my new found 'toy' - mama's hairbrush!

i'm actually in the car, on the way to port dickson! we're going for church camp! yay!
this is my first ever trip to malaysia...
if you can see, i'm holding a little hairbrush in my left hand. i recently learned how to "comb my hair", and mama passed me her hairbrush for me to have a little fun and entertain myself on the long car ride...

xiao yi and me!

oooh... don't i look cute again? haha...
this is my xiao yi (small auntie)... and i think she's here to babysit me while mama and papa go pak-tor-ing...
by the way, this is one of mama's favourite romper. xiao yi bought it, and it says "i'm mommy's breast friend"!

mama and me after the "cricket incident"...

mama: "i'm so proud of my baby boy! he saved me from the cricket!"
me: "you're welcome, mama.. anytime!"

my first encounter with an insect - a cricket, for that matter!

in case you can't see what this pic is all about... mama actually tried to take a shot of me and papa checking out the little cricket that had somehow found its way into our house! to cut a long story short.. mama saw the cricket (and being terrified of insects) and wanted to ask papa to try getting rid of it. in the end, she decided that she shouldn't "pass" her fear of insects on to me. afterall, i AM a boy! hahaha.
so, she asked papa to let me "play" with it so that i wouldn't be afraid of creepy crawlies when i grow up.
and you can tell from the pic... i AM intrigued by this jumping little thing...
in fact, i tried touching it too! but oops, think i was too excited... cause guess what happened? (scroll down to see the next pic...)

i accidentally squashed (and i actually mean, killed it!) it in my excitement...
oops.. sorry, mr jiminy cricket! l
ooks like i ended up getting rid of it for mama.. heh. *sheepish grin*

at tati audrey and ton ton yann's house

that's me (looking not too pleased or excited...) to be held by my tati audrey and ton ton yann... (fyi, "tati" is french for "aunt" and "ton ton" is french for "uncle"!)

look at me! i'm beginning to cruise... slowly, but surely... with some help from the trusted sofa... hahah..

mama and me.. and errm.. think it's my third finger?

this is mama and me having a morning brekkie outing at the good'ol hawker centre near our house... papa just had to snap a shot of this cause it's my trademark third finger pointing out.. heh.

a hand at the xylophone?

oooh... look at me... i'm going to try my hand at playing the xylophone!

chilling out in my cot

i've been able to stand in my cot since quite a while back, and i love being able to stand up and look out at the things that are happening around me when i'm in the cot!

me and all the pretty aunties... oops.. i mean, ladies...

this was the day after mama and her friends threw a hen's night for auntie roo... (she would want me to call her roo jie jie actually!) hahaha...
they're all looking at the camera except for me. i'm staring at mama, wondering what she's doing!

so... do you think i look cute?

papa and mama brought me for a stayover at swissotel the stamford... it was nice. i could crawl all over the floor!

day out at the pool!

we're at swissotel the stamford for the weekend.. and papa and mama decide to bring me swimming! i love the water.. but the sun's kinda getting in my eyes...

mama and me!!! papa says i look like a hamburger face in the lower pic. cause my cheeks are sooo chubby and fat! (but seriously, don't i look cute?!)
papa, mama and me! (xiao yi is behind the camera here...) our first family pic when we go swimming...

a big boy already...

mama's trying to figure out why this pic keeps turning out to be horizontal when she's already rotated it! anyways, this is me at ntuc finest (at bt timah).. i'm with grandma and mama.. :) i feel so proud of myself! i'm sitting all by myself in the trolley!

hello there....

we're at giant @ vivocity.. and uncle ryan's carrying me. there's this caucasian jie jie who was in her pram just behind us at the queue for the cashier... mama made me wave 'hi' and 'kiss' her. *yikes* well.. thankfully we didn't actually kiss. it was more like a "nose to nose" thing. hhaa...

we

me and the bumbo...

i'm learning how to get out of the bumbo seat already... hehehe..

i'm a morning baby!

mama captures a shot of me in the morning before she sends me to nai nai's place.. i'm a very happy baby in the morning.. (you don't want to see me at nite.. i tend to be quite a grouch).

playing with my new toys!

that's a learning globe ball thingy that mama bought for me.. it sings a song about the various continents when i press it... i'm still learning how to play with the ball...

yummy! there i go again.. putting everything into my mouth! this is a ring stacker that auntie ee-bin bought for me when i was born.. i'm only playing with it now..

i'm getting used to my car seat! :)

look! i'm in my comfy britax carseat! mama's very proud of me cause i don't cry as much when i'm in the carseat now.. :) (i used to wail a lot when i sat in the seat...)

look who's wheeling me around in my stoller?!

uncle joel is actually pushing my stroller! this is one of the rare moments that he pushes my stroller.. and i think auntie qi seizes the opportunity to snap a pic of this rare sight! (he looks kinda sheepish rite..?)

in the parking lot of mcdonald's (on route to sydney)!

it's a lovely day.. the wind is so cool.. don't i look absolutely adorable in my outfit? papa and mama pose with me for the camera.. we're having lunch at mcdonald's.. (actually, it's papa, mama and the other uncles and aunties eating at mcdonald's.. i'm still drinking good 'ol milk from mama...)

xiao yi (small aunt) and me...

this is my xiao yi (mama's younger sis)... we're in one of the motel rooms in mansfield motor inn.. the other uncles and aunties came to mansfield first so that they can go skiing.. but papa and mama decided to come to mansfield one day later cause they can't do any skiing with me around anyways...
xiao yi is baby-sitting me while mama and papa run out to a nearby supermarket to get some food...

a rowdy night in mansfield...!

we're in this nice restaurant in mansfield for dinner.. and we decide to take a family photo.. since we're all colour coordinated.. cool!

this is mama, uncle e-gene and auntie sarah.. auntie sarah is preggie here with baby aidan (but you can't really see her big tummy)... mama takes the opportunity to take a breather while i'm sound asleep (for just a little while!)

yeps! this is me.. sound asleep in the rowdy restaurant that everyone's having dinner at.. papa and mama are quite creative. they didn't bring my stroller out to dinner.. so they made a makeshift bed for me using two armchairs.. and i sleep pretty comfortably.. :)

wooo hooo..! i'm on top of the world! i love it when papa props me up on his shoulder like this! :)

stop tickling me!

hahaha.. uncle e-gene, stop tickling me.... i'm ticklish!

it's christmas in june at miss marples!

my first time sitting in a high chair. mama said i could sit in it cause the chair's so comfy, snug and cushioned.. she didn't need to worry that i'd bump myself. oooh.. sitting in a high chair is such a new experience for me!

mama, xiao yi, and me! we're waiting for our food at miss marples.. this place serves lovely scones! and it's christmas in there.. there's a fireplace and christmas wreaths and christmas music playing in the background! *christmas is mama and papa's favourite holiday in the year*

another family pic!

another family pic.. this was taking when we were still in melbourne.. i just luurvvvee the cold!

our second day in melbourne.. good food and ice-cream...

uncle simon and me... we're at mekong... eating beef pho.. perfect for a cold winter day in melbourne...

*yawn...* it's late.. and i'm tired.. when can we go back? this is a nice ice-cream joint along lygon street (a.k.a little italy). mama's ordering ice-cream so papa has to chill with me for now...

everyone else arrives at melbourne the next day.. we meet at crema cafe.. you can't see me cause i'm sound asleep in the pram.. can you see the pram? :)

this is me.. zzzzzz-ing away... my morning nap!

we're all pooped...

you can see that both papa and mama are pooped after a long day out walking around in melbourne.. and it's late! we're waiting for uncle e-gene to close his cafe so that we can hitch a ride back with him.. even though mama and papa are really exhausted, i still energy to flash a smile for the camera! hiak hiaks...

our first day in melbourne.. in uncle e-gene's cafe - crema

my first time in australia.. my first time out of s'pore, for that matter! mama is cuddling me and we're in uncle e-gene's cafe.. it's called "crema".. very nice place! :)

oooh.. isn't this a nice shot of me? uncle e-gene took all these pics.. i'm grasping mama's finger..


this is something i really enjoy doing, even till now. i have this innate tendency to bite mama's chin and suck really hard on it! don't ask me why though.. hee..


this is a really nice shot of papa and me.. can tell that papa loves me a lot, right?
we're having lunch at a vineyard in yarra valley.. some place called debottliee? i don't know how to spell it.. the food was yummy.. but i couldn't have any. check out the pics that mama's going to post below on the food.. *smacks lips*

i flash a smile for the camera.. and i'm actually looking AT the camera! wow.. hehee.. this is my papa and mama.. mama insists that i look more like papa..

what lovely scenery...

this is me and mama... i'm not really looking at the camera though uncle e-gene tries really hard to get my attention... heh.
once again, i seem to be more intrigued by something on the ground.. perhaps it's the ant i see crawling in the grass? *why am i not looking at the camera?!*

food glorious food...!

this is the really yummy food i was telling you about earlier.. it tastes even better than it looks!

papa had to put me up on his shoulder to try and entertain me cause i was getting bored watching the food arrive at the table...

okies.. just a bit more and i'll get my hands on papa's scrumptious looking steak! give it to me now!