An evening walk at Woodlands Waterfront

Daddy was on half day off today, so we decided to make a trip to the newly opened Woodlands Waterfront before dinner! We waited for Le Xuan to take her afternoon nap before setting off. When we arrived, there were already quite a number of people there, especially considering that its a newly opened park. The weather was quite hot, but luckily there was quite a breeze as we ventured out to the jetty.

You can get quite a good view of the buildings across Johor Bahru from the jetty. The place kind of reminded us of the Fisherman's Pier at Dan Shui, Taiwan. Nice!

Daddy hugging Le Xuan for a quick photo before we come back

Le Xuan got abit sweaty and cranky as we're reaching the end of the jetty. Its time to head home for dinner! Maybe we'll come back again for more another day! 

Trip to IKEA!

It's Saturday morning and we decided to bring Le Xuan to IKEA @ Tampines!  It was actually her Jiu Jiu's idea as he wanted to go IKEA to shop for swivel chairs.  To our surprise, Le Xuan was so happy when we reached IKEA, especially when she was seated on the high chair at the cafe. It really melts my heart when I see Le Xuan so happy :) 

After a late but sumptuous breakfast at IKEA, we decided to start shopping! Haha we seemed to have forgotten our main objective and zoomed in at the children's section instead, amusing Le Xuan (or ourselves) with the cute little toys.  Le Xuan was enjoying herself while we pushed her around in her pram.  However she started to get restless after sometime as it was time for her nap.  And this was made worse when she had hiccups which made her even more irritated.  To get rid of her hiccups, we made our way to the baby care room and gave her some water.  No more hiccups and the little princess was more appeased.

In order to make payment for our items, we had to go downstairs.  Instead of looking around excitedly with curiosity, Le Xuan was too tired and fell asleep on my shoulder. Her daddy  and Jiu Jiu were so amused and started taking some shots of her.  Haha I must say this little princess of mine is really getting heavier each day.  It was about 2.30pm when we left and bro drove us back home, just in time for Le Xuan's next feed.  It was indeed a tiring but definitely enjoyable day @ IKEA  :)

Mother's Day Breakfast!

It's Mother's Day! A very special day for me since I'm now a mummy! :)  Dear suggested going to Northpoint Swensons for breakfast, haha but we didn't make it in time, and went to Long John Silvers instead.  I was not a least disappointed. In fact, I was really happy that we could spend time together as a family, just dear dear, me and baobei Le Xuan. :) 

Little did I expect Le Xuan to show off her new skill so soon, that is, SCREAM!! According to my plan, Le Xuan was to sit quietly in her pram and watch daddy mummy eat before she has a milk milk. However, our food must have whet her appetite and she started screaming in Long John Silvers! That left me with no choice but to feed her before I enjoyed my meal again. Haha but I was happy to see her so satisfied and smiley after her milk.  Thereafter, when we were in Popular bookstore, I smelled something familiar, a pungent smell. Yes, Le Xuan has poo poo-ed! We were so glad that Northpoint has a nursing room for us to get Le Xuan cleaned up, and we met a friendly caucasian family too :) 

It was a lovely and memorable afternoon for me. Haha but the three of us were so tired that we concussed for an hour on our comfy bed once we reached home =P

Le Xuan going for her baby spa

Its the eve of Mother's Day and we decided to bring our dear Le Xuan for a "baby spa" at her Jiu Jiu's place. There's a nice big bath tub for Le Xuan to have a nice warm dip. Of course, one of our main worries was that Le Xuan might poo poo in the pool...so we even went to get some disposable waterproof diapers! Courtesy of huggies. :)  

Posing for a family photo before the dip! Pappy has the honours of going into the tub with little Le Xuan. Le Xuan still looking abit apprehensive here...little does she know what lies ahead of her! ;) 

Le Xuan still looking quite gleeful...all ready for her dip! 

Ah hah! We're finally in the tub! Le Xuan initially seemed to be enjoying herself quite abit, as she managed to get her feet floating and even kicked some waves! But it wasn't long before she started to cry...maybe she's just tired or abit scared. After less than 10 minutes, we decided to call it a day for Le Xuan first "baby spa" at her Jiu Jiu's place. Perhaps we'll come back for more another day...afterall we still have 11 disposable waterproof diapers left! ;) 

Posing for a photo with Mummy!

Nice!

Captivated by Baby TV!

We just found out Le Xuan's love for TV a few weeks back. That was when we saw how she was enjoying the Disney's channel. Her favourite friends of Disney include Winnie the pooh, tigger and Mickey Mouse! Thanks to SCV's free channel viewing, Le Xuan now has a new found love for another channel...Baby TV! I think she likes it cause there's more songs and colour in the programmes.

Now the big question is...should we subscribe to it..since the free viewing has ended? Of course, i also think that kids shouldn't watch too much TV...its bad for their eyes. But it does serve as a good distraction to keep the baby busy at times. :) 

Le Xuan running away from Pappy

Not looking too happy...lol

First week with the walker!

Le Xuan loves her walker! :)

Royston and I simply love Le Xuan's smile in this photo. In fact, Le Xuan looks more like she's laughing! The purpose of buying this walker is not only to aid Le Xuan in her walking, but also for our sanity =P With one more activity for her, she would be more occupied and this would mean less weight lifting for the rest of us!

During her first week on the walker, I was stunned that she could only move backwards. She would also stop in front of the TV to watch her favourite Disney Playhouse channel, especially if it's showing Mickey Mouse or Winnie the Pooh. Although Le Xuan has not really mastered the correct way of using the walker, we could see that she was enjoying herself, discovering the different corners of the house. But as usual, each activity can barely last her 20 minutes. This means papa, mama, por por or gong gong has to carry her again! Tsk tsk.

First Post

Our family photo :) 

This family photo was taken when Le Xuan was almost 3 months old, and that was the first day of the Lunar New Year 2010. Come to think it, it was Valentine's Day too.  To many people, a family photo is nothing special. But I believe a lot of first time fathers and mothers would share the same sentiment as me... i.e. it's so hard to take a family photo together! The photo permutations are usually mummy & baby, daddy & baby, or baby only.  

This is also the first year Le Xuan is receiving ang baos! Royston and I have decided to open a savings account for Le Xuan, where her ang bao money will be deposited every year :) When she grows up, it is important for her to inculcate the habit of savings and I believe her daddy will be more than happy to teach her all about financial planning. Am I right, Le Xuan's daddy?  :P