Keira is 14.5 months old...1 year and 2 months

Wow.. times flies...
Keira is now about 14.5 months old... and she has really grown! Keira started walking at about 11 months (without support), and now, she has started running...! Not easy,.. i mean for me! I will have to chase her around the house, shopping malls and everywhere! Of course, dun expect her to run as in... run like an adult, but brisk walking.. or even faster than brisk.. hehe.

Oh, it's really sweet to hear her call 'papa' and 'mama' in her sweet, cute little high pitched-tone. Sometimes, she'll look into my eyes, with her head tilted and calling 'mama'... ooohh... melt my heart immediately! It's also amazing to see how much she understands us when we are talking amongst ourselves or to her. Though she knows only a couple of words and mumbles all the time, she can take our instructions pretty well! Let me try make list of instructions that she takes pretty well:
- Lele, throw this (she'll take the used tissue, walk to dustbin, throw)
- Lele, can you please pick this up for mama, give mama (she'll look around for that particular thing she just threw on the floor, pick it up and pass to me)
- Lele, put this back (if she knows where it's usually placed, she'll put it back!)
- Lele, where is xx (xx such as Dora, Elmo, Baby, Bear Bear etc... she'll hear what we say, haha.. brisk walk to her room and come back with that item)
- Lele, drink water (she'll pick up her water bottle, open the cap and drink)
- Lele, do you want milk milk (she'll say "bu-yao" or nod her head if she wants)
- Lele, sit down (she'll find a hot spot, turn around, move her butt for the right spot and sit)
- Lele, can you turn on the TV (haha... her fav, she'll look for the remote!)
.... argh... a think there are few more, I'll update when I remember.... haha! Cute, cute....

That's all for today... it's the middle of the nite, I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. So, am catching some emails and blogging at the same time....

My blogging frequency for these couple of months have dropped drastically. Work and family commitments have taken quite a substantial part of my time. Honestly, any other time left is REST, REST and MORE REST for me. Hope things will get better...

Anyway... Take care!

Mummy going away again..

I will be on business trip coming week... going to be away from Keira again... and so I am rather reluctant...

As I feel more attached to Keira, the feeling of separation gets more intense. However, I don't think she understands much about this. Anyhow, to satisfy myself that Keira does understand mummy is going away and she will not be seeing me for a while... here's a pic to show that "she misses me...."... haha...

Blar blar blar... you guys must be swearing away now... okok... I chose a pic to make myself feel better... though it's got nothing to do with me going away...

But I hope that when she gets older... she will start to understand and miss mummy when I go away....

Keira's Hong Kong Trip

Oct 30 - Nov 2: Hong Kong

1st day -

Oh.. the frightening plane ride... frightening not because we as adults are afraid of planes... but we were super worried how Keira will behave on the plane! Goodness grief, were we lucky or what.. Keira fell asleep at take-off... oohhh..arhhh... haha.. even the next aisle passenger with 2 toddlers was envious of us!!!! Well.. our "happiness" was shortlived... after 20mins... dear terror keira woked up! Arrghh.. and it was little hell throughout...

We arrived in Hong Kong on Oct 30, and dear weatherman welcomed us with super big rain drops! Ohh.... we must be '贵人', as I told myself. We did a little shopping since it was already late afternoon by the time we arrived. Keira was pretty tired then...

2nd day -

Disneyland!!! yeah....

We were excited! So was Keira.. ! We took an MTR from Causeway Bay to Disneyland. When Keira arrived, the was music everywhere... Keira was dancing.. and enjoying her mini walk from MTR to the entrance! Let's look at some pics..

Keira... Zzzz... at Disneyland...