Chapters of My Life

I am TWO!!

2009-07-19T08:27:00.000-07:00

Princess has turned 2! And its a low key birthday for granny just passed away, all my paternal side relatives cannot celebrate with her. So mummy dearest cooked a sumptous dinner for daddy's family instead :)

It was a day packed with lots of activities. Morning there's lesson at Julia Gabriels afterwhich we met up with Aunty Lisa for lunch and pasteries at Cova which serve yummy cakes & sandwiches. Then its grocery shopping!

Menu fit for 8 diners-
1. Prawns with saltd egg yolk
2. Honey roast chicken wings
3. Bean Curd with pork floss
4. Traditional Miso Soup

I would say it was a success! Too bad no picture as proof. haha.
My FIL love the soup & prawns. And I made my hubby proud :)
100 brownie points!

The main hero - a Barney birthday cake from Prima Deli!

And the highlight of the night - kaira got drunk!
She drank 2 big sips of green tea &volka mixwhich soon got her so high and lobster red that she did a dance on the bed. hahahaaa

Thank god there's no hangover next day.

Invisible friend

2009-07-17T09:31:00.000-07:00

Yes daddy is very sure, 100% confirmed, there's another 'thing' in the room. And only visible to princess!

She has been acting strange since 2-3 weeks back and nighttime is my nightmare. Really.
Try getting woken up from sweetdreams in the middle of the each night by sharp screaming. And not once but twice! Once at 2.45am & another at 6plus am. Its a blessing I am now helping out in the family business, otherwise I would be on no-pay leave straight!

Princess refused to let us switch off the lights at night and only willing to shut-eye aft 12am.
Sigh. I do, really, need advice from higher beings...time to sought my faith.

老师早安！

2009-07-17T09:09:00.000-07:00

Ok mummy has not been diligent enough to update your blog weekly. My excuse is too emotionally and phsically drained at age 31. It's no joke raising a young one in your mid-life.

Princess has started class at Julia Gabriels (located @ Evans road) and *cross fingers* things has been so far so good :) She really enjoys the musical part aka singing & clowning... and I beleve she's the only kid in class to know how to sing Twinkle Little Star full version! haha

The funny thing is, princess can't form a sentence yet able to sing a full song! Is that music genius or wat?! Mmm Vanessa Mae or Sun Ho? haha I shall dream my little dream...

Gosh I've sidetracked too much. Back to lessons. Her 1st lesson commenced on 4th Jul, Sat. As its biligual class, there's 2 mandarin female teachers & 2 english teachers (1 male & 1 female). And there's already activity! Aahhh... such fun! Not sure abt Princess, I totally enjoyed myself! Its like walking down memory lane...forgotten childhood.

Hurt by hot water - 2days ago

2009-07-03T09:26:00.000-07:00

I knew something like this will happen - getting scalded by hot water ,has always been my 1st worry. Little Kaira loves hanging out in the kitchen and loves playing with pens and plates... I really am not in great shock when my in-laws break the news to me.

As usual, I never get to witness kaira's getting-in-trouble act. I was out jogging around neighbourhood and within this short span of 40mins, she has to get herself into shit. SIGH SIGH SIGH. We have this hot flask which we will bring to our room everynight to make her mik. SO my smart-ass and kind FIL put it at the low table in the living room for our convenienced. Who knows little Kaira took to playing with the flask when NO single pair of eyes were watching her (beats me. when u gota be in shit u gota be in shit)...PRESSO! She's crying like a slaughtered pig.

Lucky its not serious like 3rd degree burnt but its serious enough to leave a mark on her chest. And lucky the hot water didnt flow fast enough to get into her throat. It dribbled down her chest instead.

Hope this will teach her a lesson not to play with flask.

Ringggggggggggggggg! Class starting!

2009-07-03T09:14:00.000-07:00

Yippy Kaira is starting her 1st lesson tomorrow @ Julia Gabriel - Sat 4July (wow US independence day). Located at Evans, it has a peaceful atmosphere with lots of greenary. Perfect way to embrace nature for little ones...I even spotted a cute squirrel on my trip to register her! A sweet surprised.

I'm not sure if she will gel with the rest of the kids and her reactions to many little ones for 2 full hours... this is THE big test to find out whether she has mummy's outgoing nature OR daddy's reserved attitude. haha

Terror 2!!

2009-06-18T10:13:00.000-07:00

She has become soooo impossible lately that I have to use my secret weapon - cane! It's powess is simply god-ly that even a dragon is not it's match! haha

Princess has turned into a little terror scaring everyone with her tantrum and her loud crying. It really gets on everyone's nerves! Even my almighty MIL has been defeated. I hear the impatience in her voice on countless occasions. Trust me, there is a limit to everything, including love.

Her routine these days - good morning ard 9.30am, nap ard 2pm, visit to the playground ard 5-ish, goodnight ard11.30pm!! Little one is picky in everything, from food to clothes to what cds to watch such butter breadm 1/2boiled egg & cheese as opposed to porridge; Dora the Explorer, Barney, Hi-5 as opposed to reading a book or OKTO programmes. Oh her fave top is this purple T-shirt with a rabbit print from Bonds. Actually she does look pretty in it. Her greatest love is Bubbles! Oh how she loved those blow-bubble toy. She can get on it for hours!

15.06.2009

2009-06-18T09:46:00.000-07:00

The day my maternal granny passed away.
The day of judgement for the family.
The day I realised the meaning of "Family".
The day I (changed my mind) decided to give Princess Kaira a sibling.
The day I vow to give my parents my 100% TLC and undivided attention.

Most importantly, this is the day I grew up and learned new things.

Slave to my princess!!

2009-04-13T08:31:00.000-07:00

Just back from a 5days trip to Miri, visiting my sis and a good get together for the kids. And I SURVIVED!!! Well THEY definately lurve the place! Here's the overview of the 5days timeline:-

Breakfast
Marketing/Buy educational cds
Lunch
Home for kids afternoon nap
Playground time
Dinner
Bedtime

There's so many playgrounds and some are with really nice scenary! We even caught a pretty rainbow!

During this trip, I am enlightened. Life with 1 kid still paint a rosy picture. Trust me. Wait till you see 弟弟 Leo. He drive me nuts with his parroting (repeating his gor gor action or words), and keeps whining the whole time! He's such a bad influence that my princess also became a parrot. arrrghhhhh

The happiest people are the little kids. And we, the parents, are slave to our kids.

Bing Bang Pong

2009-03-31T08:57:00.001-07:00

Another record of the month. Princess had 2 falls back-to-back in the month of March.
The 1st, surprisingly, leaves no mark on her except the cut from the broken Jade bangle. However the 2nd fall which is not as bad as the 1st left a baluku on her forehead.

Anyway 跌了才会大

A B C ...Z!

2009-03-31T08:55:00.000-07:00

My princess so clever...she can sing the full song of ABC! Too Bad mummy doesnt know how to upload voice recording onto this blog.

Another Fall

2009-03-21T08:16:00.000-07:00

Princess scared the daylight out of me this evening. Once again no one saw how she fell. All we heard was the clank sound of her jade bangle hitting the floor. Its broken into 2 pieces and thank god she's ok. As usual she's like a monkey climbing every sofa and true to mummy's prophecy - kaira fell down the bloody high chair. The broken jade tore her skin and it was bleeding. And she was wailing non stop. Gosh kaira can really whine and seek attention. Well girls have every right huh.

Anyway am sure this wont be the last of it. She's so tom-boy!

Oh I missed out on her naughty act. Now that she's learning to write, she has put her markings on the 3-seater yellow sofa, our white wall and herself! She will doodle on her legs and arms and come to you saying "Orh". It can be endearing and yet exasperating!

At least she's afraid of the rubber band - mummy's weapon! haha.

2009-03-06T07:26:00.000-08:00

Really mummy should be more diligent in updating this blog. Its meant to note down the little bits of info in princess life...And many things did indeed took place.

1st there was princess getting herself injured again. A pretty little scar on her chin which looks like a cleft chin, caused by the branches in the front yard. Hell bent on getting the broom hidden behind 2 potted plants, she is the caused of her "disfigurment".

Then a U.S friend came for a 3 weeks visit and was busy bringing them island hopping for yummy food. Princess was acting like a big Sister to her 18month son - Kilik. Yes she loves kids but mummy is not ready for another baby bro or sis....not financially, not emotionally, no no no.

And now Kaira is going for her 1st trip out-of-Singapore! We got a wedding invitation from FIL brother who is marrying off his son (I thinkg, and who cares). So tomorrow we are jet-setting of to Fu Yong and staying overnight. Well I hope its gonna be fun cos its no fun packing for a family of 3 that has a kid!

Gosh can I tow the whole house along??

2009-02-17T08:28:00.000-08:00

What's Princess favourites children songs? 客人来 and 三轮车. And the all time fave - Happy Birthday! Managed to record her singing 三轮车. Totally out of tune and hilarious! Too bad mummy still have not figured how to upload onto the blog...but rem to ask mummy for it when you grow up yeah.

2009-02-15T07:08:00.000-08:00

SO proud princess can rattle off numbers 1 to 10.
Kudos to those educational vcds...loved them.

Well her craze lately is Barney...Hi 5 please "siam"

Ace Boy

2009-02-15T06:35:00.001-08:00

Lately we have discovered a magic word when it comes to getting princess to do our bidding.

Its Ace Boy.

Its the name of the dog at my granny's place which princess fear. Alot. I mean yes it not healthy to scare kids like that but hey! if its effective in getting her to sleep, to drink milk, or not do something annoying, what the hell, anything goes!

2009-01-17T17:19:00.000-08:00

Yes mummy is lazy. Let me redeemed myself - super tired. Most of the night I would loved to stay up late and do my stuff like blog/read/make jewellery/surf BUT I'll be in dreamland together with my darling. sigh. Once you reach certain age, you just cannot ignore the fact your body isnt in its prime condition.

And princess has gone through soooo much that I'm fishing in my brain to see what I've missed for this blog...Besides the fact that she is so show-off and talkative, she's definately tall for toddler her age - standing at 83cm at 18mths. Kids her age is usually around 80cm max. However (according to Dr YY Yip) she is abit on the low side for her weight. It should be over 11kg but gasp! princess is only 10.6kg.

Yes I am lazy mummy. My teaching her to read/do things are spurs of moments only because I saw how much my little nephew, Leo (who is 40days older than kaira), has progressed. Talk about boys being slower than girls - This is so not the case. Therefore when kaira 1st showed signs of speech progression, I immediately taught her to say 'O-PEN'. Why 'O-PEN'? Well she loves playing with utensils. And off the record, she has broken 3 items in the kitchen and 1 of them is my MIL fave bowl. OK back to the origin - Its kinda pissing your kid is always pushing things into your face and screaming her head off. What the hell do I know what she wants? Or she points at at a bottle and when you passed it to her she starts screaming. Duh?! So I started off saying -"Kaira what do you want?" Then she will duly replied "penn". Which gramathically is wrong. So not the ideal parenting. It took me only 1 day tutorial so get her on the right track. ha ha. Smart girl.

I've recorded some speech events which is the highlight of her growing up - kaira version of 'O-PEN' and her make-no-sense-chatting/singing.

OK backtrack to 2008 Christmas.
Well kaira has gotten her 1st watch! A wonderful gift from Aunty Elizabeth. The rest are the usual like clothings, $$$, pamper, toys...

1st laptop (from uncle HaiHwa)

AND some of my fave pic of her...

scared scared

2008-12-14T20:40:00.000-08:00

怕怕. That's princess favourite word. Every single little things she will say scared scared. Ask her we go visit Nova gor gor & Leo gor gor, she will pat her chest & say 怕怕. Ask her where's gong gong, she will pat her chest & say 怕怕.

Basically she's just getting the thrill out of saying cos we will give her attention. She just want to be the centre of everyone's attention.

2008-12-13T17:12:00.000-08:00

Ok daddy is getting insecured about princess kaira. She's too sweet & pretty that boys are approaching her & giving her a kisss on the lips! She has lost her virgin kiss to a stanger officially last week at Plaza Singapura, outside the Make-A-Bear shop. We were waiting for daddy from his loo break and browsing outside the shop....suddenly this young punk (ard 5 or 6 years old) appear out of nowhere, saw princess kaira and smooch her on the lips! It was too sudden & too fast for mummy to react. Really not mummy's fault ok. After the act, Mr young punk ran off! The horrified thing was, princess kaira chased after him!!!!!!!

Shortly after that episode, princess kaira's modesty was outraged again. This time at Toa Payoh Central HDB Hub, right outside NTUC. We brought her to this virtual game mat where games will appear on the floor for you to play by stepping on it (such as pop corn game, snooker, ball car, etc). So we were there minding our own business then this little boy (age ard 2plus) approached her & wanted to hug her. OK hug we are fine. SO we just let him. But THAT hug became a peck on the forehead! Sensing something wasnt right, we quickly approach him and at the same moment, this kid was doing the kisss-the-lip act. You can tell man! Luckily daddy stopped it in time.

So I've concluded princess kaira has 桃花运. Good lukc to daddy. He will have a hard time in the future...

Our Bedtime story

2008-12-04T07:40:00.000-08:00

my favourite time with little princess is bedtime. We get our own concert performance! She will sing along with mummy to songs like row row row your boat, mary has a little lamb, 三轮车，小手拉小手，小老鼠，twinkle twinkle little star, little john. Its our bedtime ritual after she took her milk.

Daddy? He's the only listener and mummy is sure he enjoys our singing as much as we enjoy it.

2008-11-24T07:19:00.001-08:00

My FIL told us princess Kaira has a penchant for english language. She picks up faster and her spoken vocab is mainly english based such as bubble, mommy, daddy, star, "pen" aka Open and those mentioned in the earlier blog. Considered all of us speak to her mostly in mandarin, am surprised she's more comfortable in english. Her recent addict is Hi5! And those educational vcd like Baby can Read series.

2008-11-24T06:46:00.001-08:00

wow my last update was 2months ago! Ok mummy has been real busy with her moonlighting. Its an online jewellery business (all DIY pieces done by mummy) which I've yet to launch ;p Still underway...

Mmm princess kaira is 16 months this Nov 19th and only one BIG word to describe - SUPER NAUGHTY!! Ok make that 2 words. She's strong-willed (aka bad temper,stubborn), impatient and "en orh". And boy does she knows face reading! When your tone is harsher or display displeasure, she will immediately "switched" to a smiling face and try to make up for her wrong-doings by give you a kiss. When she wants me to carry, I'll ask her to say "bao1 bao1" and she just refused. She will wailed to get her way. Sigh.

When she's not showing her "evil twin sister" Kaira can be really sweet. Look at the picture! Such an angel....shhh its the devil's horns hidding underneth those pony tails!

Angelic Kaira
Evil twin sister!

Aiyo she's going to get out of hand! My FIL temper & spoilt by my MIL. Not sure which is the lesser evil... Definately going to buy cane & place them at every corner of the house. She's a boy's soul in a girl's body. That's it! Am stopping at 1.

another baluku

2008-09-26T10:27:00.000-07:00

seem the only time i update this blog is when my princess hurt herself. Well she did it again.
This time is all in the name of love.

well mummy wasnt around cos was busy running errands for the next exhibition at expo this weekend. Daddy was incharged of princess at granny's plc (both of us was on leave for a family day). OK so why was love the culprit?! Well its seemed princess wanted to play with Leo gor gor and both were so sweet hugging each other when Leo lost his balance....both toppled over with kaira being the sandbag....well and the end-result = kaira hitting on her head. Thankgod & to console ourselves, her baby doctor just confirmed her skull has hardened.

2008-09-14T08:42:00.000-07:00

ok mummy gota admit am pretty anal about princess kaira getting enough sleep.
I will be pissed if princess is not getting at least 10 hours of sleep each night cos she will throw tantrum the next day. And my PIL will suffer.

And to make matters worse, my MIL will give in to her every whims!

sigh. Time to buy cane.

lets call for celebrations!

2008-08-25T06:55:00.001-07:00

haha my little princess FINALLY FINALLY walked!
Exactly at 12pm on 23 Aug 08, she took her 1st few punny steps. It was a hilarious scene for she was screaming with outstretch arms while taking few precious steps towards me & daddy.

Here's a clip. Enjoy!

ra-ra

2008-08-25T06:40:00.000-07:00

my hubby always says am a proud mummy. How can I not be?!
At 12month, my darling princess already know how to say her own name! Although its not very sharp & clear, you definately know she is calling herself - ra-ra.

...like jungles to mummy's ears! keke

talk Vs walk

2008-08-21T07:05:00.000-07:00

ok princess Kaira is a late bloomer in walking. Leo gor gor started walking exactly at 12months! But my princess can only stand un-aided. sigh. But talk she winner! She can even say her own name!

Think I should start her 1st 100 words compilation. Mmm....at 13th months, her baby dictionary includes - papa, mama, car, ball, bear, duck, kaira, nana (loosely translate as banana), there, no more, ne-ne (loosely translate as milk).

how's that huh!

granny's cure

2008-08-03T08:43:00.000-07:00

Recently discovered some unorthodox methods for curing illness.

Fever: use 白米酒 to dap the accupoints ie; the neck & forehead.
Likewise drink lots of sugar water & NO milk.
Flu/cough: apply tea tree oil on sole of feet & cover with socks.
NO fish.

Well believer it or not, these does work.

love love love

2008-07-29T07:50:00.000-07:00

Love is a BIG word. Really. I do not fully comprehand this word until I become a mum. I never ever imagine I am capable of giving such love until I turn one. Love in the diguise of sacifice, of patience, of endurance, of strength and of bravery. Well this I discovered lately (rather 2 days back) when Princess Kaira was down with flu. Seeing how much discomfort she was going through, especially at night, that I did the unthinkable - sucking the mucus out from her nose.

And yes I will do it again.

This has made me appreciate my own parents more.

My 1st Birthday

2008-07-26T10:18:00.000-07:00

Finally THE day has arrived, after much anticipation. 1st birthday so gota make it a grand affair, no less. We ordered buffet from uncle Elaric (famous for his mee siam, curry puff & salad prawn..yummy) and 2kg birthday cake from eCake (located at woodlands). Well the cake looks nicer than it taste...what to expect at such a steal - $82 include delivery.

The invite list - family and close friends.

The loot - ang bao from family & gifts from friends (clothes & toys).

Leo the culprit

2008-07-26T09:55:00.000-07:00

gosh! Princess Kaira has fallen sick TWICE this month! 1st round is self medication for it's just simple fever (still duno what caused it). And now its HIGH fever bordering at 38-39 degree! All thanks to Leo gor gor...got the flu bug from him on wed when they played together and it magnifested into fever, flu & cough. Well I guess this is what they say about playgroup. The kids take Q number to fall sick. Inevitable. So mummy rushed back from work to bring Princess visit the crazy doc. Good gracious it was a short visit and me & my MIL were spared the toruture of listening to more crap from him.

So poor mummy gota sarifice her sleep and monitor princess throughout the night...anyways just had the fever pill inserted into her arsehole.

The damaged = $48 (from daddy's pocket)

caught in the act!

2008-07-14T08:01:00.000-07:00

ok my reaction wasnt anger, rather I find the whole scenario comical. Ofcos for education purpose, I put on a stern look and reprimented her... ;p

growing up...11 month!

2008-07-12T08:23:00.000-07:00

what can princess kaira do at 11 month?! ah. The little rascal is learning to walk! Ok not exactly walk walk. Just standing un-aided on her own and with a little bait. Doing great. Slow but steady.

Beside her non stop rambling (yes can forsee a VERY talkative girl in class. Boy am gonna be busy going for teacher-parent session), she is also practising her 一指功. Up down here there this that.

Mmm...lets check out her development list :
Say mummy/daddy, ne-ne (milk), ball, woh-woh
Recognise family members as who-who
Express likes (Ling-ling, Yakult, Grapes, Ball, kids & Soup)/dislikes (sudden sound, milk, barking dogs, males)
Nodding head (rather body)
Shaking head
Knowledge of fruits - lemon, orange, grapes, strawberry
Knowledge of body parts - ear, nose, eyes, mouth

Guess that's about it. Actually not alot huh.

As for her personality, there are streaks of stubborness/preserverance. Don't see her fierce fierce, but she's actually pretty timid. Aeroplane, balloon, sudden noise/sound (like fart), dog barking...these will make her cry. She is so 姑娘.

Sweet Angel vs Little Devil

2008-07-12T07:51:00.000-07:00

the hairclip look is sooooooo girl!! My little princess has grown up...

MEN-struation

2008-07-03T08:48:00.000-07:00

my FIL had his menstruation. And trust me its not gonna be the last of it.
Really he's a crazy old man. He got mad at my MIL cos she shouted at him for playing eagle & hen game on the stairway with Kaira.

Common, playing at staircase??!! Is he out of his mind??!!

What happened next was a family meeting. Agenda? About how stressful looking after a kid was, cannot everything leave it to the 2 old people to do, everyone gota do his/her part in the household chores, how the monthly allowance wasn't enough....the list went on. I was really pissed but I didn't commented/rebuted for I promised hubby I'll keep my mouth shut. "Just let the o'man have his piece". BUt some of the thing which the o'man said was pretty ugly that hubby also cannot ta han. So the brothers had a meeting and decided on 2 things - up the monthly allowance to 2.2 grand and I will bring Kaira over to granny's place every Friday. So now she gets to visit her maternal grandparents and all the aunties/uncles 3 times per week! (Wed, Fri & Sun)

hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha

See who has the last laugh!!!

Fun @ fidgets (22 Jun 2008)

2008-06-25T08:03:00.000-07:00

2008-06-09T23:42:00.000-07:00

oh did I mention my princess adore watching news? Well actually its the newscaster that she love. The top on the list is Ch8 Good Morning Singapore Miss QiQi. How do I put them in words... Its like love at 1st sight...pure joy.

Gosh I need to find QiQi's pictures and enlarged it. So incase of those under-the-weather situation, tah dah! QiQi to save the day!

2008-06-08T09:22:00.000-07:00

My princess just took her virgin trip on Saturday, 7th Jun 2008. Daddy and princess visited me at my work place (happened to be Singapore Expo cos Mummy was helping out at the Motherhood Fair). SO wat trip was it? Actually its her 1st MRT and Bus ride. keke.

Being the pampered Singaporean kids of present time, there's hardly a chance for princess kaira to go on a bus ride or train ride since there's the luxury of a car.

Well with the success of her virgin public trip, there's more in the pipeline.

Leo Gor Gor Turn 1 year-old!!

2008-05-30T20:17:00.000-07:00

Decided to put my artistic flair into use and made my little nephew his 1st bday present :)

Well it only took me 30mins to complete. 是美的lor.

So proud of my art piece.

Some updates

2008-05-22T06:14:00.000-07:00

Its been more than 2 weeks since my last input... and it has been really exciting! For one, princess kaira took her very 1st studio shot! And I love those pics! My godma needed a model for her baby road show in June so my princess have to "sacrifice" for the good cause. keke. Actually this is the 1st time we manage to catch her smiling so brilliant on film...proudly showing off her 2 front teeth. And she has made me a happy mummy :)

2ndly, I think she has made all the grannys happy too! As it was Mother's Day on 11th May, mummy took the opportunity to use Kaira as the focus for making the mother's day card. Mummy used kaira's foot to imprint on the card and then drew a flower on it. Well due to limited time & resources, it was the best mummy can do... but mission accomplished!

Me & my Nova gor gor

2008-05-05T00:27:00.000-07:00

My nephew, Nova is in town for 2months. Although he's here, his mum (my sis) and younger brother, Leo, are still in Malaysia. So during this period, my mum will looked after him.

When princess kaira 1st saw him, she was sooo happy! My princess is definately NOT boy-craze. She just loves dogs and little children. Just like she adored her little uncle, 4 year-old Bryan. She will start chatting to them in her baby language, looked at them with big adoring eyes and spread out her hands, wanting to hug them.

So sweet right? I also say.

ahem. 1 2 3.....DO RE ME FA SO LA TI DO

2008-05-02T01:49:00.000-07:00

8.30pm.

Lights out.

Pass me the milk please.

Ok Mummy is going to start her solo concert! Is the audience ready???

(Kaira, please open your mouth for the milk)

1,2,3 GO!

hehe this is my routine for princess everynight. And my audience - princess Kaira & poor daddy. They have been hearing the same old songs every single night for the past 3 months ;p

I decided to set a routine for princess for it helps to prepare her for sleeptime. And frankly it works. Everytime I'll set her down on the pillows, with milk in hand and I'll sing to the song - DO RE ME from "Sound of Music". She will open her mouth, suck her milk and slowly drift off.

So poor daddy, in the meantime, will have to endure til princess kaira grows older and need not require mummy to pat her to sleep.

monkey see monkey do

2008-04-29T07:14:00.003-07:00

the other day i was trying to find things to keep Princess occupied for she was in one of her cranky moods (lack of sleep definately). After ransacking her cupboard, I found a plastic cup. To entertain her I decided to make some echo sound at the opening of the cup.

Surprise surprise. Being a curious girl, Princess snatched the cup from my hands and started imitating the same sound! Disbeliving it, I tried the trick again. And she repeated the action.

By then I was laughing my head off.

She ain't heavy she's gona be a model

2008-04-21T19:31:00.000-07:00

Princess is now at 74cm tall and weigh 8.5kg and at 9 months-old. 3 more months to 1 year-old!
Mmm lets see where should I order her cake? What design? What flavour?

Aiyo such difficult decision! headache...

things looking good

2008-04-20T06:24:00.001-07:00

Its been consecutively 2 weeks that we dumped Princess at my granny's place and head straight to the theatre for our couple bonding (or should I say 3-hour getaway?). And it seems this move has help improved princess relationship with my maternal side (aunties, granny, my own parents!). At least Princess does not wail or show displeasure when they want to carry her. However she does choose people such as NO-NO for 5th Uncle and 9th Uncle, luke-warm for my dad and 6th Aunt. She's pretty excited to see my little cousin tho', which is her 4-year-old Xiao Biao Jiu!

Not that am complaining that Princess is glued to both daddy and mummy, however its super sticky that we do need a breather! Especially during meals time...

So I guess this escapade will continue for as long as it last...

SHREK!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-04-18T07:46:00.000-07:00

Been wanting to post these cute little pictures of Princess with the Shrek ears. McDonalds was doing a promotion with the Shrek3 theatre launch last year and I purchased a pair of ears for charity at $2 each. I gave 1 to Bryan and the other I kept til now.

Princess looked so adorable wearing it and I think she secretly likes it! haa haa

Once we put it on her favourite Ling Ling (its short form of darling, named by my FIL for her Doo Doo plush tortoise) and she immediately took it off ling ling!! Ha ha she knows its her property and no one (not even her "best friend") can wear it!

My 1st Tooth

2008-04-16T07:49:00.000-07:00

I've contacted the 1st-timer-proud-mummy syndrome. I was so obsessed in getting a picture of my princess 1st tooth that I purposely made her cry so I can snap a quick pic of it! Call me crazy but I felt a great sense of accomplishment.

I believe she's one of the few fast little ones where their 1st tooth not only pops out at the bottom gum but at the top gum too! No wonder she had a hard time (3 days of fever!)

Oops I did it again

2008-04-13T03:22:00.000-07:00

I did mentioned in earlier posting that getting bruises is part and parcel of growing up. But it seems Princess is knocking herself up on a regular basis.

This time, she got herself a bruised left eye, on a Friday night. AND its under my PIL vigilent eyes! (apparently hit again the warerobe knob in my PIL room) ha ha ha. Not that I'm being evil here. Common, my FIL harshly reprimended us on her 1st fall. Blamed us for not dedicating 24-hour security watch on her. SO this time what happened to his 24-hour security watch?

I don't blame them for the accident for it will not be called accident right? [an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty; mishap].

What I cannot tahan is my FIL tried to turned the tables, voicing his concerned on princess safety at my granny's place. Said he's worried about her getting hurt and we need to be extra x3 at my granny's. Hey this is insulting man. My granny side also worried about whether Kaira is in good hands too under their care...

What can I say? What can I say?

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!

2008-03-31T07:02:00.000-07:00

Ok this is long overdue. By the time I post this, princess kaira knows how to clap her hands (loud and clear) for 2 weeks!

Now the 1st thing she does when she wakes up is clap clap clap her hands.
And when she's happy she will clap hands too. How clever!

Interesting when babies learn a new trick, they will practice and practice until perfection. Then they moved on to the next new trick. So now we are teaching her "bao bao" and "pah pah" (loosely translated as tummy full and scared, repsectively)...currently its more miss than hit (give wrong signal lah) haa haa

i need a break

2008-03-22T06:52:00.000-07:00

I seriously thought princess is going back to her normal self today considering her display of usual chirpy self yesterday evening. Her fever has subsided (last measured was 37.1 degree) and she's actually asking for food.

But alas, Rashes Outbreak!

Well its a good sign to have the breakout for it shows the toxic is being splurged out from her body (goodness gracious can a 8-month baby be THAT toxic?!). REALLY can someone take pity on mummy!!! I'm having serious serious lack of sleep for the past 3 nights and I was thinking to myself "Mmm..finally I can take a good break". sigh. My wishful thinking. She has been whinning throughout the night.... and by the break of dawn, she will only sleep on your shoulders!

To ease our mind (it looks like measles), we made another trip to the West Point clinic doctor (Dr Chuang) and the diagnosed is ROSEOLA aka Baby Measles. The symptom (usually) - 3 days high fever afterwhich the breakout of rashes. The cure - lots of water. The rashes will disappear within 2 days. The damage - $20.

Lesson #1: Never plan your day with a baby around. Let the baby plan your day.

So today mummy is stuck at home with a still-sick baby. There goes my Sunday. Please can someone come up with a Motherhood Survival Guide.

Psst: another child? gimme a break!

Docter doctor are you in?

2008-03-20T06:42:00.000-07:00

March is such a happening month.
1stly is the falling from the bed and now my princess has fallen sick.

Why must babies fall sick when they are spotting their 1st tooth?

That's precisely the reason for princess kaira's fever, throat and backside infection. Her fever was at a high of 38.5 degree when my parents-in-law brought her to the nearby Gek Poh Centre clinic. For 2 bottles of medication and 1 buttock cream, her medical bill sum up to $45! When did a trip to the doctor became so expensive? Damn the inflation.

She could barely eat, 1/2 her usual chirpy self and serious lack of sleep. During her ordeal, it was both physically and emotionally draining for the whole family. Everything that she used to like or enjoy has became her instant dislike. Like bathing, crawling and eating. She's in no mood for nothing! She whines, cry, show her displeasure at EVERY single opportunity! She refused to be put to bed no matter how tired and would only fell asleep on your shoulder while you carry her.

Seeing how the fever still persist, bordering between high of 37 and low of 38, we brought her to another doctor. This trip costed us $63! But the medication worked (thank god!). By doctor's order, princess lived solely on sugar-water (1 teaspoon of white sugar with 100ml of water). No plain water (for it will washed away her existing nutrients), no wheat, no milk, no solid, no nuts and bathe at least 3 times a day (my MIL was saying NO bathing! Bless the doc soul for his instructions). Basically she's on liquid meal all the way until her fever subside.

(the life saviour)

Princess has lost 3 kg out of this illness and what a way to spend the Easter Holiday! Unforgetable...

Well the best thing that came out of this bitter-sweet phase -> princess kaira 1st tooth has finally arrived! I spotted a jagged white edge on the gum surface...

I pray this stage will end quickly, hopefully over the next 2days or so (I need a good massage! Bangkok here I come....)

Ouch!

2008-03-16T21:28:00.000-07:00

My poor darling princess fell from the bed again.

And this time there's blood for she hurt her upper lip! * heart ache*

It happened at 7.15am on a supposedly-beautiful Sunday (16th Mar 2008). As usual she's being her crawly self and both daddy & mummy were super tired, so we didnt realised little mischevious princess was crawling towards the end of the bed (where its not protected!!). She woke us up from our grogginess with her loud cry.

This being her 2nd fall, we didn't panick but rather our reaction was - shit how to break the news to my in-laws...

The 1st time wasn't a pleasent experience thus both mummy & daddy schemed and agreed to tell white lies. Ha ha. Daddy cooked up a scenario saying princess hit her lips on the bed frame when she slipped while trying to stand. And they totally bought the story. *Phew*

My Haven

2008-03-14T06:06:00.000-07:00

Unbelivable. Its a 1st case I know (& its my very own household!) that uses an inflatable swimming pool (bought from Toy R Us for only $27.90) as a playpen!

Yes I do have a proper playpen at home which was a Baby Shower gift. And is now a white elephant collecting dust at the guest room.

To my in-laws, this swimming-poool-converted-playpen is the safest and sensible place to keep my princess safe without stringent supervision (trust me I've tried to persuade them to open the but they refused to use the playpen saying my little princess wont like it cos she'll feel claustrophobic. What rubbish.)

Anyways it seems likes a Haven to my little princess.
The bottomline is - whatever makes her happy.

pretty no more

2008-02-29T05:53:00.000-08:00

oh dear my princess face is scared!!!! All thanks to the blood-sucking mosquitoes!!
Its the whole family foe, forever and ever.

Who to blame?? the house that is not kept clean thus attracted the mosquitoes or the culprit - mosquitoe which has RIP.

Why do I say she is scared? It has been proven that an insect bite will leave it's mark for a long time on her skin, it will not heal :( (on her tighs and hands)

My poor princess....the Miss Singapore crown is yours no more. *sob*
Daddy & Mummy dream of becomming a "Xing Ma & Xing Pa" is burst...

Aint she a fast learner

2008-02-27T05:40:00.000-08:00

Did I mention my princess kaira knows how to suck on a straw?! Mmm when did we discover this...lets see...2 weeks back or even 3 perhaps. Not sure, but her favourite pasttime now is sucking on yakult. ha ha. Just stock up the fridge on it this evening.

I need to take a picture of her sucking from the little elephant water bottle, a present which aunty elaine gave for her 1st christmas in 2007... otherwise no more presents from aunty elaine in future!!

Psst: just captured this cute picture yesterday, 2 Mar at home... she's just a sucker for anything "fresh"

These knees are meant for crawling...

2008-02-24T20:38:00.000-08:00

My darling princess has finally learn how to crawl forward instead of backward!
Which also mean we need to exercise more caution when placing her on the bed...

A Momument day - 12 Feb 2008

2008-02-12T23:12:00.000-08:00

A day i'll never forget...it happened at night in our bedroom prolly ard 9.30pm. It was so fast both daddy & mummy is now still amazed at her speed....all it took was less than 20sec and *wham bang* she's on the floor! This is princess Kaira's very 1st fall... and I believe there's more the come lah.

Common, which kid grew up escaping a bump here & a knock there, right? Well I must admit mummy's heart nearly jump out upon seeing her face-down on the floor... 1st thought was "not on the face!!!" But thanks to lady lucky, guardian angel, whatever god there is, princess suffered only a minor bump on her left head.

So I guess besides her 1st bump, it was also her 1st day she migrated to sleeping on the floor. Guess w.e.f 12 Feb, she will be on her 1st step towards independence ie; sleeping alone.

Another 1st is princess 1st bite on french fries! All kids love it and she's no exception..& there's proof to it! haha We went to Relish restaurant with my mum, sis & her elder son, Nova together with daddy, mummy & Kaira. She took carrot soup, 4 big fat fries, bit of bread and 180ml of milk! What an eater..

Mirror Mirror on the wall who's the fairest of all?!

2008-02-10T23:01:00.000-08:00

I do believe my princess is a vain pox. She loveeeeeeeeeeeee looking into the mirror & talking to her own reflection!!! The video is THE proof...

This was taken at her 1st hotel stay @ Novotel on 3rd Feb 2008... mummy's 30th bday gift form 6th Auntie. Both mummy & daddy enjoyed the stayed tremendously...relaxed, peaceful and great way to family bonding :) looking forward to another hotel stay...

We found a way to distract & keep her entertained - get the princess a mirror! It works immediately.

"Shower of Blessing"

2008-01-07T00:04:00.000-08:00

managed to capture my princess doing this farney antic over the weekend..

Ever since she learned this trick (duno from who & where lah) she has been doing it at EVERY opportunity! When she opened her eyes 1st thing in the morning, at shopping centres, at BBQ... ok I must admit it has provided great entertainment to everyone :)

Loooved the way she do it..very professional! ha ha

Best part is, she can splatter & poo at the same time! My goodness!

special christmas 2007

2007-12-27T17:53:00.000-08:00

this year it's a special christmas for we hv an additional member - my little princess! altho' she may not understand what xmas is all about (lots of last minute shopping & empty pockets) its a good opportunity to show her off! haha

My princess has sweet little smile with dimples! combined with the most mesmerzing almond eyes...no wonder she's the centre of

attraction & compliments that day. And made her mummy & daddy proud! eeeaahhaaahahah

psst: princess kaira received more gifts than daddy that day! Poor daddy..