Seasons Of Life

My Precious Duo

2010-01-27T22:03:00.000+08:00

Dear Uncles & Aunties,
As Mimi turns 2 and with the arrival of Di Di, Mummy had done up a new blog for us so therefore future updates will be feature in the new blog. The new blog is http://www.mypreciousduo.blogspot.com/ . Do check it out :) and thank you very much for your visits all these while.

A Special Christmas

2009-12-25T11:20:00.011+08:00

This year's Christmas is very different to me and my family. No shopping for Christmas gifts, no walking down Orchard Road to enjoy the lighting and no Christmas party (for me only). But I have received the best Christmas gift God has given to me, and that is our son Abram. He arrived much earlier than expected and so far we are coping well with this new member. Naomi is enjoying the company of her brother and playing a good role as a sister. Below are the pictures of Abram.

25th Dec 09 : Merry Christmas everyone3rd Dec 2009 @ 0943
Naomi : Yeah I'm a Jie Jie now.
Abram & his ccccute sunglass Abram having his suntanAbram & Naomi

Can you tell which one is Abram???Answer is : The first and the last pic is Abram.

My new toy

2009-11-24T22:32:00.000+08:00

Today Mummy bought me a new toy. It was a coupe car ball pit from the brand Little Tikes. A few days ago she almost bought it online but because the shipment price cost more than the product itself so she didn't commit. Thank God she dropped by Toys"R"Us and saw it at half the price and now I'm sitting inside. Mummy said next time Abram can also play balls with me inside this car. Looking forward to it.

A short trip to the beach

2009-11-11T22:35:00.004+08:00

As the childcare center was down with 6 cases of HFMD and 1 case of chicken pox which the majority are from her playgroup class, I decided not to let Mimi attend this week. So Vincent and I had to take turn to babysit her because my in-law are having holiday in China now.

Today is my turn and I had taken three days of leave till Friday. I decided to bring her to Pasir Ris beach this morning as the weather seems good. It was only a short trip but the time was well spent. The beach was quiet and she enjoys the sand play. After that we had lunch at the Downtown East food court before heading home to avoid the rain that was on the way. Half way through the journey on the bus, she fall asleep.

I'm all ready to go
Enjoying her morning snack

Mimi turns 21 months ( 7th Oct 2009 )

2009-10-27T12:06:00.003+08:00

This was actually a belated post as I forgot to publish it.
My darling turns 21 months today and I bought a birthday day cake from Bakerzin for her. It's her favourite cheesecake. We had a mini celebration at my in-law house. We sang the birthday song and she ate up the cake happily asking for more.
When we reached home, her school bag which I ordered online has arrived after a long wait. So she got her second presents for the day. She loves the bag and strike a few poses for it. Finally she can go to childcare with a proper bag.

Looking earnestly at the cake

Mimi & Mummy
Yummy!! yummy!!

This bag belongs to Naomi

First visit to Polliwogs

2009-10-10T22:37:00.003+08:00

It's Saturday and Mummy decided to bring me to Polliwogs. It seems like a fun place from R&R blog. However early in the morning, it started to rain heavily and Mummy was considering whether to abort the trip. But first of all, we had to make a trip to a car garage cos Daddy's car tyre was flat before we can decide further. Thank God the rain stop after we went to the car garage and we stick on to Polliwogs. I fell asleep during the journey so Daddy & Mummy went to have their lunch at Burger King and I miss eating the french fries...:(

My entrance fees into the Polliwogs was cheaper than what Mummy had expected as I was under two and it cost $8 for one and half hour of play. Overall the place was nice and big even though much smaller in area as compare to Explorer Kids. It was also not very crowded and I get to try out every stations. My biggest challenge was to slide down the long red slide once by myself and the blue slide inside the ball pit several times. I was afraid to let go but at the same time felt the thrilled when I slide down. My favourite play was to sit on the swing and swing and swing.... Mummy said next time I can go to playground and do that without having to pay for it.
After Polliwogs, we had an ice-cream session and it was my first time eating ice-cream. Although I only pinched a bit as I was coughing but the experience definitely makes me wants to eat more.

At the garage
Where is my french fries???
Nice chair
Is that Daddy?

Guess what I'm eating?

Yummy ice-cream
Can't get enough of the slide
Self-improvise slide.

Latern Festival Celebration

2009-10-03T23:20:00.000+08:00

Part 1: Day 2 at School
Today was the 2nd day Mimi went to school. She was a bit tired in the morning and woke up late. I was worried at first that there might be some resistance but to my surprise she was very cooperative and looks forward going to school. Vincent drove us there and I parted with her outside her classroom. She sensed that I was leaving and cling onto me. Her teacher came over and carry her into the class and she put up struggles. I quickly hide behind the window to see what's going to happen.....A few seconds went by and I didn't heard any crying. I peeked again into the class and saw that the teacher was still carrying her and she was observing her friends playing. What a relief. I took the opportunity to went out of the campus for my breakfast with Vincent before returning back to stay there for the rest of the day.

When I came back, I saw that the teachers are preparing them for a walk around the campus with their lanterns. I then heard a familiar voice crying which I suspect was Mimi. I couldn't see clearly as I was hiding right at the end of the corridor. The crying lasted for a few minutes only.
After a while I saw her happily carrying her lantern going for the walk.
Afternoon was another crying episode for her as she refuses to nap. Eventually I step in to pat her and she was so tired that within few minutes, she was snoring away.

From my two days observation, I thank God that she is able to adapt to the new environment easily and take instructions from the teachers very well. She is sociable and enjoys group activities with her classmate. She is also very independent when comes to munching times as the teachers feedback that she got very good appetite. Ha ha what a compliment!
I hope that next week she can cope by herself on a full day basis as I won't be there to observe.

Getting ready to go school

My Hello Kitty lantern

My new friend

Why are you taking my picture?
Strike a poseWaiting to set off for the walkMimi & her Hello KittyNapping sweetly

Part 2: J3:16 Lantern Festival Fellowship

In the evening, our cell members came over to our place for the lantern festival celebration. We had potluck at the playground downstairs our flat. The children had great fun and the adults enjoy the fellowship. We thank God that the drizzling stop and the weather was cooling.

Wow! what a wide spread of food
My aeroplane lanternMimi & Issac
Uncle Desmond & ReyesQueuing for the lantern light up
Ashley & Deborah
My FamilyJ3:16 Family

Mimi 1st day of School

2009-10-01T22:15:00.006+08:00

Today was Naomi 1st day at the childcare. We reached there around 8.30am just in time for breakfast. She was excited about going to school so we had no problem getting her into the school upon arrival. At the breakfast table, she helped herself to the food and then started to explore the place. She seems comfortable and not afraid of strangers at all. After breakfast there was a combine singing session for all the groups. Her anxiety started to show and refused to participate and wants me to hug her. I stayed closed to her and when the group breaks up, I tried to let her join her group. She started crying and the teacher came to take over. As usual she struggled and cried for quite a while about ten minutes. The teacher carried her and try distracting her with toys and conversation. Eventually she settle down and slowly begin to accept the fact that Mummy has left. The whole morning I was like a thief sneaking around the center trying to see how she was coping. I will be hiding outside the classroom, outside the toilet or outside the canteen. A couple of times she caught me in the act and called out " Mummy, Mummy" and I had to quickly do a disappearing act. After lunch, I "appeared" and bought her home. I was pretty satisfied with her performance today as she only cried once and the rest of the morning, she was very attentive and seems to enjoys the day. I thanked God that she is prepared mentally about going to school and doesn't reject the idea. I think earlier preparation work also plays a very important part for a child so that she can expect what is going to school all about. I hope next week she will be able to cope by herself.

7.15am and still sleeping
7.45am Mimi is going to school
Enjoying her breakfast
Trying to join in the group.
Two anxiety look kids

Where is Mummy?"Is that Mummy outside?"

Gym Time

Waiting for her lunch

It's party time

My present for Children's Day

Mimi is going to playgroup.

2009-09-27T16:12:00.004+08:00

After much considerations and selections, finally our Mimi is going to a playgroup on 1st October. We went to visit a couple of childcare centers at the Gombak and Hillview area. Some may wonder why in the West when we are staying in the North East. We did looked around our area but the options were not very attractive. So we extended our search to West and partly also because it was nearer to my in-law and Vincent's work area. The final decision was to enrolled her into http://www.cherieheartsgombak.com.sg/. The place was pretty impressive in term of spaciousness, cleanliness and not forgetting the tight security as it was located inside Mindef.
The teachers are young and full of energy. During my visit, I can see that the kids are happy and teachers are caring and gentle. Mostly importantly I find that Mimi likes the place because there was one particular childcare center that we visited and she didn't even want to step into. We really hoped that this arrangement will work out fine as Vincent and I had been praying about it for quite some time. And we feel that this childcare center is an answer from God because whether in term of environment or curriculum, it gave us a sense of peace when we decided to enrol her there. Right now we just want to pray that she will be able to adapt into this new environment without much difficulties and God's hand of protection to be with her especially her health and well-being when she started the programme.

Welcome Back

2009-08-31T19:22:00.000+08:00

Hi Aunties & Uncles, it has been more than two months without any update on this blog. Apologized for the MIA. Sorrrrry... Well during these MIA period, life was busy for everyone in the family. First of all, we moved over to Nai Nai's house somewhere last month. We had to make this moves as the domestic helper has left and the new wasn't here yet. Kind of a tedious process with lots of baggage to bring over (especially and mostly my stuffs). Mummy was exhausted during that period as she has to do OT at night after coming home from work and that was to look after the "princess". Overall she survives through the nights with washing of milk bottles, doing the laundry and most importantly spending time with me. She was glad that it reminds her not to be complacent and takes things for granted by leaving it all to the helper.

As for me, I was happy with the new environment. I made new friends with the next door Jie Jie and Gor Gor and get to play with them in the evening. I also got more attentions from Nai Nai, Grandpa and Xiao Su while they are around. They all kept me busy....or should I say I kept them busy??? Beside all these I also had a closer bonding time with Daddy and Mummy since they are my primary caretaker now. Check out below for the list of activities we had together as a family during the past months....

18th July - A morning walk at Xiao Guilin...

Admiring what God has created;flower

Daddy I don't see any tortoise?

Like Father like daughter

10th of July - Dinner at Santa Fe @ Stewords Riverboat

"Santa Fe @ Riverboat is a most interesting venue to enjoy a meal as it offers the dining on a ship experience without actually having to charter the entire ship. Docked at the Marina South Pier, its history goes back to 2001 when it first berthed at Sentosa from 2001 - 2006. The sight of a lone brightly lighted steam ship is hard to miss and staff greet you amicably at the door. The interior is simple and exudes homely comfort through the use of wood and a low ceiling. There is even a piano at one corner for proficient/aspiring pianists to tinker with" http://www.riverboat.com.sg/

At the jettyCapstones members enjoying the fellowship

I am enjoying my french friesMummy's favourite cheese cake

18th July - My First NDP Parade

Mummy's company gave her tickets to National Day Parade rehearsal. She decided we all go as a family since this was our first time going together to an NDP. She even prepared burger for me as dinner but instead I choose Macdonald's french fries over her creation. Overall it was a well spent evening with lots of excitements for me. However poor Daddy had to carry four goodies bags and Mummy had to bao bao me to walk back to millennium after the event where we parked our car. Both of them were fully exhausted...

Posing at Marina Square- Marina Kids?

Joined in the fun

Family picture

28th July - A Day at Sentosa

Today Daddy and Mummy was on leave and we headed to Sentosa. First we visited the Tanjong Beach as it was a more quiet beach compare to other beaches in Sentosa. After that we took a short monorail ride to have our lunch at a Subway restaurant. From there we took another ride but this time was cable car to Mount Faber to meet Uncle Desmond. Thanks to him for the complimentary ride and also the discount card he lent us so that the rest of the discovery visit was free. After we departed Mount Faber, we took cable car back to Sentosa to continue our outing. We took a ride at the Tiger Sky Tower before proceeding to the Underwater World again.

Gorgeous babe walking down the beach

The modern monorailMimi & MummyHappy FamilyAt Mount Faber First time inside the cable carWelcome to the Tiger Sky TowerLook I'm not afraid of the heightRevisit to the Underwater WorldTime for a nap.

1st Aug - Morning tea at Hong Xin Restaurant Part 1

Our family had morning breakfast at Hong Xin restaurant to celebrate Xiao Su's birthday. It a favourite place for Daddy and Mummy because they liked the traditional style of Tim Sum Hong Xin cater. They served the Tim Sum in push cart and go around the restaurant and you can pick your choice.

Homemade hotcake by Mummy

The Birthday Boy

Grandpa & Mimi

Family picture

Part 2 - Farm Excursions

In the afternoon, my family met up Aunty Dara and the rest of the others cell members to go Farm hoping. We started off with Hay Dairies Farm follows by Bollywood and finally in time for Qian Hu Fish Farm. We had a lot of fun at these three farms and even the Daddies & Mummies too. They had a good fish spa at Qian Hu. And guess what's in for dinner? The famous steamboat fish soup at Sing Road.

At Hay Dairies Farm

Mimi, Deborah & Joan

Ashley, Joan & Mimi

At Bollywood

Daddy with Mimi
"What plant is this Joan?" asked Mimi

Mimi's favourite fruit

The Gang- Do, Re, Mi, Fa

Daddy carrying Mimi to score a shot.

At Qian Hu Fish Farm

My family including Di Di

Feeding the turtles

Daddy doing the fish spa

Complimentary ride; thanks to Uncle Terence

2nd August - Da Jiu Baptism

Da Jiu's Big Day today. He was finally going to be baptise in church today. My family was there to witness this important ceremony and to encourage him. Welcome Da Jiu to the family of GOD!

Da Jiu in the swimming pool

Anointing and prayers time

Da Jiu, Mimi & Mummy.

My First Tui Na at Yu Guo

2009-06-21T21:15:00.003+08:00

Yesterday Mummy & Daddy bought me to Yu Guo for Tui Na (massage). Yu Guo is a Chinese Physician Acupuncture & Physiotherapy Clinic that specialised in children massage. After much consideration Mummy decided to seek out Chinese treatment for my cough as the western medication which I been taking all these while don't really seems to heal my cough. Through recommendation from friends and Internet, Yu Guo was chosen. The other reason was also because for small children, Yu Guo don't prescribe oral Chinese medicine but instead they gave a "Yao Bao" (medicated power in a sachet) to band it around the waist so that it can be absorbed through the navel. This will reduce the chances of allergic reaction towards Chinese herb if any. Mummy was cautious nowadays ever since the previous incident of drug allergic.

At first I rejected it when the lady tries to massage for me. As usual I went through a series of crying before settling down. The massage was about half an hour an and at the end of it, I was kind of enjoying it. I will be going back again tomorrow. Although Mummy don't think that 3 sessions will completely stop my cough but hopeful continuous treatment will.

waiting for the consultation

Getting use to the massage and enjoying it
My reward for being cooperative

Day 2 At Yu Guo
So relaxing that I am getting sleepy

A trip to Hay Dairies Goat Farm

2009-06-14T22:58:00.004+08:00

As Daddy was going to Batam for mission trip this week end, Mummy suggested that we went to stay at Nai Nai house. We arrived on Saturday afternoon and spent the night there. Xiao Su was at home and I enjoyed his company.
The next day, we went to Hay Dairies Farm to buy goat milk. This was my first trip and Mummy first trip also to a goat farm. We set off pretty early at around nine plus to be in time to watch the milking process. The place was very crowded because it's school holiday and also a lot of tourist group visiting. We watched the milking process together with explanation from the staff. Too bad they have stopped visitors from feeding the goats now. After that we bought a few bottles of the goat milk and went to IMM. Grandpa wanted to get new shoes so we shopped around before eating lunch at the Hong Kong cafe. After lunch we went back home but on the way Grandpa stopped by an optical shop to make new glasses. By then I was already snoring at the shop. Mummy said seems like Grandpa was into a new makeover.
It was a very enjoyable weekend for my family as we seldom went on a family outing together. It would be perfect if Daddy was around too. Nevertheless he came back to pick us up around four and we headed back home. Tired but happy.

Bed time story narrate by Xiao Su
Mummy said I've been losing weight recently

Check it out!!!

Mummy is these enough to contain the milk?
Mimi, Er Su & Er Shien
The milking processBye Bye goatsFamily picture. Who is missing?

Strike a poseAnother cute pose
Playing at IMM
Mimi & Er Shien Enjoying the ride and longer afraid of it

After a hot day outside, it's so nice to have a bath

Praise be to God

2009-06-03T20:32:00.009+08:00

Mini was finally cleared of bronchitis. Praise be to God! After the review on last Saturday, Dr Ang said that she has recovered. Wow what a good news that we have been looking forward to.
As such we decided to bring her to our cell gathering at Pasir Park that evening. It has been a long time since we had any outing and we really had a good time. Check it out. For more shots, visit Zayden's blog :)

The girls at the beach playing sand:

I'm so happyMimi & JoanAshley & Shannon

The Big Boys & Girls Flying Kite
Our little Pokemon kite has do us proud

2009-05-21T06:24:00.002+08:00

The time now is 6am and while waiting for my breakfast to be delivered, I decided to jot down my thoughts. I woke up at 4.30 am and saw Mimi sleeping sweetly and soundly next to me. For the next few minutes I going to do something terrible to her. She is going to wake up and got so mad with it and the tranquility of the room will be filled with her cries. I hated the job but it has to be done and in a great measure of heart ached. I started preparing the drug and set up the machine in my room. I woke Vincent up and he carried Mimi in his arm so that I can nublize her. Before the machine was turn on, she woke up with big open eyes and the minute she saw the inhaler, she cried and struggle to break free... Throughout the entire process, she was very agitated and at the same time very tired. She was angry because her sleep was disturbed, the machine was so loud and the mist keep spraying unto her face.She was tired because of the prolong struggle and cries and also she knew that Mummy will still carried on nublizing her. Sometimes she would rest for a minute to catch hold of her breadth and than the cries continued.
Waiting for the drug to evaporates off seems to be a long wait and finally it's over. She resumed back to her sleep after much pat pat by Vincent.

"Your light shall break forth like the morning, your healing shall spring forth speedily, and your righteous shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard" Isaiah 58:8

To Thomson Hospital Again

2009-05-19T22:11:00.004+08:00

Yesterday night when I reached home after work, I found that Mimi is running a fever. Oh no I was worried. I quickly gave her paracetamol and shortly after that the fever when down but the cough and running nose still persist. This morning I was awoke by 6am cos Mimi fever was back again. Vincent and I had to take urgent half day leave in order to bring her to see Dr Ang. Dr Ang was surprised to see us back so soon. We told her that Mimi's condition relapsed after the visit on Saturday and now she is having fever too. Dr Ang worried that the lung might be infected and result in pneumonia because having fever is not a good sign for allergic patient. A blood test and X-ray was given to test for infection. As I was pregnant, I could not accompany her into the X-ray room. From outside I could heard her crying and struggling through out the whole process. My heart ached and I felt lousy that I am unable to be inside with her to offer her comfort and encouragement. So helpless!!!
Finally the long wait was over and we were back to the clinic for the test result. Blood test came back positive that she had a virus infection but the chest X-ray show no white dots. Thank God for this false alarm. If her lung were infected than she will need to be hospitalised and things might not be too good for her. Dr Ang suggested that she went through another week of nublizer treatment but increased the amount of time to 4 times per day. Oral medication were also prescribe for her cough and allergy. I had mixed feelings about the whole episode. I sincerely hope that this will be the last round of treatment for her and she will be made well again. But on the other hand if the relapsed came back after we stop the nublizer treatment, than what and how????
All sort of negative thoughts came into my mind and I had to put a stop to it.
I still want to claim unto Psalm 121 and trust that God is in control of the whole situation. We just need to have the faith in God in the things we cannot see and understand at this point of time.

Psalm 121

2009-05-16T22:09:00.003+08:00

PSALM 121 says:
" I lift up my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord. the Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip- he who watches over you will not slumber;
indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber or sleep.
The Lord watches over you- the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all harm- he will watch over your life;
The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore"

What an assurance from our God and a comforting promise to me and my family. Today Mimi went for her medical review again. This was the second time since she discharged from the hospital two weeks ago. The first round of review wasn't positive for her as she did not react well to the oral medication and Ventolin puff that she has been puffing for the entire week. So the paediatrician decided to gave her nubuliser treatment at home for another week. We rented the machine back and she had to be nubulised three times a day. It works pretty well for her and her coughing/wheezing was reduced greatly to only in the afternoon. The phlegm was also lesser and the mucus in her nose also thicken and dries up. Praise God for that.
Today the review was much positive, she needs only to continue the Ventolin syrup and Zyrtec along with some vitamins and no more nubulising required. But as the day goes, I realised that her cough starts to come back more frequent and so is the running nose. :( Where exactly went wrong???? Doctor says she was suffering from an allergic cough but what is she exactly allergic to???? Food, environment or .....? So it really dampens our moral when things seems to back track again. Many people has been praying for her over her health and I don't denied that I begin to ask God for an answer. What is happening to my Mimi, the used to be tough babe? I decided to look for the answer in my bible and that is where Psalm 121 came upon me.
Really at time like now, where there is no answer to all our doubts and fears, God's words is the best antidote and the true antidote. Right now I want to claim unto this Psalm and seek God for deliverance and restoration of Mimi's health. All infirmities and virus shall be cast out of her body and in no time she will be well again. I truly believed that nothing is too difficult for our Creator and he hears our prayers. Amen!

Mimi was unwell

2009-05-05T21:22:00.002+08:00

Mimi Hospitalised on Labour Day.
Mimi was unwell for the past three weeks. It started with an eye infection when one of the eyes kept tearing. Soon it became running nose and slight coughing. We did not pay much attention to the cough at first because it was very mild and only in the morning and evening. However she started to vomit whenever she cough. The amount of vomit was from a small spoonful into a "Merlion" and it began to happen every night. We brought her to see her paediatrician and Mimi was given antibiotic for 5 days because the paediatrician suspected that it might there might be a virus attack. During the course of her medication, we noticed that the cough was still persistent and so was the vomiting. So I decided to seek alternative, I administered her a Chinese cough powder that was from a reputable medical hall and it was known to heal cough in young children very well. The powder seems to work a bit as I noticed her cough was lessen. During the course of treatment, I noticed some small red dots which I didn't do anything about it as it could be coming from her recent MMR vacine. But during the middle of the week, she vomited badly in the night and after that , she had this swollen eyelid and small red dotes all over the upper part of her face. We suspect it was an allergy coming from the Chinese medicine and quickly brought her to Thomson clinic. After examination by GP, we were told it was not an allergy but rather due to her excessive vomit. We thought everything will be OK since then however two days later which was 1st May, Mimi had a very bad rashes all over her body. This time round I knew something was not right and there we go again to Thomson Hospital. After a blood test the doctor confirmed that she was suffering from an allergy. We decided to ward her for observation.
For the next two days, I stayed at the hospital with her. Her rashes managed to subside but the cough still requires her to follow up upon discharge. Dr Ang said her allergy could be due to the antibiotic (Argumentin) as it happen to other kids too. Whatever it is I will be more cautious in future when comes to medication.

These are unidentified insect bites
Watching cartoon programme on the bed

Yeah time to go home

Missing In Action ???

2009-04-29T22:09:00.003+08:00

It's has been more than a month since the last posting. Well it was indeed a busy month for our family and this posting is going to summarize all those happenings.

Episode 1 -Good News

Mimi is going to be promoted to "Jie Jie" in December this year. I found out that I was pregnant on 7th April. After a week of tiredness and nausea feeling in the morning, I decided to do a self-test and to my surprise I was indeed pregnant. This pregnancy really came unexpected and I had mixed feelings about it. No doubt I am happy and thank God for this baby but on the other hand I had a series of concern. My concern was that I might not be able to attend to Mimi's needs during these period. Being very closed to me. I don't know what will her respond be and how she will felt when she knows that she will not be the center of attention in the near future. I also concern about my job. I am new to the company and I had to go on maternity so soon. I also start thinking about the after care when the baby is born. What are the options open to me??? I guessed when things happen unexpectedly, there is a lot of ???

Well I hope God will show me His plan and I believed he will cos this is what the bible promised:

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, " plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you" declares the Lord..." Jeremiah 29:11-13

Episode 2 - A visit to Irin new house (8th April)
Since not working today, I decided to bring Mimi to Irin house. Her family just shifted into a 5 room flat in Hougang. It has also been a while we catch up with each other and the kids too.

Busy playing balls with Reyes & Reyden in their play house

Episode 3 - A night out to Laguna Country Club (9th April)

Vincent & Esther decided to give me & Vincent a belated birthday dinner treat at Laguna Country Club. We bought Mimi along even though she will not be eating because it's a Japanese cuisine. We had a good fellowship that night and Mimi enjoys running around the vicinity of the club.

Going to the car park with DaddyLet's take a picture here MimiThe most comfortable baby chair

Episode 4 - Mimi's New Writing Table (10th April)
I have been trying to find a good writing table for Mimi as she now starts to learn to scribble. I want her to have a good sitting posture rather than bending her back forward while sitting on the floor to do her coloring. Went through a couple of websites to search and gathers a few suggestions from friends. The one highly recommended was Little Tike's brand but due to space constrain, I was hesitant to commit. Than suddenly I remember that on Mimi 1st birthday, someone did gave a huge package that seems to be a kids table. I quickly went to the storeroom and looked for it. Bingo! Indeed it was a writing table. So we quickly assembled up the table and chair. Now Mimi has her own space to do her art work.

Mummy is this for me?

Admiring herself at the mirror.

Episode 5 - Mystery Shopper (19th April)

We got this "lobang" from a friend to do a mystery survey for a food retailer. We are suppose to patronise the restaurant and do some food tasting and complete a survey to share our experience. To remain mysterious, only two photos are featured below.

Mimi eating her favourite food-breadMummy & Mimi

Episode 6 - Mummy admitted to hospital (19th-23rd April)

I was admitted to Thomson hospital shortly after our mystery shopper night. There is sign of threaten abortion and I rushed myself into the hospital. My gynae was called up and came down to assess my condition. He did an ultrasound and thank God the baby's heartbeat was detected. He suggested that I need to be complete rest in bed at the hospital for 5 days. During these period I was not supposed to get out of the bed at all. Jabs were also given to stabilise my condition. So while I was hospitalised, Mimi went to grandma house for a short vocation.

Episode 7 - Model Of The Year (25th April)

I was back at home resting. My gynae told me that there was some blood clot in the womb and I was given a total of two weeks medical leave for me to rest at home. Since I can't be mobile and going anywhere, the only entertainment for me is Mimi's presence. I took out some of Mimi's new clothing's which I bought last time and dress her up for a catwalk. She did pretty well :)

Bye that's all for this season!!

Episode 8 - Changi Airport T3 (27th April)

Today I had to went for my jab again at the hospital. It's going to be my 3rd jab and couldn't describe the feeling on that vulnerable part of my body. :( After the jab, our family went to T3 to have our lunch. The main purpose is to bring Mimi to see aeroplanes. As you may know, Punggol area is one of the practise ground for military airplane so whenever they flew by, Mimi will always ran to the window and shout "airplane". But to our disappointment, when we reached the viewing mall, there was hardly any aeroplanes on the lane. Probably one to two in sight. I wonder was it because of the economy downturn that the SIA Airline had cut down the number of flights per day. After that we headed home as I began to feel tired.

Strike a pose at the car park
Having lunch at Coffee Club cos they have 1 for 1 promotion
Family photoMummy where are the aeroplanes?Time to go back

It's Music Time

2009-03-28T21:02:00.000+08:00

Mummy enrolled me for a trial lesson at the Kindermusik school at the Tanglin Mall. The class that I went to is the Kindermusik Village that cater for newborn to 18 months. During the 45 minutes I get to experience variety of music through the used of different musical instruments. Mummy said some of the instruments she also never seen before. There was also bonding time between the parent and child by dancing together with the music and it was fun. Overall it was an enjoyable activity. After the lesson we proceed to the food court at the basement to have our dinner. There is a nice Western food stall and Mummy suggest you all to give it a try.

Do I look well dress today? Ice breaking session before the lesson start Look at Daddy Mimi !Met her friend Cookie Monster at the food court

New Stuff

2009-03-28T10:46:00.002+08:00

Yesterday we went to the Ikea and I decided to buy this plastic bib for Mimi. It will prevent her from dirtying her clothes when she try to self feed. It look nice on her too but as usual she don't like it. She put on to play with it for a while and starts to pull it out. I guess it's a waste of money again .... Any takers out there??

What is this Mummy?

I can keep my toys inside My new apron for me when I cook

Antique Umbrella

2009-03-25T23:14:00.000+08:00

Recently Mimi has a liking for umbrella. Whenever she sees one, she will want to grab hold of it and refused to let it go. But the adult umbrella was too long for her to play with so Grandma gave her one children umbrella. This umbrella actually belongs to Ronnie. Somehow Grandma was able to keep it in good condition until now. I think the age of this umbrella was at least 20 over years cos Ronnie used it during his kindergarten years.

Look at my umbrella!!

Dancing over it.

Even brought her umbrella to Jalan Kayu for dinner

Mummy's Day Off Part 2

2009-03-18T22:30:00.004+08:00

Today Mummy continues her leave so we spent the day together. In the afternoon, we played Play Dough and after that she brought me to Punggol Plaza for a walk. Later in the evening, Daddy came and fetch us. However we detoured to Punggol Marina for sightseeing. To our suprised there is a new prawning stall and we spend sometime watching others catching prawns.

Mummy made me a braceletMy new pedicure, nice?Snack timeNo More A ride in LRT Mimi and DaddyBack home having dinner

The Esplanade

2009-03-17T20:32:00.001+08:00

Since I'm on leave, this afternoon I bought Mimi out for a walk. At first I was unsure where to go so we just hoped into the train. Along the ride, I suddenly thought of The Esplanade as she has never been there before. As it was a pretty hot day so we dropped by the Raffles City Mall first to cool ourselves before walking over to The Esplanade.
We had to walk through a long underpass before reaching our destination. Inside the underpass was quite a sightseeing also as there are a lot paintings hanging on the wall. There were a couple of exhibitions going on too and a live band (Haagen Dazs Living Room) performing in The Esplanade.
Eventually we end up at a shop that sell bear. Mimi get to choose an orange bear and the sales assistant filled it up with fiber and complete with a jumper and hair bow. I was also told to write a message and stuff it inside the bear. Then it's time to give our bear a name. I asked Mimi what name to give the bear and she thought for a moment before the word "ball" came out of her. Therefore the bear was named Ball. I wonder will it confuse Mimi in future when ask her to give "Ball" a hug and she hug a ball instead of the bear.

Nice waterfall feature in the Raffles City

Mummy are we in New York??
Where is this tunnel heading to??
Mimi look so small as compare to the picture
Begin to enjoy the tunnel experienceA mini art gallery in the underpassHow come Mummy name appeared here ?

Let me take a rest after the long walk
Mimi & Mummy in front of the exhibitsAt the Haagen Dazs Living Room
Enjoying the music while drinking milkCan't believe what she sawMummy this bear is huge!Mummy, Mimi & BallBall & her birth certificate

Hamburger for breakfast

2009-03-17T10:46:00.004+08:00

This morning Aunty Dory made a hamburger for me. It was stirred fried minced beef with a slice of cheese wrapped in a bun. Delicious as bread is one of my favourite food. Look how I enjoyed it.

Moments of Enjoyment

Mummy help me to clean my mouth

Visit To Jurong Bird Park

2009-03-15T12:23:00.013+08:00

Yesterday I visited the Jurong Bird Park. Mummy thought that since we are heading to Jurong for great grandma memorial service, we can drop by in the afternoon. Before that we had lunch in one of the area at Jurong West. A pretty old cluster which even Mummy had not been there before. After that we did some grocery shopping at Sheng Siong and finally heading to the Bird Park to catch the 3pm show.

I was very excited as I always like birds and this time round I can get to see many species of them. It was a pretty hot day and after two bird shows (Birds & Buddies Show & Birds of Prey Show) I was tired as it was nap time. However I refused to sleep afraid that I might missed some interesting birds. We continued on the walk and visited the Penguin Expedition, enter into the World of Darkness (Owl), Pelican Cove and Lory loft. At Lory loft I get to have a close encounter with Lories and Daddy even feed them with bird food.

Towards the end of the walk, my perseverance finally wear off and I zzzzzzzzzzz. Daddy and Mummy took the opportunity to get some bites as well. They visited a restaurant call the Bongo Burger Restaurant located near the entrance. At first Mummy felt that the menu is a bit pricey for burgers and western food. A set of burgers with fries cost at least $10 plus, a mug of coke cost $4. Eventually she order a spring chicken set ($9.90 offer) and a fish and chip set with two coke to share among them and Aunty Dory. But to her surprise, the portion was quite big and most importantly it's tasty. So it's worth the price after all. She also kept some fries for me for dinner as I was in dreamland.

Yeah going out again..Daddy I want this cerealDaddy ignored meLet me see which brand should I chooseAt the entrance of Bird Park

Greeted by a beautiful swan

It's a bird

When ask for participant, Mimi put up her hand
Saying hello to the birds
Why is Daddy smiling
Some nice birds we saw : PelicanFlamingoMagnificent eagleHuge Vulture

Looks like peacock but is Crowned PigeonsOne FamilyMimi & MummyCool penguinsTired MimiMimi looking at little LoriesMimi & Mummy at Lory LoftAn interesting insightWhat a lovely and loving pair of Lorie

Daddy feeding the LoryHalf portion left spring chicken

Fish & Chip also half portion eaten My take home souvenir

Tribute to Great Grandma

2009-03-14T11:53:00.000+08:00

Daddy's grandma which will be my great grandma passed away on Thursday evening. She was 91 years old. We were so sad to receive this sudden news as we just went to her house this Chinese New Year. Apparently she was having some old age sickness and doctor say it could be due to a stroke that caused her to fell from the wheelchair. I only saw her three times so far and Mummy managed to find some pictures that was taken with her below.

During Er Shu's WeddingDaddy & Great Grandma

Family Picture

Thoat Infection

2009-02-23T11:15:00.000+08:00

Mimi is down with a throat infection. It all started on Friday night where she starts having fever.

By Saturday afternoon her fever registered 38.5 Degree Celsius. We had to bring her to Thomson Medical to see doctor since most clinics had already closed for the day. We thanked God that even though she is unwell but she is still the ever active baby. She still plays hard and eat well.

Today is Monday and Mimi is still a bit feverish. I had to take a day leave and attend to her. She is very happy that I am around and tends to be very attention seeking. I enjoyed that even though I had not been sleeping well over the past few nights because Mimi cannot miss the antibiotic medicine in the night and I had to wake up in the hours like 2am to feed her.

Since we cannot go anywhere these few days, I decided to redesign her play room a little bit. The purpose of doing it was to simulate an environment that will be similar to a childcare center. Hopefully she will be able to adjust better when she enters into the childcare. I break up the room into different areas for different activities. There are : a Creative Corner for her to hang her Sunday School art works, a Learning Area for her to learn her ABC &123, an Animal Kingdom wall where Noah Ark was, a Play Station and Beethoven Time in the living room for her pretend play and music session. Now she can roamed around the house and engaged into different activities. She was thrilled at the sight of it and it keeps her busy for a while.

Day 1 of her fever

Taking a shower to bring down the temperature

Striking a pose

Doing her Catwalk now

Day 2 of her fever

Happy Birthday Grandpa & Grandma

2009-02-21T21:45:00.001+08:00

This month happens to be Grandpa & Grandma birthday. So the Tan family had a lunch gathering today to celebrate this occasion. We went to a Teochew restaurant at Key Point called Mong Hing restaurant. It was recommended by Daddy & Mummy simply because the food there was nice. Their speciality was Teochew style steamed white promfet and their dessert was the best. Yam paste was every one's favourite. After the lunch we sang birthday song and cut the birthday cake. The cake was walnut cheesecake bake by "Apple Pasteurise". Mummy bought it at a cake shop somewhere near the vicinity.

Singapore Flyer

2009-02-10T23:45:00.004+08:00

Yesterday, my family went to take a ride at the Singapore Flyer. Mummy had two complimentary tickets which she intended to use in January. However the Flyer broke down and since then it was closed until recently. It was a wonderful experience for all of us, even though it was a short outing. Daddy & Mummy felt that it was a great time spent together as a family. After that we went to a restaurant located at the second level to have our dinner before heading back home. Below were some of the photos taken during the outing.

Mummy can I bring my tricycle along?

Yeah ready to go! How do I looked?

Mimi was tired because she missed her nap time

The capsule Have a family picture before boardingMimi & Mummy on board the FlyerMimi & Daddy on board the Flyer

"A moving experience at every turn"

Birds eye view of Singapore

My loving Daddy & Mummy

Enjoying the scenery

One happy family

How much have I drank?

The discovery begins....

Taking a good look

Daddy how high are we above the ground?

Mimi & Daddy again

Are we reaching the end of the ride?

Mimi & Daddy at the restaurant

Mimi & Mummy with the menu ready to order

Seen some familiar faces...

Yeah it's mum mum time

Mimi self feeding herself

Look I've finished all my fries!

Time to racky the restaurant

Oops! I dropped the magazine

Back at home watching Dora cartoon

Goodbye Ah Ma

2009-02-09T23:40:00.000+08:00

Ah ma went home to Lord Jesus on 5 Feb. I saw her for the last time at the hospital that evening. Everybody cried and was grieved by her passing on. Ah ma suffered from liver cancer and has been hospitalised since New Year's Eve. Mummy said Ah ma all these while has ill health but never thought that it would be that critical and sudden. But one of the things Mummy want to thank God was that Ah ma accepted the Lord as her saviour and was baptised during the hospital stay. Besides Ah ma had her salvation, Toa Gu and Li Gu also accepted the Lord. Ah ma also told Li Gu that she dreamt of Jesus telling her that He wants to take her home. What an assurance Jesus gave to Ah ma and our family! Mummy always believed that no matter what the situation is in our lives, God's presence is always there and His grace is sufficient for us

Baptism Service for Ah Ma

Memories of Ah Ma

Always in loving memories

Chinese New Year Journal

2009-01-28T13:58:00.007+08:00

Chinese New Years' Eve

This year reunion dinner on New Years' Eve was a crowd. It's a combination of three families. My immediate family, Grandpa's family and Er Shen's family. Sounds large? Usually Daddy & Mummy will go back to Grandpa house for reunion dinner but for this years since Er Shen was a new member in the Tan family, her mummy invited us over to their house for steamboat instead.

I was thrilled as I can get to taste the food this time unlike last year where I was just a newborn. The whole atmosphere was very lively, chatty and you can hear a lot of sizzling sounds coming out from the hotpan.

First Day of CNY

Today we are going to visit great grandma. She is Daddy's grandma and this is the usual itineary for the first day of CNY. All her grandchildren will go to her house and visit her. Before that I have to get ready and dress up in this CNY costume given by Aunty Esther. Also I will be carrying my Dora handbag given by Er Shen to collect "Ang Pow". My first "Ang Pow" was given by Daddy & Mummy in the morning.

In the evening, my family went to Er Shu's house to have dinner. I help Er Shu do some cleaning before leaving.

How do I looked?

Receiving my "Ang Pow" from Daddy

Time to go and collect my "Ang Pow" with Dora

Mimi & MummyMimi & Daddy I shall greet Er Shu with this orangeHelping to clean up

Second Day of CNY
Even though the CNY kicks off well however mummy recieved a bad news today. Ah ma was hospitalised and critically ill. Ah ma was hospitalised since New Year's eve and mummy wasn't being informed at all. Simply because Ah ma wanted Mummy to enjoy the New Year's celebration. Mummy was very upset about the whole issue and simply not enjoying the lunch at Jiu Fu's house. She and Daddy also have to cancel their movie date in order to rush down to the hospital to see Ah ma. As for me, I end up at Yipo's house while they are away.

Do I have to bring this orange??

My First Sunday School

2009-01-20T10:11:00.007+08:00

Although I've been to the Sunday school numerous time, however most of the time was just to pop by to see how's Daddy doing in the class. This year Mummy decided to let me attend the Sunday school on a regular basis even though I was still below the age requirement. The Kingdom Tots class was for age group between two to three years old.

I enjoyed the class very much because all my friends were there. Cornelius, Mikalay and Janelle.

I like the worship songs because it comes with actions and I also liked the snack time too.

Naomi's 1st Birthday Celebration

2009-01-13T22:59:00.005+08:00

My Mimi finally turn 1 year old on 7th Jan 2009. Wow! can't really believed my baby is now a toddler . Looking back it was a year of hard work and character molding for us but nevertheless we really enjoyed parenthood!

Since December last year, me and Vincent has been anxiously counting down to her very big day and making arrangements for her party. Along the process, we met with some difficulties like finding the right venue, preparing the guests list and baking her birthday cake (the most challenging task due to time constraint and lack of practise)....

However we managed to get things done and thanked God that it was an enjoyable night for the adults and the kids.

We want to thank all friends for their presence and their well wishes and gifts.

Episode 1 : Jan 3rd 2009

Event : Naomi 1st Birthday Party Bash

Venue : Our flat Community Hall

Preparation for the BIG Day

At home with Mummy on Friday night

after she picked up my Helium Balloons behind

Getting ready the cake decorations

Finally the cake are covered with fondants

after two times of unsuccessful bakingBalloons done by Aunty Dory

The "1st Birthday Girl" balloon

bouquet specially bought by Mummy

At 5.30pm the Party Kick Start

To start the party: face painting activity for the kids.Two models: Deborah (top) & Ashely (bottom)Bigger kids enjoyed too!!

Presenting: "Naomi's Birthday Cake"

Special thanks to Uncle Ralph for his professional photo shots during the party, check it out by clicking on the link below;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ripple/sets/72157612191034830/show/

Opening Presents Time

Can you see where is Mimi??

Reaching for her favourite rubber Ducky

Yeah!! I've got so many new toys to play with

Episode 2: 5-9th Jan 2009

Event : Naomi's Birthday Party continue...

Venue: Chalet at 52 Pasir Ris Drive

We booked a bungalow chalet through the help of Ronnie at Pasir Ris Drive. This is the initial venue we intended to hold Naomi's party. However the date we got turn out to be weekday so that's how the venue was changed to the community hall. Nevertheless, we still checked into the chalet and continue the party..... It was a very big double storey bungalow, fully air-condition. Mimi had a wonderful time during these few days because she can roamed freely around the place. Also we had a great time at the beach too playing with sand.

During Thursday, Dara's cell group also come to have fellowship and thekids- Joan, Ian and Chloe had a great time playing the X-box too.

Day 1: 5th Jan 2009

At a pet shop in White Sand

Day 2 : 6th Jan 2009

Going for dinner!!

Day 3 : 7th Jan 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAOMI

Watching Daddy playing X-BoxWhere are we going???

Daddy & MimiMimi's first crocs shoes

Celebrating our Birthday together

Day 4: 8th Jan 2009

Just woke for this two darling"Making" in process

Who is this giant next to us??We went to NTUC and my Mimi actually wet herself by pouring my soft drink onto her leg. Trying to look innocent after the mischief act.

Yeah!! going to the beach againMimi & Daddy at the playground

Mimi & Mummy at the beachDaddy & the guest playing the X-BoxIan & Joan at the slide

Episode 4: 9th Jan 2009

Event : Capstone Cell Birthday Celebration

Venue : Uncle Ben's home

"The January Family"

Christmas Updates & Count Down

2008-12-31T14:32:00.039+08:00

If you've been visiting the blog and saw the same old post, I would like to apologise for the disappointments. Since the festive season kick start, my family was out and about most of the time and personally for myself, I was brainstorming till the very last cell of my body on the preparation works of Naomi's first birthday celebration.

Therefore since today is New Year's Eve I better get the post up to conclude the happenings all these while and mark the closing for year 2008.

Part 1

Dec 20 (My Hope Singapore)

My family participated in the "My Hope Singapore". It was an evangelistic outreach event

initiated by Billy Graham. The purpose of this event is to invite our friends to our house and share with them the "True" meaning of Christmas. For many, Christmas is a time of celebration, parties and gifts exchange.

However the truth about Christmas is : it marked the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ. He was born on this day to be a living sacrifice for our sins. "His death fulfill the prophecy, remove the need for further sacrifices, and redeemed a sin-filled world"

Taken from the Daily Bread :
The wonder of who Christ is and the wonder of why He came are only the beginning. The wonder of what that can mean to our lives is beyond imagination.

In John 1:12 we read an important promise to us from the God of heaven:
As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name

Imagine, the Maker of heaven and earth is the One who make it possible for us to know Him, to find forgiveness for all our wrong doing, and to receive more than eternal life - to receive the privilege and wonder of becoming part of His family.

God did all that by sending His Son on that first Christmas. If you will talk to Him, admit your failings, express your needs, acknowledge His authority over your life, and accept the gift of forgiveness His Son has made possible, you can know the greatest of all wonders- the wonder of new life in Christ.

Makan timeJeffery: Which shall I eat first?

My Christmas present from Aunty Susan

Mimi & Jie Jie Agnes, Kor Kor DamianThank you Aunty Susan for this wonderful present

Part 2
Dec 21 Morning

(Ashley & Deborah's Birthday Party)

This morning Ashley & Deborah celebrated their birthday in church. Both are turning three in the month of December. There were nice food, games and Mimi had a great time there even though she can't participate much.

Happy Birthday Ashley & Deborah, may God shine His love upon you everyday.

Welcome to my church

Getting ready for partyNice cupcakes

Left : Deborah, Right : Ashley

Phinehas giving me a fishballIt's Pinatas time

Game time

Dec 21 Afternoon

(Christmas gathering with ex-colleagues)
We attended a Christmas gathering organised by my ex-colleagues today at Eileen's house. This was my first meeting with them since I left AIA in late August. Time really flies and it's been three months since then. It was a good gathering as we talked about parenting and the kids enjoyed themselves very much. Cheers!!

Aunty Eileen & Naomi

Aunty Irin, Reyes & EzanneWho wants to play ball with me??

Naomi & EzanneAunty Elaine with her three babies

Gingerbread House & Christmas Log Cake

Mummy can I have some of the cake?

Part 3
Dec 24 (Silent Night, Holy Night)

I had a half day today in the office and in the afternoon, Vincent came to town to meet up with me. Naomi was here too and we just went to City Hall to pick up some baking stuffs. Subsequently we proceed to have our dinner and went back home as the streets start getting crowded. We spent the rest of the night at home and it was a significant one as this year we had Naomi physically with us. (Last year this time I was waiting expectantly for her to be born). She was crawling all over the place and constantly checking on her presents under the Christmas tree.

At the Japanese "Marche" style restaurant

Mummy & Mimi at Raffles City

Family photo

Christmas lightings at Funan Center

Going home so soon??

Let me think what is my next activity

Wow so many sweets!Mimi at home with her Carebear

Part 4

Dec 25 (It's Christmas Day)

We went to Church this morning for the Christmas service. That was the usual activity for us on Christmas Day. After that we proceed to lunch and went back home. Sound boring? Well I guess now having a child makes us even more homely, haha, is that an excuse too! After we reached home I decided to visit the saloon to get a new look. But to my disappointment, the hair saloon I went to have very limited colour on the hair dye. Eventually I still colour my hair even though the colour not to my liking :(

In the evening, I plan an activity for my girl which is the opening up the presents. She receives a lot of Christmas gifts this year and I decided to have an nomination awards for these gifts. And the awards are :

Most Entertaining: Tommy cooker set (Mummy)

The Useful : Water Dispenser (Aunty Elaine)

Chinese Traditional: Chinese costume (Aunty Esther)

Most educational: My first 1001 Word (Aunty Kwee Wah)

The Creative Design: Musical Tin (Aunty Shuk Lin)

Part 5

Dec 26

Remember on Christmas Eve we went to town? Purpose is to buy the cake baking stuffs for Mimi's birthday and I actually left my document bag at the shop. It's only until we went home than I realised it and today I had to went back to pick it up since yesterday the shop was closed. So I bought Mimi along to Funan again and followed by a dinner gathering with Vincent and the rest of the Precepts members at Stephen's home in Punggol.

Smile, smile & smile

Mimi's favourite toy

The Yee Yee's gathering

2008-12-16T22:28:00.006+08:00

I had dinner with my secondary school mates this evening. It's meant to celebrate Sharon's birthday . This is always our usual practice of keeping in touch with one another ever since we left school. Wow we've be doing that for so many years already?? Nowaday, the gathering has evolve to be more like a children party instead for the adults. As you can see from the pictures below, we are indeed multiplying. Haha!! (By the way not all our kids are present). Good Singaporean adpoting the govertment policy.

Felicia enjoying her soup

Peiqing & her kids - Zheng Kai & Xin Yu

Picture with my godson

A cheer to Aunty Sharon

Have a ride before goind home

Cornelius First Birthday Party

2008-12-14T21:13:00.002+08:00

Cornelius celebrated his 1st Birthday today and my family was invited for the party. He was born on Christmas Eve 2008. The party was held in a pub at the River Walk. Prior to that we went to Great World shopping center to buy present for him. Mummy bought a pair of shoe with a bear in front for Cornelius. The design of the shoe was quite unique as it comes together with sock. Eventually Mummy bought a similar one for me also.

Add on to my collectionPosing in front of a nice window displayMimi & MummyYeah it's party time!!
The star of the day
Cake cutting ceremony
Take some pictures before we leave
Mimi & Daddy

Developmental Milestones

2008-12-13T22:36:00.007+08:00

This post was meant to be posted on 7th December as it was Naomi's 11 months old birthday but things get by too fast and I didn't had a chance to do it until now.

Well my girl is 11 months old now and in three weeks time she will be ONE. Wow that's unbelievable as it seems like just yesterday when she came into this world. Life are way much different now as compared to the earlier stages of her baby life. What she is capable of doing now is so awesome...

She is able to stand up on her own from a siting position and if you held one of her hand, she is able to walk although not in a stable manner yet. She is excited about this new acquired skill and started to roam around the house freely with the help of anythings she can get hold of; like a small stool whereby she puts both hands on top and started pushing and walking. This can be quite a hazard sometimes. Her sleeping habits also changes. She do not want to be carried or rock to sleep now but preferred to hold onto my hands or lay on my thigh to sleep. She would also woke up in the middle of the night crying and pointing at our bed signalling wanting to sleep with us. And the moment we put her onto our bed she stops her crying and sleep. What a good tactic she deployed. She was also able to respond with actions on certain words that was spoken to her. Example when asked who is the clever girl, she would clapped her hand or she would point to her shoes when we told her we are going out.

All in all , she is learning and absorbing at a fast pace which we are amazed by it. Thank God for this gift. Below are some pictures taken on 7 Dec with the Sesame Street characters.

The eleven months old look

Yeah! I'm in the front rowI can stand by myself
I wonder where is Daddy?Hmmm, why is show not started yet?Oh! Daddy is there...Here comes ElmoThe FinaleRest & Relax lookFamily portrait with Sesame Street CharactersDaddy with Mimi
Aunty Dory & Mimi

Prayer Request for Baby Lucas

2008-12-02T22:34:00.005+08:00

This prayer request is for baby Lucas:
Lucas has been diagnosed with congenital ptosis (droopy eyelid) on his left eye. We thank God that the vision in his left eye has not been affected yet. However, two eye specialists have suggested to perform surgery (removal of soft muscle tissues/insertion of a silicon band) to lift up his left eyelid so that it will not develop into a lazy eye. The draw back of this surgery is that the eyelid will not be able to close completely after surgery has been done, and is permanent.Right now, the doctor has advised us to do 2 things. First is, 1/4 of the time to patch his right eye so that he will be forced to use his left eye and exercise the muscle in his eyelid. The 2nd is when the patch is removed, to tape up the left eyelid so that he develops normal vision in both his eyes. Our next appointment with the eye specialist will be on 26th Dec to assess how well these methods have worked and whether he is managing to open his left eye on his own.We ask for your prayers for the strengthening of the muscle in his left eyelid so that he will gain control of the left eyelid by then and will not have to go through any surgery.
THANKS,

Ralph & Daphne

Baby Lucas & his brother Seth

Meet the Pooh Bear

2008-11-28T22:46:00.004+08:00

This year is my first time celebrating Christmas and yesterday I had an experience of it. Thanks to Aunty Irin who posted a list of Christmas show organised by the shopping malls. Daddy bought me to Takashimaya to meet the "Pooh friends" after fetching Mummy from work. There is no show only meet & photography session. We manage to be in the queue and took pictures with Pooh Bears & friends.

Daddy I want to touch the Christmas Tree

Mummy where are you?Testing the camera

Candid shot

Here comes the star

Family pictures with Pooh Bear & Friends

Belated Post

2008-11-25T22:36:00.005+08:00

I was extremely busy over the entire last week. Many events happened: Jillian went home to the Lord, my Ladies Ministry dinner & Thanksgiving night, family outing to the Zoo and finally on medical leave yesterday. Sometimes I wonder is it a good sign to be so busy in life? Does being busy means that we are still useful?
How many would take times to ponder over what has happened at the end of each day and gives thanks to God?
How many realised that each day we lived on this earth is a grace from God and we should cherish it by doing things that are beneficial to our loves one and to others. Some how I just felt tired at this point of time and wished I could take a break. But thanks be to God that His words gives me strength.

"He gives strength to the weary and increase the power of the weak" Isaiah 40:29
"but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31

Belated Posting:
http://naomibaobei.blogspot.com/2008/11/to-zoo-again.html
http://naomibaobei.blogspot.com/2008/11/cell-group-at-my-home.html
http://naomibaobei.blogspot.com/2008/11/luncheon-outing.html
http://naomibaobei.blogspot.com/2008/11/play-time-with-daddy.html

To the zoo again

2008-11-23T16:04:00.008+08:00

This morning we went to Zoo again. This time round was with Aunty Susan's family. It was some kind of family day organised by Aunty Susan's company. We reached there very early around 9am and oh my God the place was super crowded. Mummy said if she had knew it in the first place she wouldn't have come. We get to see more people than animals. This time round although the kids area is open we didn't went either because Mummy anticipated that it's going to be no room for us either. Nevertheless, Mummy still tried her best to take some pictures of us.

Mimi & the mascot
Daddy help Mimi with the fanThe Famous White TigerMimi looking at the deer
Mummy can I drink the ice lemon tea?

Always In Loving Memories

2008-11-21T23:55:00.002+08:00

I just came back from a memorial service, little Jillian went home with the Lord yesterday night. Something which sadden the hearts of many whom knew about her fight with cancer. As I received the news this morning, I shed my tears. I told myself that it's something to rejoice because she's now in the safe hand of our Lord, free from sufferings and pains. But being a mother myself, the emotional part of me actually overruled my spiritual understanding. The little bubbly and cute girl who is used to be in our mist is now separated from us.

This emotional perspective was changed as I stepped into the parlour. The place was decorated with balloons, Jillian's favourite toys and a beautiful smiley picture of her despite the baldness. They are celebrating her life just as Kelly had mentioned in her blog. As I recalled back the past readings from her blog, I knew God is in their life together throughout this journey. The love and grace of God is truly and greatly being demonstrated. The comfort He gives, the miracles He has shown and the favours He provided to Jillian during those periods. Not forgetting the strength and wisdom He has given to Kelly during the past 8 months while she cares for her baby.

Jillian has fulfilled her mission in life on earth, she has shown us that in adversity God's covenant still stands strong and that God will see us through to a glorious conclusion. For Jillian, she is now enjoying her reward in heaven which is eternal. Therefore this separation is temporary cos it's only the physical part that is gone but her spirit shall prevail.

"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die...." John 11:25

For Jonathan and Kelly :
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord,
"Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:11-13

Cell Group At My Home

2008-11-20T23:00:00.000+08:00

Tonight Aunty Dara's cell group came over my home for cell meeting. Ashely, Shannon, Joan were here too. We had a wonderful time playing together especially posing in front of the Christmas tree.

Taking pictures with Daddy & Mummy before the guest arrives

Joan & the Christmas tree

Shannon, Ashely, Joan and Mimi
Strike a pose!
Joan enjoying the hotdog bun
The adult fellowship

Play time with Daddy

2008-11-18T19:59:00.001+08:00

Pretend play with Daddy. Daddy is the driver and I am the passenger

Now I want to push the car

Strike a pose!Pushing the car with two handsStanding using one hand holding onto the car

Luncheon Outing

2008-11-16T18:25:00.004+08:00

Today we had lunch with Er Su's in-law. It was at a restaurant in Ang Mo Kio. This gathering was meant to be a Thanks giving lunch between the two families.

Er Su & Er Shen's nephew

Mimi & Mummy

Let me give you a hug!
Mimi & Er Shen's niece
Siao Su trying to imitate me
Mimi & Daddy

Er Su's Big Day

2008-11-14T16:11:00.013+08:00

Day 1 (Nov 11, 2008 Tuesday)

It was Er Su's wedding day. The whole family was very excited and busy making preparations for this event. As for my family, Mummy was the one who was very busy. She has to work on Monday and rush home to pack our luggage's because we will be staying overnight at Grandma house and 1 night at Shangri-la Sentosa. So much so until she forgotten to take the grocery (my food) home from the office's fridge and early the next morning Daddy had to sent her to office to pick it up.

Below are the pictures taken during the day and at the dinner.

Great GrandmaMimi say HI to everyone Mimi & Yipo Wow! I get to have ang pow too
Family Portrait
Terror on the bed

Mimi & Mummy

My Princess

Aunty Esther My handsome Daddy
Er Su & Er Shen
Mimi & Da Jiu

Waipo and Jiu Jiu
Toasting Time

Day 2 (Nov 12, 2008 Wednesday)

We woke up pretty late today at 8am. I guessed everyone was tired by last night dinner and that includes me. Mummy and Daddy went to the cafe to have their complimentary continental breakfast but for me I only eat bread with milk.

Hmmm when can I start eating adult food???

Since we are checking out from the hotel at noon, Daddy and Mummy decided to bring me to the Underwater World to see fishes. However they do not know the exact location of the Underwater World until Daddy drove out of Shangri-la hotel. It was just next to our hotel all these while and because there is no parking lot near it, Daddy had to drive all the way out to a public car park. From there than we took a tram back to the Underwater World. What a routing and so much time wasted. But nevertheless we still reach our destination and enjoyed the tour

Yeh! it's play time for me

Is the water gonna be cold Mummy?

Recharge timeCandid shots while in the tram

Hmmm.. how come the journey so long?

Are we there yet???Finally at the Underwater World!

My Family

Daddy: Mimi look "nice coral"

Coming to the end of the tour

Shower of Blessings

Can you see me?

Prayer Request for Jillian Lee

2008-11-08T23:32:00.002+08:00

Jillian Lee is a 3 years old toddler in our church and currently she is very ill. I appeal to whoever that is viewing this posting to pray earnestly for Jillian and her family. Pray for God's intervention in her life. Pray for mercy, comfort and peace as she goes through a series of treatment. Ask God to give strength and hope to the family especially Jillian's parents as they walked through this season of life. Amen!
Jillian's journal can be view at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jillianlee

"Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear" Isaiah 59:1

10 Months Old Milestones

2008-11-07T19:44:00.001+08:00

Hi everyone, I am 10 months old today. Yeah! I am growing up each day to be a toddler and how do I knew that? It's because I have two teeth now.
This time round Mummy bought me some apparels from Old Navy as birthday presents. There are two pairs of shoes which is still too big for me to wear now but Mummy say I'll get to wear them soon especially when I started walking. Hmmm.... I wonder when will that be ?

Four days before turning 10 months

Mimi & DaddyThe Bee and the TortoiseJust woke up and Mummy took a Birthday Pic Is this for me?My collections

Busy Saturday

2008-11-01T22:57:00.010+08:00

Part 1 ( Attending Er Su's matrimonial ceremony)

This afternoon was Er Su and Er Shen matrimonial ceremony. It was held at the temple where Grandma do her chanting . We went as a family to give them our blessings even though we are of different belief. Below are some of the pictures taken while we were there.

Er Su & Er Shen
Er Shen & MimiWho is this man snapping picture??

Pulling Grandpa's hair

Mimi & GrandpaYi Gong & Mimi

Weight Lifting for Biao Su

Getting ready for a family photo

Part 2 ( An Evening at the Beach)
Shortly after the ceremony, we rushed home to get some rest and changed before heading to East Coast Park for a picnic with Church friends. I was very excited as this was the second time I went to the beach. The first time was during five months old where I didn't get to play with the sand. This time round it's going to be different and Mummy is also more experience as she covers me with layers of sun blocked cream. Check it out...

Kind of unsettled lookMummy I'm afraidOh! I'm stuck in the sand

Look at my pretty sandcastlesJoan and Ashely
Deborah watering the sandSecret gathering
Simply refused to step into the water Mimi & Mummy at the gardern
Finally it's dinner time

House Blessing Party

2008-10-27T22:20:00.005+08:00

Today I went to Aunty Esther's house. It was a house blessing party because she got a new house at Bedok. We were there together with Capstone cell group. Below are the pictures taken when we were there. Today was also Aunty Esther Birthday.

Birthday Party cum Barbecue

2008-10-27T22:16:00.006+08:00

Yesterday was an extremely busy Sunday for us. As usual our family went to church in the morning and in the afternoon, we went to Mummy's colleague Aunty Wati's house. It was her son's birthday and they had a celebration at their home. This birthday party was special because it had programmes lined up for the kids. First there was face painting activity where all the children get their faces painted in all sorts of animal design. There were lion face, elephant face, and sweet little butterfly on the cheek. Because I am too young for face painting I can only enjoy by looking at those older brothers and sisters doing it. Following the face painting activity came the most anticipated show of the day and that was the magic show.
It was exciting to see pigeons appearing from nowhere and pieces of papers falling from the sky. I wonder how the magician do it??

Yeah going out again!!!

Mimi on the swing
Different animal facesAbigail with a butterfly on the cheek

We left the party at around 5pm and headed towards Bayshore Park. This time round was Daddy's colleague from New Zealand who invited us to his place for a barbecue. The scenery there was very nice and peaceful. Daddy had a great time fellowship with his colleagues while Mummy was busy with food and as for me I entertained myself with a new hat.

Wow I am going barbecue

Daddy and Mimi

Daddy caught drinking beer !!!Welcome the Cabaret dancer

Developmental Milestones

2008-10-21T22:11:00.001+08:00

Ever since the previous post on Naomi's developmental milestone, I realised that I had so much to update on this one. Wow gosh ! She indeed is growing and changing each day.
Earlier this month I began to encourage her to use a sippy cup to drink water. Initially I bought the one with a straw based on the recommended age but she didn't response well to it. Naomi don't really know how to drink from the straw and end up choking almost at every drink. So my friend suggested that I change the straw type back into a teat type for her to gradually adapt from bottle feeding to feeding from a cup. I take heed of the advice and changed it happily thinking that it will solve the problem. But to my surprise this time, she simply pushed the cup away and refused to drink any water from it. What went wrong I really don't know. Worried that she might be dehydrated, I revert back to bottle feeding.
Somewhere in the middle of last week, we re-introduced her the straw cup again and to our surprise, she likes it and know how to drink from it. Isn't it strange and yet amazing?
Thank God she has crossed another stage of her milestone.

The next thing I want to announce is that Naomi finally has a tooth coming. We have been waiting for this moment for months. For the past few days, she was very vocal and in a kind of irritable mood. Last night she starts having running nose and this morning I saw a small whitish patch on her gum. Guess the teething process starts now....

The meeting between Waipo and Grandma

2008-10-19T13:36:00.001+08:00

Today after Church, we went to Waipo's house. Grandma is coming to visit Waipo and at the same time invite Waipo to Er Su wedding in November. This was the first time I saw them altogether and even though I don't understand what they are saying I knew they are discussing about me cos grandma keep pointing at me. At around four plus we say bye bye to Waipo and I went home to have a rest before evening programme starts.

What a crowd !!

Daddy and Mimi

Grandpa giving me biscuit

At night I attended a wedding dinner. It was Mummy's church friend , Aunty Faye's wedding. It was my first time going for a wedding dinner and I was very amazed by the atmosphere and especially the lighting's in the restaurant. I managed to stay awake through out the event and as usual falling asleep in the car during the journey back home.

Daddy and Mimi at the wedding.

Developmental Milestones

2008-10-13T21:28:00.005+08:00

Passing the nine months old milestones was something to Thank God for. We thanked him for giving us this bundle of joy in our family. As Naomi grows healthily and cheerfully each day, we as parent felt a sight of relief knowing that she is well and developing correctly.

Being a nine months old baby means that she is beginning to become more active and mobile, more aware of her surroundings, capable of performing tasks beyond your imagination and much more yet to be discovered.

Over the past two weeks, Naomi was able to use her index finger to point at things. Whether it's the lighting, birds in the sky or even upon seeing us. This act not only symbolised a certain maturity in her motor skills but also her ability to understand objects. It really delight us. Beside pointing, she was able to clap her hands together when you told her to, able to shake her head when asked to dance and able to stand up while holding on to something. All these acts were being displayed towards the end of her eight months period and by now it was part of her daily activities.

Although it gave us satisfaction upon seeing her displaying these acts, we must also constantly remind ourselves that our little baby is growing each day and undivided attention for her is a must. What happened this morning was a classic example of negligence which most parents may have encounter...

This morning as usual we put her in her chair for breakfast and after breakfast, my maid let her watched a baby programme in the living room before proceeding to house chores. Vincent was there doing his work with his back facing Naomi. Suddenly with a thump, Vincent turn around and saw Naomi lying on the floor. He rushed towards her to pick her up and she began crying. Obviously she had fallen out of her chair!

What had happened was something unexpected because she was being buckled to the chair and her chair was being sandwiched between the sofa. So how she managed to come lose and land onto the floor was beyond our apprehension but Thank God she was alright.

So the conclusion was she must have climbed out of her chair and unto the sofa (hope so) and slip off the sofa and fell to the floor. Sound logical but the thing was she can't stand on her own yet or maybe she was able this morning.

A very important lesson learnt and to share.

Never leave your little one alone even with restrainer on cos you never know what they are capable of.

Hi! I am nine months old already

Sign, Say and Play Last Lesson

2008-10-11T23:33:00.000+08:00

Today was the last lesson of the sign language class and I'm pretty sad about it. Today's theme was at the park and the teacher brought out the swing and the slide for us to play. Although I would prefer it to be a real outdoor park but overall I still enjoyed it.

Next week onwards, I don't know what Mummy is going to do with me during Saturday? Probably we will go to the market together with Daddy. It's has been a long time since our last visit to the wet market in Lorong Ah Soo.

Naomi sitting on the swing

Daddy helping Naomi with the slide

Naomi and Mummy

Naomi & Vereen

Group pictures of the class

Arrival of New Cot Bed

2008-10-04T21:30:00.006+08:00

Today my new cot bed came and I was very excited about it. It was much longer than the current one that I slept in. The current bed was a playpen that Mummy bought at a warehouse sale. It cost only $30 and some more brand new. What a bargain right? So now my playpen really became a place where I shall play in.

Wow, now I can practise my standing up Half way there, just a bit more strength

Yeah I am standing!

My new play area

Re- visit to the hair saloon

2008-10-03T22:52:00.001+08:00

This evening Daddy brought me to Orchard Road to fetch Mummy after her work. Mummy had an appointment for a hair cut at Takashimaya. After her own hair cut, she ask Aunty Sue whether can help me trimmed my hair.

This was actually my second time to a hair saloon. The first experience was a terrible one that Mummy decided to call it a quit after the stylist half way through the process. It was a guy stylist at my house downstairs and I don't liked him the moment he hold the scissors above my head and start cutting. And eventually with all the crying and struggling I end up with a terrible hair cut that was incomplete.

This time the feeling was different, Aunty Sue was very gentle towards me and I let her cut my hair. I can even smile at the camera unlike the previous one where all the pictures turned out blur because of too much movements.

Mummy commented that I really know how to choose between HDB and Orchard saloon.

My first haircut

Starting to get annoyed!!

My second haircut

Look, I'm not crying this time

All done and what a beautiful new hairstyle me and Mummy had.

First Visit to the ZOO

2008-10-01T22:31:00.000+08:00

Lately Mummy is getting busier so my blog updates was getting less frequent. I hope she will be more hardworking in doing the updates otherwise you guys will be bored. For the past week I was pretty busy with activities too.

I went to the Zoo on 1 October with Aunty Irin's family. It was a public holiday (Hari Raya) and it's Children's Day too. We reached there around 1pm and spent the whole afternoon visiting the animals. I saw a lot of animals which some of them I've seen them in the books before. I liked the Ostriches very much because he plays Pee-A-Boo with me. By the time we left the Zoo around 5pm, I was already in deep sleep as I've fully exhausted my energy.

Reyes and Reydon must be wondering what happened???
Mummy & Me

Uncle Kent helping me apply mosquitoes repellent
Mummy what is this animal behind me called?

Naomi & Giraffe

Reyes, Naomi & Polar Bears

Mummy the Ostrich is coming!

Is Daniel in the Lion's Den??

The Cheetah is sleeping

Reyes helping me clean up my sweat

Naomi & Zebra

Is that an adult pram???

Now it's Reyes turn to cry

Wake up Naomi, it's a Kangaroo

The Sleeping Beauty

Summary of the week

2008-09-28T22:28:00.012+08:00

This week was a pretty normal week for me. As usual grandma would come over to play with me on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. However something special was that Waipo and Li Gu also came over on Friday. They spent the whole day with me till late evening and Mummy managed to take some pictures of us.

Naomi & Waipo

Naomi & Li GuKungFu Baby

Saturday was my Sign, Say and Play class and this week the theme was dressing up. So I learnt how to sign comb, coat, shoes, socks, hat, big and small. So far I only managed to pick the hat sign as it was simply tapping on my head. After the lesson Mummy brought me to grandma house to meet up with Daddy because he was there to pick up car from Xiao Su. From there we proceed to Kiddy Palace at Toa Payoh to buy my new crib. Yeah! finally Mummy is getting me a new bed cos the current one is too short for me .

Xiao Su feeding meDo I look pretty in my new hat?
Daddy say I look like the carpark attendant

As for today, I went to church to celebrate children's day. There was an ice-cream party for the children so Mummy invited sister Agnes and brother Damien to come. Their daddy and mummy also came and they had a wonderful time eating all the ice-creams. As for me, I can't eat ice-cream yet so I stayed at the nursery room and play with my friends.

Damien, Agnes & Aunty Mary

Jeremiah's sisterMy new toy from Aunty PeiqingDaddy what is this button for ??? Daddy helping me to board my car

Sign, Say & Play Lesson 3

2008-09-20T23:00:00.004+08:00

You maybe wondering why there was no mentioning of lesson 2. Simply because Mummy went to Malaysia last week and it was Daddy who brought me to class. Nevertheless I will update you all on lesson 3 of the Sign, Say & Play. The theme for today was 'Bath Time' and I was taught to sign bath, duck, bubble, frog and water. We even had pretend play of bathing a baby in the pool and I enjoyed it so much despite that I am all wet.

Oh no! Mummy caught me chewing on stuff again

Come let's play together

Splash! Splash & more Splash

Wow bubbles everywhere

Developmental Milestones

2008-09-18T23:00:00.005+08:00

I came home today with a surprise. Naomi was able to crawl up the platform in the living room. Vincent told me that in the afternoon she was still unable to do it. However she mastered the skill by evening time and I was there to witness the initial step. I thanked God for that witnessed. When I started working full time, I was worried that I am going to miss out her initial developmental milestones. God knows my desire.
Beside crawling around the house and following us wherever we goes, she also has learned how to stretch out her hand and give a hand shake if you told her to 'shake hand' and followed by a 'high five' gesture. Wow she is learning fast. I wonder what's next on her list?

Step 1: Both hands on platform Step 2: Get into the 'Push-U positionStep 3: Lift one leg up into the platformStep 4: Stablised yourself and lift the other leg

My First Mid-Autum Festival

2008-09-11T21:22:00.013+08:00

This evening my family went to Aunty Adeline's house to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. The gathering was organised by Aunty Dara and it was my first Mid-Autumn Festival celebration. Because of this Mummy bought me a beautiful Power Puff Girl lantern that however plays a very "Beng" music when switch on. Daddy commented that it sounds exactly like the lorry reversing signal sound.

My first lantern

At there I saw many familiar faces, all Aunties and Uncles from our church and they too brought their kids along. When everyone was present, we went to the playground to start lighting up the lanterns. All the parents helped up in doing so and the children were all very excited so they gathered around the adults waiting to get their lantern. As for me, I had my battery operated Power Puff Girl lantern which I gladly held in my hand and occasionally shake it all around.

Noah, Joan & Jeremiah

Daddy can I take this ball home?

Aunty Dara lighting up a lantern for Shannon

Ashley waiting patiently for her lantern

Naomi & MummyDaddy, Mummy & Naomi

Aunty Shirley, Mummy's Polyfriend

Deborah, Ashley, Mummy & Me

Mummy's favourite boy- Jeremiah

The atmosphere was very lively and the lanterns shined brightly in the dark night. After a while,they switched to fire works which was the highlight of the night. Now even the parents joined in the fun.

Joan with her fireworks

Jeremiah with his fireworks

Daddy having great fun too

Grand Finale

We ended the night with a great sumptuous supper that was contributed by everyone

Developmental Milestones

2008-09-10T22:21:00.004+08:00

Just one day before Naomi turns eight months, she managed to take her first step of crawling. Wow Praise God for that. I've been waiting for this since the moment she started creeping and moving forward and backward by pushing off with her knee at around the beginning of seven months.
What triggers the crawl is a pen which has always been one of her favourite toy. She will always draw out the pen from Daddy's pocket and flung it around in her hand. So this time we took the pen and place it in front of her. As usual when she saw it, she was so excited that it pushes her to crawl forward and grab it without herself realising it.
Really joyful to witness it.
Another milestones she achieved toady was waving bye bye at Daddy when he was leaving for work. I'm so envy that Daddy get her first wave. But nevertheless, I am happy that my girl is growing and developing well.

Sign, Say and Play

2008-09-06T21:59:00.009+08:00

This morning Mummy brought me to attend a class called Sign, Say and Play. It was actually a baby sign programme that encourage baby to use simple physical movements to communicate about things they want to talk about before they can speak. Mummy saw this programme at the Internet and decide to give it a try for me.

The class size was around 8 babies with their daddy and mummy. The theme for today lesson was meal time and we learn simply gesture like drink, eat, milk, more and etc.. It was pretty fun and I enjoyed it very much.

Doing grocery with Mummy in a trolley

Oh Gosh!!!

2008-09-05T23:45:00.006+08:00

It has been a week since Mummy do an update about me. Well she was busy adjusting to her new job and when she got home she devoted all her time and attention to me. So I guessed all her energy was drained out by the end of the day.

As for me this week was pretty normal except for today. I had a bad diarrhoea since morning and by late afternoon I was badly bruised on my bum. It's so painful and sore that I cried whenever I need to wash after a poo. Also I used up all the diapers Aunty bought to grandma house and grandpa had to go and buy diapers for me to use. Mummy was worried when she knew about it and decided to bring me to see a doctor. Daddy brought me to Thomson Medical Centre because it has a 24 hour clinic. We reached there at around 9.15pm and the consultation was a quick one cos there was no other patient.

However Mummy felt that the doctor was not being professional as he actually make a silly mistake. He prescribed lacterol powder for me to drink and the quantity was one packet of sachet only. Mummy asked the nurse why only one sachet was given and upon checking with the doctor, the answer was that the doctor forgot to put one zero next to the one. In another words I should be getting ten packets of sachet not one. The doctor must be sleepy ha ha ha....

Gymboree with R&R

2008-08-29T23:17:00.009+08:00

Mummy said that she might not be able to bring me to Gymboree for a while when she starts her new job next Monday so this afternoon Mummy brought me to Gymboree together with Aunty Irin and my two kakis, Reyden & Reyes. I am very excited to see them again especially brother Reyden.

Princess NaomiWhat is Naomi trying to do to my brother???

Hi brother Reyden, look at me!!!

At around 6.45pm we parted and I hope I'll be able to see them soon....

A ride on the Bunny before called it a day

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD

2008-08-28T21:43:00.010+08:00

Today was a very big decision making day for me cos I did something which I never thought I would do or at least not in the near future, and that was I have resigned from my current job, shortly after I received my ten years service award from the company. What made my sudden departure so haste and swift is something which even I, myself, has no time to ponder on. Maybe that's how God works on us...

Last week one of my church friend called and informed me of a job opportunity being offered by a company in the aviation industry. She added that it was the Holy Spirit who prompted her to call me to apply. Initially I didn't take it seriously cos I didn't have the intention for a career switch yet as Naomi is still too young and she needs my full attention. However the invitations kept coming back and I began to wonder what if the prompting of the Holy Spirit to my friend is true. Finally I decided to give it a try, thinking that on the other hand, I probably will not get the job based on my existing job nature and working experience.

I went for the first interview on Monday and to my surprise they actually shortlisted me and asked me to go for a second interview on Wednesday. Of course during this period, something happened along the way which make it possible for me to be called for the second interview. The other candidate whom they have already chosen earlier didn't turned up and thus she was rejected by them. All these events really show God at work and I am basically being led through the whole process.

This morning the company sent me the letter of offer and I accepted it. Although it was a good news, I felt a sudden sadness within me as I'm going to leave my current company soon. I'm actually going to miss my agency and all my good colleagues who have gone through the ups and downs with me for the past ten years. And the worst part of all was to break the news to my manager who is leaving Singapore for a convention tonight. This kind of feeling is really beyond description and...... please forgive me KM! Besides that I also want to apologise to all my loyal and faithful clients who had supported me throughout all these years. Sorry I won't be able to offer my services to you all again...

Since I have taken a big step out of my comfort zone and venture into the wilderness, I prayed for God's holy presence to be with me and see me through in this new career and that wilderness is actually the land of milk and honey where I should be. Amen!

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.
He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me....
Psalm 23:1-4

Developmental Milestone

2008-08-23T21:25:00.015+08:00

This week has been a very fulfilling week for me & Vincent. Currently at 7 months and 2 weeks old, Naomi has started to babble words such as "papa", "mama" and "baobao". They sounded like a stream of consciousness monologues in another language with endless words strung together. Whenever she wants our attention, she would put on a vulnerable facial expression, sometimes with tears on her cheeks and start babbling non-stop. It melts our hearts to see her like that and we give in to her request ultimately. Nevertheless we always thanked God for her good development....

Besides the babbling, I also noticed that she is trying to stand up whenever she gets to hold on to something. It happened this evening when I put her down in the playpen while I went away for a moment, she suddenly stood up and bent half of her body over the playpen! I had to grab hold of her quickly, otherwise I believed she would fell off the playpen! Thank God for His hands of protection upon her!

I guessed it's time we had to spend money again as she has outgrown herself in the playpen. However we still can't decide on whether to replace it with a toddler bed or simply just lay a mattress on the floor for her to sleep on. Advice has been given to me that laying mattress on the floor is much more safer and practical but I personally felt a bit uncomfortable for her to sleep on the floor while we sleep on the bed. Moreover I'm worried that she will roll under our bed. Hmmm... Any comment on this?

The next developmental milestone I am looking forward is when will she start crawling and the growing of her first tooth.

New Play Tent

2008-08-23T17:03:00.005+08:00

Yesterday Mummy bought a pop-up play tent together with playballs for me. The play tent is very colourful and it comes with an attachable tunnel too. This afternoon I had an enjoyable time playing inside the tent. Check it out...

Welcome to my play tent

Have a cup of tea

Let me take a rest

Baby Visitation Again

2008-08-17T23:43:00.008+08:00

It was another one of those busy Sunday again. Morning at Church...

Church Nursery Room

My friend Janelle

And in the afternoon, I went to the house of a friend of Daddy & Mummy. Uncle Benedict and Aunty Lydia have just joined parenthood two months ago. They have a baby boy named Timothy. Timothy was sleeping when we reached there but later woke up during milk time.
As usual the adults' conversation was about us, how we behaved and how they coped with us. I guessed when parents get together, this will always be a hot topic to share. Before we left, we took some pictures together.

Baby Timothy with his Mummy

After that we went to Grandma's house because Xiao Su had just returned from Taiwan and he bought some presents for me. Thank you Xiao Su! We stayed there until 9.30pm because Daddy & Mummy wanted to watch the Olympic game. It was the final for the table tennis match and Singapore was playing against China. Although we lost to China and came in second, we're all very happy as Singapore has finally gotten an Olympic medal after 48 years of waiting and trying.
Well done Singapore and more to come!!!

New collections to my wardrobe

Hey Baby Ming Ze

2008-08-14T18:48:00.006+08:00

This morning Daddy sent me and Mummy to Aunty Elaine house to see her newborn baby. It is a boy named Chew Ming Ze. The baby is only two weeks old and Mummy said he reminds her of me when I was just a new born baby. We were there until noon and Daddy came to fetch us back.

Baby Ming Ze

Sleeping together with baby Ming Ze

Cooking Porridge

2008-08-10T22:06:00.009+08:00

After two unsuccessful tries of feeding Naomi with porridge, she finally ate it just now during dinnertime.

For the past 1 month she has been eating fruits and vegetables puree with cereal. She enjoys it very much especially plain cereal with milk. So the transition from cereal to porridge kind of worries me as I'm not sure what to cook. Asking around for secret receipt is the only way to get a head start.

The first time I gave her anchovies broth porridge and she reacted in a very funny manner after tasting it. Conclusion was she doesn't like it as it was tasteless. The second time I boiled anchovies broth with carrot and fish meat to make the porridge. Result was rejection again after a few tasting. So this afternoon, together with my helper Dory, we came up with a receipt. We decided to add carrot, sweet corn, meat and heng chai to make the porridge and puree it thoroughly. When we served it to Naomi, both of us were very nervous as we were not sure whether Naomi will accept the taste this time round. Thank God she likes it and never gave us that funny head shaking movement. Hooray!!! It's an encouragement to us and give us more confident in planning her meals in future.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

2008-08-09T17:00:00.029+08:00

Since today is National Day and a public holiday, our cell group organised a morning walk at Kent Ridge Park. We were to meet at 7.30am at Malan Road where our old church used to be. Therefore I woke up around 6.15am and left home around 6.40am. The arrangement was that Uncle Colin will be picking us up at Potong Pasir MRT Station because Daddy got morning devotion at Garden Hotel so he won't be joining us. However we were late and Uncle Colin picked us at Harbour Front MRT Station instead.

Mummy I am so.... sleepy.....

Waiting for LRT

When we reached Malan Road, everyone was there already. And after some discussions, the group decided to visit the HortPark - The Gardening Hub first instead of taking the 280 metres long canopy walk of Kent Ridge Park that leads to Mount Faber.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub is located at the Hyderabad Road side of the Alexandra Arch which can also be connected to Kent Ridge Park via the Canopy Walk. HortPark - The Gardening Hub is Southeast Asia's first one stop garderning centre for garderning related recreational, educational, research and retail activities in a park setting.

Behind us is Alexandra Arch and Ready, Get Set, Go!

At HortPark I saw many different types of beautiful flowers and fruits trees such as jambu and pomelo. There was also a huge cotton tree and cotton wools were seen lying around under the tree. Towards the end of HortPark sightseeing I fell asleep and what happens after that I have no idea.

Entrance of HortPark

Starting to doze off. Zzzzz......

The bridge that links to Kent Ridge Park

At Kent Ridge Park

Mummy said we spent about two hours altogether walking through the HortPark and took the Canopy Walk that linked to Kent Ridge Park (up to the site of the battle of Bukit Chandu) before returning to HortPark again. After that we walked back to Malan Road where Daddy was waiting for us. Wow what an achievement despite the weather was so sunny.

The picture below shows us at a coffee shop in Tanglin Halt neighbourhood where breakfast shall begin after a long walk.

The adults la kopi

while I drank my milk

After breakfast we headed back home. On the way back Daddy decided to bring me to the Punggol Marina seaside to take a quick look.

Gymboree Play & Music

2008-08-08T21:17:00.008+08:00

Today I went to the Gymboree at Vivo city with Mummy's friends again. As usual, Aunty Irin brought Reyden & Reyes and Aunty Eileen brought Ezanne. On top of that, there was Aunty Sharon who brought Xavier, Xanda and Xylia. Wow what a crowd!

We reached Gymboree around 1.30pm after a lunch gathering at Burger King. The play environment was very well designed and full of equipments to help us developed cognitive, physcial and social skills during play. Mummy enrol as a member because she said that next time during Friday I can come and play before going to cell group. That will be great because I love the place and had a good time there today.

Xylia,Xanda & Naomi

Two pretty babes

After we left Gymboree, Mummy and her friends went for an ice-cream treat at Haagen-Dazs while I slept in the pram. Then Aunty Irin gave us a ride home to Compasspoint.

During the journey towards home, something funny happened. Reyden who was sitting behind in his car seat was quietly eating a tube of hand cream which apparently belong to his mummy. This scares Aunty Irin and Mummy. Mummy quickly took the hand cream from Reyden's hand and later found out that the cap of the tube was missing. They began asking Reyden to open his mouth to see whether he eat the cap but he refused and started crying all the way to Compasspoint. Well this is defintely a sensory development at work for us and part of parenthood for the mummies.

After Aunty Irin drop us off at Compasspoint, Mummy brought me to the library while waiting for Daddy to come. It was my first visit to the library.

2008-08-07T20:45:00.006+08:00

Yeah! I am 7 months old today. From tomorrow onwards, I'll be starting to eat porridge and Mummy will be cooking it. Wonder how it's going to taste like??? Another good news is I've recovered from my running nose. Thank God for that!

Mummy's Worries

2008-08-05T21:32:00.008+08:00

A week has passed and Naomi is still having her running nose. Whenever she is down with it, it would be a series of unsettled sleep for her every night. She will have difficulty in breathing as she is not able to blow her mucus out yet, and thus she will always wake up crying.

Medication like Zyrtec and nasal spray are always given to her to ease her discomfort. However once the effect of the medication wears off, the cycle starts again. Other methods such as sucking out her mucus is becoming more and more challenging for me as now she is able to recognise the act and she will protest it very much.

Oops... There she goes crying again... Well... Managed to put her back to sleep with the help of her favourite elephant rattle. Whenever she cries non stop, I will use that rattle to break her cry and pat her to sleep.

Ok back to the running nose issue... When she was much younger that time, I used to put her in the Fisher Price rocker to sleep. This rocker has a versatile seat angle which can position Naomi at an elevated angle without causing the nose to block. But now as she grows bigger, the chair is a bit too small for her. Wonder any other usefully help is available???

My girlfriend told me that it is very common for babies to get running nose and I really prayed that Naomi will recover from it soon, so that she can go swimming with Reyes & Reyden!

Busy Sunday

2008-08-03T23:11:00.014+08:00

Sunday is always a busy day for me. First half of the morning will be going to church, followed by having lunch with church uncles and aunties and back again to church in the afternoon if Daddy got Chinese Sunday School teaching.

Same goes for today. I was at church in the morning until 12.30pm, then we went to Bendemeer hawker centre for lunch and back again by 1.30pm cos Daddy got teaching today. I slept in the nursery room until Daddy finished his teaching which was 3.30pm already. Meanwhile Mummy was at Vivo City Toys"R"Us. What was she doing there??

Well the story begins when they bought the car seat for me last week. Remember? The car seat comes with a free cup holder and since the car seat is red in colour, the cup holder should be red as well. Moreover we have the brochure from Toys"R"Us that shows our car seat with the cup holder in matching colours also. However we realised ours was a blue one only when we reached home. So Mummy tries to change it to the correct colour in order to match my car seat.

On Friday she went to the branch in Tampines Mall but was told by the staffs that they do not sell any car seat over there. So Mummy asked them to check on the availability of the cup holder in other outlets and was told that the Vivo City outlet has the stock. However as Daddy was in town yesterday, he went back to Forum branch to change it but with no success also. The staff simply told Daddy that there is no stock for the red colour one.

So today Mummy purposely went to Vivo City after having lunch with us and horror of all horrors, she was told that there was no red colour cup holder too. This made Mummy very, very angry and she questioned the staffs about it. Finally it came to light that all these cup holders come in blue colour only despite that the brochure printed a red colour one.

What were the staffs of Toys"R"Us doing???? Aren't they supposed to know their products by heart and provide the consumers with the right information??? All these while we were told that there is no stock for the red colour cup holder when in the first place, they do not bring it in at all!!! It was totally a wild goose chase!

After the whole issue, Mummy turned to shopping to ease her sadness (probably an excuse). Ended up she bought a beautiful hat and a set of clothe for me.

Then she went back to church again to meet us and we went to Er Su's house at Toh Yi Drive. Er Su has just renovated his new house as he is getting married at the end of this year. It was nicely renovated and very spacious too. I even slept on his new bed.

Waiting for Er Su at the void deck

Just had my snack while waiting
Xiao Su Freddie
Er Su Ronnie & Er Shen Vivian

We left his house at about 8.45pm and reached home around 9.30pm. What an eventful day!

A Day At Wai Po's House

2008-08-01T22:23:00.009+08:00

Wai Po is not feeling well again, so I went to visit her together with Mummy and Auntie Dory today. She went to the hospital yesterday to do some checkups and that made her very weak and grumpy. However my presence made her forgot all her physical discomforts and I'm glad that I can cheer her up. Er Jiu was there too and we took some pictures together. I spent the whole day there until evening when Daddy came to fetch us back.

As for me, I still haven't recovered from running nose and coughing. Mummy wonders whether am I teething????

My New Car Seat

2008-07-31T23:20:00.005+08:00

Last week Mummy saw the broucher from Toys"R"Us and noticed that there was a car seat on sale. It was a Maxi Cosi Prior SPS model, and the orginal price was $431.90 but now it is selling at $268. Since it was such a good deal, we went to Toys"R"Us at Forum last Sunday to get it.

And today I get to sit in it when Daddy sent Mummy to Compass Point. It is big and comfortable and now I can have a good view of the scenery during rides. Moreover it's red in colour and matches Daddy's car too.

Good Bye old car seat!

Noah's Ark Day 2

2008-07-30T21:40:00.009+08:00

Today Mummy is very hardworking. She started painting the animals since mid-morning all the way until evening. Added to the collection were an elephant, a pig, a cow, two dolphins and a hippo. Fully exhausted at the end I guess but a job well done!

As for me I simply eat, sleep and play. That's what baby should do right???

Noah's Ark Day 1

2008-07-30T09:45:00.004+08:00

This is a belated post because yesterday don't know what Mummy do to the setting and the post became schedule.

Today Mummy is going to start on a new project, which is to paint my play room wall. She had drawn a picture of Noah the Ark a couple weeks back and today she is going to start adding in the colours. Hopefully she can finished by this week ?????

We went to Uncle Desmond house this afternoon to take the paint from him and after we came back from lunch at Punggol Plaza, Mummy immediately start work while I take my afternoon nap.

As I was having a bad running nose, my nap was short and by then Mummy already had the giraffe and lion painted. Wow! Can't wait to see the complete picture!

Host it

2008-07-29T08:30:00.000+08:00

With past few days of late night sleep and long hours in front of the computer, finally Naomi's blog is ready. Welcome everyone and let the journey begin.......

Love,
Mummy