We spent yesterday evening at United MediCare Centre entertaining the residents with music. After practising for a couple of months, we were able to put up a decent performance. Yee Sinn and Grandma Lee were also around to support us. Surprisingly, Yee Sinn could sit quietly at the corner throughout the entire performance. She has also learnt to clap her hands after each piece was played!

Colin also popped by to lend us his support and kindly agreed to take some nice photos of the group. Below are some pics taken by him.

That's me at the forefront and hubby at the background. Think this picture was taken when we were playing the first piece "Bouree".

The 2nd half of the performance only consisted of us adults. From left, that's our teacher Joe, hubby, Marcus, Melissa, myself and Pamela. The guitarist Mr Wong and Kersin who played the keyboard were seated right behind us and were not in this picture.

Here's the whole ensemble, with the little kids who performed 3 pieces with us. We had a fun evening playing together and we hope the old folks enjoyed themselves too. We're looking forward to the another performance next year.

We went down to Changi Airpot yesterday afternoon to fetch Grandma Lee home. Yee Sinn had lots of fun watching the planes and interacting with people. Here is a picture of our delighted Yee Sinn on my shoulder. She isn't afraid of height at the moment.

Yee Sinn can still fit into the trolley. We were given a warning by one of the guards on duty, telling us the trolleys were meant for luggage and not for babies. Oh well, we thought it would be quite safe as we were not moving and Yee Sinn seemed quite happy sitting still waiting for her Grandma to pick up her luggage from the conveyor belt.

This is a picture of the porridge that I cooked for Yee Sinn. It has Cod fish, pumpkin, carrot, broccolli and minced pork. I put the pork in to cook just for the taste. I have yet to feed her with it yet as she isn't ready for meat.

It has been a long week. Grandma Lee has gone to Hong Kong for vacation so I had to take leave from work to look after Yee Sinn. It was kind of tough the first day as I had to understand her routine right from square one. But once I got the hang of it, it became more managable.

I would say that I did enjoy my time with Yee Sinn during the last 4 days. It helped too to have an understanding husband who took initiative to relief me of the babysitting so that I can have a little of my own time every evening. Yee Sinn seemed to have enjoyed herself with my company as well cos I took her out almost every day. Lucky baby isn't she?

On Thursday, Yee Sinn and I picked up hubby from school and ventured around Parkway Parade. We tried the famous Mee Siam and Mee Rebus at the foodcourt. Unfortunately, they didn't live up to our expectation in terms of quality of Food.

Friday was spent having lunch with Sofia at Junction 8. I took her there by MRT so that she could experience what public transport is all about. At this age, taking Yee Sinn out to meet my friends is relatively easy. Being her friendly self, she was able to socialise with Aunty Sofia easily.

Nothing much happened on Saturday except that we took her out to Orchard to bask in the crowd and have dinner at the Korean Stall at Meridian Hotel Foodcout. I would have shopped around longer had it not been her sleeping time. She became a little grouchy around 8 plus so we had to rush home for her shower and to put her to bed.

As for today, Yee Sinn got to meet her Papa's brisk walking friends at the roti prata stall along Cheong Chin Nam Road. They were pleased to meet and kept pesuading papa to start bringing her along for the walks. Yes, one of these days she'll be papa's best walking companion. We detoured to a nearby playgound at Grandma Chang's place. Beside meeting other children, she and papa had some quiet time bird watching.

Tomorrow will be another excursion for Yee Sinn. I will be taking her to Changi Airport to pick up Grandma Lee. I'm looking forward to bringing her to the viewing gallery to view the planes.

Though it has been tough the last few days, I would say I did enjoy every moment I had with my little girl. I'm looking forward to spending more time with her come end Nov or Dec when I'll be clearing some of my annual leave. Meanwhile, it'll be back to work on Tuesday. I hope I'm able to survive my work when I get back... Wish me luck!

Here are some of the photos that we took as a family at a photo studio 2 weeks ago. We have not chosen which pictures we want to purchase yet. These are some of those that I scanned from the printouts that the studio passed to us for selection.... which explains the low resolution.

We sure had a lot of fun posing for the camera. Yee Sinn is quite comfortable in front of the lenses. She wasn't a bit afraid and warmed up quickly to the photographer.

I came back to work after 1 week of rest at home. Kind of miss being with Yee Sinn though I'm swamped with work. I'm almost full to my brim but I thought I'll just spend 5 min on this blog.

We brought out little girl for her 9-month's check up on Saturday morning. She now weighs 8.2kg and has a height of 71cm. She's at the 75% range. Doctor Heng said she's on track for all her milestones, except her gross motor skills- She is way ahead on her peers. She is able to stand few seconds unaided, cruise around with support and pick up little things with her thumb and index fingers (and pinch people too!)

She now knows her name and understands quite a few words. For example, she will wave her hands when we say "Bye bye", she will try to give us her ball when we stretch out our hands (though she can't really release her palm just yet). She will crawl over to us when we say and motion to her "Come here". She is now an expert blabbler and will sing herself to sleep by humming every night.

I will be posting some pictures we took over the long weekend later in the day.

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard my baby saying "Mama mama" today! I tried to get her to repeat what she just said and all she gave me was a blank look before mumbling "papapapa". I guess I'll need to be more patient before she actually understands the meaning of "Mama".

Hubby came back slightly earlier today so we had some family time shopping for grocery at NTUC. Yee Sinn simply loves sitting in the shopping trolley. Sometimes when we're not too watchful, she'll pick up bags of brocollis or carrots and place them in the trolley. Yes, we caught her doing so a few times already!

We also make it a point to bring her to the playground everyday if the weather permits. Today, she was screaming in delight as she went down the slides. I could hear her screaming from the 6th floor of our flat. She also gave a few laughs as she sat on her papa's lap watching a group of boys learning how to roller-blade.

All these simple pleasure of seeing the delights of my little daughter is only possible if I spend more time with her at home. Sometimes it is really tempting to be a stay-at-home-mother, but the financial independence is too good to give up... at least for now. *Sigh*

Yee Sinn is now learning how to walk. She has been using the edge of the tables and chairs to guide her along. She likes it when we hold her hands while she takes her baby steps. She has also been trying to stand without support, usually for a few seconds before she place her bum gently down onto the floor again. We're pretty sure she'll be toddling before she reaches 11 month.

I cut Yee Sinn hair yet last week, much to the protest of her Ah Yee. Ah Yee was so disappointed that I decided to snip off her locks so soon. She was looking forward to tying her hair with clips and cutie bands. She exclaimed that my hairstyling skills was bad as it didn't have any "Style". "Coconut shape" is also a style what!! Anyway, here are some photos that I took of my dear girl during the last few days at home with her.

Here is Yee Sinn with her "Coconut" hairstyle. I kind of like her bangs. It could have been much neater had she not moved too much.

It is such a delight for Yee Sinn when we place her in front of our piano. She simply enjoys banging the keys. She has so much energy nowadays that we often get exhausted looking after her. Sometime, a simple relief would be just putting her in front of the piano while we quietly sit next to her.