Petit Bowl and Kaley's Party...

Visited Petit Bowl to let her try new recipes........

Some samples for her to try, but she aint exactly a fan of carrot, parsnip & potatoes...check out the eeew expressions..lol

While waiting for her chicken and brocolli alphabet pasta.......we took pictures, read a book and played wooden toy..

She can't finish the food cos its too much texture for her. Doesn't really bite well yet..its still smoothy porridge for her at home...

Then its off to some kiddy ride and GSS for mummy! bought 4 pieces of clothes for her, cant resist all the pretty children wear..United Sq is bad place for daddy..hahaha

Kaley's 1st birthday!

Sean Lau Baby Photography

We went to her 1st yr photoshoot!
Presenting my favourite of each set..........

So glad the PS turned out better then expected! As u all know, kirs is not exactly a cheerful baby...very difficult to catch her smile..But well, Sean did a great job. And of cos kudos to Rie, Cavis, Rini and Me! We were like monkies trying to make her laugh n smile. And very coincidentally Sean is Kirs godmummy's(Cavis) good fren! Small world indeed! Luckily was able to get the softcopies b4 her party....

It has also been a long time since I did craftwork..wanted to do scrapbook for her but jus too lazy to print out her pics..So, I set myself to do a 1st yr photo album for her..no procrastination! A gift fr me to her....

The album I bought fr popular...

After I "bling" it up..

The interior

Hope my artistic touch is still intact..haha

All about Shoes.........

Coming to a year! Kirs can finally wear shoes soon.... Chinese traditions says dat kids dat haven rch a yr old cannot wear shoes.(i dunno y) So it was socks for her all the way till now..

Again chinese traditions says that Wai Pos must buy a pair of shoes for em when they rch their 1st yr ( i dunno y too). So Wai Po bought a pair of Hello K shoes for her to wear on her 1st yr party!

Then a pair of Snow White Mary Jane Crocs that Mummy bought a few months back at a sale! Seems pretty big for her now...

This pair of pink Cerisi is the 1st pair of shoes that she owned. A Xmas pressie fr Auntie Reyna..Jus nice for her now..even though its L size..her feet pretty big..wears size 13.5..

Okay...this is out of point...But I'm pretty happy w my buys! So much so that I wana share it... 3 Hello K memo pads that I bought! So cute neh....like cheque books...

1st LRT trip....

Today, Kirs had her first! Her 1st LRT trip..I took her to Compass Point with Waipo while Daddy's wrking...

She's really very different when she's out..much more quiet and loves to observe her surroundings and pple watching...so very unlike the SamSeng at hm..lol..

My pumpkin acting as a demure lil ger.....keke

Pple watching...her faves...

Kiddy rides in Compass Point

Then meet up with daddy after work n dinner at Sakura restaurant.......Mummy's treat! cos mummy strike a starter all thanks to pumpkin! she press 4 nos in my iphone early in the morn n I decided to buy the nos!..wahaha Kiao gui Mummy..Huatz ar! I'm gonna buy a tricycle for her as pressie! My lucky charm...

Last parting shot.....my lil naked monster!

Marutama dinner with colleagues..

Went for a sumptous ramen dinner at Central Mall Clarke Quay with the gers after work on a thurs evening....We planned for this dinner 2 weeks ago, and this restaurant is highly recommended by Muiling & Yen Loo..

They said the char siew will melt in ur mouth, the hard boiled egg will ooze out semi cooked yolk...Mmmm...sounds v yummy! Gotta check it out! and the dinner's queue quite long too!

Muiling, Me, Yen Loo & Doris...3 mamas and 1 singlelet..Hope Muiling dun find our baby talk boring..lol

Our Ramens, char siews and gyozas....

Can u see the oozy egg yolk?

Verdict by kelly : The price is reasonable but the varieties aint much. Only 4 types of ramens to choose from. The char siews are really soft n the eggs indeed cooked dat way! Nice place for a dinner out. Non fanciful!

P.S: There's a BarCook bakery in the shopping mall that sells very delicious cream n raisin buns! The four of us bought a total of 12 buns! Highly recommended!

RIP Great Grandma....

Great granny (my mum's father's mother) passed away peacefully last week on 13th May at a ripe old age of 96.
I was busy attending the wake, so din log in to blog abt it rite away. Chinese tradition has it that its a taboo to attend "bai shi" of any sorts when u r preggy. But well, i did attend the 5 days wake everyday. I wasn't allowed to offer any joss sticks and send her on her last journey ("chu bin"). My mum's pantang abt it. Actually they are alr quite lenient. If they wana adhere to the strict rules, u gotta tie a red string around ur tummy etc etc..too many rules to follow n list....

I feel its a blessing for great granny to join her husband, bcos she has been bed ridden for 15 over yrs since she suffered fr a stroke..Great grandpa passed away when I was in pri sch...Imagine her lonliness. Its quite a sad case when she has 9 children of which 1 passed away (which is my grandpa) and nobody really visited her when she was sick all these yrs.....only the youngest daughter took care of her. And when the time for her has come, children argued abt where to held her funeral and the monetary matters...
So is a big family really a blessing? "yang er fan lao" is it really true?

Rie then start telling me wat kinda funeral he wants when he died and that he wants to be cremated...I dun wana hear! But he said it as a matter of fact becos he said nobody knows wat will happen the next min...
But being a selfish person...I told him I want to go off earlier then him, cos I'm afraid of lonliness. I dun wana grow old alone................

Haiz...wat a sad blog entry, but that's part n parcel of life....we gotta deal w it one day...

I hope dat one day will be far away...when I'm more mature enuff to accept the death of my closest kins...
Papa, Mama, Gorgor, Gigi, Rie and my 2 children......I Love ya all.......

Klaire's 1st gift fr Momma, Kir's 1st bday gift fr Auntie Doreen!

Met Reen for dinner today...she wanted to pass me Kirs's bday pressie in advance in case she needed to make an exchange or Kirs darling can wear it on her Bday.....

Also I recieved the 1st gift fr me to Klaire in the post today!..so extremely happy n excited..weird Momma...I think its a phase...I rem like a yr ago, I'm also super excited with all the baby shopping for Kirs and also I'm meeting frens for tea n dinner much more frequently! haha ....reminiscene....

Lovely pressie all wrapped up...Its a sweet pink flowery dress..cottage feel..aiyo so v girly!

Klaire's owed something today! (opps other then the stickers)
A customized beanie pillow in lilac..yes, dat will be her theme color. Jiejie is pink (mummy's fav color) and she's purple (daddy's fav color)

P.S : Blogspot must have heard my woes! I was complaining abt how tedious it was for me to blog cos it takes donkey yrs to upload the pix and once uploaded, the alignment of my paragraphs always go haywired! Now, dunno how come the format changed! uploading pics are a breeze and my paragraphs stays where it is!Weee~~~~~ U can see me v freq in blogspot now~! lol

Reunion.....

Had a really enjoyable evening with Vani and Yiru. We were yakking away & catching up..
Last seen them at my wedding which was like 3 yrs ago in 2007 and we din have the chance to have a good chat. Imagine now I've Kirs & carrying Klaire! Gosh...time really flies.......

Vani is happily married with 2 lovely boys (my gynae was intro by her!) and Yiru is planning her marriage w her fiance...Everybody is busy with our own stuffs, but we promise to do this kinda meet ups more often. It will really be a waste to let the frenship die on us....

As you can see, I'm not a racist and will bring up my daughters to not to be 1 .. I've bestie fr diff ethnic grp and there's still a couple more malay gers that were not present. Thanks FB for letting us find each other and coordinate this meet up~

Brought Kirs to shop for her party stuffs with Godma Cavis last weekend...Yes! Cavis will be the Godma of my 2 daughters....sweet!

my lil pirate says " Hi ........check out my tutu.."

                                            

Then recieved the stickers I ordered! Last yr I did Kirsten's and West's...this yr I added Klaire's and Mine! Haha another complete reunion!

                                             

                                                                                                                                              

Oh and I celebrated my very 1st Mother's day this yr! Lol....nothing fanciful, jus a big hug hug fr my daughter and wet kisses early in the morning! teeheehee...and after she did dat, my mum came in my room. And I gave her my big hug too! no wet kisses thou....=)

And dinner is order pizza n dine in at PIL's plc~~