Fake snores

Today, when we sang the Good Night song or said the usual goodnight quote, Josie placed her head on the nearest surface, eyes wide open and made snoring sound. Hahaha amazed at the things kids learn. She's so adorable. 

Have a great new year ahead! Happy 2016!

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and happy holidays! It's a looooong weekend!

With love, from Dogta Latte. 

XOXO, Babyta Josie 

Christmas eve surprise

Hubby mentioned to stay home in the morning of Christmas eve (I wanted to bring Josie to meet some Looney Tunes characters). I was to expect a delivery. Of course with no direction as what it is.

The hubby told me to open it when the parcel arrived. It's a Kindle. Another gadget added on to my entire collection of gadgets that I seldom use or bring out since I have no time when I'm with my baby or too heavy to bring out another thing (yes, my diaper bag is way too heavy and bully, preparing myself for the worse, only to lug the stuff around without using half of what's inside)

No gift for the hubby. So. I declared the Kindle as a gift for both of us (Since it's way over budget as Christmas gift). Haha. 

I'm sick

Down for the second day. Yesterday I was very giddy and very weak. Today I'm sniffing and coughing. Oh dear. I hope I be well by tomorrow. It's Christmas eve tomorrow. I doubt I would recover that fast. Worst, these two days Josie only napped 30 minutes in the day and waking up every 20mins to 2 hourly at night. 

My cheeky boss rejected my MC application. Haha. Love you baby. 

Ear piercing for Josie

14 months 10 days

Josie's papa just spent $168 for two ear holes, a set of 14k yellow gold ear studs and two bottles of ear care solution. And a 20 second cry from darling. So heartache. 

I had wanted to pierce her ears since she turned one year old, but didn't managed to. Then one day (4days ago), the hubby declared we should do it. However, Josie was very cranky that day, hence we postponed it till today. 

We did some research, and it seems that B*dazzled is highly recommended. So we just went ahead. Here are the outlets:

http://www.bdazzle.sg/shops/

The staff introduced their services, free piercing with a minimum of $98 stufs purchased. And the one I chose was a pair of $148 (I think so, I was looking at the choices) yellow gold studs. 

Hubby was ok, so we went ahead. 

She was struggling when the staff cleaned her ears. Struggled some more when she marked the ears with a marker. Struggled even more when two of the staffs tried to positioned the earrings, one at each side. I had to pin her down. In a way. 

But luckily it was done in a flash. Josie cried a short loud cry. Louder and longer than injections. But was back to normal quite quickly. 

Congrats darling. Another mission accomplished.  

Christmas on Ion Orchard

After Josie's MyGym trial class, we went for a lunch date with my sister.

She got me this ultra cute Tomica Winnie the Pooh car. This is another poisonous collection. I can't start. Else I can't stop. Lol.

After lunch, we went to take some Christmas photos outside Ion Orchard. Very pretty, fairytale decorations. Too bad Josie is not in a dress but long pants since she had class earlier on. Note to self: bring a dress or another cute outfit when wearing long pants. 

Here's the spam of photos. 

Tired Josie

The past 5 days had been very eventful for baby Josie. Too eventful. I bet she's exhausted. 3 days in Penang (blogpost coming soon, I hope :P) and two gatherings each day on the weekends. Her bedtime had been pulled back late. 

And I still haven't took her 14 months old photos for collage as every evening we were rushing to bath her, milk her and make her sleep the moment we stepped home. Even her flashcards were left untouched. 

Decembers... A month of gatherings and feasting. Darling jiayou. The month is ending soon. And I feel so fat from all the happy feasting. Hahaha...

Happy 14 Months Old

Happy 14 months baby darling! I realise we do not have any nickname for you but we have lots of names like baby, darling, xmm, baobei.... Maybe xmmjosie is considered your special nickname? Haha...

Your 14th month is spent in Penang, with your papa, mama and yeye. And you are drooling, means... You are teething again. Gosh. The last trip you were also drooling. Hopefully it doesn't last as long and you can enjoy more of the trip. Mammy trying to feed you more food too. I feel that you had lost weight. The chubbs are not as chubbs as before. So darling, eat more. 

Mammy and papa love you xoxo

Sun, sand, sea ... and rain

Sunday. The weather looked great, hence the hubby changed our plans from indoor to outdoor. Yesterday we were stuck at home due to the rain in the evening as we had plans for some outdoor activities for the evening. 

Hubby brought us to the beach. It's Josie's and Latte's first time to the beach. We had been wanting to go there at least 4 months ago, but there always had been circumstances like, plans, rain, too sunny, blah...

It was a pretty rushed trip to and fro. To, cos it was pretty last minute. Fro, cos the sky started to turn dark. 

It was real sunny when we reached. Overall, a fun and tiring trip. Josie is scared to stand on the sand, but loves the sea water and water play nearby. Latte loves the sand, but is scared of the sea. Haha. Opposites. 

The weird part was, it rained and stopped 4-5 times when we were at home within 2 hours. Heavy rain, then sunny weather. Real weird. 

Singapore Zoo

It's the Hubby's company's family day today. And it's held at the Singapore Zoo. Josie's second time at the zoo this year. 

Still the same, Josie doesn't have much interest in the animals. Guess she doesn't know what to see. And the koalas are still sleepy...

We went for three shows. First show, she was a little keen as the sea lion moves in and out of the water in huge movements. 

The second show, she was sleepy and got fussy. We didn't stay through the show. We left after the Japanese Spitz performed. 

Third show, Josie slept away half the show. But doesn't know what's going on when she woke up. We were seated pretty far away. 

She wore a pink flamingo top for this zoo visit, and I insisted that she take a photo with the real pink flamingoes. Haha. 

Before leaving the zoo, we went into the souvenir shop and borrowed some props for some photos :P

Great day spent with my loved ones. Happy me. 

Teething

The fourth teeth on the bottom of baby's gum emerged. It's the right lateral incisor. The bottom canine gums are swollen too. Gosh. All of them coming at the same time. 

No no

Recently baby likes to shake her finger and say "no no". Sometimes it's just too cute. Sometimes it's just fustrating, especially when getting her to eat or sleep. Argh. She's starting to argue back. Where's my little baby??

Baby's itchy neck

It's 1 am in the morning. Raining heavily. I was awaken by the rain. Next, by Josie's neck scratching. Sigh. I don't why she keep scratching her neck. It only happens when we uses fan to sleep for the night. She is usually ok with aircon. Too hot? But I have two fans turned on and one near to her.

I gave her milk and she's a little better now. But I can't sleep. Gosh. I better sleep before she ask for milk in another 2 hours time. 

Yes. Josie, now 13 months old, still wakes for milk every 1 to 3 hourly at night... And through the day. And I had many raised eyebrows. Hey. When a baby gotta drink, a baby GOTTA drink.  Haha

Back to sleep... I'll try...

Manekineko Karaoke

My first time off in 6 months. Today I went out with my girlfriends for a short two hour ktv session, without my baby, at Manekineko Karaoke, a revamped of the old Kbox in Safra Jurong. Cute kitty mascot. 

A very bright ambience for this new concept. White and colored walls, with many mirror segments. Very different from the previous Kbox concept. 

We bought Groupon deals at $9 nett per pax for 2 hours, while the usual price is $16 nett per pax for 3 hours. Freeflow drinks and snacks. There are lots of drinks to choose from, hot drinks, tea, milo, cold soft drinks, and slushies. 

The song selection system is easy to use too. Gosh. It's been a long time I went KTV or listen to any new Mandarin songs.  All the songs I chose were older songs from my favourite singers. 

 

With my kitty friends

Very important thing to remember. Bring jacket. Or like a couple I saw earlier, bring blanket. Haha. Get cosy and comfortable while singing your favourite songs. The place is soooooooo cold that we were freezing. It's so cold that when I stepped out of the outlet, my glasses fogged up, my phone screen had condensation. It's so cold that the interior of Safra actually feels hot when it's of normal coolness. Haha you get what I mean. Go prepared. 

I had a great time spent to do my things without baby, but I missed her soooo much. She was having a great time with the Daddy and I was actually envious. I'm such a funny Mammy. Thank you hubby.

Not sure when will the next time I can go out without baby. Maybe when she's older? But till then, I don't mind having her with me 24/7. Love my darling. 

Meiji Warehouse Sale

First day of this weekend, we had no plans yet. Many events and places that we wished to go, but we were kinda worried about crowd, timing and weather. After much thinking, we decided to go for the Meiji Warehouse Sale, located on 36 Quality Road. 

Till 5pm today. 

The place was packed! My first time to Meiji's warehouse sale and I was alittle lost, though I got orientated fairly quickly. Aunty's sale + kiasu-ism power hahaha... 

Hubby waited for a parking lot while Josie and I headed in first. I just followed suit and grabbed a big box. And after filling up with maybe 4 boxes of Hello Panda goodies, my arms were tired, so I placed the box on the ground. Lol. A Meiji staff laughed at me. Carry baby still wanna carry big box. Haha oopss aunty-me. Most of the goodies had 20% discount or more (those I didn't really check out, like the collagen and beauty drinks).

The queue for payment was LONG. But it was fairly quick for this snaking queue. About 30 minutes till our turn. 

My Miss Cheekiness queuing with us. 

On top of snacks/biscuits, we also bought two 450ml of milk and 12 yoghurt for $12. Like cheap. Lol. The hubby doing all the carrying. Happy loot!

Back home, the kids inspect the loots. 

Then the parents had their Meiji-ful teabreak. Burps. Very full. 

Happy buys. Great start to our Saturday!

SG50 folders for every household

Have you guys collected the SG50 commerative notes folder (2sets) for every household? It's like the final three days. And I just collected them today. Lol. 

The whole process from passing the card and collection, took me 5 seconds. Only. And I took more that 100 times of that time to go there lol! 

Glad for the quick and easy redemption. 

Remember to collect yours soon!

Baby Tooth Chart

Found this super CUTE baby tooth chart to note down Josie's tooth development. HOWEVER, I realise, the first molar is supposed to come before the cuspid tooth. Hmm... I can't feel the first molar, and can't see, especially since she won't open her mouth at all. Nvm. Everyone is different.

http://turtlesoupdaily.blogspot.sg/2009/11/baby-tooth-chart.html

Two Meet and Greet sessions today

Today was a very busy, fun and tiring day. I had arranged to go for two Meet and Greet sessions for Josie to have fun. 

First was Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip live Christmas concert, held in The Centrepoint, Level 1. It was raining heavily at that time, so I was alittle surprised at the turnout. Quite a number of enthusiasts. 

We are issued a photo pass for photo taking at the end of the concert. 

30 minutes of singing and dancing. Happy Josie. Very enjoyable. But at some point, there's dance along. The older kids stood up to dance along, Josie got blocked. Haha..

Our photo with the Chipmunks. Happy Josie = Happy mammy. 

After the photo taking with Alvin and the Chipmunks, we headed to Marina Square. There's a meet and greet session with Pororo Park's characters. 

I joined the queue 30 minutes earlier. Kiasu I know. Same, we were issued a photo pass. 

Waiting patiently. 

And boy, was I disappointed. There's no sing and dance. It's a pure Meet and Greet photo session. There I was, thinking, more live performance for the no-TV Josie. 

But the plus point is, the photo pass has a number on it. And the photo queue is based on the number. Because.... When the characters arrived, the mummies just rushed and cut in front of me. Hey. It doesn't mean that there are only two of us, you can bully us with your village. Very angry. One of the queue cutters, she WOKE my napping Josie while in the queue. What ugly actions. Lol but the timid me, just kept quiet all the way. 

Anyway, my photo with Pororo Park characters. 45 minutes of waiting for 3 minutes on stage. Haha...

Unsatisfied with the programme, we went upstairs to take another photo of them. So far away lol

Overall, Josie is happy. Mammy will be happy. I will not let these ugly actions spoil my day. So thank you to the Pororo Park's photo taking queue number system.