Pictures from Chinese New Year

 Here are more pictures taken on the first day of CNY:

Attempt at Taking a Photo

We went to G Hotel for dinner to celebrate Ah Kong's birthday. After dinner, we stood around the lounge. I tried to take a picture of the two of you together.. didn't manage a decent picture at all *ggrrrr*

Monkeying Around

.. while doing your homework.. Nothing new when it comes to you doing your homework.

Monster face:I was trying to get a picture of you busy writing.. but..... nope no such chance...
..why is the pencil tucked behind your ear??!!
.. hey, why aren't you writing?? ..told me to take a picture of your homework:

Ah.. at last.. a picture of you writing your homework....

..which you wrote for a few seconds before asking to take a look at my pictures.

Riding the horse

It's been a long time since we took pictures of you. You either close your eyes when we take the picture, or too interested in the camera to allow us to take pictures of you. Tonight, mummy managed to take these 2 pictures of you while you were riding the horsey (daddy).


You both seemed to be having such a good time. You were laughing all the way:



Of course, everytime daddy stopped, you wanted him to repeat your "ride" on his legs again. And now, you are sleeping.. and so is daddy.. he must be tired out too.

Busy Evening..

Mummy and daddy had to rush back after work today and do a mad rush to get everything ready before leaving the house. Mummy went home and gave you a shower then daddy fed you while mummy took a bath and mummy took over after that. We quickly ate our dinner and we were off.

First stop: photo studio. We finally have an appointment to pick the pictures that were taken quite a while back. The people there were NOT efficient. Our pictures were not ready. In fact, we had to wait a while to be served. And when we were finally served the lady could not find the file with your pictures. By then we were getting angry as we had to go to Adventist Hospital after that. So when they finally found the pictures, we did a quick one and ended up with 10 extra pictures along with the free 8R photograph. Daddy paid and we rushed to Adventist Hospital.

Second stop: Adventist Hospital. Daddy dropped us at the lobby and we quickly went to Paeds Clinic. There we SO MANY people waiting for their turn. The nice nurse who could recognise you told mummy we had to wait for 9 people before our turn! So in while waiting for your turn, we were kept busy by you, walking around, playing with daddy, looking at the fish. We even met Kelvin, and his mummy and daddy, and Aunty Cath along with Beatrice, Bernice and Uncle Andrew.

It was finally your turn to see Dr Mary. She checked you and you seemed fine. She asked about your diet and she still insists that we can introduce to you our food. Now that you're a big boy, she said that we should wait for her to be ready with the needle before mummy brings you over to the table/bed. She said that you would be able to recognise it now. Before giving you the jab, she asked if you had been exposed to eggs. She explained before that MMR contains eggs, so we needed to feed you eggs first. And we have been feeding you eggs a few times over the month. Of course, you protested and screamed when she poked you. But after daddy carried you for a while, you calmed down and we left after paying.

Luckily mummy brought along your PJs. We changed you and by the time we got home, you were already in zzzzz-Land

Photo Session!

Last week Jing Ee's mummy told us about a bridal shop doing promotional photography for babies/children. So the following day, Ching Ern's mummy came with the advertisement (it was in Chinese) and she gathered several friends to sign up for the free 8R picture that came with the photo shoot. So during lunch time, a few of us went to sign up for ourselves and the rest who could not make it. Later in the afternoon, they called up asking us to go in for the photo shoot at 5pm! Of course we could not make it, and so we had to reschedule and picked today.

Mummy was on half day leave today as you were actually having diarrhea and so mummy and Ah Ma took you to Adventist Hospital to see Dr Mary. She said that you were fine. Initially when Dr Mary looked at you, she thought that you were very sick, as you did not move and just gave her an empty look. But when you went in to see her, she said you seem fine. So she gave us some medication "in case" and we were off. You seemed perfectly fine after that. You flashed the pharmacist your sweetest grin, earning you a nice yellow measuring spoon, and later a measuring cup when we went to pick up your medication. After that mummy went to make an appointment with the gynea and you even let Lina (the nurse in the OBGYN clinic) carry you!

Before going home, Ah Ma wanted to stop at Giant. So since we didn't bring the stroller, we let you sit in the shopping trolley. You seemed game to sit contently.. or so we thought. After 5 minutes, you got bored and decided it was more fun to sit with the groceries! So after a quick purchase, we left. Needed to get you home to rest before your photo session.

Perhaps you knew that something was up, and so after your bath, you refused to take a nap. Instead you played until it was time to go to the studio. Daddy and Ah Kong both left work early to watch you during the photo shoot. We arrived on time, but you were asleep by then. Luckily the photographer was late and so you got to nap a bit more. Soon, you were up and we got you dressed.

It was the longest 1/2 hour ever. We had to try to make you smile and also keep you in the middle so that the photographer could take your pictures. Sadly the photographer lacked the skill to photograph children/babies, as he never got any of the moments that you were smiling. He had brought out a BIG teddy bear that you loved at sight, and smiled and hugged it, but I doubt that he managed to get any good pictures. We ended the shoot with some of you smiling. Guess how... mummy, daddy and Ah Ma had to sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"! Anyway, we'll see how it goes after we view the pictures.

After that we left for dinner and went home. What a long day.