Goodbye 07 Welcome 08

One fine morning

Good morning! I've just had my yogurt and am now reading my favourite book "Dipper The Dolphine"

Can you see, that's Seal on the cover. I love it!

Hey! No camera when I'm chewing on my teething ring!

Whatever, you are not taking the camera away.

On top of the world

I love it when Halabuji let me sit on his shoulder. Even daddy is shorter than me.

My visitor from Sydney

Here's me with Uncle Philip. He came to HK from Sydney for a short visit. We will see him again in January. Auntie Carmen and my cousin Asa will also be here. I miss Auntie Carmen. She was the one who look after me when I was a few weeks old!

Good morning!!

Oops! You taking picture of me? Better swallow my biscuit first

How do you like my buck teeth?

Hmm.... Is grandpa going to let me watch Sesame Street today?

The photographer

Gomo, do you think I've potential?

Getting bigger

I'm getting bigger and more lady-like!

I went bowling with mummy

Mummy took me to bowling night with her colleagues. It was fun. The ball they played with seems to be more interesting than my plastic one at home. It makes big sound and rolls fast. Can I trade in my green spikey one for a bowling ball please?

Me and my grandparents

Don't I look like my grandpa? I still have the hairstyle of Gong Gong (mummy's daddy) though.

From portrait to my normal self

Do I look smart here?

Are you done yet?

Enough enough! Your 5 mins is up. Next please!

Healed

The bruise is gone!!

Cliffhanger - Not

Do you see the bandaid on my head? I played cliffhanger with daddy the morning when mummy was in Beijing.... I fell off the bed and scratched my head. Got a bruise on my forehead too. Luckily, no concussion and I returned to my usual playful self within minutes. Mummy had a go at daddy when she saw that at night. I think mummy will still be talking about it when I'm 30.....

Crawling 2

The wonder of genes

What more do I need to say?

Sleepy head

Mummy and daddy's bed is so comfortable. It's firmer and bigger. I can turn around, sleep on my side, do a push up, then back on my back. Gotta think of a way so that they don't make me sleep in my cot!

Long Time No See!

It's been a while and mummy finally fixed the phone. Do you like my pictures? Don't I look like a little girl now?

I'm a lady

I smile like a lady

Crawling

Party Time!

What do you think of the tux look of my daddy? He went to a black-tie function without me on Saturday! I decided to leave some mark on him before he left home.

I love my daddy

Daddy, stay home please. Don't go to work!

Stop looking at my teeth!

I slept a lot last night and the two upper incisors grew like sweet corn overnight. Everyone got overly excited to see them and I decided to keep my mouth shut! You try to force me to show my teeth and I'll bite your finger off!

The Land of the Morning Calm

Grandpa, daddy and mummy took me to Seoul, Korea, the place where daddy was born. It was amazing to see all the people who got similar facial features as daddy. I met my grand uncles, grand aunties, uncles, aunties, cousins. There are so many of them and I had a fabulous time there. Grand auntie from Jungneng introduced this really tasty fruit called "bae". I got to eat a wedge of it instead of taking the puree. I love my cousin Hyun Jo unni. She gave me books and a toy train. She is very huggable. Take a look at the picture of the girl in a green t-shirt. See if you agree!

The trip to Korea was relatively easy. I ate, played a little, napped the whole way. No crying except when the air hostess tried to strap me up using the baby seatbelt. I'm not a small baby anymore. They cannot tell me when to do certain thing without my consent! Don't they understand that standing on mummy's lap during takeoff and landing gives me a better view of what's going on?

By the way, I'm not exactly a happy camper today. I only get to stay home and the two new teeth (upper jaw) is annoying me. If you put your finger in my mouth, I can make a pretty good dent on your finger. Watch out!

Tell you what

Don't stare! The man behind me with glasses is my Uncle Max! I used to find his glasses intimidating. I cried whenever we were in the same room. So, Uncle Max came up with lots of fun games to play with me. I still pretend to be a bit scared (with no more crying though) so that he will keep coming up with new games for me. Heehee.... Tricky, aren't I?

Today is China's national day and we went to City Hall for dim sum. Halaboji and Daddy let me sit in a high chair at the restaurant and it was fun. I could look at everything at the same level as they do. I grabbed Daddy's chopsticks swiftly and reached for the teapot at the same time. Mummy thinks I have potential to be a kungfu master! My middle initial J should be "Jet" as in Jet Li!

I have been talking to everyone at home in Changun-ish. They don't seem to understand me too well. I always need to lean forward to grab my object of desire to explain. I might raise my voice a little next time!

My daddy

Do you still remember how small I was when I was 1 week old? Look at how much I grew over the last few months. I'm daddy's mini-me.... Hohoho

And now you may...

See, I'm all ready for you to take pictures when I'm done with my morning routine!

Hey! No picture!

Don't take picture please! It's rare that daddy wakes up so early to play with me. We haven't washed our face and we are still in our pyjamas. No pictures please!

Early Education

Now that I can sit up on my own without support (and I progressed to crawling out from the car seat last weekend!), daddy and mummy thought about sending me to some baby gym. After looking at the price list AND the wait list, they decided that I can meet just as many, if not more, people from going to the supermarket. The exercise part? I can grab all the bags of biscuits I want from the rack at the supermarket. My favourite is a Japanese "mini chocolate cookies". You gotta give credit to the Japanese marketing talents. They designed the pack in such a way that even babies want their product without tasting!

You would probably be wondering what this picture is about.... To tell the truth, I was puzzled too. The colour part is nice but the shape over numbers? Ah! Prime numbers! The routine is (i) we count the numbers for about 3 minutes, (ii) I lean forward to grab the paper, (iii) My fine motor is developing so well that I squeeze the page using both hands to make some noise, (iv) someone takes the paper away from me before I put it in my mouth.

Happy Choosuk!

Two more weeks to go and it'll be Choosuk (Mid-Autumn Festival). Halaboji will be here with me again! Hooray! I have this smile when I think of it! What should we do together?

Kuku came to see me yesterday and bought me toys and lantern. The hello kitty lantern is half my size. I think I've the coolest lantern around the block this year. Hohoho!

I overheard mummy telling daddy about putting some prime number charts on the wall just now. What's she thinking? She even made a song that goes "1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 and 19. These are your prime friends in the first 20".

Gomo, guess what? I found this funny book called "Liars Poker". Mummy and daddy left it by their bedside and I grabbed it. So, they decided to read to me. More interesting than world news.

Salute!

Long live chairman.... Oops! It's daddy and mummy! Why are you trying to trick me?

Daddy took me to his office and I was a good baby. I smiled politely and didn't get cranky. Later that evening, daddy took me to the HK Squash Centre to pick up mummy from her game with her colleagues. There were lots of aunties and uncles and I saluted everyone. I think I deserved to get a good salmon porridge!!