Is Xi ready for a meimei?

We have, since the beginning of my pregnancy, started to prepare Xi for the arrival of her meimei/didi (we did not know the gender of the baby yet at that time, but Xi has been calling the baby meimei from day 1 when we told her there is a baby inside my tummy). She seems to be getting the idea pretty well, as whenever we ask her where is meimei, she will point to my tummy. When we ask her what is inside daddy's tummy? She will say "fat fat" instead. So she kind of know the difference between what is inside me and her daddy.

We have been telling her now that mummy is having a baby and tummy big big, cannot carry her already. So daddy carrys her and mummy holds her hands. Sometimes when she asked me to carry her, we reminded her mummy can only hold her hand. Sometime she will cry and insist me to carry her but most of the time she listens and let me hold her hand instead. I feel heartpain to have to reject my little gal's plea to carry her. How i love to cuddle her tightly and smell her, and her lying her head on my shoulder!!!

Every night, i will want her to say night night to her meimei and sayang my tummy before she sleeps.

When the baby kicks, i will tell her meimei is kicking and ask her to touch my tummy.

We have also been teaching her to share her toys with her meimei. Everytime we ask her can she share her "mi mi" (her favourite teddy bear "Emily") with meimei? She will hold her "mi mi" to my tummy. But when i asked her can she let meimei sleeps on her playpen since she does not like to sleep in it? She shaked her head.

Xixi and her "mi mi"

The other day when I was carrying baby Kaizheng (SIL's newborn baby boy), Xi quickly ran to me wanted me to carry also. She does not even allow her daddy to carry the baby boy. Haiz.... guess it will take her quite awhile to get used to the idea of us carrying another baby.

We thought of sending Xi to pre-nursery before the arrival of her meimei so that she can be more independent and not so sticky to me as she is now. But after visiting a few childcare centres and after much consideration, we decide to put the idea to later when she is older, probably when she is 2.5 years old. The concern is if we put her to childcare centre now and 3 months later withdraw her for 1 or 2 months due to my confinement (as I will be having confinement in JB), it might be too disruptive for her. Meanwhile, I am looking for any weekend program for her so that she can have an idea of how a school will be like and how to get along with other kids.

I got a few books from amazon on the arrival of new baby and be a big sister after advice from some mummies.

Yesterday first time i read to her "The New Baby at Your House". She was quite captivated by the real life pictures of siblings shown in this book. Good...

Is Xi ready for a meimei? Mmmmnnn.... we shall see 3 months down the road....

Xiang Xiang's 1st Birthday Party

Yesterday we went to Xiang Xiang meimei's 1st birthday party. Xiang Xiang is Xiao Jiu's little princess and she is 7 months younger than me.

She looks so pretty in her pink dress with matching hair clip and the little flower shoes! Many people say we look alike, what do you think? :)

The food and the cake were great and we have a good time playing with the 荧光棒.

The happy and sweet birthday gal:


Xiang Xiang and her elder sister, Felicia:


Xiang Xiang and me:


Me at the party:

Some past videos to share

When she first learned to walk...



When she first learned to crawl...



When she first learned to stand from lying position...


Playing with daddy:


When she was still a small baby...

Our little pianist

A mei mei for me!!!

From day 1 I have been calling the baby inside mummy's tummy as mei mei even before her gender was known. Now mummy is into her 24 weeks of pregnancy, and Dr Chu has confirmed the baby is a mei mei. Yay!!!

Mummy and daddy have some concern on how I will respond or accept the arrival of a sibling, who will share with me their love and time. They hope that I can learn to be more independent so they planned to send me to a toddler class before the arrival of mei mei. They have visited a handful of child care which are nearby Yi Po's place and mummy's work place.

Last Friday they visited a school and after talking with the principal of the school, they feel it might be too disruptive for me if they put me to school now and a few months later put me at home for one or two months during mummy's confinement. So now they plan to only put me to school after mummy's confinement and maybe after I am a bit older. Meanwhile, mummy is waiting for the call from the Pat's schoolhouse nearby our place to start me with once a week d'storey club to let me get used of the idea of school.

As for mei mei, Yi Po's neighbour (who lives a few units from Yi Po) has agreed to take care of mei mei! Mummy and daddy are very happy and relief to know that, as that will solve a big headache of finding a trusted babysit or good infant care for mei mei, plus I will have more time to spend with her since the babysitter's house is very near to Yi Po's. :)

Ozzie trip - 29 Aug to 8 Sept 08

We are finally back from our ozzie trip!

This was my first oversea trip. Mummy and daddy was quite worried for my first experience taking aeroplane, so they prepared lots of fruits and biscuits for me to munch on the plane. They did not need to worry much, as I was not bothered by the uncomfortable feeling on ears when the plane took off and touched down, and I was pretty well behaved throughout the plane trip.

It was end winter/beginning of spring in australia. It was not very cold, around 15 degrees, but the wind was fierce and harsh, my cheeks started feeling dry and peeling, and i refused to sit on the stroller but wanted mummy to carry me. Poor mummy, got to carry me walking along the Southbank and around the city.

We spent our first three days in Melbourne City, where we met up with Su Ann yiyi and Uncle Benny and tour around the city. We have also visited Aunty Marie and her family (her husband Uncle Evan, and her two sons, Jordan and Daniel). It was a happy reunion with them for mummy, since she has not seen Aunty Marie for more than 10 years since she graduated from Monash Uni in 1998.

Happily jumping up and down on the bed at Toorak Manor Inn, where we stayed in Melbourne:


In Melbourne City:



Having lunch at Pancake Parlour:


With Aunty Marie family:


Daddy rented a car from Budget on Sunday. On Monday, we left Melbourne city and set off our trip to Great Ocean Road. We stopped by along the way at many coastal scenery such as 12 Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge and London Bridge. We spent the night at a cabin in Port Campbell.







After Port Campbell, we continued our journey to Grampians. We visited the magnificent McKenzie Falls - the largest waterfall in the Grampians, went to Bunjil's Shelter - one of the most important Aboriginal Rock Art sites in the region and spent some time in beautiful Halls Gap - the heart of the Grampians. We spent the night in a beautiful house near Halls Gap, called Wildflower Lodge and the host Pauline was making us as comfortable as can be. The house has a big big garden and surrounded by wild birds and flowers and kangaroos!







We went back to Melbourne after Grampians, and next morning, we took a flight to Hobart, Tasmania via Tigerairways. The space inside the aircraft is more cramp, luckily the journey is short, less than 1.5 hours.



We picked up our rented car from Hobart airport, and straighaway, we drove to Port Arthur historic site and Eaglehawk Neck where we visited the fantastic natural attractions of Devils Kitchen and Tasman Arch. We also visited the famous Richmond Colonial Village, strolled around Australia's most historic town and its beautiful Georgian buildings including the oldest bridge in Australia. We settled our night at another cosy bed & breakfast inn, Gattonside Heritage at Hobart:








Next day, we left for Craddle Mountain. According to Google Map, the journey from Hobart is less than 300km and will take less than 3 hours. But to our horror, it took more than 5 hours and the road throughout the journey was winding and narrow. But we got to enjoy the superb scenery along the winding road, such as the Russell Falls and the 'Tall Trees' Walk at Mt Field National Park, where we saw the world's tallest flowering plant, the Swamp Gum and Lake St. Clair, the deepest lake in Australia. We also passed by the historic mining town of Tullah via Queensland. By the time we reached the cabin at Craddle Mountain, it was 7.30pm and was very dark already. The cabin we stayed is called Bushman's Hut, and true to its name, it was located among the bush. Mummy and I were very scared as we needed to cross the small lane among the bush with a torchlight to the wooden house. I cried out of scare inside the house and refused to drink milk that night. Despite its appearance, the wooden cabin is a cosy hut though, and we all had a good sleep till next morning when we were awaken by the birds.











We continued our journey to Launceston the next Morning. The journey to Launceston was a much more leisure one compared to journey to Craddle Mountain. We stopped by a few small towns and lookout spots along the journey, including a tour in the Marakoopa Cave. We stayed at a very nice house at the west of the city of Launceston. Launceston is smaller compared to Hobart, but it has very nice scenery and we visited the Cataract Cliff Ground, which is a unique feature whereby the mountain is located in the town, and walk ways (the normal and zig zag routes) were constructed so that we can "stroll pass" the mountain.

Enjoying our meal at a Dutch restaurant at New Longfork:


Inside the Marakoopa Cave:





Launceston, view from the house we stayed:


The Cataract Cliff Ground:


Our trip came to an end after Tasmania. It was a tiring trip for all of us, but it was rewarding as we have 10 full days of family life together. Mummy noted my vocab has improved after the journey. We are glad to be back home. Mummy is relief when she saw me go back to my routine comfortably. Now she is working hard to nurse back my peeling cheeks. :)