Happy Boxing Day !!

26 december 2008 is Boxing Day !! Box Box !! Mummy brought me to Aunty Stefanie's place for a meet up. Thank you Aunty Stefanie for the plush elephant. I got a green one !!

Here's a pic of me and my friends !! The biggest pic is Luann, the small host of the gathering.. hee hee..

Luann's daddy took some nice pics for me. Thank you uncle !!

we wanna open up the drinks and share.. hahahaha.. tyring very hard !!

Meal time !! Yippee !!

Jumperoo fun time !!

A group photo before I leave. Everybody look up !!!

Giving Luann a hug to thank her for sharing her toys with me.

After that, mummy brought me to Suntec City, Sizzler for a christmas dinner

Having piggy rides on Uncle Christopher's shoulder at the same time having some fun with Uncle Kenny



And we had our gift exchange by the end of the dinner.

We had a long day but have loads of fun !! Good night everyone !!

Xavier's 9 months old

I have officially turned 9 months old !!! Let me show you my achievements till date !!

- I can sit

- I can crawl on all fours

- I can scoot

- I can stand with support

- I can also stand with free hands for 7 seconds (my latest record)

- I have two toothies on my lower gums

- I can say de-de-di (mummy is trying to figure out if I meant to call daddy in this way).. ah brrrr (When I dun want to est my meals).. "hey hey hey" it's what I normally say.

- I am eating full grains now !! (No more puree for me)

- I can roll myself to sleep (Most of the time, minority will need mummy's help)

- I can laugh, chuckle or smile when I see friendly strangers smiling to me and of course when I see friends of my age.

- I prefer to bite mummy rather than Daddy cos mummy's arm is not so thick though it's boney.. hahahhaa... I will send mummy screaming in pain "Ouch ouch !! Xavier is painful !!"

This is my current routine which I am trying to adjust to. But I think I'm doing good and adjusting well to it. But once in a blue moon I will mess up the timing and give mummy hell !!! hahahhahaha

This is my meal time:

8:00 am: wakie by mummy for breakfast !!
12:00 pm: Lunch Time !!
4:00 pm: Dinner time !!
8:00 pm: Last feed for the day
10:00 pm: Good night everyone !!!

Fillet of Cod

This is supposed to be a recipe from Annabel Karmel "Fillet of Plaice" but I replaced certain ingredients and changed the plaice fillet to cod fillet. Hence, I named this recipe "Fillet of cod".

Probably because of the cheese, I would say this taste even more yummy than the chicken puree. I love it and ate up the remaining should Xavier failed to finish it.

Ingredients:

1. 250g sliced Carrots

2. 225g cod fillet (Originally is plaice fillet)
3. some orange juice (Originally is 2 tablespoon of milk)
4. 40g unsalted butter ( I omiited butter)
5. 2 medium ripe tomato diced

6. 40g Cheddar cheese

Method:

1. Steam carrots for 20 mins
2. Put fish in a pan, cover with Orange juice and simmer for 4 mins.

3. Saute tomato until mushy
4. Still in cheese till melt
5. Blend carrot and tomato mixture

6. Remove fish from cooking liquid and flake.

7. Stir in fish into the blended mixture.

Gathering @ Amy's house

Daddy & Mummy brought me to Aunty my's house for a mini get together with Aunty Delia. I had fun playing with Zhiyan mei-mei & Elliot di-di, so nice to see them again !! I am now more sociable towards peers of my age.

I can chuckle non stop if I see my friends or other babies smiling. Just like when I saw Kayla mei-mei when Aunty Jaspire brought her over to collect the cream. We will then have our own baby talk !!! hahahha.. Bet daddy & muumy dun understand our language for now.

This is our little way of saying hi. We yet to exactly know how to hug each other, instead we head butt.. haahahaha.. Cool heh !!

I had fun bouncing up and down in the jumperoo, with Elliot standing beside joining in the fun.



I too had fun playing with the FP little superstar sing-along stage !! B'cause I can see my own reflection !! hahahahaha

Thank you Zhiyan mei-mei for sharing your toys !! Elliot di-di, been great meeting you too !! Looking forward to meet you all again !!

Winnie the Pooh bread cutter

Finally, can get to practise and have have some fun using this cutter. Found this at Chinatown Point, bought it with the intention of cutting out cute bread to make for Xavier, hoping that the cute little face can bright up his day !!



Hope to find one with Doraemon face, so that Xavier can be happier to see it. hee...

Chicken with carrots Puree

I tried this for the first time and Xavier loves it. He ate more than his usual. I tasted the puree. Kinda sweet with the apple and carrot combination and the chicken meat makes it a bit creamy.

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 tbsp olive oil ( I omitted this as the meat itself have natural oil in them)
2. 1/2 small onion, peeled and chopped
3. 350g carrots, peeled and sliced

4. 250ml unsalted chicken stock or use water with a bay leaf
5. 125g chicken breast (I used chicken thigh instead as the brown meat of chicken contains twice as much iron as the white.)

6. 1 small apple, cored, peeled and chopped

Method:

1. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan.
2. Sauté the onion till softened.
3. Add the sliced carrots, pour over the chicken stock or water and bay leaf and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, then cover and cook for 10 minutes.

4. Cut the chicken into pieces and add to the carrots together with the chopped apple, and continue to cook for 10 minutes.

5. Remove the bay leaf if necessary. Puree in a blender and serve lukewarm.
6. Freeze the remainder in individual portions.

Xavier loves this I guessed as he could finish almost 4-5 big tablespoons as compared to his normal meals.

I have tried to substitute the carrots with tomatoes and it tastes equally nice just that it's more watery. Xavier clears his bowl the same !!

Juz having fun !!

There were some occasions when we met up Uncle Alvin and Anuty Fion for lunch and shopping ! As usual, they will carry me and take pictures of me doing funny actions and playing around.

Xavier on sale at Toy 'R" US !!

Baby Xavier doll on sale !!! Grab now !!

Are you sure I'm worth this much ? Think I get fetch a better price on ebay !! (Fat chance !! wanna sell me, pls go through mummy for a pass !! heh heh )

Aren't I cool with the white sun shade..

This pic can be a lady killer's pic !! heh heh heh.. Dashing enough ???

Does this pic reminds you of crayon shin?

I'm riding on bicycle !!!

More pics to come but all are stuck in another hard disk. Shall ask mummy to post more !!

Taggies

Finally, I completed my mini project for Xavier. Took me about 2-3 weeks to make one for him. Taggies is something like a piece of cloth with looped ribbons sticking out. Babies love to chew on the ribbons as I noticed Xavier has been chewing on the tags of the cloth book, his rocking giraffe and any other objects that has tags on them. Got the idea from Sherin, as she made one for her little princess too !!

Now Xavier will never leave home without this. I am looking forward to make a taggie blanket for him so that he can play with the little taggies while keeping him warm at the same time.

Makes great gifts for babies !! Should you want to order, drop me a tag ya !!

Lean meat with chestnuts soup

I tried cooking this soup for dear dear to drink as he claimed that he was falling sick, having a bit of cough and phlegm. This soup is very light tasting, non oily and it can help to clear phlegm and alleviates cough.

Ingredients:

1. 500g of lean meat
2. 12 fresh water chestnuts
3. 8 red dates
4. Two large carrots, peeled and sliced.
5. 2.5 litres of water
6. 1 teaspoon salt

Method:
1. I put all ingredients into the pressure cooker and cook for 20 mins on high heat.

First attempt on this soup, I'm glad that it turn out well and dear dear had several servings of it.

Blueberries & Banana Puree

Blueberries contain a blue pigment called anthocyanin in their skin, an antioxidant that helps to protect us against cancer. Indeed, the anthocyanin gives blueberries the highest antioxidant content of any fruit.

While banana can slow-release sugars which provide sustained energy. They are also good for the treatment of diarrhoea and constipation. (Ref from Annabel Karmel)

Ingredients:
1. 40g of blueberries
2. 1 small banana

Method:
1. Put the blueberries into saucepan together with one tablespoon of water and cook for about 2mintutes or until the fruits just to start to burst open.
2. Blend into puree.
3. Mashed the small banana and mixed into the puree.

Xavier loves it to bits, it's not too sour when mixed with brown rice cereal or with apple puree. It tastes yummy !!!

Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Learning table

This is another new toy for me !! It's the Fisher price Laugh & Learn Table !! Daddy and mummy got it for me from Robinson Sale! Yipee !!! The usual price is selling at $119 but we got it at $69.90 !! Great buy !! This is how it looks like, but mind you that the baby in the pic is not me !! hahaha

Check out the product features:

The main feature is a bowl of alphabet soup that baby can stir up with a spoon to activate lights, sounds, fun phrases and the alphabet song
There are cookies for counting, a fruit bowl for colors and textures, a pizza for shapes, a sippy cup with pop-up action, a peek-a-napkin and fun sounds shakers
It plays 21 tunes with 3 sung learning songs, 12 sounds effects and 3 fun phrases along with baby's first words.

Here I am exploring my new toy !!

Mummy, can I flip this over ???

"Peek-a-boo !!"

" I see you !! "

There is no legs attached to the table now as daddy and mummy doesn't want the table to topple over me in case I push myself up by the table..