Sunday, June 29, 2008

Family photoshoot at FOTO U!!

Today we went for a family photoshoot at Foto U! This was part of yeye's bday present cos gu1 ma1 and mummy wanted to get a nice family portrait blown up to commemorate yeye's 60th bday!

Uncle Benjamin was real patient in trying to make me laugh, but unfortunately I wasnt in too good a mood. Still, the photos didnt turn out too bad! Mummy is really tempted to bring me for an individual one in a few mths time.

This is the one we have decided to enlarge!


HUMPH... what are YOU looking at??


ALL ME!!






Happy family!


Wednesday, June 25, 2008

baby no more... i am ONE!!!

I finally turn 1! to those who are reading, hey that means I am no longer a BABY but have crossed officially into TODDLERHOOD!!! hyak hyak hyak... (papa says that one cant be called a toddler if he/she cant even stand, not to mention TODDLE, but that's a separate story altogether)

To celebrate my 1st birthday, I had 2 small gatherings. mummy was too tired to organise a big bash like the one I had for full mth celebration. the 1st gathering was on 8 June with Gong Gong and Ma Ma and mummy's relatives at River View Hotel, and the 2nd one was on 15 June, just 1 day b4 I officially turned 1!

Pictures of the 2nd party at home :







My actual day birthday cake cutting ceremony!





Also, since this blog is meant to help remind mummy of the milestones I have (or have not) achieved, here are the things i can do at the grand old age of 1!

Motor skills :
- Crawling on all 4s (FINALLY!! can u believe I only discovered my passport to unlimited snooping into forbidden crevices and nooks and crannies at the grand age of 11+ mths?? is that delayed motor skills or what? mummy believes its due to my big fat butt. hmm... )
- standing unsupported (my best record was a whopping 10 sec!! woo hoo!!)
- follows commands (wave/flying kiss/kiss mummy on command, stroke mummy's hair when asked to, knows actions to songs eg twinkle twinkle little star, sits/stands/lie down on command - of cos this depends on my mood!

Verbal :
- says papa and mama to the correct pp
- says UP when I want to be carried
- says apple when i am shown a picture of the fruit or when i see the fruit at fruit stalls
- make a valiant attempt to vocalise baby when i see my fav flash card of a baby holding a ball - instead of beh-bee, i say BA BE
- pretends to bark like a dog when I see a picture of a dog/doggy stuffed toy

Others :
- recognises and picks out correctly flash cards like car, watch, flower, dog, cat, clock, sea horse, and many more
- recognises shapes - heart shaped/star and triangle by picking out the correct shapes and 'matching' it to the correct page in my shapes picture book
- dances to music like a real seasoned chiongster
- drink from a straw cup (since 9 mths old)
- answers simple yes/no questions by nodding or shaking my head accordingly
- points out body parts like nose, mouth when asked
- pats chest when asked where is xingyi/toto
- loves to unpack and repack my box of toys
- loves to be read to
- tries to comb my hair with the barbie comb mummy got foc from tangs!

current favorite person - Ma2 Ma4! (thats mummy's mummy, for those who are wondering..)

ok.. time to stop.. only cos its time for mummy to knock off from work!! till the next post..

Thursday, June 19, 2008

FIDGETS!

Today we went to Fidgets as Mummy is on urgent leave with yeh yeh being hospitalised with a peritonsillar abscess (OUCH!). We went with Aunty Jessica and baby Shannen who stay just 2 blocks away.

For $8 per entry and unlimited playtime, it was sure worth the money cos we stayed there the whole afternoon!

With baby Shannen..


In the ball pit..


In my very own car!


We also met Baby Gayle (another July baby) there!