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Ellie started walking around a week ago. Finally, mummy here could tick that milestone off - albeit slower than his counterparts but really, better late than never!!

Just a week after his first steps, he is walking around so much, pottering to and fro and making A LOT of noise as he does, as if to say "look out world, here I come!!!"

Right now he still looks around for us, asking to hold onto our finger when he is tired but I hear that before long, he will be running AWAY from us, rather than toward us, oh boy!!

So finally 14.5 months later, my baby has officially become a toddler. Yahoo!

 
Hold my hand, Dad. Walk with me.

We went swimming at The Sentosa on Sunday when we celebrated Kelvin and julene's wedding. Took a snap of my little boy who all of a sudden, really doesn't look all that small anymore!!

Check out that awesome little round tummy!!

Testing the water

Hanging with dad and uncle dex!

Checking out some chicks? Lol.

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Congrats Mr and Mrs Kelvin Lim!

'Singapore's best-looking non-celebrity couple'!! Lol

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Our trolley was so full, there was no space for Ellie!!

We opened ellie's birthday present from Sean yesterday. When I took the box out and shook it around, Ellie could hardly sit still in anticipation! He kept jumping up and down, wanting me to open it faster. And he went a little crazy with the bricks after, batting them around to make A LOT of noise.

Wah hoo!! Bricks!!

Black and blue

What's that you got there Dad? *suspicious look*

Ahhhhh....

...it's a gun!

I'll destroy it!

Argh! It's become a short gun!

Learning to tip it over!

Bricks bricks, love bricksss!

Clapping after helping to pack it back

Thank you Sean, aunt Debs and uncle Foops for Ellie's new toy!

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Today being a public holiday and all, we decided to take Ellie out to lunch. We had settled on going to Ion so I could go for yoga before that. But just as I left yoga, we got a call from Boon to have lunch at Canopy in Bishan Park.

I'm normally wary of such places cos they are overpriced and normally not very delicious. But we decided to give it a shot.

Thankfully we did because it turned out rather lovely! The food came in large portions and more importantly, was enjoyable to eat.

And the ambience was great, Ellie could walk around the park, picking up sticks and kicking stones while we waited for the food to come. Everything was so chillllll.

The cafe in the park

Daddy and baby

The boys goofing around

Merv salting the fries with his burger ( $18)

My chicken avocado sandwich which I shared with Ellie

Banana pancakes for us all!

Rounding the meal off with a cappuccino! Mmm!

Ellie played with his cars...

...and had some banana!

The husband

When asked to give a smile, LOL!

We had a great time, we'll be back!

Coupled with my yoga class in the morning, this very chilled out lunch and the pitter patter of the afternoon rain, I had this very zen feeling that I carried around for much part of the day! Naice!

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We were walking around at Tanglin Mall when Ellie saw one of those coin rides he loves to sit on (but no coins pls, it scares him when the cars come alive with loud music and movement!)

Hi! Can I join you?

Oops sorry, need some help from my dad to get in!

Ahh! Isn't that nice??

Check out the open-top!!!

Oops she left just as I was changing gears!

Where did she go?

There you are! Come back here!!

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We're making pasta from scratch in this fun party! Join us as we get our hands dirty and roll out the pasta sheets! We will be making 3 types of pastas and 4 sauces including 1 mystery sauce! The one we are particularly excited about is the fettucini with lup cheong and curry leaf! Yum! :)

And at the end of the session, everyone gets to bring home some homemade pasta to prepare at home! If you like, you can even purchase the pasta rolling machine to bring home and have fun with. We're so excited! :)

Being silly at Ion Orchard!

Baby - $12.99
Smiles on demand with a generally cheerful disposition! Haha! :)

Row row row your boat!

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It was a lovely off day that we spent with Ellie today. I really felt us bonding and the affectionate young lad kept plying us with kisses as though to say 'let's do this more often, you guys!'

We first took him to clear up an ear infection he had. My parents, GUP+Y, mil and us brought him so it was 7 adults bringing 1 little baby to the doc. How loved!!

That out of the way, we popped into ikea to buy some furniture. Ikea is one of the most baby-friendly places around! The baby care room is so thoughtfully planned out and is a dream to use! Unfortunately, when I changed ellie's diaper, he decided to poop into the fresh new diaper which left me with no more diapers! Thankfully they had a diaper dispensing machine which completely saved the day!

Having a fresh clean bub, we shared a warm hot dog, with Ellie enjoying most of the soft warm bun. More kisses for mummy cos he loved it so much.

Dinner was at the banquet food court at Harbourfront. They have quite yum western food there - ask for the sambal chili!

Ahh end of another lovely Monday! Back to work tomorrow! But not before some pix!

Getting comfy on a flowery sofa in ikea!

He liked it so much he mooshed his face into the sofa!! Eeek!

Studying the floral prints...

...and beyond!

Cross-legged now!

Climbing climbing climbing!

Knackered!!

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My son delights in pulling toilet paper. It is just something he cannot resist despite countless scoldings, along with pulling specs off people's noses and pens from their pockets.

It's too much of a hassle to roll a whole roll back when he strikes so it pretty much looks like that most of the time. Haha!

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We're back from Bangkok! The 2 boys really missed each other!

Here's looking at you, dad dad!

So happy to be back to cuddle my little sweetpea!

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Good morning everyone!! Hope you have a bright beautiful day filled with lots of sunshine! :)

Lots of love,
Ellie!

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We visited Bali in July and had the privilege to eat in a number of wonderful eateries dotted across the paradise island. We had some most memorable eating experiences and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly.

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Like most babies, Ellie is fascinated with animals. He loves the cats that live below our block, even the one we call 'nemesis' because it scratched Merv really bad once while he was patting it.

Ellie always wants to touch them but we don't let him because cats are such unpredictable creatures! So he has to be content just looking and chuckling at them from afar for now.

There is Kitty meow meow!

And here is one of him looking rather stressed mid-nap as Merv eyes a new watch! Haha

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The family had dinner together at Tom Ton restaurant last Sunday. Mum had requested for a table with a view so we were seated just next to the window overlooking the Singapore river. The food was excellent though we were served by a waitress whose service was less than excellent!

Free Mitzi salad - yummmm! Rocket leaves with some tangy dressing and topped with seaweed

which Ellie loves!

( Our dinner at Tom Ton )

Had a great evening tonight!!

The little bub missed his kong kong the past week they have been on holiday!

Wiggle and Learn is his favourite programme at Por Por's house

Dinner with uncle Kelvin and aunty Jie Jie Julene! Haha.

Playing with biscuit tins at Cold Storage with uncle Kelvin

Joining in some strangers' conversation at Coffee Club

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Preparing for Spanish party! Heh.

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