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Monday, September 22, 2008

Westside Gathering Pictures

Some picture to share...

Babies all over. Mummies and daddies controlling the crowd.
Busy babies. Gwendolyn and ashlynn sharing a toy.
What happened to Heidi? Who pushed her?
Arielle got the treasure! The yellow box!Emma and Gwendolyn engaged in their own activities.
Cat fight! What can be more delicious than this blue star?Oh oh... Blue star is confiscated.
Longing for the blue star...
Photo time! Daddies busy snapping pictures. We were like movie stars for that moment.
It's a pity that daddy didn't managed to take more pictures of other babies. Next gathering mummy will ask him to be more hardworking!
Mummy

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Westside Gathering - 20 Sep '08

We joined in the Feb Mummies westside gathering hosted by Aunt Jeannie though we are actually east-siders. Since we are visiting ah ma, so it's actually convenient for us.

We brought our bumper mat along as we are expecting 10 babies and 20 adults. People who turned up are me+daddy+ashlynn, tubao+hubby+emma, isobellies+ethan, jass+hubby+matthew, cheryl+hubby+vernon, lezy+hubby+ruth, garfield+hubby+arielle, qingling+heidi and not forgetting jeannie+hubby+gwendolyn. The babies were all over the place, looking for toys to chew on. The adults were busy chatting, pacifying babies, taking pictures abd pulling toys out from the babies mouth.

Some awards which I want to present to the babies:
Most independent baby award - Heidi
Most talkative award - Gwendolyn
Most well-behaved baby award - Emma
Most sunshine/sporty award - Matthew
Biggest baby award - Vernon
Longest hair award - Ruth
Best psychomotor skills award - Arielle
Coolest baby award - Ethan
and the Smallest baby award, needless to say, goes to Ashlynn Wong Jing Jie!

Ok, going for lunch now. Will write more when I come back.

Mummy

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Ashlynn's First Fall - 19 Sep '08

Ashlynn fell down from the granny's bed yesterday. It was early in the morning, granny got up from bed to prepare ashlynn's breakfast. Thinking that grandpa was beside her and the other side of the bed has been well cushioned with a bolster and pillow, granny thought it was safe to leave the room for awhile. As soon as she finished putting the milk into the warmer, she heard a loud thump. She thought something fell. Following that was ashlynn's cries. Her said her heart fell. Grandpa woke up asking what happened. Granny said "ashlynn 掉下来!" Alamak, I think granny must have felt so worried and guilty. Ashlynn fell from the front of the bed. Omigod! She said if ashlynn showed symptoms of vomitting or any signs of unwell, she was going to send her to the hospital.

Well, I guess it's a learning experience for all of us. Never underestimate what a baby can do.

Mummy

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Mooncake Festival - 14 Sep '08

Didn't do much on mooncake festival. It was drizzling, so we didn't bring ashlynn out to carry lantern. We popped by granny's place to have dinner and spent the evening there.

Ashlynn has a new toy. Grandpa bought it for her from Toy'R'Us.
Ashlynn also received some form of training on standing. We had a good laugh on how silly she looked standing in the laundry basket. Grandpa was the one who started putting ashlynn in it.


Mummy

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Photoshoot

Some pretty pictures of Ashlynn before we set off for the gym class yesterday!






Love Daddy

JWT Gym Trial Class - 13 Sep '08

Due to change of plans, we decided to bring ashlynn to join caden in the JWT Gym trial class. It was located at East Coast, pretty close to our place. We reached there to be received by the friendly staff. I will say that the place looks impressive. Very well equipped with activity stations that were colourful. There were 4 babies there for the trial class, including ashlynn and caden.

I can't really remember the sequence of activities, as there were too many and very fast. The class began with introduction of the babies. The trainer demonstrated some massage techniques. There was singing of songs and rattling of toys. The babies got to sit on a rocking toy, swayed on a gym ball, sat on a swing and even got to go on the "flying fox". They were also rolled on a huge cylindrical cushioned thingy. They got some hands on activities like playing with colourful balls and cloths.

Some differences between BJG and JWT Gym:
JWT Gym focused on physical activities while BJG had more mental activities.
JWT Gym definitely invested in more infrastructure.
BJG was more structured with the trainer leading the activities, while in JWT Gym, many activites were carried out on our own.

We went for lunch together after that and bid farewell from there.

Dinner was with ah ma and ah gong to celebrate ah gong's birthday. Ah ma and ah gong must be delighted to see that ashlynn does not cry now when carried by them.

Before the class. keke... mummy is actually a vainpot who likes to take photos. So I find all opportunities to pose with ashlynn.
The class started with some simple stretching exercises.

That's daddy's hands massaging ashlynn
Ashlynn on the rocking animal. Dunno what it is.

Mummy again! keke...

Daddy's turn to pose
Ashlynn wants to pose too!
Ashlynn wants to be a dancer. She can sit quite well. But can suddenly flop down without warning.
Ashlynn on "flying fox"
Caden on "flying fox". He definitely enjoy it more than ashlynn.
Ashlynn on swing


Timeout! Match-Making session with in-laws to-be. haha...
Erm... ashlynn seems more captivated by caden daddy?
Caden sayang ashlynn
Is that the way you reciprocate by pulling caden's hair?
All babies amused with colourful balls



Ashlynn's favourite rattles
Engrossed in shaking

Ashlynn doesn't really seem to enjoy the class. Maybe she was sleepy as she fell asleep during lunch. Or maybe she is not so much a "physical" baby?

Mummy

Friday, September 12, 2008

Developmental Milestone - 10 Sep '08

Ashlynn showed signs of crawling on 10 Sep. On 11 Sep, she started crawling quite well. After a few attempts, she started crawling faster and faster. Well done girl! But it means more work for daddy and mummy now...

Mummy