another MINOR achievement

Jayden's mummy :- " Since the time we were back from the Langkawi-Penang trip, Jayden can finally take his afternoon nap without using a cradle net. Perhaps during the trip and while we were away from home, he had to nap by juz sleeping on the bed. It was a really good practice for him and when we were back from our trip, he started showing signs tat he can nap without using a cradle net at Kuching home.

Well, he's really old enough to not be using the cradle anymore. Some kids totally don't sleep in cradle net at all. So when we came back to KK, i let him take his afternoon nap by juz sleeping either on our bed or on his own mattress, and it went pretty well for the first few days. So finally the day came when daddy disassemble the metal cradle frame in our room and we kept it in the storeroom for future use, hopefully. Finally there is more space in the room and now we placed each of ah Den's Mammut chair and stool there, and it became a small play area for him.

Honestly this isn't such a big achievement for him. I'd consider quitting his midnite feed, giving up his pacifier and also potty training as truly MAJOR achievement for a 2 year-old, but sorry to say ah Den seems to be still pretty far away from any of those.

Sigh! One step at a time... every kid is different, I truly understand tat. So no pressure towards my little toddler.... juz pray tat he'll quit midnite feeding soon. I had forgotten wat it felt like to haf a full nite sleep without waking up to make milk! Wat to do... parents are the greatest beings on earth! Right now, seeing him being able to do without his cradle, i'm oledi feeling really proud of him. Jayden is growing up! "

Langkawi & Penang Trip

Jayden's mummy :- "These are some of the photos taken from our camera during our trip to Langkawi on the 5th - 7th September 2009 and also in Penang from 7th -10th September 2009.




We stayed at Hotel Helang while in Langkawi. The place is very near to the Langkawi Airport, somewhere in Padang Maksirat. We rented and traveled in 2cars at RM200 for almost 3days - (reaching around 12pm on 5th and departing around 5pm on 7th) - we thought it was a pretty good bargain! We went for the boat trip to several places on the 2nd day, namely Cave of Bats, Crocodile Cave, Fish Feeding Farm, and also Eagle Feeding which was really awesome as u see the sky filled with soaring eagles. The eagles were truly a magnificient scenery - and we get our chance to be captain and drive the boat too, with all the terrified passengers on board!

At Penang, we didn't go to many places juz the Bukit Bendera and some shopping malls. Bukit Bendera truly wasn't such an attractive tourist area with the terrible management and rude passengers... well, i guessed tat'll be my first and final time going up the super slow cable car. The management truly needed some improvement if Penang wan to remain the Bukit Bendera as one of its tourist attraction! The best thing about the Bukit Bendera was its ABC (Ais Batu Campur) and the view of Penang... tat's it... totally fullstop after these! =))

Penang food was great, and truly very, very cheap. Well, the portion was kinda quite small-sized so maybe tat's why it's cheaper than elsewhere. I guess tat's wat i miss most about Penang... it's food... the assam laksa, char kuey tiaw, hockien noodles.... ;)) "

More photos from sis's camera which she posted in Facebook. She has more better photos than i do! Enjoy viewing!
Trip Part I & Trip Part II

Happy 2nd Birthday!

Jayden's mummy :- "

4th September 2009 - Tonite we'll be departing for Penang from Kuching. Jayden's grandma & aunties planned to help him celebrate his birthday earlier as we'll be in Penang on his coming birthday. So my mother-in-law cooked her tasty Foochow Chicken Soup MeeSua with hard-boiled egg, and my sisters-in-law got ahDen a big cheese cake! This was the ordinary but homely birthday celebration we had for Jayden on his 2nd birthday. The meesua grandma cooked was as usual very yummy and ahDen managed to finish his bowl of meesua. As a pure Foochow boy, tis little guy juz loves to eat Chicken Soup Meesua. ;))


After dinner, we rushed to take bath and clean up before departing for the airport to catch our flight. Phew! Wat a rush...

Birthday Gift from Daddy tis year :-
Disney Deluxe Book Gift Set

There's a music player & a movie projector in there!
Birthday Gift from Mummy tis year :-
Nike Sandals size 10C (sigh... i got the size wrongly... the previous pair was juz a size smaller... blur mummy :p )

And thanks for all the angpows given by 'nye-ma' and all the 'yee-yee's. I'll deposit tat into ahDen's account one day...

On the 6th September, we planned to treat my family members to the Ramadhan Buffet Dinner at Hotel Helang as a bday celebration for Jayden, but we had to cancel the plan cox Jayden was down wid fever tat day. So ended up he went to bed before 7pm in Langkawi tat nite, and daddy even had to stay in the hotel taking care of him. Sigh! No point of us still feasting on the buffet, when the poor birthday boy was sick. I guessed he played too much and was too tired during the Langkawi trip. We juz hope he gets better soon.

The next day, 7th September was Jayden's birthday and we departed from Langkawi around 5pm. When we reached Penang, it was oledi 8pm+... we went to haf dinner at some place and it was hubby treat as a simple birthday celebration for Jayden. The meal was very, very cheap and thank God ahDen was feeling better then. As long as he's healthy and happy, no birthday celebration oso nevermind! "

ahDen's bday dinner in Penang on 070909