Princess went SWIMMING!!

MY FIRST FLOAT : "mummy got me this float from the baby taka fair.. it's tweety bird from looney tunes..."

"Dada will take me swimming.. Mama will take me pictures.."

"Dada DUNK me twice..but i am a BRAVE girl.. I thoroughly enjoyed it!!!"

Princess's Arrival

Graduation and Creeping..

Today Leia kind of graduated from her first term with Kindermusik and got her first certificate from the school.. Heehee.. It brings back sweet memories for me.. If I did not remember wrongly, I believe I got my first cert from Yamaha.. (mom, correct me if i'm wrong)

I have also enrolled the little one for the next term to continue her classes as I find that she seems to love the music and activities.

I also realised that when babies get together, they kind of pick up some skills from one another. And today the little one officially creeped!! She was actually trying to creep for the past 2 days but would give up after 4-5 steps. Today while waiting for class to start, she started creeping all over the room just to get the balls around her... hahaha.. And her classmate(a baby boy name James) who already knew how to creep was probably her teacher as he was creeping around her..

It's really amazing to see how babies can pick up skills at such a lightning speed..

The Princess's friends :

showing her character

Ever since yesterday, the Princess has found joy in screaming.. Oh my Goodness..
She is slowly aware of her own emotions and today she actually threw her tantrum!!
She wailed and screamed her lungs out when I took her teething biscuit from her as she had stuffed the entire biscuit into her mouth without chewing...
I think this is only the beginning of a nightmare!! Though yesterday I was certainly delighted by her new found voice, but today I really don't appreciate it...
I will have to seek advice on this.. Hmm..
In the meantime, I will try to keep my cool for as long as possible and hope that by singing to her will calm her down...
I certainly do not wish to raise a screaming child..

AMAZING!!

My little one was a real performer today!!

Haha.. Mom came by today in the evening to feed me with her "ai xin" bird's nest and she was entertained by the little one...
Leia was able to stand up straight by holding on to the railings of her baby cot but that was not all, she managed to stand on her own for 3 secs!!!!!!!!!
That's something new that she did for her "porpor"..
She was screaming with laughter and the more we cheered her, she was unstoppable...
heehee.. now she is fast asleep and I guess she must be real exhausted by her performance :)

Delicious!!

Leia is now 8 mths old and I have slready introduced her to quite a wide range of food already.
THank God that she enjoys her solids real well and up till now I do not have any problem feeding her with the foods that I gave her.

Today I came up with a REAL DELICIOUS recipe.
Even I could not resist finishing up the porridge that she left over!!
HAHA..

These are some of the food and fruits that have gone down Leia's stomach:

*chicken*pork*fish - "gor he"- "xue yu"dried scallops*
*broccoli*sweet potato*pumpkin*french beans*sweet peas*tomatoes*potatoes*carrots*cauliflower*tofu*spinach*kai lan*butternut squash*onion*
*apple*pear*banana*apricot*kiwi*papaya*
*oatmeal cereal*brown rice*white rice*banana and apple muesli*

Hmm.. not too bad for a 8 mth old..

I'M A SUPERSTAR!!

SOOOOO CUTE!!!

We just could not stop laughing at how adorable the Princess looks with the shades that we put on her at toys"r"us!!

Dinner with pals..

Went to dinner with the girls at this somehow "ulu" bottle tree park with quite a decent environment but darn high priced and untasty food.

Oh well, the main point of this meet up was a gathering with the girls for a reunion dinner of "lou hei".. So I guess all else doesn't matter...
And one more thing to add, the air conditioning was REAL strong...
Goodness!! I think that will be out first and last time to that place.

TOTO CRAZE

I have decided to try going back to work and leave the care of Princess to my helper, Tini.
Told hubby that will see if it works out fine.
And I think I need some space of my own for a short period.
Have been really short and bad tempered for quite long and I think I really need a breather.
I am starting to hate myself for being so impatient with both my girl and family.

So going back to work might just do the trick.

On the other hand, I have been forking out some $$$ to buy toto with dreams of striking so that I will not have to go back to work and slog like a cow.
I don't need to be a billionaire but hopefully strike enough to last me 3 years without a job so that I can stay home and concentrate taking care of the little one without worrying about $$.

PLS LET ME STRIKE!!! I REALLY NEED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tumble Tots

Leia was thrilled with all the gym tools that tumble tots had and I was thrilled and excited too as this was the first time I am meeting the mummies from the SMH June thread.
Its all like a mystery unfolding cos I have never met any mummies from that thread before even though we have exchanged advices with each other for about 6 months.
And it was real fun to be around babies of the same month as the Princess.




Daddy get to participate too!!
Get together time!!

Leia in the tunnel. Mummy is so proud of her as she crawled all the way out just to see me on the other side. This tunnel actually helps to encourage her to be independent and rid of all fears.


2 of Leia's friends..

My mystery friend that I talk to on msn. Michele. She looks so much prettier in real person..

Zoo

Brought the little one to the zoo for the first time last friday.

Have been meaning to post earlier but came down with the nasty cough again and the cough mixture that the doc prescribed me seriously knocked me out every night!!

Well, tonight I decided to give the med a miss and do some serious postings :)

Finally!

The first family pic that when we arrived at the zoo.. Princess just couldn't take her eyes off the birds!!

The Polar bears are going back to their real home.. So Sad..We hope that Leia gets to see the Polar Bears before they leave the zoo for the Antartics.Look at how small the liitle one is besides the Polar Bear.

Lunch..

Little One pretty knocked out..

I'm so confused

Today hubby asked me if I was willing to be a full time mother to our little one and consider not going back to work till she is about 3.

I am so confused right now as one part of me feels so happy but the other part of me feels so lost.
Happy cos my husband is very supportive of the idea that I should really spend quality time with our girl at least for the first 3 years of her life.
Lost cos it will mean that I will be out of job for 3 years and money will be tight and I will no longer spend like I used to and kind of scary to be out of touch with the society for some time. But mostly its the lost of my "kind of high" income that I am more worried about as our new house will be ready in about 2-3 years time.
So money will be real important but I also have to keep in mind that my time with my girl for her first 3 years will be so precious that no amount of money can be compared with.

I am sooooo confused!!!!!

As to why hubby would have the sudden decision was because something scary happened yesterday again!!

Tini(my maid that will be taking care of Leia when I go back to work), somehow caused Leia to drop backwards and lifted her two legs up into the air, which I DUNNO WHY, got her neck bended 45 degrees backwards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This whole incident which I "luckily" did not witness was seen by my hubby and mother in law.
Both of them HAD such a shock of their life.

The Princess cried so badly and loud that I ran out of the bathroom with just a towel wrapped around...

Can u imagine the shock and heartache that I felt?!
What is the right choice? :(

"GONG XI FA CAI"

What a tiring and hectic week!!

This is the Princess first Chinese New Year and 'boy' it definitely was tiring for not just hubby and me but also our little one!!

She must be so excited by all the visiting and outdoor trips that she lost sleep over all these activities.

"She actually has DARK EYE CIRCLES around her EYES!!!!!!"
I really must let her catch all her sleep starting from today!!

All her routine is all mixed up.. POOR baby..




CNY Day 1


Pics of her with her great grandma..







We took a break on CNY Day 2 and went relatives visiting for hubby's side.
Did not take any pics tat day as all his relatives stayed within walking distances!!
Haha.. Sooo lazy to shoot..



Went to mom's hse on CNY Day 3.
Brought my in laws there too and both Fiona and Jesline came visiting too with their precious darlings of course!!

Valentine's Day officially ended about 30 mins ago.

Spend this day with 2 good friends and 2 other precious babies together with my daughter.
Had wanted to take a picture as this was both Leia's and Marcus's first Valentine's Day but such a simple chore proved to be such a difficult task as my girl was screaming her lungs out all the while she was awake.

And when she finally settled down, she had fallen asleep. So Sad, no pics to post!!!!

Being married for 5 years and now with a 7 mths old baby, both my hubby and I are no longer in the "honeymoon" period.
This is just another ordinary day to us.

I finally spring cleaned my wardrobe!!!

I have so many clothes that they toppled down every time I open the cabinet... :p
Not that I have too many clothes, its just that I have clothes for the four seasons which i need when I am overseas.
I also have clothes that I wore when I was preggie with Leia , I also have clothes for post pregnancy and now I have new clothes as I am not able to fit into my XS clothes liao!!!!!!!!!!

SO CAN U IMAGINE MY WARDROBE!!!!!!
TOTAL DISASTER!!

So today I finally am able to clear all the mess and pack clothes that I do not need and unable to wear..

I am so happy to get this done before Chinese New Year but wat a bad headache I got from all these packing!!

Solo pixs with our little one!!

The little crying Angel..

Hee hee.. You can see how angry she was when we put on the angel wings on her!! Cos she is no angel kid!!!

She is a real "chilli padi".

Happy Family

Our Family Portrait

My Lovely Princess!!

"BA LU KU"!!

One of my worst fears happened!!

The little Princess fell from the bed today. I should not have left her to sleep on my bed.
I should not have relied on my maid to keep a lookout for her while I went to shower..

Sometimes I am just too trusting but I also have to take some responsibility for her fall. I should not have left her on my bed knowing that she is such a fast crawler liao.

"Mummy is so sorry, baby :( "

I will never leave u alone again..