23 March 2006, Thu

Annette knows how to take off her own diapers! Sri said that she had left Annette in the playpen to use the bathroom. When she came back, Annette was holding the diaper up in her hand. Thankfully it was just after her bath, so it was still clean. And thankfully, she didn’t poop or pee in the playpen. :) I wonder when she’s going to learn how to put on her own diapers…

19 March 2006, Sun

Annette has caught the eye of a boy! :) Went with Annette to Sunday School today. And Kieran – who’s actually quite a handsome boy – took an interest in her. Although he walks well, he was happy to go down on his hands and knees and crawl everywhere with her. And he kept looking at her and trying to touch her. Sadly for him, Annette was not the least bit interested. She was more excited about being able to crawl everywhere and play with the various toys. Boys? Nah… :)

Annette can stand on her own and even sway for a good minute or so before tumbling. She’s really getting quite steady. :)

20 March 2006, Mon

Annette is trying hard to communicate with us… in her baby language. I had just gotten home from work today and asked Sri to cook pasta. So Annette sat next to me at the dining table while I waited for dinner to be ready. She got curious and tried to look at what Sri was doing. Then all of a sudden, she started speaking to me non-stop for a good 4-5 minutes and with a very serious look on her face too. Daddy said she must have been giving me a lecture about eating more nutritious food for Baby. :)

Annette also enjoys Shania Twain’s ‘Man, I Feel Like a Woman’. :) Whenever I sing this song to her, she’d start dancing.

She also enjoys bopping to the McDonald’s Fan-tastic TVC.

Sri has also started letting her watch Hi-5 and she dances to it too. So cute!

13 March 2006, Mon

Told Annette about Baby today. Hope she understood when I told her she was going to be a big sister. :)

11 March 2006, Sat

The early morning pee was a lot more potent. :) The ‘+’ was unmistakable. Yippee! Some mixed feelings especially when thinking of the post-natal difficulties, but generally happy and very pleasantly surprised since it wasn’t really expected. Went down to NUH and saw Dr Anna ‘cos Prof Wong wasn’t available. She said all the indications were there but it’s early days still. Will be seeing Prof on 24 March. Then we should be able to see Number Two a lot more clearly. :)

Went down to Maplewoods to meet Lily. Not sure if we should continue with her or appoint Jeff. Sigh. I hope the renovations can proceed smoothly ‘cos I don’t want to get too stressed out with Number Two on the way.

Dear God, thank you for blessing us with another baby. Please watch over our baby and keep baby safe and healthy. And bless us with a smooth pregnancy and bless me with good health and strength. Amen.

10 March 2006, Fri

My period is late 5 days. Could it be? :) Over the last few days, I was so sure otherwise, ‘cos the tummy cramps and breast tenderness felt like PMS. But it’s hardly ever this late. In the afternoon, I decided to buy a PTK. In the evening, I did a test but the vertical line was quite faint although Daddy thought it was clear enough. Ok, don’t pop the bubbly yet. Will test again tomorrow.

8 March 2006, Wed

Collected keys to Maplewoods today. We are going to have a more spacious home. So exciting!

5 March 2006, Sun

Annette is no longer a little baby. And this is reflected in her choice of music. No more baby songs like Old MacDonald. It’s hip hop and rap for this little girl. At Fish & Co over dinner, she was bopping and head banging to the music, and was quite fascinated with the MTV videos too. :)

Our little girl is now an individual, no more a clueless baby. :)

She’s also getting quite steady now. She’s able to stand alone for more than a minute. And she can walk just holding onto one hand.

7 March 2006, Tue

Sri said that in the morning, Annette crawled to our bedroom, picked up the phone and put it to her ear! So cute.

3 March 2006, Fri

As Daddy and I were heading out for work this morning and said “bye bye”, Baby waved and gave a flying kiss as usual… and was that “bye bye” she just said? Wow, Baby knows the word! :)

6 March 2006, Mon

I asked Sri to take the Barney phone out of the box, and she found another toy phone that’s lighter and won’t cause any bruises. :)

Annette was fascinated by the various sounds when I pushed all the different buttons. When I made the phone ring and asked her to pick up the phone, she put the handset to her ear! So cute. Only thing was it was the wrong way round, with the ear and mouth piece facing outwards. But really cute!

2 March 2006, Thu

At breakfast, Annette suddenly propped her chin up with her hand, much like how a model might pose for a watch ad. Sri said that her actions were like big people sometimes. :)

She is also very active. She enjoys being on the move so much it is really difficult to hold her still for any period. And she can out-crawl anybody I’m sure. She loves to race or being chased. Maybe I should register her for a crawling competition. :)

In the playpen, she enjoys it when I start swaying and singing to her. And she will then sway along with me, dancing to the music.

She also tries to follow my hand actions when I sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Stars. And sometimes she’s en engrossed in trying the hand actions she actually stands on her own without holding onto anything for a few minutes!

And she also delights in whooping like a little Red Indian with her cute little hand patting her mouth.

1 March 2006, Wed

Today is Annette’s 1 year check-up and MMR jab. She wasn’t afraid of Doc Joseph anymore and was in fact quite friendly. She only got scared when he put a measuring tape around her head.

But, boy was she upset with the jab. She screamed at the top of her lungs and continued crying and wailing in anger for several minutes after that.

She was happier when I took her shopping. At the Hour Glass sale, I left Annette and Sri at the reception while I went to look at watches. Sri later told me that she was very sociable and even allowed herself to be carried by different people.

At the baby room at Paragon, she took a good look at herself in the mirror and I guess she liked what she saw ‘cos she proceeded to give herself a kiss on the lips!

At Din Tai Fung, Sri gave Annette a bit of the dough from the black sesame seed bun. And she loved it! She kept wanting more and even tried to take it from Sri’s mouth! :) Sri said over the last few days she had given Baby small pieces of bread and she liked it.

28 February 2006, Tue

Annette is now trying to take steps without holding onto anything! She managed to take three steps on her bed last night before crashing into a giggling fit. And tonight, she managed to take two to three steps twice in her playpen before stumbling. And she was so proud and happy. :)

26 February 2006, Sun

Now that Annette is a toddler, we’ll let her join the Sunday School nursery class. Jacob is in the same class too. Since I wasn’t feeling well today, I left Sri with her in class. Sri said that she was very happy in the class and was crawling everywhere to explore. :)

Baby is remembering her hi-five’s, no more’s, bye bye’s and flying kiss now. Only question is whether she will humour you. :)

21 February 2006, Tue

Annette now loves her Elmo push toy. She would grab it, stand upright, and then start running as fast as she can only to tumble over. The first time she did it tonight, she had a rough tumble and was stunned for a few minutes. But she became very determined and kept running with it time after time, tumble after tumble. Until we had to take the toy away and tell her to stop.

She has also become very confident with coming down the bed, sofa or your lap. She almost always remembers to back up, put her legs and feet down on the floor first, then sit down before starting to crawl off. Only thing is, she doesn’t really know how to judge heights, so she would try to come down from our bed as well, which is too high for her.

19 February 2006, Sun

Annette is one today! Wow! It’s been a really fun first year. And look how she’s grown! As I always tell her, she’s a little girl now, no longer a little baby.

We gave her an ang pow to mark the start of an even more fruitful life and for good growth. :)
When Daddy came back with the cake, we were all thrilled. It was really cute! Annette was especially excited with the teddy bear cake. So when it came time to cut the cake, Sri took Annette aside so that she wouldn’t get to see teddy bear being chopped up.

12 February 2006, Sun

Took Baby to church today. Dear Lord, thank you for blessing us with such a beautiful and healthy baby. Please continue to watch over Annette and keep her safe and healthy. Please also continue to guide Jonas and me so that we can be good parents and provide the best we can for her. Amen.

As usual, Sri had difficulty giving her milk and getting her to nap. She only fell asleep at Kong Kong’s house just before lunch time.

11 February 2006, Sat

We took Baby to shop for party packs for her birthday party next week. We also bought a Happy 1st Birthday banner. We had earlier ordered a cute 3D teddy bear cake (very expensive at $180 for 3kg!) and I am getting really excited about her upcoming birthday party!

10 February 2006, Fri

My colleagues came over to play poker at night. As usual, Baby was very sociable and even planted a kiss on Bee Choo without any prompting! However, she couldn’t settle down at night and was up playing in her room until midnight! The good thing was that she slept until 7.30am. :)

4 February 2006, Sat

Baby is graduating to Gain IQ! Today was the first day we introduced her to the new milk, starting with just one scoop Gain to two scoops Similac. But it turned out that she didn’t like Gain. I asked to reduce Gain to just half a scoop and hope that she’d take to it.

25 January 2006, Wed

Baby is turning out to be quite a techie. :) She’s very into cellphones and remote controls especially those for the TV and SCV. Once she spies a cellphone or remote control within her reach, she’d ditch the teddy bear immediately and do all she can to grab her target. And she’d be very persistent too.

23 January 2006, Mon

Baby can speak French and Japanese… well, sort of. :)

She can say “au revoir” and “iye”, which are goodbye in French and no in Japanese. At least, that’s what Daddy claims she can do.

Daddy said that when he asked her if she wanted to be put in the playpen, she said “iye”. When he asked her if she wanted to sit in her high chair, she said “iye”. And when he asked her if she wanted to finish her milk milk, she said “iye”.

And when he waved goodbye to her, she would go “au revoir” or something that sounded like that. :)