Little bun had his first Babycino! (Umm.. I scooped away all the chocolate and cocoa powder though.. not certain about when is the right time to introduce chocolate/ cocoa to him). He loved the foam though but wasn't very interested in the milk. 

Look who can walk now!!

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night with a startle because I feel little bun 'missing' from the space between Mark and I (yes yes, say what you want, we are still letting him sleep between us instead of in his own room/ bed). Not sure why, but during pregnancy, I tend to be a very light sleeper.

Anyway, this is what greeted me one night when I opened my eyes. He was just quietly sitting up and suckling on the corner of his pillow!! Hehehe.. I had to chuckle cos he is just too cute!!

Happily playing/ scribbling with the new toy of the day which his daddy bought him. Daddy claims that "ALL kids must have this drawing board". 

Right. Whatever. 

We made an unplanned visit back to Mark's home in Malaysia last Saturday. It was great timing because Mark's cousin from Australia happen to be back visiting as well with her 3 kids. We rarely get to see them and it's the first time we've seen her youngest child, who is already 2 and-a-half years old. 

Anyway, we took this rare opportunity to take a photo of Mark's grandma with 8 of her great grand-children (another 3 are missing from the photo). It took us a while to get all the kids organized and have a somewhat decent photo taken.  There was a lot of noise, a lot of chaos, but also a lot of fun. 4 generations under one roof, with the oldest at 92 years old and the youngest at 1 month old (not counting the 2 babies who will be arriving into the family within the next 4 months). 

Little bun was (surprisingly) well-behaved on that day... he played with the younger kids and allowed everyone/ anyone to hold him. Fussing was minimal, non-existent in fact, and he ate like a champion. He made Mark and I so pleased cos everyone was commenting what a good boy he is. (*Note: then he took 'revenge' and became 'cranky bun' yesterday).

Oh and he walked more than 8 steps on his own too.. stupidly we didn't record it on video!! Woohoooo... it should be anytime now that he starts becoming more confident with walking without holding onto our hands/ furniture. Admittedly, Mark and I do spoil him by carrying him around a lot, hence he has no real motivation to want to walk on his own. But well, I do agree with what my aunt said to me before.. she said once he learns how to walk on his own, he wouldn't want us to carry him any more, so I might as well stretch and enjoy the time he is wants us to carry him!

My ever so loving hubby brought back a packet of peanut butter M&Ms the other day and proceeded to open and eat it right in front of me, blissfully unaware (or ignoring) the fact that his poor wife has gestational diabetes and has to monitor her blood sugar level closely. I wouldn't have otherwise wanted to eat it IF he hadn't been eating it right under my nose. Ohhhh man, the insane craving for chocolates kicked in (and I am not even a chocolate fan). 

I begged.. yes, begged, him for ONE tiny morsel to satisfy the craving.. Ah, what a kind soul he is. He gave me ONE. Yes, ONE. I suppose I should be grateful and kiss his toes or something.. Anyway, it was so damn good. I made sure to savour it for as long as I could. Yummmm.... (Hmmm.. it must be psychological, but I think I can still taste the rich creamy creamy chocolate swirling in my mouth). 

Had dinner with my 2 favourite boys at Mark's favourite hangout (Brotzeit) where he can have a chilled beer (or two). Good thing is I don't mind going there because I like the food there! The other plus is that the environment is noisy enough to drown out the noise little bun makes! Hehehe... 

Now that the festivities have come to an end, it is now time for MARK to bring down the Christmas tree. I suppose MARK cannot put it off any further and this weekend is the time to do it. I am not sure how MARK is going to do it cos taking down all the ornaments is not going to be easy since we got a tad carried away with all the ornaments. I also don't know where MARK is going to find a place to store the tree and all the ornaments. I do hope MARK will clean the floor after he is done cos a lot of glitter drop off these ornaments. Oh yes, MARK, I don't know how, but I hope you will store them according to their colors (i.e. red in one box and gold in the other). Plus it'd be good to ensure that the long string of lights are tangle-free when you keep them so that I won't have a headache next year trying to un-tangle them. 

Thank you, MARK. (Heehee.. got my blatant hint??)

Little bun admiring (ok,  destroying) the baubles) before we take it down.

We spent New Year's Day 2013 with an early breakfast outing cos little bun woke up at 5am. The Lee Family had an early night the day before.. we were all in bed and asleep by 10pm. So much for wanting to watch the countdown.. **snigger**. Since we were up early, Mark decided to venture to a new place (I suppose it must be one of his New Year resolutions cos the both of us are creatures of habit and rarely try anything new). 

Oooh my, the food was surprisingly and amazingly yummy (though a tad pricey). Reminded me of the good ol' breakfast that we used to have at those little cafes during our uni days in Melbourne. Ahhhh.. what a wonderful way to kick start the year!! 

They have a wide assortment of muffins, scones, cupcakes, tarts, etc... I think I had a sugar rush just looking and sniffing the aroma!!

Happy New Year!