ms notti's super notti weekend.. and she turns 1 in lunar calendar!

saturday 27.09.08
ms notti is ONE (lunar calendar.. 八月二十八日)

chinese gardens - lantern festival! in one of my fav characters theme.. HELLO KITTY!

i was wondering if i shd go cos i heard so much abt it being blah only.. but hmm.. since i exchanged my credit card points for 2 adult tix, tot i shd just bring ms notti to take in the sights.. especially since itz her 1st lunar birthday..

BUT! it was a real boring and not to forget, super super warm nite out.. we of cos enjoyed with ms notti but aiyo.. the displays were pathetic.. i dun remember it being so bad donkey years back!

maybe like wat i was telling fabian..
singles will enjoy it..
couples will enjoy it..
children will enjoy it...
JUST NOT married couples with 1 baby in tow.. cos of the sheer amount of things to prepare and bring.. and yet this is all we came to.. hahaha! am i getting too demanding? hmm..

well, the saving grace is the fireworks!!!!!!! adri was captivated by the fireworks which she has seen many times from mummy's place during the NDP period but this time, it was so "near" to her...



daddy feeding his sweetheart with a butterfly-shaped malt candy.. she likes it! but i tink itz abit too hard for comfort.. =P


sunday 28.09.08

gymboree - this girl never fail to amaze me with how lazy she is.. haha!

she's actuali doing very well in class.. and i m very happy to see her warm up, approach & be nice to other babies which is my main aim in the 1st place!

and as usual, she loves the bubbles & gymbo! and parachute time.. seems like she knows what to expect once she hears teacher Sasha sound the tambourine.. i find it good for her discipline.. though talking about discipline, she's getting way out of hand today. so much so that i had to smack her..!!

was at this cafe at tanglin mall.. she started banging the table with her hands.. so i told her to STOP.. but she gave me one of those irritating looks and continued so i smacked... and she tried again and i smacked again.. and ms notti started to tear.. after which i carried her from fabian's arms as we were about to leave anyway.. and guess what?? ms notti turned frm ms teary to ms fiery and SCRATCHED my face twice!!

smacked her hands again.. but apparently she's still pissed at being smacked so she scratched me again!! grr.. smacked her once more and scolded her.. she cried but not for long cos those were crocodile tears..

haiyo.. how to discipline tis girl huh??

ms notti at class...

ms notti imitating 太婆‘s mouth!!

lilian 姐姐 treated us to a sumptious lunch at novena and off we went to the fish spa..!! itz most of our virgin experience.. and the ms cool award goes to mummy & ms notti!!

yes, she did the spa too! for less than 5 mins??? haha.. she wasn't afraid at all and even tried to attack the fishes by kicking them.. ha!

itz a fun experience i wouldn't try again! 1. so ticklish! 2. so expensive at $38 for 1/2 hr.. omg...

but thanks lilian 姐姐 for the great fun we had!

mummy looks so cool until 婆婆 came into the pool and almost fell in cos she can't stop laughing..!!

ms notti having her turn too!!

adrienne's 1st birthday pressies...

received 3 so far already... wow...

1. from auntie pinky (janet) during the bday bash...

2. angbao from 婆婆

3. gymboree gift voucher from lilian姐姐

beautiful pics update!

thanks to qiqi ah yee who took all these pics on their outings and when at home! muacks dear!

1 "pretty" buah duku on her head

ms notti has been collecting quite a number of bruises on her head for the past week.

she has been knocking onto the headboard of the bed, the walls & the floors (while trying to kiss her soft-toy gymbo! or looking for her stuff under the sofa! aiyo)..

and while she had two bruises on her left forehead last week (1 after another), she added ONE big buah duku at the same place on tuesday morning at 6am+. apparently she was in the computer room which has a small step playing with her toys while mummy & grandma were doing their household chores.. then she decided to venture out of the room without considering the step factor and BUMP! head 1st... buah duku up!

poor dear! so heartpain when i saw the buah duku.. can't get a clear pic of it, no thanks to the stupid camera.. she refuses to let any1 touch or go near her head. tink it must hurt alot.. HUGS HUGS baby! mummy love u...



not very obvious in the pics but itz swollen! =( but miss notti seems to have forgotten her pain momentarily!

a slow weekend...

no new pics to update for this weekend cos didnt manage to take any!

saturday morning: was preoccupied with co's teambuilding event at Sentosa and big baby was back at work.. i was sunburnt! grr... itchy itchy and pain!
wanted to bring baby to Chinese Gardens for the lantern thingy but decided not to else will be scratching all over.. haha..

went back mummy's place to play with her instead.. i haven't seen her since thurs and i miss her lots!!

now she can say "ball" and "da-da" (for beat beat and not papa.. hahaha!) so cute though i m not too keen on the "da-da" though.. keke..

sunday 21.09.08

gymboree class again!

ms notti is getting better at letting me hold her little hands and walk all over the place though her laziness keeps kicking in and she will just slump on the floor! tsk tsk..

and she is willing to share with me the balls and toys at gymboree (with a catch though: only if there are 2 or more of the same items) but i m happy enough! hohohoho... as long as she shares, i m happy already! at least she is learning ma...

i let her sit at the driver's seat again before we headed back to mummy's place from Tanglin. she simply loves it everytime we do this but she will go bonkers on us when removed from the seat. haiyo... today, she was kicking up a fuss on the drive home. and she finally let her daddy hear her famous "babababababababa" (make no mistake! ms notti is not calling him "ba ba" but merely trying to imitate the "vroom vroom" sounds of a motorcycle!) love this cute gesture! she has been doing her vroom vroom hand signals too (imitates the turning of the handle bars.. hahaha!) for quite sometime but her daddy has never heard her infamous "bababababababa" (machiam like super old scooter???)

datz all for the weekend... soooooooo boring but i'm happy enough to spend with my little darling!

fabian's granny passed on...

fabian's granny (adri's paternal great-granny) passed away on tuesday afternoon. As all will know about the estranged relationship with my mil, fabian was only informed on wed morning. haiz... tis is only an update. i do not wish to blog on this. rest in peace!

some notti updates on ms notti

ms notti is really very cute to look at & play with nowadays.. i feel like i have come a long long way! haha..

ms notti will now offer you her snacks like gerber stars and waikodo crackers.. she will even stuff her fingers with these snacks into ur mouth.. but try to dislodge the crackers from her? haha.. wait long long long.. she has her princer grasp on it that it wun ever come loose.. and when u give up, she'll pop it into her mouth and give u her cheekiest grin!! grrrr....

ms notti will also offer u toys that she is 'tired' of. and will gladly shove everything to u while she plays with others. but only if u are an adult!! if u are a child and holding on to her toy, she will crawl or cruise to you wherever she may be and take her toy back! oh... well, as much as she loves playing with children, think she has her limits.. esp on sharing.. must teach her on this manz.. aiyo..

ms notti recognizes more and more songs now.. current favourites includes: "the more we get together blah blah blah" (thanks to macdonald's olympics ad!), "if you're happy & you know it", "london bridge".. she has decided to ignore her past favourite hits list.. ha! nevermind.. if there's anything i learn about babies, itz their fickle-mindedness.. hahaha!

ms notti loves dancing too! i was getting abit worried abt her not really grooving to the music (cos mummy loves to dance...) but hey! i was wrong.. now she bops her head and moves her butt.. hahaha.. and she hums to the tune from her lantern! hmm.. if she has my "thick-skin" and her daddy's vocals, i might be a 星妈in future! woohoo!!! *dreamland*

ms notti also showed me recently that she can shake her head already.. OH NO! i was praying for that not to happen so that she can't shake her head at me.. big baby put on her hairclip cos she wanted to tear it off her head... asked her if daddy is pretty. she stared hard at him and then slowly shook her head and look away! hahahahahaha... see big baby? a baby really dun lie!

ms notti has been indicating which things are out of bounds to us by patting or pointing to herself.. which means "MINE" in her lingo.. she's been doing this for several weeks now and i m always trying to disturb her by attempting to snatch the things she wants from her.. but look at my earlier point about her princer grasp.. i can wait long long lo...

a mid-autumn weekend

friday 12.09.08
showing off her hello kitty lantern...

my grandaunt bought it for ms notti.. and ms notti loves it! i called home from work today and ms notti was humming "itz a small world" song to me cos datz wat e lantern plays! haha.. *clap clap* ms notti..

when i got home today, she was hugging and kissing the hello kitty like itz a baby! awww... sooooo sweet. *secretly wishing the lantern is me instead!*

these pics were taken on saturday morning with her new toy.. while daddy was changing her diapers!! just look at all those silly expressions of hers in that short little while.. aiyo!



and ms notti loves cars too.. and she wants to be in the driver's seat.. she turns the steering wheel and attempt to wind down windows and tap on the horn! erm.. she only did it twice in my car but apparently, 美姨 has let her do so many many times in her car! *faintz*

erm.. and i m wondering y are there so many new soft-toys lying around? a white rabbit & winnie the pooh... did i miss out anything else??


saturday 13.09.08
blur me.. was on the road reaching jurong east when i realised i forgot to bring the lantern festival tix i redeemed from abn amro!!!!!!!!! argh... grandma & mummy were disappointed but i m so not going to spend another $30 on the tix! so we have decided to go only next week.. then & again, tomorrow's 15th liao le so shd be super duper packed today! haha.. my excuse..

but ain't laughing for long cos right after dinner @ jurong east, mummy announced she wants to go my place! *pengz*.. itz not a home! itz a pig sty and i can't let my mum see that! oh nooooo... so i made her promise not to scold me..

phew! she didnt but she obviously ain't too thrilled to see 3 rooms full of my clothes.. now i m also scratching my head how on earth am i going to clean up this place for adri's party..

anyway, adri loves her cot! finally.. itz been soooooooooooo many months since we brought her back cos we simply can't handle her alone.. but seems like we can try soon! oh! and she loves her rabbit soft-toy... so much so that she's smothering it with her kisses & hugz... oh! and not forgetting her noah's ark toy at my place... she loves it too!



sunday 14.09.08
gymboree class..

ms notti finally can 'walk' for longer distances with me holding her fingers... but tis lazy pig will still have her lazy moments when she just plonk onto the floor without warning!

she shouted so loudly in clss today she almost made her mum deaf in one ear!! y? cos of bubbles! wat else??

anyway, something sooooo sweet about her... she didnt kill gymbo today! she crawled over to hug and pat gymbo and opened her mouth WIDE to kiss gymbo on the mouth!! did she think we can't see her cos of the parachute? hahaha..

meetup with jacq @ HRC..

ms notti obviously loves jacq cos she was playing with her.. ha.. imagine ms cool-cat doing that? hmm... =P

anyway it felt great to be out with her alone today till 4pm! big baby & i have really improved as weekend parents! as someone put it today, we are "red-plate" parents.. hahaha...

1st GREAT weekend of Sept!

friday 05.09.08
we are both on leave...

finally the both of us are on leave to R&R abit.. been really hectic and tired..
lunch @ jruong point (erm.. one of the japanese stalls selling ramen.. not dat fantastic if u ask me.. prefer the one at cuppage!).. completed my banking activites... bought mooncakes from bakerzin for mummy & FIL... i just cldnt resist the cute cute colours and beautiful packaging! haha.. thank god it tastes nice too..

went to monsoon for my haircut.. feel like smacking jimson this time round.. abit too layered leh!! haiz..

then home to see my notti girl!! she is one notti fella who has been trying to cruise quite abit.. oh! and when u say motorcycle vroom vroom, she go "babababababababababa" cos she can't do the "vroom"! hahaha..

saturday 06.09.08
lunch with family, courtesy of wanqiu.. *thanks girl!*

there was a basketball thingy at Marina Square Centrestage.. erm.. and these are the photos to show how short ms notti is.. hahaha!




bought a bigger bouncy ball from toys'r'us & a tent with balls from carrefour for ms notti! and oh oh.. a hippo swimming float! kekeke... erm.. bouncy ball courtesy of her daddy, the rest courtesy of yours truly! =P

was worried she wun like the tent. .but apparently, she LOVES it! phew!

please do not bother abt her non-smiley face. this is how ms cool-cat notti reacts to the cam nowadays..

dinner was at old airport road. the teochew porridge is one of the best i ever tried! YUMMY.. *slurp* thanks uncle anthony!

sunday 07.09.08
OCT 07 BABIES BIRTHDAY BASH!!!

brought ms notti to her gymboree class in the morning. there are more kids for the morning class now.. so much so that 1 parent has to step out of the class. i understand the reason: safety.. but i so wish to have both of us with her cos itz our precious bonding time ma.. hmm...
baby Jace & baby Rongyi are here today! i like these 2 cute boys & their nice parents alot though obviously, ms notti wun be too bothered.. ha! hoping they wun 'graduate' so soon to the next class! .. keke...

i was late to the bash, arriving only around 11.30am cos of ms notti's class. so glad to see so many mummies with their little ones!
ms notti behaved herself with smiles for everyone and omg.. her voice can also be heard VERY VERY CLEARLY thru'out the party! she's so vocal today.. thank god mummy told her to behave before we headed out.. else i m very sure she'll be her usual cool-cat self..

didnt reali like the food and there wasn't enuf.. anyway, can't blame any1 cos moi was the one who ordered the food..

auntie janet was really sweet to give ms notti her very very 1st birthday present! itz a barney CD & pretty hairclips! *thanks auntie janet for the hairclips! now mummy dun have to worie abt me looking like a boy!*

auntie alice took reali great pics for the party and of ms notti! and she's not the official photog.. just a very nice gesture of hers! *thanks so much auntie alice*



me with chubby bb lance!

ms notti with auntie junnie!






babies crawling contest! go adri go.. forgot to mention: she fell flat on her face when she started. haha! too excited i tink?? anyway, she was distracted halfway while crawling and she lost! keke..

ms notti did quite well for the eating gerber stars game! haha.. but as usual, ms notti was afraid of choking so took her time to chew!

ms notti: i tried my best mummy! =)

our winner of the eating game! ms lyn.. so glad to see that lyn is all well & fine now after her ordeal in hospital! happy for u lyn... !

a very very tired ms notti wee with mummy & daddy posing with the beautiful cake...

cute eeyore balloon for ms notti!

last but not least, thanks to all mummies who made tis party possible!

happy 11mths to my dearest ms notti!

dearest missy wee,

happy 11mths old! time FLIES and it'll soon be your 1st birthday... and i'm soooo busy preparing for ur 1st birthday celebrations!

in fact i m soooooooo kiasu i started to shop online for the bday items in June and order your birthday cake in July!! haha.. i just want the celebrations to be as happy as can be.. and we shall see very soon... =D

u have grown alot over the past 11 mths and i am really happy that you are healthy & happy! please stay healthy & happy for a very very very long time to come.. mummy & daddy are willing to do anything for just for that...

love u lots lots,
mummy & daddy

august 08 last fun weekend ~ more to come in sept!

saturday 30.08.08
RSAF open house

meet up with weibin @ eunos mrt to go to the open house.. ms notti is very tired already but guess she wants to try out her new maclaren volo stroller which i got at a steal (only $158 compared to $268)! cos itz the 2007 version but the functions are exactly the same as 2008 one! only diff is the colour of the seats.. but who cares? cos mine is the pink one!! and i m not going to spend so much when this is just a shopping stroller! but i still love the 1st stroller she has.. so sturdy.. am not going to throw it out unless itz spoilt!

and ms notti loves the aeroplanes! or maybe cos itz hot datz y she's not sleeping even though she's super tired? hmm...

weibin took beautiful pics of ms notti with his new cam, panasonic lumix fz28.. aiming for this cam too cos dslr out of my target! wun spend so much on a cam when i can buy my gucci bag with the same amount! wahahahaha..



just look at how cool i can be! hmpf!

erm.. not so cool afterall.. this is so hot out here.. lucky mummy 'abandoned' me here, under the wing..

huh? what does this sign read? D-A-N-G-E-R?

i shall show u what is DANGER!!! arrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhh..

oops! kena caught.. hiaks hiaks

time for my favourite mum-mum

stop taking pics of me leh.. am eating leh..


i really dun wana go home mummy... please?

hmm.. mummy trying to shut me up by feeding me my favourite again wor.. sly..




mummy, i can feed myself water wor! keke..

hmmpf! reali gotta le.. pouting also no use!

sunday 31.08.08
her 4th gymboree class and i tink her 'colours' are coming out...!!

she is soooo notti..
1. she scratched Rongyi in the eye..
2. she attempted to snatch another boy's rattle
3. she "killed" gymbo! she was strangling the toy.. omg.. and wanted to bite it.. hahaha!

and she knows how to make full use of her tears! i was driving to her grandpa's house and her daddy was carrying her as usual when she kicked & wriggled.. shouted at her (for the 1st real time) and tink she was scared & shocked.. cried like mad.. omg.. so heartpain lo. but this girl ah.. must discipline.. must discipline..

i tink i also need some discipline.. have been spending way too much on barang barang le.. went to robinsons sale today especially to get the allerhand backpack for mummy & grandma.. jialat.. broke liao.. but i tell big baby it was $168 before discount but i paid only $84.40 for it! got save $ wor.. he almost pengz from listening to my reasons.. hohoho.. but still.. spend $$$ again.. haiyo.. MUST SAVE!!



watz daddy doing at e end of the tunnel? i also wana go!

oh! so here's where all the balls are!

ms notti can finally crawl non-leopard style!! yippie! and erm while at it, she decided to treat me with her cheeky face! hahahaha

mummy, look there! got handsome boy Rongyi!

is the teacher calling for me already?

mummy, i'm reali tired... i wana zzzzzzzzzzz...

my cute pic taken with 爷爷 when i visited him after the class!