Last weeks' Happenings

7-Oct-08: I decided to buy Xavier a seat since he prefers the sitting position. My friend Rachel recommended me the Bumbo seat which is excellent for sitting support. I went to the shop "The First Few Years" in Bandar Puteri. However, they do not have that seat. The owner recommended "The First Years" seat which is also an infant-to-toddler feeding seat. Hmm.. straight in my mind, Xavier can use this seat once he start his solid food after 6th month old. So, I bought the seat at RM 169.90

He can enjoy looking and chatting with me while I fold the clothes, watch tv....(SAFETY NOTE: the seat MUST be used with adult supervision)

He can enjoy his reading while on the seat...

SAFETY NOTE: It is recommended to use the harness so that the baby can get used to it. This seat can be strapped on a chair as a feeding chair. Also, if anyone read about the recall of this product online, I have checked and this unit is not the recall unit.

11-Oct-08 (11.30am): Steven , Xavier and I met Bong and Olivia in Jusco Serdang. Bong is now doing some online business for rock bottom price items and I bought a brooch and a pair of earrings from her.
Bong told us that Olivia loves sitting on the shopping trolley..such a cutie!

11-Oct-08 (7.00pm): Baby Nicholas Full Moon Party at Golden Sun Restaurant, Kuchai Lama
This is the party baby, Nicholas Yeow. The son of Duncan & Donna. He is so adorable!!

TT and Joanne trying to have a conversation with Xavier

Seated: Prime College friends: From Left to Right: Esther Jomiji, AhKai Wong, Bong Bui Kim and Quah Tze Hui. Standing: Duncan Yeow (the party babys' dad)
Here is Daddy and mini me again.....................................hehehe

NOTE: A full moon party is a Chinese celebration when a baby turns one month old. It can be celebrated at home (like Xavier's..oppss.I forgot to define it in the earlier post), in a restaurant, in a hall, etc....

Daddy with mini me

Last Sundays' (5-Oct-08) outing in One Utama, we decided to try the baby carrier since I left the baby pouch in Gina's house after the Saturdays' gathering. Steven was thrilled to wear the baby carrier so I took this photo. However, Xavier couldn't sleep in it compared to the comfy baby pouch.

Xavier's Baptism

Xavier was baptised on the 27th September 2008 at Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Puchong.

Quoted from the book of "Catechism of the Catholic Church"

The Baptism of infants
Born with a fallen human nature and tainted by original sin, children also have need of the new birth in Baptism to be freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called. The sheer gratuitousness of the grace of salvation is particularly manifest in infant Baptism. The Church and the parents would deny a child priceless grace of becoming a child of God were they not to confer Baptism shortly after birth.

Christian parents will recognize that this practice also accords with their role as nurturers of the life that God has entrusted to them.

Xavier's first outstation trip

Steven wanted a relaxing outstation trip during this Raya holiday. He suggested 2 places to overnight ie. Pulau Pangkor or A Farmosa (in Malacca). Both I rejected since we need to take a 1/2 hour boat ride from the jetty to the island (Pulau Pangkor), and I don't think that I can really join the rides nor the zoo visit in A Farmosa with Xavier along. For me, both places seems dangerous for a 3 month old baby.

I suggested Sungai Congkak in Hulu Langat as I miss the waterfall and the fresh greeneries. I can imagine myself sitting on the rocks with Xavier while Steven went cool dipping and feeling the cool fresh mountain water. However, I had to forget this trip today as I am worried that the place is close due to the Hari Raya since the officers are Malays.

Finally, Steven proposed a day trip to Genting Highland. I agreed. We invited the mother in law with Steven's youngest brother Keith. We left the house around noon and head off to Genting, which is an hour away from our place. On the way, we stopped by for lunch in Old Town White Coffee. After the nice meal, we head off to Genting. The way up was winding that Xavier keeps complaining. I guess that he is not used to the terribly winding road or the pressure as we were heading up the mountain. When we reach there, there were so many cars and we went around for the car park but we couldn't find any good place to park. Hence, Steven gave up and suggested that we should go to Bukit Tinggi, which is located in Pahang.

The first stop at Bukit Tinggi is the Berjaya Hills Golf and Country Club. I couldn't see the golf area except a horse range and riding area.

Horse riding is RM 25 for 10 mins (Peak & non-peak time)

The horses there have nice shades with enclosures. There are even wood blind to shade from the sun, maybe.

After taking some photos, we head off to the Japanese Village by car. However, along the road to the Japanese Village, we need to pay for entrance. RM 10 per adult and RM 8 per child. The entrance fee is for the Japanese Village, Rabbit Farm and Colmar Tropicale.

We parked our car at the car park, then took a tram up the hill abit. Then the tram drop us at the waiting area.

Along the way to the Japanese village from the waiting area.

Here we are!

Nice huge koi!

The lovely Japanese Garden (the only one in tropical country-Malaysia..oh..)

After the green walk at the Japanese Garden (we didn't really see a Japanese Village anyway), we went up to the Colmar Tropicale, which is also called French Village.
I put Xavier in the baby pouch so that he can sleep.

He slept soundly indeed

After the short tour of the day, we left Bukit Tinggi around 6.30pm.

Shaolin kungfu baby

Today, 1 October 2008, I decided to tell Steven that Xavier should get bald hair cut due to the cradle cap. Many friends have been admiring his "pacak" hair style but we have to bald is once to clean up the scalp with baby oil. I hope that this is the only one botak hair cut without his permission, and I will make sure that he have nice hair style when the hair start to grow back.

We went to Steven's regular Aunty hair stylist and they were thrilled to see Steven's baby. We told them that we are sending the baby for a hair cut. Then the aunty said "crew cut"...then continue in cantonese... then another aunty said "botak..botak".. then continue in cantonese.. which I didn't manage to catch the sentences.. I told her "NO crew cut, botak OK". Then, there goes Xavier's spiky hair...
Here's Xavier, suddenly he looks like a Shaolin kungfu baby.

Before the hair cut,

Almost done!