long overdue update

Ok peeps, I know I haven't update for a while.... ok..ok... very LONGGGG while :) Been busy with the 2 rascals (yupz, little Han included) & on my online biz. So how come I'm so free to update now? Well, well... cos I'm at work & I've been here since this morning 10.30am but it is 4pm already & have yet to get my 1st job brief.... kaoz... think gonna work late today liao.

Let see... hmmm... Han is 16mth exactly TODAY 3rd Dec hahaha..... time flies. Her progress:

Motor skills:
- Can walk without support, abit unstable
- Can point to whatever she wants
- Can point to the person when ask (immediate family)
- Can climb anywhere & everywhere
- Just learned to shake her head left right 2days ago
- Can kiss (with her lips parted hahaha)
- Can do flying kiss
- Can wave bye bye
- Can squat to pick up objects
- Can pick up objects using pincer grip
- Can flip pages using thumb & pointer
- Can remove her own shoes (she can do this when she's abt 12m old, I was amazed)
- Can zip & unzip small pouch
- Can open all kinds (well, almost) of containers or caps

Language skills:
- Can say ye ye, nai nai since dunno when liao, makes my ILs very happy indeed :)
- Then it is mum mum (currently her fav & most spoken word), chair, ball, car, xie (thanks), seat
- Next came dada (that's daddy for short)
- Just few days ago ma (mummy for short) & po (maternal granny)
- Still waiting for her to say ge ge (Farn will be obsolutely thrilled if she can say that, he's already complaining that Han is leaving him out of her vacab hahahaha...)

Others:
- Basically she's a very happy, cheerful bb, very smiley most of the time. Likes to follow Farn around & copy whatever he does. And she learns very fast. Just by looking at how things are done 1 or 2 times, she can do it independently. She can open drawer, stack Jugga bricks, stack Lego, retrieve things from under furniture using her foot or retriever (can be badminton racket or clothes hanger), able to throw a ball (Farn can't do this till pretty much later), open her water bottle. She learns to do all these simply by observing how we do it or we showed her 1 or 2 times. BUT I can't say the same thing about her language skills.... I think she prefers to get things done herself then to ask for help from adult so she's not very keen in communicating.

- She's a FOODIE hahaha.... basically everything edible will end up in her tummy. We call her the rubbish bin but Farn said she's a dumster truck hahahaha..... I still remember that day, the TV was having this cooking programme on. This little tumjiak gal walk right up to the front of the TV screen, pt to the food & said "mum mum... ah ah..." I almost died laughing lor. Another of her antics.... when she sees any food pics on magazines, she'll pt to it said "mum mum" then put her face to the pg!! We walked pass foodcourt, kopitiam etc, she also say "mum mum". The other day, dh brought home a bag of Mcdonald. He left the burger & fries, still wrapped up in the doggy bag in the plastic bag, on the table. Han saw the bag, walked up & said "mum mum" Faintzzz lor, she can tell it is food even without looking at the things inside. Hey, but all u aunties no need to worry... she's still very nicely shaped, no extra fat considering all the food that she had gobbled down.

- Oh, I discover 1 BIG difference between girls & boys. Girls are born to be vain, naturally hahahaha..... Han can't wait to try new clothes. She'll wriggle a bit, try to run away a bit but I consider her cooperative. She'll stay still when I put on hairclip for her, stick her feet up when I put on her socks. For Farn, I'll have to resort to threats or scolding whenever I have put on new clothes for him, especially those with buttons, collars or zips. He only likes to wear T-shirts & pants with elastic waistband.

Xianz... still waiting for job to come in. Heard that the creatives was thrown out & they have to rethink concepts again. They are doing a pitch, presentation on Thurs. Guess I'll be pitching tent here for the next 2 days :(

itsy bitsy ME! is online

Finally manage to get in done * phew~ *

Here's the link folks http://www.freewebs.com/itsybitsyme2

Wish myself sheng yi xing long :)

me & my books

Han looooooovvvvvvves to read, or rather she likes to bite the books. Don't know y, she's been like dat since she knows how to grab things, so cannot be due to teething. Hope she loves books as much in the future :)

leopard v0.1

er...... I'm not talking about Apple's latest OS, I'm refering to Han's leopard crawl ;P She can crawl sooooo fast now, though she's still dragging her tummy on the floor. When she sets her eyes on something, nothing I mean NOTHING gets in her way. I call her my all terrain crawler hehehehe

the determined balloon seeker

Wow, it's been almost 2 mths since I last posted. Very busy lately, freelancing at an agency the whole of March, SAHM for the past 2 weeks - busy with kids & trying to find time to do up my itsy online site (yupz, but still under construction, at the rate that I'm going I don't think it'll be up any time soon ;P). Who says SAHM is very FREE!!!!! Aunty has been a SAHM since Feb & she's yet to find time to yak in the chatroom or update her bloggy (psstt....er...I think she also said her larling dun like her to be on her lappy too much, so she's been a very gd garl). Well, managed to meet up with her ytd for "Meet The Robinsons" movie event with 2 kids & 2 bbs in tow hahahaha..... 1st time I'm out with both Farn & Han, I almost died. Thank goodness dh came to pick up Han before the movie started. The pre-movie activities was not that great, a bit disorganised but the movie was gRREAttttt!! I'm gonna get the VCD when it's out :)

Hmmmm..... what else happened....let's see... oh yes, I brought Farn to a SSO children concert sometime back. This is the 2nd SSO concert he has attended since Baby Prom. Love it, he even can recognised some of the classical pieces all thanks to Little Einstine (from Playhouse Disney Channel --- the POWER of the goggle box!) Well, something farny happened on that day. The volunteers was giving out balloons after the concert. As usual the kids & adults crowd around the volunteers trying to grab 1 of the FREE balloons (I mean they're FREEEE mah, so must grab. Don't understand, how much is a balloon gonna cost har?) Farn insisted that he wanted 1, so I told him to get it himself (yup, yup, I know I'm very evil hehehehe) So the poor boy, being very small size, tried very hard to squeeze through the kids & the butts of the adults. He tried so hard, when he finally squeezed to the front, all the balloons had been given out :( He came back to me looking sooooo disappointed. Just then another volunteer came out with a fresh bunch of balloons. Can see his eyes light up loh, he was hestitating, den I was like 'quick, quick, quick GO, wait later no more again' So he finally had a blue balloon with the words SSO printed on it.

Ahem... that's not the end of the story. We walked past the ACM & found out that they have children activities. So we did stone painting, he painted a stone ladybird (it's now sitting proudly on a shelf in our hall) We also found out that they have balloon sculpting at 2.30pm. With more than 2hrs to kill, I decided to hv lunch. Brought him to the big M at Boat Q, past the bumboat ride counter. Farn wanted to go for a ride, as usual I told him nxt time. At the big M while chomping on our burgers & fries, a terrible thing happened. His prized balloon started to SHRINKKKKK!!!!!! EKKKK!!!! Farn looks like he gonna burst into tears (who wouldn't, after all the squeezing to get this balloon). So to pacify him I reminded him of the balloon sculpting later at ACM. After lunch, we went back to ACM, but we're still 30mins early. By now the balloon had shrank to slightly bigger den an apple. He insisted that I cannot throw it away, must put it in my bag. Aiyoh, cannot tahan him. To pass the 3omins, we went for a bumboat ride. Farn was so excited & was asking me all the questions abt Boat Q & the bridges we passed. Well, history was not my strongest subject so 'I don't know' was my standard answer ;P After the ride, went back to ACM. The balloon sculpting had just started & already there's a long que. Farn happily joined the que. When he finally got his balloon sculpted in the shape of a cat, he was delighted. I was telling myself 'Good, now we can go home.' BUT we had barely cross the street, Farn was fiddling with the balloon, when the cat balloon BURST!!!! Win lor ! *&$!*#@^# can I complain to ACM that the guy used sub-quality balloons?! (Actually I think it's the heat ---- hot air expand mah rite??) Now we had to go back to get another balloon, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Farn can get another one. So back to the que haizzz..... The problem was they had to stop the sculpting session as the story-telling was up next. And Farn was just the nxt after the kid in front! Think he super bad luck that day. The balloon sculpting guy took his barang to the side to finished up the last balloon for the kid. Farn still refused to give up, stood right behind the kid even though I told him that the session had ended. Well, the guy remembered Farn, he was like 'U got ur balloon just now rite?' I was quite paisei, told him that the balloon bursted, Farn held up the bursted balloon to prove our claim (hey, ok, ok, I know balloons don't cost much but this one cannot get outside hor) The guy went 'Awwww.... so what do u like this time?' Was I surprised!!! Such a nice guy hehehehe.... This time round Farn asked for a flower, manzz.... this one is BIG loh many times BIGGER than the stupid cat, check out the pic & the 100 magawatts smile :)

chinese new year

first day
Very excited as it is Han's 1st Chinese New Year. Can't wait to show her off to my relatives. But but but Farn complained of stomachache after finishing his morning milk & threw out. Poor boy, keep asking me how how. So we didn't went to mum's place as what we usually do on CNY. By lunch time he was feeling better so we decided to go with my ILs to hb's godma's plc. Who knows while I was getting Han ready, Farn complained of tummy ache again :( Haiz, in the end I've to stay home with him while dh & Han went with my ILs. Farn was very disappointed, asked me "How? I dun wan to miss all the fun leh" I also dun wan to stay at home wat....boringgggg.........

second day
Was planning to go mum's place as we didn't go yesterday, but she was out visiting & couldn't confirm when she'ld be home, xianz. Went to dh's boss CNY lunch, no mood so didn't eat much. After the lunch we went to dh's godma's place as it's nearby & Farn missed going there yesterday. Another boringggg day.

third day
Today's the day that Ido's having a gathering at KM's place, so excited. Finally I can have some fun, just luv to yak with the mummies. BUT Farn has to spoil my fun AGAIN!!! He had lunch at 1pm & took 1 bl**dy whole hr to finish. Can't believe it! The gathering starts at 1pm, I still have to get him ready, doll up myself, get Han's stuff to pass to MIL, even if I'm lucky enough to get a cab right away, it'ld be 4pm by the time I reach Yew Tee (yupz, that's where KM stays). In the end, I skipped KM's gathering, went to mum's place for dinner (kekekeke and I met Simon's gf there finally). Yet another boringgggg day.... kaoz....

Well, that's my 'most interesting' CNY. A very happy & prosperous Chinese New Year to you, hope yours is more fun den mine :)

Han's leopard crawl

She is crawling!!! Well, almost hehehehe..... she's still have to perfect it :) Catch her in action!