Taken with my new baby ..

Here are my first few shots taken with my EOS 7D using the "auto" mode of course .. lol ! .. I love the crispness of the images :)

My really sweet Japanese Aunty Minako :p

Yes, my mom's eldest brother married a Japanese lady .. Minako. She is really a sweet, dear lady .. we enchange letters on and off and I send her pics of the girls .. birthday cards etc.

This year, for Christmas, she sent the girls a bunch of hair accessories ... they are LOVELY !! :p

And she remembers that I like Barbie .. so she got me this really cute mini tote bag .. :p

Thank you, Aunty Minako !!! :p We miss you loads !!!

Decided to go down to town on Monday to do a bit of shopping and take in the Christmas decorations in the malls :p

Here are the girls at Takashimaya :p
Emily picked out this Strawberry Shortcake doll as her Christmas pressie this year.
I don't understand it but Lauren lurves this little little figurines ... so she chose 2 of the packs (they were really cheap anyway .. lol)

Claudia chose a Wii game last week .. :p

I can nap ANYWHERE ...

Ah yes, it's been awhile since I posted a pic of Emily napping in the oddest of places ..

So yes, here she is .. she fell asleep on the dining chair ... lol!

Now, she's much better and is agreeable to being carried and put down on the mattress/mat etc to nap properly.

Still farnee as hell to see her suddenly asleep like that though.

One minute she's awake and chatting or drawing ..

The next .... THIS. hahaha :p

Goodbye to crawling ...

The little girl has totally stopped crawling now. She walks and walks and walks till she's tired out .. then it's nap time!! .. lol.

At 10.45 on a Friday night ...

While Daddy was attending a work dinner thing ... we were at Suntec City having dinner then shopping HAPPILY. These pics were taken after shopping .. around 10.45pm.

As u can see, the girls were all still very much awake. I think my maid looked more tired out ... hahaha!

Happy Birthday, my darling Calista !!

We had lunch at Chili's at Tanglin mall on Sunday after church to celebrate Calista's first birthday. Calista was a happy lil chicky even though she didn't get to eat anything there :)

After lunch, we walked around a bit ... parking was per entry so we took our time. Lol !

Yes. these 2 lil scamps love the kiddt rides aka coin suckers. I oblige them once in a while to keep them happy.

Gawd only knows WHERE on earth she picked up that habit of posing in pics this way with her fingers like that .. reminds me of those Jap/Korean tourists *sigh*

My baby and me .. :) we were at Macs having a drink before heading home.

Pn her birthday on Monday .. Calista is now 9.5 kg :)

Her cake .. nothing fancy since we decided not to have a party :)

Being warned repeatedly NOT TO TOUCH THE CAKE !! .. lol.

After the cake cutting, I let her hold the knife for photo taking.

Random stuff ...

To my complete happiness .. I FINALLY have ONE very girly girl .. ok, she still loves playing computer games and her skate scooter .. but the little aunty lurves wearing SHINY, SEQUIN-Y stuff ... hahahahha !!! U can't really tell from this photo, but her sandals are so damn shiny with little bits of shiny flowers, it's just .. SHINY .. lol !!

And a friend just gave her that little tote bag she's carrying .. Barbie and the 3 Musketeers I think ... she carries it like a little makcik !! lol !!
Emily also is kinda girlie .. but she's all about comfort so she'd rather DIE than wear uncomfortable makcik sandals .. give her her Gap sneakers or her Crocs anytime.
Claudia in one of her new tees that Daddy got her recently from the States .. "someday I'll be famous" ... that u will, my dear !! :)
hehehe .. she loves having her photo taken .. at a recent family photoshoot, the photographer thought she was really cute and took some solo shots of her for free .. hahahah ! She happily obliged the man :p and trotted after him to where he wanted her to pose. We could see her the whole time .. and she enjoyed herself immensely .. hahahah !! so vain !!

Calista's new toys ...

When Daddy was in the States, I got him to buy stuff for the girls .. how, u ask? .. Well, there's a Wal-mart EVERYWHERE in the States ... and they're like Carrefour but WAYYYYYYYY bigger .. and they have EVERYTHING. I used to LURVE shopping at Wal-mart when we were living there. So, I surfed on the Wal-mart website ... picked out the stuff I wanted, then printed out a list complete with COLOUR photos. lol.


I highly recommend the following toys .. I haven't seen them here YET .. but look out for them .. especially the Leapfrog one. The tunes are catchy and you will find yourself singing them to your baby :p


1. Vtech Learn and Dance Interactive Zoo .. US$15 (before taxes)




2. Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn™ Learning Vacuum™ US$19.88 (before taxes) .. this one was on offer and it's pretty big. Thankfully it fit into hubby's Samsonite.





3. Leapfrog Learn & Groove® Radio US$19 (before taxes) -- this one is quite nice .. and the songs are very catchy .. and it has an option to switch to Spanish so your little one can sing in Spanish too .. lol !!

My baby is almost ONE !

Calista is almost one .. just a few days more :p she's practising her walking more these days .. here is video of her walking a couple of steps on her own .. she still crawls a whole lot though .. lol !

She's cheeky and feisty and can hold her own when a toy is being snatched from her .. she'll hold on for dear life and holler .. hahahah! .. She's cheerful and friendly and lurves putting anything and everythin in her mouth ..

She STILL has only 2 teeth but she's happily eating chunky baby food and bread and biscuits ..

Lauren's K1 end of year concert ..

The nursery and kindy classes at Kinderland presented a concert for parents last week. Lauren and some of the girls in her class danced to a Korean song .. it was really awesome! Didn't know my little curly-haired munchkin could move like that! .. I was really proud of her. Sent the video to her Daddy and he was very proud of her too.

I keep forgetting that my camera has a max recording time of 3 min hence the abrupt ending. DAMN. I should've brought my digital video cam instead .. but I was alone with both Emily and Calista with me .. so wasn't really prepared.

Lauren in her concert outfit. I was stopped and complimented on how cute and pretty she was etc .. a few times that day .. hahahah!

Lauren with her best friend .. they LURVE to chat with one another in school and the teacher has had to separate them a number of times now .. hahah!

Pink and brown :)

I love this onesie ... yes, it's polka dots .. but I like the combination of PINK and BROWN. And the cupcake on the front is sooo sweet :)

When Calista is busy with PAPER, there's no distracting her .. I kept calling her name ... but she was oblivious ...
Finally, I snatched the thing away from her .. and waved it above my camera .. hahahaha !!
Lauren in her ballet outfit .. she has her Grover with her ... apparently they need it in class .. I have no idea WHAT they need a plush toy for and WHY though. lol ! Lauren had been taking ballet lessons since she was 3 .. :p

And the kaypoh-ness begins ...

Happily sitting in the shopping cart at the supermarket :)






















Hears some kid BAWLING .. of course the kaypoh little aunty must try to look around for the source of the noise .. lol !

and yes ...

Some people have made progress .. from climbing up the bench .. to all the way up onto the table.
*sigh*