My Mum's Birthday

Celebrated my mum's birthday in advance by having dinner with my parents this evening. We went to Grand Shanghai restaurant and boy was it fully packed. Anyway, Kendrick was quite well behaved while we ate. He sat in the baby seat and played his toy till finally he got tired and wanted his milk. He He... Anyway, the food was pretty tasty, plus the 'live' music really adds to the Shanghai feeling :)

Singapore Garden Festival (25 July 2008)

I managed to get free tickets to the Singapore Garden Festival and so we decided to head there on Friday when Dear and I were on leave. Although we are not into landscaping and flowers, we still went anyway just to have a look and I must say, looking at the lovely orchids and interesting landscape designs, you sort of feel more tranquil and calmness. Fortunately, Kendrick was pretty well-behaved throughout. Perhaps he was also absorbing the view around him :)

Interesting 'tree of life'

This landscape design won some gold award and was like the centrepiece where everyone was snapping their cameras at.. haha..

Can you tell who is that?

Jodi's Birthday (21 Jun 2008)

It's been quite a few months since I updated this blog and gosh, time flies. It's already July! Yup, I've been too busy being Mummy to my dear Kendrick and also updating another baby blog of mine. Anyway, Kendrick is hitting the 6 months milestone next week!! It's been a real interesting journey so far and much more challenging to come I'm sure.

Anyway, recently my cousin Jodi celebrated her 16th birthday, so we finally had a chance to take a cousins picture together. This time, little Kendrick joins in too!! :)

My Birthday Weekend (13 - 15 Apr 2008)

I celebrated my birthday this year with both my family and in-laws together. We brought Kendrick out to Westlake restaurant for dinner since we have not gone there for quite some time. Kendrick seemed to end up the star of the whole dinner...inevitable I guess. Everyone said he was dressed so cute in this suspenders and top that my cousin Christina had bought for him when she came back in January. That was the first time I let Kendrick wear it too. Anyway, he was fairly well-behaved during the dinner although at one point he got frustrated and wanted to me to pat him to sleep. At least after that I managed to eat in peace for a while.

Then on a Monday, Dear and I were on leave. So we spent the evening at Vivocity along with Kendrick. Dear treated me to Italian food..something which I seem to have a craving for these days. Kendrick misbehaved a little though and we had to feed him his milk in between our meal. After that, he was better but still quite fidgety. Eventually he napped a while and by the time we reached home, he was awake again. So it was cake cutting time with Mummy!

And finally, my dear hubby surprised me with this lovely bouquet of flowers at work :) It certainly made my day.....

Kaden's First Month Celebration

Dear and I attended my friend's baby boy first month celebration this afternoon. After giving Kendrick his lunch time feed, we were finally ready head out to meet his 'baby friend' - Kaden Wong.

Us before heading out

While we were there, I caught up with some of my ex-colleagues and they happily took turns to carry Kendrick. Was quite glad that Kendrick was friendly as he smiled at one of my friend who smiled and talked to him. At the same time, he also looked quite dazed as it was also his nap time. Soon enough, he actually dozed off while one of my ex-colleague carried him, so we put him in the pram. Had a chat with Tracy and another ex-colleague who to my surprise, came with her second child, also a boy! What's more, he was born just a few weeks after Kendrick. Surprised indeed. Anyway, finally some parting shots before leaving....

Baby Kendrick sleeping alongside Baby Kaden

Tracy, Me and Celine with our precious little Princes!

Haircut

I went to get a haircut on Good Friday in preparation for going back to work at the end of this month. At the same time, we also brought Kendrick along for his first haircut. We didn't manage to do so during his first month so we decided that he should get a trim as well since his hair was growing a bit. We thus headed to Dear's aunt's shop before noon time and I had my hair done first his aunt helped to trim for Kendrick. Thankfully, Kendrick was pretty well-behaved throughout the haircut. He did fidget a little, but we tried our best to hold his head and prevent him from struggling or jerking too much.

Mummy and Kendrick before haircut

In the midst of cutting hair for Kendrick

Mummy and Kendrick after haircut

Outings with Kendrick (11, 15 Mar 2008)

Dear was away on business trips twice so far since end Feb and early Mar, so when he came back from Chile recently, he took a day off so that we could go out with Kendrick. We took the opportunity to settle some stuff, like opening a kids bank account for Kendrick to save all his ang pow money....haha...then we went makan and shopping for a bit more baby stuff at Causeway Point's Kiddy Palace. Kendrick was quite well behaved until after our lunch. Somehow, he got hungry again just after 2 hours and we had no choice but to quickly find the nursing room to prepare to feed him. Unfortunately, he puked a bit too. Not too sure what happened to him today, but as a result, we had to change his outfit as well.

That's us before heading out

On the weekend, again we went out for lunch with Kendrick. I decided to let him wear a hat today and thought that he looked really cute in it. Haha. I still remember when I wore this hat during Chinese New Year, it was still a bit big for him, but now, it fits perfectly. Although it was just a short outing, Kendrick was able to nap while being pushed about in the pram as it was already after his milk time. So sleepy head in him took over and we were able to have our lunch in peace again...:)

Gathering at Cindy's Place (1 Mar 2008)

Another backdated blog entry...think it's going to be this way from now on. Haha... Anyway, just a few weekends back, one of my colleague organised a pot luck gathering at her home, so Dear and I brought Kendrick along to meet them as they were also looking forward to see my baby. There was lots of food and most of all, lots of kids! Yeh, this is my bunch of colleagues who are mostly parents of young children and everyone that had kids, brought them along. I guess Kendrick is the youngest there, as most of the kids are around 1- 3 yrs old. Nevertheless, there was something interesting I noticed - the parents would mostly have to settle the meals of their children first before they start eating. Also, it was a male-dominated environment among the children :) Yup, most of them have boys! Kendrick slept most of the time when we were there as we arrived after his milk time. It was only as we were about to leave that he woke up for this shot below...

Dear's Birthday (16 Feb 2008)

We celebrated Dear's birthday in advance with his family on a Friday by having steamboat dinner at his parent's place as it was easier to bring Kendrick there. Dinner was followed by cake-cutting session and a family photo :)

Then the next day which was Dear's actual birthday, we took a bit of time out together and went shopping for a while before having dinner at Bugis. Kendrick was left at Grandma's place for the time being. Certainly missed him even as we had our dinner alone together. Haha.....Back at home, we bought at little brownie - Happy Birthday Dar!

Valentine's Day (14 Feb 2008)

It's been some time since I last updated this blog as I've been rather busy looking after my little one at home. Anyway, this entry backdates to our V-day celebration. Dear took leave on V-day and went grocery shopping in the morning to prepare for our home cooked dinner while I was at home getting little Kendrick ready. We wanted to go out for lunch together and indeed we went somewhere nearby and had Sakae Sushi for lunch. The moment we reached the restaurant, it was Kendrick's feeding time already, so Daddy lovingly volunteered to feed him. After that, we ate our lunch quickly. Haha...At this point, we are still not quite used to bringing Kendrick out alone yet, so we had to eat fast in case he starts acting up and crying. Luckily in the end Kendrick was quite ok... when we pushed him around in the stroller after lunch, he was looking around curiously.

Getting ready in the morning

Daddy feeding Kendrick at Sakae Sushi

In the evening, Dear decided to cook for us as we seem to traditionally do during V-day. So here's our simple meal time together. Interestingly, Kendrick was really good. I gave him his milk around 5 plus in the evening and after that, he was so sleepy that he slept through our dinner time, giving us some time to breathe and have our meal peacefully! Hehe...

Some peaceful time together!