Sarah Mae & Friends!

 
 
 

We went to the Botanical Gardens last Friday and had a blast with all the other mummies and babies. 

I'm 8 Months Old!!

 

Okay, so maybe I'm 8 months and 6 days old, but who cares?!

Daddy, PLEEEEEASE buy this tricycle for me. I heard you telling mummy that we can't get it because there's not enough space for 'my junk'. It's hurtful. =( 

Mon Cherie!

 

It's been a while since my last blog. The last few weeks have been pretty hectic. Sarah Mae has been quite a handful now that she discovered the joys of going out. She can be the most well behaved baby on the planet when we go out. In fact, she'ld charm every person she meets with her winsome smiles and cheeky grins. Alas, she's quite different altogether when she's at home. She can be horribly cranky and whiny when she's alone- with me especially. It can be quite testing. I so need a rest!

I've been experimenting alot with her meals and have learnt that my baby loves chinese cuisine more than the western ones. She loves my beef porridge recipe especially. She can finish up a full bowl of that porridge. I tried making her pasta the other day and she absolutely hates it. Hmmmm... I think she has daddy's predesposition when it comes to taste. 

I'm A Big Girl Now

 
 
 
  

I'm 7 Months Old!

 
 

Ok, this is really LONG in coming. My apologies.

Sarah turned 7 months on the 17th (approximately 1 and a half weeks back). She's 8.4kg this month. That's a paltry 100 grams more from last month. I suppose it could be because she was rather sick some weeks back. Oh well, my goal this month is to pump her up to make up for the shortfall last month. I like my baby chubby and all. =)

Sarah just learnt how to get into a standing position from a sitting one (with the help of things around her). She still does not know how to crawl forward - she's always doing the reverse leopard crawl. I suspect she can scoot around too, but I haven't seen it firsthand yet (I'll leave her in one spot, but she'll 'appear' at another spot some distance away, in a sitting position still).

My baby still doesn't have any teeth. Apart from the waking up at night and constant gumming of everything, she still has no signs of teeth neither. I count my blessings as that simply means more days of breastfeeding without any apprehension of getting bitten by her. =) 

Mother & Child

 

I simply can't get enough of:

The wonder of your little smile,
Your tiny fists and toes.
The softness of your jet black hair,
Your tiny, button nose.
The sound of your squeals and laugh,
Your excited flaps and kicks.
The way you drool the whole day through,
Your gummy grins and licks.

Love you, Princess. =) 

My Parents Are Cruel

 
 

Sarah went for her first haircut yesterday.It turned out to be quite a disaster. She did not really kick up a fuss at the salon, but she should have. Well, take a look at the pictures above and then those below and you'll get my drift. I think she'ld look back on these when she's old enough, and she'ld probably wonder why we did this to her. We're sorry baby.

 
  

Teething?

 
 

We're back from an extremely exhausting trip. It was a long awaited break - but ironically it was probably one of the busiest time I ever had since I had Sarah. Both Gerry and her were sick throughout. I was kept busy with Her Royal Crankiness and had to wash up her everflowing supply of dirty laundry on top of the usual feeding, cleaning and caring for her.

She vomitted like thrice during the trip and we're talking about major vomitting (where liquids spew out from both the nose and mouth type). All due to forcing her to take her medicine. Things improved when I smartened up and started spiking her meals.

Anywayz, I think there's another reason behind her recent grouchy demeanour. Does the pictures tell u anything? She'll practically gum everything she can get her mouth on (oh yes, even dirty table corners). 

Sick Babies

Sarah's awfully sick with a REALLY bad case of cold. Today's the third day already and she doesn't look anywhere near recovering. My heart really aches each time she cries out in pain due to her sore throat, or whenever she tries to take that really laboured breath through her nose. She struggles when it comes to taking her medication and vomits right after. I think my poor baby is looking quite run down. She does not eat her meals, rarely drinks her milk and vomits. Surefire way of losing weight. =( To make matters a little more tricky, my other baby (Gerry)is sick too. Keeping my fingers crossed that I won't be next.

The nightmare begins at night. The first night, I practically had to stay awake the entire night. She keeps fussing because of her blocked nose and will wake up every 15 minutes, unless I pat her back to sleep. Not an easy task considering the Other Baby breaking into fits of cough throughout the night.

She started wailing around 3am and wouldn't stop till I rocked her back to sleep (I had to walk around the room at the same time). And I could not even sit down till 6am. *faint*

I don't know how I'm managing - but it's really miraculous that I haven't lost my temper with her when I had to repeat it the second night.

I guess one of the most amazing thing about motherhood is your sudden newfound burst of patience and willpower. I had neither when I was a swinging single. What can I say, it's a miracle.

Well, I'm really hoping that she'll get better REALLY soon. We're flying off to Jakarta tomorrow till next Wednesday. Hoping that she'll enjoy her first trip overseas.

Sarah's Newest Collage

  

ET is coming!

The New Majestic Hotel

 

Ooooh - just came home from a really nice dinner at the New Majestic Hotel. Mummy added a little shark's fin broth into my mashed pumpkin dish. Really yummy... *slurp*

Here's me lounging on one of the snazzy, stylo milo chairs in the lobby. Cool huh? 

Dinner @ Big Fish

 
 
 
 


We had dinner at mummy's all time favourite restaurant on Saturday. Uncle Edwin and Aunty Hsin Ee met up with us there too. Mummy allowed me a taste of her tomato soup. It was really yummy, but she didn't want to share with me more (greedy mummy).

I had a ball of a time being passed around (again). Everyone's always so friendly to me and I really like the friendliest uncle of them all - Uncle Mido. He kept me entertained with the funny faces and he even allowed me to play with a teaspoon. Oh, I really like this uncle - think we'll go back again to see him. Please daddy? 

Huh?!

 

I have REALLY yummy arms. Wanna bite? 

Baby & Me!

  

My Little Girl

Sarah's growing so fast nowadays. She's practically showing off her newfound skills with every passing day. She can scoot around already, but 99% of the time, backwards =); She will stretch out her hands to be carried WHEN she wants to be carried; Importantly, she knows who her mummy is =) (I get all fuzzy inside whenever I think of her touching my face, each time I ask her who her mummy is). Where's my little baby?

On another note, Gerry has just learnt how to blog in here as well. So, you'll probably see more pictures of Sarah in here as he spams my blog for her. =)

I'm Flying!

  

Munching on Biscuits...

  

I'm Up For Hire!

  

Give me a smile!

Yum Yum!

I'm eating my utensils!

Kong Kong & Po Po

 

This is such an unflattering shot of me (hullo daddy, please practice ok?), but kong kong and po po do look so sweet together. =)