2 years old

Daryl finally turns 2 years old today. When he woke up, we change him into this new outfit which I bought from Kidz Cottage. Btw, I don't recommend purchasing from Kidz Cottage. I find that their stuff are more expensive than Little Tots Closet & their service is not as personalized as the latter.





















































Daryl holding his 1st ang pow from Ye Ye. Kel's dad gave him the ang pow last night before Daryl slept. See how happy he is.

After opening his ang pow, we went out to the living room so that Daryl have his breakfast & open his presents from us & Auntie Eileen.



























Daryl posing in his new Adidas shoes which was a gift from Kel. His current shoes are kinda of tight already, thus Kel thought of buying a new pair for him. I am amazed at how fast his feet had grown as we bought just his current shoes during CNY. At the rate that he's growing, I think we would need to 'upgrade' his shoes every 6 months already.





















Daryl with his birthday presents. From left to right - Auntie Eileen's present, the Sesame Street board books which I bought for him, the remote control toy car which Asty bought for him, his new Mickey Mouse sandals which I bought for him & the Mega Bloks Farm Set which I bought for him.















































Daryl with Auntie Eileen's present. Thanks Auntie Eileen, he loves it...

There's a Chinese tradition which states that the birthday boy / gal has to eat eggs on their birthday. Therefore, Kel the doting dad asked Asty to boil a hard boiled egg for Daryl. Then he has the 'honour' to feed the birthday boy.













































































































After Daryl's sumptuous breakfast, it's time to play with his presents. I think that Kel is more excited than Daryl in opening up his presents & playing with them. This shows that there is always a child in every adult. :p































































































In the pics above, Kel is helping Daryl to open up the Mega Bloks farm set. After opening it up, Kel & Daryl had a great time playing with it & the rest of his toys. They only stopped when it's time for lunch.

Daryl & Daddy

Daryl can be such a Daddy's boy at times. Tonight, I managed to capture a vid of him in 'action'.

Daryl has a habit of reading his books or book book as he called them every night before he sleeps. Tonight is no exception. As Kel had an early golf game tomorrow morning in JB, he was home early today so that he can sleep early. Thus, tonight is 1 of the rare times that he accompanied Daryl when he's reading.

In the vid below, you can see Kel teaching Daryl some new words. The funniest thing is, when Daryl managed to say the correct word, he would lean over to Kel so that Kel can give him a kiss. This went on for a long time. I was laughing when I saw it & couldn't resist taking a vid of it.

No Need

Kel taught Daryl a new word today. But I don't know whether it's a good idea or not. :p

When Daryl woke up this morning, Kel & I went to play with him on our bed. Kel was telling Daryl that he have to wake up & bath already as mummy is bringing him to have lunch with mummy's friends. However, Daryl was still lazing on the bed as he was enjoying the playtime with Daddy. Then Kel told Daryl that he has to be a good boy so that mummy will bring him out more often. I retorted that if he don't need me to carry him all the time, then he's a good boy already. Thus, Kel told Daryl that he's a big boy already, so he must walk by himself already & don't need us to carry him anymore. Then Kel asked him, "Daryl, do you need mummy to carry you anymore?" Daryl didn't answer him. However, he's got this cheeky look on his face. Kel then got a thought. He taught Daryl how to say "No need". Daryl followed. I must say that we are quite impressed as his pronunciation is very accurate. So the conversation went...

K : Daryl, do you need mummy to carry you later?
D : No need
K : Do you need mummy to carry your bag for you?
D : No need
K : Okie, that's a good boy. Can you get up & go pong pong now?
D : No need
K : Daryl, you cannot be a notti boy k. If not, mummy will not bring you out.

Daryl didn't reply his daddy. But he's got a cheeky grin on his cheek

K : Do you need mummy to spank your backside if you are a notti boy?
D : No need

*faint*

Sigh, I forsee that this word is going to be his favourite from now onwards.

Orange Watch

I realised that Daryl likes stuff which are orange in colour or has got some orange colour in them. E.g. oranges, 1 of his cars which got an orange top, his sandals which is orange & brown in colour, 1 set of his clothes which is orange & grey in colour, etc.

Today, we went back to my mum's place as it's National Day. When we were going back, my mum suddenly remembered that she has an orange watch which she can give to her grandson. She told us to wait while she went to take the watch.

When she found it, she put it on for Daryl. You know what, he stood there like a good little boy & let my mum wear the watch for him. We were so amazed. Our previous attempts to wear anything on his hands were always rebuffed.

The funny thing is, when Daryl was wearing the watch, he would hold up his arm as if he's afraid that the watch would drop should he put down his hands. :p We were laughing when we saw that. I forgot to take a pic of him then as I was laughing too hard. I only remembered when we reached home.



























Daryl staring earnestly at the watch



























Daryl striking a pose for me with his new watch

Bye Tata...

I usually have a shower before bedtime. Tonight is no exception. However, Daryl did something tonight which made me laugh.

When I came out of our bathroom after my shower, Daryl came running to me holding the TV's remote control in his hands. He put the remote control in my hand & pulled me to our bed. When we reached our bed, Daryl said, "Bye Tata" while waving his hands. FYI, tata is Asty. I taught Daryl to call her Kaka as a sign of respect. As he can't pronounced the K sound, his kaka sounds like tata. The funniest thing is, after saying that, he went to open our bedroom's door, signalling that he wants Asty to leave our room.

I was laughing when I heard Daryl said that. He's becoming such a precocious kid

When Asty heard what Daryl said, her answer was, "Okie, u don't want me, then I go out." Then she got up to leave the room. Daryl went to pull her hand & led her towards the door. At the door, he stood there & said,"Bye tata" & waved his hands again.

After Asty had left the room, Daryl closed the door & walked back to our bed with a smug grin on his face. By then, I was in stitches already. I couldn't believe that he actually said & did that. He's such a notti boy...

Meh Meh

Daryl has a fascinaton with small animals such as birds, cats & dogs, etc. He can watch them for hours without getting bored. Daryl calls bird as bird bird, dog is dog dog or woof woof while cat is cat cat or meh meh, depending on his mood. Why meh meh for cat? Coz he can't pronounce meow meow, thus it came out as meh meh... It always brings a smile to my face whenever I heard that.

Today, on our way back home in the afternoon, we chanced upon a cat at the staircase landing. This cat has been a very frequent visitor to our home recently as it has taken to having naps outside our house. Thus when Daryl saw it, he was very excited. He decided that he wants to have a chat with the cat at the staircase landing right there.

Disney Training Pants

I bought 3 more pairs of training pants for Daryl from Little Tots Closet as I feel that his current 2 pairs is not enough.
























However, in order to successfully toilet trained him, I think that I would need more training pants. Since Little Tots Closet have limited stocks, I think that I would have to source from elsewhere already.

Today, I let Daryl wear the Disney training pants. As he looks so cute wearing it, Kel couldn't resist taking some pics.









































































Hopefully, Daryl can be toilet trained soon. His diaper expenses is probably going to bankrupt us soon as he's now wearing XXL size diapers already. :p

Golf

Kel is an avid golfer, thus he would play golf whenever his schedule permits. Today is 1 of those days.

This morning, when Kel was packing his golf bag in our room, Daryl followed him into the room & sat on the bed to watch his daddy. Before packing his stuff into his golf bag, Kel would place them on the bed 1st to ensure that he didn't left anything out. Daryl was watching his every move. After a while, Daryl couldn't resist the temptation & started to play with Kel's stuff. When Kel saw that, he couldn't resist to let Daryl wear his stuff.



























Doesn't Daryl look like a golfer?



























Another pic of Daryl looking like a golfer.



























Daryl trying to unbuckle his belt



























Daryl is still trying to unbuckle his belt.

Kel & I were in stitches when we saw Daryl in his new outfit. It was with great reluctance that he took his stuff off Daryl.

Daryl the Drama King

Daryl did something really funny just now in the afternoon.

I was working in the study room when Daryl came to pull me out of the room. I followed him out to the living room. He gestured for me to sit down on the sofa beside him. to watch his cartoon with him, or rather, I was watching the cartoon while Daryl was playing with his cars beside me.

Suddenly, he bent down to knock his head on his cars. I didn't do anything & waited to see what would be his reaction. (P/S : it's not that I am hard hearted. It's just that it's the 1st time that I had seen Daryl do that. I had a feeling that he wants attention from me, thus I wanted to see what he's going to do.) My drama boy went, " Ehh......" It sounded like a cry, but it's not really a cry. Then he pointed to his forehead & went "Head... pain pain... head... pain pain..." I controlled my laughter & told him, "Darling, it serves you right! Who asked you to hit your head against your car car?" His reply was, "Head... pain pain..." Then he took my hand so that I can sayang his head. When I heard that, I played along. I went, "Oh, head... pain pain ah... okie, nevermind, then mummy kiss k. Then no more pain pain already..." I kissed his forehead a few times. Seeing no reaction from him, I kissed his forehead a few more times till he pulled away. Then you know what he did? He went, "Pain pain no more... pain pain no more..." The funniest thing is, he was twirling his hands around when he said that. Coupled with this very serious look on his face, I was laughing so hard that my sides hurt. My darling is such a drama king...

When Kel came back from his appt at night, I told him about what his baobei did. Kel went to tease Daryl about what he said to me just now, I think Daryl knew that we were teasing him. He went to hide his face in Kel's legs. It was soooooo funny... We had a good laugh about it again...

Daryl My Sweetheart

I woke up this morning with a pulled muscle at the left side of my neck. Think that there's something wrong with my sleeping position last night, thus the pulled muscle. Man... what a way to start my day...

In the late afternoon, when I was sitting at the coffeetable doing my work, my neck seems to be getting more painful. Therefore, I asked Kel to help me to massage my neck. Daryl who was playing nearby was watching us.

After a while, Kel stopped & he jokingly asked Daryl to take over & massaged me. To our surprise, Daryl actually came over & started to thump my neck. I was very touched by his gesture!! The enthusiasm which he showed when thumping my neck really melts my heart. Kel who was watching us teased me about Daryl being a mummy's boy. I retorted that he's just jealous. :p

Jayden's 1st Birthday Party

We attended Jayden's 1st birthday party today. Time flies... It seems only like yesterday when we attended his full month celebrations.

As the party starts at 1pm, we got ready at about 12pm. I went to bath Daryl while Asty went to pack his bag. After his bath, I went to shower while Kel dressed him. Kel even gelled & combed Daryl's hair. Thus, when I came out of the bathroom, I couldn't resist taking some pics of Daryl as he looks so handsome in his outfit. Btw, I was the 1 who chose the outfit for him. :p

After that, Kel the doting dad applied the California Baby calendula cream on Daryl's face as there are some spots on his face.

The final result...



























Some pics with Kel.



































After that, we left the house to attend Jayden's party.

Jayden's party is held @ Guilin Restaurant, HomeTeam NS @ Bukit Batok. The venue holds special memories for Yvonne as it was where she & Louis held their wedding dinner 4 years back.





















The venue (pic courtesy of Yvonne)





















The Winnie the Pooh scene setter & part of the birthday decorations (pic courtesy of Yvonne)





















The loot bags filled with goodies (pic courtesy of Yvonne)

At the restaurant, we took more pics.































































Kel decided to wear the same combination as Daryl. Can't stand him... It's as if he's afraid that no one would know that he's Daryl's daddy. :p



























The bdae boy





















Daryl running off when Jayden cried





















Jayden's birthday cake (pic courtesy of Yvonne)





















Louis, Jayden & Yvonne (pic coutesy of Yvonne)

At about 3pm, we had to leave as Kel needs to rush off for his appts.

Here's wishing Jayden a very Happy Birthday!

Work Work

Yen Li & Xiao Xuan came over to our place just now after dinner as Xiao Xuan wanted to play with Daryl. While they were playing, Yen Li & I did some catching up.

After a while, my sticky boy came over to the sofa where Yen Li & I were sitting so that he can snuggled up to me. Yen Li asked him, "Di di, where's Papa?" Do you know what he answered? He replied, "Papa work work..." I was very surprised as it was the 1st time that I heard him said that.

Whenever Kel is out for an appt at night, Daryl would sometimes asked me, "Papa, where?" or "Daddy, where?" My reply would be, "Papa is working." or "Daddy is working." Sometimes, lazy me would just say, "Papa work work." I didn't think that he would remembered what I had said, thus I was very surprised when he replied Yen Li that.

This reminds me that I have to be mindful of what I said around Daryl already. I don't want him to be repeating my 'colourful' language to my friends when I least expect it. :p

Daryl & Zephan

Trina & Zephan came over to our house in the morning just now as she needs to pick up the California Baby Calming Shampoo & Body Wash from me. As she's on leave today, we decided to let the 2 boys play together for a while.

Zephan is so cute... When they arrived, I held out my hand to guide him into our house. He was so trusting that he actually held my hand when he came in. It was so heartwarming as Daryl would never do that with a stranger. When he entered the house, he released my hand & went straight into Daryl's play yard to play with the toys inside. Trina was laughing as she said that Zephan is very "automatic".

Just then, Daryl woke up. Thus, Kel went to feed & change him. After that, he came out to check out our guests. He took a while to warm up. Initially he was just standing outside the play yard watching Zephan play. After a while, he went into the play yard tentatively & started to play together with Zephan. I think that they had a great time judging by the pics.

Trina & Zephan had to leave about 1 hour later as Trina had to run some errands. Daryl was a little bit reluctant to see them leave. Let's hope that they can drop by again soon.

All's Well

Daryl's fever had subsided yesterday morning when he woke up. However, we are still keeping our fingers crossed that it stays that way.

This morning, when we woke up, we discovered that Daryl's fever did not returned. Therefore, we concluded that it had run its course already. However, he's been very sticky to me these 2 days still. Kel was saying that he probably still don't feel that well, thus we should monitor him & see how.

Wish me luck...

Da Yi's Birthday

Today is Pris's birthday. To celebrate her birthday, we decided to meet for lunch & shopping at Vivocity. She wanted to bring my mum to Vivocity to have a look as my mum had not been there since its opening.

When Daryl woke up, it seems that he had gotten up from the wrong side of the bed. He was crying when he woke up instead of his smiley self. Hmm... that's not a very good start to our day. I had to carry him so that he would stopped crying. When I had to leave our room to attend to my client's call, he cried even louder. Kel & Asty couldn't pacify him at all. He only stopped when I came back into the room & carried him. He's such a mummy's boy... :p

As we need to shower Daryl, we took off his pyjamas & diaper. He protested very loudly when we did that. When we shower him, he cried. He only stopped when I carried him in my lap after his shower. Then Kel decided to comb his hair to distract him. The result...

Pris wanted to have lunch @ Sushi Tei, thus we decided to meet at the entrance. When she & my mum reached the entrance at about 11.15am, they found out that they were too early as Sushi Tei only opens at 11.30am. Therefore, they decided to go out of the building to look at the seaview. It was there where we found them when we arrived. Since it was still early, we decided to take some pics.





















Pris, me, Daryl & Mum. See Daryl's koala bear's pose...





















Daryl & Kel

Then it was time to have lunch already. While waiting for our food, we took some pics again.





















Pris, Mum, Daryl & me





















Family pic





















Mum, Daryl & me





















Kel & Daryl

Lunch at Sushi Tei was horrible! They actually forgot about our order for our main courses. Can you believe that? They only realised it when we complained about how late our main courses are. The customers at the tables beside us who came in later than us are already finishing their main courses wherelse ours have not even arrived yet. To top it off, the attitude of the manager whom we complained to sucks big time. Thus, we decided to award Sushi Tei a spot in our "List of Banned Eating Places".

Halfway through our lunch, Mum brought Daryl out to walk so that we can have our lunch in peace. When we finished our lunch, they were still not back yet. So we waited... & waited... & waited... Then we got worried as it's been a while already. We were afraid that Mum would be lost. We decided to ask for the bill & went to search for them. We kinda of panicked when we couldn't find them outside the restaurant. Then I got a brainwave... Toys R Us is nearby, so I have a feeling that they would be inside.

True enough, Kel found the 2 of them inside Toys R Us. It seems that Daryl had pulled Mum inside so that he can play with the cars there. It seems that our baobei is becoming a car lover as he loves to play with cars of all sizes. Mum said that whenever Daryl saw a car, he would stopped & played with it for a while. The funniest thing is, when he got tired of playing with a particular car, he would actually put it back in its orginal place when my mum asked him to do so. Mum was very impressed!

Kat called Pris when we were at Toys R Us. She had reached Vivocity already, thus she wants to know where to meet us. Pris told her to meet us at Toys R Us. When she arrived, we went shopping. One of our stops was the Nike boutique. Daryl was in heaven there as there was a Mac PC for him to fiddle with. Here's a pic of him with Mum while he was fiddling with the PC. See how happy he is...





















Our shopping was kinda of marred by Daryl coz he was quite notti today. He refused to walk & kept wanting me to carry him. When he walked, he refused to follow us or listened to our instructions. I even smacked him coz I was so fed up with him. Since he was not cooperative, we decided to cut our shopping trip short & headed for home together with Mum, Pris & Kat. Before doing that, we went shopping at Giant to pick up some groceries so that I can prepare dinner for them later.

During dinner, I was complaining to Mum about how notti Daryl is. She said something which got me thinking. She replied that Daryl is not even 2 years old, thus I can't expect him to be well behaved as he doesn't even know what is considered good behaviour. Mum got me thinking whether I am asking for too much from Daryl. With this thought, I resolved to be more patient with Daryl even though he drives me up the wall at times.

At about 7.15pm, Mum, Pris & Kat decided to leave for home as Pris & Kat still got to work tommorrow. I hope that Pris had a nice birthday even though her nephew is such a brat. Happy Birthday!!

Daryl is Having a Fever (Part II)

Daryl's fever has not subsided at all. Worst... his temp had increased during the night. I woke up this morning at 5am to check on him. To my horror, his temp is 40.8 deg! I was horrified! I went out to the kitchen to take his medicine. Then I woke Kel up & asked him to take a basin of water so that we can sponge Daryl down. Daryl was very upset at being sponged down. In the end, we let him play with the water in the basin. By doing so, we hoped that his temp will subsided. Daryl got himself, part of our bed & his cot wet, but we didn't mind coz his temp did subsided slightly. After that, we went back to sleep.

I woke up again at 9.30am. By then, Kel had already woken up & was reading the newspapers in the living room. Daryl was still sleeping soundly, probably due to the effects of the medicine. I got out of bed reluctantly to shower & change so that we can bring Daryl to see Dr Chua. When we were done, Daryl still had not woken up. Seeing his angelic face when he's sleeping, we couldn't bear to wake him up, so we decided to carry him up & go out. However, by doing so, we woke him up. He looked so cute with that blury look on his face... But don't be fooled by that blury look... When we told him that we are going out, he immediately perked up & even waved bye bye & blow a kiss to Asty. It was so funny...

At Dr Chua's clinic, he diagnosed that Daryl is suffering from tonsillitis which is causing his fever. On top of that, he also got a sore throat. No wonder Daryl doesn't have much of an appetite yesterday. It was so bad that he doesn't even want to drink his milk. Dr Chua prescribed paracetamol, antibotics & cough medicine for Daryl. We asked Dr Chua how did he fall sick. Dr Chua's reply is that viruses are very prevalent in the air these days, thus people with low immune systems then to get sick easily. As kids' immune system is not that strong, therefore, they fall sick easily. That was not very reassuring to hear. We can't possibly cooped Daryl at home the whole time. Well, we just have to take 1 step at a time...

After seeing Dr Chua, we went back home so that Daryl can rest. I am keeping my fingers & toes crossed that he'll recover soon.