January 5, 2011

Rollin’ Good Times

Category: Baby Milestones

Gone are the days when Spud hated to be on her tummy. These days, she would rather be on her tummy than in any other positions. The moment you put her down on a flat surface, she rolls over!

She rolls over when her diaper is being changed.

She rolls over when she’s being dry cleaned (i.e sponge bath)

She rolls over when she’s playing on her play mat.

She rolls over when we put her to sleep.

She even practices her rolling (and semi-crawling) in her sleep!

We have given up turning her over on her back every time we find her on her tummy when she’s fast asleep. She rolls around so much in her sleep that we never could find her in the same position as when we put her to bed. Most times of late, she wakes up crying in the middle of the night because she keeps getting her feet and/or arms stuck in between the bars of her cot! (I guess this is the bit where both parents and baby find annoying).

Now that she can roll, she painstakingly attempts to crawl. Basically, she just keeps on rollin’ and rollin’ and rollin’, arms and legs all over the place and uncoordinated while attempting to practice her new skills. She sometimes sleeps with her butt in the air and one knee on her stomach. You can tell she is trying really, really hard to master the skills!

Spud’s like an inchworm these days. She hardly can ever keep still!

Here are some shots from last weekend as we watched our little girl go red in the face from frustration in trying to inch her way round her little play mat island, and still not going anywhere!

Patience little girl, patience…
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January 4, 2011

Small talk

Category: Random

A conversation with some random, but friendly stranger recently shed some light on the realities of life, when he, an expat currently living in Bangladesh exclaimed the following about the country he lives in:

“It’s a public toilet!”

..is his take on how it is like to be living there.

I guess in that respect, we probably are better off in Bangkok.

That remark, accompanied with a matter-of-fact incredulous look on his face had me in stitches for a bit that I just have to share it.

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January 3, 2011

Lunch and Babies

Category: Baby Milestones

With the arrival of Spud and hardly having the time to cook anymore these days, I was rather bummed at the thought of not being able to do a cookout with some of our close friends for New Year’s Eve like we always do in the last few years.

While having the time to cook was one of the key issues, the other challenge was to actually find people to invite! I know that sound kind of pathetic, but, really, since a few (and I mean pathetically very few!)of our close friends have left the country in search of greener pastures, our circle of friends has sort of dwindled south since. Well, not that we have many to begin with, but, regardless of that, unlike the previous years, we have no one from abroad visiting us this time for me to find an excuse to have my big great cookout for close friends who are willing victims to devour some home-made dishes before we hit the town for a countdown party.

It has been a while since I go on my cooking frenzy and boy! do I miss cooking! So it was decided literally just a few days before New Year that come rain or shine, hell! I .am.going.to.cook.

I ended up cooking up a storm: A Roast Turkey dinner on New Year’s Eve for both Silver Bullet and me; and like last year, I also decided to serve up the festivities dishes and invited a few moms’ friends whom I knew from my pre-natal pilates class over to our place for a casual, chill-out lunch session on New Year’s Day.

With Moms, Dads and Babies (coincidentally, all are baby girl!) making merry in our apartment, I have forgotten to take any pictures of my cooking on that day. Okay – forget about the pictures of my dishes for a second. Having been immersed in all the excitement in finally having people over, bird-brained me had even forgotten to take any pictures of our guests and the babies! Oops!

Who would have thought that I’d host a lunch session with babies as part of the deal, right? The thought scared the crap out of me and until the 1.1.11, I’d never believe that I will ever do such things. I mean, 4 babies in my own home – tell that to me a year ago and I’ll be saying that you are a frickin’ nutso!

Funny thing is, I obviously just did! We had such a great time hosting it, too — wailing, cranky, needy babies and all (mostly my baby!). At the same time, it felt awesome to be able to casually catch up with other Moms/Dads whom I think are cool people where we get to trade stories, baby wisdom and things non-baby related (i.e Food! amongst other things)

I am glad at least from the looks of it, they enjoyed my cooking too! We had such a fabulous time that I reckon such lunches may just be here to stay.

Here’s how my turkey  turned out this year…
 

 
and here is what was left 2 days later …
 

(From left to right: Beef Rendang, Sayur Lodeh, Sambal Prawn and Chicken in Red Sauce)
 
And of course, not forgetting Silver Bullet’s omnipresent Oliebollen

 

 
Great food, great company makes for a great New Year’s Day, indeed.

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