When She is Quiet, This is What I Mean...

As mentioned earlier, when eating... sometimes Keira is very "guai" and didn't move much... but she still looks busy... as always....

Macam Macam

You know... when someone has lots of patterns, or expressions, we like to say "macam macam ah you..."

Haha... that's what I always tell Keira... "baby.. you macam macam ar..."

As she is growing, she has more and more expressions. I didn't manage to capture most of them (and i accidentally deleted one more pic)... but here's some of the remaining...

And even when she is eating, she has so many sitting posture, standing posture, and sometimes she would just be contented & happy enjoying the food and din move much :)

I scolded her for trying to stand while eating (but it's actually my fault, why didn't I fasten the seat belt at the first place?) so.... after getting scolded, she would show me how unhappy and sad she is...

Can't imagine when she starts talking, she will surely be a super duper kepoh and bubbly baby.

Oh ya before I end this blog...

Daddy bought a vest with hoodie, a tee shirt (din let her wear here) and a denim skirt for her :) she looks so cute on them...the vest is a lil bit too big though... *giggle*

I missed the timing (when she was smiling and ready for camera), this is when she started to get impatient...

Many Things Have Happened

Many good and bad things have happened throughtout this week.

The good thing is Keira has totally recovered *YAY* and we just gave her influenza vaccination today. She is quite tall, 71cm now. But her weight has been around 7.5kg, today she is 7.4kg. But the doctor said it's very good, nothing to worry about. Ideal weight. Another thing that really makes my day is what the doctor has been saying everytime we see him. Keira's social skill is very very good (above average). He was so surprised when Keira called Papa just now, and the fact that she can wave bye-bye pleased the doctor too.

Keira didn't cry during the jab. She showed her dislike-expression of course, but right after the jab, she smiled, babbled, played.. she was just happy! :)

Another good thing is, I'm changing job on September. Not that I don't like my job now, but the other job allows me to do more things. I'm quite restricted now, due to the work location. I'm excited about what I can do in the future. The fact that I can lead CG, have Bible study, involve more in ministry, fetch Keira earlier ;) and also be in the same office as my hubby hehehe...

The bad thing that happened ler... *sigh* it is kinda sad to see people that I love drawing back from serving God. It bothered me so much, but nothing much I can do. I tried my best. But it makes me realize that there are still sooo many people that I need to take care, it's a lesson learned.

End of this year I'll be travelling to Taiwan. Did you see any news lately? The typhoon and mudslides convince me that I shouldn't bring Keira with me. So she will either be with my MIL, Auntie Linda or my mom. After that I'll go to Korea, again won't be bringing her. Have important meetings over there. Then end of Jan we will have staff retreat to Hanoi. This trip baby will come along. *Yippie*

Eeeee.... Daddy's First Time....

Daddy has no choice but to clean and change my nappy after I poo poo...

:D

Books for The Next 2-3 Months

As you guys have read, Keira has not been so well these few weeks, so instead of just reading thru the internet, I bought a book by Dr.Miriam Stoppard. I bought one babycare book by the same author when I was pregnant, and it was quite good.

Actually there's one more book, which is very thick, by the same author, also about childhood illnesses and the treatment, but that one costs too much. So I bought this one, only RM33.95.

Besides, I also bought a book by my favourite author, Dale Carnegie. RM31.90 only.

Hopefully it's as good as the other one that I bought... "How to Win Friends & Influence Them"

It's time to enhance my parenting skills again :) Bought this fabulous copy... Sold more than 3,500,000 and it has been one of the best selling book for 20 years. I'm expecting a lot from this book... RM45.50.

Keira Loves Daddy

Keira had a high fever last night, hm no.. it's not last night, it's at 5am this morning. But thank God the fever was gone few hours after we gave her med. Auntie Linda said she is teething again.

At ard 7:30am she wanted me to move her to my bed, so she slept beside me. At around 8+, she suddenly climbed over my face, yes she was crawling across to her daddy's side and stepped on my face!!!!!!! while I was sleeping!!!!!! I thought she was ready to play, but when i turned around, she just wanted to lean on daddy's back to sleep, she was sharing one pillow with daddy and continued to sleep soundly. :)

Yoghurt When Having Cough?

Keira has been coughing for at least 3 weeks now. It's not a severe one, but it's a lil phlegmy. I told Jilly that Keira's immune system is considered weak, cos she has had cough and flu for... maybe 3-4 times in 8 months? Jilly recommended yoghurt, cos it plays an important role in nutrition.

(Important: do not give strawberry & kiwi to babies)

After doing much research whether I should give her now or after she recovers from her cough, I've decided to try it now.

Few moms have blog about how their children get better after consuming yoghurt, a few others stated that it's not good cos yoghurt will thicken the phlegm. But milk will also give the same effect, takkan I stop giving her milk right?

So I went to JUSCO to buy organic yoghurt, bananas, and sweet potato (and oh I also bought a light dessert for my hubby who needs to work til late tonite *wink*). And I just read that sweet potato is full of vitamin C and yoghurt is full of zinc, which are both good for health. *yay*

Anyway, I'll let you know if this works!

Keira @ 8 Months

Keira sleeps at around 10pm, wakes up between 2am-4am for a 5-oz milk, then sleeps again until around 7am, she will then wake up, smile, talk a lil bit, ask me to carry... after that falls back asleep beside me (or when I carry her) until 8+ or 9 sometimes.

We send her to Auntie Linda's house around 10am, she will whine a lil bit cos she doesnt want to be separated from mommy n daddy. I pick her up around 7:30-8:30pm (what a loooong hour of separation), we go home... clean up and play until 10pm!

That's what we do from Tues to Fri, the days when I'm working!

Keira's New Toy

We were invited to Dylan' birthday party last Satur. Dylan's mommy, Yen Fen, being a very nice and kind friend, let Keira play with Dylan's toys in his room!

And both Keith and I realized that Keira doesn't have much toys! Haha... all these while we thought she had enough... but seeing my lil baby enjoying Dylan's toys, both Keith's and my heart melted, so we decided to buy her another toy.

We went to Parkson, and checked what she liked! We passed to her Barney, Elmo, Mickey Mouse, toy laptops (cos she likes my laptop so much) and some other cute toys... she didn't seem interested until she saw...

She gets excited when playing it at home...

Instead of playing it with the mallet, she used her hands to hit the xylophone...

Never Leave Your Child In The Car For Goodness Sake!!!

Car thief takes off with kids inside

2009/07/14
New Straits Times

MALACCA: Leaving his two children in his Toyota Camry with its engine still running proved to be a costly mistake for a businessman. A man got behind the wheel and drove away with them. And for almost one hour, the businessman, in his 30s, could only pray for the safety of his 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter.

The businessman, identified only as Khoo, had gone to see his new house in Taman Muzaffar Shah in Ayer Keroh with his three children at about 6pm on Sunday.

According to police, Khoo, who is from Ayer Keroh Heights, reached his new house and noticed that his two younger children were sleeping.

"He left the car engine running and took his other child to inspect the renovation works being carried out on his house.

"While in the house, Khoo heard his car being driven away. He tried to give chase on foot but the suspect sped off with the two children sound asleep in the back seat.

An hour later, Khoo received an anonymous call informing him that his children had been found in a housing estate in Seremban.

"Khoo and his family members then rushed to Seremban and were reunited with his children about 8pm.

"The children looked calm and were not crying when they were found," said the police spokesman, adding that the thief had fled with the car.

Keira's New Buddy

She stared at him at first....

stunned..... didn't say anything...

as he played and showed her some expressions, she smiled...

Looked at me... smiled to me...

looked at him again...

started to pat him a bit...

talked to him using her own language...

grabbed his nose...

smiled...

when he went towards the TV, Keira followed him...

he sat down and watched TV...

Keira stayed beside him...

after a while, she asked him to carry her...

Buddies they have become...

But because Keira is too restless and ke-poh, in less than 10mins the buddy had to return her to her mommie...

My Smart Baby

It's so fun to see little Keira learn things... And she learns fast too...

See how she tried to put the bottle cover back...

No Pic No Blog

I know it's been quite a while I didn't post anything here...

Well... nothing much has happened, besides my happy baby has been cheering me and Keith up! Since she knows how to stand and crawl...she has been sooooooo HIGH and happy!!! The first "good-morning-smile" & greeting always energize me. :)

My mom and dad will be here for the weekend. I'm sure Keira will be super pampered.

I Wondered...

Keira was giggling while sleeping. I wondered what she was dreaming about, was I in her dream? She's such an angel... :)

And this morning, she hardly moved for at least 15mins, just stared at the TV. And guess what channel was she watching?? No no... not disney clubhouse, nor cartoon network, nor Astro Ceria... She was watching MTV; Britney Spears, Ashlee Simpson, etc... Keith said she might have the voice of Macy Gray LOL...

Will you want your child to be a superstar in the future?

Mommie... Pls dont scold me

for Keira's uncle that doesn't have an access to Facebook for the moment...

you can also watch from my facebook and put a comment there ;)

My FaCeBooK

You can check out my facebook for more videos and pics of Keira :)

www.facebook.com/julijoe

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I slipped at the entrance of Carrefour yesterday and I WAS CARRYING KEIRA. Thank God I managed to find balance and I fell on my knee. Look at the o-che!

The last time I fell down (back in 2006), it was so terrible. I was running with my friend in Samosir Island back in Indo. I was bleeding until I got dizzy. LOL.

So this time round, it's really nothing. :P

7 Months Old

At 7 months:

1. She will cry and say mamam when she is hungry

2. She can crawl slowly and stand with a support

3. She is very noisy at home... just keep talking loudly!

4. She likes to 'tap tap' my palms

5. I like to let her wear oversize t-shirts =D

6. She still doesnt have much hair

7. Whenever I scold her, she will show me a very "ke lian" and "pls sayang me" kinda look

8. She sticks out her tongue all the time

9. She fell down from my bed once (but thank God she landed on a pile of bedsheet on the floor)

10. She is 7.5kg the last time I check (abt a week ago), around 62cm (3 weeks ago)

11. She is ticklish

12. She loves to eat porridge, rice cereal, banana, steamed apple... hmm... basically everything I give her

13. She cries when she is alone with a total stranger

14. She prefers laptops, remote controllers and hand-phones to all her toys

15. She kisses me back (sometimes)

16. She shows consistent reaction to some games which her daddy plays with her

17. She likes gettings shocked when playing with me (Weird right?)

18. She will focus on the TV when there is music playing

19. She is learning to imitate us, and it's sooooooooo cute...

20. Have I ever told you that she knows how to put pacifier into her mouth?

3 Days to 7 Months

Keira is almost 7 months now! :) Time flies!

She is progressing very well...

So watch the video then only see the pic ok!? (it's how the story goes)

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Taah Daaaahhh......

She stood up!!

Well done baby.... *clap clap*

Beautiful Actresses

The prettiest actress ever...

One of the reasons I name my daughter Keira...

And I like Kate Hudson a lot too