Our little princess turned TWO today!!! Check out her lovely t-shirt from Auntie Steph – it says "I am 2!"

I think Sophie couldn’t sleep coz she was too excited! She woke up at 6.30am!!! She hasn’t done that in ages!!! Funny thing was, I too woke at 6 coz I was just as excited! We had a little snuggle time till 7 and spent the whole morning opening presents and playing with her new toys.

When James woke up, we went to Vivocity and spent the whole afternoon there.

Had lunch at Bakerzin where Sophie refused more than a few mouthful of her food BUT ate up her ENTIRE slice of birthday cheese cake, all by herself!!!! I didn’t even get a bite! Hahaha…

After that we spent time doing all of her fav things – play at the water play area, go to ToysRus where she picked up a baby doll (she loves baby dolls!!!!!), and walked around a bit.

Came home to rest and then had dinner with my in laws.

Left: Taken this morning at the Library cafe near Yeye’s house. We spent the night at their new home yesterday.

Right: Sophie in her new Old Navy top.

Dearest Sophie,

Wow! You’ll be two years old next month! Although when asked how old you are, you still say "18 months" in your cute little baby voice. Haha! I would think 2 is easier to say than 18. And much cooler than saying I’m one. 2 is a great number! Can’t wait to celebrate your birthday. Oh wait, we already did! With your 6 other aug/sept baby friends. More about that later when I can get my lazy butt to upload the pics.

It has been a significant month for you so far.

You are now somewhat potty trained. In the past month, we managed to get you to sit on the potty (that took a lot of cajoling and bribing!), pee in the potty on our demand, say you wanna pee in the potty, and finally poo in the potty. We still have accidents here and there tho.

Next step is to get you to be comfy sitting on the bowl itself so that we can be diaper free out of the house too! And we’ll leave toilet training thru the night for later. Mommy has had enough of soiled sheets for a while.

Ooooooooooo and the other thing, you somehow managed to bite and tear your pacifier apart so we’re now left with ZERO pacifier! We were actually thinking of weaning you off it when you turn two. Looks like it’s happened on its own a little earlier! It’s been a tough time this week coz you’ve been finding it hard to adjust to sleeping without your beloved juju. But I think we’re getting there. Just a 5 min frantic crying before sleeping but you’re still ok sleeping thru the night.

You’ve started eating well again. Oh then again, maybe I’ve lowered my expectations of how much a toddler should eat. It’s nice to see you enjoying all sorts of food, your current favorite being sushi and all sorts of sweet pastries. You love your milkshakes, yogurt, cheese, fruits, veggies, meats etc. You’ll eat a bit of everything thru the day which is fine by me. Your last weigh at the PD shows that you are a rice bag full – 10kg and 82cm tall.

Oooo one more thing. You tend to be very particular about what shoes you wear. I’m not sure why but you are pretty easy with everything else e.g clothes etc but when it comes to shoes, you have to pick your own. We’re almost done with your Clarks, your toes are slowly peeking out of the open toe sandals (thank God they are open toes). We are eyeing a pair of cool black Nike and hopefully you’ll like it but you have to choose it or else it’ll be left there on the shelf like the white pair of sandals we got you from HK.

You are really fun to be with and I’m so thankful for that!

Love
Mommy

Dearest Sophie,

This is you at 22 months – funny, cheeky, super alert, always singing, always talking, trying hard to test our patience by refusing to eat and do various things. You are pretty easy going – not much problem getting you to share and you enjoy feeding other kids.

Recently you’ve started making up your own songs and laughing. You really have a sense of humour. I’ll ask you to go into the room and you’ll sing "Walk walk walk walk in the room (to the tune of Walk walk walk walk in the light)". Super funny. You also made your first joke when I asked you if you pooed and you said Winnie the pooh pooh and you laughed. ?!?! You can be such a clown! Mummy is always super entertained by the things you say and do.

Last night, I found they had Peppa Pig books at Times Bookstore and bought one for you. THis morning I gave it to you coz I was so excited and you were so thrilled! The funniest part was you said "Good job er find Peppa pig mummy" (clap clap)! So funny!!! Hearing that gave me such a fuzzy feeling. Sigh, gone are my ideals to stay away from mass produced, highly advertised toys and stuff.

Recently you’ve been into dolls and make believe. I’ve just set up your baby cot which we inherited from che che Shanae (the Dierdens). It’s so cool! Your dolly has her own cot! You’ll pat her and put her to bed and sing Jesus loves me, exactly like how we do it. So cute lah.

Thanks for being such a joy and sweetheart… We love you so much!

Love
Mummy

Dearest Sophie,

Mummy is a bit brain dead at this time of the night coz it’s almost the end of the day but you turned 21 months today so I must write something before I go to bed.

We spent the afternoon at Mama n Yeye’s house. Daddy brought you swimming. You really enjoy swimming. We’ve been doing that a lot these days coz it’s so HOT! You are getting confident in the water and will walk around and play in the wading pool. The swim lessons have been so worthwhile coz you no longer scream when we shower you and you enjoy swimming underwater.

We left you at home with Mama to go to buy some stuff and you were fine – no crying. That’s great! When we got back, it was so heartwarming to see you laugh and smile at us! When you are super happy and excited, you let out this cute laugh!

Had dinner with them and came home. These days, it is such a pleasure to say goodnight to you coz you finally say it back and are happy about it! You’ll say "Goodnight mummy, Goodnight daddy, see you tomorrow!" And off we go out of the room and you’ll just play around in bed and pull your musical mobile and then drift off to sleep. Good on you!

You’ve been talking and singing a lot more. In fact you talk all the time!! Non stop!! I also noticed that you’ve started playing with blocks and legos and making stuff with them. That’s so cool! You still sound funny when you speak Chinese but you can count and sing songs in Chinese. It just sounds weird. Ok but at least you can sing Jesus loves me in Chinese and I can’t. I really wonder how I’m going to teach you so mummy better buck up!

There are times when you become really insistent on what you want and Daddy and I just don’t know what to do. But recently we’ve been teaching you to calm down esp when you get over excited or hyper. We will ask you to fold your arms and start counting. That normally works. Once, you were so mang zhang coz it was past your bed time and you were screaming in the car and we tried this method. You fell asleep when we reached 100. So amazing. You will normally calm down when we start counting coz you will follow me to count. TIme out is also another thing that we’ve been using. That’s still to be tried and tested. So far, we’ve only used it once or twice on you.

It’s been such a joy being with you. Sometimes when you are asleep, Daddy and I miss you and will talk about you.

We love you lil one,
Mummy

Dearest Sophie,

Wow my little one, you’re not quite little anymore. In four months you are going to be 2 yrs old. What a big milestone! You are growing dearer and dearer to your daddy and I each day.

You are starting to eat, talk, sing, run etc like a little kid, not quite a baby anymore.

This is how you eat –
Breakfast >> You’ll ask for milk first thing in the morning. You’ll have your milk in your sippy cup, about 180 mls. After that you’ll have either bread or yogurt plus some fruit
Snack >> Before your nap, you normally have about 120mls of milk plus a cookie/some raisins.
Lunch >> You’ll either have rice, porridge, pasta or noodles, depending on what mummy feels like cooking that day. When we are out, you eat whatever we eat.
Snack >> You’ll prob ask for some bread/cookies at some point.
Dinner >> Most days when I’m tired out, Mummy cook a quick meal of pasta.
Before sleeping >> You’ll have another cup of milk, about 180mls.

You’re still a pretty good eater but you prefer to eat a variety of things at one meal and thru the day, rather than a lot of one thing at one meal. You are getting very good at self feeding – most days I don’t have to sweep the floor after you eat anymore, just need to wipe your table. However, when we are outside, I have reverted to feeding you more, it’s just easier since you enjoy picking at our food. You are also drink pretty well with a normal cup, sometimes even a glass cup.

You are a super talker. You talk non stop. In full sentences. And you say the darnest things. Like this morning, you said "Well Done Mummy!" when I removed your breakfast for washing. Thanks for that affirmation lil one! You are a polite little one that doesn’t withhold your please and thank yous.

Since you’ve started talking, it’s been so much easier controlling your tantrums and getting you to do things. For example, I managed to convince you to allow me to clean your teeth and also sit in your potty. All I had to tell you was "Gentle, I’ll be gentle. If you don’t clean your mouth, it’ll be painful later (refering to tooth decay). You must brush your teeth." and you actually opened her mouth to let me clean! Seriously I was just trying to see if it works and it did! Which means, you understand consequences! After some convincing, you are also willing to sit on the potty. You used to say no each time I asked but we’re reading and playing while you sit there so I guess that makes it easier.

You are starting to converse with kids that are older. You’ll go up to them and just make small talk. It’s all very cute to watch. Funny to see how you imitate everything that they say. When we’re out shopping, if there’s a kid around, it’s GREAT coz you’ll be entertained and we can browse.

AND YES! You SING!!! Phew! I was starting to wonder when you are going to start singing. Your fav songs that you sing on your own are I love you (Barney), Jesus Loves me, Happy Birthday (?!?! I seriously donno how you started singing this, maybe you are preparing to sing it at your 2nd birthday!), Jesus Beautiful Saviour (only coz we’ve been singing this A LOT), ABC, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star etc…

However, on the dancing front, you kinda swing but nay you’re not really a dancer.

You like to fix things and put things in order. But somehow that doesn’t apply to packing up your toys and keeping the house in order. Hmmmp. You love buckles, nails, keys. You’re not really into stacking blocks or puzzles either tho.

You are however starting to read less often through the day… Maybe it’s my fault. Too much TV and toys. But on the other hand, you are more willing to sit thru long story books.

Some highlights of the past month – our trip to HK, a new table for you, staying up at wedding dinners, singing etc.

I love the way you are – gentle yet full of joy, fun loving and super enthusiastic about life. We’re enjoying watching your character blossom lil one.

Love you lots
Mummy and Daddy

Dearest Sophie,

Sweet hunny bunny! Oh my, call me biased but I think you are the sweetest toddler in the whole wide world! hiak hiak

You’ve really been growing up real quick.

I love the way that you’ve been responding to babies. Even when they snatch your toys or pull your t-shirt, you’ll remain calm and look to me (sometimes in shock tho), instead of reacting immediately by snatching back or hitting them. I’m glad because there’s much self control and maturity I see and your first reaction is not self defense. The world teaches you to defend yourself but the word of God teaches you that vengence belongs to the Lord and you turn the other cheek. You are a lot like your dad in that way. Which is real sweet.

I also love the way that you are responding to mummy’s discipline. In the past week, since I’ve started the no whining business, I discover that you actually listen and respond accordingly when I speak to you. Your whining has reduced and if you are throwing a tantrum, you get over it pretty fast when I speak firmly to you. It has made going out with you so much more pleasurable. It doesn’t mean that you are suddenly an angel but it does mean that you can be persuaded in your behaviour which is GREAT!

Mummy’s been making an effort to really pray for you and I believe God is changing you. I use the book The Power of A Praying Parent by Stormy Omartian. I realise that I cannot discipling you without praying for you because only the Lord can enable me to train you in His ways. I cannot do this on my own strength.

You are going to grow up to be a wonderful child. A child that will bring a smile upon the Father’s face and warm His heart. The Lord is also using you to bring joy to many around you. Just today, when mummy’s youths were here, they were so amused by you, just the way you are and the way you relate to them.

The Lord has gifted you in the area of speech and memory. We need to put that to good use! So……….. we’re training you to memorise verses! Your first verse is "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your mind". Hee… you can say heart, soul and mind in the right order. May this be anchored in your heart.

You’ve started to speak in sentences and that’s so cool! You say "Mummy, I want to drink milk." You also sing "Jesus loves me this i know for the bible tells me so" – you can sing this sentence almost perfectly now. Hee.. but you only do it quietly and only I can hear it.

Oh yes, in the little things, you’ve also learnt to put your shoes nicely back in order after wearing them and also to bring the bottle to the sink and throw the bottle over the sink when you’re done with it. Hee… well done little one.

You’ve learnt so much in 19 mths! Wow…

Sleep well baby and I pray you will recover from your cough soon.

God bless,
Mummy

Wt: 9.7kg

Ht: 78cm

Dearest Sophie,

You’ve been having the time of your life (all 1 and a half of it)! We are so glad that you are always so happy, always eager to learn and so full of life.

Things You Started Doing

1. Counting! From 1 – 10 on your own! Mummy was so surprised! (er… but you’ve only done it a few times but you won’t do it on demand)

2. Spelling your own name – SOPHIE! You used to just say the letters randomly when I spell your name – P, H, I, E but recently you can go OPHIE when I start off with S. And yes, you also won’t do this on demand. But it’s a great effort darling!

3. Singing! Recently you started to hum along to some tunes and also sing (actually you shout) the last words of the song with the CD. Very cute!

4. Babbling! Yes, so funny, you started babbling to yourself and we can’t understand a thing you’re saying. Super funny. I think you’re trying to speak in sentences like us.

5. Learning Chinese words! Mummy started you on some Chinese flash cards coz I got a bit worried when instead of saying "xing xing" (stars), you say "shang shang" with an ang mo accent! It was super funny but finally after a week of the flash cards, you say "xing xing" but every other word still sound strangely ang mo when you recite it. We’ll keep trying!

6. Fixing puzzles! You finally got it! I really don’t know how it happened but suddenly, you can fix your puzzles – the ones with different shapes and the one with different insects. Sometimes you can’t get them in but you know which ones go where. Cool!

7. Sorting shapes! Together with puzzles you also figured out your shape sorters and even say the names of the shapes as you sort them – circle, square, heart, star, diamond – ok that’s all you know at this point. Cool!

Funny thing is that you’ve toned down on your tantrums and also started eating again! I realised it was because you were growing your molars. Now you have 10 teeth. Woohoo!

Things You Enjoy At 1 1/2 Years Old

Being Bob the builder – you have this fascination for putting nails into the holes and checking out how things work e.g wheels of the stroller etc… so Ye ye bought you this fantastic tool set. It’s right next to your cooking set in your playyard.

Scribbling – you’ll go to your Art & Craft cupboard and say "Draw!" and we’ll get all your washable crayons, markers etc out for you to draw. Daddy bought you a whiteboard and Mummy thinks it’s great coz we save tons of paper.

Dressing up – you love pretty dresses and shoes. When you have a nice dress on, you’ll go to the mirror and say "Nice!" or "Lang lang" (pretty in Cantonese). Oooo and you love shopping. You can pick out the nice clothes and shoes when I present you with choices. How clever! Girlfriend! Oooo and you like to try on our clothes and even Daddy’s army boots!

It’s been really fun hanging out with you and watching you learn and grow. You are really so blessed – don’t forget that. On Sunday, Grandma got you a toy and Mummy got you one too and then Grandpa also wanted to get one. You are SO surrounded by people who love you and want to be near you. Our dear Lord has been watching over you too. We thank God that your eyes are ok and also thank God for watching over you when your hand got stuck in the liftdoor. You are completely fine because angels are watching over you. We pray that you will grow up and also love and serve the people around you like you are so loved.

Love,

Mummy

Dearest Sophie,

You are almost one and a half! Wow, time really flies.

This month, you entered into a few firsts. You threw your first real tantrum (YA! the back arching, throw the head back, complete with screaming type of tantrum!). I’m really glad that pregnancy has made me super forgetful because I totally forgot what that first tantrum was all about! Sigh… apparently it’s just going to get worse, not the forgetfulness, the tantrums but maybe it’s both to keep mummy me sane. I was starting to think I’m going to keep you home until you turn 21 so that you don’t go taking shoes off the racks while we are shopping and screaming when we have to leave the shop.

You are starting to regularly string two words together such as “Hi Mummy!” or “Mummy, thanks!”. You even did a three word once – “Mummy, nana (banana), pls!” You actually make a lot of sense these days when you speak which is super cool! It’s funny tho how you can say two different words together but not most two syllabus words. You put a “ah” as the first syllabus of every two syllabus word e.g “amished” (finished) when the show is over/food is gone. You can call almost everyone, including your friends – mummy, daddy, uncle, auntie, grandma, grandpa, mama, yeye, yiyi, evan, max, dernen! (you say it exactly as it shd be!), karen, popo (you call all the old aunties popo), godma, godpa, etc.

Giving Dernen a sayang

If you want to watch something, you’ll climb into your bumbo seat and call out which show you want to watch – blues clues, elmo, max (New Macdonald Farm) caillou. When you want a snack, you’ll climb into your bamboo chair in the kitchen and start naming all the foods you know – nana, iscuit (Biscuit), asins (raisins), grapes, milk, bread, cheese, hoping that I’ll give you something. Super funny.

My heart melted the first time you said “Mummy, thanks!” on your own accord when you handed your milk bottle back to me before bedtime. Awwww…. I felt so appreciated. You also hugged me on your own accord recently.

You are super entertaining. You can act these things out on command (ok, not always): – cry, yawn, laugh, smile, burp (!), sneeze, cough. It was super helpful over Chinese New Year. We’ve saved the ang pow money for you. Maybe you can use that for your acting classes next time.

You like animals more than I do. You go around petting dogs and cats recently. Looks like I gotta work on overcoming my fear of animals so that you can enjoy animals.

You are walking steadily these days and prefer to walk than carried. Your favourite place is the playground. You’ll walk, crawl, climb all over. It’s fantastic that we have more than 5 different playgrounds within walking distance. People pub crawl, we playground crawl. In fact we did 4 in two hours yesterday morning!

Sophie at the playground

Playtime – you’ve not been very keen on your own toys and you would rather play with other people’s toys. Most times, you prefer to cling to me, read or go out. The things you like to play with are two clothes peg pegged on a string, empty juice bottles, contact lens case… ya strange things like that.

Mealtime – you generally like eating but I can see you are getting fussier and eating way less than before. You like to eat peas, long beans, chicken wings, rice, most fruits, hard boiled eggs, bread, yogurt, pasta, bao. One thing you’ll never reject is RAISINS! The other things you really like are SOUP and MILK. You also prefer pasta to noodles, rice to porridge, fruits to veggies, chicken to other meats. You’ve started drinking from a cup without spilling (with little water) and handing me your dishes after you’re done instead of throwing them on the floor! When we are out, you’ll eat whatever we eat but you pick at your food, choosing what you like and throwing out what you do not like.

What’s your fav? Bao!

Sleeptime – I’ve been messing around with your schedule and finally got you to sleep once a day at noon instead of twice so we’ve got a lot more play time. In the mornings, we’ll visit our neighbours, go out with our friends to the park or go to the playground and after your nap, most times we stay home or we’ll go out with Daddy to run errands. Most days you’ll be exhausted by 7pm and have no problems going to bed. However, that means you’re up early at 7ish again.

This is a long post coz you’re just growing up so fast and there’s so much to say! It’s so hard to document everything. This is a real exciting period, testing but exciting. We love you so much!

Love
Mummy

Dearest Sophie,

You’re 16 mths old today!

The highlight of the past month for you has been WALKING! You’ve been learning to walk – at first you tried to stand on your own, two weeks later you started to let us hold your hand to walk and two weeks after you started walking on your own. Now, you’re walking a few steps on your own so far. You have this super pleased grin on your face as you stand up on your feet and as you walk. It’s been really more fun since you’re more upright (:))… we’ve gone for water play, real walks in the park, etc.

The other big thing was that you were sick for more than a month. You fell sick on 15 Dec and got well and then fell sick again until today. You seem fully well already, didn’t hear you cough at all today. Thank God. Mommy hopes that it’s all about building your immune system and you’ll get stronger after this!

More and more, Daddy and I notice that you can get pretty creative. For example, yesterday at the Forum playground, you can’t cycle on the big kids bike yet but it had a back standing area so you sat on that and started pushing yourself around. You’ll figure all sort of ways to get what you want.

Your love for books and words is still growing and growing. This month your fav book is Goodnight Moon. You’ll ask to read it 2-3 times at one go! I was so amazed that you memorised most of it and can recite some of the last words accurately!

Your spoken language and comprehension also amazes me. Today instead of making a fuss when your sippy cup dropped, you said "Mummy, mummy, mummy!", I said "What?" and you said "Drop!" Thinking back, I used to be so worried that you’ll turn into a whiny lil kid coz you whined so much! But I guess it must have been super frustrating for you coz you are so expressive! You really do cry, laugh, smile, request etc to the fullest.

You are a friendly baby and you love kids and people in general. You are always ready with a smile. You’ll wave to them and say hi! You’ll even squeal and get all excited if you spot a kid coming near.

You’ve started to scribble more these days. In fact, you just left your first marks on your toys! I left you with a pen (my mistake!) and when I returned, the pen marks were all over! Argh! Reminds me of the days when your uncle and I were little, we used crayons on our white walls! ooooooooo Grandma and Grandpa were SO mad! They had to wallpaper the whole house! But we ended up getting nice cartoon wallpaper for our room. Hiak hiak… But it’s a no no for you k?

You really bring a lot of joy to the people around you. Actually before you were born, that was prophesied over you a few times when people prayed for us. That you would be a joy. The word JOY came up a couple of times. That’s what the Lord has made you to be – a joy.

We love you,

Mommy

Dearest Sophie,

The past month has been super exciting! You’ve started to stand on your own and taking a few steps with us holding your hands. It’s been a slow start but nevertheless, super exciting!

You’re showing your likes and dislikes by saying yes and no. It’s really quite cute to see you at the toy store choosing a toy over another.

You know the words to many songs and rhymes. My God is so big (you’ll say big, do, you), I’m a little teapot (you’ll say pot, stout, spout, shout, out), Old Macdonald (you’ll say farm, cow, O), etc… I’ve lost count of the number of words you can say. The funniest recently is "AIYO"! You’re slowly moving onto stringing words together e.g. mamee eat.

You’ve also learnt to wash your hands by rubbing your hands together. I can’t seem to get you to brush your teeth tho. You simply refuse to let me put my finger into your mouth! Argh… You also hate bathing. You love being in the water but as soon as I try to put soap and wash you, you’ll whine or scream. You prefer to just soak and play with your toys in the water.

You’re starting to enjoy sleeping again. When it’s time, you’ll naturally want to go into the cot and sleep. Not much struggling there recently. Which is WONDERFUL. I think it’s because we’ve stuck to your naptime and not switch them depending on what time you wake up. But once you need to sleep, you need to sleep or you become super grouchy.

You’ve grown in so many ways. We love who you are and what a joy you are to us!

Love
Mommy

Dearest Sophie,

You’ve started to call me "mamee"! Finally! At times when we ask you "where’s mamee?", you’ll point at dadee. But still, you’re finally calling me!

You’re starting to tell us what you want and not just repeating after us – eat!, ter ter! (for water), ju ju (for pacifier), nap nap, nanananana (for banana), read! (when you want me to read to you) etc… Phew! Finally I don’t have to keep figuring out what you want. Now I know why you whined so much coz you’re one insistent little one. When you want your ju ju, you say it like that "jujujujujuju! jujujujujuju!". I guess in the past it was cry whine cry whine. You literally demand with an exclamation mark when you want something.

I love it that we can communicate like that. It feels really good to know what is it that you want. It’s starting to feel like you are a real little person! It must have been really frustrating for you in the past with your blur mommy not being sure of what you want. I can see how happy you are when we get it nowadays.

You love it when we have little "chats", sing and read together, although you hardly sit still these days.

When we ask "Who’s Sophie?", you’ll say "Me!". Hahaha that’s so cute and we’re teaching you to say your name. So far you’ll say "phie".

You are really a little genius when it comes to words and sounds. You pick them up almost instantly with great accuracy. Wow! Uncle Adrian says that he read somewhere that babies that speak early with accurate pronunciation show great promise to become a music genius!

Recently I’ve been letting you crawl around at the playground and climbing the slides and stairs and you love it! It was a bit yucky for me at first but I thought it’ll be a great way to build up your strength and to help you expand your energy. Your knees and hands get really dirty but seeing you bubble over with joy just makes me so happy too. You really enjoy having that space to explore. BUT it takes a bit of coaxing to get you home coz you’ll protest when we’re leaving the playground… I thought that only happened much later… sigh…

You’re also starting to protest against the stroller (amongst many other things e.g. sleep, diaper changing etc). Once we try to put you in, you’ll scream but oh wells, too bad, that’s a non-negotiable darling. You need to learn that in life, there are some non-negotiables and we as your parents will make sure you know what they are. Hopefully in 20 years time, you’ll look back and thank us.

Experiencing all these with you really makes staying home with you all so worth it! You are really one amazing girl.

Love

Mommy

Dearest Sophie,

You’ve grown so much! Since you turned one, you’ve like become this little girl, not a baby anymore. You talk, scream, demand, hug, smile, pout, dance etc…

You amaze and amuse Daddy and I daily with all the new things you do. You really keep us on our toes.

Recently you’ve been rejecting your food. You spit out your food to see what we’re putting into your mouth. !?!? If you like it, you put it back. If not, it goes on the floor. This is a really confusing time for mommy, trying to figure what you want to eat. Well at this point, it’s bread and cheese or potato + broccoli + peas (your fav) + fish (salmon preferred) or tofu + meat and lotsa fruits (e.g. banana, grapes, watermelon etc). Of course, your fav biscuits and Cheerios. Yep that’s all that you wanna eat at this point. Thank God still relatively nutritious.

BUT you love eating our food – drumstick (yes, you’ve gnawed the life out of one recently), roast duck, soba noodles, chawamushi…. looks like you’ve developed a taste for Japanese food. Yes, the sushi book that I read to you must have helped.

To conquer your screaming for food esp Cheerios, we’ve taught you to say "More, please" although currently you say "More, pee"…. not very appetising. We’ve also taught you to say "Thanks" (coz "Thank you" is too long) which you’ll say when we ask. Good on you!

Recently your favourite word is "Elmo". You say it when you wake up and before you sleep and every other minute of the day. I think you think that it’s a magic word that refers to your fav soft toy, food and tv program. I’m not quite sure if you really know that it’s this red furry character on Sesame Street. I think you do but you just like saying the word anyways.

You are now cruising steadily and finally crawling on fours (so much easier right lil commando gal?). Not sure when you’ll start walking but I’m looking forward to that. Take your time lil one… you’ve got the rest of your life to do that.

We love you VERY much and you have brought so much joy into your lives our little darling.

Love

Mommy