Shopping Trip

"ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz"

We were shopping at Carrefour last weekend and halfway, noticed that Elyssa was fast asleep in her stroller. Pretty unexpected since that was the first time we used the stroller for a shopping trip (instead of the carseat + Chico stroller) and she normally kicks a fuss before sleeping. Yippee yay..... can shop in peace!

After a while, I got a worried that she'll be cold since she was wearing a skirt. I didn't want to risk waking her up by putting on her long pants. So, I decided to "borrow" a towel from the shelf to cover her legs. Heh hehhh.... she looked a bit like an old lady in a wheelchair, and I couldn't resist taking a photo. When hubby saw the stroller, he asked how come I didn't choose a pink towel. Hmmph.... already "borrow" towel, want to choose colour somemore.....

Father's Birthday

"Happy Birthday Ah Kong! . Next year I'll help you blow the candles, okay? "

Celebrated my father's birthday at Imperial China last Saturday night. Food was actually quite good. We ordered the set for 10 although there were only 8 adults. Thought can just "ta pao" any extras but we ended up polishing everything. Yup, greedy, greedy people! Everyone was just so full after that.

I brought my camera along, but minus the memory card. Aargh!!! Silly me... forgot that I took out the card to download some photos that afternoon. Photo above taken with my bro's PDA. Not a very good photo as the birthday cake is not even visible, but thought it's better than nothing. Photo shows the happy "Ah Kong" cutting the birthday cake with his two grandkids - Justin & Elyssa.

His actual birthday is tommorow, so Papa, if you're reading this (and if I forget tommorow), here's wishing you a Happy, Happy Birthday! I'll try to go home early tommorow so you and Mama can have a nice birthday dinner together :)

About Elyssa

I realise that I haven't really written much about Elyssa's personality, so here goes-

1) She's a very responsive baby - When people talk to her, she'll just smile and smile. She'll "talk back" and will often give little shrieks of excitement. I just love having "conversations" with her! When she's very happy, she'll even chuckle out loud.

2) She hates to be left alone - She's really happy when someone talks to her, but the moment the person walks away, she'll cry out in protest.

3) She loves to be kissed on the cheeks. She'll give the most adorable look.

4) She can get really ANGRY. I think this little one has a temper. When she's sleepy or if we're slow in getting her milk, she can scream. And I mean, really scream.

5) She doesn't like to go to sleep.

That's all I can think of for now. But whatever the personality, she'll always be our little precious :)

Sleepy

Sleepy day today.
I'm already quite used to Elyssa waking up at night. The routine is for me to turn to nurse her then partially fall back asleep. This normally happens a few times a night, from 3am onwards. Last night, it was only after a few rounds of wake up-turn-fall back asleep (with some very strange dreams in between) that my groggy mind realised that something was not right. I finally got up, touched her bottom and realised that it was all wet. *Sigh* Time check - 4.30am. Had to drag myself out of bed with a trobbing head to get new diaper and clothes. Hubby woke up in the process and helped. (altho he already spent 2 hours drying the kitchen floor and cabinet earlier - cos kitchen got flooded after he left the water filter running for almost an hour. )

Elyssa got wide awake during the diaper change though. She kept on smiling and babbling away. Took a loong time of nursing and patting before she finally went back to sleep. Didn't check the clock this time.

So hubby and I are both sleepy heads today. ZZzzzzz...........
Luckily it's Friday.

Her Little Hand

Last night, hubby took this photo of Elyssa gripping my fingers with her chubby little hand.
Just a simple photo, but I love it!

I'm sure one day I'll look back and appreciate this..

Penny

While writing yesterday's post, I did a bit of reminiscing. This time it was of our other princess in the form our cat - Penelope Chong. Adopted the little furball on July 22, 2006 on the day of our water tubing/abseiling/Fraser's Hill trip. I never liked animals last time, but this one was truly different. And speaking of "meant-to-be", what are the chances of meeting a tubing fella whose cat-loving girlfriend happened to tag along the trip (so she baby-sat while we were at the river) and just happen to have cat food in the car??

Anyway as time went by, Penny really became part of our little family. She was a very affectionate kitty and will follow us everywhere in the house. She was even hubby's poo poo companion! He got even more attached to her, and vice versa when I was pregnant cos I read that it wasn't safe for me to be around cats too much.

Penny left the house and never came back when I was about 7 months pregnant. *Sigh*, some people say that she was "making way" for the baby. I cried for days and hubby searched the neighborhood for weeks. Even up to now, he'll sometimes stop the car if he sees a Penny look-a-like, hoping that it's really her.

Well Penny, wherever you are, I do hope you're well taken care-of (or happy in cat heaven) and thanks for lighting up our lives for a year and a half.

4 months old

"Mummy, next time before you take photo, make sure my mittens match okay? "

My little princess is 4 months old today. How time really flies. It's hard for me to believe that she was still squirming away in my tummy 4 months ago. (hmm..... I kinda miss that feeling sometimes). Just can't help thinking of the day of her birth - the 11 hour labour, the pain, me telling hubby we'll just adopt cats instead of having a baby, the pushing, the cursing under my breath, and finally the glimpse of a little grey foot and then hearing the magical cries of my little baby. :)

Weighed her yesterday, and she's already a whopping 6.9kg.