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My parents are celebrating the 8th anniversary of their ROM today. I wish that God’s blessings will continue to fill our lives with an abundance of love and happiness always!
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven” -Ecclesiastes 3:1
What better way to celebrate my 10-month birthday than a sincere prayer… Mummy helps me to say this prayer to begin this day…
Dear Lord, let this day be a reminder to me of all the gifts and blessings I have received from You from day 1. On my day of celebration, I thank You for my life, my daddy & mummy and all of my blessings and ask for the days to come filled with Your presence in my life that I may continue to walk in the light of Your love. In Your precious name. Amen.
Besides, my mummy also bakes me a cake . This round what I get is an eggless choco moist cake with cute moomoo deco. I love it & can’t wait to grab it. Actually, all I want is to squash the moomoo & see how it feels 
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Tell you a secret… we had a hiccup for the event, something challenged the perfectness though :p We almost lost all the photos taken of the cakes but the first blur one. My daddy formatted the SD card before completely copying the photos out to the HDD. Fortunately, he is able to recover that using the “Finaldata” program. *phew*
So, what are we up to lately? I was measured 67cm long & weighed 6.8kg on my last check-up that happened 2 weeks ago. I am relatively small, comparing to other kids and that gets my daddy worried. However, my mummy thinks that is okay as long as I remain healthy & active. She continues to breastfeed me exclusively although I started on solid 4 months ago. They are well pleased with my motor development and a bit worried too :p because I managed to get from one corner to another within seconds. There is quite a bit for them to catch up with me heehee. The latest trick I learn today is to stand on my own without support. I can’t wait to step one BIG step out on my very own. I turn everything into my walker but the legitimate walker a ladder.
As I grow older, I know to appreciate the good food better. My mummy is glad that I have developed a more consistent and predictable eating habit. I love porridge and I can eat porridge that goes with just simply anything. That is a must everyday in order to help in my potty business. So, I would have porridge with either potato, sweet corn, carrot, ikan bilis, ‘chiku’, cabbage, snow peas, etc, twice a day. The green stuff veggie is my favorite, I love any veggie including ‘tau geh’ and winter melon. However, I’m not so flexible on fruits though. I only love watermelon and nectarine. Kiwi & strawberries are acceptable but all the others just turn me off, especially the banana.My daddy said the dislike of banana is something which I pick up from him…hehe. Whenever I feel like eating, I’ll just call out ‘mum mum’ to ask for it.
That is one of the words which I use the most besides ‘papa’. My parents’re wondering at times if I really miss my daddy so much or just call him to bring me ‘gaigai’ (out for a walk). I would say that is for me to know for you to find out lo … My daddy & mummy bring me out for evening walk daily. I’m always so excited about it although it’s the same old route day in day out. Don’t ask me why, it’s just me lo
I enjoy going out with mummy alone too. Recently, I am going to class @ BSF with my mummy every Thursday. This is obviously something I look forward to every week. I wake up as early as 8a.m. every Thursday automatically and get my big & small business done by 8:45. You know what… I can tell that it’s Thursday because mummy usually dresses me up the night before. I always go to bed suisui on wednesday night. Her reason of doing that is not to disrupt my beauty sleep in case I don’t wake up early enough on my own and she can then put me straight onto the carseat but that never happen till now. Although I don’t get to play & study with other little friends, I did enjoy the singing & the discussion together with my mummy. I always try to be a good girl and listen quietly to the Words during the lecture and we have successfully made it through all 5 lessons by now. Mummy is so impressed and proud of me!
Everyday is a new adventure for me 
I’m ever ready to face the challenge with the help & guidance from the Lord!
That’s all for now…till later! Tata!
Days before Chinese New Year (CNY) 1st day: Daddy and Mummy were busy before the 1st day Chinese New Year, daddy putting up the twinkly lights and chinese lanterns. Mummy busy with Yi Por making CNY cookies. All of us going out shopping for food stuff.
“Sa Chap Meh” or 30th Night or Chinese New Year Eve: Yi Por prepared a small simple reunion dinner for us. It was only a small group of us as Ah Kong was away on holiday to China. Jiu jiu was back from Kuala Lumpur to visit. Daddy would say that CNY during his time was more livelier as there were more relatives and cousin around because his grandparents were around and the children will gather around for a dinner. Nowadays, family are smaller and more dispersed.
CNY 1st Day: In the midst of the night while I was sleeping, Daddy slipped an “Ang Pow” or Red Packet beside me like Santa Clause would bring presents during the night of Christmas. Daddy gave the ang pow the same way he received it when he was young where Yeh-Yeh would give him ang pow at night on the 1st day and he would wake up with ang pow either in his pajamas pocket or beside him. I also woke up and found the ang pow beside me. I wondered what it was and again my curiosity got the best of me.
My 2nd ang pow was from my Yi Poh. After that we got ready and dressed up to go visiting. 1st stop was to my daddy’s Ah Koh house but there was no one home as she went to her son’s house instead. So we went over to Yeh-Yeh’s house where I could crawl around and play there. We ate lunch over there also. After that I played with Yeh Yeh in the afternoon.
Daddy and mummy also gave ang pow to yeh-yeh and mah mah as a sign of respect for them, I was the postbaby. One day when I am old enough I will be working and earning money to give to my mummy and daddy also as a sign of my respect for them. That is still so far away still. Lucky me and I get to have fun collecting ang pow for a long time still.
After that we went out for dinner to the Hainanese Restaurant at the 1926 Hotel. Mah-mah made a big fuss over the place we were sitting and the numerous mosquitoes around. I guess it was for my well being though it did not bothered me much. After dinner we drove downtown to see the lanterns put up in the heritage area of Georgetown.
CNY 2nd Day: We went over to BM (Bukit Mertajam) first to visit my tai-tai and to my ah kong and jia-jia‘s house to put flowers for my jia-jia. I did not know my jia-jia but I know she spent her final 1 month with me after I was born. Mummy said she was so happy to be able to see me and carry me for 1 month. We put flower for my jia jia and again my mummy is the bigger bulldozer version of me and broke the pretty flower from the stem. Not lost yet as we manage to put it in a bowl and it still look very nice.
We went over to tua pek kong place and had lunch there. I collected so many ang pows till my hands were full. I still manage to hold on to most of them. I feel bad for my daddy and mummy as they have to give out so many ang pows also as the relatives have greater numbers of children to my daddy and mummy’s one which is ME! I got lots of ang pow but in terms of quantity but not the monetary quantity amount. Oh well, lesson learned for my daddy and mummy. We spent the whole afternoon there.
CNY 3rd Day: We did not do much, just went out to visit my daddy’s ah koh and 3rd uncle. I got some more ang pows also. We went home and went over to daddy and mummy’s friend’s house across the street for steam boat dinner. I had some fish there and vege which are my favorites. I met my Ling Li jiejie there also and watched her play fireworks with her parents and my daddy and mummy. My daddy is so afraid of fireworks nowadays, I guess from bad experiences.
CNY 4th Day: My mummy made me special kiuh bahulu which had the shape of a teddy bear, rabbit and heart shape but too bad I cannot eat them yet as they have egg but they smell good. I will wait till I am older and then eat all I can eat. The kuih looks so cute. We had steam boat for dinner with yipoh and jiu jiu and his girlfriend. I ate lots of fish and vege again.
CNY 5th Day: We spent the time sitting at home and in the evening mummy and daddy took me for a walk and I saw for the first time a lion head used for lion dance. It was so pretty and I tried to grab it but mummy said no as it was dusty. It was so pretty.
CNY 6th Day: Ah Kong came home from China. I did not see him much as he left at night. We went to visit Pastor Clement and Aunty Julia. Pastor Clement married both my mummy and daddy and that allowed them to have ME! I am so glad for that happening. The last time I saw Pastor Clement and Aunty Julia was when I was just 1 month old. They had a Korean family visiting and the children sang songs for us. I like to hear songs. Aunty Julia gave a hamper with a beautiful teddy bear and an ang pow also.
CNY 7th Day: We went over to BM again for a gathering of my mummy’s friends. I had so much fun with mummy’s friends and received ang pows from her friends. Again they also have to give out ang pows.
CNY 8th Day: We wanted to go up Penang Hill on the train but it was crowded, so we went visiting around Penang Kek Lok Si Temple and went to various sites and did some shopping also. Went along with YiPor.
Daddy had to go back to work on the 9th day and we did not do much for the rest of the week.
CNY 13th Day: Daddy’s cousins and uncle came visiting to Penang. We went for dinner at the Hainanese Restaurant near Park Royal Hotel. I met Gabby jie jie for the first time. I would not let anyone carry me except for mummy and daddy and Uncle Daniel once only. After that we went to Hard Rock Hotel for a visit. We went back to Aunty’s June’s hotel for coffee. There Gabby jie jie shared her books with me and drew pictures for me.
CNY 15th Day or Chap Goh Meh (Also my daddy’s & mummy’s marriage registrations anniversay – Feb 28th): We went shopping again with Ah Kong and YiPor as I love to go out shopping. After that we went out for dinner with Aunty June and family at the Corner’s club.
Well, that about sums up what happened for my 1st CNY. Thank you mummy and daddy for making it a very happy and enjoyable new year.
My papa loves to bake. Lately, he is into this healthy bites! We all love these cookies because it’s easy to make and “zero-failure” and of course it’s sooooo yummy! Although I can’t take it but I just love the aroma so very much.
Prep Time: 15 Min
Cook Time: 10 Min
Ready In: 2 Hrs
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups quick cooking oats
1 cup raisin
Directions
In a medium bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in oats. Add in the raisin. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Mould the dough into desired shape, and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Sprinkle some desiccated coconut on top if you would.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
I start to pick up some simple words few days ago. Thanks to Phoebe as her “na-na” motivated me a lot. I called out my very first word “mum” one fine day and I was saying that many times over a minute. My parents were so impressed by that simple thing and all the hugs & kisses came, although they were not really sure if it meant to be calling my mum or call out for food… hehe.
Yesterday, I also amazed my YiPo by calling out “pa” when the phone rang. I called that out loud & long as if my daddy is ‘in’ the phone. I hope my daddy can hear that though…
My mum & dad got married 6 years ago before I came. It was their wedding anniversary yesterday. We did not have a big celebration this year, neither did they exchange present because both of them think that I’m their best present! How privilege I am.
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17 NIV
It was my daddy’s birthday few days ago on 21st. Mummy & I baked a cake for daddy on that special occasion. If you ever wonder how I can contribute to the process of making, this is how I helped out… I’m being a good girl and playing on my own while mummy was busy creaming the butter, beating the eggs, mixing the flour etc… I have given in my full support. :p Although the cake didn’t look as good as what we can get from the store, it’s with all our love & passion.
As mentioned in my previous post, we had another family living in our midst. Here are some pictures of that family.
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- Two baby birdies
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- Another picture of the baby birdies
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- Mama Birdy
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- Papa Birdy
Since the birth of Hannah on May 12, we discovered another family that came to live in our midst. During the 1st month of Hannah’s birth we found a family of birds had made a nest under our porch and have also 2 baby birds. The parents are quite protective as they would fly overhead closely and chirping loudly when we venture close to the nest. Apart for the bird poo that hits the driveway floor and right onto the drivers door handle of my car, they are a welcome sight. Every morning, part of the watering event also required hosing away the bird poo. We did not have the heart to destroy the nest as it reminded us of our young one and being parents, we understood the value of life and God’s precious gift to this earth. So we wish the bird family a healthy growth and I guess we will need to remove the nest after it is cleared off. It is actually built on top of our power socket for the Chinese Lantern lights we put up and never got to remove. Now we cannot do that with the babies there. Maybe after they leave the nest as it is also another potential fire hazard.
Father’s day came and went. It was not as eventful as Mother’s day as we did not make it to Church. Having Hannah sure puts a big spanner in the ability to get going quickly. Things take longer with more preparations to make and remembering to bring the right things out. Anyways, we knew this would be inevitable when we decided to have kids and knew that compromise would be required.
Thus as usual we spend more time at home but it is different nowadays with Hannah to keep us company and entertain us or we entertain her so to speak.
So maybe next year Father’s day might be better as she grows bigger and is much easier to go out by then.
HAPPY BELATED FATHER’s DAY WISHES TO ALL!
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