An Easter-licious Sunday

Last Sunday we went to Delicious at Dua Residency for its' Easter brunch buffet. The setting of the place was very spacious and bright. Love the different shades of blues and white that decorated the whole place. There were 2 floors whereby the buffet-line was laid out at the upper floor and all the kids' activites such as face painting, bounching castle, arts & crafts were located at the lower floor.

There were quite an impressive spread of food ranging from fresh oyster to foie-gras, champagne to desserts. Norelle had great fun at the arts & crafts whereby she did her first 'bunny mask'. It's such a great joy seeing her little hands cutting and pasting and colouring her masterpiece :)

Indeed, it was a great Easter to all of us....

Lil' Preston @ 4-month young

Lil' Preston turns 4-month young today and he's getting cheekier day-by-day. His waking hours stretches longer now and he's eating more. Well, not surprising, judging by his size :)

He is more receptive now and able 'realised' the existence of his hands. He loves to suckles his fingers and fists (which I fondly call them 'french fries' and 'drumsticks'). He is not flipping yet but he loves to be on his tummy. He loves crowds and loves to play with Norelle.

Some 'not-so-new' updates

Was lacking behind in updating both my kiddos' milestones. Work has been crazy since I returned begining of March. Well, good and bad. And plus having to adapt my pumping schedule minto my work routine = crazy! But I am surviving through these 'chaotic times'.

Ok, now move to my kiddos :) Norelle turned 26 months on 30 March and lil' Preston now is 3.5 months. Both of them are fine and growing well respectively. Let's see at some of their milestones:

On Norelle:

- her vocab is getting much much advanced. Her knowledge of some words amazed me from time to time.

- she loves to sing and can complete the entire song on her own such as:

twinkle little star, happy birthday (out of tune), baa baa black sheep,

and some other songs partially like:

yi san yi san liang jing jing (twinkle little star - mandarin version)

liang zhi lau fu (2 little tiger - mandarin)

london bridge is falling down

- can count 1-15

- can recite A-Z

- able to differentiate between alphabet and number

- able (understand) to count some items (as in 1 ball, 2 sweets, 3 cakes, etc)

- able to recognise some colours, red, blue, green, orange (her favourite is green)

On appearance wise, not a big jump as in her weight - she's about 12kg and she has a very small feet . I call her 'cinderella feet' as she can fit into the smallest size for Crocs (C4/5) and is still wearing the same size since last year!!!

On Preston:

- getting much more alert

- still on total breast milk

- loves to talk / sing (he can actually make a tune when he's 'talking')

- loves to smile

- able to reach out his hands and grab things

- able to sleep longer at night (6 hours straight)

- he weighed 7.4kg and 62cm in height

- outgrowed most of his 0-3 mos clothes, he's wearing 6-9months now

- realised the presence of people and able to 'interact' and play

- can sit longer in car seat/stroller (which makes going out easier)

These are some points I can think of right now. Hopefully I am able to post next updates soon :)

Norelle's new haircut

Her worst fear.....getting a haircut. It's such a nightmare for all of us whenever we bring Norelle for a haircut. No amount of coaxing, treats, bribing will do for her. We can reason with her all we want BEFORE the haircut and she will obligingly says OK but once she sits on the chair, all the OKs are gone. Think I will try cutting her hair myself next time. Wish me luck!

Preston @ 2 Mos

Another month passes by and Lil' Preston is 2-month young :) These two months are indeed a challenging one for all of us. But, looking at our lil' Preston growing day-by-day is even more rewarding. He is much more alert now and is able to lift up his head for a good few secs when we put him on his tummy. Still the ultimate drinking machine :) He now weighs 6.3kg and 59cm tall. Loves to 'talk' and smile. His favourite time of the day - BATH time! To the extent that he will instantly stop crying / fussing the minute his body touches the water. Now he is able to sleep longer at night but haven't sleep through yet.

Oh, he has the CUTEST pout ever!, which melts your heart instantly :)

Norelle turned 2

Our cheeky Princess finally turned 2 on 30th January 2009. We had a pre-birthday celebration for her together with Lil' Preston full month in early January, so on her actual day, which was also the 5th day of CNY, we just had a simple 'mini' celebration for her. We had yummy 'dim sum' at Chuai Heng Restaurant at Jalan Imbi together with Norelle's poh-poh, kung-kung, yee po and cousin sister.

Glad to say that her T2 phase is getting better but she will still launched into that 'monsterous' mode on-and-off. While her behavious is getting better, it's Lil' Preston turn to cook up some challenges for us. He's very demanding as in ALWAYS wants to be carried (upright position), ALWAYS wants to suckle, not interested to be on his own even for less than 30 sec! He's driving me up the wall and it's impossible to even go to the loo when he's awake. I can't remember Norelle being so 'difficult' when she was younger.

Anyway, I just hope that he will grow out of this phase (one after another) soon or another alternative/consolation for me is I'll be hitting the workforce again soon :)

Double Celebrations

On last Sunday, 11th January we celebrated the full month of lil' Preston and Norelle's 2nd birthday which also falls on the same month (30th January). We had a small gathering from both sides of the immediate family members which comprised of 12 adults, 3 children and 1 baby.

A quick look on the development of lil Preston:

Weight: He is now 5.3kg (he put on 1.74 kg for the past one month, about 54.38g/day - which is 2.5x more than the average weight of 20g/day)

Height: 57cm (he has outgrown the bath tub!!)

Feeding: Paed termed him as the 'Barracuda' eater whereby he eats more than 10x/day

We had a simple yet very tasty nyonya peranakan lunch at BibiChik located at PJ SS2. The food was very good as usual and after that we had a simple 'ceremony' of singing the 'Birthday' song and cake cutting for Norelle. For her 2nd birthday, I ordered a'Barney & Friends' cake for her as well as some cupcakes for Preston's full month from Lau of Heavenly Sweet.

The children were estatic upon seeing the cake and all the adults also went 'Oooohs' and 'Aaaahs' looking at the cake and cupcakes. Norelle also got a 'Barney' doll from her 'Dai Pak' and 'Dai Pak Leong'.

Here are some pictures on the double celebrations:

Lil' Preston @ 3-week young

Ok, things started to change a little. This lil' fella finally kind off awake from his slumber and started to 'realised' that he's now no longer inside mummy's cosy big, fat tummy. He's awake for a longer stretch now. And oh boy oh boy, he can really eat. Apart from waking up, he's constantly looking foor food - in this case, I'm stuck with him. He doesnt like to poo. Every time he does the biz, he will cry. And yes, we checked his bum. No rashes or whatsoever. Maybe the food I ate? Cant help it though but will soon be over. Confinement ends in a week's time :)

He likes to do this 'fish' mouth 'ooooooooooo' so cute

See, cant be sleeping the whole day eh..Must do some workouts

Ok, I'm done with the workouts, and I'm hungry and I want my milk NOW!!!

Norelle @ 23 Mos

Getting more and more talkative. Her T2-phase is still here to stay (please GOD, help us!) Loves her didi a lot. Diet wise, poor as she's on a strike now - T2 again. Vocab wise, superb! Can converse in a full sentence consisting in a few words... And we cant even 'trick' her. She knows. Apart from that, she's still as loveable as she can be :)

With mummy at Paddington House of Pancakes (mummy still in confinement :P)

Lil' Preston @ home

Lil' Preston @ 1-week young

Norelle 'jie-jie' giving a lil' kiss to baby Preston

Lil Preston @ 2-week young