miss bossy pants

The past week was just lotsa feeding and struggling to sleep at night. Don't know if it's just me, but i feel that Kay has grown quite a bit in one week. She is feeding constantly when she is awake. Could be one of the growth spurts that books talk about. This would be 3 months and 2 weeks.

She has started to grab things with her hands even though she still can't quite control it. During diaper changes and when we carry her, she will grab on to our collar or t-shirt. And she loves grabbing at the little skirt on her romper. She loves all things round...the shape of peoples faces, the ruffles on her bouncing chair and the circles on the underside of her stroller canopy. She'll just stare at them.

And with greater neck control and very strong thigh-muscles, she loves "standing" on her feet...with our help of course. It's a bit wobbly but really cute as she stares at you with those big eyes. She is also strong enough to do "sit-ups", when we hold her hands and pull her up from lying down to a sitting position. Wondering if we should get her one of those bumbo chairs. :)

This summer has seen extremely hot days where we were just sweating it out at home. But yesterday was great...it cooled down to 22 degrees with a nice breeze. Finally received Kay's birth certificate yesterday after a bit of a cat and mouse chase with the courier. Now we can start getting her a passport so she can travel to see her grandamamas in New zealand and singapore.

Last night was a struggle to get miss bossy pants to sleep. Spent 2 hours trying to soothe her screaming & crying. Feeding her, rocking her and committing all the no-nos in the textbooks for parenting. The minute we put her down on the crib she would start protesting. Oh well, it's a brand new day today, will worry about it again tonight. That's my life as a mom.

Mural mural on the wall...

I finally finished the drawing on Kay's nursery. Did it in 3 hours yesterday...between her screaming and crying ...and after she fell asleep after midnight.
It started as a sketch on paper, then i simply freehand the curves with a pencil directly on the wall and paint with white paint. The birds were done after midnight.
I think I like it, hopefully Kay does too.

it;s finally summer

Big kiss for the princess




The boss...sitting on our new sectional sofa



Knowing her ABCDs



Keeping cool.



The big Discovery


hey i never thought i'd say this, but the good ol' warmer season is here. Days have been hot and humid, but i guess not quite in the same intensity as in Singapore. It's still bearable if you turn on the fan.

Kay has finally hit the 3 month mark and made quite a few milestones along the way.
On June 2nd, she slept from 11.30pm to 7am....the longest ever. Then after that it is back to the 4am & 7am feeds. But it's a start and we're happy. ..sorry i meant I'm happy cos' i'm the one waking up :)...sorry hon.

The next weekend June 8th, she has also started discovering her own little hands and few days ago ...her feet. It's the most amazing thing to see her explore and inspect her little fingers and finally understanding that they belong to her.

2 nights ago, she actually fell asleep without much effort on her own baby crib, in her own room. Yes, the first steps to a little independence, we hope. Well, she's been sleeping in her stroller next to my bed all this while.

Well, as she gets more alert during the day, keeping her occupied becomes eminent to my sanity. She gets bored by the same scene/ toys more easily now. And guess what, she has started to watch the tele. In fact, we went through 85% of the movie "Happy Feet" yesterday on the computer. Currently, her favourite book is "Peekaboo" by Sesame street and "Abra Cadabra" the online storybook.

Also, thanks to aunty Kate for starting her on the ABCDs...and the ACDCs. She looks like a really cool rock-chic.

She's feeding on my left arm while i'm typing this.

The many faces of Kay ..and what's that Smell ???

It's 2 months 2 weeks coming.
Kay has developed quite a wide range of facial expressions : from sulking, giggling, smiling, frowning and pouting. As you can see in our latest post of photos. She has learnt how to respond to our voices and could 'almost' conduct a decent conversation with us. Today, she managed to utter a 3 syllabus sound : "Agaahem" ... with great diction and pronunciation. Whatever that means we don't know.

Enjoy her latest photos here.
http://picasaweb.google.com/sching.ng/20070516KayMth2

It's spring inching into summer, so we are enjoying our backyard quite a bit. Kay enjoys sitting out with us and watching the trees sway in the wind. I think she also spotted a few flying geese overhead one day. Cheeyuen purchased his second toy of the season. It's a TORO gas powered, self-propelled 22" lawn mower....in striking red. Did a test drive on our lawn after we got it today. Pretty cool. Having lived in the city all our lives, we are virgin lawn-mowers !

Today is major shopping day, we also bought a truck load full of storage furniture from IKEA. Kay is pretty good when we are out shopping, she basically sleeps through it in our arms or in the stroller. In fact, she only takes afternoon naps when she is in the car or when I bring her out in the stroller. She loves to be on the move. We'll see how that plays out in a month or two.

For me, I'm getting really attached to the milk and saliva smell in her hair and her breath...oh, my baby. Makes me feel very blessed when i hold her close and smelling her tiny hands...which by the way, could get pretty stinky at times. One day, her hands and mittens smelt like wet dirty socks...eewww. Took a few days to shake that smell off despite all the washing we did . But regardless, I'm still feeling the fuzzy warmth whatever she smells like ...

Feeding, First shots, moving house, bath time, birthday, new car, mother's day and more boxes ..

wow it seems like ages since i had time to write in this blog.
Many things have happened amongst the feedings, pooping and crying.
Kay is almost 2 months old now.


View out from our driveway to our new neighbours across Manitoba street.
Our driveway is huge... parks 5 cars ! Lotsa snow-shovelling to do in winter too.




Feeding time : Taken from my angle of view... how angelic she looks while sucking away.
Thanks to Joan for the "Lin" one-sie / t-shirt...she looks really cute in it.

The after-math ... spitting and burping


First shots:
Kay got her first 2 vaccination shots at Dr Tolkin's clinic on May 4th. I'm still not sure what they are for...just got to trust the pediatrician. Well i think Kay was really brave. Only started wailing after 3 seconds when the needle was out. All is good after a little breast milk...the only place to do it was a bench in the corridor which had a great view of the Don Valley area.

Moving house:
The move went well i guess. Kay and I wasn't really part of the action. We went to the house early that morning and set up the diaper / feeding station. Then basically waited. Rod arrived first with some stuff in his car. Followed by Cheeyuen and Andrew. The moving guys from Sven was right behind. Seems like a breeze ...but poor cheeyuen must be totally tired out. He still had to go back to the condo to get the cats. In the end ... came back with the cats and another car-full of stuff. Amazing...and thanks again.

Bath time:
Has been fun so far. Kay really loves the water. Might take her swimming in the summer. We think she looks cute in the Duckie Towel from pottery barn kids...thanks to Dzeneta.


Birthday:
Happy belated birthday to Cheeyuen. His first birthday as a daddy. As expected, there was no present from me...all i can do now is online shopping. Will make it up to him some time later and in other ways i guess. All Kay needs to do is to give him a nice big smile.

New car:
Well, i guess he did get himself a big present. Collected his brand new Mazda 3 sport on his birthday. A nice black number with shiny rims. Looks great in the driveway next to the Acura.
Will post photos when I find the charger to my camera...it's still in one of the boxes.

Mother's day:
Was extra special....now it actually means I'm being celebrated. My mum was the first to wish me happy mother's day with an e-card. Cheeyuen got me a cute toy with a bobbing head. Kay basically just spit all over me and then gave me a big smile.


More boxes:
Yes, 70% of the house is still in boxes. It's hard to have baby and try to unpack. Plus we need to get storage furniture before we can put things away. So far we have bought 3 big items online ... our TV entertainment unit (which looks amazing), our bed and dining chairs. Love the internet.


Some random images taken before we moved :