Minions Addict

Her first mandarin word is Xiang Jiao. All thanks to Minion. =D

She loves Minions so much that I decided to get a minion cupcake for her and look at the smile on her face. So priceless. This genuine smile of genuine happiness from the life of a child. As days go by, I love her more and more. She's getting prettier and prettier, her vocab increases and she surprises us by singing the full lyrics of Twinkle Twinkle little star and also Jesus Loves Me. And she did all these at the age of 2.5yo. Wow. I'm impressed at how fast a child learns and unlike the olden days, child these days are so smart.

She happily wiped the cream, the Minion and then the butter cake. =D

Easter Artwork

When I saw this artwork in the baby's bag, I just couldn't be happier. Happy. Proud mama. Blessed. Thankful. All good feelings in ONE! My daughter is growing up too fast. We used to send her to the church's nursery during Sunday service when she was 2 months old, swaddled in a blanket and handed her over to one of the teacher's to be carried in the nursery. And today, she's 2.5yo and she did her first artwork in church!

OH baby girl.. where did the time go?

It was Easter week and she did her first Easter artwork in the church. She was happy with her artwork and I'm super proud with it. Not only that, her favorite song of the week is "Jesus loves me this I know". She sang and sang in the car, throughout the journey home. Baby girl, Jesus loves you so much!

Here's some random conversation with Ashlynn during the Easter week:

Chat #1
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Me : Ashlynn, mama loves you!
Ashlynn : Okayy... I love Jesus too!

Chat #2
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Me :  Ashlynn, mama loves you!
Ashlynn : NO! I love Jesus!

So, it was all about Jesus the entire week. I couldn't be happier when she put Jesus/God above everything else (especially in the chat #2). Easter is definitely all about Jesus. Who He is and what He has done for us. For He came and He died for us, He rose again and He is alive! Baby girl, my prayer to you everyday is that you will love Jesus always, you will always put Him first above anything else and you will always walk in His ways and His words will always be the light of your path. Amen.

We love you so much! =)

Honey Bear Birthday Party - Part 2

Birthday Cards are ready!!! 

I'm satisfied with the printout. Very nice layout but the wordings a little blur. Anyway, I'm still happy with this DIY invitation card. I have a few more things to do, hopefully to get them done before I go for my holiday again. =D

Invitation cards will be out tonight! I'm excited for this birthday party.
It's worth celebrating for your child, even though they can't remember or they won't know anything at this young age, but when they grow up, this little celebration that we did for them, it will stay forever in their heart.

And most importantly, we celebrate Life! =)

Honey Bear Birthday Party - Part 1

Hello Everyone!!

ANNOUNCEMENT!!

Our beary sweet baby boy is turning ONE next month!! 

This mama is excited for a birthday party again... and the theme for the big ONE birthday is Honey Bear! How did I ever come out with this theme? Why not Cars or Mickey or Safari or any other boy's theme? And why Honey Bear? 

So, here's the history of Why Honey Bear. =)

The idea came when I decided to order birthday cake exactly like the design below. But customized it to only 1 tier, 6" since we are just hosting a small party with close friends. So, the design for the 1 tier will be exactly the same like below, with a 3D figurine, a Tiger!  

After ordering this cake, I ordered cupcakes from my friend. When she asked what is the theme of the birthday party, I gulped. I replied, "I don't have any theme in mind, just do anything with blue and yellow?". So, that was it. I ordered 20 cupcakes with an unknown design and she shall surprise me with the design on the actual day.

Then, I looked around for a matching birthday invitation card, cupcake pricks and so on. And thanks to Google, I found an almost similar theme, Bee and Bear. Too cute!! Honey bear! So, this was it. The birthday theme for Daniel. Honey Bear Birthday Party!

So, I decided to re-customized the birthday cake again, changing from a 3D tiger to a 3D bear. And I contacted my friend to do cupcakes almost similar to this honey bear theme. And I customized the birthday invitation cards and cupcake pricks and bottle labels. Everything is good! And I'm one happy mom. I wish I have more time now to DIY most of the snacks and stuffs.

Daniel - 10 months!

Daniel is growing up too fast! From 0 months to 1, then 2, and now 10! Gulp! Breathe in breathe out. On the other hand, I wish he grows faster, he walks faster so that he can play with his Jie Jie, can chase Jie Jie and we can bring both of them out in the park together and yes, we can have lots and lots of fun together! And, I can dress him up smartly in shirt and jeans! I couldn't wait to play the matching colors of summer wears that we bought in NEXT!

Baby Stats:

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  Sleep

There was a significant change in his sleeping pattern. Now, he cannot sleep on  his own, he cannot be left in the baby cot and then he dozes off on his own ... Such a drastic change after the Europe trip. He was too used to patting on the butt to sleep, and sleeping next to my mom and not the baby cot... So, after the trip, we had such a tough time to readjust everything. I'm just not confident that he will get back to the previous habit of sleeping on his own (self-settled).

Feed

Daniel oh Daniel, can you please eat everything that your mama cooks ? Haha. I actually had a hard time to feed him ABC porridge (which means I dump lots of vege in the porridge). Ended up I had to steam fish and pour in the gravy into his porridge and then only he ate like a Prince. Baby boy oh baby boy... We yet to try something new.. looks like his food adventure is a little boring compare to Jie Jie's time.

Solid Food Adventure:

20 Nov - First intro on Oatmeal Cereal (Yumm)

25 Nov - Oatmeal and Banana Cereal (Yumm)

1 Dec - Apple puree (Yuckk)

19 Dec - Butternut squash puree (Yuckk)

27 Dec - Potato, pumpkin and beef casserole (Super Yumm - bought from Woolworths Australia) 

8 Feb - Avocado + Oatmeal Cereal (Yumm) 

Weight

 At birth : 3.02 kg

7 weeks : 4.7kg

3 months : (still not checked)

4 months : 6.2kg

5 months : (not checked)

6 months : 6.5kg

6.5 months (30 Nov 2013) : 6.7kg

7 months : (not checked)

8 months : (not checked) 

  9 months : (not checked) 

10 months : (not checked)

Funniest Moment

Nothing much on the funniest moment as mama was away for almost 3 weeks. Sorry baby boy. But we still find your head banging style whenever you hear music is super funny. =D

Milestone

- knows how to clap!

- knows how to wave bye bye

- kept babbling mama dada baba

- able to hold objects and walk/move

Favorite Toy

Ball and stick!