My Little L.A.D.Y

This is exactly what Falisha will do when she sees me holding my hp or cam trying to snap some shots of her. Haha...I sometimes ask her to smile, then she'll give me this ugly 'smiling' face. And then I simply felt stoopiak [read: stupid & needs to be slapped] after I said to her ok ok don't smile. BEST. I now know why sometimes kids thought that adults are contradicting people. Hahah...when I look back at those funny shots such as this, I cannot help but laugh to myself. LOL.

Recently she has been starting to say 3-word sentences. After which I hear liao I dunno whether to laugh or cry.

One example: After patting her for like 30mins for night sleep around 11:30-ish, she suddenly sat up from super sleepy mode to wide-awake saying 'I want...i-cweeem [ice cream]. My jaw dropped. Like in shock mode. I asked Falisha,'What did you say Darling?' She went,'I want I-CWEEEEEEM!' this time round like abit pek-chek. OMG. Then next thing I know, she said [like as if I din get it] 'Mummy I want cho-co-ret'. I was still having the shock face and finally she said,'I want shweet-shweet!' 

Champion la my little girl! Asking for these super no-no things in the middle of the night, I wanted to laugh but had to hide it and look strict and say,'No Darlin it's late night aredy, you need to sleep!' Then she threw and mini-fit and I had to use the 'scolding' tone to stop her nonsense. Then she just lay down and sleep. Winner!

Sometimes when I bring her out to 'walk-walk' abit she'll be in super good mood, sometimes she'll just call out loudly 'Mummy! Mummy-ah-mummy!' then run over to me and hug my humongous leg, smiling. How swheeet siah.

She's growing up by the day. OMG. My Little Lady. 

  

My G.I.R.L

What a look right? Haha...what I used to call my lil' baby is now called my lil' girl. Falisha is coming fast to 24 mths, going on 2 years old! Goodness...She's picking up things fast, hopefully the good ones more. Hahaa..she now has a temper, and has this thing call 'stubbornness' in her. Oh my, I bueh tahan~!


Let's recap the [understandable] things she can say so far:

Oh more [no more] 

Hum-more [somemore]

Habis [finish in malay]

Takut [scared in malay]

Baju [clothes in malay]

Like dis / like dat

Please, Mummy

Teh choo [Thank you]

1, 3, 4, 5 [If i ask her to count to ten]

Draw

Pink colour

Mai mai/Bu Yao 不要 [dun want/no - and yes it's in hokkien and i did not teach her that]

No no no no

Milkmilkmilkmilkmilk [milk]

Mandi [bathe in malay]

Bubble

Low-low [pillow]

Xiao Ching 小青 [her soft toy in mandarin]

Ayer [water in malay]

Jerry [Tom & Jerry]

Mouse [Mickey Mouse]

On...TV [to switch on the TV]

Brush [to brush her teeth]

Where

Wash

Dirty

Mummy...Oh...mummy [Haha i lurve it when she says this]

Ba-noon [balloon]

Grapes [Gapes]

Bus

Mummy car

Chor chor [sit down in hokkien]

Bao bao 抱抱 [carry her]

Star/Tar [Star]

Dwink [drink]

Hug

Bird

Ryan [lion]

Cow

Cat/meow [cat]

Dogdog

Good ger [good girl]

Pampers [diaper - yes I've been teaching her to say 'diaper' but my maid coach her till it becomes the BRAND]

Pow-ger [powder]

Gai gai [to go out in hokkien]

Harlow [hello]

Nice

Hao ah! 好啊! [when i ask her '好吃吗?']

Twee [tree]

Otter [water]

Air-fone [telephone]

Ming-ming [swimming]

Wear

Shoos [shoes]

Tie-hair

Hairband

Jump

I think there's alittle more but I can't recall all for now.


How time flies. My lil' baby is now my girl. My lil' girl.

I Heart W.O.R.D.W.O.R.L.D

Believe it or not, I've fallen in love with this very interesting Children's Program, WordWorld, now showing on Starhub Cable TV, Playhouse Disney Ch 34. I feel that it's seriously incorporated learn AND play into one lovely 3D animation series, I sooOoo cannot wait for Falisha to start understanding TV educational programs other than her usual dance and sing and shapes & colours kinda videos. Hahaha..i tot of getting the DVDs already, but dunno whether is it wayyy too early to get it. Probably a nice age is when Falisha hits 2 years old? Can read and understand things alil' better? Hah. Maybe I should just buy and keep 1st yea.

Imagine:
The insect ant is formed with the letters A, N & T, the animal sheep formed with the letters S,H,E,E & P, and teaches viewers (why i dun mention kids cos i'm oso watching mah) how to form Words by adding letters together - what a nice concept! heehehe... As the stories usually revolve around the animals in the farm, the words are kinda limited though. But I still lurve it :)

My 1st own pair of H.A.N.D.M.A.D.E earrings :)

Recently I'm super into making fabric buttons for my Big Mama's collection of handmade accessories and I thought, hey how come I've never made anything for myself other than my darlin Falisha?

Fabric buttons are not just for kids, so why not make something for myself? Hehehe...and then whoalah!

Lurve it lurve it lurve it :)

S.C.R.A.P.P.Y Mode

I've always like scrapbooking, but I'm just too afraid that I will spend too much on buying the materials then stop the new hobby halfway altogether. Afraid that i will not be satisfied with the layout. Afraid that I have no time for it. But I really lurve it! I sooOOooo wanna do it milestone one for Falisha. Hahaha...and if wanna do digi-scrapping, i've got no comp at home. And i super lurve the textures of different paper materials and smaller lil' stickers and the thickness/depth you can do in HARD-solid copy. Hehe...i shall pop by PS next week to see see look look bah.

Big Mama's Hair A.C.C.E.S.S.O.R.I.E.S

It's finally here!
Big Mama's hair accessories for your little princesses.

Check it out!

GoodBye B.M.

Being a working Mum now, i feel that it's damn difficult to manage and juggle the balance between work and personal life. My kinda shitload work nowadays makes me:

1) Skip my breatmilk-pumping times
2) Stretch the hours longer to the next pump
3) Produce lesser breast milk - thanks to the stress
4) See my daughter/Hubs for only freakin' 2hrs before she goes to Zzz-mode
5) Many others, but these are the main concern

How come no one told me so??

I promised myself to keep giving Falisha BM for at least 9mths before I finally gave in. But now it's not even 6mths and my BM is diminishing very quickly. I feel so depressed. Sighs.

Mummies out there, if you still have lotsa BM 5-6mths after you gave birth to your little one, keep giving your little one the better option k! I would really very much like to but too bad i can't. Sighs. I'm sorry Falisha. I have tried my best.

Falisha's own B.L.O.G

Dear all
My Gurl Falisha now has her very own blog!

Visit http://beingfalisha.blogspot.com

It's done! Hehehe...

The M.A.I.D

Hahaha...ok i know the picture looks scary and it has nothin got to do with my post actually. Posted the pix just for the fun of it. Haha..same title mah :P

Ok last evening my hubby told me that the maid that we applied for (use our names, but supported by my MIL + her siblings - long story la) to take care of his Ah Ma is here and 'ready for collection'! Hahaha...hope that she can manage taking care of the Ah Ma and once she's settled down ok, my MIL told us to let her take care of Falisha. Actually i dun want leh...like...OMG. I dun feel comfortable with it, but what to do. I wanna take care of Falisha MYSELF. I would really really like to, but how to?? Standard of living in S'pore so high, how can one spouse not work in a family? It's impossible(unless my hubby earn 8-10k a month la)!

So far i've set up my mind, if the maid is taking care of Falisha, she'll only be in her care during weekdays. Well I've never liked the idea of having a maid taking care of my kids. As long i'm in the house, i will take care of my darlin! I still wanna bathe her, feed her, wash her clothes, do the laundry and hang out dry, fold her clothes(i have my own style of folding), wash me and my hubby's clothes. She can help me fold our clothes if she wants to. Haha...i'm not hoping for a super-maid, so long she treats my hubby's Ah Ma well and of course Falisha, i'm fine.

OMG...lost of privacy loh! The house is super crowded now siah...i'm running outta space to put my stuff :(

Anyway, wish me(or rather us) luck k!

31 Oct Outing with A.U.G Mummies

I went for an outing recently with some Mummies from the SMH Forum and someone decided to 'chohp' Falisha. Hahah...i hope there'll be more of these kinda outing akan datang!

My Little B.O.T.A.K

Last night Falisha had her head shaved. Now she looks like a monk, a boy, and especially a cabbage patch kid doll! Ahahaha...hopefully her hair will grow more and grow back quick! LOL...oh Now i know how u feel, Uncle Brian (an ex-colleague a Thai who went for monkhood recently)! Muahahaaha

Look at the 1st photo, my Mum popped by earlier and was playing with her, Falisha laughed! I've neber seen her laugh like that before, only smile. Hahaha...Mothers always the best, Mothers know it all! My mum was playing with her till she laughed. My heart melted when i saw her laughing. How amazing!

Falisha's D.A.Y out

On a Sunny last Sunday, we decided to bring Falisha to visit my Ah Ma (Paternal) @ the old folks home( Ah Ma damn gan zheong liao haha) - it's abt time. We wanted to wait till she reaches at least a month old then bring her out - immune system not so strong yet mah. LOL.

Falisha was a real sleepy head! Piangs...the moment we stepped outta our house, she was real fast asleep.

Then in the car, she slept.

When we arrived at my Mum's place to pick her and my Bro & Sis up, she slept.

When we arrived at my Ah Ma's place, she slept.

Whoa piangs! Hahaha...think she really cannot tahan the Sun man. Must bring her out more! Hehehe...

Princess Falisha turns O.N.E Month old today!

OMG! My darling Baby is One month old liao! So fast! Her cheeks are getting chubbier by the day, and i'm restraining myself from pinching them. Haha..Grow well and healthy, my Baby :)

On our way to 'Popo's' house. Hehe...Falisha's 1st time outta da house!

Falisha's young 'havoc' Ah Lian Grandma (Popo)~! Hehehe..

Last Sun brought Falisha to my Mum's place, despite the 31 July 08 being 2 days away from her full month. Since it's a weekend and a nice timing, Mum told me to bring her darlin grand daughter to her house - like a chinese custom thingy. Hahaha...so it was like a mini gathering where my own Ah Ma and a couple of Aunty and Uncle came by. It was fun! My Mum was so excited, i would say she took care of Falisha all the way ever since we reached her house! Gagaga...cannot blame her la hor, excited mah. Heheh...And Falisha was such a guai guai dearie, she was awake for the longest time! And my family and relatives kept snapping pictures of her, they looked like the Paparazzi la! Muahaha... And that surprised me too...hehe...like as if she knows she's at a different and everyone's there to see her, so she must be awake to 'entertain' the guests. Gagaga...

I have officially joined the C.O.W Milking Club.

Ok don't laugh at me. It's true! Now must keep pumping milk every 3-4hrs. Goodness...tiring leh! And at times i'll get 'leaky'. Oh my. Haha..the last time i couldn't really relate to colleagues who said they gotta go pump milk or it's their 'pumping time', now i totally understand! LOL. Moo~~~

My Mummy is a C.U.S.H.I.O.N

Ok fine. Yes. I'm so cushioned, BB Falisha will always fall asleep lying on me. Haha...it's been a really tiring 10 days after her arrival, but all is worth it. Everytime i look at her small little cute face, it just melts my heart. Falisha is slowly getting used to the surroundings, and we are oso slowly getting used to her routines. Haha.


Falisha is full of expressions. She lurves to smile, even when she's sleeping. haha. But I caught this interesting one, cos i think she's wondering why her Mummy is busy snapping pix of her and laughing to herself. LOL. BTW as u can see, my hubby's grandma 'lines' Falisha with eyeliner ard her eyes and eyebrows. The cross-looking symbol between her brows apparently wards off evil. LOL. Yes i know. Very traditional. And all the eye-lining is the 'secret remedy' to super dark eyelines and lashes and brows! Duno how true it is. LOL. Hubby and I were just debating who Falisha looks like more. I must agree that compare from birth till now, her eyelids are much thicker. But yes, for now she looks more like an Indian BB to me. Bleahhh

The proud P.A.R.E.N.T.S of our little Princess

The beginning of a new phase: P.A.R.E.N.T.H.O.O.D