Merry Christmas and a Wonderful 2013!

Wishing you & your family a Merry Christmas and a Wonderful 2013!!!

Happy birthday Zach Ha-Min!!!

Baby Si: "Happy 3 yrs old cousin kor kor ha min!!! Too bad this time u won't be able to play sand at krabi with me :( maybe next time"

Has it been 3 yrs already??? Time flies... Sorry we couldn't be able to celebrate ur bday with u as we're in Malaysia!!!

Here's wishing u a happy, healthy n contented days ahead :)
May u have many many candles to blow!!! (see pic below) *LOL*

Continue to be a good boy once nei nei (grandmother) leaves...I think nei nei will be the one crying when she leaves n changi airport will be flooded... Heheheheh...
Btw, She really enjoys her fun time with u!!!

Note: Uncle karthik did the pic collage below for ha min!!! Mr. Hubby is getting better and better at it :)

Baby Si baby dedication updates!

Sorry this mummy has been busy with outings till didn't have time to update u guys on baby Si baby dedication!

From my previous post --> Baby Si baby dedication this sat!!!

We were so excited to celebrate this joyous moment! Even po po was able to join in the celebration...

This year must have been the biggest baby dedication ever since it's the dragon year and many many dragon babies including baby Si (LITERALLY) as baby Si was born in the year of the dragon (Chinese lunar calendar) and her surname NAGA means dragon in Malay... So we had to be split into 2 groups and that's just on Saturday service! Not counting Sunday service where there's another 2 groups... and mind u, City harvest church (CHC) holds baby dedications every quarter! That's how many dragon babies???!!! U do the math! No wonder my gynae appointments n prenatal classes were packed wt preggie ladies! And No wonder friends keep telling us dragon babies will have a hard time entering into good schools as there's steep competition!!! Well, lets not jump the gun n let's not think too far ahead :p

Our cell group members surprised us with such a touching homemade card made by the zhuang sisters! To be exact Jennifer zhuang! I'm sure Janice had some say in it too ;) she's such a talented pop-up card maker... She makes each and every of our cell group members bday card!!! Oh bless her heart... Once u see the card, ur heart will melt too... She even drew baby Si's trademark signature look- her HAIR CLIP!!! how thoughtful ;)
Thanks to Zhi Hong & Elaine for being photographers for the day, Jun Xian for being our "secret" on stage photographer, and my lovely CG members for being baby Si "fans" of the day! u guys ROCK!
Esther, Jon & Lauren Spears, my mum (po po) for joining in this joyous celebration...
and to anyone who managed to join in (spiritually *if u read my previous blog post* )

If u missed out on tuning in to watch the baby dedication live, here are some of the highlights on the event!
•All the pastors were there with us on stage n went around and prayed for each family individually! We were blessed that pastor Aries and pastor Joseph came to pray for us...
•photo-booth session - a picture of each family were taken to capture this memorable event
•each baby was presented with a certificate to commemorate this day
•pics of each baby were flashed onto the big screen

Here are some pics from that day!

Outfit of the day!

Outfit of the day...chosen by mummy n daddy!

Being prayed by Pastor Aries

Photographed by our "secret" onstage man!

Daddy dedicating baby Si...flexing his musclets & muscles!

Not sure what daddy was doing but mummy was busy fixing baby Si's cardigan...

On the BIG SCREEN!

Just the front row families...there's 2-3 more rows behind...

And we're the 2nd group on stage..

With Po Po...

With Po Po and Esther...

Our photobooth pic.. LOVING IT :)

(this is what good lighting n good camera can do!!!)

Lovely HAND MADE Pop Up card made by Jennifer.

(btw, she was so sneaky about baby Si polaroid pic..she snapped a pic of baby Si few mths back n never gave it to me! Asked her many times and yet never got it...she kept it all these while n put it to good use!!!)

Baby Si's cetificate... her first and many many more certificates to come...AMEN :)

We made it on the headlines!!! BABY SI IS FAMOUS... hee hee hee...

Daddy, mummy, baby Si and Po Po in the house of God!

Baby Si 9th and 10th solid food...

Ok ok from my previous post --> Baby Si 7th and 8th solid food , I mentioned that baby Si's next food will be the avocados sitting on my counter top. But guess what? As soon as it was soft enough, I was so eager to prepare it but soon realized that it was already spoiled? So mummy and daddy had avocado milkshake :) yumz!!!

Any advice on how to ripen the avocados without it being spoilt? Mind u this is Singapore where the weather is hot n humid... If that makes any diff...

Some advice from some mummies on how to make it ripe faster...
•Put it with apples in a paper bag
Or
•Store in rice bucket

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9th solid food: fuyu persimmons
Her 3rd fruit ;)

So what does baby Si think of her gourmet meal???

THE RESULT?
Baby Si: yummy... This might be as good as her fav apples!!! She ate it quick :)
Mummy: increased baby Si servings as she liked it soooo much!!! Also added an extra meal time- so now she's eating 3 times a day ( 3 times-if this mummy has the time or else it'll be twice or once if we're out n about)

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10th solid food: pears
Her 4th fruit :)

So what does baby Si think of her gourmet meal???

THE RESULT?
Baby Si: yummy too!!!

Mummy: It turns brown after being pureed (due to oxidation)...but still good to eat!

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What veg or fruit should I intro next?
Stay tune to find out ;)

American wave...

Our baby Si practicing her Miss America wave!!!
Daddy says to start her young ;)

Miss America wave by Sienna @ 8 months

Note: Read her previous post about reaching her milestone...

Happy 8th months old baby Si!!!

Here's our monthly family tradition...

Hopefully baby Si pics will cheer up ur day!!! It did cheer us up when snapping these pics... :)

Baby Si: "Merry Xmas every one!!!"
KEEP WARM ;) hee hee hee...brrrrrr!

Note: we're in singapore... Where it's Alwiz Nice n hot :p

Daddy got a shock of his life when he walked into the room (in the middle of the photo-shooting) and saw his lil princess nakey with nothing but a diaper n a hat ;) *tee hee hee*

Now that baby Si is 8 months, Mummy can't wait to feed u and experiment with new foods like Meat, tofu, cheese, yogurt, etc...All the yummy stuff other than just fruit n veggies!!! So that baby Si will grow up loving all sorts of different kinds of food just like mummy ;)

Milestones reached
• crawling forward
• waving
• able to hold a book by herself
• able to repeat words when we talk...happened a few times randomly! Mummy was thinking she's going nuts hearing things... But it has happened a few times on different occasions with different people holding baby Si!

Thank u aunty Sathya n relatives!!! Gifts from India n US...

Guess who came to visit baby sienna???
A lil rap from mr. Hubby:
"Si-enna is going to see-anna (anna is brother in Tamil but in this case it would be COUSIN brother)"

This is the first time aunty sathya and her son Kiran are meeting baby Si!!! Well actually aunty sathya did meet baby Si when baby Si was 2 months in my belly - during our trip to visit mr hubby's family in the USA last year!

Now it's their turn to visit us here in singapore... They came from USA to INdia to spend time with relatives and now they are here in Singapore for 2 weeks :) they came bearing gifts for baby Si!!! And baby Si got her first Indian outfit - Kerala's special costume!
Can't wait till baby Si is big enuff to fit into the beautiful outfit and mummy can't wait to dress her up to be an Indian girl :) maybe then she will look more Indian than Chinese!

This mummy blogger will be busy these next weeks as we are busy going places n being tour guides! So far we've gone to Port of Lost Wonder waterpark in sentosa- very friendly for toddlers n kids. It was little Kiran's first time in the water n he loved it, Little India-to get yummy Indian food, bugis street-cheap shopping, river cruise at Clarke Quay, vivocity-shopping mall, pass by orchard street (too crowded to get down-it's tough with 2 babies n 2 strollers)

We are planning to go to newly opened Gardens by the Bay-the largest indoor garden in the world! Not sure where else to go yet as we have to think of kid friendly places... Maybe the zoo or bird park or night safari? Universal studios will not be suitable for toddlers...

Being a mum now, it's a totally different perspective! Have to think of kid friendly places as opposed to just going on our whims and fancies!

Stay tune to find out where we're going next :) and pics soon to follow! (once I have some down time)

Below: pic of aunty sathya with baby Si!!! Sorry no pics of Kiran online...

Baby Si: "more clips to add to my clips collection!!!"

Mummy: "fav tea- masala tea!!! I'm more Indian than mr. Hubby... Hee hee hee... I think he would agree to that :)"