Beatrice's Little Story

3-in-1

Our first attempt to take a close shot family photo.

We went to Eric Stephanie's house to return them the yellow table and stools which we borrowed for Bea's party. This morning Eric and the gang (Rovis, Eric Goh, Walter, Matthew etc) went for the 6km Sheares Bridge Run. According to Eric, Angeline was there also. Wow.. fit woman in our CG.

Ah... today aunty Stephanie lend this Musical Poptivity Table to Beatrice. This place is really a free rental toy place huh?

This Take Along Hop N Pop is the first toy that she lent it to Bea.

Minnie's Company

Taken in one of those weekend gaigai.. enjoying the company of her minnie mouse.

Nowadays, I will try to ask her if she wanna bring a toy while we shop so as to keep her occupy while we can do a little shopping without her wanting us to carry & walk around the mall.

Prayer Meeting

This is Zoe from N3. Both of them were happy laughing and playing with one another in the playhouse.

Bea was trying to ride on the coupe again while other tot is using it. So I've to distract her with snacks.

Her Little Big Day

Met up with 2 other friends who couldn't make it for her celebration last Sunday.

Beatrice would like to thank all the granduncles, grandaunties, uncles & aunties for all the gifts that she had received and all the little friends who have come for her party. And also thank Uncle Eric for helping to take the shots.

Sunday Celebration

Added more photos...

Beatrice's party has been divided into friends.. day session & family.. night session. In general, she did enjoyed the company of all the little friends who had came for her party. The only thing is she was cranky during both cake cutting... cos she has missed her nap time.

Backdrop

Finally manage to get Bea to sleep at 11pm. Both of us are tired but we still need to complete this backdrop. So that we can relax, enjoy the morning and wait for the guests to arrive.

Could not find Mickey & Minnie Mouse backdrop, this is the closest we can get, the disney princess castle.

Btw, the backdrop is done by the maid with the finance manager being the helper. Ya, he was kind enough to step on the foot pump for the balloons and to hold the deco so that the maid can get it in position. It is just not his cup of tea to do this type of stuff.

Rent A Toy

These 2 toys are from rent-a-toy.com. Arrived this afternoon and Bea gets to play with it only after we came back from service. She was excited riding the tricycle and taking out the accessories from the kitchen set. We have difficulty getting her to bed. She keep wanting to get out of the bedroom to play.

Hope the children will enjoy playing with these toys also.

N3 Coupe

This is the 2nd week that Bea goes to N3. This coupe has been the 1st toy she eye at for the past 2 weeks. So far, she gets to sit in there for a few minutes and she was really excited.

Maybe I can consider renting the Dora coupe or the princess coupe for her the next time.

After CG

JX suggested to take a photo of the children sitting together. Let's try 2 first. This is what we have...

I think its consider quite well done with a mobile camera. This is the first time Bea taking photo with Gabby.

And now presenting the 5 in a group picture...

It's really not easy to get them to sit still and allow us to take the shots. With mommys hands trying to make them sit still... haha. Ok, we give it another try this Sunday... gonna be even more challenging with more children!

Jurong Point

2 weeks ago we went to Jurong Point after service to have our lunch and to visit Dawn during her confinement. We brought her to play with the toys at Toys "R" Us. She has great fun.

CG at Tiong Bahru

First CG at Uncle Wee Boon and Aunty Dorcas house. She feels that their sofa is more comfortable than hers at home. ahaha...

Shopping

Last night, we did some groceries shopping. We have a few bags of stuff to carry so I past her the lightest bag and ask her to help. She was kind enough to carry it from the MSCP all the way back home. Thanks Beatrice!

Rent That Toy

As part of Bea's party, I planned to rent some toys for the children who will be coming to her party, to keep them entertained. Bea doesn't have a lot of toys. These are from rent-that-toy.com which arrived last night. I wanted the toys to arrived earlier before her party so that she can start playing with it first and not scream for it from other chidren later. She was super excited when she saw the toys. She crawl quickly towards the walker and started playing with it. It kept her entertained for the whole evening until bed time.

A Saturday Afternoon

While waiting for her nap time and Daddy to come back from work to go church together. She started exploring one of her favorite drawer again.. food!

She was standing hands free for that split second.. haha.. the food capture her attention. One thing I noticed about her.. if she is holding something she is interested in, she likes to go round and round while holding on to it.

National Day

She called me "me me" -> mommy when she woke up.. haha.. at last not during a cry. And she repeated a few times throughout the day.

What a lazy day for the family. DD took 3 naps, DH took 2 naps and I managed to catch a nap also. Meals with the family. We managed to do some groceries shopping at NTUC and watched the NDP on TV. The day ended with nothing much accomplished.

Except that I spent 3 hours doing her ecard the night before and sending them out to the little guests the following day.

Celebrate?

Brian and myself have been discussing about this topic since May. We didnt do much for her baby shower so I thought we should do something for her 1st birthday. But on the other hand, to invite the relatives of both families... we are talking about 100 guests... plus friends... 150 guests. Our house is too small for so many guests and I'm not for the idea of having it at my in-law's place. And I think Bea will get super sticky with so many people around her.

So after many rounds of discussion, Mr Chng agreed 2 days ago to have a party for Bea with proposal cut & trim to fit into our home. Guests list approved... budget approved.

Mrs Chng... "the maid" got to start the preparation.
Mr Chng... the finance manager will of course control the money.
Ms little Chng... she will play, eat, sleep until the day arrives.

Busy Day

Last Sunday, we went shopping with a list of things to buy/see at 3 different shopping malls. We started at 3pm after Brian finish his work and we end the day at 9.30pm.

Marina Square: Marina Food Loft (lunch), Mothercare, Kiddy Palace, Home-Fix,
Killiney (kopi break), John-Little
United Square: Toys "R" Us, Nurture Craft
Dinner at popo's house
Junction 8: Aussino, NTUC

Every shop that we enter is almost like touch and go. Brian's slogan for shopping... "stay focus"... haha. Beatrice was very good... she sits in her stroller quietly with her mickey mouse. There was only a short period whereby she wanted us to carry.

Words

A few more words that she says recently...
- bird
- work work
- "more more" -> no more
- "nei nei" -> mei mei (sounds like milk but softer tone for 妹妹)
- "ma ma ma" -> mommy
She calls "ma ma ma" only when she crys. Most of the time its the melting "daddy/dad dad".

Bad Morning

Thank God for His protection upon Beatrice. No swell, no bruise. She was active again after her morning shower at 婆婆 house.

02-08-07, 10am
OMG! Beatrice fell from our bed this morning while I was making the bed to get off to work. She was sleeping at the edge and my leg was holding her. But she lifted up her legs and squeeze through the gap and head down. Told my mum to help monitor her for any unusual signs like vomitting, sleeping for long hours, giddy etc.

Music Time

My brother was playing with his PlayStation with headphones on so that the rest of the family members can watch the TV programs. And she wants to be part of 舅舅 game play.

1st time riding in the car

She is going backwards like when she started crawling.

After Nap

Funny little girl, this particular afternoon she woke up not wanting to let go of her bean bag.

JiuJiu's CDs

Everytime she goes near to the room, she will always remember 舅舅 CDs. She will take out piece by piece and throw it on the floor. The best part is everytime she throws, she will close her eyes... she is scare of the sound produced. But it also looks as if she is telling us she didn't see the throwing action... haha.

Tissue Paper

Shirley's Wedding

A very interesting wedding that we have attended. Specially requested by the bride and according to the hosts, it is also the first time the hotel is doing it this way. Chinese style food dishes served in western style setting. The name of the dishes represent their story.

I would consider her well behave as compare to the last wedding that we had attended at the beginning of the month. At least she didnt scream to get attention. I have always wanted to take a picture of her cute fleshy hands... I'd made it!

A Better View of Gabby

Parties

Sunday was a busy day, we have 2 children parties and dinner with my in-law to celebrate DH's birthday.

Daddy's Birthday

We had our dinner at Delifrance Bistro after church service.. err.. the pasta doesn't taste nice, too watery and a bit tasteless and the soup is super saltish. But the dessert is nice and the sandwish is still good.

N2

She has been "promoted" to N2 since 3 weeks ago. Now N2 is super crowded & N1 has so little infants, a no. of her age infants have been moved from N1 to N2 so as to make space for the newborns.

2nd Half of Sat Fun Time

Catching Up

I'm almost there... should be able to catch up with some of the backdated posts soon. Beatrice has been sleeping early, household chores done. Work not so busy these 2 days, still waiting for some information to go on gear 5. These 2 nights have been spending time updating her blog.

Jealous

After Gabby left my mom's place, Beatrice saw the bouncer and crawl towards it wanting to lie down on it. I wonder if she remembered she used to sleep on it when she was younger?

She has show a little sign of jealousy when my SIL trys to carry Gabby.

Sunday Gathering

Sunday was a day we had planned some time back to get together and at the same time can bring the kids for a swim at uncle Ben's condo. However, Beatrice was having a little running nose and Raenen was having fever and running nose. The swimming session was called off. Little gabby doesn't have the chance to wear her new swim wear.

Gabby... next time ok?

Raenen... get well soon. Then we can all go swimming with Beatrice and Gabby.

First Picnic

Beatrice enjoyed herself with the sand play and cycling. She was a little scared when my SIL try to cover her legs with sand and tell her its cooling, she must be wondering what happen to her legs.. haha

But she love the cycling experience. Not wanting to let go of the handle when we try to pick her up after one round and another round, she resist by screaming.

Condo Baby Shower

It was one of those super hot afternoon with lunch in the open air. After eating, we brought Beatrice round their big swimming pool, she was excited to see the water. Then off we went hiding inside the air-con room.

Itchy Gum

Beatrice has been chewing badly on toys and hanky recently. Wondering if more teeth is emerging soon.

Playtime

Raenen's popo brought him along to my mum's place to see Gabby meimei but I think he spend more time playing with Beatrice.

Jaydon going to school

A gathering with the Citra family before they set off home to Medan. Jaydon is going to start his playgroup class the following Monday.

A little different from other gathering. They seem to remember each other better this time round and can smile and baby talk.

Daddy's Office

Happily playing on my FIL chair.

Cindy's Wedding

Her nap time has been reduced to twice a day, pushing her sleeping time to 9pm everynight. She was a little cranky half way through the dinner as it has way pass her sleeping time. Both DH and I actually have to take turns to bring her out of the ballroom so that she will not disturb other guests.

Sat Fun Time

This is only half the collection, the other half is in my brother's camera which I have yet to download from my tumb drive.

Mommy's Birthday

Enjoyed the evening time spent with DH and DD. At least he make an effort to go Orchard to fetch me, then to AMK to fetch Beatricem, then back to Orchard to enjoy our dinner and dessert.

Was a little disappointed with DH excuse for not making an effort to take half day off to spend time with me. Then another excuse that I have high taste so he didn't prepare any gift for me. To me it's all EXCUSES!

But he did make it up 2 weeks later after I told him I'm going to blog it down. Haha.. we went shopping together and he got me 2 gifts instead.

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