Happy Mother's Day!!

This is the 2nd time I’m celebrating Mother’s Day as a “MOM” :)
Last year, Naomi was 2 months old when I first became a MOM :)
This year, she’s 14 months old and celebrating with me but I guess she’s still too young to understand what Mother’s Day is all about…
We brought her to church on Sunday morning and Pastor Alex preached about parents becoming a role model for children. Someone they look up to and as Christian parents we need to build Godly home for our children and family. All begins with parents. I know I still have a lot to learn and always pray to God to guide me and lead me to the right paths and directions.
This year, to show my appreciation to my mom and mother in law, we took the family for a steamboat buffet lunch at Flame Steamboat Restaurant at Crystal Point after church. Our whole family attended the same church service so it’s very convenient.
Here's some of the pics taken on Sunday.
With 11-month-old cousin Jenelle in church playroom


I gave Jenelle the same biscuit as Naomi...look at Naomi's face!!

look at the way they sit....really samseng....haha

busy eating....

@Flame Restaurant....Naomi loves the ice-cream!!

hello, hello ?

Naomi picked up the house phone and simply presses the digits and said “hello!” “hello!”
The funny thing was how she learn/imitate this action? We were still wondering….as we seldom use the house phone cause we all use our handphone most of the time. This picture was taken by Tjun and the phone belongs to Jyun Imm (my sis in law).
My babysitter’s place does not have a house phone as well. Alice also suspect she pick this action by watching TV :D ???
She will do the same thing with our handphone as well….

PS: Thanks Aunty Joanne for getting Naomi a cute Minnie mouse handphone J I should take the pic and post in the blog as well…will do that tonight….

New Hairstlye...

Naomi got a new hairstyle!! Finally, I cut her fringe…:)
> She now look like a china doll OR in Malaysia most commonly known as “tempurung head” (“tempurung” = coconut shell).

I haven't cut her hair before cause I love styling her hair with all sorts of girly accessories like cute pins and clips….and she don't have much hair to begin with (although she’s already past 1 year old).

There were several occasions when nobody was looking at her, she will grasp her pin from her hair and quickly put it inside her mouth and chew (as if she’s eating something). First incident, Alice(babysitter) went to the kitchen to cook and when she came out she saw Naomi was chewing - something inside her mouth so she asked her children whether did they gave any food to Naomi. They all said no so Alice quickly open Naomi's mouth to inspect and she found Naomi's hairpin inside her mouth. From then onwards, no more pin for her. So Alice used black rubber band to tie her hair. But she was still able to pull the rubber band.

2nd incident, quite similar to the above but it happened at our house. Normally I will put her pin beside our bed's table and one afternoon she took it and put inside her mouth and play with it (chewing motion).
I saw her chewing something & I quickly force open her mouth and took out the a pin at that instance from her mouth!! Luckily she didn’t swallow the pin cause this will cause choking and extremely dangerous!!! So last Sunday, I took out the scissors (from my mother-in law who use to cut the family’s hair) and snipped her fringe…it’s a bit crooked though but will try snip again when she’s sleeping… I can’t get her to sit still while I cut her hair….need to think of new tricks…when she saw the scissors she will run away….here’s her pictures before and after the hair cut….

-Before-


-After-

Weekend @Penang Butterfly Farm

Last Saturday, we went to the Penang Butterfly Farm with Jason & his gf and of course we took Naomi along. Butterfly Farm is located in Teluk Bahang near to Batu Feringhi.
Penang Butterfly Farm is named the World's First Tropical Live Butterfly Sanctuary, which I think the name is cool even though I don't get the whole meaning of it.
Entrance fee is RM10 for Malaysian adult and RM20 for none Malaysian. This is a good place for photographer or you’d like to try out your camera quality.
We were so excited to bring Naomi along because we wanted Naomi to explore the nature surroundings there. OK, back to the journey, Naomi slept in the car and right before we reach the entrance so we had to wake her up. She’s so cranky and didn’t smile for photos. The weather was not really that 'hot' but the place was covered with this see through net which make the whole place warm and the air ventilation was very bad so little Naomi and I was sweating profusely….
Little Naomi was jumping up and down when she saw the butterfly and kept chasing them. She wanted to touch the butterfly but I did not allow her as I’m scared she’ll harm the butterfly as they’re very fragile creatures. After about 1 hour, Naomi began to feel restless and sleepy. She’s very dehydrated I can see and she kept asking for more H20!!
Even though the place it’s called Butterfly Farm, you can see other reptiles, insects, birds and flowers esp orchids.
Anyway, we really enjoy ourselves there and it was a great experience for little Naomi !!
Here are some of the pictures from the trip. Enjoy..

Naomi...

Some of the butterflies there....

very beautiful mandarin duck..

Naomi trying to catch the butterfly.....

Look at the big fishes inside the pond....

Looking at the tiny waterfall....

I can't remember what we're looking at??

There's a butterfly at Tjun's shirt....


feeling restless....

Taken at the entrance....

This is the only 'smiling' picture we manage to captured...

Outdoor with Naomi...

Naomi loves the outdoors very much…She loves to run around our house porch and garden. She likes to see what is going on outside the house (E.g: traffic – when she sees a car passing in front of our house, she will says “kar”, clouds moving, trees and birds) and experience the infinite and diverse sensory qualities of the world (the smells – chester’s output for example, the feels – fresh air? , the sounds) and experiment with the “big behaviors” such as shouting, running and jumping!

Jump for Joy....


Running towards Ah Kong....


Strolling...


After that, I had to bathe her as she was sweating all over!!

@The Curves

I wanted to do some shopping at IKEA before heading back to Penang so we went to have our lunch at IKEA café (yum, yum I miss the swedish meatballs already!!) Anyway, after lunch we went to the Curve to shop. On the way we saw a few of these gigantic animals strolling around the mall and decided to let Naomi ride on them. The good thing (or bad?) was an adult can sit too. We paid RM5 for this (it was like less than 5 min ride around the mall).
Naomi’s reaction?? She was so frightened of the huge Giraffe toy that she kept holding my hands throughout the ride. I thought after a while, she will get use to the ride but I was wrong…She totally didn’t enjoy the ride at all!! I can see other kids were enjoying themselves and some even went for more than 1 round.
I wanted to hold Naomi’s hand to the steering wheel so we can both move it together as to which directions we want to go but I was wrong…in the end I’m the only one driving that toy!! I felt ridiculous riding the big giraffe….Look at the pictures and you will get what I mean…haha

As you can see..it's open air and everyone can see US!!



Naomi- Stealing a look at the steering wheel....


Still holding on to mummy....


Pose for the camera...

Naomi’s Day Out @Mid Valley Megamall

We took Naomi to Mid Valley megamall on Friday and I saw there were a few “Little Tikes” outdoor toys like slides, play house outside Toys “R” Us. Immediately I took my little girl to play with the toys…
Below are some of the pictures taken by daddy:

Naomi- on top of the slide


bottom of the slide...


At the playhouse...


playing peek-a-boo with mummy...

Dinner at Tony Roma's: Ribs - Seafood - Steaks

Weekend in KL

We took Naomi to KL last weekend for a 3-days & 2 nights short family vacation. We drove down on Thursday morning at around 8-ish and reached KL at 11:30am.We requested for early check in to the Le Meridien Hotel @KL Sentral and then went to the KL Sentral for a quick lunch before heading back to the hotel for a short afternoon nap.

This is Naomi – Walking around in the hotel room



This is Naomi - Inspecting the hotel room (look at her tip-toe-ing)

Naomi walking towards the bathroom




Inspecting the toilet bowl?

Getting ready to go out~playing peek-a-boo


Famous "Home Alone" imitation by Macaulay Culkin


I'm ready now...let's go!!

Left or Right - Which is Right?

When will I know whether Naomi is a righty or a lefty?

Well....that's the big question for me....cause during the past few months...I noticed that Naomi beggining to favor one hand over another for things like eating and reaching. I tested her many times, for example: when I gave her biscuit she will use her left hand to grab on the biscuit and then will eat using her left hand....so instead of letting her to reach out for the biscuit, I put the biscuit in her right hand. She changed the biscuit to her left hand before putting the biscuit into her mouth.....haihhz....BUT, BUT sometimes she do eat with her right hand....so there's still hope for her to change....i hope...

I read somewhere that a minority of kids remain ambidextrous, meaning they use both hands equally, until kindergarten. Some children use a dominant hand for eating and writing but the other hand for throwing a ball. Handedness is largely genetic. Only about one in 10 people are left-handed, but if both parents are lefties there's a 50 percent chance their child will be, too. Tjun and me are both right-handed....

Many people advised me "Don't try to change her inborn preference, Forcing her to use the non-dominant hand can create a lot of frustration and expend energy that could be going toward improving skills and learning" I'll keep that in mind...

Some pictures to share....

more independent now.....when drinking milk

using her left hand to hold the bottle...and right hand to support the base

using both hands....


:)