My first Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all!!!!!

Never knew Christmas can be so fun...Since I already have my 2 front teeth, albeit late, I received heaps of presents instead (just wondering when the top 2 teeth will come out)!

We spent Christmas eve at Mummy's grandma's place, the usual annual family get together Yuletide celebrations. There were heaps of presents there that they made the Christmas tree looked so small. I had loads of fun with so many interesting things to see and touch over there and I also received loads of attention. :D

hey, why are they all crowded around the Christmas tree without me?!

oh, there are heaps of presents under the tree...hehe...er....I was only looking, promise!

hehe. i'm just holding on to my present, that's all!

isn't Christmas the spirit of giving?! here uncle R, take my tupperware! sorry ya, I've finished my biscuits already!



The next morning, I got to open all my Christmas presents. There are 2 birthday presents that Mummy said I will need to wait for my birthday first. Already I got the huge car that Ai Yee got me for my birthday. I can't ride on my own yet as my legs cannot reach the ground so I get pushed around in it by Mummy or Papa. I prefer to push it myself though...Mummy likes to sit and ride it herself and makes me chase after her. The car is surely hardy coz even Papa can sit on it and Mummy has warned him that he will need to buy me another one if he breaks it.

all my Christmas presents and some early b'day presents...what joy!


We went over to my Kai Yeh's (godfather) place in the afternoon and spent the rest of the day there.

Testing out the cool shoes Kai Yeh (Godfather) and Kai Mah (Godmother) gave me for Christmas and Lucas' mummy gave me the pretty dress (yes, they are still kinda big for me but they're too nice to resist)

Thank you to all for my wonderful Christmas presents!

We hung out at Kai Yeh's clubhouse and I had so much fun playing at the children's room. There were so many colourful balls!

can you see my 2 tiny front teeth at the bottom?!

I hear that I'll be swimming again on my birthday at Kai Yeh's place after my birthday party and I really cannot wait (as it has been so long, the last time was when I was about 6 months plus as I've been sick pretty often after that). Mummy said that it'll be ok since it's after my party and that it's also my birthday. And, I'll be getting my first taste of Mummy's favourite dessert, ICE CREAM!!! ....that is if I've recovered from my cough.

Below was taken a week before Christmas...we had a Mummy and baby gathering with Mummy's friends and I got early Christmas presents!

opps, you mean it's not Christmas yet?!!

On my physical progression, I think I have put on the weight that I have lost when I was sick. Mummy says I'm heavier and that I'm eating and drinking more these days. I now can drink 5-6oz most of the times and some times more (I know it still sounds little but I was only drinking 3-4oz at one go, sometimes lesser in the last 2-3 months). My appetite has increased tremendously and I eat more porridge than before but I don't seem to have a liking for baby cereal and bottled baby food anymore. But for biscuits and bread, you can give them to me anytime!!!! I wonder if I will feel the same for ice cream?! Papa complaints that I'm taking after Mummy, the junk food Queen (and she says she takes after Grandma)

I can now walk confidently...Mummy and Papa think it's amazing how from 5-8 steps more than a week ago I now can walk all the way from the living room to the kitchen (it's like at least 20 steps) and I'm trying to run instead of walk in the last 2 days. Oh Boy, I cannot wait till I turn 1 year old!

Mummy’s entry – Having a baby means….

It’s been nearly a year since Rye Li has come into our lives and I thought that I should pen down the great experiences of the journey ever since I found out I was pregnant. So having a baby to me means….

- realising how flexible my body can be

- feeling the greatness of a little one growing in you

- gaining the benefits of being pregnant, all of a sudden everyone around you becomes more sensitive to your needs, esp. hubby

- being able to get away looking fat (when the baby is still in you of course)

- getting all pampered at the hospital (never received so much attention and care before)

- feeling proud of being a mother and bringing baby home for the first time

- getting all warm and fuzzy when baby sleeps on you

- getting first class priceless moments when baby starts to smile/laugh/talk to you

- getting more first class priceless moments when baby starts to crawl/walk to you when you get back home from a hard day at work

- appreciating my mother more (I now know why mothers say “wait till you’ve become a mother”)

- realising what a great entertainer (clown/singer/dancer) I can be (to rye li of course or what I’d like to think so)

- going back memory lane and singing all those nursery rhymes again and also learning more new ones (I seriously have never ever sung so many nursery rhymes and children songs in my life!)

- becoming the child in me all over again!

Bangkok

I survived Bangkok, fairly miserably perhaps as I was not feeling too well but I did enjoy the whole trip though.

I was asleep nearly throughout the flight there and back (which Mummy is so thankful for) so nothing much to update about the plane ride.

Once we got there at night, Uncle K and Aunty P picked us up and we stayed the night at their place. The next day we moved into a hotel-cum-service apartments...I like this place alot as I get to wander around and the bed is really huge. Although Mummy got me a baby cot, I slept with them throughout as I'd protest whenever I'm put into the cot.

my happiness 0n the huge bed...if only mummy's and papa's bed is this big.

i love this round table in our room...i can go round and round non stop

and i love the huge bath tub too!

me in the living room, all dressed up and ready to go for the wedding dinner

my grin, too bad you can't see my teeth (yes, they're finally out! but still it's just the tips that are out)

family album (note that i was in the sling with mummy for most of the trip)

picture with the happy couple

can you spot the baby?

me on the sky train, er....eating illegally...mummy thinks i will not get caught since i'm a baby

papa bought this painting for me at the weekend market (chatuchak) and this little girl is the artist, too bad i was asleep when all this took place

the infamous traffic jam at bangkok, just had to take a pic

me at bangkok international airport waiting for our very delayed flight back home

Mummy managed to do her shopping but she wished for more time to do more shopping. She also managed to get her massage done (although she didn't get a full body massage), she got away with a foot massage only as I was next to her the whole time on that mattress. She told papa that the next time we're there, he's going to take me out while she has her full body massage...he owes her just that! Hehe...dunno when we will ever be back there again though.

Oh ya, another highligtht of the trip (other than me having fever for 2 days)...I fell off the cot! For the first time (as mummy has always been so careful with me whenever I'm in my cot or on her bed), I fell off the cot and landed flat on face! Mummy cannot forgive herself for this and Thank God that I wasn't affected by the fall. I actually got flung out from the cot when the railing (that opens outwards) gave way due to the latches not latch on properly. Mummy thinks the railing broke my fall so I didn't fell too hard on the floor. This happened the next morning of our first night at the hotel and yes, I got to sleep on the bed with mummy and papa the rest of the nights there. :)

Not well

I've not been feeling too good for the past week, fever came and stayed for like 5 days. I'm down with a sore throat, blocked nose and then it lead to an ear infection. I had to go to the doctor's twice and I sure didn't like it. Now when I see my doc, I will start crying in protest! Mummy mentioned that I used to smile and laugh at him when I was younger...huh?!!! what was I thinking of then? How can I smile and laugh at someone that probes me all over?!

Being sick is really no fun...I've no more appetite and I'm losing weight. The last we checked, I was 7.5kgs, lost 0.2 kgs within 2 days and I'm losing more as I'm not eating or drinking as much as before. Mummy is worried and wonders how to feed me...her tactic now is to feed me frequently in small amounts with my favourite snacks thrown in too like biscuits and bread. Any ideas how to maintain at least my weight and not lose more?