Skyler's 3rd Year Blog

To all Family and Friends of Baby Skyler,

Thank you for your faithful readership and for all your love for Baby Skyler. We’ve started a new Blog for Skyler’s 3rd Year. You can simply click on the link at the side bar on the right or go to http://www.skyler-3.blogspot.com/.

With Skyler’s birthday on 28th December 2007, this Blog, Skyler's 2nd Year, is now complete.

Please do continue to visit Skyler’s new Blog, and do leave a little message or two of love for our Little One!

Skyler’s Two Years Old!

Dearest Skyler,

You’re two years old today! :D Wow! You’re so grown up already! :D

Papa had to go in to work today! So sorry! Papa missed you so much as he really wanted to spend your birthday with you! :(

Godpa Ben and Godma Steph had delivered a big bunch of balloons! It was so colourful that you had such a ball with them. :D

Gong-gong and Popo came early in the afternoon to spend the day with you and you were so excited by their coming that you kept on asking where they were before they arrived. You had so much fun playing with them – you played with dough with them and they brought you downstairs with your tricycle.

Later in the afternoon, Grandma came as well to spend time with you. It’s such a rare occasion that you have all your grandparents together with you at the same time. :D

Papa had to work later than he had wished for thus he rushed home and brought dinner back for everyone.

After dinner, Papa and Mama drove down to the Point to get you a birthday cake. You stayed at home with your grandparents.

After a while, Gong-gong and Popo brought you downstairs for a walk. When we got back, we found you there. Godpa Ben had just called Papa at that point in time and asked to speak with you so you did.

We then went back upstairs to have your birthday cake. :D It was quite yummy! :D After having sung your birthday song and eaten the cake, your grandparents left to go home as it was quite late already. :p

You’d received so many birthday presents this time round. :D Play with them well. :D

After they’d left, we spent a bit of time assembling your bed again. We’ve been doing a bit of it every night – there’s been some progress. :D

You’re already two years old! It’s so fast! You’re able to do so many things and say so many things. It’s been a great two years, Lil’ One. You’ve been such a joy to have in our family. Thank you for being you!

Papa and Mama love you!

Trunk

Dearest Skyler,

You’re so cute, Lil’ One! Everytime we refer to a tree trunk you will think that we are talking about an elephant’s trunk! :D You would then make the sign for an elephant trunk and make the trumpeting sound of an elephant! :D

Aunty Bili came to celebrate your birthday and help pack the house. Thank you, Aunty Bili! :D

Godpa Ben called to wish you a Happy Birthday thinking your birthday was today. Thank you, Godpa!

Later in the evening, we assembled the drawers for your bed. It’s coming along, Lil’ One! :D

You were so cute, Lil’ One. You wagged finger side to side when saying 'No touch!' while cooking on your toy kitchen stove. You’ve completely learnt to say so many of the things we say to you. :D By the way, where did you learn to wag your finger? :p
Papa and Mama love you!

Skyler's Bed

Dearest Skyler,

You woke up early today and asked for milk. Papa fed you before putting you back to bed.

We're not going to carry you while preparing your milk anymore, okay? Mama's not supposed to carry you too much as she's got Baby in her. Thus, it's not good for her to carry you while preparing your milk. We know you like us to do so but you're too heavy now. You can stand on the stool to watch us, okay?

In the afternoon, we went to the Point for a dim sum lunch. You ate almost two whole 'bao's by yourself! Papa and you then shared a double-scoop of Swensen's ice cream! :D

We walked around a short while and bought some stuff before rushing home as your bed was being delivered. When we got home, the delivery men were already there - they were early.

You then took a nap with Mama.

After you got up, we shared a 'bao' before Papa brought you to the nearby shops to get dinner.

After dinner, you watched some TV while Papa and Mama put your bed together. You got a bit cranky because we couldn't spend time with you while we were assembling the bed. Sorry! It just wasn't safe for you to be in there.

Anyway, we had to stop as they didn't give us some parts and the bed frame hadn't been marked adequately. Oh well... Your bed won't be ready as early we’d hoped.

We spent a bit of time with you before going to bed.

We love you, Lil' One.

Papa and Mama

Christmas Day

Dearest Skyler,

Merry Christmas, Lil’ One! :D

You woke us up at 6 plus this morning asking for milk. You must have been so hungry. You were so sleepy last night that you couldn't even stay awake for milk. So, Papa got up to give you your milk before we all went back to bed.

You're so immune to feeling cold, it seems. Papa and Mama were freezing and had to cover ourselves but you had just slept in bed refusing to be under a blanket!

At 7 plus, it was our turn to wake you for breakfast. We dressed you and brought you down though you were so sleepy. While we were at the table, we started stacking jam jars and you called it a snowman and asked where its nose and eyes were. :D You had a bit of food before you fell asleep at the table. So poor thing!

After breakfast, we went back to the room to resume sleeping as we were still sleepy. By the time we got up, it was time to check out.

While Papa was packing, he realised that your jacket wasn't around. Mama remembered that we'd left it at the breakfast table. She rushed down to look for it and managed to get it back. We were quite disappointed that they had not made any effort to get it back to us since they knew which room we were in. Oh well...

After we'd checked out, we drove over to Grandma's place for a late lunch. You did your usual things there - playing with the coins, jumping on her bed, climbing all over her sofa, etc. :D

We left soon after as we were still very tired. We headed home to unpack and then take a nap.

In the evening, after we got up, we went out to get dinner. After dinner, you watched quite a bit of TV before turning in.

Mama was feeling really terrible today. Your sibling must really be growing. Sigh... Poor Mama.
Papa and Mama love you!

Christmas Eve

Dearest Skyler,

Mama brought you to Aunty Chris's to receive your Christmas present.

We then brought Mama to see the baby doctor at the hospital. It was so exciting! The doctor managed to do an ultrasound and printed a photo of baby for us.

We then had lunch at Delifrance.

After that we drove down to Ritz Carlton Hotel to spend Christmas Eve. We went to the swimming pool for a dip. We borrowed a float for you when we realised that they were loaning these out. You so enjoyed it as it allowed you to float in the water. This was the first time that you used such a thing. :D We must let you use the one that we have at home when we go swimming the next time. :D

We then came back up to bathe and took a nap.

After that, we went down for dinner in Marina Square before coming back to the hotel. We had some fish and rice before we had a few slices of toast that you totally enjoyed.

We bumped into Godpa Ben and Godma Steph at the restaurant here. They were so thrilled to see you!

Aunty Bili came up to visit after that and she gave you your Christmas and birthday gifts. She gave you a big kitchen set and a framed poster for your room. You had so much fun opening them.

Kow-fu and Kow-moh came to visit as well. And they brought more gifts! You were so excited to see them! Once they arrived, your face completely lit up! You dashed to give them their candy canes! And they gave you your very own Barney plush toy! Of course we then had to hold hands to sing the Barney song. :D

You were so cute! You'd watched an episode of Jojo's Circus where she pretended to be a robot and you imitated her with sound effects and all! And you did it for all of them to watch! :D You were so sleepy already but you lasted all the way to close to midnight.

You also watched the 'Finding Nemo' movie for the first time there. We had brought it along to entertain you.
Papa and Mama love you!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Dearest Skyler,

We went for Church today – late as usual. Sigh… We just find it so difficult to wake up and rush to get ready for church. I guess the distance we have to travel doesn’t help very much. :p

After church we went for lunch at the nearby Sushi Tei. As they had no tables available, we sat at the counter. Even though you sat in a high chair, you couldn't see anything as it was still too low. However, you made no fuss at all.

After lunch we came home to rest. As we were all so tired, we all took a nap.

Later in the evening, we all drove down to the church group’s Christmas outreach. It was held at somebody’s home. We met a few friends from church there such as Che-che Wei Ai. We had dinner before we played some games. The balloons that they had inflated kept bursting and made you a bit distressed. We had to leave early as we had to attend Mama’s relative’s birthday party.

Mama’s relatives had come back from Australia. It was one of their daughter’s birthday. We had a bit more food and met Gong-gong and Popo there. You were so excited to see them. You kept on trying to get their attention and didn’t let them catch up with their own relatives. :p

Later in the evening, we brought Gong-gong and Popo home before coming home ourselves.

Just before we went to sleep you kissed baby in Mama's tummy! :D We’re going to have to introduce you to the new baby in the family, Lil’ One! You must be ready to have a sibling, okay?
Papa and Mama love you!

The Whole Day Out

Dearest Skyler,

We quickly got dressed to leave once we got up.

We drove down to Raffles City for lunch at the Japanese restaurant.

On the walk to the restaurant, we stopped by the dress stall to buy you the dress that Grandma wanted to buy for you.

We didn't bother to ask for a high chair at the restaurant as you don't really like to sit in one anymore. But this isn't the norm now, okay? It'll depend on what kinds of seats there are. :p

We then brought you to Fox to buy you a pullover as you looked so cute when you tried it on before at the other outlet.

Papa then brought you over to the Funan Centre Swensen's for some ice cream. The managers there were so nice to you - they gave you a standard balloon, a balloon dog and a bag of party novelties!

But the che-ches there shocked Papa by the way they wasted ice cream! Papa had requested a couple of flavours with one amendment. The che-che who took the request asked another che-che to prepare it. The latter got a scoop of another flavour and Papa told her that it was not what he wanted and she just threw it away! She then scooped both flavours onto the cone but they were so huge that they threatened to topple. So, in the end, Papa asked for it to be put into a cup intending that they just pour what they had already scooped into the cup but she just threw it away as well. Papa was so shocked at the waste! Oh well...

We walked around the place eating the huge amount of ice cream before we headed back to Mama.

When we met up with Mama again, we bought some Christmas presents before Mama brought you to play at a place that Robinsons had set up - you had balloon sculpting, bead making, drawing, face painting, etc. They also provided pop corn and candy floss.

When you had explored enough we brought you to visit the fountain before heading for Godma's for a Christmas gathering.

When we got to Godma's place, you wanted to see the fish being fed so Godma did so. - Aunty Karen's family came as well. As all the children in her family were girls, there really were a lot of girls running around. :D Aunty Karen shared the mee suah that she had brought for Charissa with you. :D You also had some of the dim sum that we had – you ate four egg tarts! You had lots of fun playing with the fish tank.

After dinner, we handed out presents and you got lots of stuff! :D You also played with the girls through the night.

Papa and Mama love you!

Skyler's Mattress

Dearest Skyler,

Papa had to go in to work today.

You stayed home with Mama for most of the day.

Later in the morning, Aunty Seow Hwee came to visit and you had some fun playing with her. :D

Papa came back later in the afternoon.

We drove down to the Point for dinner at the Chinese restaurant. You only a bit but had quite a bit of the egg tart we'd bought to eat while waiting for our food to come. You so love egg tarts, Lil’ One. :D

After dinner, we drove down to Ikea Tampines to buy mattresses for the bed we'd bought you. You had so much fun running around and clambering all over the furniture. We ended up buying some chairs to replace our dining table chairs as well. We think that these chairs will be safer for you as well as they don’t have so many gaps. The main reason we’re changing our chairs is that the current ones make quite a bit of noise when we shift around in them. This noise sometimes disturb you when you’ve gone to sleep.

We came home after that.

Papa and Mama love you!

Loving Skyler

Dearest Skyler,

Today is Papa and Mama's 15th Anniversary of being together! :D Papa and Mama have been together for so long, haven’t we? :D And we’re more in love with each other than when we first started! :D

We went to the Point for lunch. After lunch, Papa and Mama bought cards for each other and we had to write our messages in front of each other. Hahahaha! It’s so funny, we used to have all the time in the world to buy each other cards and write them in private. We would even make time to get each other gifts but since you’ve been around, we’ve not had the opportunity at all! :p But you have been so worthwhile, Lil’ One! You’re the most precious gift that we could ever ask each other for. :D

In the afternoon, we brought you to Kow-fu and Kow-moh's so we could catch a movie. We had to ask Moh-moh to meet us downstairs as we were late already. Thus, she very kindly came down to bring you up to their apartment. You enjoyed yourself playing with them so much that you tired yourself out and fell asleep on their sofa.

Papa and Mama came back to pick you up after our movie. We then went over to United Square for dinner. It was so coincidental! We met the manager of the Pastamania in the Point at the outlet there. We all shared quite a bit of food.

Papa brought you then brought you into the paddle boat they had there. It was a very small boat that used arm power. Everytime Papa got in and out, the boat threatened to capsize! :p But you so enjoyed the experience, Lil’ One. And Papa was so glad to have experienced it with you. :D

We then had you try on clothes. You looked so cute in them! In the end, we bought you a cute pullover.

After that we came home.

You were so sweet! Papa had bumped his foot and it hurt! When you noticed that, you knelt down in front of Papa to Papa’s shock and surprise. Papa didn’t know what you were doing when suddenly you kissed Papa's foot! We had taken to kissing the spots where you hurt yourself and you were returning the favour, Lil’ One. You so surprised us! You’re such a marvellous, Lil’ Gal!

Papa and Mama love you! Thanks for celebrating our anniversary with us! :D

Baby Bear

Dearest Skyler,

Papa had to work again.

You were so sleepy today. You went back to bed for a nap soon after waking up. :p You didn't have very much for lunch at all.

You so like the bear that Aunty Rachel gave you for your birthday that you kept on asking Mama to take photos of you with it. That’s so cute! :D

In the afternoon, you started pulling out all the tissue from TWO tissue boxes! You realised that you'd done something naughty after that so you went up to Mama to apologise. It’s great that you know right from wrong, Lil’ One! :D But try to know that before you do the wrong thing? :p

Papa came back in the afternoon and we all drove down to meet Grandma and we had dinner at Ikea.

Papa and Mama then left you with Grandma for a while to get something. You went to play with all the kid's toys and also tried out all the beds! :D You kept Grandma totally busy keeping up with you.

Papa and Mama came back soon after. We looked at some mattresses for you before we drove Grandma home and came home ourselves.

Papa and Mama love you!

Skyler Has Fun

Dearest Skyler,

Papa had to go in to work today.

Popo and Gong-gong came to play with you. You had so much fun with them. Gong-gong entertained you tremendously and you impressed them with all that they saw you do and heard you say. (Papa and Mama are impressed too.) You're such a smart girl!

Besides playing in the apartment, Popo and Gong-gong brought you downstairs with your trike too.

You so didn't want Popo and Gong-gong to leave that they had to walk you to our car when it was time for Mama and you to come pick Papa up.

After meeting up with Papa, we all drove to Aunty Rachel's for a gathering with Mama's former colleagues and their families. You had some fun playing with all the kor-kors and che-ches there.

We all celebrated yours and Aunty Rachel's birthdays. Then all the children got Christmas presents! :D

By the time we left, you were so tired from playing the whole day! :D

Papa and Mama love you!

Jingle Bells Performance

Dear Skyler,

Papa went in to work this morning. Mama got you to sleep in as late as possible so that you would be better rested.

When Papa came home, Mama and you were at the organ performing 'Jingle Bells'. You accompanied Mama with the tambourine. You were SO cute! You shook it in an appropriate way at suitable points. :D You were SO spontaneous!

We went to the Point for lunch - at the Thai restaurant. It was a disaster. You refused to eat any of the food as they all tasted strange to you.

We walked around a bit before we headed to the supermarket to buy some groceries. We dropped it off at home before heading to town.

We drove to Wheelock Place. We went to Marks and Spencer to buy stuff. Suddenly Papa felt a patch of wet and realised that you had peed through your diaper onto his shirt. Papa quickly brought you to get changed. :p

We then walked around Borders before heading to Peninsula Plaza to buy a gift for Kow-fu as he has just started on a new appointment.

After that we went to Popo's for dinner with Gong-gong who'd just returned to Singapore. Bubu and Moh-moh were there as well. You had such a great time with Gong-gong! :D We also gave Bubu his gift there. :D Congratulations, Bubu!

We headed home after dinner.

Papa and Mama love you!

Skyler's Bed

Dearest Skyler,

We missed church again.

We were sitting around in the living room in the morning and Papa and Mama were watching you play when all of a sudden you came up to Mama and Papa to kiss and hug us! We were so surprised! Thank you, Lil’ One!

Later, we went to the Point for lunch at the Chinese restaurant.

While we were there, we bought you a bed, Lil' One! Your very own bed! It comes wIth a pull out bed so your sibling can share the bed with you. :D

We then went to buy bed sheets for you. You kept on playing with a 'dummy' until you accidentally tipped it over. Papa just managed to catch it before it fell onto the floor. Mama got you to apologise to the store assistants. You must listen to us, okay? :p

We walked around a bit before heading home. The place was quite crowded.

We all took a nap after we got home.

We got up for dinner. Papa and you went to get dinner. Mama couldn't really eat it. She requested 'dou hua' after that so Papa rushed off to the Point to get it. Poor Mama, she’s really suffering quite badly from the morning sickness. Sigh… Just like when she had you!

Papa and Mama love you!

Japanese Christmas Service

Dearest Skyler,

You woke early today for your milk before heading back to bed after one episode of 'Louie'.

When we woke up again, we went to collect Mama's spectacles before dropping Mama off in church to prepare for the Japanese Christmas Service where she was singing in the choir.

Papa and you went to have lunch at Swensen's where you picked up a standard balloon and a flower balloon sculpture given by the manager.

We then walked around a bit. They'd brought in the Alien and Predator creatures for a photo-taking session and you kept on wanting to look at them. :p

We also went upstairs to get a free photo print from HP.

The management had also brought in the 'Alvin and the Chipmunk' characters.

We then stopped by McDonald's for a Hot Fudge Sundae and also collect yet another balloon. :D

We went back to church for the Christmas service. When we got back, the choir was still rehearsing so we had to wait until they were done before we could meet Mama. After a short while, Mama had to go sit with the rest of the choir so we went outside to the fish pond.

We were there until Grandma, Kow-fu and Kow-moh came. We all then took our seats to await the start of the service.

You sat with Papa and Grandma for a short while before asking to sit with Bubu and Moh-moh. Papa brought you to them and left you with them.

You played with them for the rest of the service until the last medley of Christmas carols when you fell asleep on their laps. :D But, you woke up when the choir wished everyone 'Merry Christmas!' and you clapped a bit before falling back asleep! :D

Mama, Grandma and you then went to the sushi place in Raffles City for dinner. You didn't want to sit in your high chair so we let you sit on the bench with us. You kept on crawling back and forth between Grandma and us. :D

After dinner, Grandma wanted to buy you a dress for Christmas. You were asked to choose between a beige and a pink one and you vacillated between them for a while before firming up on the beige one. Grandma spotted that there was a problem with the hem so we decided to pick up a new one from another branch. Thank you, Grandma!

You then wanted to look at the 'big fountain' so we all trooped downstairs.

After viewing the fountain for a while, Papa had to do something so we went off to do it. While we were there at the machine, you wanted to press one of the buttons and ended up pressing one that resulted in something Papa didn't want! Papa was so frustrated with you. Oh well... You were just playing; you didn't know what you were doing.

We then brought you into the bookshop for a while as you wanted to 'read'.

We went back into the department store and realised that there was a performance by an acapella group called 'Vocaluptuous'. Papa and Mama love that group as they are very good. We caught the tail end of their performance before we drove Grandma home and headed home ourselves.

What a long day!
Papa and Mama love you!

Doctor!

Dearest Skyler,

Papa went in to work today.

Mama brought you to Aunty Chris’s to play. Che-che Joan played ‘Trains’ with Meimei Dawn and you. She would be the engineer and the two of you were passengers. It was so cute! You also helped to care for Dawn - you held her hand and walked around with her. :D

Papa came back in the evening. We all drove down to Suntec City. We had dinner at The Sundanese Restaurant. You wanted to feed yourself even though Papa was worried that you would spill the food. Though you held a spoon, you ended up using your fingers to feed yourself. :p Oh well… At least it was slightly less messy than you dropping food all over. :p

We then took a walk to Carrefour to buy some things before heading home. Mama was very ill throughout the trip. You were so sweet. Everytime Mama or Papa told you that Mama wasn't feeling well, you would say 'Doctor'! :D

Papa and Mama love you!

'Ginger Bao'

Dearest Skyler,

Papa had to go in to work today. Mama had to care for you by herself though she was feeling under the weather. Papa had to stay in school way past the time he expected.

Mama brought you back to bed for a nap after you had been awake for a while as you were so sleepy.

After you got up from your nap, you had the porridge that Papa had prepared before he left for work.

When you were done, Mama brought you to Aunty Christine's place to visit. Kok-kor and Che-che weren't around so you both spent time with Aunty and Mei-mei Dawn only. You had so much fun caring for Mei-mei.

After some time, Mama brought you home and waited for Papa to return.

Papa drove us all down to church after he got home. Mama had choir practice. We went for dinner first at Funan Centre. We then walked Mama back for her practice before we headed to Raffles City to visit the fountains.

We also visited the bookshop for a while. We then headed back to church to wait for Mama. When we got back, she still wasn't done so we hung around to wait. We visited the fish too. :D While we were waiting for Mama, her friends all wanted to play with you but you were so shy.

On the way home, you kept on asking for 'ginger bao'. You'd done that the past few nights as well. Mama figured out that you were actually asking for the song 'Jingle Bells' to be played - over and over again. :D

Papa and Mama love you!

1, 2, 3 ...

You counted to 10 all by yourself today! Mama’d been teaching you to count and we kept on watching the 1 to 10 song on Sesame Street and you finally have done it on your own! :D

We went to Crystal Jade for a dim sum lunch today. That’s about the main thing we eat nowadays as Mama can’t really eat very much of anything else. It’s the safest and easiest for her in her condition.

After lunch, we walked around to look for a bed for you. We saw a couple that may be suitable but we’ll think about it a bit more first. :D You had such great fun climbing onto all the other furniture in the stores.

We then walked over to the library to return our books. While we were there, we went to look at a Childcare place. They had fairly good security and a playground. However, you were so sleepy that you wanted to sleep with the students who were there as you’d seen that they were napping on our tour of the place! :p Papa had to grab you to stop you from going into the rooms! :p

How do you feel about that place, Lil’ One? Mama and Papa don’t want to leave you at a child care place but we may have to as Mama has to make time to do her work and when Baby is born, to take care of Baby. Sigh… How? Will you be okay at places like this? You definitely will enjoy all the activities but will you be okay without someone you’re comfortable with there? Sigh…

After that, we came home to rest.

Later, in the evening, we went down to China Square to get something done. Mama brought you to sit on big potty as you said you needed to boom but nothing happened.

After we were done, we went to Raffles City. Mama had gone to meet her friends. Papa and you met Grandma for dinner at Café Cartel where we had pork chop again. You had quite a few bites of the food! :D

Grandma, Papa and you then went walking down Bras Basah Road to look at the Christmas lights. We had targetted to walk to Centerpoint but we only made it to Meridien Hotel. Grandma dashed off to get a lift from her friend home. She didn't even say goodbye properly. Papa and you were left dumbfounded as we had not expected that. Oh well…

Papa and you then walked back to Raffles City to meet Mama. Papa brought you to visit the fountain as Mama wasn’t there yet. We met Mama there before walking through the supermarket where you had great fun playing with the fruits and vegetables. :D

We came home after that.
Papa and Mama love you!

Rides Move

Dearest Skyler,

We stayed home in the morning and most of the afternoon today. Papa prepared porridge for lunch again.

After lunch, we packed some more as we really have lots of your old stuff to move around. Well, actually, your stuff are not old but you’ve outgrown them. We hope that Baby will be able to make use of them. :p

Later in the evening, we went down to United Square to meet Kow-fu And Kow-moh for dinner at Soup Restaurant. As they were not there yet, Papa took you for a walk around. We saw the paddle boats in the fountain area. They were hand operated. Quite interesting. But Papa wondered what the thrill was as the area was very very small. There was no where to go!

Later on, Bubu and Moh-moh came and we had our dinner. You were a bit fussy during dinner so after Bubu and Moh-moh were done, they took you out for a walk while Mama and Papa continued eating.

They brought you to the kiddie rides area and Bubu sponsored rides on Thomas the Tank Engine and Barney and Friends! :p You had so much fun on the train as there were so many things to do! :D

We went home soon after that!

Papa and Mama love you!

A Day At Home

Dearest Skyler,

We stayed home today. We were just so tired and lazy. Well, Papa and Mama were anyway. :p Papa prepared porridge for lunch.

We spent the day packing the house and made space for stuff from your room so that we could clear it. Thus, we had to clear out our storeroom and throw some stuff away. Then we moved the things we had placed in your room in there. We are preparing your room for when you move in, Lil’ One. Soon, we’ll have your bed in there and you can a room of your own – until Baby grows up big enough to share it with you. :p

Papa and Mama love you!

Slow Day

Dearest Skyler,

We missed church again as we were all quite tired and couldn’t get up in time to make it. :p Mama’s experiencing Morning Sickness and this makes her really tired.

We went to Crystal Jade for lunch at the Point and shopped a bit before coming home. We lazed around the whole afternoon and even took a nap. :p

Later in the evening, we drove over to Popo's place for dinner. You again played with you car. You also sat very comfortably in your high chair with your legs all sprawled out. You’ve grown up so much. You are now able to climb up the stairs fairly comfortably.

After dinner, we headed home.
Papa and Mama love you!

Walk-Walk

Dearest Skyler,

We went to Godma Audrey's place in the morning as Mama wanted to borrow something. You so enjoyed visiting her. You looked at her fish in the tank and played with her cushions. She loves you so much!

We drove down to the expensive dim sum restaurant for lunch today. We had to sit next to the pool as it was crowded. You wanted to walk around the place to look at the pool, etc.
We then drove down to church. You were so sleepy you slept in the car and Papa stayed with you. Mama went for her choir practice. After you woke up, Papa brought for a long walk to Marina Square where we had a Milo at the Burger King as everywhere else was so crowded.

We then took a walk around the mall before we headed back to church. After we got back, we found that Mama still hadn't ended. Thus, you wandered around the church exploring. We took lots of photos of you climbing all over the furniture and such! Good thing no one caught us. :p

When Mama was done, we headed to the car to leave. As Papa's hands were full, Papa placed you down so that he could put things in the car. Mama was doing something in church and she came out a bit later. You saw her and walked to go meet her. A car came at that time and it would have crossed your path. You didn't seem to have noticed it. It was so dangerous! You must watch out for traffic, okay? Thank God nothing happened. Both Papa and Mama called out to you to stop and you managed to do so in time.

We drove to Bedok to buy dinner. You had fallen asleep again. After Papa had gathered all the food, we headed off to Grandma's to eat. :D

Grandma was so happy to see you. You once again played with her collection of coins. You so enjoyed that. :D

When we had completed dinner, we headed home.
Papa and Mama love you so much!

Traveling Skyler

Dearest Skyler,

Mama brought you for a Singapore Symphony Orchestra performance today entitled ‘Baby Proms’. It was such a fun thing for you to attend. The orchestra made a big effort to entertain little ones by playing music suitable for you all and they were very relaxed as well. At the end of the performance, you were allowed to go up on stage to interact with the musicians and touch some of the instruments. Mama encouraged you to touch the violin and you finally did. :D We hope that you’ll learn to like to play the violin when you’re a bit older, Lil’ One.

You also managed to pick up a balloon sculpture to play with and you carried it all the way after that. :D

After the performance ended, Mama and you went outside to get the conductor’s autograph before heading for lunch with Aunty Rachel at Raffles City. After lunch, Aunty Rachel bought a Christmas tree and to help her get it home, Mama and you drove her home. :D

After that both of you came to pick Papa up from work. Papa was supposed to have brought you and Mama for the Baby Proms but he had to work at the last minute. Sorry, Mama! Sorry, Lil’ One!

At Papa’s school, you met Aunty Ching Ching's daughter. She was so much more open than you, Lil’ One. She was smiling at you and willing to shake your hand but you were so apprehensive. Oh well… You also looked at the fish pond before we headed for dinner and then home. :D

Papa and Mama love you!

Skyler’s Going to be a Big Sister!

Dearest Skyler,

We got up early today to visit Papa and Mama’s doctor near Popo’s home. We wanted to get flu vaccinations for ourselves and Mama also had to check with the doctor about something – Mama had to confirm if she was pregnant! And the doctor confirmed it! :D Skyler, you’re going to be a che-che with your very own mei-mei or di-di!

We’re so excited about this. We wanted you to have a sibling to grow up with as we were afraid that you would be lonely. Also, you’ve brought us so much joy that we felt that we should have another child to share the love and joy that we have in our little family. :D

Anyway, Papa was the only one who received the vaccination as Mama couldn’t have it yet since she was pregnant. You calmly sat on Papa’s lap and watched the doctor jab Papa. You’re so cute! The rest of the day, when you saw Papa’s arm where the injection was administered, you kept on poking your finger there and saying ‘jab-jab’. It hurts! But you’re so cute when you did it. :p

We went over to Popo’s place after the doctor’s to give her a lift to her shop. We also told her that you were going to be a che-che and she was so excited and happy for us. We also told Kow-fu and Kow-moh! And Grandma (who subsequently emailed both Ma-ko and Ah-Pek before Papa could do so). :p

We drove Popo to town before we headed off to Suntec City for lunch and to give Mama a chance to get her haircut. We had lunch at the Bak-kut Teh place where you only ate a small piece of meat and very little rice. You had actually wanted to eat your favourite corn but we didn’t feel like it then. Sorry!

We then walked around the whole place a bit more – we had an ice cream cone together and you so enjoyed yourself running around the place that we sat at to eat it.

When we were done, Mama had to go off for her haircut so Papa and you stayed around there to watch the Looney Tunes show that they had outside Carrefour. Papa thought that you would lose interest in the show but you wanted to stay for the whole performance. :D At the end of the performance, they shot some confetti into the crowd and Papa picked a few pieces up to let you play with.

We then took a slow walk to where Mama was having her haircut. You explored everything you could on the way. :D It took us almost an hour to get to Mama’s hairdresser’s. By then, Papa thought that Mama would be close to being done but we found out that the whole process had been very slow. As we were tired by then, we just sat in an empty chair next to Mama to watch her.

You watched her getting her hair blow-dried and then cut. Papa and you were so sleepy that we fell asleep while waiting for Mama. You sat on Papa’s lap and fell asleep and Papa slept too! Sorry that it was so uncomfortable, Lil’ One.

After Mama was done, we headed off to buy some fruit from Carrefour and then bought a few toys – we bought a Play-Doh set for you to play with. It’ll be less messy than making dough ourselves! :D

We then packed dinner before driving Mama off to church for her choir practice. You were so exhausted by then that we decided to let you sleep in the car. You woke up an hour later! :D

You wanted Milo when you woke up so Papa brought you to the McDonald’s at Funan Centre for a cup. The nice manager che-che there gave you a balloon. You only had about half the cup before you refused to take any more.

Then you started asking for something that sounded like ‘bear-back’ or ‘bare bag’ … Papa couldn’t figure out what you wanted at all! There was nothing in the place we were in that Papa could use as a clue. You got so worked up by Papa’s inability to understand that you started fussing. Papa then took his bag filled with your stuff to show you everything that was in it to see if any of it was what you wanted. You got so frustrated that you took everything out and threw them onto the floor. Papa then tried to get you to pick them up but you refused and just kept on crying.

One of the counter staff aunties came and tried to offer you another balloon to calm you down but you refused to take it. She also offered to carry you but you refused to go near her. In fact, you backed up into Papa instead. Papa’s so glad that you still have a healthy wariness of strangers even in the state that you were in.

Papa’s also quite unhappy with these strangers who come in and try to interfere when parents are trying to reason with their children. Oh well…

Anyway, in the end, Mama messaged to say that she was done so Papa picked up the stuff instead and carried you back to church to meet Mama. You had so totally calmed down by then. Papa related this to Mama and found out that you’d asked for the same thing before at home and Mama couldn’t understand what you wanted then either. Sigh… We hope to find out soon. Poor Baby Gal!

We then drove home and tried to feed you a late dinner before showering you and putting you to bed.

We love you, Lil’ One! And by next year, Che-che Lil’ One! :D

Papa and Mama

Light-Light!

Dearest Skyler,

Papa had to go in to work this morning once more. You woke up while Papa was preparing to leave so Papa spent a bit of time with you and fed you your morning milk after changing your diaper. You got to see Papa off. Then you spent a bit of time playing with Mama before you were ready to go back to bed for a nap.

In the afternoon, Aunty Christine, Kor-kor Luke, Che-che Joan and Mei-mei Dawn came to visit. They’d just returned from their holiday in Australia a couple of days before. They’d actually wanted to visit yesterday but as we’d gone off to Sentosa, they had to come today. You spent a bit of time playing with them before they left. You were so cute today. You kept on taking care of Dawn-dawn by petting her and feeding her biscuits. :D

Later in the afternoon, Mama and you went to pick Papa up from his work place. It was raining cats and dogs and visibility was very poor. However, you didn’t see much of that as you were so sleepy and you fell asleep all the way to Papa’s work place.

After picking Papa up, we all headed to Aunty Candy’s place to pick up some things for Mama. While Papa and you were waiting for Mama, we played with the cats at Aunty Candy’s. :D

We then headed off to Wheelock Place to have dinner and walk around the bookstore. We ate at the Simple Life as we’d not eaten there before. You could see the fountain from where we were seated. :D We went to the bookstore after dinner. You got a bit bored of the place after a while. You’d already picked up your book and wandered around the store a bit. You’d also climbed up and down the stairs a few times and tired Papa out. :D Thus, Papa decided to take you out for a walk to see the lights decorating Orchard Road for Christmas.

Papa and you walked down to Ngee Ann City. The buildings weren’t really well decorated this year. However, this was made up for by the beautiful lights adorning the whole stretch of Orchard Road. It was really very nice! :D

Papa and you then headed back to meet up with Mama at the bookstore before heading home. :D

You were so sleepy that you went to bed quite soon after getting home.

Papa and Mama love you!

Sentosa Once More

Dearest Skyler,

We met Popo, Kow-fu and Kow-moh at Sentosa this afternoon for a whole day out! :D We met them at the Beach Carpark where they had some food before we headed off to the small little sandy area near Coastes for you to build sand castles. On the way, you introduced Oscar to them as they’d not realised that that was what the fish was called. :D We then went to the sandy area. However, they were doing some sort of construction work there and the air was very polluted so we decided to leave. In addition, the sun was very harsh then and we felt that it was not a good idea to stay there at all.

We initially thought of heading to the other beaches but as it was really too hot and we were afraid that you might get sun-burnt, we decided to go to the Underwater World instead.

When we got there, we did the usual things like visit the underwater viewing gallery for the sea turtles and pet the fish and rays before going into the main viewing gallery. We went round twice to get a good view of the underwater life. The place was very packed today.

We rushed to the Dolphin Lagoon next so that we could catch the dolphin show. The sun was still very harsh then and you weren’t really interested in the show as you couldn’t see most of what was going on due to the crowd. Instead, you wanted milk which we tried to make for you. The water that Papa got was too hot and thus Mama had to ask for some ice to help cool the milk down quicker. :p

We then took a bus back to the Merlion for dinner at Delifrance. On the way to the deli, we picked up a couple of flowers which you placed behind your ear. You looked so sweet! :D You didn’t really want to eat so we had to finish the food ourselves. After dinner, we headed for our usual vantage point to catch the Songs of the Sea performance. After the show was over, we all headed home. What a fun day with Popo, Bubu and Moh-moh! :D

Papa and Mama love you!

Fun Time

Dearest Skyler,

Papa went to school this morning so Mama and you spent the morning together. You’re still taking a post-breakfast milk nap so you generally get up only at about noon or so.

Papa came back a bit after you woke up and we took a long time to get you dressed to go out. We had intended to bring you swimming as you’d said that you wanted to do that but you changed your mind and wanted to visit the zoo instead. Even then, it took us a long time to get you dressed.

We got to the zoo and as both Mama and Papa hadn’t had lunch, we stopped by the KFC for food first. We then entered the zoo. We visited all the usual enclosures; we also visited the sheep but again they were not there. As we were already there and it was about to begin, we stayed to watch the Animal Friends show. It was a much better presentation by the hosts this time round. They really made it quite entertaining though the tricks performed by the dogs were still the same.

After we left the zoo, we dropped by Aunty Patsy's place to pick some stuff up for Mama before proceeding to United Square to settle something at the Swensen’s and buy your dinner.

We then went to Bubu's and Moh-moh's place. We let you stay there to play with them and Popo for the evening.

Mama and Papa went out on a night out and came back very late to pick you up. You were still actively running around and playing with them. They were all so tired out by the long day and also trying to keep up with you as you were so filled with energy! :D

Papa and Mama love you! :D

Disney Princesses

Dearest Skyler,

As we were all quite tired we had to miss church today. We all took a nap after you'd awakened for your breakfast.

After we got up again, we drove down to the Point for lunch.

Before lunch, we brought you to have your fringe trimmed as your hair had gotten long. You were such a good girl! You didn't fuss at all! After your hair cut, we watched the Disney Princess show that was going on downstairs from where we were for a while. It wasn't very long. :p

We then went for lunch at the foodcourt. Mama wasn't feeling very well during lunch due to her morning sickness. Poor Mama!

After lunch, we walked around a bit before heading downstairs to watch the Disney Princesses show close-up! :D Again it wasn’t very long – they did the same thing as before. After that we headed home.

We tried to take a nap as you'd been sleepy the whole afternoon but you didn't want to. Thus, after a while, Papa got up to keep you company so that Mama could rest as she was really tired.

After Mama got up, Papa brought you out to 888 to get dinner. On the way home, you fell asleep in the car and you didn't wake up even after Papa carried you home and placed you on the bed.

After you woke up from your nap, we tried to feed you. You, once again, hardly ate! Sigh... Mama thinks that you will only eat at fixed times. Mama's probably right! We have to try to work out your schedule.

You ended up going to bed very late again.

Papa and Mama love you!

Shopping

Dearest Skyler,

We went for a dim sum lunch at Min Jiang. We hadn't been there for some time. You were so attracted to the swimming pool that you insisted on going out to look at it.

After lunch, we brought Mama to church for her choir practice and Papa brought you to Bras Basah Complex to shop for watches. We visited a few shops but none of them could match the price at the first shop we went to in Peninsula.

After that we walked back to Raffles City to visit the big fountain and the bookshop. As usual, you would pick up a book and find some place to sit down to flip through the book. You always look so cute doing that! :D We then went up to Robinson's to walk around. We found a real rose there. Papa thought of giving it to Mama but you kept on peeling the petals off! :p

We then went back to church to wait for Mama.

After the choir practice was over, we went to the watch shop in Peninsula to buy Papa a watch to commemorate his completing his studies. Thank you, Mama!

We then went to Grandma's for dinner. We ate at the Japanese Village as Mama had not been there before.

After dinner, we went back to Grandma's to help her set up something. You so looked forward to jumping on Grandma's bed. Mama managed to do what we needed. It had taken a fairly long time as the stuff the vendor provided didn't work! But that meant that you had lots of time to jump on Grandma’s bed and play with her coins. :p

We came home very late. Thus, we had to rush to prepare you for bed.

Papa and Mama love you!