Old Wives Tale

Recently i have mastered the art of body contortion, i can bend my legs so well that i can suck on my toes. Mummy was certainly impressed by my new act and excitedly screamed for daddy to witness it. However there's an old wives tale that if a baby starts to suckle on their toes, the mum will soon be pregnant again with another didi or meimei. I don't think mummy is ready for another baby yet athough she truly enjoyed the entire pregnancy while preggers with me. Grandma did asked me if i wanted another didi or meimei but for now i guess i would love to have all of mummy and daddy's attention. Recently i have been a little naughty as i am not interested in my milk. Grandma has to feed me a bottle of 125ml breastmilk over at least 2-3 sessions and i will still have about 30ml left. This got grandma a bit worried and she commented to mummy that my thighs are not as firm as before. I guess i am ready to start on my semi solids. "Mummy, brown rice cereal, rice cereal and fruit purees please!" drooling *wink*

Shopping at Suntec

Daddy drove mummy and me to Suntec City yesterday as he wanted to go shopping for a new pair of shoes. Mummy was elated at the idea of shopping though she jolly well knew that with me around, she won't be able to "really shop". The mall was not very crowded so it makes shopping with stroller in tow a better experience. We also hopped over to Marina Square to shop. Halfway through the trip i was getting cranky and wanted to be carried. I refused to sit in my stroller and mummy got to carry me. What mummy didn't know was that i was trying to sleep and i enjoy being in mummy's arms as it helps me sleep better. Once back in daddy's car, i fell asleep almost immediately and slept all the way home...

List of my achievements

Been There, Done That :
1) Flashing a big smile
2) Thrashing my limbs in the air
3) Grabbing both my legs while on my back
4) Sticking out my tongue
5) Blowing bubbles and making "bu bu" sounds
6) Turning my head
7) Lifting my head off the pillow
8) Sitting with support
9) Staring at people without blinking my eyes
10) Holding on to my milk bottle for 2 minutes
11) Cooing.. "Ee Ee", "Ah ah"
12) Grabbing mummy's plate/bowl while she's eating

Caught Practising but unsuccessful and never attempted again:
1) Flipping over

Learning and making great improvements:
1) Letting out a good chuckle easily when amused
2) Making sounds that pretty much sounded like "ma ma" and "pa pa".
3) Standing on my legs when lifted up on daddy/mummy's laps
4) Kicking water violently during bath time
5) Tummy time, Lifting my head up for more than 5 mins
6) Showing interest in adult food by moving my jaws and chewing invisible food

New tricks

1) Grabbing my feet and sucking on my big toe

2) Keeping myself entertained by talking to myself upon waking up (for a good 15 mins or more)

Buming in my Bumbo

*Yawn* Here i am, sitting on my Bumbo idling the day away. I don't want to bum around the house all day. The Easter holiday got off on a bad start yesterday as it was raining heavily the whole afternoon. I only managed to hang out a while at northpoint for a late lunch with mummy and daddy. For the rest of the day i was snoozing away. I thought today could be better but it's now 12 in the afternoon and i'm trapped in my bumbo and relating my feelings to mummy while she is helping me to blog. Daddy is still sleeping happily. Actually i got up quite early today and woke them up earlier than usual. Hmmm... what are the events lined up today?

Daddy's Day Off

Daddy had a day off yesterday and he drove mummy and me to Causeway point for lunch. Mummy arranged to meet my cousin Dawn to do lunch together also and we decided to lunch at Pizza Hut. After lunch, we drove Dawn back home and also to pop by their houses to visit baby Ernest. (4 units in the same block but different storey) Mummy was excited to see baby Ernest for he is a huge baby. He weighed a hefty 3.8kg at birth and was already 10kg at 5 months when we visited him during Chinese New Year. Mummy's arms ached after carrying him for 5 mins. Baby Ernest is older than me by 2 months but speaking of generation, i'm bigger thus Ernest got to address me as "Gu Gu". So funny right? Ernest's daddy called mummy "Ah Yi". It's getting quite confusing about addressing one another the proper way, i'm lost. So is mummy.... Can we make things simple by just calling one another by names??!!! In the evening, we dined out at Aston at SCC. I love to be pushed around in my stroller. I got very excited as there are so many things to see. I was smiling and coo-ing... yippee what a happy day!

Thunderstorms

Today is Sunday and the weather is extremely terrible as it's raining cats and dogs outside. The heavy downpour was accompanied with lightnings and frightening thunders. Mummy was afraid that i will get frightened by the loud thunders and kept me close to her. Mummy is getting ready to go out despite the heavy rain as she has planned to go and pay respect to my late maternal grandfather and late relatives together with PoPo, Da Yi and some relatives. 4th April is Qing Ming festival and for the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories.

Fun Time with Caris!

This afternoon, daddy drove us out to lunch and then we went to TaiMaoPi opposite Thomson Medical Centre because Da Yi wants to make cord seals and MaoPis for both Caris and Chloe. Mummy was interested to make the cord seal for me initially but on second thoughts she decided not to because the pricing was quite steep and she wasn't sure if she will actually have a nice place to display it. She knew most probably she'll be banishing the seal back to the drawer.
Daddy suggested going to SCC as he wanted to get a haircut and meanwhile Da Yi and PoPo can bring Caris to play at the newly opened Splash Park. However the water at the park was turned off and will only resume at 5pm. The weather was extremely hot and we all decided to enjoy the cool air in the shopping mall. We had lots of fun at Daiso cos i was busy looking around at the colourful array of products and also people watching. Several aunties came up to smile at me and commented that i'm so cute. Hehehe...