First Swim!

It was a bright and sunny day, so I decided to take a dip in the pool...Oooops! This blog isn't about me, it's about Caitlyn dearie...haha! Ok, here it goes...

To mark Lil' Angel's 12th week, we bought Lil' Angel her very own pool and froggy float! Wow Caitlyn, you have your own private pool! Isn't it great? Just remember to share it with Mommy & Daddy ya?? She had her first taste of swimming this afternoon. Caitlyn dearie looked alittle confused when I placed her in her froggy float initially. She started looking around her and was wondering why there was so much water around her! Bet she must be wondering how come her bath tub suddenly grew so BIGGGG!

Anyway, she was quite happy in the water for awhile but after some time, she decided that she had enough of the float so Mommy dearest carried her out. Guess she's just not used to swimming yet. Nevermind, we will go for our swim again tomorrow and in no time, you will be such a good swimmer...you'll be begging Mommy & Daddy to bring you to the real swimming pool ya?

Wedding Cake...

This is Mommy's & Daddy's Wedding Cake which had been kept in the freezer for the past year and they have finally decided to eat it yesterday. Why?? Cos Milk Monster needs the freezer space to store her bags of milk which Mommy has been diligently pumping the past 2 months so that Lil' Angel will still have her breast milk when Mommy returns to work (Mooo...I feel like a cow now...)! The last count was 52 bags of milk!

Meeting Lil' Angel's needs is our priority but so long as she is growing well and happy, nothing else matters!

Speeding Pram!

As usual, we brought Caitlyn dearie for her evening walk at East Coast Park. Today, Mommy decided to put on her blades and push the pram at the same time! Watch out people...give way to the whizzing Mommy & Baby!! Bet Lil' Angel was enjoying the speedy ride so much that she fell asleep half way through!

First Jab!

This morning, we brought Caitlyn dearie to the paediatrician for her 6-in-1 vaccination. The appointment was supposed to be at 10:15am but alas, when we arrived at the clinic, there were so many little patients! We decided to shop at Takashimaya while waiting for her turn. When we returned almost 2 hours later, it still wasn't our turn! Daddy & Mommy were getting impatient and jittery cos we were afraid that the jab will be painful for our Lil' Angel and that she'll cry the whole clinic down!

Finally after more than 2 hours of waiting, the nurse called out for Caitlyn. She was weighed and measured. Lil' Angel is now 6.845kg and 63.5cm tall! The PD commented that she is tall! Thanks to Daddy & Mommy...heehee! Anyway, when it was time for her jab, the PD asked me to latch Caitlyn dearie so as to distract her from the pain. When the injection was administered, our brave lil' baby just gave a little "ekk" instead of the crying and screaming session that we were expecting! Amazing! Daddy & Mommy are so proud of you, Caitlyn! She was a little upset though when she was given the Rotavirus oral medication. It must have tasted yuckkky! Poor Lil' Angel.

Since she didn't fuss very much, we brought her to visit the nice nurses at the nursery - the ones who took good care of her & Mommy when she just entered the world eleven-and-a-half weeks ago!

First Mail!

On Saturday afternoon, Caitlyn dearie was elated to find a mail in the post addressed to her! Yes...to Caitlyn Ng!! Her very first mail! The mail/parcel was from her favourite Ah-Gou, Adeline who is far far away in Colorado! She excitedly tore open the envelope...with Mommy dearest helping of cos and in it were 3 personalised CDs! Yipee! BIG BIG HUGS & KISSES for Ah-Gou! She always gets the best gifts for Lil' Angel - Winnie the Pooh Diaper Bag, Little Einstein CDs & DVDs, pretty clothes...and many many more! You really know what Caitlyn dearest like!!

That very day, we listened to the CDs and Lil' Angel loves all the songs! She is sooo happy that Elmo & the rest of the characters call out her name and sing songs about & with her! She especially loves the songs by Veggie Tales cos they are soooo cute! Her favourite songs are "Hokey Pokey" and "If You Are Happy"...even Mommy & Daddy love the songs and sing & dance along too!

Thanks Adeline, you are a life-saver! Whenever Lil' Angel is getting bored or cranky, we'd just play the CDs for her and she will keep quiet for awhile! She definitely enjoys the CDs!

"Thank you Ah G0u for the gifts, especially the CDs! I promise to sing the songs and dance for you when you are back for a visit or when we go over to visit you!" - Baby Caitlyn

Birthday Lunch...

On Thursday, Lil' Angel & me finally celebrated Wendy's birthday! It was a very belated birthday lunch for her...her birthday was way back in April, yup, the same month as Caitlyn dearie! Sorry Wendy for the long wait but no choice...hehe! We had a very nice buffet lunch at the Bar & Billiard Room at the Raffles Hotel. The food was super yummilicious...we simply loved the lobster pancakes, bisque and the desert spread was really good! Lil' Angel was asleep intially while we savoured the food. However, half way through our lunch, she woke up and demanded for attention. Thankfully, there was a lady seated near us who offered to carry Lil' Angel and took her for a walk around the restaurant and even managed to get her to sleep while we continued with our lunch!

As I was still on maternity leave, I gleefully told Wendy that I would stay on and enjoy the yummy food while she had to return to the office. However, Caitlyn dearie woke up and demanded for her food! I tried to bottle feed her but she rejected the bottle!! She cried incessantly and all the nice waiters tried to entertain her and calm her but to no avail. Eventually, one of the waitresses brought me to the VIP room to breastfeed the Milk Monster. In the end, I did not continue with lunch and decided to shop at Raffles City after Milk Monster had her milk. Sigh...naughty Lil' girl, Mommy still wanted to eat the yummy food ya know??

Do-Nutzzz!

This afternoon, we went to VivoCity...for the 2nd time this week! Hmmm....better make full use of my time to shop and do whatever I want before Mommy dearest returns to work in 10 days time!! Sigh...can't bear the thought of being separated from Lil' Angel the whole day!

Anyway, we never really did cover the whole mall each time we go cos it's just too big, and should I say - messy! Today, we happened to walk past Vinco Donut and since Donuts are the latest craze now, we decided to QQQQQ up to buy some too. The Q didn't look very long, that's why we decided to join in the Q. However, their service is soooo slow...we still had to wait for about 20 minutes! There's hubby & Caitlyn dearest queuing...while Mommy stands one side to snap some pix!

By my standard, 20 minutes of waiting is really looong, and my verdict - I will only Q five minutes, max for the donuts. No doubt the texture of the donuts is nice - soft and light, but the chocolate flavours are nothing spectacular. The only one which I really like is the SkyBerry Donut. It's actually blueberry jam in the middle with icing sugar - a good mix of sweet and sour. Ate it not too long ago, hmmm...no wonder Lil' Angel keeps demanding for milk now!

Where's Caitlyn?

First Wedding...

As promised in my posting last week, here's a picutre of Lil' Angel in her pretty dress and cardigan, with Mommy & Daddy!

Caitlyn dearie attended her first wedding function yesterday. It was Jasmine's and Jason's wedding banquet at the Meritus Mandarin Hotel. I must say that she is quite a fearless lil' girl! She didn't even blink an eye when the ballroom was darkened for the first dish. There were even "disco" lights and the fanfare music but that didn't bother her one bit. When it was time for the ever so noisy "YumMMM SenggGG", she didn't even stir! I was the one who was afraid that she will be frighten! What a worry-wart Mommy is, ya?

The only time she cried during the wedding was when she demanded for milk - when I was savouring the shark's fin...I know I know...you wanted a taste of shark's fin flavoured milk, right?

Before The Bath...

Here's a picture of Lil' Angel before her bath. She is waiting patiently (or should I say, impatiently) while Mommy is preparing her bubble bath. Doesn't she look abit like a mafia?

My Foot!

The photo frame above is given by my best friend, Wendy, on Caitlyn's 1st month baby shower. It's a very meaningful gift as you can place baby's photo on one side and baby's foot imprinted on clay on the other side . And we'll be able to remember just how tiny Lil' Angel's feet were when she was a newborn, forever!

Anyway, Wendy wasn't able to attend Caitlyn's 1st month party as she was flying back from Switzerland on the day of the party. However, she took a cab all the way to my place in the evening just to pass me the photo frame as she was worried that Caitlyn's feet will grow too big - her intention was to have the imprint as a newborn's foot. Thanks Wendy, you are the best! However, I only did the imprint of Baby's foot today! Errrr...Lil' Angel is already 10 weeks old today...that's about 6 weeks since I got the photo frame!! I'm really sorry about it, Wendy! But with the diaper changes and all...

Don't kill me ok? At least I FINALLY got down to doing it, right?? And here's the proof...hehehe...

My Stroller...

Lil' Angel is trying out her new Maclaren stroller which Grandpa dearest bought for her just a day before she was born. Look at how happy she is in it! Hold on tight Baby! You'll be zooming around in your pretty stroller in the shopping malls and parks in no time! Wheeeeeeee....!

Piglet!

Hmmm....I wonder how Pooh & Friends are doing in Hundred Acre Woods? I got pig-napped by two people who call themselves Mommy & Daddy on 6 April 2007! I miss my friends - Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore and Rabbit...*sob*...

View From The Top...

Notice that when we take pictures, we usually just shoot from the same level as the person/object of interest? Well...this time, I decided to shoot from a different angle - from the top instead. I think the picture is pretty interesting and it makes one look at it longer, don't you agree?

My Caterpillar...

Doesn't Caitlyn dearie look very happy in the picture? Of cos she does cos she is showing off her new toy that Daddy dearest just bought her! It is a very intelligent and multi-talented caterpillar from Leap Frog. According to the manufacturer, this caterpillar can play up to 15 melodies (including classical music!) and teach the baby numbers and colours. Well, when I played around with it, the caterpillar does indeed play/sing about 15 songs - even the numbers and colours have songs associated with them! Hmmm, not bad at all! Best of all, the caterpillar can be attached almost anywhere - to the pram, car, cot...

Seems like our Lil' Angel is getting a new toy every week! It's really hard to resist buying toys as there are just so many to choose from and we will be tempted to buy them, especially the educational ones! Once again, I will give this toy a "Good Buy" rating. But of cos, any toy that we choose for Caitlyn dearest will always be the BEST! Heh heh...

Post-Natal Check-Up

Look Caitlyn! Doctor Kowa is carrying you! He was the gynae Mommy had been seeing when you were in Mommy's tummy. He was also the one who delivered you safely into this world!

I went for my post-natal check-up yesterday to make sure that everything was alright and that my wounds have recovered well. Yay! Thumbs up from Dr. Kowa. He also gave us the green light to create Baby No. 2...hahaha....kidding!

He commented that Caitlyn dearie is growing very well and healthy! Lil' Angel has already doubled her birth weight (in 9 weeks!) and she's on total breastmilk! There can only be 3 possibilities:

1) She's living up to her name - Milk Monster

2) Milk Machine is producing lots of milk

3) The milk is of high quality! Yummy!

Hmmm...what do you think??

Horsing Around...

This afternoon, we brought Caitlyn dearie to the stables at Pasir Ris Park to see her cousins ride the ponies. However, her 2 cousins couldn't be any luckier. They travelled all the way from Choa Chu Kang to Pasir Ris to be told that the ponies do not work on Mondays!! Sigh...what a pity as the kids were looking forward so much to their first pony ride! In the end, they had to settle with "riding" on a wooden horse. This time, Caitlyn joined them too!

Like Mommy, Like Daughter

No, this is not a before & after advertisement. Yesterday, I was back at my dad's place and was rummaging through the cupboard which kept all our family photo albums. I pulled out the album which had my baby pictures and I spotted this picture of my pop carrying me way back in 1977 - and I realised that Lil' Angel resembles me! Don't you think so too?? I was around the same age as Caitlyn dearie in the picture. Isn't this cool?! Now I can visualize how Lil' Angel will look like when she grows up...just like Mommy! Hahaha! Hubby dearest is crossing his fingers wishing that it will not happen! *evil grin*

Angel's Vision...

Lil' Angel has reached another milestone recently - she is able to see and focus on objects. When she is in her cot, she likes looking at the musical mobile going round & round above her. She can be entertained for about 10-15 minutes by it, which is to me, a very decent period of time! I can use the "free" time to attend to all my urgent tasks - going to the toilet, getting a snack, resting my tired arms and of cos, blogging!! Not too long ago, the musical mobile did not interest her much as she wasn't able to focus on objects placed far away, so I guess she must be thinking that she was suffering from giddy spells whenever she saw the animals flying above her in circular motion! No wonder she did not seem to like her cot very much!

Another thing which keeps Caitlyn dearie entertained is her bouncer which we got from Fisher-Price. Again, this is another item which I consider a "Good Buy". During our meals, I will place Caitlyn in it. She will sit in the bouncer contentedly and look at us eat. Hmm...let me correct myself - I suspect that she is only interested to see ME eat cos she wants to know what she can expect for her next feed!

Ok, back to the bouncer and Angel's vision. There are little animals hanging on the bouncer. Before, when I say "Tortoise" or "Bird", Lil' Angel will give me the "Duh...I know they are tortoise and bird, so what do you want me to do??" look and roll her eyes. And she will just remain sitting there and do nothing. Now, when I place her in the bouncer, she will start whacking the Tortoise and Bird (Ok, ok, I know that I am exaggerating). Ahhh, finally she knows what I want her to do! Not bad Angel, it only took you 9 weeks to focus and coordinate your hand movements...smart girl!

Quiet Time with Daddy...

This morning, Lil' Angel got up a little cranky. I thought that she was hungry, so I fed her. But that didn't really satisfy her. So I changed her diapers but she still wasn't pacified. Mommy is not a morning person either and tends to be more grouchy and impatient in the morning. So I decided that Daddy has to play his part and placed Lil' Angel on him and hey presto, Angel kept quiet and looked really comfy beside the sleeping Daddy! Don't they look sooo cute together?!