Some updates

Being rather slack lately in updating the blog. Reasons been busy coping with my work and the two gals, the pumping of milk and fighting with the tiredness. Most of the days, i need my cup of coffee to keep me awake for the rest of the day.

Xi and Ru are growing fast and well and I am at a lost of recording down each of those precious moments. However, I am trying my best to jot down some of these memories/milestones:


Xi:
1) She is able to recite 1-10 in both English and Mandarin and can do some simple counting;
2) She can differentiate colours such as red, blue, green, purple, pink, white, black, yellow and orange.
3) She can differentiate shapes such as square, triangle and circle.
4) She can differentiate vehicles such as car, bus, truck, bicycle.
5) She can sing "小猪胖嘟嘟", "火车火车嘟嘟嘟" and recite "小老鼠上灯台“and “排排坐“etc Chinese nursery rhythm.
6) Her vocab improve significantly and can speak in Chinese in complete sentences and words which constantly surprise us.
7) She is in her terrible two stage and always says 不要" ("No" in mandarin) especially when she was tired or just wake up;
8) She is getting more sensible nowadays, acting like a big sister, and knows that when mummy is carrying mei mei, she will have to walk or Papa will carry her. Whenever she sees mei mei, she will go and hug her and sayang her. When she sees I am feeding mei mei, she will not make noise like in the past, and will play by herself beside us. Everytime she recites Papa, Mummy, Xixi, she will not forget her mei mei. When she sees mei mei vomit milk, she will wipe for her.
9) She is still scared of water and still cry whenever me or hubby wash her hair. She still dislikes swimming.
10) She has not gone to nursery yet.
11) She can eat and drink by herself pretty well now.
12) She prefer to wear skirts than shorts now.
13) She knows her papa, mummy and 小姨's names.
14) Her favourite toys are the "masak" (cooking sets) and likes to role play cooking, feeding and eating.
15) She goes diaperless during daytime now (except her nap times). However, she still refuses to poo in the toilet bowl or potty.
16) She is a little helper. Whenever I am changing mei mei's diaper, she will stand beside me, help me to take out the diaper, diaper cream, ru yi oil... When she sees mei mei's soiled diaper on the floor, she will pick it up and throw into the dustbin... When she sees me feed mei mei milk with bottle, she will put her hand on the bottle wanted to feed mei mei...


Ru:
1) She is very alert and her eyes will follow our directions.
2) She is getting talkative now and will "eh eh eh" trying to talk to us.
3) She loves people to talk to her and always smile.
4) She is still on breastmilk and dislike formula milk.
5) She sleeps more now, can sleep from 12 noon to 4pm.
6) Most of the nights she wakes up only once, sometimes she can sleep 6-7 hours straight.
7) She is drinking 4oz per feed.
8) She can still fit in newborn clothes though a tad of tight now.
9) She is getting chubby now, especially her face.

Some recent photos of the gals:

Xi on her last weekend class at Julia Gabriel:




Bedtime together:



On their car seats: