I promise I will go jog today

Elliot's first CNY 2012

2012-01-29T03:50:00.000+08:00

Wow, haven't been updating much since we are back from our holidays. We just had our annual CNY celebration and it feels so shiok to able to sink my teeth into those mouth watering bak kwas and CNY goodies like there's no tomorrow.

This year we had steamboat instead of the usual buffet spread.. Hmm kinda miss eating the big big scallop now. Here's some pictures from the event and we would like to thank all the aunties & uncles for the angpows that Elliot received.

Haiz I've gained quite abit of weight from my Lisbon trip sia, don't even dare to step on the scale!! Didn't know 2 weeks of gorging could be so fatal. Time to lose those extras (after CNY).

Ok, where's my bak kwa?

I miss my grandpa, sometimes I wish I could turn back time.

Didn't see Cristiano Ronaldo in Portugal

2012-01-20T07:02:00.002+08:00

HELLO!

A very happy lunar new year to whoever's (if any) reading my blog right now. It's been a challenging year for us, especially with the addition of Mr Fatty, we learnt to cherish sleep more .Thank God for all the goodness he has given and all the lovely people he handpicked to surround us!

Here's some pictures from our Lisbon trip as promised in my previous post.
I love Lisbon to the max!! The perfect weather, the friendliest people, the fresh and affordable seafood, the yummy pastries, the shopping centre which operates till 12 midnight... and the list goes on.

Ahhhh... What a hidden gem!

It was a 4 hour flight from CPH to LIS.

And this is fatty's nua-ing on the bed right after we checked in to the hotel.

Watching TV and enjoying life, just lacking someone to feed him grapes hor!

After a good night rest, we went to visit the famous Oceanarium - one of the largest in Europe.

Entrance costs 13 euros + 3 euros if you wanna see sea turtles.

Their mascot! A cute diver boy.

GW doing a tourist picture.

Our baby is ready to explore the underwater world!

Superb weather 17 degrees, what more can I ask?

Tsk, my face machiam just woke up sia.

Haizz what to do, gotta wake up so early every day to catch the hotel's breakfast.. Sleepy!!!

Seems like Elliot is more interested in his sock

At the penguins territory.

Elliot still fiddling with his feet

Papa checking out the sea otters while Elliot is getting boring.

"Papa, why you see yourself then turn me back facing them, so selfish!!!"

But the sea otters are really very very cute!!!

They are just idling and floating around like a piece of wood.

Love this setup!

Feels like we had adventured into a jungle

GW took like 19843286401 shots of the fishes in the aquarium.

Every fish also want to shoot, same fish also can take so many times.

Totally waste my energy to delete them like mad.

Colourful corals

Elliot and the shark

The temporary exhibit is showcasing sea turtles.

Elliot got very cranky by this time, think he wanna koon liao.

Sea turtle spotted!!

We spent like almost 5 hours in the Oceanarium, there is just so much to see.

Worthed every of our 16 euros :)

Dinner at El Corte Ingles.

Had a sudden craving for spaghetti!

The fish lover.

Day 2.

Needless to say, beautiful weather.

GW loves the view from here.

Camera really don't love me...

Stupid wind make my hair look like 潘美辰

The problem with family picture when we don't have a tripod stand.

Love his smile!

Lisbon is full of hills and slopes.

Not a good sign especially when you have to "transport" a baby manually.

No tripod stand, everything must zipai.

Up to St George castle

Mr Moustachio

Drove to Rossio Square for lunch.

His grilled dory fish

Randomly chose this custard dessert and it's super delish!

Portugese egg tart. We eat them every day!!!

Day 3. Trip to Sintra.

Quinta da Regaleira. 6 euros each to enter.

Basically, it's a summer residence built by some very wealthy family and got some very famous artists to design their property. Really is rich until duno how to spend their money.

The one behind GW is the mansion they lived in.

They have their own chapel right outside their mansion.

The chapel

The hunting room in the mansion.

Check out the monkey hanging at the fireplace.

GW goofing around with the piano in the Renaissance Hall.

I was laughing like mad when he did this.

If you are wondering what's he doing, then you are not a true Stephen Chow fan.

Leaving the mansion to explore the other parts of the garden.

The blue skies and beautiful weather makes people go crazy.

The Regaleira tower.

There's a waterfall behind me but GW didn't manage to capture it from this angle.

Quinta la Regaleira is a cool place with many caves and tunnels linking to one another.

There's one right ahead of me, a pity we didn't have a flashlight cuz it's totally pitch black in there.

Fount of Abundance

The Guardian's gate. One more underground tunnel behind this gate that links to the bottom of a well!!!

GW was so sad that he couldn't explore t he caves...

Definitely one of the biggest regret during this trip.

And this is the well. Think it's called Initiatic Well.

Spiral stairways to get to the bottom.

GW walking down the steps and after I took this photo, I asked him to get to the bottom and I shall snap a picture for him from the top. His eyes stare big big at me....

"You siao arh! Go down then later must climb up so many steps!"

The Labyrinthic Grotto.

The stray dog which appeared from nowhere and followed us for quite some time.

Self taken family picture at the Terrace of the gods.

One last shot of the mansion before exiting

Will be back to explore the caves if we have the chance to go to Lisbon again

The tower of Belem

The picture from here onwards were taken using GW's nokia phone!

Yes, our camera battery went dead already...

Need to pay money togo inside so just snap some photos of the exterior.

GW and the Belem Tower..

Okay we are leaving for some outlet shopping liao!

Crossing Ponte Vasco da Gama

We are on our way to Freeport for some shopping!

Must eat before we chiong shopping

It was a Thursday afternoon, the whole place super empty .

Hmm, where shall we shop next?

Time to go home!!!

Winter holiday in Berlin. Rain everyday!

2012-01-14T23:01:00.002+08:00

It's our last day in Berlin but it also marks the start of our Lisbon trip!

Will update pictures from Portugal soon...

Elliot flexes his Iron Lotus arms

2011-12-30T21:05:00.000+08:00

Elliot, 7.5 months old.

Gotta take pictures of his "muscles" before they start disappearing!!!

The scab on his arm from the BCG vaccination

Nay nay ni bu bu... You cannot bite me!

Remembering Christ in Christmas

2011-12-25T23:14:00.001+08:00

Here's our dinner for four...

Cream of forest mushroom soup with garlic bread

Baked Christmas ham

Crispy pork knuckles

Ham wrapped vege rolls

Mussels

Elliot aim this fruity sparkling drink very long liao

CHEERS!!!

Time to dig in...

Family picture with the tree!

Elliot's first Christmas with grandparents

Needs more practise to hide that extra chin

Not forgetting .... xiaohuamao!!!

We love you baby..

Little Christmas 2011 at Marine Museum

2011-12-22T21:55:00.005+08:00

Elliot: Ehhh... You sure I can drink this?

Need his baby bites to keep him busy

With my MIL!

My makeup took 10minutes and hers done under 2 minutes and she's glowing!

Family Picture :)

Take picture with ah gong and ah ma!

Three generations

MY FAVOURITE!!!

Elliot: If this is at 非诚勿扰 then Olivia and me is 牵手成功 ok!!!

Love this shot of my parents-in-law.

Fatty duno bio-ing which angmoh girl

The couple shot

Unwrapping my first present from Santa

p/s: more pictures will be uploaded to my FB!!!

Our last Christmas in Sweden

2011-12-19T03:54:00.000+08:00

Ahhh.. Simply love the smell of fresh pine in the house

Lights up!

Yeah, one more week to go and hopefully we will have a white Christmas :)

Jairus turns FOUR

2011-12-17T08:14:00.000+08:00

I love birthday parties.

Can eat to my heart's content!!!

The candy arcade

Time flies... Jairus was only 8 months old when he came to Sweden.

The very sinful chocolate fudge cake

Elliot the gingerbreadhouse boy. Eat me!

2011-12-13T06:29:00.001+08:00

I've got windows and a candy roof on my head!

My new rag bunny, xiaobaitu

小白兔被我蹂躏惨了

Merry Christmas everyone!

Nom nom nom

Elliot cuts his first tooth!

2011-12-03T23:58:00.000+08:00

My baby can bite you now!

Elliot @ 6 months 3 weeks old

Elliot wiping his mouth after meal..... NOT!

2011-12-03T23:57:00.002+08:00

The coolest party of the year

2011-11-23T07:35:00.007+08:00

Super headache. Had problem installing any application to GW's laptop, kept having the "Unknown publisher" error thingy. Imported the certificates a million times liao also kena the same error. Do not have any photo-editing software now, not even Picasa (boohoo!) Cannot run picnik application online also! I'm dying from resizing pictures using MSPaint, can't even crop properly with it lor.

Anyways, here are some pictures from Angel's disney birthday party. Alot of effort was put into the planning and execution. Love everything about the party - the food, decorations, birthday cake and handmade favors. Oh! Not forgetting the hilarious food nametags which Summer came up with. There's delicious donald duck, porkahontas, goofy curry...

And I'm craving for some "Three Little Pigs Intestine Soup" now. HOW!!!

Welcome to Angel's 2nd birthday party.

Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse!

We dressed to the theme ok!

Not hard to tell who made the birthday cake right?

Too pretty to eat lah!

Last but not least, here's our cutest mousie family.

Let's sing the birthday song for Angel a million times okay :)

P/S: Won't be blogging very often from now, unless GW buys me a new laptop *hint*

Elliot goes to a disney birthday party

2011-11-21T00:57:00.002+08:00

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR LITTLE ANGEL!

This goodie bag tastes so goody good :)

P/S: I have more photos but my laptop died on me today. Cannot start up and showing me the black screen all the way, it was still working fine yesterday. Hmm, I think this time confirm up the lorry liao. Not only all my stuff in the harddisk is gone, I'm also Adobe photoshop software-less now. Resized the above pictures with the most primitive software from GW's laptop, the MS Paint.

Will update the wonderful disney birthday party with more pictures soon!

I can rotate my feet round and round, all through the town!

2011-11-19T06:07:00.000+08:00

Elliot eating his favourite snack and twirling his feet at the same time.

His papa calls it the "helicopter feet"

Elliot @ 6 months old

2011-11-18T04:33:00.001+08:00

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR!

2011-11-16T06:34:00.001+08:00

And also happy 11th "paktor" anniversary to us and counting!!!

Yes I still feel like we are paktoring now. LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU!!!

After the lesson learnt from my birthday dinner, we decided it's best to have his birthday dinner at home and our fatty bunny can cry and scream for all he want. Nothing was planned. We just head down to Citygross and grab stuff we felt like eating, cook anyhow and dig in. Wear like super ugly also. We had lobster soup, salmon sashimi, seafood pasta, coleslaw, cookies n cream ice cream and a botte of sparkling drink (apricot). We don't know if it's nice or not, we just took it off the shelf because we liked the colour - SWEET PINK!

The baby who needs no sleep

2011-11-14T21:11:00.004+08:00

Elliot goes to Joel's birthday party

2011-11-14T06:08:00.015+08:00

Elliot was invited to attend Joel's Ben10 themed birthday party last saturday.

I stationed myself in the kitchen and gorged myself silly with the lovely home-cooked buffet spread. There's pineapple fried rice, chicken curry, beef kebab sticks, fried wantons, fruit tartets and more. ~~Can't recall, my memory is failing me.~~ I was holding our fatty so didn't have much photos taken with my camera but I will try my best to "steal" some pictures from other sources and update here ok !

Update: Here's some pictures from Shuwen's camera :)

The food prepared by shuwen was enough to feed the whole village people.

The kids and the birthday song!

Family photo!

Our act-chio-act-cool poses

hotties.

HAHAHAHA!!!

saying goodbyes...

Steamboat gathering

2011-11-06T05:12:00.004+08:00

Realised we didn't take more photos when the rest arrive, maybe next time!

And here's a classic Taboo moment from GW.

This was how he described the word "cocktail" to his team mate.

GW: You will drink this during a party!

Gallen: Booze!

GW: Another kind another kind, something like that one *did the finger twirling motion"

Gallen: Beer! Wine!

GW: NOOOO!!! CHICKEN BACK CHICKEN BACK!!!

Gallen: ??? SIMI LAH...

4 Nov - Elliot had his BCG vaccination

2011-11-06T05:01:00.004+08:00

Somehow baby managed to sense something was amiss from our body language.

He was struggling and screaming away even before the jab took place. GW was the one who held him and his heart shattered when he saw Elliot gave him that 我多么相信你，你竟然出卖我！look.

Baby, everything is gonna be okay.

Fatty loves to grab his feet

2011-11-06T04:36:00.001+08:00

He's so into grabbing his feet now that he does it anywhere anytime.

Oh and I caught him licking his toes the other day.

I wonder why kids do that.

1 more week and Elliot will be 6 months old

2011-11-02T23:11:00.007+08:00

Elliot is having his nap now so I thought maybe I can update my blog abit ~~and make it look less like Elliot's photo album.~~

Motherhood. Can't believe I'm in this journey for half a year already. Time goes by so quickly when my life becomes a blur of feedings, changings and sleepless nights.

It has not been the most smooth sailing for us. From Elliot's birth til now- Jaundice, baby acne, cradle cap, food allergy rash. My baby had them all. Initially I was so upset that baby had to go through this, and even a simple remark like "what happened to his face?" made me feel like a lousy mother. I had to constantly remind myself to look on the bright side and enjoy the process in a positive way. Well, no one said it's gonna be easy right? At least, he's a healthy little fatty bunny and that's what matter most.

Thank God all these came and go. Elliot has been eating rice for three days without any rash outbreak :) Yeah simple things like that makes me happy now.

Okay gonna end this post abruptly with pictures.
Will write more when my feel comes. Haha!

Elliot eats basically anything that comes near his mouth.

And my husband looks like a boy. Haiz. So unfair.

I'm sure you hear this all the time from mothers everywhere, "It's all worth it."

I thought I knew what it meant in the past but I truly feel it now.

Only nerdies have the answer

2011-10-30T07:19:00.001+08:00

Last minute and very simple handmade decorations for Halloween.

Did everything in one day with materials found in the house.

Glorious food, infested with spiders and watched over by Mr Jack O Lantern.

Shuwen was the red hot devil and me the nerd!

Presenting the mini version of the red devil

The ladies group shot

Happy halloween!

*ROAR*

Please don't kill me!!!

Our first halloween family picture!

The nerdy couple and fatty skeleton baby.

Elliot boxed me!

We had matching tops and bow ties

GW loves this shot, it reminded him of his secondary school days.

Awww... the puppy love :)

We bought this costume for fatty bunny way before we knew of this party because it's selling at half price.

Can glow in the dark somemore lor, how could we not get it for him!!!

He was very incooperative during the party.

Cry here cry there for no watsoever reason lor.

Can totally pull off as ＂达浪＂if topped with mushroom hair

BIRTHDAY III

2011-10-29T05:52:00.001+08:00

With my man and a chao-tar apple pie

Elliot dives into a rainbow pool

2011-10-29T04:37:00.000+08:00

Elliot goes to Lekland

2011-10-29T04:25:00.005+08:00

BIRTHDAY II

2011-10-25T23:37:00.001+08:00

Gonna wear my "Dr Martinis" everyday

2011-10-25T06:51:00.003+08:00

Waited for these shoes to come for the longest time...

And yes it's my birthday present from GW. Hurray!

BIRTHDAY!

2011-10-25T06:23:00.007+08:00

GW wanna celebrate my birthday over a nice dinner and after coming up with a few possible options, he suggested to go to Nivo.

Him: Their lobsters super delish leh! You gotta try it, very shiok one!
Me: OKAY!

So off to Nivo, we must.

I wasn't destined to eat their lobsters.
It was taken off the menu since it was a seasonal dish.

GW: Nevermind lah. We order their oysters ok? Not bad also.

Waitress: We don't have oysters today.

Hoho. Everything also don't have.

So now it's either steak/ribs/burgers. PICK ONE!!!

It was a perfect dinner place - quiet, dimly lit, good ambience, jazz music.

True. But not with a baby!!!

Halfway through the dinner, our fatty bunny switched himself into energizer bunny mode and gave us lotsa nonsense. Stand cannot. Sit also cannot. Really don't know what to do with him man!

One word: JIN PAISEH! (ok, two words)

GW: Next month my birthday we go eat Max burger.
Seems like 爸爸真的怕了

Family photo with Kalmar castle FAIL!

2011-10-23T23:11:00.005+08:00

We were at Kalmar last Saturday as we need to pick up some stuff from IKEA.

The weather wasn't really cold (ard 10degrees) but the sky was so gloomy when we were at the castle.

Haiz and all our family pictures look so sad... just like Elliot's face in this picture.

A candid shot of GW and Elliot.

We didn't have any good family shot (with a happy baby looking at camera ) after a million tries with the tripod stand and eventually gave up the idea.

Elliot enjoys getting his ass biten by his dad. (Or vice versa? Not sure.)

Tickle baby

Last try with zipai.

This is one very moody bear.

Got so unwilling to take picture with me meh?

Gotta go liao!

Can't stay outdoors for too long just in case Elliot catches a cold.

Elliot walks backwards

2011-10-21T23:38:00.000+08:00

my fat penguin (with no neck) is so happy

2011-10-21T23:19:00.004+08:00

Found this picture in my camera.

It was taken on 11 October, the very same day Elliot went for his second vaccination.

This week: Weather dips to single digit already.

2011-10-17T21:22:00.001+08:00

The long forgotten crayfish in the freezer

2011-10-10T00:52:00.003+08:00

Weekends are so precious to me.

It's the time of the week whereby GW does the housework, cooking and babysitting.

KUNGLIT!!! (this means AWESOME in our language.)

Fatty bunny and the baby swing

2011-10-09T00:14:00.000+08:00

Car is down. Money fly.

2011-10-08T20:44:00.001+08:00

GW don't have to work this weekend. YAY!

Went out for lunch at cafe 3G.

Fatty bunny is turning 5 months old tomorrow and it's time to go for vaccinations again.

It's so painful to see him take jabs.

Our nerdy school boy decides what's for dinner tonight.

2011-10-08T00:28:00.002+08:00

Look #1: The class bully.

Stare what stare huh!!!

Look #2: This one confirm is the teacher's pet.

Look #3: The daydreamer

"Teacher I forgot to bring my homework........"

Which is your favourite look?

Personally I find the 3rd one super look like GW!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

bo dai chi zho today

2011-10-05T00:04:00.000+08:00

More of Elliot's makan pictures

2011-10-03T20:49:00.001+08:00

Baby's lunch: Porridge cooked with lean meat, carrot and potato for taste.

Very easy to prepare, just throw everything inside the slowcooker.

He could eat 3 big tablespoons portion

Alot went to his bib too.

Porridge waster!

This was mash potato.

Dice potato into small cubes, steam until soft then mash it.

Add breastmilk until it becomes like yogurt texture.

I was quite surprised when he grabbed the spoon from me to feed himself.

Hmmm, you don't like mummy to feed you?

Elliot having his snack

A maize titbit for infants, with no added salt or sugar and it melts in your mouth.

Wah piang eat until very messy lor.

Look ma, no hands!!!

Elliot eats at Macdonald

2011-10-02T04:17:00.008+08:00

This is the most shiok way to sit in a highchair

Favourite past time: Kiap hoon kee and stone...

OEI... Don't anyhow say leh!

You just have to remember me as the innocent looking boy with not much hair okay?

Baby is pissed

2011-10-02T04:00:00.002+08:00

This is Elliot "foaming" when he's tired and cranky.

Starting his engine in 5..4..3..2..1..

26 Sep: Elliot's first solid

2011-09-27T21:03:00.004+08:00

I bought a sweet potato and it has been sitting in the kitchen untouched for 7 days 7 nights until yesterday, which seems like an auspicious day to start working on it.

Went through some recipes from Susanna's cookbook.

I baked the sweet potato in the oven, scraped out the flesh, mashed it with a fork and expressed some breast milk to thin it. And I get homemade puree!

Elliot: This better be good huh...

I'm very busy one ok, no time for nonsense

Elliot: Eeee...Weird weird de leh.

Elliot: I rather eat this spoon!

Elliot: Next time just tabao for me

Elliot: I don't like leh...

Nah, return to you.

P/S: Hmm, maybe I should introduce him brown rice first?

The Garden of Eden

2011-09-25T06:39:00.005+08:00

Elliot is 4.5 months old

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I don't want my fatty bunny to grow up so fast

Shuwen's birthday lunch

2011-09-22T23:22:00.000+08:00

the bumbo can't hold him any longer

2011-09-22T23:20:00.000+08:00

xiaohuamao de birthday (Part I)

2011-09-20T04:10:00.003+08:00

Due to xiaohua's uncontrollable and excessive shedding of fur, she was locked away in a small room (which was supposed to be our walk-in closet!!!) for the benefit of Elliot. And as part of her birthday treat this year, she was let loose to roam the whole house for 5 minutes. Yeah she sure need that workout.

xiaohuamao de birthday (Part II)

2011-09-20T04:09:00.001+08:00

Xiaohua is 3 years old and we lit up 3 candles for her.

(So sorry xiaohua, we ran out of birthday candles. Make do with these first ok!)

Xiaohua, you will always be part of our family :)

GW: xiaohuamao you are still as cute as ever

Xiaohua: Seriously, why is my birthday celebration getting suckier as the years go by?

This is so much worse than that doughnut last year.

Elliot goes for a skinny dip

2011-09-12T21:35:00.006+08:00

GW warned me not to post this picture as it will put our son's reputation at stake.

I refuse to listen so now he is completely ruined in the hands of his mother. 我毁了他！

FATTY BUNNY!!!

Anyway, the neck ring float has finally arrived after almost one month.

Picked up some bath toys to accompany Elliot during his swim.

Now that Elliot is 4 months old, censorship measures are deemed necessary.

If you fail to censor, I will kiap my legs tight and frown at you!

Okay I'm going to swim to the other end with my 狗爬试

Try to catch up if you can.. BYE!

0909 - Happy 4 months old Elliot!

2011-09-11T18:35:00.002+08:00

And to celebrate this special day, he gets to lick... DA' DRUMSTICK!!!

Why am I waiting?

BRING IT TO ME NOW!!!

Hmm, can't really describe the taste..

Must lick a little longer then can tell...

I think he likes it leh.

Elliot's top is so tight fit.

2011-09-11T18:30:00.001+08:00

Best time to shop is when Elliot's sleeping in his pram

In the end we bought the most cheapo one. HAHA!!

129kr(chair) + 59kr(cushion) + 39kr(tray)

GW asked me to wear the BK hat to Mac Donald and order Whopper burger.

jin jia kiam pah tio boh

Time to pack away my summer dresses in boxes

2011-09-07T22:04:00.004+08:00

I was out with Elliot yesterday in my short sleeves and as I was crossing the bridge towards town, I was hit by super strong winds that sent shivers and goosebumps all over. The kind which can move the clouds above at mad speed.

I looked around and saw people dressed in jackets, beanies and boots.
And it was then I realised, the hot days are over.

I'm so not looking forward to winter (I skipped autumn cuz in my opinion, it doesn't exist in Sweden) and I had this crazy idea of buying a pair of Dr Martens boots. I used to claim that they look like Ronald Mcdonald's boots and I would never ever want to own one in my life.

But now, I thought they look uber cool.
WAHHAAHHAHAHA!!! KILL ME NOW!
Really don't understand why I had this sudden liking to them now leh

When GW got home, he's very positive and even offers to get them as my early birthday gift.
I think I've gone to the wrong person for advice cuz it's totally biased since he's a huge fan and wears only Dr Martens.

Browsed through the web and immediately knew what I wanted - 1460 with 8 eyelets.
The 14 eyelets ones are nice too but I know my fat calves ain't gonna fit.

Couldn't decide on the colours.

I wanted cherry red or black (easier to match) but GW insists that purple is nicer and he says if wanna wear Dr Martens must buy those "teong" colours. So black is definitely out for him.

Which one should I buy???

In a nutshell: I'm someone who wears cheapo shoes, and my favourite are nua flipflops. I wear flipflops during winter too :) So to me, these boots are on the expensive side so if I really own one, I will wear them til death even if it means mismatched outfits.

I can't bear to see summer end.

2011-09-05T05:15:00.000+08:00

My blog is turning into Elliot's photo album

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MAX burger got free kopi

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Mooncakes, lanterns and the 15th moon

2011-09-03T06:44:00.000+08:00

Bumbo Mambo

2011-08-29T00:56:00.003+08:00

I wanna save some $$$ since Bumbo is only for short term usage so I tried bidding for a second-hand one from Ebay UK and Tradera but always kena outbid leh. Super tui especially if kena outbidded during the last 5 seconds!!!

Went to Amazon UK, it's selling @27.95 pounds for a brand new. Is ard 30sgd cheaper than the BRIO shop but it was stated will take 5-6 weeks to dispatch. Sian! By the time it arrives, maybe will use only for a few months then have to keep away liao.

Resort to Blocket and found some lobangs. Called those staying in Blekinge but were told their Bumbos were already gone. Tsk... Why sell away liao then nvr remove the posting, give me false hopes only!

OK, I don't know any other ways liao. Maybe not destined to save $$$ lor. Bought a new one (price is equivalent to 2 brand new Bumbos in Singapore leh, felt so cheated.) from the Brio Shop. Oh and I realised the Bumbo is so useful for camwhoring Elliot.

Being outdoors and cherishing the last bits of summer time.

Elliot: Papa copycat me!

2011-08-28T06:20:00.001+08:00

I dressed Elliot in his new red polo tee from Cubus for our gai gai trip to Kosta Outlet then I saw his papa walking into the room in the same top. He gave a silly grin before he said this.

"I wanna wear the same as Elliot."

Cute lah you.

Super tempted to buy BUMBO SEAT

2011-08-27T00:23:00.001+08:00

Bumbo seat.

He looks so cute in the bumbo, makes me so wanna buy!!!

Costs 449SEK at the BRIO shop. The play tray is sold seperately, which means another 99SEK.

I don't care if his fat thighs are gonna get stucked in there.

This is how he babysits Elliot

2011-08-22T01:14:00.001+08:00

The father is good at multitasking

Weekend come and go so fast

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Zia gong is my best friend forever

The sleepyheads on a lazy saturday morning

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Today I don't feel like doing anything

I just wanna lay in my bed

Don't feel like picking up my phone

So leave a message at the tone

Cuz today I swear I'm not doing anything

Nothing at all

TGIF - Makan outside

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Elliot's Fashion Week - THE PJ PARTY

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The vegetables theme.

GW specially chose these for Elliot cuz he loves to see his son wearing clothes with silly prints.

The H&M buddies

These PJs are gifts from Aunty Ivy and Aunty Jocelyn.

Totally adore these hand-me-downs, see the crocodiles so cute right.

Pass it on and spread the love :)

P/S: His eyes "disappears" when he's lying down. Diao..

Elliot goes for a stroll with mummy

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It's so sunny today that I thought we ought to be outdoors enjoying the weather.

Elliot was all smiles when he saw me setting up his stroller.

Maybe he knows stroller = gai gai?

Seriously I did not shave or cut or do anything to his hair. It just didn't grow. Period.

P/S: But it doesn't matter as long as he's one happy little botak :)

Supposed to have a ASPO ferry in the background but couldn't capture it at this angle.

Elliot has got a bib on and it's like a must nowadays because he couldn't stop drooling.

He also loves to play with his saliva, you know like blow mini bubbles with it?

He was quiet and stoney during the last 500m of our walk and then he slowly KO-ed.

Sweet.

Sail Karlskrona at our doorsteps!

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Scandic lunch buffet with Shuwen!

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Met up with Shuwen to have lunch at Scandic after Elliot's Trosso appointment.

Yeah, he just turned 3 months old and that means it's time for his first dose of immunisation. He was very well behaved that day so it kinda break my heart that he need to go through the pain. Kelian.

Elliot turns 3 months old on national day

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It's so difficult to get a perfect family picture.

We had to do it so many times until machiam like circuit training - Set the camera timer, cheong to the bench, hold my breath, act chio and wait for the red light to finish flashing. Our dear Elliot was super incooperative. He's either looking up or staring straight down at the grass when the camera snaps. But we perservered (even though people around us thought we are siao, why keep running to and fro the bench) cuz we want to have at least one nice 全家幅 every month for keepsake.

P/S: Last but not least.. Happy birthday Singapore and also to my brother-in-law Raymond!

Baby can't wait to stand and walk!

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Elliot - a powerful alarm clock which can't be snoozed

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Just hanging out

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Run like the wind, Xiaohua!

THE ART OF CRYING is to cry until sleep

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Elliot was getting cranky in the middle of the day.

I propped him on the sofa and laughed at him while he cry, scream and do all sorts of "kek sai" faces.

He realised I'm not buying his nonsense so he stopped and gave me a ke lian face then fell asleep.

Babies are so interesting.

And I decided to post this picture to save his reputation abit.

He's not always crying one ok, he will laugh and chuckle when his girlfriend comes to visit him.

Elliot watching TV with papa

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Baby Olivia celebrates her full month!

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*Chiang Chiang* Picture with baby and her mummy... Congratulations babe!

You have officially end your confinement and can drink ice cold coca cola legally now :)

Nivo 99kr sommar lunch meny

2011-07-31T04:00:00.002+08:00

Ohh the weekend is here again.. I'm very lazy to cook so we both went out to have a quick lunch at centrum. Why quick lunch? Because I'm lazy (again) to pack and bring Elliot barang barang, so we feed him until super gao gao before we head out - empty handed. And he slept throughout our lunch date until we got home!

Shiok man.

Hamburger face collage

2011-07-28T03:06:00.004+08:00

Last tea session with Priyah in Karlskrona

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Boohoo, Priyah is flying home tomorrow.

It's great knowing you girl, will miss you. We must meet up when we are both back in Singapore okokok!

By that time we cannot just sit down and have tea like last time cuz gotta chase after our boys :)

The supersize vs supersmall

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Finally get to see baby Vimal Javian. I love his name :)

He's so small and cute... So easy to carry also. Unlike our Mr Hamburger now weighs like 6kg, I carry him for 5 minutes only and I can't feel my arms anymore. Oh and Priyah's labour story is so happening!!!

This is so funny. Both babies sleep like duno what and their mothers die die also wanna take photo.

Then the father had a quick picture too. Elliot looks like he's gonna start his drama anytime while Vimal is still sleeping like a baby, literally. Hope you like the diaper cake, it's my first time making one so it looks kinda amateur. Have a safe flight home ok, see you guys in Singapore soon!!!

mini picnic with our little pig

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Wasa Sandwich - 4 for 10kr at COOPS

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We are tourists!

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2 months and 10 days old today

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A huge ass photo of our boy!

Everyone says he looks like papa now.

What do you think?

Clearing some food pictures from the camera

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天下没有不散的宴席

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At copenhagen airport sending off

My MIL flew back to Singapore last week, 14 July. She was with us when I was 37 weeks preggie until Elliot turns 2 months old. I would say she is someone who is patient, supportive, laughs alot and "everything also okay" lady. I learnt alot from her during these 3 months.

I will never forget all the good times we had together in Sweden. Elliot is very fortunate to have a ah ma who loves him so much :)

Looking forward to see you back in Singapore!

P/S: Gotta blog fast cuz Elliot will boohoohoo any moment.

Stockholm Trip 10~12 July 2011

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Cherries falling from the sky!

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the promise to bring xiaohuamao out for a run

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We've been neglecting poor xiaohuamao since the birth of Elliot and in order to make up to her, we brought her outdoors for a breather. But cannot go out too long lah, so just take her outside to run run a while.

Before the strawberry crops start to rot

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After much procrasination, I'm glad we still manage to make a trip to the strawberry farm before the season ends. This year is special because we have Elliot and my MIL joining us :) Elliot missed out the whole fun cuz he was snoring away throughout the whole session, and we had to take turns to carry him.

The weather is very kua zhang de scorching HOT leh!

I just plucked a few then borrow my MIL's tupperware to camwhore then pung gang liao.

And just like last year, we went with Shuwen and family.

Comparing to last year's blog entry pictures, her kids really grown up alot. Good life liao lor.

The sleepy baby.

"Our fruits of labour"

Done and ready to go home!

More of Elliot!

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Cranky fatty.

His trademark is this kei sai face.

才艺表演

"I can put fist in my mouth"

Oei, ai koon mai koon???

His favourite sleeping position :)

Elliot's new hat and his favourite gay pants

2011-07-01T03:45:00.001+08:00

Bought him a new hat.

It's a little too big for Mr Hamburger but this is the smallest size I can find so far.

Take picture first cuz gonna return it to the shop tomorrow :)

Photos to prove those fishes ain't from the market

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Evening stroll

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Well, we used to push him in a pram for his evening strolls but today we decided to use the carrier so he could explore a little more :) It was an enjoyable walk. Fatty soon fell asleep along with the gentle summer breeze and warmth from his papa chest.

PS: I took over for 5min and my shoulders like gonna break liao. Time to get a baby bjorn carrier?

Our fatty - 1 month 18 days old

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Always protect yourself from the mini fountain

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Elliot went for his weekly checkup at Trosso today to take his weight and other measurements.

Mr Hamburger face is as heavy as a packet of rice.. 5080g liao!!! He was very cooperative the whole time and surprisingly, no cryings :) But he chut stunt and sprayed pee at the nurse when she removed his diaper, then she turned to "diao" me. Wah make me super paisey sia, then have to keep apologising to her.

Human traffic jam. Avoid pushing a pram at all costs!!

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Midsummer party 2011

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What happened on daddy's day?

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The day started as early as 4.30am, they drove all the way to Landskrona to board a boat to fish for codfish. Lucky they DID reel in some codfishes, if not malu then have to go market and buy one to take picture with.

mussel affairs

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My first time eating mussels after Lotus restaurant closed down

Mussels come with an expensive price tag (nothing is cheap here anyway) and free flow bread.

Thanks for the treat Kenji... Have a nice trip back to SG then London!!!

Elliot pom pom pictures

2011-06-15T22:22:00.001+08:00

Cry like mad when shampooing

Immediately become quiet when dipped into the water

His favourite pom pom position

Pom until spit milk!

P/S: More of these NC16 pictures will be posted in my FB album :)

BBQ with our new 149kr portable pit!

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