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Natalie hanging out in her new outfit (from Gramma and Grampa Wang)

She is fascinated with the morning sun on the sofa cover.


The flash is too bright! But my sweater from Melodie Yee-yee fits juuuust right.


Watching cousin Vanessa eat lunch from her exersaucer. She seems to know that Vanessa is a little person like her.


Reading with our helper Suparti (Ti-Ti) this morning.

Dinner by Uncle Dave

Yesterday, Uncle Dave fed Natalie her dinner and she finished everything. What a good girl! While she was eating, Tracy had more time to snap more pics. The lighting could use some work, but here are the pics (below).

Also, check out Video 86 of Natalie army crawling and chasing the camera. Her three favourite toys are the camera, mobile phones, and remote controls.



Natalie opens wide for a bite of chicken, bok choy, and rice.


Natalie pauses between bites to stare at the camera.


Uncle Dave uses distraction to get Natalie to finish the last few bites.


All done!


Here are some extra shots of Natalie drinking water from her cup. She can drink it herself now!

New Camera

We bought a new SLR camera last night to help us capture even more pics of Natalie. Still figuring out how to use it, but here's a sample of one of the first photos taken. The SLR takes photos that are more "crisp" than our regular pentax digital camera. For example, if you click on the photo to enlarge it, note the drop of drool on Nat's chin and the clear detail of her pajamas.

Angry baby

As promised, here are some photos of Natalie enjoying her organic, home-cooked veggies. Today's selection was choy sum. Natalie was not a happy camper when I took the camera away.

Natalie says: Yummy, I love choy sum!

Hey, don't take the camera away! It's my favourite toy (after the remote control).

Gimme the camera or else!

Yummy, I love to eat the camera, too!

Natalie and her friend Sophia

Yesterday, Natalie met up with a new friend Sophia. Sophia is just 7 months old and is visiting from the UK. Natalie was very curious about her new friend and patted her. Aren't they cute together?

Babies Chinese New Years Party

Yesterday, we had a Chinese New Years mommies-group party at Coco's house. It was really fun! The babies all dressed up in CNY outfits and were totally adorable. Check out pics below.

Natalie, Jamila, Nivana, and Nana (and Clark, too!)


Jamila playing with a ball. Natalie trying to steal Stella's ball, but Stella has craftily hidden it behind her back.


Babies chasing after balls.


Jamila and Natalie in the ball pit. Jamila keeps picking up balls from the inside and putting them on the outside. Balls were everywhere. Natalie just picked up a ball and tried to eat it.


Myley and Natalie standing holding onto the chair, exchanging face pats and clothing tugs.


Natalie going after Summer's toy.


Close up of Summer. She is a fast crawler and leaves Natalie behind in her dust. Poor Natalie.


Jamila, Natalie, Nana, and Holly playing together on the mats. You can see the top of Summer's head. She is going for the camera string.


We're trying to set up a photo shoot of all the babies in their cute outfits, but it was very messy. The babies won't sit for very long and are all trying to crawl away.


The babies won't sit still! Even Natalie tries to crawl away. Tracy has to catch her and move her back to position.


Finally, we decide on pics of mommies holding our babies. It's Ava with Nivana, Sandra with Jamila, Tracy with Natalie, Tina with Holly, Lily with Summer (sleeping), Coco with Nana, Cindy with Myley, Elena with Max, and Katie with Stella.


And pics of babies with daddies. It's Ava with Nivana (Ava subs in for daddy Ian), Clark with Natalie, Alastair with Holly, Christian and Jamila, Norman and Nana, Scott and Myley, David and Max, Dan and Stella.

Family Visit for CNY

We went to "bai neen" at Natalie's maternal great-grandparents over Chinese New Years. It was nice to see them again and they were happy to see their great grand-children Natalie and Vanessa. Below are some family pics!

Natalie, Carol, Lisa, Vanessa, and Tracy with our great-Mama.


Carol, Lisa, Vanessa, Natalie and Tracy with our great-Gonggong

Happy Chinese New Years!

Natalie says "Happy Chinese New Years" and "Gung Hay Fat Choy" to everyone. We wish everyone a very prosperous year of the rat!

Here she is in her crib wearing her festive chinese-style jacket (mein lap). She loves looking out the window, so now that we've lowered her crib, she can stand and still look out.

Also, watch Video 85 of Natalie standing in her crib. She doesn't know how to move her feet and gets scared when she almost falls.

New decoration

We've found a new way to decorate our shoe cabinet. It's a moving statue and pen-holder that also doubles as our baby. But it's not a very good pen-holder because it screams whenever you take the pen away so if you give it a pen to hold, you might not get it back.

Natalie can learn!

Natalie is so funny and interactive now, especially because she can learn things. Check out Video 84 of Natalie in her overalls just hanging out. She's learned to "shake hands" and "high five" and loves grabbing the camera. We think she also understands the word "No no!" You can also see a glimpse of her tooth when she opens her mouth.

Hanging with Lisa

When we went to Stanley Market to buy Natalie some clothes, we also bought a pair of really cute pink overalls that were too big. Now, just a couple months later, Natalie is a perfect fit! See photos of her hanging with her Lisa Yee-yee in her new overalls (below).

Singapore Wedding

This weekend, our little family went to Singapore to attend our friends Li Meng and Mae's wedding. Natalie had a lot of "firsts" this trip! Here are some pics from the trip (below).

Also, check out Video 83 of Natalie splish-splashing in the hotel bathtub. She's really focused on it (but takes a second to give the camera a small smile).

Natalie waiting to board the plane with Daddy. This is her 3rd airplane trip (including Canada and Taiwan). She's a little world traveller!


Natalie asleep on the plane.


Natalie wearing her first (baby) seatbelt on the plane.


Natalie in her "day dress", enjoying the Singapore sun with auntie Vivo.


Lovely ladies with the lucky groom (including Natalie in her "evening dress").


Natalie is a big girl sitting in her first highchair.


She didn't stay in her highchair for long. She much preferred her mommy and daddy's laps.


Have you seen a wedding with over 900 guests? We neither!


Natalie likes shuffling her feet in auntie Jackie's long hair while we were eating chilli crab.


Here is Natalie posing with uncle Kevy. We couldn't resist buying her this T-shirt. It's so appropriate!