Baby Gladys

Gladys is TWO years old today!!

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:55:00 +0000

Gladys is TWO years old today.

What a good 2 years went by in a flash. My cute lil' bundle of joy suddenly turned into a terror toddler!

Photos to be uploaded soon.

Henderson Wave

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:31:00 +0000

Stanley and Marianne suggested a nice place for night stroll. It's Henderson Wave. We went there on 18th January 2009 after having ice-cream at B&J and parked our vehicle at Telok Blangah Hill.

The view is magnificent coz it's actually quite high from the road level, which is about 70 metres. Quite scary when you stand in the middle of the bridge and look downwards at the passing vehicles.

Gladys was enjoying herself running around and it seems that we're disturbing the quiet ambience as there are mostly dating couples there at night.

We had dinner at Labrador Seafood at Labrador Park on 08th February 2009. Even though the place is not crowded, we had to wait for more than 30 mins for our food to be served. The waitress claims that the kitchen is short handed.

At least the food is nice but the serving is too tiny, yet the bill is HUGE. It came out to almost $400 for normal zhi-cha dishes with 2 jugs of beer. But I would say, the feel is nice and the place breezy. So can enjoy a outdoor dinner with your loved ones.

Anyway, after dinner, Eric suggested going Henderson Wave again. This time with our folks and they really like the place.

CNY Party

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:40:00 +0000

Gladys' school had a pre-CNY party on 20.01.09 and all the kids are supposed to wear their traditional costumes and bring some snacks for pot-luck to school that day.

She had to wear a normal dress coz I didn't get her any traditional dress. I don't think I would ever let her wear that on a normal day so didn't wanna waste money on it. I would rather top up a little more to get a nice dress which she can get to wear often.

Ok, perhaps next year, I'll try to get her one.

Tell you, it was so difficult to get all the toddlers to stand together to take a nice shot. Some would be looking at other directions. Some cry for mummy. Some would be running away. No choice, kept snapping but yet, not even a nice shot of everyone.

Anyway, we brought kueh bangkit and wang-wang biscuits to school for the pot-luck party. The kueh bangkit was left untouched. All the kids were grabbing all the jelly candies, egg rolls, mashmellows and other sweet stuff. Gladys, as usual, was crazy about the wang-wang biscuits.

She was so bored of all the festive songs, she almost dozed off.

Later, she warmed up a bit and began dancing.

New Year's Day

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:56:00 +0000

We went to East Coast Park on New Year's Day. It was a nice and sunny day.

Finally, Gladys doesn't seem to mind stepping on sand anymore. But she was still not comfortable, she insisted Daddy holding her hand.

It was her first time sitting on a bicycle. We were so afraid she would be scared. The rental shop uncle was so nice, say we can give her a 'trial'. Daddy pillion her round the kiosk and she seems to be enjoying her ride. In fact, she was gleeing happily throughout the whole hour.

Then we had some ice cream and she wanted to 'eat it herself', as in her holding onto the ice cream. Luckily, not much of a mess.

Later in the night, we went off-road on the Land Rover to TM and had a mini BBQ session with some friends.

Sentosa

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:32:00 +0000

Brought Gladys to Sentosa on 20th September 2008. Had wanted to bring her swimming but she fell asleep during the journey. Anyway, I realised that the water is actually quite dirty. So we just strolled along the beach and took some photos.

She just woke up from her nap and enjoying her 120ml of milk, 'just for the kick'. You can see she's actually feeling quite shiok. Even crossing her leg!

The sunset was gorgeous! It's been a damn long time since I've had the chance to enjoy the beautiful sunset.

However, the beach was a disappointment. The water is not only mulky, the sand is actually quite dirty too. Maybe that's why no one swims in there.

Initially, Gladys was reluctant to lay her feet in the sand. When her daddy put her on the sand, she raised her feet and crossed them in mid air. It was after much persuasion that she tried to walk a bit. She was angry.

Daddy kept urging her to walk towards him.

Pose for a picture first.

Then started walking.

Dancing around.

Having fun.

And even ran a bit.

Suddenly, she seemed to be enjoying herself so much.

Even Daddy is puzzled.

Ready to take a stroll, hand-in-hand, with Daddy dearest.

Pose for a picture first. Say cheezzzz.

They kept walking until I had to stop them. Coz I didn't want Gladys to walk too near where those people are playing beach volley. You never know when a ball will come flying.

Ok, pose for another picture first.

I really don't understand why all this time, Daddy has got the ugly towel hanging round his neck.

Anyway, I asked Gladys to kiss Daddy, so that I can take a picture. Instead, she offered her face for her Daddy to kiss her instead. So smart hor.

It's simple things like these to make my life worth it. Enjoying a lazy afternoon with the 2 persons I love most in my life!

Lunch @ Shokudo

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:48:00 +0000

Had lunch with forum mummys and their babies at Shokudo, Raffles City on 18th April 2008.

It has been some time since we've last had such a big gathering. Some mummys shared good news of being pregnant again!

At least this time, I managed to finish up my lunch in peace. I shared a salmon fried rice and a waffle with butter with Gladys and she enjoyed it very much.

Here are some photos. Managed to take some of mummys and babies together, while keeping my eyes on the little rascal as she played on the slide. So sorry, didn't catch everyone. Had meant to.

Here are 2 videos of Gladys playing on the slide.

Gladys was 'bashed' by Jordon on the slide. No la, the fact is that Gladys was taking her own sweet time and Jordon was getting impatient. It's actually quite funny as 2 mummys got hysterical.

Gladys enjoying on the slide. She just went on and on. The thing is, she tried to skip a step to get up faster. But she wasn't strong enough to drag herself up. Ended up taking a longer time.

Looking forward to the next lunch date!

Lunch with Friends

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:48:00 +0000

Met up with Teresa at Bukit Timah Plaza for grocery shopping on 3rd September 2008. Had lunch at Swensen's with Gladys.

Gladys was eyeing my soup all the time!

Happily slurpping!

And licking whatever's left on her lips.

Gladys with chio-chio Teresa.

Met up with Serene, Leona and Jessica on 17th September 2008. Had tea at Taka.

My mini cookie monster. Forever munching something in her mouth.

Managed a smile and a peace sign, in the midst of her munch.

Leona and bb Clyde.

Jazel, forever with a big smile.

Jessica very mean lor. Jazel's gonna hate her for this.

Gladys is still munching. I think this Snack Trap is actually very useful.

Serene with her nephew.

That's me and my cutsie. Now, she's very hiao. Can pose for a photo. She'll poke her cheek when you say "mei2 mei3".

Updates (Part II)

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:51:00 +0000

Brought the lil' gals to Vivo City on 14th August 2008. One of the shots I took for Jazel actually won her a free photo shooting session! Check it out, it's the last photo.

We met again at Vivo City on 27th August 2008. But this time, Foon and bb Braydon joined us. I took a cab to Vivo and on the way, Gladys puked on me! So the whole day, I think I smell funny.

I bought Gladys a pair of Barney bedroom slippers. She loves it a lot! At least, she stopped wearing mine.

Updates (Part I)

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:49:00 +0000

It's been donkey years, since I've done any update on Gladys' blog.

It'll take me ages to update. And since a picture says a thousand words, I'll just post photos instead. Hee..

Our trip to the Zoo on 27th June 2008.

Here's a video of Gladys enjoying durian!

We went to GoGoBambini with fellow baby friends on 31st July 2008.

We attended Clyde's 1st birthday at Conrad Hotel on National Day, 9th August 2008.
And also, Jazel's 1st birthday at Queen's Condo on 10th August 2008.

Cutie Pie - QiQi

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:22:00 +0000

We had a trip to Penang sometime in June and there was this cute little gal who came together, who is one of my friend's colleague's daughter.

Although it was the first time that all of us met her, everyone was smitten by her, including the uncles, aunties and kids!!

She had done some modelling before and here's her doing a cat walk.

* Note the sexy 'rub-the-chest' pose! Damn hiao!

I think she grew up on honey instead of milk. She knows how to sweet talk to everyone!

She was in our car during some parts of the journey and she said that Eric's the most handsome uncle. *Ya, right!*

Then she call me Auntie Princess. How sweet is that? heehee..

But then, she is also quite naughty but no one gets angry with a pretty face. And I was telling Eric that if she is not born with such an angelic face, everyone will detest her. Hahah..

Such an unfair world, isn't it?

Gladys is Walking Already!!

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:10:00 +0000

You know, I was hoping that Gladys can start walking sooner so that I don't have to carry her around when I go shopping anymore.

But now that she has started to walk, it's the beginning of my nightmare!!

She wants to practice her new-found skills whenever and wherever she can!

Here's her walking her 'first' few steps. Not exactly the 'first' la, coz I was too excited to even think of grabbing the camera but then, it's one of the 'first'.

Fun Time!

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:13:00 +0000

We went to a secluded beach somewhere in the eastern part of the island for a camp and barbeque on 18th May 2008. The beach is clean since it is unexplored and it was a nice and windy day.

Gladys chilled out on the chair while we do the unpacking and starting up the fire for barbeque.

Here's Gladys with her ever-doting por por. She always saves her biggest smile for taking photos with her grandma. Oh, btw, that's Eric's new Land Rover in the background.

They always have so much fun together!

And here's a nice photo taken with both her grams. Cheeze!

Well, I got some free tickets for Hippo Ride on 24th May 2008. We got on the bus from the Singapore Flyer. It was such a hot and sunny day and we got a seat on the unsheltered area. Damn hot la!

Actually the ride was pretty boring as it was meant for tourists, I think. So we just treat it as a picnic trip and kept munching on the ride.

But there were nice freebies in the goodie bags and there was even ice cream. Just what we need for a hot day like this. Gladys ate quite a bit of it and she absolutely loves it!

Then on 6th June 2008, we went to the Motherhood Fair at the Expo and got this cute little neo print taken. But the quality wasn't very good and there's only 1 piece. But then I don't have to pay for it, so no complains.

Trial Class @ Julia Gabriel

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:11:00 +0000

We attended a trial class at Forum's Julia Gabriel with some mummies and babies from the Singapore Motherhood forum on 4th May 2008.

Gladys enjoyed herself very much. She particularly enjoyed the songs section, I feel.

She also enjoyed the story-telling part but then her concentration span is short so she was busy crawling around even before the story ends.

Then there was tea break. The snack was applesauce. She had fun although she dislikes applesauce. She hardly had any but was having so much fun playing with it. I realised that the bowl with suction was good and I bought the exact one.

She was so upset when the bowl was taken away, she cried.

Then it was playtime and she had fun with all the rides.

Can't resist taking a photo with her.

Here's another ride.

I feel she loves this car the most. She went back in again after she got off. And she was busy turning the steering wheel.

She also had fun on the slide. In fact, she was so bold that she tried to push herself down!

Group picture of all the mummies and babies!!

Here's a video of this lil' terror squashing Ashlyn Faith while going up the slide. Btw, gals, you're up the wrong way!

Hello Everybody!!

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:41:00 +0000

It's been a long time since I've updated this blog.

Thanks for friends who called to ask about Gladys. She's has long recovered from the dreaded viral infection.

It's just that my laptop was down with virus so I can't log on as and when.

Some updates about Gladys:

1) She is walking already. Sometimes even running! That's the beginning of my headaches.

2) She has 2 molars and 4 canines sprouting out. She already has 8 incisors.

3) She's extremely naughty and bad-tempered. Oh well, I'm to blame.

Anyway, that's all for now. I'll upload some photos very soon.

Stay tuned!!

Skinny Baby

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:30:00 +0000

Gladys is getting better already. She has stopped having diarrhea.

In fact, she hasn't been pooing for days. So today, she shat twice. Massive ones. But not that I mind.

But she is still not having enough pee. Her diapers are hardly full, like it used to be.

Talking about diapers. I've just switched her back to size M diapers. Yes, from size L to size M.

Coz she had lost so much weight over the last 2 weeks that those L diapers just won't fit her thighs anymore.

Sighz. My heart aches, just thinking about this.

Anyway, I should be glad that she's well, so other problems are not really a problem.

Her appetite still hasn't improved much though. Like she can barely finish a quarter of what she normally eats.

Earlier this evening, I've prepared a super yummy porridge of chicken liver with spinach in ikan billis stock. But she only manged a few mouthful.

How to gain back her weight like that?

Being a mother means endless worries.

PS: I wish bb Isabelle get well soon!!

Happy Mother's Day

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:48:00 +0000

Wishing all mummies a Happy Mother's Day!!

Dear hubby didn't do anything special for me leh. I didn't even receive a present or anything.

The only present I got was a bouquet of flowers from.... My dear mother!

At least, she made me felt appreciated. I also gave her a bouquet coz I know she loves flowers too.

We just went out for dinner with my parents and in-laws at Ah Yat Seafood.

I didn't really had much coz my stomach is still upside down.

I didn't manage to take any photos coz I was busy feeding and entertaining Gladys at the same time and this girl was actually quite cranky probably due to her stomach upset.

In fact, she still have runny poos. About 3-4 times a day so its actually considered mild.

But then, she's not eating and drinking well. So I'm quite worried that she's not getting enough nutrients and fluids into her body.

I've just spoken to Dr Tan on the phone. He said that if she's not drinking Pedialyte/ barley/ rice water/ glucose, then she's not really getting fluid into her body.

That explains her dry diapers.

Yes, her diapers are mostly dry, except when it's filled with foul smelling poo juice.

See, isn't it contradicting? When the diapers overflow, we complain. When it's dry, we complain.

Her pediatrician actually said that it'll be best if we can put her on a drip. Then she'll probably get well sooner. Otherwise, this viral infection she got will probably last for 1-2 weeks or worse case, 1-2 months.

But then, we can wait coz it will just go away by itself.

My worry now is not the diarrhea part since I'm convinced that it'll go away, sooner or later.

My worry is how to get her to drink what she's supposed to drink to make her feel better. To rehydrate her body.

Otherwise, her condition will worsen.

Sighz.. This is one very unhappy monther's day..

Until we came home from dinner and she suddenly got a super leaky diaper of poo and it got onto her dress and my bed and she was bawling like mad! I thought it was a super bad day.

But immediately after I changed her, she was like normal and was playing with her flashcard and then she spotted the I-card (ice cream). What she did melts my heart.

She held the card with one hand. Then the other, grabbed a ball of ice cream and put it into her big mouth with a big "armmm", then looked at me and gave me the most cheeky smile.

And she did it again and again till the 3 scoops of ice cream were 'gone'.

I didn't teach her that and I don't know where she learnt it from.

But I tell you, it just dramatically turned my super lousy day, fantastic!

This became one great mother's day for me! And I guess, this is what mother's day is all about.

Wost Day of my Life!

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:47:00 +0000

Today, my world almost collapsed.

I've always taken things for granted. I've taken Gladys for granted.

We had a jam-packed weekend and both of us enjoyed ourselves. Saturday, we met the forum mummies for a pre-mothers' day buffet lunch. She was a little warm to the touch during the late afternoon and I thought it was the weather.

Sunday, we attended the trial class at Julia Gabriel's at Forum. She was her usual self, cheeky and active. She didn't want her milk and I thought coz she was too excited with the activities.

However, Sunday night, she developed fever. I gave her some medication. Monday, she seems ok but at night, the fever came back again. I got worried when it almost hit 39 degrees. She became quiet and sleepy, so unlike her usual self.

She's always good at eating but she lost interest in food. I thought she must be going through some teething discomfort coz her gums are quite swollen.

Yesterday, she's ok again and was active as before. But still, she has no appetite for food. In fact, she vomited half-way through her dinner at 7pm. She also has some spots on her tummy and back and I assume they are heat rash as her limbs and face are ok.

She vomited again at 11pm, and again at 2am this morning. I gave her medicine for vomitting and also something for the gas or wind and she slept through till I thought she could be hungry and gave her a milk feed at 5am but she only took half of it and again when I fed her at 12 noon.

I had a dental appointment to collect my new set of retainers at 2pm and a gynae appointment to have my pap smear done at 3.30pm at Mt Alvernia, so I thought I could at the same time bring Gladys to see a doctor.

Gladys vomited again at 3pm and all that came out was just plain liquid and it was quite smelly and also the rashes sort of redden and it was then that I got really worried.

But the time I was done at my gynae, it was quite late and I thought Dr Terence Tan's clinic will be really packed and I didn't wanna wait. So I brought her to the A&E instead.

The doctor on duty said that it is actually very dangerous for a baby to be losing liquid and yet, not replenishing it. I know, but whatever goes in, comes out. I panicked.

The doctor also advised that Gladys be admitted for a day to be monitored and also to be put on a drip. Gosh, my world almost collasped.

He also advised that I contact my paediatrician for his opinion, and the hospital contacted Dr Terence Tan on my behalf. I was told that he'll be with us in 30 mins.

Tell you, this 30 mins is the longest wait. I was feeling extremely depressed by then.

But the 30 mins turned into 1 hour coz Dr Tan has an emergency to attend to. But when I saw him, I was so happy coz I know he can save Gladys.

As usual, Dr Tan was very patient and gave us a detailed analysis on her condition.

Gladys had 'fake measles'. It is that bad.

But actually it wasn't that serious. Just that the dehydration part is a bit dangerous, especially for a baby.

The symtoms of fake measles is that there will be a fever for 2 to 3 days. After the fever subsides, there will be red spots appearing.

But how to explain about the vomiting?

Gladys is unlucky coz she also caught some viral infection. I'm not sure where she got it from. But it explains the vomiting and watery stools.

She was also given a pill, to be stuff up her butt. My heart broke when she cried so hard. But at least, she seemed to be feeling better now although her appetite did not improve.

We were given medication and to monitor her for tonight. If her condition doesn't get better tomorrow, we may really have to admit her at the hospital.

Back home, she didn't eat anything except small pieces of plain bread. That's all she's willing to eat, not even her favourite Gerber puffs. I also gave her Pedialyte to replenish her fluids.

Now, she's sleeping so peacefully. I know she must be really tired. I can't imagine such a tiny body battering such awful bugs.

I'm so tired now coz I didn't rest well for days but I just can't sleep. You know, the feeling when your heart just felt so heavy?

I just hope tomorrow, she'll wake up feeling better.

God, bless my baby.

PS: Actually, I really feel so fortunate to have her as my daughter. Like today, despite being unwell, she still manages to charm those nurses at the dental clinic and gynae clinic. Her 'hello', 'bye bye' and flying kisses are so sweet. I even got a free Gerber goodie bag coz of that.

Actually, some are still doubtful of her gender at this stage. Ok, maybe she's not the cutesy princess type but you can't blame her for looking like her daddy mah. But still, she's the one and only, apple of my eye.

Updates

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:48:00 +0000

I have not been diligent in updating this blog for the past month. Anyway, here goes..

We met up with Jessica and lil' Jazel. Here's Gladys and Jazel chilling out on the nice sofa at Coffee Club. Gladys was upset coz she didn't have anything to munch on while Jazel's enjoying her cookie.

Gladys hao lian, fish out her box of cookies. Jazel got upset and turned to complain to her mummy. Gladys can't wait and started licking the box instead.

And here's Daddy bringing lil' Gladys out for some shopping at Vivo City.

We brought her to the kids' playground for a lil' playtime.

Here's Daddy and Baby posing for a photo.

We had to send off my cousin at the airport. Gladys immediately 'demanded' her grandparents to walk her around.

Still walking around happily. But then the problem is, she can't walk on her own yet. But still, she insists.

Sometime ago, I had almost lost Gladys chow-chow pillow outside. Luckily, I found it when I back tracked my path. So dear por-por got this super huge bag of bean sprout husks from the market and we had a hard time sorting it out. The dried husks will be made into an extra pillow for her, you know, just in case.

As usual, she's damn vain. When I put on the specs for her, she immediately crawled towards the sofa, climbed up and smiled at her own reflection. She was also swaying her body from side to side and waving like mad. Oh, poser.

I like this a lot! It's like some lil' rocker chick. But then, the pacifier spoils it all. Gosh, just wondering how I'm gonna ever wean her out of it.

Krabi Trip

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:18:00 +0000

We've actually came back some time ago but the thought of working on this lousy laptop just puts me off.

Anyway, some photos you all have been waiting for.

These 2 can't wait for a swim in the pool. Picture was taken from our room's balcony.

What you see is what you get. The pool is only this huge. There was a 'children's pool' at the side but it looked more like a pond so I didn't bother.

Trying to take a nice photo of father and daughter but the lil' one is more interested in counting pebbles.

This is better, at least her eyes are on the camera. But her hands are still busy with the pebbles.

Hardly a nice picture of me with Gladys coz you know, my hubby's photography skills are just not good.

Gladys is more excited playing with pebbles than to swim in the pool.

Still focusing on the pebbles.

Daddy gave up and joined in the 'fun'.

And here's Gladys feeding me a pebble. It tasted ok.

You wanna try?

Big and small Chia hit the pool everyday. But I only got to swim for 2 days only coz my big auntie came for a visit. Duhz.

Anyway, this is a picture of me and a dead beaten Gladys together with Nika and lil' Travis.

We rented a bike from the hotel to travel around Krabi. Petrol is definitely not cheap. It's almost equivalent to the cost in Singapore. But I was pretty excited coz this is the first time Gladys got on a bike. She enjoyed it pretty much, I think. So much that with the breeze and all, she'll doze off.

The weather was good but the sun was scotching hot! So to hide away from the heat, we'll find air-con joints for a drink.

Gladys enjoying my favourite Green Tea Frappa.

Can you see the shiok look on her face? Now, pass me that drink, won't ya.

Hey, I like this photo pretty much coz I think she look really sweet with the sun hat. But Daddy has got this whip cream still on the corner of his lips. Gosh.

Oh, while we were there, it was also the Thai's water festival. However, we chose to travel by car instead coz I didn't want our babies to catch a cold. Not to mention, some actually used iced water! Wooo.. But the people are really nice coz when they saw us with babies, they won't splash water at us. I said she's like my amulet, preventing me of getting splashed at.

But Daddy was pretty upset coz his main intention of coming is to take part in this fiesta. So Nika and me, together with our babies, went back to the hotel for a nap while the guys hit the road on their bikes.

Yes, they came back drenched.

This is how jammed the roads are. At the back of those pick-ups are barrels of iced water. They also threw powder at their victims after they got wet. *ouch*

Everyone was enjoying at the prime area by the beach. Our car was badly hit by the powder war. Sexy babes are also top targets.

I do enjoy this trip coz I really got to spend time with both hubby and baby.

However, as we drove all the way from Singapore, Gladys got a bit of motion sickness and puke couple of times along the way and back. Luckily, being the kiasu me, brought sufficient changes of clothes.

I'm looking forward to our next trip, probably to Australia, at the end of the year.

Sun, Sea & Sand - Here We Come!

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:26:00 +0000

Yipee!!

We're setting off for Krabi tonight!

Will be back on Wednesday.

Till then, Bye..

Gladys is 1 Years Old Today!!

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:08:00 +0000

My baby is finally 1 years old today!

I am so happy and excited at the same time. I mean, so much had happened during the past 366 days and yet, it all seems to pass in a flash.

Last year, at this time at about 2am, my water bag burst. I totally freaked out but yet was so excited to see my baby.

Then 1 year later, I am celebrating her 1st birthday.

Anyway, old folks say must celebrate baby's birthday earlier rather than later, so we had her party last Sunday at home.

We had invited a small number of guests for her party cause we had it at home and our home is not exactly that huge to accommodate too many people.

Anyway, some photos to share.

My baby all ready for her party. Dressed in white, like a little angel. But then, she still look quite boyish hor. Anyway, her Fox Baby dress is from her ever-doting por-por. Though it's meant for 12mths old baby, it is still quite huge on her. Oh ya, she hasn't quit her pacifier yet.

A little decoration we did to the house. The alphabets were done by jie-jie Shermain, Hilda and Regine. The ballons were blown up by me coz the stupid pump broke last minute.

Her 1st birthday cake from eCreative. Janny recommended the meshmellow lollipops. It decorated the cake pretty well coz I got the butterflies and flowers design to match the cake's. The kids were crazy about them.

Gladys inspecting the piece of cake. Her food has never been this colourful so I guess that's why she hesitated for awhile.

She took a really huge bite and her mouth was full of cream and she was happily licking it off her lips.

Adeline and Kien Teck, with lil' cutesy Ariel. She's 6 months old.

Tony and Janny, with Tania and lil' Tasha. Remember, Tasha was Gladys' 1st baby friend? She's 3 months older than Gladys.

Guohao and Judith, with Dayrius and lil' Dylan. Dayrius is 18 months old and Dylan is 6 months old. *Dayrius stole Gladys' 1st kiss.*

Dennis and Serene with their lil bundle of joy. He's 2.5 months old.

Nika with lil' Travis. He's 4 months old.

Foon with lil' Braydon. He's 7 months old.

There were 2 other baby friends who can't attend. Lil' Jazel who's down with flu and lil' Clyde who has another appointment.

Tasha was so sweet as to give Gladys a big hug before she go.

Gladys caught kissing Braydon. AND she kissed him a couple of times!

If only I caught Dayrius kissing Gladys on camera but I was too slow. He was so sweet.

A tired Gladys at the end of the day. But she was still beaming with joy. Here's with her daddy.

Trial Class @ JWTKids

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:34:00 +0000

Last Sunday, me and dear hubby brought Gladys to Kallang Leisure Park's JWTKids for a free trial class.

I was quite upset coz I realised I didn't charge up my camera so I didn't get to take many photos as planned. So some photos were taken with my phone's camera which turned out quite blurry.

Anyway..

I had a hard time getting her prepared coz we are both lazy pigs as we usually wake up like around noon time. She was still in sleepy mode even after bathing and changing her and she continued sleeping on the car ride to our destination.

Luckily, she wasn't cranky as I thought she will be. *My finger crossing works, finally*

She was still a bit stoned when we just arrived, and we were about 10 minutes late.

But then when the instructors threw out the coloured balls, she suddenly became awake and crawled quickly towards the pool of balls.

Lil' Gladys enjoying the slide with daddy.

She was crawling around a bit until she realised that there's another baby as funny as her and she stopped to make some funny expressions at... her relections.

One of the instructors started blowing bubbles.

And all the babies crawled quickly towards the bubbles, like bees were attracted to honey.

She entertained herself quite a bit with the colourful toys.

She also enjoyed her time on the swing.

Time to take a picture with mummy. She's clearly embarassed by my oily skin and is not afraid to show it.

Finally, a group picture. However, baby YX and baby Cherelle were not in this photo.

Actually I'm not sure if she did enjoy herself on the swing coz I think she's more interested to check out her neighbour.

My Typing Speed

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:47:00 +0000

80 words

Speedtest

Handsome Girl

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:33:00 +0000

Gladys is going to be 1 years old soon.

She has learnt to smile for the camera.

In a sexy halter neck dress that her por-por got her. She's almost jumping with joy on my bed.

A nice picture taken with por-por, who just adores her to bits. Oh, did you notice she's got a nice little hairclip?

A ride with her best friends.

She refused to get down from the kiddy ride.

A kiss for Barney before she got off reluctantly.

At the Chingay Parade. Her eyes were glued to the colourful trucks and funny people who came to shake her tiny hands.

Getting restless after awhile.

Mummy forced her for a photo with a beautiful 'Bugs' Life' truck at the background.

She seems happier taking photos with Daddy, as usual.

Bangkok Trip

noreply@blogger.com (Mummy Gene & Baby Gladys) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:23:00 +0000

I got a shock when I got back from the trip.

My brand new 2GB memory card is barely utilised. I thought I will be making full use of it since it's a 5 days trip.

But then, how to blame me right? Since my hands are always busy trying to grab and grip lil' Gladys. And also, shopping and carrying my loots.

There's not a second free for me to fish out my camera, which is somewhere in the diaper bag.

Anyway, let me just summarize the trip.

Day 1 (04.02.08)
I'm glad we took the afternoon flight, so I've got more time to get everything ready. Gladys was quite well behaved throughout, munching on her teddy puffs and hugging on to her Barney while the plane took off. A baby girl sitting on the first row, slightly older than Gladys, was wailing her lungs out. Her mother and maid took turns to pacify her. I was worried that her cryings will prompt Gladys to cry along. Luckily, she slept as soon as the plane hit cruise mode and didn't wake till we touched down. I had an asthma attack that night probably due to the dusty air con in the room.

Day 2 (05.02.08)
Didn't sleep much and had to wake up early as we had to travel some distance to the floating market. It is damn expensive ok. 1,000 baht per sampan, which is like almost S$50 and it is very scary, especially with a baby in arms. At first it was very rocky when we board at a small river, but it was better when we went into a bigger river. The traffic's crazy but they're very considerate. Even motor boats will slow down when passing us. I'm sure we'll capsize if they don't.

There are so many things there. We bought lots of fruits. They are so fresh and damn cheap. There's also noodles but we didn't get any coz it doesn't look very clean. Not that I'm particular but, I don't want any upset tummy while shopping. I'm still wondering how they return the bowls when they're done coz they'll eat on their own boat and continue down the stream.

The most astonishing thing is, I've seen people killing and and cleaning ducks along the river bank. The intestines thrown into the river and I guess these are the ducks used for the noodles. Then, just next door, one man happily rinsing his mop in the water. Yucks!

Luckily, I didn't get those noodles.

At the start of the floating market.

Gladys tied onto the sling coz I'm afraid she may just climb out of the boat.

Happy family on the boat and Gladys got a new pair of hand-made maracas.

Day 3 (06.02.08)
Busy Shopping! As it was Chinese New Year's eve, we had a nice dinner at a Teochew restaurant beside Platinum Mall. Nice roast piglet they have. Forgot to take any photos.

Day 4 (07.02.08)
Tried to cover as much places as I can. Thus, no time for photos too.

Day 5 (08.02.08)
As usual, time is never enough when you're having a holiday. Made use of the day to do more damages to my wallet, before our evening flight. We experienced the worst check-in at the airport. Took us more than an hour! Then I realised that the counter guy is a trainee. Argghhh..

Anyway, while queueing, I took the time to feed Gladys. I don't want a hungry baby on flight. We also take this time to make use of the camera.

Happy family. (But mummy already quite upset with the slow counter guy.)

Gladys was in a happy mood and decided to give the floor a mop.

Before she can do a little vacuuming, I dump her into the luggage trolley. Still cheeky and sticking out tongue. Por-por and Gong-gong also buay tahan her.

Struggling to get out!

Anyway, she has been a really sweet baby throughout the whole trip. Maybe cause it was not a long flight? Luckily the time coincides with her nap time so she slept through both ways.

Oh ya, I bought some really sweet tiny hair clips for her. Just nice for her little bunch of fringe. I'll post up some photos soon. I promise.