theinternalvoices: Baby Tiden

Can't believe my posts are so backlogged! Ada's turning 1 in a month and here I am, still blogging about her 3rd month's life as a baby. Gosh...

Ok, I try to c. a. t. c. h. u. p. with my tardiness.

WEEK 9

Day 63 (27 Sept 2013)

Daddy's' Girls

WEEK 10

Day 64 (28 Sept 2013)

I think i need a photo to track the shape of Ada's head, and this should be the best gauge!

Day 65 (29 Sept 2013)

"Lifting up my head while I'm on my stomach for the first time! Daddy's carefully watching me to make sure I don't vomit."

Day 66 (30 Sept 2013)

"Hi there, I'm practicing tummy's time on mummy's tummy!"

Day 67 (1 Oct 2013)

Mittens are very important to keep scratches away from Ada's face. Thanks to all the calcium, baby nails are growing at a super fast rate!

Day 68 (2 Oct 2013)

"Thank you Aunty Eileen for knitting such a cute hat for me, but it seems like I'll only be able to wear for a few more times."

Day 69 (3 Oct 2013)

Daddy's bathing for me for the first time ever since I took over the bathing job when Aunty goes home after the 1st month party.

"Good job Daddy, not too bad! At least I didn't slip off your hands."

Day 70 (4 Oct 2013)

Violet has been such a good buddy by talking and singing to Ada... Lovely 1st month gift as it could be customised with her name and sings happy songs during playtime or and lullaby when it's bedtime.

"Thank you Uncle Boy and Aunty Jasline the talking dog from Leapfrog!"

"Thank you Aunty Esther for the pre-loved rocker!"

WEEK 11

Day 71 (5 Oct 2013)

Using rattle to make some noise and get Ada's attention. She did well by responding towards the direction that I'm ringing. We did 4 directions today, up, down, left and right. She took some time to turn around but managed to look towards the right direction!

"Thank you Lijun 姐姐 and Bingcai 哥哥 for the cute owl romper!"

Went out with Sis later part of the day and put the babies together while it's milk time for both! Can't imagine how it'll be like when she grow up and become playmates.

Day 72 (6 Oct 2013)

1st swim followed by a 1st body massage.

Ada's first swimming session after so long! We wanted to start her swimming sometime back but thought better let the wound have more time to recover before letting her kick around in the pool!

She did well by not being too fussy and was half kicking and swimming during the entire 10 minutes!

Whoever invented BabySpa is such a genius. I feel that it's a nice environment for baby to swim and enjoy the water pressure in an enclosed area. So much better than putting a baby in a public / private swimming pool that might contain too much chlorine for their delicate skin.

Cleanliness is of course my utmost concern due to Ada's wound and if not for BabySpa, I doubt she will ever swim at such early age. As for parents who are worried that babies might catch a cold during a swim, don't worry as Baby Spa water temperature are always kept warm.

She enjoyed the tummy massage but get albeit fussy once she got turned around on tummy for back massage. We kind of expected it as usually, she will make noise at home during tummy time too!

She had such a good nap time after swim and massage, what a luxury!

Day 73 (7 Oct 2013)

"Muumy!!!

No swimming and massage today???"

Day 74 (8 Oct 2013)

Ahhhhhhh!!! Didn't I just say that nails will grow very fast and mittens are very important to keep scratches away? Such a deep scar and it must have happened when she's rubbing her eyes.

Day 75 (9 Oct 2013)

OOTD - 清凉装

"Thank you Joy 姐姐 for the multi-purpose pillow!"

Day 76 (10 Oct 2013)

"Because I'm the princess, I deserve to occupy the entire bed!"

Day 77 (11 Oct 2013)

Went out for a good meal after such a long confinement...

WEEK 12

Day 78 (12 Oct 2013)

"Yi Zhang, thank you for shading the sun for me, but... i think the pillow is in the wrong direction?"

Day 79 (13 Oct 2013)

This was the last few uses of the bassinet as Ada grows out of the it! It's good news to grow out of something and this means, she's ready to conquer our bed!

"I'm outgrowing the bassinet soon, better spend more time on this!"

Day 80 (14 Oct 2013)

Supporting her own milk bottle for the 1st time!

Day 81 (15 Oct 2013)

Went swimming with TTT 哥哥们! Baby's Tiden 1st swimming session with Ada.

Day 82 (16 Oct 2013)

Smirked!

Day 83 (17 Oct 2013)

Built a barrier to prevent Daddy from hitting Ada while deep asleep! Still trying to get used to co-sleeping with Ada...

Day 84 (18 Oct 2013)

It's important to let babies feel their hands and learn how to grip things. So besides bedtime, Ada's hand is free of mittens so that she can familiarise herself with the fingers and start to grab things. Instead of sucking her mittens, she is now sucking her fist, with loud "yummylicious" sound.

WEEK 13

Day 85 (19 Oct 2013)

So much love for this 'ham ham' face.

Day 86 (20 Oct 2013)

Baby's feeding baby, too cute!

Day 87 (21 Oct 2013)

"Thank you Edwin Uncle and Eileen Aunty for the super comfortable blanket and a very soft Owl!"

Day 88 (22 Oct 2013)

Daddy stole my photograph and sent it to ICA to apply for Ada's passport! Surprise~

Day 89 (23 Oct 2013)

Ada's very first laughter! Previously she will just grin or laugh quietly... Growing up!

Day 90 (24 Oct 2013)

OOTD

I love dressing her up in a jumpsuit like this... don't have to worry about socks dropping off or feet getting too cold.

Day 91 (25 Oct 2013)

Still practicing how to hold her own milk bottle!

WEEK 14

Day 92 (26 Oct 2013)

"HAHAHA... I'm turning 4 months tomorrow!"

"Thank you Ah Yi for the lovely romper, heels gonna be my <3 when I grow up!"

All about Tiden Baby

Xxd is a very fortunate baby as everyone helped to ensure that his birthday party will be a success. He might be too young to understand now, but he will be filled with with lots of fun-filled photos as memories! Check out the party photos and you'll know how much fun and food we had.

Cake and Dessert Bar

Candy Bar

Buffet

Table for presents!

Photo-booth and props!

Cake cutting

Skipped a lot of group photos because xxd was getting rowdy and need a nap! Realized we didn't even have a family photo nor with other friends and relatives, oops.

Pinata - Kids funtime!

CREDITS

to all the beautiful people who helped and did their part for our frowny little Tiden baby

Nephew Tiden has so many people to thank. Besides Mummy and Daddy who have done all the planning to make this day possible, Travis and Tristen Kor Kor also helped out (for a little while) besides playing!

Weilong who bought us breakfast and made several trips up and down to collect and deliver the helium balloons!

Eunice, Tida and Blossom for making such wonderful pastries and dessert bar set up!

Jeremy came by earlier and helped a little as well!

Chloe aka godma for all her efforts in decorating and setting up the candy bar and photobooth! Not forgetting the DIY piñata which the kids have so much fun beating it!

Bingcai aka godpa for making sure that all drinks, wines and beers are chilled for guests! Running so much errands and cleaning up the place when they party gets started and messy.

Ma-ma aka ah-ma and Ye-ye aka ah-gong for taking care of the birthday boy and carrying whenever he was rowdy and sleepy.

Hairul and Alan for volunteering and standing by at the BBQ pit to cook up a storm with cooked and delicious food for the guests!

I don't have a picture of Alan in action!

Hairul, Wenlong, Alan, Liang aka Yi-Zhang for clearing late and setting up the buffet line and getting up at 6am to send the stuff back to office!

Aaron and Andrew aka gu-gu for helping around and running errands whenever required!

Shuxian and Amanda for staying around for the whole of 3 days to pick up little bits and pieces of errands! I wasn't around on the last day so most of the packing up effort will be yours! Ha-ha!