Last Friday, Dana came home with a surprise gift for us - her very 1st handicraft from school! It's a lovely Valentine's rose made from Dana's handprints! Daddy and Mummy were very pleased with this thoughtful gesture from Dana's infantcare teachers and swiftly took out the camera to capture this special moment :) We're glad to know Dana's enjoying herself at school everyday! … [Read more...]
Happy Family!
We had a family gathering on Grandma's birthday last Sunday and took the chance to snap some family photos at the poolside. Really pleased with the photos as they show the deep bonding we share with our daughter who's grown from a tiny infant to an inquisitve, active toddler in a blink of an eye!Our Princess is very animated now. She can do actions like 'clap', 'gongxi', 'wink', 'dance', 'hello', 'where', 'wave byebye', 'twinkle twinkle little star' and 'incy wincy spider'. She is able to sign … [Read more...]
Gong Xi Gong Xi
Dana wishes all readers a fabulous and fantastic year in 2009! Huat Ah! … [Read more...]
New Year Greeting!
Blessed 2009 everyone! … [Read more...]
Dana’s 1st Christmas Shoot
Brought our Princess for a brief 10min walk-in Christmas Shoot at The Studio Loft on the morning of our departure to Melbourne. It was very rushed for us as we still had lots of packing to wrap up but we're happy that Dana's chirpy as ever. She really lives up to her name - look at how joyful she is during the shoot! She's truly the BEST Christmas gift we've received and we ask for nothing else. … [Read more...]
“Graduation”
Our Friso Baby!Our Princess is growing up really fast. This past month alone, she made several transitions. She no longer takes her naps in the electronic cradle (or sarong) now as she can wriggle and crawl herself out of it. She's soon outgrowing her 'M' size diapers. She has also started eating porridge at the infantcare centre during lunch this week. More notably, she's graduated from Friso Gold 1 to 2 formula but seems to get hungry faster, easier. We thank God for her good … [Read more...]
What Goes on in Skool…
Dana's fever has finally subsided after 3 torturous nights and she's missed infantcare for a week now. Teacher Geraldine (the Principal) was very kind to email us some photos taken of our Princess few weeks back when an official photographer came to take class photos. Don't you think our princess looks so adorable and grown up in the school uniform? :) From the looks of it, she does enjoy her time at the infantcare and that gives us great consolation. … [Read more...]
Seventh Month Milestones
How has Dana grown in the past month?According to yourbabytoday,Your baby now can bear weight on his legs when you hold him upright.He can sit without support.Baby can stand while holding onto someone or something.He can pull himself up to a standing position from a seated one.Baby walks by holding on to furniture.He babbles.Baby plays peekaboo.Baby waves good-bye.He can say "mama" or "dada." Our Princess can do all of the above except the last two. She has been babbling a lot recently and we … [Read more...]
The Origins of my Name…
When we knew we were expecting a baby girl, I wanted her last name to bear the same initials as her Daddy. Like other excited parents, we browsed baby websites trying to shortlist names which sound good and have good meanings. We used to worship at Evangel Family Church and our Senior Pastor's daughter was named Dayna. She was a very learned young lady, highly intelligent and a fervent woman of faith. When I proposed this name to the hubs, he liked it. It was one of the names we both … [Read more...]
A Day at the Infantcare
Our Princess turns 7 months today (how time flies when you have a baby!). She's been enrolled at the Little Skool-House on the Vista for a month now and we thank God she's adapting very well to the teachers and friends there. Here are some photos Teacher Pat and Teacher Lydia took of Dana last week during playtime :) That's Yi-Hsuen, Dana's classmate in the infantcare. She's only 3 days older than Dana, looks like they've the same developmental milestones :) … [Read more...]