My first Christmas

Christmas is a time for giving and receiving. Here, my friends from 100 Acre Wood came avisiting, bearing gifts from afar. Thank you all out there for the lovely gifts.

Truly, I have more blessings than I can count, with my fingers.. and toes..I thank God for the best gift of all, the dear baby Jesus.. We sang Happy Birthday to Him in church this morning.

We had a really fun party as well the night before, at Hannah's house. She loves carrying me too. Don't we look like sisters?

Little Benedict here played baby Jesus earlier, at the Crib service. Isn't he adorable? That's his dad, carrying me here.

Having a nice quiet day at home on Boxing Day. Lots of smiles and hugs from mom and dad.

The day before..

Yippee, Christmas eve! Took a picture with the gingerbread man. He looks scrumptious. We were doing some last minute shopping.

Here I am chilling out in my high chair, a Christmas pressie from Grandma. It can be turned to a chair and table. Have to check to see if it passes the Leanne durability test.

I met Ned, the donkey at the Crib Service later that evening. He's the annual star at our Christmas eve service. He was really good, walking up and down the aisle.
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All I want for Christmas

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.. They finally came up after days of aching. I had a fever a couple of days before, with red cheeks and a cold. You can't really see them here as I am hiding them. Dad has to try harder to take pictures of them.

Just started going to Aunty Kim's place everyday as mom went back to work. Initially, I missed mom loads.. The hours seem so long, and I couldn't wait to see her again. But today, as mom was waving goodbye, I was more excited to start playing with Sam and Matt. Here's me, just chilling out after a long hard day's of play.
We had a fancy dress Christmas party with the other Sun beamers (other infants and toddlers). I met Father Christmas for the first time. He even gave me a crinkly caterpillar. Boy, I must have been a good girl..

Hop little bunny

Yippee, I can now stand upright.. (with a little help.) This quite good exercise too, whilst mom and dad prepare dinner for me.

So far, I have tried bananas, sweet potatoes, carrot, brocolli, peach, apples and pears. Of the boxed kind, there were roast turkey dinner(tis the season..), vegetable casserole, apple & blueberry cereal, and veg & chicken dinner. All scrummy yummies! But not THE bottle...

Little Maestro

We had some fun on the piano.

Daddy's Birthday

First celebrations with daddy darling on his birthday. I gave him a hug and a bug.. (I had a cold.) We made a trip to Guildford to find something for him. What trip to Guildford is complete without a stopover at Nando's?

Christmas lights are up too, as it's just around the corner now. How exciting!

First taste of real food

The last few nights have been sleepless, mainly recovering from jetlag, but more so, a sign that I am ready for real food! Mom attended a weaning class on Monday and realised that I am showing interest in their food, been waking up at night for more feeds, and looking for more food amongst my toys during the day. Hence, they introduced me to mashed banana for a starter. They did it for dinner as mom required dad's help. The first night was strange, as you can tell from the look on my face. It was messy too. So, it was a bathe immediately after. The second night was much better. I even opened my mouth in anticipation for the next mouthful, finishing a fifth of a banana. On the third day, dad took the bananas to work, so I had baby rice instead. Didn't fancy that very much though. Maybe if it's mixed with banana, I might like it..

Home Sweet Home

Sweet reunion with Daddy as he met us in the airport. We had a rough flight as I was down with the flu, so that made me a grumpy baby. Might have shared it with the guy next to us.
Barely slept the 13 hour journey, so mom didn't had much either.
Back into the cold crisp autumn air, I am all bundled up. It's good to be back though.
Dad missed both of us so much that he kept counting the days and hours till we came home. He even surprised mom with a digital piano on our return.

Last few days in Malaysia

My paternal grandparents from Seremban paid us a visit with granduncle.
Here are both grandmas pictured together.

Grandma and grandpa taking me for a shopping trip.
My grandfather has a special place in my heart.

Just like old times, plus one..

Meeting mom's pals from high school.

They had dinner in Laksa Shack, just to appease mom's fix for Assam Laksa whilst I snoozed.

Then they adjourned to Starbucks after that.

Happy Family

Some belated photos of my time in Seremban with my cousins and grandparents. Had a fab time as all were happy to carry me.
Aunty Eng Yee helping me to get dressed for church.

Tribute to Greatgrandpa

Today, I received the news of the departure of my greatgrandfather. I am glad that I had the chance to meet him this visit home. He had been a remarkable patriach, building his family from scratch after arriving from China to Malaya. He leaves behind a wife, 3 sons, 5 daughters,13 grandsons, 11 granddaughters, 2 great grandsons, 3 great granddaughters, and 1 more on the way.
Here's during happier times, when he was still in the pink of health, and loved a good wholesome meal, taken at mom and dad's wedding.

Quality time with grandparents

Spending some quality time with grandma and grandpa was grand!
Grandma loves a chuckle.






Grandpa took me to Toys r us.

We had a swing of a time.

Knees and toes

I can now touch me toes..

Hot Soup

Granpa brought us to Klang for the famous Bak Kut Teh. As you can see, it's just a pot of herbal soup with very tender pork ribs, mushrooms, etc.. Must be delicious, judging from the queues there. It was so crowded and hot, even on a Sunday morning. (We went after church.)
Finally we found a table by the pathway, in front of a closed shop. Much too hot for me to fall asleep too.
So granma and granpa took turns taking me for walks.. I came across this "Tai yee loong" advert.

Day trip to Seremban

Last Saturday, we drove down to Seremban for a short trip. We met granpa, granma, grand uncle and grand aunty, Uncle Lim and Aunty Eng Yee.
My two cousin brothers, David and Jon played with me too. They had Ampang Yong Tau Foo for lunch.
Can't wait till I get my set of teeth.. Mom thinks I might be there soon, signs of teething..

A gathering(s) of friends

Here's my favourite pillow. It's a real softie, nice, and light, and dreamy enough to make me zzz..
Meeting a fellow baby-ian, lil Sara.

I am clinging onto Aunty Jo here..

Me staring at gorgeous aunty Anna... dazzled by her smile..

Aunty Pamela letting me play with her fingers. She loves to pop by to say "Haaalloooo".