I’m kind of lagging behind with the updates and pix so this is the latest I could come up with. This time, it’s only KR coz somehow, I don’t seem to be taking many pix these days. Don’t know why….anyhow, here they are.

Kathleen-Rose at 8 months

These are some of the reasons why people have kids. So we can take silly pix of them now and use it as bribe in the future! *lol*

Helloooooo….. *cranking her neck to catch a view of me*

Sitting in Daddy’s chair like the Godfather. Arianna has a similar shot as well. I will have to dig it out from one of Ted’s many [Ok, maybe he has 2...] hp laptops one day to compare.

Pulling funny faces. She loves this and this is one where she’s scrunching up her nose.

Development wise, I’d say that she is no different from Arianna except when it comes to solids of course. I am trying to get her to fast-track in the department but you really can’t. They take their own sweet time really. Never mind, as long as she is eating, I think it’s really alright. Weight wise, I think she is also doing well. I’m not sure what her weight is but it is enough for me to sometimes wish she could walk up the stairs by herself! lol

Finally, we have teeth! Yes, I can actually feel the sharp edges hence, it is official. At the moment, I can only feel one but I can see the second bottom one coming up as well. So it wont be long before I can get her to chomp on rusk and cheese sticks. Vocally, she has quite a pair of lungs on her. She can stand her own if Arianna were to grab a toy from her. She definitely voices out her disapproval quite clearly. And once, when Arianna accidentally bumped into her, light….o my, she made sure I knew about it. Screamed her head off! You’d think Arianna kicked her in the head! lol So I think I foresee a whistle blower. lol

Other than that, I am still enjoying this babyhood very much. As long as I get her at the right time and put her to bed then, we are good. Otherwise, it would be like hell on earth!! Also, I dare say that if she is asleep at MIL’s, Ted and I can easily slip away for a coffee by ourselves. It’s definitely something that I am extremely happy about.

I can’t believe that she’s growing so fast. I always tell her to not grow up too fast coz I’ll miss her but I know it is impossible. But her growing up so fast gives Ted a reason to bug me to try for another!!! >.<

I was meant to update on a monthly basis as the girls grow up but apparently I am too early for Arianna and too late for KR. *lol* But I think something is better than nothing.

Arianna turns 2 years, 4 months in Jan

The more the better Mum! [Plus where are those promotional hand sanitizers?? We need them for when we slush in mud!]

See, so cheeky! Don’t want to come out from her cot…

All smiles

Arianna is hitting the terrible twos. Constantly testing her limits and our patience. It’s not easy coping with her tantrums and hitting but it’s one of those growing up issues we have to deal with. For most of the time, she is a good kid. Loving at times but mostly just being her own little self. She is good at playing by herself which is a bonus for me and is slowly getting used to having a baby around the house.

Thanks to Sesame Street, she has improved vastly on her alphabets and although she cannot sing it yet, she can quite easily identify them if I were to write it out. She also knows her numbers up to at least 17. She also knows a fair number of animals which is only because I tend to lure her towards that and is beginning to form longer sentences and not just 2-3 words in a row.

Manners wise, she is doing quite ok too. ‘Thank you very much, Mummy/Daddy’ is a norm these days. Sometimes, its even ‘Thank you very much, Arianna’. *lol* And most recently is ‘Sorry Mummy/Daddy/Baby’ because of her hitting.

Overall, I think she is doing good but I am still concern about her food intake as it is tough as nails to get her to eat veg. Noodles and soups are her fav and at least she’s ok with the ang moh [spice-less] curry that I have been making lately. I do try to vary her food but I am absolutely hopeless in the kitchen hence I am not surprised that she finds my food isn’t as appetising as Nanna’s!

Kathleen-Rose turns 9 months in Jan 2010

Sleeping beauty

This must be how movie stars look like after a messy meal!

Aarrhhhgghh, stay away!! Paparazzi! Paparazzi!!

Giving her approval upon checking out her Chrissy pressie from Grandma and Grandpop.

My cheeky vegemite

KR is a blessing to us. She’s such a darling….her mannerism is as her name, sweet. And so very unlike Arianna is almost every aspect. Perhaps the only thing in common that they have is my penyek [flat] nose, and also that they both sprouted their teeth late. Arianna grew hers when she was about 6+ months but KR still has no signs of it yet. May take a while to sprout, poor little thing!

Despite almost 8 months, she hasn’t done a tummy-back-tummy roll just yet. I thought that since she rolled over 2 days short of turning 4 months, she would start to crawl earlier than Arianna but I think this will not be happening anytime soon. She absolutely hates being placed on her tummy but is more than quite happy to be sitting upright. In fact, she can quite happily do so for quite some time. She too can play quite nicely by herself. It’s funny how she reaches for all the ‘forbidden’ toys ie. toys Arianna won’t let her play with, after she has gone to bed. It’s just SO funny!!

Vocab wise, she has started to babble even more and can easily tell you that she isn’t happy about something. She literally shouts out to you to let you know about her discomfort. She has also started calling out ‘Dada’ and sometimes, as clear as a bell ‘Daddee’. How unfair is that???? >.< Looks like I have to wait till she turns 2yrs before I can her those precious words la. :/

Like Arianna, I am also having issues with food with KR. Having an allergy to cow’s milk, I am totally off dairy, including soy. I’m not sure for how long but I assume that as long as I am still bf, this is my situation. Sad right? Also, she is still on pureed fruits. I think I should up her solids intake so that she will sleep through the night. At the moment, she is waking up about 2-3 hours a night which is a bummer for me coz it’s a little tough getting back to bed. And once I actually fall asleep, it’s time to wake up for a feed again. A very very big bummer!

I guess I should be more adventurous in allowing her to try more things but looks like my being afraid is what’s holding her back! So I will really have to read into finding out more foods that she can take. Funny how despite having Arianna not THAT long ago, I still can’t remember. Aiyooo….anyway, this is all for now.

Stay tuned for next month’s update.

Well, just to spruce the blog up with some recent snapshots of the girls. Can’t believe how time is flying by so quickly…come see what I mean!

KR is already 7 months and is quite comfortable sitting up on her on for longer periods of time.

Sheer concerntration – do not disturb, baby at play.

Arianna is now 2yrs 4mths and has gone hatty recently. She never used to like wearing hats or have anything on her head. Things have now changed…see, she put Daddy’s hat on herself! Siow cha boh…. lol

Whhheeee….!!!! Catching her in motion, running like a headless chook [chicken in Aussie] in the drive way. LOL

Practising for Colgate advertisement. LOL My uncle used call us or any small niece or nephew ‘comotting’ as in comot [messy/dirty in Malay] when we were kids. I think this is it.

Gotta love it when kids smile.

People say that when it comes to kids, time just flies and you know what, it’s truly true. I personally think that a child’s growth is the fastest in their first month of life. It’s just such a wonder how fast they grow in that 1st month! If I had a camera that could record continuously, I would have definitely recorded her all that time! Anyway, in just a couple of days, KR will turn 7 months so here are some shots of her while she is still 6 months.

Getting the hang of the spoon.

“My first book”

Droolly baby

Gorgeous

Postcard worthy or not?

I think I’ll do a monthly sort of photo update from now.

People sleeping….

I’ve never really entered either of the girls into any baby competition and recently, I actually missed out on a really good one. It was a Bond’s baby comp where the winner would be in the 2010 winter catalogue. Wasted right? O well….I blame it on me for procrastinating but this time, I thought I will enter another one and see how we go.

It’s by our local paper and the winner gets a a gift voucher. It’s not much but heck, it’s still something right? So I’ll be entering KR for it since Arianna has passed the age limit. It’s from ages until 2 years and Arianna is more than 2 years. Anyway, we’ll be entering for :

Cheekiest Smile

and

Biggest Smile

So wish us luck!