken" :D

Ps: surprisingly, it wasn't that messy afterall!

The Clean-Freak

2010-12-09T22:21:00.000+08:00

On Sunday afternoon, we brought Vio to Jurong Lake Park, and then we see that there's a... rainbow! Wow.. I seldom see rainbows in Singapore... Even though only a little bit, it was worth commemorating :p

[caption id="attachment_1861" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Rainbow in Singapore!"][/caption]

And as usual, we walked to the ABC water fountain... That day the timing was just nice. It was on!

[caption id="attachment_1862" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="ABC Water Fountain"][/caption]

And since we haven't brought Vio to play in the playground there for a long time, we decided to bring Vio to play in the sandy playground that day.

As you might have known, Vio is one definite clean-freak. When he went to the sandy playground with his Crocs shoe, he'll stop every 2 to 3 steps to ask us to clean his shoe, because some of the sands went inside his shoe! Tsk tsk.... This round, however, he was wearing his sports shoe, so the sand didn't go inside. But guess what? He walked tip-toe-ing all the way... Coz the sands are "dirty"...

In the playground, we encouraged him to climb the steps, but he hesitated, seeing that the "destination" is full of sands, and he need to put his hand on the "destination" to climb. He keep pointing to his hand that's a little bit covered with sand and say "dirty! dirty!" arrrrggghhh!! We told him that it's ok to get himself dirty in the playground but he still looked hesitated. He even closed his hand in a fist, and point the fist upwards when climbing, so that he didn't dirty his palm with the sands. He's a bit too clean-freak, eh?

[caption id="attachment_1863" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Ahhh I'm touching sands!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1864" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Going Down The Slide"][/caption]

Ok I know being clean have its own advantages (not easy to catch diseases, etc). But I do hope that Vio can stand being dirty once in a while and enjoy playing like other kids in the sandy playground. They will run here and there, climb here and there in the sand without worrying getting themselves dirty.

Maybe (just maybe) he's behaving this way coz we're sheltering him too much? When his hands or other parts of his body get a bit dirty, we'll clean it up directly for him. So maybe he's hoping that his body will always be clean all the time. Hope he knows when too make the right exception! Hehe ;)

A World of Barney!

2010-12-07T22:50:00.000+08:00

Undoubtedly Vio's fave character now is Barney! Despite having only 2 Barney movies (and 1 is missing... so left 1 only), Vio's watching it almost everyday.. tsk tsk tsk.. and it's always the same show!

So you can imagine how excited I was when I saw that there will be Barney show in United Square. And the timing was just nice too... Right after the detail scan last Saturday. I told Vio in the morning that we're going to see Barney show that day. And you know what.. during the whole journey (going from home, inside the taxi, while waiting for detail scan.. and also while going inside for the detail scan) Vio kept saying "See Barney! See Barney!".. Wah he so can't wait! Haha..

So after the detail scan, we walked to United Square, reached there around 12:40 pm (the show is supposed to start at 1pm). And woooooowwwwww.... the number of kids already sitting down in front of the stage was amaaaaazzziingggg!! There must be LOADS of Barney's fans in Singapore yeah... The place was so packed that people can't enter into the area already. We quickly find a good place to stand to watch the show. Sadly, all good places were already taken. So we stood on the side, with view to the stage a bit covered by speakers. But that's better than nothing ya ;)

And while waiting for the show to start, we walked around the area and saw loottss of Barney theme items sold there. It's quite rare to see lots of Barney's items at the same time..

[caption id="attachment_1852" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Kissed by Big Barney"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1853" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Can I bring all home?"][/caption]

And then.. the show began...

[caption id="attachment_1854" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Barney & Friends"][/caption]

When first seeing Barney came out, Vio was excited and he screamed "Big Barney!" However halfway thru the show, he seems to half lost interest in watching. Maybe it's not so comfortable coz he can't sit down and enjoy the show. Daddy must carry him throughout the show.

We also videotaped part of the show. And now, he likes to watch it very much. He'll call out "Big Barney! Big Barney!" again when he watches the show again. Hehee.. I think overall, he quite like the show ;)

Oh and before going home, Vio also posed with picture of Barney & Friends!

[caption id="attachment_1855" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Barney & Me"][/caption]

Week 20 - And.. it's a...

2010-12-06T23:52:00.000+08:00

It's been confirmed! The baby is a ..... GIRL!!

[caption id="attachment_1848" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="It's A Girl!"][/caption]

Oh I was so happy to see it :) Now I can start buying girlie stuff... cute PINK clothes and accessories... cute socks.. hohoho... Can hardly wait to start looking at them! :D

On the other side, I have forgotten how long we would need to wait for the detail scan (since this is 20th week, we're having detailed scan to see whether the baby's organs are developing normally). I even got quite worried that we won't have time to catch Barney's show in United Square at 1 pm! (since it was already close to 12pm and it still wasn't our turn). Luckily, everything goes smoothly and we still have time to catch Barney's show (but that'll be in another post), though it means that our lunch time will come after the show.. Hehee..

Anyway, the results are all good for the detail scan.. Yay... the baby seems to be developing normally :D

I'm also having relatively high energy lately, as compared to the 1st trimester, even more when compared to the 3rd trimester that's coming soon! And good news is that I have no more buttock pain. Probably that's because I've stopped carrying Vio at all. Except in very urgent cases, and that'll be at most few minutes each time.. :D

Green Tea Macchiato

2010-12-02T22:38:00.000+08:00

Today at lunch time, we went to join the queue at Koi Cafe, a famous bubble tea chain from Taiwan. I was so sure I want to order Oolong Tea, right until I'm standing in front of the cashier.

I saw they have big banner of their new drink launching: Green Tea Macchiato and Black Tea Macchiato. Wow, the name surely sound nice, and so does the picture! Without much thinking, I decided to give it a try. I always wonder what does "Macchiato" means anyway..

Apparently the tea comes without bubble, and I'm not supposed to mix them up or drink it with a straw. They provided me with something to cut open the lid, and then I'm supposed to drink from the cup directly.

First taste... CREAM.. wow I'm drinking pure cream! After sometime, I can start to taste the green tea (which was nice). But mixture of green tea and cream? Hmmm.. I don't really think they go along well together.

Well then, I suppose next visit to Koi Cafe, it'll be the good old Oolong Tea/Milk Tea again ;)

An Old Friend

2010-12-01T01:16:00.000+08:00

An old friend of us was on transit here in Singapore before going back Indonesia. We had a dinner with him in Jurong Point! I guess we haven't seen him for more than 1 year liao. An amazing thing is that.. he doesn't change at all!

[caption id="attachment_1839" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Attendees Part I"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1840" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Attendees Part II"][/caption]

We sure hope that we'll see him again, hopefully in Australia (since he's staying there now)! Haha..

We didn't chat with him for too long, as we need to catch our Harry Potter show! Yay.. been a while since I last step into a cinema (the last one being "Inception"). We bought yummy yummy popcorn, and managed to finish the big box throughout the movie. Ah well, I think it'll be long time before I can eat popcorn again.. hahaa..

And here's a rare photo of 2 of us in front of xmas tree decorated with Precious Moments (rare as in: Vio is not in the photo with us, as he was busy eating his papaya). Isn't it beautiful ;)

[caption id="attachment_1841" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="Just Us"][/caption]

One.. Two.. One.. Two..

2010-11-30T01:48:00.000+08:00

Vio is a sporty little toddler. Other than kicking & dribbling balls the whole day, he also likes to do adult's warm-up movement!

[caption id="attachment_1835" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Morning Time Exercise with Daddy"][/caption]

Story Alive "Hansel & Gretel"

2010-11-25T00:27:00.000+08:00

Just felt like it's been a million years since the last babies outing. So we decided to have a short one. Only Iggy, Celestine, and Vio joined the outing.

We went to City Square Mall to have lunch together and watch the free story telling session from Leap Schoolhouse: "Hansel & Gretel".

[caption id="attachment_1827" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The Attendees"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1828" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Waiting for the show"][/caption]

The show begans with promotions about Leap Schoolhouse (but of course. What do you expect if the show is free?) And apparently, the show was targeted mostly for bigger kids. It involved asking few kids to answer questions, go to the stage many times to help setting the scene for the show or to act as Hansel & Gretel.

[caption id="attachment_1829" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The Show from Vio's Point of View"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1830" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Daddy = My Personal Sofa"][/caption]

Though Vio didn't seem to understand much of the show, he managed to sit down during the whole show. I suppose he enjoyed the scenes of koko and jie-jie going up and down the stairs. And looking at them setting the scenes for the show. Haha.. Overall, it was quite ok.. At least we got a short outing (finally!)

Our Little Reunion

2010-11-24T00:16:00.000+08:00

It's that time of the year again~

Time for me & my friends for our bi-annual "reunion". This time round is for late celebration of my & Allie's bday. (very very late, that is.. hahaha). We went to Shin Sapporo Ramen at Suntec. I just realized that I (almost) never try real Japanese Ramen before? Or have I? I can't seem to remember... Well, maybe it's because I'm not a big fans of noodle, especially thick ones (I find them to be yucky). And Japanese noodle for me = udon, which is thick. I only like thin noodles.

Well, this ramen shop sells thin noodles too. I ordered their signature ramen: miso ramen (spicy), and changed the noodle to thin ones. It was not bad.. At least I think I'll try to order ramen again next time. Provided it comes with thin noodles..

[caption id="attachment_1820" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The Gang"][/caption]

We purposely didn't order any side dish.. Coz we wanted to try this interesting waffle shop that Allie & I spotted before meeting up at the Ramen shop. And.. as usual, it's card & gift-giving time!

[caption id="attachment_1821" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Shy Bday Gals"][/caption]

This year, I got a white 2-way scarf. Thank you galsss.. I like it... :D

After dinner time, we walked to the waffle place, and *ahem* stop for a while to take photos with the christmas tree.. wahahha..

[caption id="attachment_1822" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="O Christmas Tree.."][/caption]

Wah I think Vio would've loved the xmas tree bery much! It's made by all balls! I'm sure he'll scream "BALLL!!!!" and get so excited and want to take the balls.. Hoho..

And finally... the waffle place! The promotion that made Allie & I interested to have the waffle was a big standing banner picturing a cup of cut waffle with ice cream and belgian chocolate only for $5.8! It sure looks yummy! So we wanna ordered the one pictured in that promo.. And guess what did the person say? That menu is no longer available.. Tsk tsk tsk.. And they still put it up soooo big! Somemore it's a standing banner, which they have to pack up each night when the shop close. And they still put it up! Such a trap!

Though felt so cheated, we were already there. So we ordered 2 plate of waffle with ice cream (Rum & Raisin and Tiramisu). And.. at least.. it's nice... yummmmyyyyyyy..

[caption id="attachment_1823" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Yummy Waffle with Ice Cream"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1824" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="4 of us, again"][/caption]

As you can see, the walls are all covered with post-it notes. We were just wondering.. Do you think that it's all written by someone who's paid to do it?? I mean, the person who wrote all that are not really customers.. but more of the employees themselves... But ah, well... I guess we'll never know.. :)

Hot Wheels Update

2010-11-19T23:11:00.000+08:00

Following the Hot Wheels Craze here, check out how fast growing our Hot Wheels collection are:

[caption id="attachment_1814" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Latest Hot Wheels Collection"][/caption]

They're combined into a quite long circuit, with many "stunt actions" that happen very fast. The pic in the photo exclude 1 set of Hot Wheels that apparently can't be combined to make the track even longer..

In the meanwhile, here's Vio (with his orange moustache) wishing everybody a good weekend! :)

[caption id="attachment_1816" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="I'm a grown-up boy with moustache!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1815" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Have a good weekend, everybody!"][/caption]

Toddlers & Hair Cut

2010-11-18T23:47:00.000+08:00

I guess most parents of toddlers will know that toddlers and hair cut just don't go well together.

Vio hates hair cut. No.. I think that's an understatement. Let me emphasize: Vio hates hair cut. Ah.. That looks more like it :D

For his first haircut, we brought him to a hair salon in Taman Jurong, and unexpectedly, there was no problem at all! He didn't seem to know what the auntie was doing to him. The 2nd time round, we brought him to yet another salon in Taman Jurong. At first he was ok, then after few mins he started to realize something, and cried. The third time round, he cried sooooo loudly, and it was difficult to keep him still for the haircut.

After that, Vio's hair has always been cut by a neighbor, in the comfort of our own home (or in the neighbor's home), with many many toys to entertain him, but yet of course he's still crying. Though I think not as bad as before. He's just afraid to hear a "machine" coming near to his head. If it's only scissors (hence no machine), then it wasn't so bad..

Then sometimes back.. At Philips' staff sales, they have some units of Kids Hair Clipper to go at very low price! The retail price was supposed to be more than $100, but at that time, it was going at $35 only! So, on impulse (and thinking of the long benefit it has in the future to come), me and some other colleagues that also have toddlers, bought it. Somemore the box say it's ultra-silent, and designed for Moms. That's just what we need, isn't it? ;)

So... we decided to try it out during the weekend! The set was quite complete, really. Other than the hair-cutting machine, it also has scissors and comb in it, complete with the brush to clean the unit, and the hair length setting, not forgetting VCD with real children getting haircut using the tool (with happy faces, I must emphasize) AND it even includes robes for hair cut! Very thoughtful indeed..

So first things first.. we made Vio sit on his chair, facing the TV..

[caption id="attachment_1807" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Ready for My Haircut"][/caption]

Then we announced that he'll watch videos of koko getting hair-cut, and he would have his hair cut that day too, just like koko! (Though he didn't seem to understand it.. he just knew that he's going to watch something).

And so the video was on... and the machine was on (with 3 mm setting).... and.... yeah yeah you're right.. He's scared with the sound.. He kept looking at the machine to ensure it doesn't get any nearer to him. Though I must admit, the sound wasn't so bad. I mean it's not as loud as normal haircut machine...

Luckily daddy was brave enough to quickly snip Vio's hair and 1 of the back part, and.......... whoooooooopsssss!!!! Apparently 3mm setting is tooo short for Vio.. he looked botak at one part of the back hair now! *sigh* So we adjusted the setting to 6mm.. and continue the hair cut with much struggling from Vio..

[caption id="attachment_1808" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Stop it, please!"][/caption]

One-third of the hair cut done, and the video was changed to Barney show (which is Vio's fave show at the moment). He still struggled here and there, but after sometimes he just sit there quietly, though sometimes still trying to move his head away from the machine. But in the end, we managed to cut off (well, almost all) of his hair!

[caption id="attachment_1809" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Crime Scene Photos"][/caption]

And would you like to see the new Vio? Here he is... tadaaaaaaa...

[caption id="attachment_1810" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="New Hairstyle"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1811" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Back View"][/caption]

It wasn't too bad, was it? (At least for the first try...) Actually we feel quite proud of ourselves to be able to cut Vio's hair all by ourselves! Haha.. Though not as nice as going to the salon.. But then we're not having high hopes on this.. And neither is Vio :D

Btw, can you see the botak part in Vio's back hair? I hope it'll get to be covered up soon..

Vio was so happy with his new hair (after the hair-cutting episode was over, and he already bathed) and kept smiling while looking in the mirror.. Hehe.. And.. Daddy & Mommy's smiling too, feeling proud of our accomplishment of the day :D

Pumping

2010-11-16T22:34:00.000+08:00

After our trip to Jakarta, Vio seems to show much more interest in his ride-on toys. One fine day, he can suddenly steer his ride-on car pretty well! (going backward, forward, turn left and right). That's quite an achievement, I should say. That car isn't really easy to steer around, but Vio likes it now, and he can steer it from room to room rather well (and high-spirited), especially if mommy's accompanying him in riding his other ride-on toys (which is a train). I should say that the ride-on toys are quite sturdy ya. I can sit on it and play and it's comfy enough for me! Even daddy can sit on his train ride-on toys. (Sadly, as much as I want to, we can't fit in the car ride-on toys) hahaha..

Now, what does it have to do with pumping, you say? Ah... for few times, Vio has seen daddy pumping his bicycles, and he wanna "help" too. Just that we don't normally let him to. One day, I decided that he can also play with the pump (supervised, of course). But the thing that he should "pump" is his car wheels! (Not that it need to be pumped at all). Ah well, that's why people call it "pretend play" right? :)

[caption id="attachment_1803" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="One.. Two.. One.. Two.."][/caption]

Ah.. doesn't he look like a professional at work? *smile*

Happy 3rd Anniversary!

2010-11-15T23:36:00.000+08:00

< to us, that is..>

We've just celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. Wow has it just been 3 years? I feel that we've been married for very long already.. (in a good way).

Both of us took leave on that day, but apparently pi had meeting in the morning, so he can only take half day leave.. which is good. Because it gave me ample time to prepare a little something for him: I decided to try baking cupcakes!

I think it's my first time baking cakes in Singapore.. wahahahaha... My oven has been under-utilised for very long, hor? I've bought all the necessities in a cake shop in Toa Payoh which is quite complete, just that I need to walk quite far from my office (about 20-25 mins of walking!). And 1 visit is not enough to buy all the things, since I'm so fickle-minded, especially in choosing the not important but fun stuff, such as: which paper cup design should I choose? What size?? Can you imagine I can spend like 10-15 mins just to decide that? And coupled with walking time and the time I need to have my lunch, you can see why 1 visit is not enough in my (already) extended lunch-hour (1 1/2 hours haha). Oh, must say thank you to a friend who has given me self-raising flour and cranberries to make the cupcake!

So... the baking process begun.. Based on recipe from internet, I wanted to make vanilla cupcake with cranberries, topped with chocolate toppings.

As can be guessed, Vio got scared by the sound of mixer, and he kept tugging me to play with him. So finding a time to make the cake (and the topping) was proven to be quite difficult, as Vio always came to nag me to play with him. Nevertheless, here's the vanilla cupcake, fresh from the oven! (though I'm not sure why the top part is not smooth as in picture.. some cracked up. But that's not a problem lah.. since anyway it will be topped by chocolate topping. And I'm not having high expectations on it anyway...)

[caption id="attachment_1797" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Fresh from the Oven"][/caption]

I tried 1 piece, and yummm.. It was not bad... The texture was quite soft :)

As for the chocolate topping, I decided to substitute the required cocoa powder to use chocolate drink that I already have, but reducing the sugar. And.... it's not apparently working well. The topping came out to be reaaaaaaallll sweet. Next time, should follow recipe and use real cocoa powder, or melted chocolate bar instead.. But anyway, it works well as the topping (though the color is not chocola-tey enough). Just that in the end, we didn't eat the topping.

[caption id="attachment_1798" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Cupcake with Chocolate Frostings"][/caption]

Oh well, it doesn't look too bad right? (Repeat: I'm not having high expectation. Haha!)

And here's the cupcakes prepared specially for pi...

[caption id="attachment_1799" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Cupcakes for Pi"][/caption]

Though not as pretty as those sold in the shops, it's the thought that counts, isn't it? ;)

Not long after, pi came home with a stalk of pink roses. Thank you, darling! :)

We had our dinner at Ambush, a European restaurant with apparently, rather affordable prices. I ordered German sausage with Rosti; the sausage was real nice! Vio love it a lot (and so does mommy)! Pi ordered paella, which is a Spanish food. The taste was quite unique. The only thing is... the portion was quite small. I didn't really feel full after eating it.. Haha... I think they encourage people to order more side dishes.. :p

Looking back at the last 3 years, overall it was a great. Surely there are some ups and downs, but I'd rather we look at the more "up" side. And since I'm currently pregnant, I can't help but remember the sweet little things pi had done, especially during my first pregnancy. Some of them are listed here (just in case my memory fails me!)

He woke up in the middle of many nights whenever I had sudden leg cramps, and massaged my leg until I was feeling better, and of course, willingly without complaint.

He didn't let me do any tiring housework during my pregnancy, and took over all of them. These were brooming, mopping, and cleaning the toilet. I was left only with dusting, which was the easiest housework.

Despite his dislike of guys who carry their girlfriends' or wives' bags, he was more than willingly carry my bag when I'm pregnant.

He has no complain and is very supportive of my pregnancy complaints, which is always the same for many many nights in a row, and always try to help to lessen the discomfort.

... and many other small things that can't all be mentioned here..

All in all, thank you dear for these three great years :)

Vio is GROWING!

2010-11-11T01:35:00.000+08:00

Ahem... obviously... Hahahahaaa... (I'd been worried if he's not..)

He has 16 teeth now. Wow, 4 more big molars to go, and his milk teeth will be completed! They all just came so fast one after the other after weeks (or months) of no additional new teeth..

And the last time we measured Vio's height, it's 90cm! Not sure how reliable the measurement is, since Vio kept moving around, wanting to "help" us in the measurement process. But if it's right, by right we should've started paying for his MRT and Bus fare.. and he's not even 2 years old yet! Ah well, I guess I'll just wait until the person in MRT really inform us that Vio need to pay the fare.. hoho..

And.. as part of the growing process... he's finally showing signs of how his long-beloved Crocs shoe is getting too small for him. If he's sitting down in the stroller, or anywhere at all, he'll take off his own shoes. It's like he can't stand wearing the shoes for too long!

We have actually bought a new pair of shoes for him in Jakarta, but being a kiasu parent, we bought it too big. Well, so can use for longer time mah... *blink blink* and somemore it has ball picture on it.. I hope he can start using it soon (and not trip/stumbled coz it's too big for him).

In the meanwhile, suddenly I remember that Vio also has this new sport shoe, a souvenir from Opa and Oma from their last trip to China, and yes, this shoe was biiiiigggg too. Way too big for him, but Vio seems to love it.

[caption id="attachment_1791" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Check Out My New Sport Shoe!"][/caption]

And he was so happy to see Daddy wearing similar kind of shoe as him..

[caption id="attachment_1792" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Look, Daddy! Our shoes look similar!"][/caption]

And.. is it just my feeling or Vio does get a little bit chubbier?? I think so! His appetite seems to increase lately, well at least it's much better than last time (when he only eat 0-5 spoon for each meal). But he sure is getting heavier lately! I'm guessing he's around 12.5 kg (or more) now..