My little shopping queen

Norelle loves shopping or 'kai kai'. Everytime when she sees us change our clothes, she will automatically says, 'kai kai ah?' and will proceed to take her shoes from the shoes rack. Or sometimes she will fusses if we didnt bring her out. Anyway, I love to bring her out as I love shopping (nowadays it's more window shopping or bring-her-out-to-shopping-mall-and-let-her-run-around). She loves big spaces where she can practice her running and also training to be a good consumer (enter every single shop and pulls whatever is reachable and pretend to compare prices) :P

Well I guess I shouldnt complain much as there's a sayinng 'monkey see monkey do' and in this case I would say she's following HY (hahahhaa...)

'Ah-mi, let's do shopping..catch me if you can'

This picture has nothing to do with the 'shopping post. Just like the way her hair looks in this picture - so uber stylish :)

Norelle's new haircut

Norelle with a new haircut (well now longer). It has never been my idea and my wish to cut short of her hair. My MIL has been and always complaining that Norelle's hair is too thick and long and not suitable for the weather. I would rather let her hair grow longer so that I can doll her up with TONS of pretty clips which I have (and keep on buying). Oh well, I guess at the mean time, Norelle will have to do with a short hair-do. And it's never easy to bring her for a hair cut. So sometimes her hair cut would be uneven.

Hmmmm...maybe next time I'll ask the hairdresser to give her a 'Katie Holmes' hair-do??? hehehe

Hair cut ala coconut shape :)

A weekend with 'kung kung and poh poh'

We were having lunch in one of the weekends with Norelle's maternal grandparents a.k.a kung kung and poh poh. Her kung kung and poh poh dote on her very much as she's the 1st grandchild (well, mummy is the only child of kung kung and poh poh lor).

Norelle with kung kung and poh poh

Norelle @ 16 Mos

Here are some pictures of my cheeky gal at her 16 mos...

'Ah-mi ah (that's how she calls me)...can you please dont take my picture when I'm busy savouring my meal???'

'AH-MI!!! no more picture of me pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'

Singapore trip - May 08

We went to Singapore on the 1st to 4th May 2008 and it was Norelle's first trip to the land of the 'Merlion'. We were there to attend a wedding celebration and also took this opportunity for a short get-a-way.

We went by car as this was much easier judging that we have TONS of things with us and also more convenient. Norelle was doing well along the journey and as for me, not at my 'very best' condition as I was having some 'morning sickness' at that time.

We stayed at Grand Mercure Roxy hotel for the first 2 nights and later moved to The Regent hotel for 1 night (where the wedding dinner was held). For this trip, we went to quite number of places as I would like to tak this opportunity to expose Norelle to this place.

We went to Sentosa whereby Norelle had her first contact with the beach. But it was a HOT HOT day. And the weather didnt budged throughout our stay there. Norelle was sceptical at first when we placed her on the sand. She didnt like it that much. Then HY brought her down to the sea and again she was overwhelmed by it.

We didnt stay long as it was such a hot day so we proceeded to our next destination - The Jacob Ballas's Children Garden. I've read a lot about this place at the forum so I was happy that finally we got there. The garden was designed especially for children in mind, informative and fun. Then we saw an open area where children are allowed to get wet. Hahaha...good idea since it was such a hot day.

Then we went back to the hotel where there was still some time for a little dip in the pool (for Norelle of course). What an eventful day. It was a fun trip for her and for us as well. On this trip I managed to meet up with Jaslyn and her oh-so-pretty Yun Xi where she came to pass me the 'loot' (my online shopping craze)

What I like most about this trip was our stay in The Regent hotel. The room was big enough and the best was the baby crib. It was so HUGE and it came with fluffy mattress and full cot-bumper. And also not forgetting a set of baby toiletteries as well as baby bath tub (with anti-slip) mat) - which we didnt even request for. This is truly a very-family friendly hotel.

Our journey back to KL was a breeze where Norelle slept almost throughout the whole journey.

Singapore here I come!

At Vivo City

In the coach on the way to Sentosa Island

Get down and dirty with the sand

On a trail track at Jacob Ballas' Children Garden

Oooohhh..water spurting out everywhere

And to end a wonderful hotday, a dip in the pool!

We're back!

Hello everyone. After a LOOOOOOOOONG hiatus, we are now back in action. For the past few months I was not in the mood (being pregnant gives you the license to say this!) to look, write, read, etc anything on the blog. Blame it on the pregnancy hormones. But I thank God that fot this pregnancy, I am feeling MUCH better compared to the last one. Currently I am about 20 weeks (5 months) preggie and this time we are expecting a PRINCE :) Good excuse for me to 'close-shop' after that.

Well, enough said. Stay tune for some really-really-really back dated posts and sme recent ones as well.

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

Norelle is 14 Months!!

Hiya everyone, the cheeky girl is 14 months today. We had a great day as we brought Norelle to TTDI Park in the evening. The weather was cooling and the wind was very breezy. What a nice day to stroll on the park. HY slowed down the car when we were approaching to the park so that Norelle was able to see the monkeys roaming around the area. Those monkeys were quite tame and they wont disturb people. Norelle was taken in at awe by the sight of those monkeys. She always has this 'blur but serious' look on her face when she is concentrating on something.

When we arrived, we let her walk on her own since she's able to walk now. And I want her to walk instead of sitting on the stroller. I showed her the flowers alongside of the sidewalk and she recognized it and said ' Fwa wer’ while pointing at them. Then we spotted a monkey sitting on the fence and she got so excited and gave out a loud shriek! The monkey was disturbed by her loud voice and started to climb up a tree nearby. Norelle still kept her sight at the monkey while kept pointing and shrieking at the same time.

Next, we let her walk on the grass bed towards the children play area. I let her touched the grass and felt it on her tiny hands. She was enjoying the new sensation and when she spotted the 'view' (play area) in front of her, she quickened her pace and tripped. Luckily just a small fall and it did not hurt her knees. She was beyond excited when she saw the slides. She wasted no time in getting up to the slide (with the help from daddy) and happily slid down. This continued for a while and then we moved on to the next spot – man-made stream. TTDI Park has a nice man-made stream where little children (or adults) can have a lil’ dip or catch some tadpoles. There were also some banks of sand where kids can built ‘sand castle’. Families can even have their own picnic literally by the stream! How wonderful is that?

We were eager to see Norelle’s reaction towards the stream and decided to let her have a dip in it. HY held on to her while trying to dip her little feet into the cold water (as the weather was quite chilly), she was taken aback due to the coldness of the water and she doesn’t seem to like the sand either. Hmmm…must be the weather. We continued our ‘journey’ to the man-made waterfall. But was disappointed as the waterfall was ‘turn off’ when we reached that place. So, no waterfall only rocks formation lor…

It was getting late so we decided to walk out of the park, and then we spotted some turtles and fish in the pond. Norelle was delighted to see them swimming in the pond. Then her attention shifted to some birds on the ground and she was ‘trying’ to chase the birds. It was such a nice sight looking at how happy she was just by seeing those birds. That reminds me to always ‘take some time out and smell the flowers’.

All in all, it was a nice outing whereby Norelle learned a lot about nature and we were happy that she got to see, smells, taste, touch and feel the things that GOD created.

'hmmm...where should I go first?'

'I want to do this on and on and on and...'

'daddy, have you check the pH level of the water? I dont want it to damage my delicate skin'

'daddy, can you please make sure my feet are completely dry before putting on the shoes?'

'bird, bird..wait for me...'

Isabelle's Birthday

We were invited to Baby Isabelle's 1st birthday yesterday at her house. The party was in the evening and we were late as we were stucked in traffic due to heavy rain (which has been going on since the afternoon). When we got there, we already missed the cake cutting ceremony. There were a lot of people as there were 2 birthdays being celebrated together (Isabelle and her cousin were born on the same date, month and year) thus explained the crowd.

There were so much food and the deco for Isabelle's party was so pretty and so PINK! There were ballooons everywhere. We met up with June and hb together with Baby Zhun Yin and Sze Lynn, hb and Baby Andrea. Baby Isabelle was so pretty and all dressed up like a princess - complete with a tutu and tiara. She's such a lady and so demure. We had a great time there and thanks to Renelle for the invitation.

The birthday girl, Baby Isabelle and mummy Renelle with us

Baby Zhun Yin and mummy June with us at the party