Weekend Getaway



Labels: Out and about
You must wonder why I've been so silent for such a long time? Well, over the last 1 month, I've been down with diarrhoea (and a rather sore and painful butt), and then after I recovered from that, I got HFMD :-( I was house bound for quite awhile, but lucky for me, my Uncle Alex had HFMD too, so we got to spend quality time together chilling out at home.... and of course I got to spend time with my papa too, coz he stayed home to look after me ;-)
The HFMD gang hanging out at home ;-)
What did we do to entertain ourselves after we got over the initial fever, discomfort and pain from the ulcers? Lots of running around at home, watching TV/baby signing time, playing ball, drinking cold drinks and snacking (this is the only time mommy allowed me to drink all the cold stuff I wanted, eat ice-cream, and even eat snack on all sorts of crackers. I didn't even have to eat my proper meals ;-))
Ok, so Mommy couldn't resist taking a picture of my rash as it was developing.....

And of course, the highlight of each day was going for "walk walk", and getting my daily dose of fresh air. We had to sneak out though, make sure we didn't meet anyone in the lift, and I wasn't allowed to touch anything other than my car.... Didn't even have a chance to stop and say hi to any of my friends....
Oh well, it wasn't all miserable. I managed to spend time with papa and mommy coz I gave them a fever too, so they had to stay home as well ;-)
Last month, I did my first road trip to KL for my Tai Por's 80th birthday party. The journey wasn't too bad.... I ate most of the way there, and slept for the last 1 hour of the journey ;-) What did I do there other than celebrate Tai Por's birthday? Well, there was lots of eating (basically we hopped from one coffeeshop/restaurant to another) ..... and shopping.... and I got to stay up really late..... :-P Also, we visited by great-granduncle and auntie, and I got to play with their "dog dog". These are some pics of our trip....



I received this new toy for my birthday in December. After watching tigger a few times, I figured that I can get a good workup by following what tigger's doing....
In our endeavours to teach Caleb that chairs were made for sitting (to watch TV, read a book etc), we got him a musical chair. I guess he had other ideas about what chairs were made for... here's his first encounter with the chair.....
We had a 2nd celebration on my actual birthday on 1st Dec. Nothing grand or anything like that.... I went out with my Tai Por for lunch at one of my favourite restaurants (Crystal Jade), and then we had some cupcakes as a pseudo-birthday cake :-) I love eating cupcakes... they're yummy.... and not too sweet ;-)



Early in November, we spent a Sunday at Sentosa... that was my first trip there, and we had loads of fun at the beach...
See.... I'm a survivor... I managed to brave the dessert (with all the sand and heat)....
After mission "dessert storm", we went straight for the swimming pool, which was definitely a lot less salty than the sea....
My first steps caught on video. The carpets were really cushy!
I thought I'd take this time to pen down some of my thoughts about Caleb's first few words, so that maybe he can read this when he is older.

It's not my birthday yet but I've already started opening my birthday presents ;-) Thank you Che Che Audrey for picking out this very challenging and colourful stacking toy for me, and also for the cute baju. Can you see? I'm practising my hand-eye co-ordination and fine motor skills :-) Che Che, I miss you so much. When are u coming back to play with me? Everytime I see your picture on papa's computer, I call out to you, and smile, and try to talk to you, but mummy says that you can't come over to play just yet, and that I need to be patient.......I guess I was in the process of stacking the rings, but then I got distracted, and found that there were other ways to play with this toy ;-)
When at first you don't succeed, try again... and again :-) Thank you Aunty Jasmine for the very thoughtful bent fork and spoon for self-feeding, and also to Jayden for showing me that this can actually been done by someone our size ;-) Maybe I'll set up a Char Kuay Teow stall when I grow up......?
At Jayden's party last week, we sat together and had tea/snacks. As I was watching him eat, I thought to myself.... wow.... what a big boy Jayden is, he can feed himself already.... I gotta try that sometime too ;-) So when I went home that evening, I got some inspiration.... I insisted that mummy let me try to eat on my own...
2 weekends ago, I attended my friend Jayden's first birthday party. It was a really fun party and there was so much to eat and play with. Here's a picture of Jayden with his really nice birthday cake.... (by the way, Jayden is the one in the bear suit ;-))
At the party, there was this really cool play area for kids. Check out the different modes of transportation available at the party.....
I started with a boat ride first....
Then proceeded on to a doggie ride. I even tried out the roller coaster (soory no pics)..... 
Bathing is always a highlight of the day.... I love bathing, coz there is just so much to do in the bathtub.....
I knocked into the camera man.... Thankfully, no one was hurt ;-) My mummy tells me it is not my fault coz the camera man was slow to get out of the way ;-) I love my mummy.....
This is me in my new car.... I love fast cars and speed... can you tell!?!
It's not even my birthday yet and I've already started opening my presents.... thank you Gong Gong and Por Por for my new car ;-) Doesn't it just look so cool?? I've gone round the estate a few times and have even driven onto the main road outside. People sure look at you differently when you're driving a nice new car.... :-)





This is my first joy ride.... Don't you think I manoeuvre the car quite well? Anyone willing to lend me your car? ;-)
I had my first Carousel ride at Paragon after my Grandma & Grandpa's birthday lunch 2 sundays ago. We happened to chance upon this merry-go-round and I was really excited! Grandpa put me on it and I refused to let go.... so he had to walk round and round while the music played and the carousel brought me up and down and around... I think all in all we went round 5 times, until Grandpa was really dizzy... ;-)
October is a month for birthdays...
Recently, I've been practicing my crawling and balancing skills at the gym, and getting a good workout no doubt :-)
In celebration of Papa's birthday, we went for high tea last weekend at the Marriot, and in full celebration style, we ate and ate until we couldn't move after that. Here are some pics we took ...



I love swimming...
Since my trip to Hawaii, I've learnt to eat a lot more things. Thought I'll share with you a little more what my new favourites are....



Recently, mummy and daddy bought me this new table so that I can stand up to play. It plays different kinds of music and songs when I push different buttons and levers.
When I get really excited about eating, here's how I ask for more......
I've got a ginormous appetite... or so I've been told....

Followed by desert of some fruit.
Then before bed, I have a bit more milk and then turn in for the night.
Does that really sound like that much? ....... I keep telling my mummy that I'm a growing boy.... ;-)
Lately, I just discovered a play area downstairs which has lots of fun stuff to do... I can watch the water fountain, play "masak masak" in the water, and even climb over rocks and boulders ;-)

In june, I started to eat very yummy food.



That's my Pa Pa! He looks exhausted!!
But if you think his eye bags are bad, wait till you check out Mom's Panda Eyes!
In the past month, I've learnt how to keep my Pa & Mom up at all times of the night!!
Don't you think I have my Mom's big almond-shaped eyes?? I really love my Mom!!