Days after turning 1 year old....

After a few days from Amelia's birthday, she is showing signs of understanding some of the things we do or speak. Day 5 after her birthday, Amelia is able to stand without supporting and moving her tiny feet one little step then she fell. 2 days later we left her on the bed and all of a sudden she is able to walk from one side of the bed to another!!! The following day we placed her on the floor and encourage her to walk towards us and she did it! She is able to walk a distance of about 10 steps before reaching out for our hands!

This few days we played some nursery rhymes on the internet to hoax her to drink her milk, so whenever the music comes on she will be attracted to the sound, stare at the monitor, clapping her hands and twisting her upper body from left to right.. heehee so cute...

Amelia also knows how to kiss mummy on the cheek, sometimes she will give a loud "smuck"!!! but it depends on her mood to do it, same goes for friend kiss... heehee

Amelia is also slowly beginning to be closer to me. This afternoon i managed to make her fall asleep in my arms!(Usually she is very particular when she wants to sleep, she only wants her mummy). When she woke up she will laze on bed crawling around my body and lying down in between my legs or between my arms and body. Last time Amelia likes to remove my spectacles and play with it, but nowadays when she remove it she will make a cheeky face and help me put it on again.

So adorable and yet can be so mischievous at times. She never fails to gain our attention and love!

Sending Grannie back...

Grannie went back on Sunday noon flight. Before we send her off we went to Empire Hotel to take some photos.


Entrance of Empire Hotel.





Inside Empire Hotel.


Pool side view of the sea.


Resting at the pool side... Headache???


Yeah!


Having breakfast at the airport before Grannie board the plane.


In the cafe Amelia suddenly made a series of funny faces and my camera just keep on snapping... Cheeky Amelia!!!


Future Flight Attendant???

First day of school.

Last Monday, we finally brought Amelia to school for the first time after several attempts as the school starts at 0800. It is a International school for kids and teens. There is a playgroup named Gecko Club for toddlers and kids. Parents are required to accompany the kid at all times. Amelia was the youngest in class, some of the kids are very naughty. There was this boy who climb up onto Amelia while she was crawling and pulling Amelia up by her neck! Luckily mummy was beside to remove the boy's arm away.

Monday activity was going to the library and storytelling.


There are a lot of toys and books in the class. Amelia enjoying her time on the swing.





On the rocker...


Playing cooking...


Frying a dino??


Patting baby to sleep...


Pushing the baby around...



Amelia enjoying her swimming at the baby pool... She is not so afraid of the water.


Relaxing on her float.





Playing with the boat.


Mummy holding her and dragging her on the water, just like superman... Wooo... Amelia enjoys "flying on the water"

Birthday celebration with Daddy's friends.

The following day of Amelia actual birthday, we organize a birthday party for Amelia in a hotel coffee house hi-tea buffet.


Amelia new princess dress...





Jynze JieJie helping to look after Amelia while Daddy and Mummy mingle with friends.


Pretty of not Amelia's dress?


Amelia's Hello Kitty ice cream cake. This time round we cannot let her enjoy her cake...


Getting ready to blow the candles with the help of Jyzne JieJie.


Group photo.


Amelia playing with her new toys.


Uncle Bernard Ghwee.


Uncle Benjamin Chew.


Uncle Teo & Ghwee.


Uncle Lai Gou.

First swimming experience.

We brought Amelia to the swimming pool in the Jerudong Medical Center. This is the first time she ever enter the water. Initially when we carry her down the pool she was afraid of the water, but after a few unsuccessful attempts, she finally feel comfortable in the waters.


Look at my bikini suit... Guess its getting too small...


With NaiNai and Mummy

Amelia 1st birthday celebration @ Empire Hotel

Amelia First ever birthday was celebrated in Brunei...


Getting dress up for the occasion.


Bracelet, hair pins, new dress, new shoes.





Reaching Empire Hotel for dinner.


Here comes our Birthday Girl!!!


Our first ever decent steak in Brunei.



Getting all gear up for cutting Amelia's birthday cake.


Our Family Photo.


Family photo with NaiNai




The hotel staff came out to sing a birthday song to Amelia...


Amelia first birthday cake.


Mummy helping Amelia to cut the cake.


Amelia enjoying her share of cake, the baby style!


Yummy!!!





Look at Amelia enjoying herself... So cute...











Pity the hotel staffs as the whole table was full of cream!!!

Hi-tea at the Mall

We cut Amelia's fringe once again as its getting longer. Any comment on her china doll looks?



Hi-tea at Rizqun coffee house. Luckily Jynze was there to entertain Amelia while we can enjoy our hi-tea!!! Finally got a chance to really enjoy our food!!! Thanks Jynze!!!


There are quite a wide variety of dessert available... Yummy!!!


While shopping for Amelia's new clothes, we went to the toys department. Look what happen after that...

Visiting Sultan's Museum

After visiting the water village in the morning we went to the Sultan's museum nearby. We are not allow to bring camera inside the museum so we can only take some picture of the hall.


Heehee what a lovely smile from both mother and daughter.


This is a actual replica of the sultan's carriage... Instead of horses it's push by human.




Spears, swords and shields being carried by the guards protecting the sultan.

Water Village @ BSB

We spend last Saturday with my colleagues to BSB water village. Meet up at the jetty early in the morning...


Amelia walking with the help of Huiling's daughter Jynze and me.


Climbing up stairs.


Took a BIG step!




Jynze wanting to carry Amelia...


Our water taxi finally arrived...


Off we go to the water village...


Amelia first time ever on a boat, standing at the side of the boat enjoying the sea breeze.


Curious Amelia looking at the water as the boat moves forward.


Haha Amelia was walking up and down along the boat and suddenly she rested at Yu Ang gege's knee... Everybody was surprise to see her resting there! Heehee feeling Seasick???


Photo of their water taxi stand... This is where the villagers broad the boats to croos to the mainland.




This is a photo of the school for the villagers...







Walkways along the village.





This is the house of our tour guide, looks very ordinary on the outside...


But its quite well furnish and spacious inside.


Even the ceilings have decorations just like those palaces....

Growing each and everyday

Amelia browsing through the new books we bought for her, opening closet and pulling stuff and learning to walk with her toys...

Spending a weekend at Bandar Seri Begawan

Omar Ali Saiffudien Mosque in BSB.


Waterfront of BSB, we can actually take a ferry ride around the river but the service is closed for renovation. Those private water taxi cost $30 for a round trip.






There is Hua Ho Department store around everywhere... Something like Isetan...



Enjoying the cool afternoon breeze...






Bruneian durains.... look the same but taste totally different.

Reaching 11 months

Reaching 11 months, Amelia is able to stand more stably with support. She is also learning to walk with the help of us holding her hand and walking around. She is beginning bite things around the house, so we have to watch out for what she place in her mouth.



Sometimes if Amelia is too engross in something she will forget to support and is able to stand independently for a few seconds...



Having DimSum Buffet in a Nonya restaurant...



Dirty Amelia having her avocado snack...



Naughty Amelia playing with chopsticks.



Hungry Amelia playing with wet baby wipes.

Growing up

As we are driving out for lunch Mummy took Daddy's sunglasses to wear and I snatched it away from her and put them on. But its too big for me.


So Daddy bought me a kids sunglasses. Look how cool am I with shades...


Checking out the sunglasses at Daddy's rear mirror...


Every morning Amelia will wake up very early and we would put her on the floor to play while we catch some more sleep. This particular morning we heard her laughing very loudly and saw her sitting in the drawer pulling out the clothing one by one and laughing. Mummy quickly took the camera out and snap this photo... She even give the camera a cheeky smile. Ha ha.


Here another dare devil stunt Amelia trying to do. Now she knows how to get out of her high chair even with the buckle clipped!!! We cant leave her sitting alone while we do something else.


Outside HuaHo supermarket...


Photo of us shopping in HuaHo supermarket. Surprisingly mummy managed to capture the moment of Amelia raising her hand saying hi...


Hmmm...Let's see what shall I order...

Jynze JieJie

Last Saturday Auntie Hui Ling invite all the aunties to her house for gathering. Mummy brought me along to play with her daughter Jynze jiejie. Here's Jynze playing PeeKeeBoo with me.





Jynze jiejie and her neighbour...


Mummy taking a picture of us playing in the tent...

Playful Amelia

So happy!!! Riding on the car Jayven ShuShu bought for me!!! Thanks Jayven ShuShu!!!




Amelia knows how to stand up with support and walking along the support.


Wearing Hello Kitty hat which mummy bought for me in China. Cute or not???


Amelia playing PeeKeeBoo with us.... She loves it very much.


Amelia playing in her play area which we use sofa to block her from crawling all over the place.


Where did the balls go to???


Another Cheeky Posture... So Adorable!!!!!!!! Great job mummy for capturing such a cute moment!


Daddy brought us to a Japanese Restaurant to have dinner. Look at the thickness of the Salmon Sashimi... Double the size compare to Singapore...

See how fast Amelia has grown...

How's Amelia's haircut? We cut her hair while she is asleep as her fringe are starting to irritate her and also the weather here is warmer. It turns out not as bad as we thought. Phew.....






Sooo.... Gorgeous...


Cheeky Amelia sitting on the sofa watching her favorite Barney...

New home for next coming months

After almost a month settling down in Brunei and finally getting my internet service online, now i can start to update Amelia's blog often... There are tons of stuff to update as she is growing and behaving differently each day. Amelia has grown 4 front upper teeth and 2 lower teeth. She knows how to catch your attention by faking a cry. She is currently learning to stand without support but not so stable. She knows how to Hi-5, shake hands, clap hands, and shows the twist her palm signing "no more"...


This is where we are currently staying in Brunei, its a semi-detach house and we got a Filipino family as our neighbour. There is garden beside the house and in the house there is a bedroom and a toilet at the first level, and 3 bedrooms and 2 toilets on the second level.


The weather in Brunei is warmer and hotter than compare to Singapore. The sun rays will burn your skin especially noon rays. Luckily it often rains here. At the background is a 92 Mitsubishi Galant that i bought on the second day upon arriving.


There are mango trees in our garden, we did pluck some to try and its very sweet.


Gadong, the most trendy place in Brunei!!! Actually there is nothing there? Just tons of DVDs for sale...



Another part of Gadong... Happening right!!!!



Mosque in Kuilup area.... Grand right...






Their interior structure is very beautiful... Hugh Chandeliers... too bad i cant go in to take pictures as visitors are allowed only in the daytime...


Shoe deposit walkway... there are pigeon holes at the side of the walls for ppl to place their shoes.

Brunei

07 Sept 09


Thanks Uncle Boo and Limin for waking up so early to send us off...


Second time taking aeroplane yippee!!!! This time i got Coco to accompany!!!


With mummy...


We landed in Brunei after a two hrs flight. Amelia did sleep for half an hour in the plane. Luckily this time round she didn't cry throughout the whole jounery. First day we stay in the camp's chalet. Its like those NTUC chalets in east coast back in the 90's... Best part its full of lizards!!!!! OMG!!!!!

Luckily second day we managed to find a house to shift in. Its a semi-detach house with 4 bedrooms, 3 toilets, personnel garage and a backyard. Amelia seems to be comfortable staying in this house. Life is boring here... our only shopping area is HuaHo Supermarket.... its like Giant hypermart. We seems to go there everyday and walk walk. Currently there is no Internet and Cable TV, as it take ages for people to get things done over in this country. No choice but to wait wait wait...

Amelia's two upper front teeth is making its way out... We can clearly see them, looks so cute... Nowadays she knows to grab a towel to play peekee poo with us, sometimes we will ignore her but she still continue to cover her head with the towel...Never gets tired...

We are in a internet cafe having breakfast and took this chance to use the internet to update her blog.

Poor baby - Amelia

Thursday 3rd Sept 09,

Sunny morning, at 0700H Amelia was awake and disturbing Mummy by climbing to her body, pulling her hair, lying on her stomach. Mummy had no choice but to wake up and comfort her back to sleep. She slept for another 2hrs after which we bathed her and feed her. She refuse to drink her milk maybe due to her diarrhoea and vommiting. Mummy tried to comfort her to have her afternoon nap. But then again she refuse to sleep and i came in to carry her out to play.

I brought her to Jayven's room, he was sleeping and i placed Amelia beside him and asked her to wake ShuShu up. The moment i placed Amelia down she tried to get up on her legs and lost her balance and fell down, head landing... It happen so fast that i had no time to react... She began screaming and i quickly carried her up. At this moment Mummy was alarmed by her screaming and carried her away from my arms. I notice that there was a huge bruise lump at Amelia's forehead!!!! I was shock to see such a huge lump! I felt terrible and guilty for not handling her well. We quickily rush to the clinic to see Doctor Heng. Doctor Heng advise us to monitor her behaviour, any signs of dizziness, of felt very tired or having fits must quickily sent Amelia to A&E. Regarding Amelia's diarrhoea and vomitting, Doctor Heng is saying that maybe due to poor hygiene, or our milk bottle's were not sterilzed properly or her hands were dirty.


Friday 4th Sept 09

Rainy morning. Thank god Amelia didn't develope any of the symptons Doctor Heng mention. Just that she still refuse to drink her milk and the medicine for her diarrhoea. This morning her stool was not as watery as before and she didn't vomit anymore. Just that she refuse to drink milk formula, soy formula... Only drinks water alone, we are afraid that she could not have enough energy to fight her illness. The lump on her forehead has reduced, but the bruises have not disperse. We would pin Amelia down to rub her forehead and she would cry and scream... We did that twice a day.

Uncle Yeo and Auntie Siling came to visit baby Amelia to see her condition. They recommended us to feed her with porridge water as that has more nutrition that just plain water. They also suggested to use a hard boiled egg to disperse her bruises. Thanks for the suggestion Yeo & Siling.

Really hope Amelia would recover from her illness and her forehead bruises be gone as soon as possible... Sorry baby Amelia, Daddy didn't do a good job in taking care of you...

Vivo City

Vivo City Kids playground... Look at me trying to walk... with the help of NaiNai heehee

Nice revolving chair... Yahoo....

Daddy & me...


Daddy and Mummy brought me to Toys'R'Us to search for my rocking horse... Unfortunately they just sold out the model. But there is another model by Vtech which cost $150 little too expensive for a rocker...

Me riding on Thomas and Friends Train... Actually there is a signage stating no climbing of the display.... Ops.... mayb signage too small.... heehee....

DimSum Wif NaiNai & ShuShu

Having Dim Sum with Jayven ShuShu & NaiNai at Red Star Restaurant.


Photo of NaiNai with me...

Just take a look at how difficult it is for us to feed her nowadays. She will twist and turn her body around. If we insist in feeding her she will shout and sometimes try to bit you, just like what the photos shows. When it comes to feeding its getting more and more tiring....


Here's a photo of naughty Amelia making her way up from her baby seat. This is what happen if we don't buckle her up.

Cheeky look of successfully climbing up and standing on the baby seat.

Poor baby - Amelia

Last Sunday, we moved back to Mummy's place to stay before we fly off to Brunei. It was a rainy day, luckily with the help of Yeo we managed to moved everything back. Amelia is not familar with grannie's place as we didnt bring her there since she came back from China, but as usual it took just a while for her to warm up and she is off crawling into every room in the house.

These few days, Amelia has learn to throw her temper by shouting loudly, if she don't want you to carry her she will struggle to get down and if you resist her struggle she will shout loudly.

Yesterday, 2nd day at Grannie's, raining heavily in the afternoon, after Amelia's afternoon nap mummy feed her with milk, after drinking Amelia vomitted a little milk out. In the evening while i was feeding her, she refuse to drink her milk and after struggling she vomitted a pool of milk out. We were a little worried but Amelia is still as active as ever so we thought she just refuse to drink her milk. After a while, mummy tried feeding her again and she vomitted again when mummy place the milk bottle in her mouth. We tried for 3 times and she vomitted for all the 3 times. We thought she maybe teething that's why refuse to drink milk, also maybe she knock her head last night. I began to call the KK hospital hotline asking the nurse whether is Amelia alright as she has never behave like this before. The nurse told me to feed her with small amount of milk but more feeds and also monitor her urine amount, if it reduced or change of color then got to see a doctor.

Luckily this morning Amelia seems to be fine as of now, but we didn't feed her the usual amount of milk... We still gotta monitor her status... When Uncle Jayven came back this morning from his flight, Amelia was so happy laughing at him, playful as usual. So hopefully she can recover soon.

Amelia the little terror

For these past 2 days Amelia hasn't be able to sleep well in the night. She will wake up in the middle of the night out of the sudden giving out a loud cry. Sometimes mummy is able to make her to sleep after a while but sometimes Amelia just cry and cry... OMG! It has been terrible for us these few days as we are busy packing our boxes for my detachment to Brunei. So tiring for mummy as Amelia only wants her mother when it comes to sleeping.

This morning as we were sleeping soundly, Amelia woke up and went to mummy's lappy which was on the floor, plugged out the USB adapter for the mouse and split it into two pieces!!! Luckily i managed to fix it back and it's still functioning well. Amelia is able to grab stuff on the floor and slide it away from her with force. Her favourite sliding toys are Air-con controller, TV controller, Nokia E51... basically anything on the floor she will not miss her chance. So from now on we got to pay more attention leaving stuff on the floor.

Amelia is learning to stand, but she still need to hold onto something to elevate herself up. Once she got up, she will try to slowly sit down. She can do this up and down sequence for very long time without tiring herself out. Haha sometimes watching her doing that will fell asleep. Amelia also knows how to pretend crying to attract attention from us. Once she got her attention she will give us those cheeky smile, heehee so cute till u can't bear to scold her.

Another day @ IMM

Yeah Yeah... On the way to IMM. I'm excited to go there as there are many coin rides.


Driving the school bus...


Standing position while driving...


Too tired, take a seat...


BARNEY & Friends!!!!!!

Amelia enjoying her ride on Giant's trolley

Brunch@Paulaner

Last Sunday we meet up with Daddy's Poly mate Uncle YuenShen & Auntie YanLing. We had Sunday Brunch @ Paulaner's. They serve very yummy and rich mushroom soup. Hope Mummy could cook like their's for me.


Inside view of Paulaner's


Look at our expression....

Playing with Auntie YanLing's beautiful necklace.

There is free ballons for kids in the restaurant.

Yahoo.... New toy from Uncle YuenShen & Auntie YanLing. It makes a funny sound when i pulled the toy.

PeeKer PeeKer.......

BOO!!!!!!

FASTER SNAP DADDY!!!!! IM HUNGRY!!!!

Uncle YuenShen carried me till he is tired...

Photo of us having a good time @ Paulaner's. Good food and nice ambience.

Exploring the playcorner in the restaurant.

Do i look pretty in these sandals??? Erhm let me check out the price...

IMM

Mummy and Daddy bought me to IMM to shop. While waiting for Auntie Sandra and NatNat JieJie Mummy saw these rides in the mall let me on the rides to let me play. Look at me, do you believe that this is my first time riding on the rides? Woohoo so fun.....

My new shoes

This is my new shoes that Mummy bought for me. Its my very first pair of shoes.

Singapore Zoological Gardens

19 August 09
This is the second time Amelia went to the Zoo. The first time Amelia went was in her Mummy's stomach...


So here we are on a sunny morning at Singapore Zoo with Auntie LeeRong and her brother Qiang KorKor. Sorry about the foto as Daddy didnt set the exposure of his cam.



Auntie LeeRong,Qiang KorKor & Mummy






More fotos of Auntie LeeRong and Mummy






Daddy Mummy Little Angel with 2 Front Teeth.



Look at all the different animals we saw @ the Zoo.



Little Amelia playing with Otters...



Such a hot day, luckily Mummy brought along my portable fan.



After almost four months of absence, luckily Amelia still remember Daddy. Look at them, first look you will know that they are Father and Daughter...


Ice-Cream is yummy!!! Thank you Auntie LeeRong for the first taste of ice cold ice-cream.

Orchard ION

Daddy and Mummy brought my to Orchard ION to see this new shopping complex.


Auntie LeeRong with me


Having a milk break at the foodcourt of Orchard ION

New Toys

Daddy bought this toy for me to attached on my pram. Look how good i am with the controls. Maybe he wants me to drive my own pram...


Play time at home with mummy. Daddy bought so many new toys for me after i came back from China. So happy Woohoo....


Here i am sitting on my high chair reading my story book. Mummy took the cam and snap a few photos of me reading quietly.