11 mth development growth stage

Evangeline's growth milestone

1) Mastered skills (most kids can do)

• Says "mama" & "dada" to the correct parent -> According to daddy, yes! She calls him.
  
• Plays patty-cake and peek-a-boo -> Yes, she loves playing peek-a-boo.
• Stands alone for a couple of seconds -> Yes, in fact she stands alone longer than a couple of sec.
• Cruises -> Yes, we have been noticing her cruising lots since 10mth.

2) Emerging skills (half of the kids can do)

• Understands "no" and simple instructions -> Yes, she understands the meaning of "no" & simple instructions like sit still & wait for mummy.
• Puts objects into a container -> Yes, she has obediently keep her toys inside the big drum a.k.a box.

3) Advanced skills (a few kids can do)

• Says one word besides "mama" & "dada" -> She loves making lotsa noise but we couldn't make out what are the words. She tries to imitate our mouth actions.
• Stoops from standing position -> Yes, she loves squatting. She can even dance whilst standing, squatting & sitting.

Sentosa trip 16-18 Nov 08

"Daddy, this is real fun!"

Not enough for me...

These pix can be used in UWS brochures! Happy father & daughter in UWS!

Cheese!

Eve is so mesmerised by the crabs displayed.

Stingray (left pix) & Sea Bass (right pix)

The Bird Aviary, Sentosa

At the pool

These are the pictures taken when our little family went to Sentosa last mth. It's been one month and Mummy didn't have time upload these pictures. Most of the pictures are taken at Underwater World Singapore (UWS) where Mummy used to work at. Evangeline loves seeing the colourful fishes and especially the tunnel where the fishes swam above her head.

Outside "Songs of the Sea", Eve is already deep in her slp... so in the end, we didn't watch the show. (We still have the tix & it expires in Feb 09!) Must find chance to visit...

Strike a pose...

Tweety & us

I tawt I saw a tweety bird!!!!

Look at her grin!

Potluck @ East

Smiling so happily...

Prep for Eve's FIRST birthday

My gal is reaching her first birthday soon. Both daddy & I are trying to think what we should do and how we should celebrate for you! At first, we wanted to book an unit at SAFRA Resort which is very spacious and 2 bedrooms, personal bbq pit too. But unfortunately, we couldn't get one as Aunty Lucy and Jimmy uncle were unsuccessful in their bid in PSA.

So, we booked a room at NTUC Costa Sands in Downtown East for you. It would be on 17 - 19 Jan 2009 (Sat - Mon). We will pre-celebrate your birthday on Sat evening as your actual day falls on a Tuesday, a working day for all. Celebrating your birthday on a weekend will be able to invite more to your little party. We decided on Downtown East because it is convenient to access to NTUC, Wet Wet Wild, etc... We are gonna to bbq too.

Mummy is gonna order a beautiful 2-tier birthday cake for you. It will look something like this (above) posted. We've yet to decide which design to choose for you and if we are gonna add in strawberry shortcake figurine or Barney figurine... Mmmm, both also very cute but we know you love Barney much! We shall start searching for Barney figurines and see if we can find the whole gang!

We also wanna decorate the room a little fancier, with balloons, birthday wordings, ribbons, etc. (will update on this info)

What is Evangeline gonna wear for her birthday??? Perhaps a pretty white dress for you? We have not decided on this yet but surely it'll be a lovely dress for you. (to be updated soon).

For food wise, we are doing bbq, fried meehoon/ meesiam, chix curry & drinks. (to be updated again).

My favourite book

Eve has her favourite book. The title of the book is "Peekaboo Friends".  She loves the flip/flap feature in this book. This book is about Robbie trying to find his animal friends, from behind the curtains, behind the book, inside the drawer, under the carpet and many more places in the house. 

She knows exactly where the hidden animals are located. Before we can finish reading each sentence in every page, she has already flip open the flap & found the animal.  Evangeline also can recognise this book & the title of this book. Whenever we ask her:"Where is Peekaboo Friends?" She'll search and look for the book among other books. Everyday, we got to read to her this book.

Why she loves this book so much??? 

Evangeline developed a liking for animals. We realised that it probably due to the fact that this book is all about animals.  Robbie's friends are Giraffe, Penguin, Doggy, Kitten, Rabbit, etc... Evangeline simply loves animals....

Some early X'mas pictures at Orchard Rd

Look! I can climb the steps!!!

Do I look like a boy?

Trying to eat an apple

Look at how Eve tries to bite an apple.

New milestone: Clapping hands

It's been a while since I last blog on Evangeline. She has been developing very well in these two months. Eve has improved her motor skills like "CLAPPING HANDS". We have been teaching her how to clap hands, she has tried doing it but couldn't put both hands together. Just 2 days ago, Eve clapped her hands. Whenever she hears the song:"If you are happy", she'll clap her hands to the music.

That's great!

9 months old

Evangeline is 9 months old. She is going for her 9mth old assessment tomorrow at Polyclinic. I'm excited how she'll fair as a 9mth old baby compared to national's standard. I believe she's a strong baby, active girl and bubbly girl. What mummy noticed is that:

1. She could imitate our pronunciation. Yday, I said "Bye Bye".. Evangeline looked at my mouth and follow exactly the same way and blah out the words "Bye Bye" to me before I set out to work. Wow, my baby can talk!
2. She likes to talk a lot and scream a lot too. Always hearing her screaming, saying things like dad-di, bear-bear, da-da, etc.
3. She knows and can relate to us. E.g. when we ask:"Where's Leo-leo?" She knows we are referring to our pet dog, Leo and starts looking for him with her eyes moving around the house.
4. She also knows her pet friend, Giraffe. Because everytime when I say "Where's your Giraffe?" She knows who is Giraffe and starts to kiss it, etc.
5. Evangeline is independent. Just the other day, I noticed her sitting inside her baby cot playing by herself when she's awake without crying. So i quietly sneaked off to wash up before presenting myself infront of her. At times, she could also play by herself on the playmat whilst we are dining.
6. She could wave Goodbyes to people.
7. She is always standing on her own for a few mins (at times, holding her toys with both hands) and proud to show off her skills!
8. Sometimes she squats after she stands.
9. She has been crawling on all fours w/o belly touching floor for months. I heard that she'll soon knows how to walk.
   
10. Yday she managed to drink from her magmag with straw!
11. She understands the meaning of "NO" and when she made any of us upset, she'll try to pacify us by giving us a loving hug!

Evangeline is getting more sensible and adorable. We'll update her results of assessment again!

Bathing suit

Mom decided to post my pix of me in my bathing suit! What do you think???

She's INTO me!!!

I'm "Talk of the Town" with my 2 teeth in Selfridges!
She adores me....

Car ride

Now that Singapore is organising F1 nite race on Sep 16, 2008... Godma lent me Adam gor gor car for me to practice driving. I'm mastering my skill and see if I've got any chance at the race... Check it out!!!