Mommy rode on a bulk purchase and bought Keziah her first Crocs - a striking green disney crocs...Just look at her so fascinated at trying out her new crocs!


Bubbles...one of her favourites and the one of the latest words that she could expressed verbally. Now she would go to where we place the bubble solution and the bear bubble blower and tell us that she wants to play.



Playtime at Globetrotters while Daddy and Mommy catch a bite. However, Daddy and Mommy were rather disappointed with the food. It wasn't quite worth the cost to go there for meals/snacks just to let her have some fun in the playroom. Some kids were rather rowdy and loud eventhough there was a caretaker in there.


Uncle Mic and Auntie Jodie just welcomed baby Jonathan into their family. Finally Daddy and Mommy managed to make a trip down to visit them. Baby Jonathan is really so cute and handsome, certainly also an angelic baby. What a sweet serene look of a sleeping baby!

However, Keziah had just woken from her nap and rather cranky. She didn't have much look at the little one except a goodbye touch.

Ma ma...

Ok Mommy hasn't been very diligent in posting to track Keziah's development. However, since a week or so ago, she has finally started calling "Ma ma" discriminately. Last Tue when Mommy was out for a gathering and Daddy had to put her to sleep, she actually called for Mommy during her bedtime. I was so touched eventhough Pa Pa is the first person she called. Seriously, Pa Pa is her playmate. I must say your heart really melts when your child calls for you persistently. Now she is also very good with calling for "Ah Ma" and "Nei Nei".

Jan 08 Mommies Gathering

The Jan 08 Mommies had a dinner gathering at Park Mall Fish & Co. It was a pretty good turn up. We have 13 mommies and 3 hubbies for the event. Finally meeting the unknown faces that we have been chatting with online and on the forum. I am sure we will have more opportunities to catch. Some mommies were amazingly neat with only a little pouch showing! Ok, being a 2nd time mommy, I think I am not so fortunate. Nonetheless, what more than a healthy, happy baby.

No no....no High Chair...

The dreaded day has arrived and become a reality. It is now impossible to put Keziah on the high chair no matter what carrot we put in front of her. She simply wants to sit on the adult chair and stand up to see what's on the table, not to mention to reach for it. I seriously can't figure a way to put her in anymore as she will struggle. If you manage to force her into the chair and tie her down, she will cry miserably and refuse her food. When we are out, it's a bit better in that she will stay in the high chair for awhile before getting restless after her meal is about to finish. What next? Probably I should start letting her to learn self-feeding with a spoon. Just the worry of making a mess of the place and wasting time.

Yucky paint....

Well I always thought little kids love to play with colours and paint. Keziah loves colours when she gets her hands on crayons but on Saturday when it rained all day and there was nothing much for her to do, Mommy decided to let her try some fingerpainting and sponging. She was initially fascinated by this new little tubs of colours and sponges of various shapes. However, once she got her hands on sponging and found some paint on her hands, she refused to touch it anymore. Rather she was more concerned that she had gotten paint on her hands. That ended the painting lesson in 5 mins with Mommy finished showing her how the various colours and shapes formed when you printed a sponge on the paper. What a clean freak! Not sure if I was also a little cautious not to have her dirty her clothes. Maybe next time I will get her an apron so she can mess around with a bit more.

2nd Molar is out!

Keziah's 2nd lower molar sprouted when we came home from our holiday break. That's 4 September.
It was initially some redness in the gums which Mommy thought was due to overbrushing but the next day, we saw some white with some blood (I think). It must be a real painful experience with the molar cutting through. Now she has a total of 10 little teeth. We are still waiting for the upper molars which Mommy hasn't quite noticed as yet.

Off at Sentosa

It's September holidays!!! Mommy had an extended weekend due to Teachers' Day. Off we went to Sentosa to spend 2 days at NTUC Costa Sands Chalet. The chalet wasn't very impressive and the weather wasn't that brillant. However, we still enjoyed our little family time together.

Starting off the trip on a Sunday afternoon. Keziah was all excited when she saw the spouting water sprays. First was just dabbling with the water but looked at how she ended all wet in the waters.




After cleaning up, we went for the musical fountain Song of the Sea. Quite refreshing display of laser and lights and a good rounding up with the fireworks before we took the tram back for the the night.



Knowing the weather usually doesn't keep up in the afternoon, we maximise our mornings. Keziah as usual loved the beach play and sand. However, the sand at Siloso Beach was rather rough. Not sure if this was the reason that she rather not run in the sands and simply stay put to shovel and mess around unless Daddy walked her.




Hey a good shot for an advertisement?

Visit to the fish at Underwater World. Surprising Keziah appreciated the fish and was actually quite fascinated by them. Though by then, she was quite tired that she fell asleep in Daddy's arms.


It rained the whole afternoon so we could simply just stay in house. Little did we know how a beach ball could keep Keziah all occupied and full of laughter. Of course, not to mention the wonder playmate she has - Daddy! He was simply having such a 'great' time being her entertainer.



When the rain stopped, we went out for dinner and took a stroll at Merlion Walk. We managed to catch the fireworks from the Song of the Sea from Imbiah Lookout. Looks nice from far too!



Tuesday was a rather short day as we had to check out by 10.30am. A simple fun out at the beach along with breakfast for Daddy and Mommy. Guess what! We managed to stumble on a spot with 3 sandcastles left behind by someone the day before.






Oooo....Keziah was getting hungry too...time for some bread....



Messing around while Daddy and Mommy packed up. Oh yes, the room wasn't impressive ya!

We ended our trip at Vivo City for a meal at Hog's Breath. It's here we discovered the little dip pool. Keziah really didn't want to get out of it when it was time to leave.

The teaching days....

Well, tomorrow will be Teacher's Day. Reading my friend's blog really reminded me of the occasion and brought me back to think of the days when I was teaching. This friend of mine is also a teacher and we both met during our NIE training days. She's now a mother of two and taking NPL to care of the kids. I really admire her for what she is able to do with her kids and seriously a good cook too.

Memories of the old days are fond but guess teaching JC kids is simply different from secondary school kids who are more appreciative, who actually remember you even when you are no longer their teacher. Actually wonder where all my 'kids' are after they graduated and me leaving the school landscape. There hasn't been much contact, not to mention visitation. Guess these 'kids' are no longer the 'kids' I knew but rather youths who have a great life out there. Hey! How come I sound so sad! I should be happy for them! Ok ok..back to my paper work...

Milestones at 16+ months...

Time to do some record keeping which I haven't been diligently doing for a long time...

What can Keziah do now?

Speech
Still not much fantastic progress but at least few clear enounciation:
Apple = "ah-ba"
Banana = "ba"
Book = "bo"
Bear = "Bear"
Papa = "pa"
Mama = "ma" which she only says sometimes when you ask her to follow you to do so.
ShuShu = "shhh..."
Eat/Drink = "Mmmm" or "Muak muak"
Duck = "dot" occasionally
There are a few others but not quite clear but she is certainly starting to talk to herself some form of gibberish such as "pi-ta-pi-ta" which I could hardly make out.

Motor Skills
Signing quite a bit, indicating to us thank you, please, pray, sleep, car, bus, aeroplane, pain, milk, scare, tummy, fish, dog, bird, finished/no more, more more, cracker, wash hands/dirty, brush teeth, baby....(can't quite remember all). Haven't been letting her watch Baby Signing Times for awhile so there are some things she doesn't sign often.

Understands what we are saying by acknowledging with nods and shakes. Quite interesting that when we tell her not to do certain things, she will wave 'NO' with her hands but really putting the instructions to action is another thing.

Wave goodbye, hello, good night....Sending flying kisses as well..

Take a book and read on her own..but this last only for a moment. Her favourite now at bedtime is the Nursery Rythme Songs...

Stack blocks and break them down, especially her Mega Block Farm.
Tuck the little animals into the Farm and close the gates before bed.

Good at throwing and kicking balls and balloons around. Can even point out balloons in books.

Handing milk to Mommy after she's done with her bedtime feed.

Loves anything new, like the windmill that Daddy bought her just 2 days back. She was so fasinated when it spun in the wind.

Loves to run around and climb the stairs (on her own accord now).

Dance and sway to the music, clapping her hands at time to go with the rythme.

Simply playful

Teeth Development
So far, she has 4 upper and lower front teeth plus 1 lower left molar. Not sure when all of them came out coz definitely haven't been keeping track.

Pa Pa...Pa Pa....

Keziah has started calling papa some time back..probably about a month ago. Somehow everything seemed to be called 'papa'. However, I realised recently that she is such a Daddy's girl that she will readily call him very often, even when he's not back from home and Mommy's putting her through her bedtime routine. Just last night, lights were out, Mommy was laying in bed with Keziah after she had her milk. Daddy appeared at the door. Guess how excited little Keziah was, literally jumping out of bed and making it for Daddy to give him a hug on his legs! OOoooo...how sweet...of course, next it took awhile before she went back to bed. Not after she had some play time with Daddy after he's done with his dinner and shower.

Sunday @ church

Daddy had a meeting today after lunch in church. So all the little ones were on for some play time before going home. As usual, chairs would be one of their favourite toys. Though Keziah did not nap during the morning, with all the buzz in activities, she was all out to play as well even though she may be the youngest. Just look at them!



At the end of the day, she was so tired and fell asleep on Uncle Eddie's shoulders before Daddy finished his meeting. Naughty little Keziah refused to be put down on the stroller and was as clingy as usual...

Splashing Saturday

Today, we went over the Uncle Eddie's place for a parents' fellowship gathering. Auntie Li Kuan and Auntie Ruolan took care of the little ones while daddies and mommies had a time of sharing about Christian parenting. The children had much fun roaming around the function room but our meeting stretched abit too long and all the little ones were really hungry by then, especially little Keziah. Heehee, Auntie Li Kuan was commenting what a foodie Keziah was, with great interest in all kinds of foods given to the kids, from breads to biscuits. She was also certainly amazed by the quantity of porridge that Keziah could take. Guess it was a good time she had interacting with the little ones. Probably that was also why she didn't cry for Daddy and Mommy though in a new setting. One thing for sure, she is still learning what it meant to play with others as it seemed now she is more into getting toys for herself.

After lunch, Daddy took little Keziah for a dip in the pool...She definitely loved it!

Detailed Scan Results......

Ok, the outcomes of the detailed scan....It's a BOY...and all is well as it should be...

Well, seriously speaking baby was moving alot during the scan that it was rather difficult for me to make out what the scan was at some point of time, especially the gender scan. Just looking at the scan, I really couldn't make out the part pointed out relative to the legs. It could also be due to the fact that baby was in a breech position. In anyway, since the gynae that did the scan was some fetal head, I guess his words should be of weight.

I really liked the scan of the hand with all 5 digits.

Facial...


Stomach and gender...


Cutie little hands....


Spine....

One°15

Today's the celebration of Philane Jie Jie's (Jeff Shu Shu's gf) 21st birthday. It was held on a yatch at One° 15 located at Sentosa Cove. Sadly, the weather did not hold and it started storming at the time Daddy and Mommy was planning to bring little Keziah out earlier to Sentosa for some fun. We nearly missed the event and stayed home as Keziah wasn't really well over the weekend with a cold. However, since Daddy was the photographer of the evening, we still risked the rain and left for it though Nei Nei was rather worried Keziah would fall sick. Of course, Daddy and Mommy made sure she was kept warm with her blankie and long pants. Seriously, Sunday is always a day Keziah doesn't get her full nap as she is all preoccupied with the activities and friends from church. Thankfully she napped in the car, though a real short one, and the rain stopped rather soon after we arrived at the yatch.

It was such a lovely yatch and Keziah was certainly captivated by the experience on board - her first and Mommy's first too! Oh, and there was a theme to the event - Black. But well well, Keziah doesn't have anything black to put on so it's her usual spotty look in jeans.

Just look at the view out from the yatch...



"Oops, Daddy you caught me with my dreary eyes, just up from the nap..."

"Can you see the cute little note on my tag? 'The BF's lil' cutie pie'...Ain't I cute and loveable to everyone...especially my Shu Shu??? When am I getting my 'Shu Mu' who will also dote on me?"


Making herself really comfortable with the view and the space...


Heehee...Daddy's been getting many shots of me...How about Philane Jie Jie? Sure there's even more to remember the day...

Actually I wonder if a child would be sea sick. Though the yatch was docked, somehow the sea must be rather rough to have it swaying away. Mommy fed Keziah bee hoon for dinner but who knows it wasn't even half way through she threw up. Few causes perhaps:
1. Keziah was just up and down the sofa with all the excitement and distraction.
2. She wasn't very well.
3. She got choked on the bee hoon as Mommy got a little impatient in feeding her and gave her a big mouthful.

It was rather unsightly but what to do but for Mommy to bear the embarrassment of cleaning up and worst, Daddy didn't pack in extra shirt as he thought there's still one in the back. However, Mommy had took it out for Keziah for a change after church. So Keziah had to put on her cardigan which she had outgrown and don on Philane Jie Jie's cardigan which obviously was oversized.

Mummy and daddy modified jie jie's cardigan to fit me!