Christmas Day

Christmas is finally here! Daryl, or rather me, can finally open his presents. :p

This year, he is a very lucky boy! His loot includes :

1. 2 Sesame Street tops & 1 bottom from Kel & me
2. 1 set of Eric Carle's My Very First Library books from Kel & me
3. 1 Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Learning Phone from Kel & me
4. 1 cap from Ye Ye
5. 1 Fisher Price Little People Animal Sounds Tractor from Auntie Esther
6. 1 Gymboree shirt from Auntie Angeline
7. 2 Sesame Street VCDs from Auntie Eileen





















His Christmas loot





















Mmm... should I play with the Phone or the Tractor?





















Think I'll try my new cap 1st





















Okie, the cap fits nicely, time to take it off so that I can play with my toys





















Now, which VCD should I ask Mummy to play for me?





















What a headache, both discs seems very interesting...





















Daddy, can you hurry up, I want to play with the toy...





















Finally...

In the afternoon, we decided to go back to my mum's place for dinner. Here are 2 pics of Daryl wearing his new Sesame Street t-shirt & shorts & the new cap from Ye Ye.















































Some family pics taken at my mum's place :

Christmas Eve

As it is Christmas Eve today, I decided to cook Kel a nice Christmas Eve dinner. Before cooking, we need to get the ingredients ready. Thus, we went grocery shopping @ NTUC.

Daryl enjoyed the outing with us. He even sat in the trolley till we finished our shopping.



































After our shopping, we went home. To my horror, I found out that I had forgotten to bring out our house keys. Kel also didn't bring out his coz he thought that I had brought it out. To make matters worst, Kel's father is out also. Therefore, Kel had to drive out to White Sands Shopping Centre where his father is & take the keys from him. In the meanwhile, Daryl, me & Asty had to wait outside our house. Daryl, being so young, doesn't know what is going on. He was enjoying himself by shaking our door grilles, walking around the corridor, climbing up & down the steps (with our help, of coz), etc.





















Daryl posing outside our front door



























Daryl saying cheese when he saw my camera.

Kel came back after 1/2 hour. Boy, we were so relieved to be back home finally.

Daryl's New Bag

We decided to 'upgrade' Daryl's bag as we feel that we do not have to bring his milk powder out anymore. Now, we only bring his diapers, mag mag cup, snacks, hanky & wet wipes out. Boy, what a relief!

I took out my old school bag, shorten the straps & viola... Daryl's new bag!! It was so comical to see Daryl carrying the bag that we decided to take some pics. However, we had to bribe him with Vitagen so that he'll carry the bag long enough for us to take some pics.

Playgroup at Angeline's Place

Esther & Angeline are having a playgroup today at Angeline's new place, thus I decided to take a break from my hectic work schedule & spend some quality time with Daryl there.

I love Angeline's new place! It is so big & spacious!! There is even a playroom for Anton to play in. Needless to say, Daryl loves it too.

Esther, Angeline & me had a very nice tea together. It's been a while since I enjoyed myself so much. Esther bought a cake from Awfully Chocolate for tea while I bought some pastries. Angeline provided drinks for us & some snacks for the kids. We spend some time chatting & catching up with each other while our kids explored the living room & ate their snacks.

After our satisfying tea, we adjoined to the playroom so that our kids can play. I managed to capture a short vid of Daryl dancing to Anton's Lamaze toy - Softronics Sing & Spin bug song.



Here's a vid of Daryl playing together with Nicole.



I managed to take a pic with Nicole while Daryl is not looking. He'll 'complained' should he see me carrying another kid. :p Nicole has grown up to be a very pretty gal. Seeing her & Daryl reminds me of how time flies.





















At about 6pm, we left Angeline's place so that we can have our dinners. I think Daryl enjoyed himself a lot as he didn't even want to leave the playroom.

Daryl dived off the Sofa

Daryl got a big bump on his head today!! I didn't saw how it happened as I was working in the study room. All I heard was a big "bong" & Daryl's crying. I rushed out of the study room to see what had happened.

When I reached the living room, I saw Asty carrying a crying Daryl. When he saw me, he called "mama" & held out his hands to me. I carried him & asked Asty what had happened. Asty replied that she didn't know as she was washing the dishes in the kitchen. I told Asty off for not looking after Daryl. She was supposed to be looking after him, not washing plates in the kitchen.

What we deducted is that Daryl is probably leaning over the sofa so that he can pick up his ball from the floor. However, he lost his balance & fell head down onto the floor. It was the biggest bump which he had in his entire life!! I was so heartpained when I saw that.

I comforted Daryl by taking some pics with him while Asty went to boil a hard boiled egg.



































Once it was ready, I held Daryl in a very tight grip so that Asty can rub his bump. He was crying & struggling so violently. Poor Daryl...

After rubbing it, the bump seemed to have subside a bit. I hope that it would subside soon.

Visiting Po Po's Place

My sisters told me that my mum misses her grandson a lot as we have not been visiting her recently. Thus we decided to visit her today.

Daryl likes going to my mum's place as he will have free rein of the house. He is the apple of my mum & sisters' eyes. Thus they will accede to his every request. :p

Here's a pic of Daryl playing with the magnets which are on the refrigerator. My mum was looking after him while I had my dinner.



























My sis even took a vid of him while he was playing.


Here are some pics of Daryl with his various expressions:





















Daryl: Huh, you are going to take my pic again ah?





















Okie lah, since you are my Xiao Yi, will smile for you...





















Mummy, can you bao bao me? Pls... Tolong Tolong... Coz Xiao Yi is going to take my pics again. I am tired of smiling for her liao...





















Yeah, success!!

Lunch, High Tea & Shopping with Da Yi

Daryl & I meet Pris for lunch & Christmas shopping today. Pris needs to clear her leave by the end of the year, thus we decided to meet up.

We decided to meet @ Sakae Sushi, Suntec City to have our lunch 1st before our shopping. I was very impressed with the restaurant as they have a booster seat for Daryl to sit in. This was not available at the outlet @ Parkway Parade.

Daryl enjoyed the lunch a lot as he got to eat his favourite food - chawan mushi.



































He even got to try a new dish - Edamame. It's a kind of green beans which is boiled. As I don't eat green beans, Daryl had never tried it before. Pris would peel open the bean pod, put the beans on a plate & he'll pick them up 1 by 1 & eat it. It was quite funny to see him doing that. He even tried to feed Pris. As Pris don't want to eat the bean from his saliva covered fingers, she took the bean & put it into Daryl's mouth. Then Daryl got this bright idea of giving his Da Yi the beans so that she can feed him with it. It was hilarious seeing the 2 of them doing that!!

After lunch, we went shopping at suntec city. However, nothing caught Pris's fussy eyes. Thus we adjoined to Takashimaya.

We were a bit tired after the journey, therefore we decided to rest our feet at Coffee Club. Pris took some pics of Daryl with her camera phone while we were having our tea.









































































After tea, we went shopping again. As nothing caught Pristine's fancy, she didn't buy any gifts at all. As for me, shopping with Daryl is very difficult as he refuses to cooperate. Thus, I also didn't managed to get anything.

As Daryl is getting fussier, we decided to call it a day & go home. What a tiring day!!

Balloon

We brought Kel's mum out today for lunch & grocery shopping. As she wanted to buy some portobello mushrooms, we decided to go to Suntec City so that she can buy her mushrooms at Carrefour.

We had lunch at Chen Fu Ji Noodle House coz we wanted to try the fried rice there. It is supposed to be one of the best fried rice in town. True to our expectations, it was really very nice. However, Kel was complaining that the prices are on the high side. He feels that the prices are kinda of high for simple zi char dishes. Well, you can't pleased everybody, especially one who is as fussy as Kel. :p

After lunch, we went grocery shopping at Carrefour. Kel & his mum went to shop for the portobello mushrooms while Daryl & I went to buy some biscuits for him. Carrefour had this counter whereby it sells all kinds of snacks by weight. This is a really good idea as we can try out the snacks 1st before we buy them. I saw some plain animal biscuits which I think is suitable for Daryl. Thus, I went to take a plastic bag so that I can put the biscuits inside. When I opened up the box containing the biscuits, greedy Daryl went to put his hand inside the box & took out 2 bscuits & proceed to eat them. I was so embrassed! The promoter saw it & came over to assist me. She was laughing when she saw this. Daryl managed to charm the promoter by smiling his cheeky smile at her. Charmed, she gave him a different kind of cracker to eat. We were talking about him when Daryl finished the crackers. Greedy Daryl pointed at the box containing the crackers indicating that he wants more. I quicky ended the conversation so that I can carried him away before he kicks up a fuss.

After grocery shopping, we went to the Carrefour toy fair outside Carrefour. When we were walking around, we encountered a promoter selling Sesame Street helium balloons. I didn't want to buy them coz I feel that they were very expensive. It's $7 for a small 1 & $15 for a big 1. However, we relented when we saw how much Daryl likes it. The promoter gave some ballons to Daryl so that he can hold them. He kept smiling & pointing at the ballons & saying "ball ball". Kel, being the doting father, decided to buy 1 for him. We shortlisted 2 balloons - an Elmo balloon & a Sesame Street birthday ballon & asked Daryl to choose. He choose the Sesame Street birthday balloon. Here is a pic of the chosen balloon:





















After paying for the balloon, we decided to go home as Kel's mum & Daryl were tired already.

Daryl was so happy with the balloon that he kept playing with it even when we were home. Here are 2 pics of him playing with it with a big smile on his face.















































Seeing the big smile on his face, we were very happy that we bought it for him. Kel even said that we can treat it as his belated birthday balloon as he didn't have it for his birthday. :)

Laughing in his Sleep

Daryl did something really funny in his sleep last night. I woke up suddenly at about 4.30am due to Kel's incessant coughing. Then I heard Daryl's laughter. The funny thing is, he only laughed after Kel had coughed. So it goes like, cough, cough, cough, hahaha, cough, cough, cough, hahaha... It was so funny that I woke Kel up to witness it. Kel didn't believe me when I told him about what his baobei did. He asked me to go back to sleep as we are going to have a very busy day today. So I asked him to cough & see what is Daryl's reaction. After he coughed, Daryl would laughed. This happened a few times!! Kel was really convinced then. He remarked that our baobei is so mischievous that he even wants to play in his sleep.

Daryl knows "B" & "C"

I was working in the study room in the evening when Asty came in with Daryl. She said that Daryl knows the letters "B" & "C". I was a bit skeptical when I heard that. Thus Asty said that she'll show me.

We had bought Daryl a Sesame Street ABC Desk for his birthday.


























Daryl loves it a lot as it got his favourite Sesame Street character - Elmo. Thus he would play with it every other day.

Asty put some tiles on my study table. Among them are the letters "B" & "C". She then asked Daryl where is the letter "C". Daryl looked at the tiles for a while & he picked up the correct 1!! I praised him & gave him a very big kiss! Asty put the tile back onto the table & asked Daryl where is the letter "B". Daryl picked up the correct tile again!! He even pointed to it & said the word "ball". I was soooooooo happy when he said that. I gave him a very big hug & kiss!!

When Kel came back, I told him about what Daryl did. He was very amazed. Thus I asked Asty to demonstrate it to him again. When he saw that, he was so happy & give Daryl a very big kiss also!!

Shaving

Kel, the blur sotong, forgot to shave again before he went out for his appointment. As he was late already, he asked me to wrap his shaver with newspaper, put it inside a plastic bag & threw it down to him via our kitchen window.

Daryl was standing beside me when I was trying to pull out some old newspapers from the pile which we have. Once done, I turned around to see a funny sight. Daryl was holding the shaver which I had placed on top of the table & trying to shave!! The best thing is : he is doing it correctly!! He must have watched Kel shaved so many times that he knows how to do it. In addition, he was making some sounds which sound like the shaver in operation. I cracked up when I saw that scene!! Pity that I got no camera with me, thus I can't capture that scene.

Calling Daddy

Daryl is growing day by day. He is beginning to imitate what we are doing these days. Today, I managed to capture some pics of him using the telephone.





















Daryl reaching for the telephone.





















Checking to see whether mummy is around.





















Whispering to Daddy, "Daddy, can you buy me the Sesame Street toy toy pls??"





















Waiting for Daddy's reply.





















Daddy said NO.





















"Daddy, pls, pretty pls... I promise that I'll be a good boy..."





















"Daddy, I talk to you later. Mummy spotted me already & she's coming liao..."

Fever...

Daryl's fever got worse in the night. At 4am, his temp was 40.8 deg. I was so worried that I couldn't sleep well at all. At about 5am, I was so tired that I drifted off to sleep.

When I woke up at 7am, Daryl was already awake. I can tell that he was not feeling well coz he didn't even asked me for his milk. Usually when he wakes up, he'll "ask" me or Kel for his milk by saying "neh neh". This morning, he just lie there beside me without moving. I pulled myself up from our bed & went to take the thermometer to measure his temp. His temp was still 40.8 deg!! I called Kel who was at a golf tournament & told him about Daryl's high temp. Kel told me to bring him to see the doctor. As the clinic opened at 8.30am, I got no choice but to wait. I fed Daryl his medicine again. As usual, he screamed the house down.

Finally 8.30am came. I brought Daryl to see Dr Chua. Dr Chua diagnosed that Daryl is having a fever, cough & a slight sore throat. He gave him some medicine for his fever & his cough. He also wanted to give Daryl an antibotic for his sore throat but I declined it as I don't want Daryl to take antibotic a such a young age. However, he told me to come back should his symptons got worst.

After seeing Dr Chua, we went home so that Daryl can rest. Here are some pics of Daryl looking very lethagetic.



































See the rosy cheeks that he has. They were more rosy today coz of his fever.

As his temperature is still on the high side, I stuck a piece of Kodomo cooling adhesive on his forehead to try & bring his temperature down.



































With this, I hope that he'll get well soon.

Daryl is Sick

Today is the third day after Daryl's MMR jab. After lunch, I noticed that he seems a bit lethargic & his cheeks were a bit more reddish than usual. When I touched his forehead, it felt hotter than usual. Fearing the worst, I went to take a thermometer to measure his temperature. It was so difficult to take his temperature coz he refused to be still. Mine is a digital thermometer, so using it is a breeze coz it needs only 2 seconds to obtain the temperature. I couldn't be more wrong! Daryl struggled everytime I inserted the thermometer into his ear. Thus I had to restrain him while I measured his temperature. Needless to say, this got him screaming the house down!

My worst fears were confirmed!! He is running a slight fever!! His temperature was 37.7 deg. So I fed him liquid paracetomal. After eating the medicine, his fever still didn't subside. In the evening, it was 38.4. Then in the night, it was 39.8. Now I am monitoring him to see whether his fever will subside or not. It's going to be a long night...

Daddy...

Kel is the happiest person in the world right now!! Reason, his baobei called him "Daddy" this morning!!

Daryl woke up this morning at about 7.30am. As it was ridiculously early, I did not want to wake up. I closed my eyes & pretended to be asleep. Seeing that I was "sleeping", Daryl proceed to entertain himself. He was rolling all over the bed, touching this & that, throwing his pillow, bolster around, etc. After a while, he got restless & started to pat me, my face, pulled my hair, mouth, etc. So I opened my eyes & smiled at him. He gave me a very big smile. Then Kel came into our room to check on us. When Daryl saw him, he shouted, "Daddy". It was the 1st time that Daryl had called him that when he saw Kel. Kel was sooooo happy!! I laughed & told Kel that he is going to strike 4D soon.

Daryl Threw Daddy's New Shorts into the Dustbin

Daryl is getting to be a quite handful these days. Today, he did something which I don't know whether I should laugh or cry.

Kel & I went out for appointments in the afternoon. When we came back, Kel, being the vainpot wants to wear his new shorts after his shower. He knew that Asty had washed the shorts already, thus he wants to wear it. The new Reebok shorts were bought @ RSH on Sun when we were at Suntec City to collect my repaired handphone. It's a very good buy - S$26.90 for 2 pair of shorts.

As he can't find it, I went to ask Asty where are the new shorts. Asty's reply is that she went to wash the new shorts again. I was puzzled as to why she did that. Thus I asked her. Her reply, "Mdm, I had to wash it again as Daryl threw the shorts into the dustbin!" I was like ??. So I asked her which dustbin did Daryl threw the shorts into. She replied that it's the 1 in our room. Then I asked her how come Daryl can threw the shorts in without her knowing. She replied that she bought the basket of clothes into our room as she wanted to keep our clothes. Daryl followed her into our room. Then she went out of the room to get more clothes. In the meantime, my notti boy took out the pair of shorts which is on top of the pile, walked to the dustbin & proceed to throw them inside.

When Asty was keeping the clothes, she was wondering how come the pair of shorts is missing. She was looking high & low for it when she spied it in the dustbin.

When she related the story to me, I was laughing so hard. Kel heard me & asked me how come I am laughing so hard. When I told him what had happened, he was laughing also.

MMR Jab

Daryl went for his MMR (measles, mumps & rubella) vacine jab this morning. As our appointment was at 8am, we had to wake Daryl up at 7am, which is earlier than his usual wake up time of between 7.30 to 8.30am.

At the polyclinic, he was enjoying himself wandering around the place while we were waiting for our turn. Soon it was our turn. When we entered the immunisation room, Daryl seem to know that something is up. Coz he cried & refused to sit still. This time round, Kel is not there to help me out. Reason being that the polyclinic had this new rule that only 1 parent/guardian is allowed in the immunisation room. It's so dumb!! The room is not that small, thus why can't 2 parents/guardians enter the room at the same time? The even dumber thing is, the polyclinic didn't even bothered to explain why was this rule implemented. It's times like this that I wished that we have opted to do Daryl's immunisation jabs with a pediatrician instead.

1st, the nurse asked me some questions regarding Daryl's development. Then we weighed & measured him. Daryl is now 13kg, 85cm tall. This explains why I often feel breathless after carrying him for a while.

Next, the nurse explained to me that the MMR jab may cause fever. However, the fever will only appeared about 5 to 7 days after the jab. Thus we need to monitor him closely. She also prescribed liquid paracetamol for Daryl in the event that he has a fever.

Then it was time for his jab. When I held Daryl tight, he was crying & struggling so furiously that the nurse commented that he is a really strong boy. When the needle went in, his cries were so loud that Kel said that he can hear them outside the room. The funny thing is, Daryl continued his crying even after we had left the room. It was so embrassing coz he was screaming & crying at the polyclinic. He only stopped when I brought him outside the polyclinic to look at the vehicles passing by. Buses, cars & vans are some of his favourites.

We left the polyclinic after Kel collected the medicine so that Daryl can rest at home.

Then?

Daryl said something today which cracked all of us up!!

He was sitting at the sofa, waiting patiently for me to load his new Sesame Street VCD into the DVD player. The Kel came out from the kitchen after having his drink. When he saw Daryl sitting quietly there, he said, "Wah, baby, you are so GOOD boy ah? Sit there quietly & wait for mummy to load your disc?"

Daryl's reply was, "Then?"

When we heard that, all of us started laughing. Coz his answer is so apt for the situation!!

Playing with the Toy Car

Daryl has a routine every night. After his dinner, he'll take a bath. After his bath, he'll play on our bed till it's his bed time. These days, I realised that he likes to play with a miniature toy car which Kel had put on our bedside table.



As you can see from the vid, the toy car is played so often that the hood of the car had came off already. :p

Daryl's 9th Tooth

Daryl had been biting on anything that he can lay his hands on recently. Thus I suspected that he might be teething again. My suspicions are true!! This morning, I found his 9th tooth peeking out. It's on his upper ridge, the left side. With this tooth, he's going to have 9 teeth already. Hopefully he's not going to use them on me again. :p

Bubble Time

Daryl loves bubbles!! He loves it so much that he always looks forward to his bath time so that he can play with them.





















Daryl pointing to the bubbles.





















Daryl oohing at the bubbles.





















Daryl trying to catch the bubbles which is in his bathtub.





















Daryl trying to catch the bubbles.

Here's a vid of Daryl playing with the bubbles during his bath time.

Daryl Dancing to Sesame Street

Here's a vid of Daryl dancing to "Take the 1st Step", 1 of the songs in the Sesame Street VCD.

Dancing Daryl

It's very difficult 2 video Daryl dancing. He's usually distracted by my hp or camera when I tried to video him. This vid is 1 of the rare 1 which I managed to tape down part of his dancing.

He is dancing to 1 of the songs which is in the Tiny Love Maciq DVD.

Pool Time

Esther & Julian decided to set up their newly bought pool today. The best thing is, they decided to invite Daryl to play in it together with Nicole. Coz they said that it's too much trouble setting up the pool just for Nicole to play in.

When I saw the pool, I understand why they said that. The pool is huge!! It's like a baby pool. To give you an indication of the size, it can probably fit 4 adults & 4 babies inside comfortably!!

Daryl had loads of fun in the pool that day!! Here are some pics to show:

Here's a vid taken by Esther on that day.