3rd Anniversary

We celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary on 24.09.2008. And it was a coincidence that I was on leave as I was due for my check-up. So kinda kill two birds with one stone :)

So in the morning we went to SJMC for my check-up. I was 28 weeks and our baby's doing very well. He weighed about 1.27kg and according to my gynae, at 28 weeks the baby should weighs at least 1.2kg. So, he is doing perfectly fine.

Then we went to Sunway Pyramid for our 'anniversary' lunch. It's much easier going for lunch when you have a child with you. So we settled for Sushi Zanmai for some Japanese feast. Norelle had the whole cup of chawan mushi and some rice too. And I, had too much of everything. HY still amaze how I can actually eat that much. Hahhahaa... well, I'm eating for '2' right? Thank goodness for this pregnancy I didnt gain as much weight as the previous time :)

Genting Trip

On 20 September 08, Saturday, we decided to go for a short trip to Genting Highlands. We took this opportunity as it did not coincide with any school / public holidays. It's been ages since HY and I went to Genting and it would be Norelle's 1st time there.

We took off at about 10.30am in the morning and went for tim sum breakfast at our usual place in Damansara Uptown. Then the journey up to Genting only took 45 mins and we reached the 'peak' at 12pm.

The weather was colder than we thought - about 19 deg. It's Norelle first time being in a natural 'cold' environment (apart from air-conditioned places). We headed straight to the ticketing counter and purchased tickets for both indoor and outdoor theme parks for HY and myself as Norelle is (still) young enough to enter FREE. And the best part was for my ticket, I only paid half (kiddie price) as I'm pregnant and a lot (mostly all) of the rides are deemed not suitable / not permitable for pregnant woman. Better still, save more $$$...

We started taking Norelle on a slow cable ride (indoor) and after that we took the journey to outdoor since the weather was still good and sunny. HY accompanied Norelle on most of the rides and she was having fun. She doesnt portrayed a slight fear towards all those rides - be it bumpy rides, escalating high up and plunging down or being few hundreds (I think) meters high up in a ferris wheel.

She even went on a few rides on her own and she totally loved it. And there I was holding my breath fearing that she would cry her lungs out without either one of us accompanying her. Nope. I was totally wrong. Those fears that I had were not neccessary. What I saw was my girl was all grown up being able to 'handle' the situation by herself. And she did great!

We had our lunch there and it was our lucky day as there was a 'Thai fair' at the outdoor theme park and some stalls selling thai food. Well, at least better than those food inside. But I have to admit that there are lots of new (maybe not anymore) shops / eateries like Old Town Kopitiam, Hainan Kopitiam, etc..so I guess food wise would be much better now.

Finally we conquered most of the rides and it was time to go home. We never have the intention to spend a night there as nothing much left for us to do. So at about 4+pm, we bid farewell to Genting. Within 5 minutes in the car, Norelle fell asleep all the way back home and continued sleeping until about 8pm.

There....a day well spent. Just the 3 (or 4) of us.....

Mid Autumn Festival 08

We celebrated the mid autumn festival a.k.a. lantern festival last Saturday (13 September). We went to Norelle's poh-poh & kung kung's house to have a small gathering. We bought a fish-shape lantern for Norelle and she loved it.

There were lots of food to go around and everyone had a great time including Norelle. She finished her dinner and the ebst of all, we got ourselves a 'baby sitter' (my cousin's girl - 9 YO) to accompany her. The weather was fantastic that day but it rained the next day (the actual day of the festival). All in all, it was a great night.

'Can I set the lantern alight?'

Spotted with a new haircut - NOT mummy's idea!

The scrumptious spread for the night

Norelle with Kah Yan cheh-cheh

My 'Kay-poh' girl

See what she did when she spotted a 'displayed' vacuum at a shopping mall??? She was 'showing off' her domesticated skills. Mummy was proud of her 'skills' but would be good if she shows it off at home instead.

'I'm a goooooooooooooood girl, mummy'

Norelle @ 19mos

'Hmmm...where's my food? I'm hungry' 'See, I have perrrrrfect table manners'

'Hey, it's hard to eat a watermelon with spoon, ok!' 'Don't look at me like that. I'm just trying to have a decent meal'

'Wave like a Queen' 'I've gotta go. My shinning stallion is here to take me away'

2nd Singapore trip - July 08

Here we are again in the lion city. The occassion for this trip was to celebrate the wedding of Uncle Howard and Aunty Joyce. For this time around, we stayed for 3 days and didnt do much cos not much time and nowhere else to go. But of course everytime when we make a trip there, I make sure that we wont come back empty handed. So for this trip I managed to get a Maclaren Ryder, light-weight stroller for Norelle and also a Graco infant car seat for our Prince-to-be. Oh, and also not forgetting mummy's loot from Aunty Jaslyn AGAIN...hahahha. Bought some Gymboree clothes for Norelle through the website. The last time was Old Navy. Hahahhahaa....Cant help it when the bargains are too good to let go. I hardly buy clothes from the stores anymore once I got to know the price the brands offer online. Cant imagine before this I used to pay such a high price for those stuff.

Back to the trip. Unlike the last trip, this time the weather was much cooler and it rained almost everyday when we were there. This time we stayed at Novotel, Clarke Quay and we loved the place. I think they have refurbished the hotel as it is very 'ultra-modern chic' look. The room was spacious enough and the bed was extra wide :) The hotel is right next to (more like attached) Liang Court whereby there's a Japanese supermarket (Mediya) and lots of Japanese frequent this place. So it's very convenient for us.

The three-day getaway ended very quickly and how I wish we get to stay longer. The next day when we got back to KL, we went for my routine check-up with my gynae. I was 20 odd weeks and the baby had grown quite a bit. According to doc, he seems to have a set of long and lanky legs :P And of course we were made certain once again about the gender. Haha...my boy doesnt seem to be 'shy' in showing us his asset in every visit.

Hi Singapore, remember me? I'm here again :)

You think this pose is ok? Can charm all the hansome leng chais in Singapore ah?

'Daaaaaaaaaaady, please grip me tight tight or...dont drop me into the pond. I just had my hair done.'

My best time during the entire trip - Pool time!

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'