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Bedside water glass

2009-09-12T00:06:00.006+08:00

Simple and nice idea from Martha Steward, I like!

Seated in a McDonald's high chair

2009-09-11T15:24:00.004+08:00

Lia's 喜怒哀乐

2009-09-07T11:58:00.003+08:00

哈哈, 大姨妈的杰作!

Bottoms-up baby Zann!

2009-09-01T22:54:00.004+08:00

Boh-geh!

2009-09-01T22:51:00.001+08:00

I am forever teasing baby Zann on this! LOL!

Lia, the annoyingly adorable one

2009-09-01T22:45:00.002+08:00

A pocket album for my mom

2009-08-26T15:34:00.014+08:00

The Studio Loft - Little Big Shots (Zann)

2009-08-20T22:48:00.004+08:00

Finally uploaded the photos, view slideshow here!

Breakdown of the charges:

Little Big Shots (LBS) package, with returning customer discount: S$ 120 - 20% = S$96
Additional person: S$45 (S$15 each for James, Lia and myself, 5R entitlement^ for each)
Photos that c/w the package: 1x S8R, 7 x 5R (4 + 3)
Additional photos: 11 x 5R @ S$15 ea = S$ 165
Total number of photos: 1 x S8R, 18 x 5R
Total amount: S$306

^Note: The 5R photo entitlement for additional person for the LBS has since been taken off.

Zann's hair shave @ four months

2009-08-14T16:53:00.000+08:00

She, snoozed through it and only woke up when Vince shaved her eyebrows. And she didn't even blink while at it!

Food tasting

2009-08-12T16:06:00.006+08:00

Baby Zann turned four months and we gave her a food tasting session!

Mainly table food, Baby Zann's very first taste of solid foods include brown rice, stir fried scallions and carrots, steamed fish, steamed chicken drum stick and old cucumber soup! It was her feeding time and she sucked hungrily on the slice of carrot, whining for more when I removed it from her mouth. She tasted the fish but didn't quite know how to work it yet and it came out again after a while. And the steamed chicken drum stick which was cooked specially for Zann ended up in Lia and my stomach after that, haha!

Look outside

2009-08-11T08:56:00.005+08:00

Babes

2009-08-06T22:43:00.002+08:00

Pig's skin

2009-08-05T10:00:00.002+08:00

Ordered chicken rice for Lia, James and myself, we had bak-kut-teh and stuff. Lia saw the stewed pig's skin left on our plates and asked what was it. I told her that's pig's skin and Lia asked if she could have it - she loves chicken's skin to begin with. James and I, we wide-eyed each other, and I then nodded my head at Lia.

Mom told us pig's skin's good as it is chocked full of collagen, (and cholesterol) and if the kid likes it, by all means she can eat it. So, our subsequent visit without Lia, we packed and brought it back for her...

Well not all for her, I am already shuddering at the thought of pig's skin and so, I cut it up, hid the main portion and gave Lia a kid's serving.

Flipped!

2009-08-03T23:21:00.006+08:00

Hammock

2009-08-02T09:10:00.005+08:00

Baby Zann snoozing in the hammock; brings a smile to my face instantly.

Mom has gone home for the weekend with Lia and so, it's just me and the baby. It brings back memories, of the time when it was just Lia and myself... I don't know if baby Zann is an easier baby by nature, or was it due to the facts that I have had prior experience with Lia, or maybe now that I have mom helping me; my house is cleaner, neater, and my moods were calmer this time round.

Sassy snack cups and her junior chair from IKEA

2009-07-31T23:00:00.012+08:00

Wished I'd found these earlier!

Sassy perfect size snack cups, S$ 8.90, a blue-tag item at Metro. More details in here.

The Gasell junior chair, S$ 65 from Ikea.

The infrared thermometer at school

2009-07-31T22:22:00.005+08:00

Some days back when the H1N1 started coming around us, I asked Lia if she have had her temperature taken in school.

Me: "So the teachers used a ear scan on the children?"
Lia: "No, not the ear one."
Me, the suaku me: "Then what? How they take your temperature?"
Lia: "Like that one..." And she tried demonstrating on how her temperature was being taken.
Me, still being suaku: "Huh? What? I don't understand you."

Lia then drew me this after our lunch...

Oh well, I didn't know their school had progressed to the infrared thermometers...

The Studio Loft - Little Big Shots (Zann)

2009-07-16T23:29:00.003+08:00

The photos will be ready in two weeks time, I can't wait! ;p

Fiddle, fiddle, with her hair

2009-07-14T08:57:00.017+08:00

Lia makes my bed

2009-07-11T11:38:00.003+08:00

Lia sleeps with me rather frequently these days and I'd rope her in to help make up my bed on weekends. I walked in just now to see her plushies being propped up nicely, it was cute, and it warms my heart too.

Backdated entries: Lia's overnight bag, my hospital bag, and diapers stock-up

2009-07-01T22:52:00.005+08:00

Lia's overnight bag , My hospital bag , Diapers stock-up

Zann's baby talk and laughter...

2009-06-30T23:21:00.011+08:00

At around 10 weeks old, baby Zann has grown into the cooing and blabbering phase! And if you're lucky, she'd be laughing adorably at your antics. Lia managed to do that just yesterday! She was playing around and throwing her hand at baby Zann; this simple action got baby Zann so tickled that she started laughing!

And after her milk, baby Zann would either be so stoned that she'd doze off, or, if she's not sleepy, she'd be in a really good mood and start baby-talking to you!

Link to backdated entry - Lia's promotion gift

2009-06-19T23:39:00.002+08:00

Lia's promotion gift

Updates: After receiving the gift from us, Lia was clearly excited. She dug out the Kinder Joy chocolate egg and handed everything else back to me asking me to help her hold them. She then proceeded to ask if she can eat up the egg NOW. I sat wide-eyed on my hospital bed (I was packing up to be discharged), looked down at the poor forsaken Bambi and big-sister tee in disbelief... I was waiting for Lia to yell out loud on how cute the Bambi is and how she loved her big-sister tee shirt, of which she did none. I pulled her in, distracted her from the chocolate egg and tried enticing her with the cutie Bambi but she disappointed me once again and went back to asking if she can eat the egg already. James who was watching for Lia's reaction shook his head and went back to packing my stuff.

(Some) Backdated entries published!

2009-06-18T01:27:00.003+08:00

I've got several backdated entries on my pregnancy, preps and baby Zann. Just gone through them and have published a few. Click on labels "baby Zann" to see them. More to come, going to bed now...

The Studio Loft - Bloom

2009-06-12T00:44:00.008+08:00

And so, we're back to The Studio Loft again and this time round, I took up their Bloom package.

As a returning customer, I automatically got a 20% discount and Lia gets in for free. :) Actually James too but he wasn't keen as he was too stressed up with work. I didn't force him to join us, and that made him feel better so he came along to watch. I'm glad that he's around to help lug my heavy tote, and he took care of Lia while I did my sole (and nude) shots. Am too shy to upload my nude shots so meantime, here's what we've got!

As usual, I need to log the charges in here as a record.

Bloom sitting: S$144 (S$180 - 20% discount)
*Includes 1x super 8R and 5x 5R prints.
Topped up for additional 8x 5R prints: S$120 (S$15 x 8)
Total amount I paid: S$264

Here's the Little Big Shots photo shoot we did before.