1st Dress!

Jean (my colleague) bought some new tops & dresses for Charis on her shopping trip to Macau. I was so exited to take the pictures of Charis wearing her 1st dress in her life! :D Haha!

I thought it would be too big, but seems like she can wear it already :) So sweet! She looks more grown up in this dress :)

Daddy Spoils Charis

Whenever Daddy is home with Charis... this is how she behaves...

Daddy spoilt her :'( The moment she sees Daddy, she wants to be carried & "sayang". She wasn't crying so loud initially, but the moment she sees Daddy getting up, she immediately cry louder to make him heart pain so that he would carry her. Clever girl.

She knows Mummy is not going to spoil her, but is more focus on taking video of her. Haha! She gave up crying. She can stop crying almost immediately without any tears. Manipulative...

Charis' 1st Church Service =) 14 Nov 09

We brought Charis to church finally 3 weeks ago. Initially I was quite concerned if she could adapt to the new environment & the loud music. I actually carried her into the main service (there's a little hidden corner where some moms would carry their babies to during praise & worship) before heading back to the nursery room. Amazingly, she was still during praise & slept through during worship. Probably she had already gotten used to the loud praise & worship while in my womb when I was attending church.

Charis' 1st time to church service. We are inside the nursery room.

We went for dinner with Gavin, Vanessa, & Francis to Ikea after service.

We'd been bringing my nephew, Zander, to church too. He loves the big playground. I think that's heaven for the little ones :)

Guilty...

I couldn't spend much time with Charis for the past 3 weeks :'( In her 5th week, James' grandma passed away & my brother was hospitalised at the same time till now. Since then with all these events happening, I hardly had been able to spend time with Charis. My brother's condition took a turn for the worst suddenly 2 weeks ago & I had to be there everyday & overnights too. Hence, Charis had been staying with my eldest sister for this long period. I am so thankful for my eldest sister because I know that Charis is in good hands with her.

Even when James does bring her home on Saturdays, I am usually dead beat from returning from the hospital that I couldn't manage to spend time with her anymore. I really felt guilty that I have been neglecting her. It even took my mom to tell me that Charis has learnt to smile & respond to people. I really wish I could be there personally to watch her grow up in this phrase of her life.

Charis loves to smile 1st thing in the morning.

She's a cheerful baby! We'd been praying for that :)

But she also likes to frown if she's not smiling... Takes after her Daddy...

Like Father, like daughter.

Sometimes I can't help but to wonder if Charis still does recognise me as her mummy. Thank God she does! The other day when all my family members were surrounding her, she only focus her stare at me! Whenever she sees me, she will display a contented looks on her face. Yesterday, she kept frowning at me because I'd cut & coloured my hair. She must have been thinking why I have the same voice as Mummy but have different looks. Hehe. The moment I carried her, she stopped frowning & smiled at me. She must have recognised the smell of Mummy! Haha!

We managed to take out her for a dinner 2 Saturdays ago. Charis enjoys looking at us whenever we are carrying her.



Charis is always contented just to lie down besides me & looks at me. She can do that for a long time. But if Daddy is around, its a different story. She's smart & she's know that Daddy will carry her. So whenever Daddy is around, she will cry for his attention. She's really a Daddy's girl...