15 Mos and blabbering away...

Norelle is 15 mos today and she is getting more vocal day after day. It's quite amusing seeing her trying to communicate with us. She is very responsive to things around her and it's easier (sometimes) when we want to get her response towards something. But sometimes she still talks in her own baby language, so at times we have to kind of 'guess' what she is trying to say (maybe she is just pulling our legs by making us listen to her blabbering away?????)

She is also getting more and more on my nerves nowadays with her throwing tantrums for no apparent reason. She is sooooooooooooo demanding and behaving out of her usual self. She is vying for attention 24/7 and a slightest thing can trigger her tantrums. Perhaps she can 'sense' the lil baby inside mummy's tummy? I am now about 7 weeks preggie and we brought her together to the gynae so that she got to see the ultrasound of the baby. We want to include her in every step of this wonderful time and I would want her to see her lil sis/bro growing day by day inside mummy's tummy :)

And she seems to be able to communicate in 2 languages quite well, cantonese and english. When we ask her in english, she will answer us in cantonese or vice versa. So cute.

Some of her vocab:
- bau bau (bread)
- ter ter / mag mag (water)
- oi poh (wants to be carried)
- oi sek (wants to eat)
- tan (egg - her favourite food thus far)
- oi tho (wants to sit)
- thoo (shoes)
- tock (socks)
- 'pen (open - with silence O)
- put ah put (put back)
- em mai (dont want)
- tur ter (turtle)
- dog
- cat
- berd (bird)
- fshhh (fish)
- bear bear
- didi / daaaaaaaaaaadi (daddy)
- yeh yeh (grand pa)
- jie jie (big sister)
- ah pak (uncle)
- chis (cheese)
- bis bis (biscuit)
- poon (spoon)
- bow (bowl)

forgot to add:
- baaaabu (bubble)
- lop (drop)
- light
- mit (peel)
- jiiiita (guitar)
- poon (spoon)
- sup (soup)
- thair (chair)
- bag
- pak (park)
- leng leng (pretty)
- klip (clip)
- dum (drum)

So far thats all I can remember. HY cant wait for his lil princess to talk more and I can tell that would be pretty soon.

Oh, we are going to Singapore tomorrow for some R&R and it would be Norelle's first trip to Singapore. Finally get to use her passport (we have it done since she was 4 months old!). Fingers crossed that my nausea wont be getting any worse (quite bad now) and Norelle will behave like an angle throughout the trip (yeah, right!) , still am praying for the best :)

More pictures after the trips.

Photo taken by Steph's photographer during Amanda's 1st birthday

Amanda's Birthday Party

Last Saturday on 12th April, we were invited to Baby Amanda's 1st birthday party at Cafe 888 located at Dataran Sunway. We went there straight after Norelle's Kindermuzik class and the timing was just right. The place was nicely decorated with mostly pink and white balloons and birthday banners.

As 'teddy bear' was the theme of the party, the cake was a 2-tier round cake with a 3D bear as the cake topper. The cake was beautiful and sweet. And Steph has gotten many little teddy bear as the party favour for all the kids.

It was great to be able to meet up with June and Renelle again together with their little ones, Baby Zhun Yin and Baby Isabelle. We all had fun that day and the party was great. So many good food and most of all, Norelle enjoyed herself too. She even let me wore the party mask on her. Hahaa...she looked so cute.

The lovely 'teddy-bear' theme birthday cake surrounded many many teddy bears party favour

The three little friends (l-r: Norelle, Zhun Yin & Isabelle) at the party

The birthday girl, Amanda with mummy and daddy