The Hair

I like Jeddy's hair.

I think it gives him personality and makes him more popular with the general community. Though I'm sick and tired of the aunties who are always advising me to shave his head, I'm secretly pleased with the attention they shower on Jeddy boy. ;)

So no, I'm NOT going to cut his hair. In fact I want to see how tall it can grow! *snigger*

Seriously, no offence to anyone out there, but I do not think that shaving his head will make his hair grow out thicker and darker. It's all an illusion. Yep. Cos they shaved mine when I was a babe and I still grew fuzz after that. It was so bad my folks dressed me up as a boy so people would stop asking if I were a boy! *poor them*

Ok, so we all know where Jeddy got his hair genes from... But hey! My hair is now quite (;P) thick and black! So no worries eh? ;) Let's have fun with his hair while it's still like that...

Introducing Mohawk Boy! Man, what a perfect arc!


















And Evil Gremlin Boy! (those from my generation will know this ;D)


















Correction. I LOVE Jeddy's hair.

;D

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End Note: I'm sure you've noticed the new Jeddy banner that this blog now sports. Yep, it's the fine work of Jeddy's Hui Hui biao-yi. Thanks for all your effort Hui Hui! *muaks!*

Jeddy the Busy Bee

Babies are really busy little beings. There's just so much to fiddle with, so many crevices to crawl in, and so many small spaces to wedge in. Each day is a promise for new discoveries!

Maybe age is catching up with me, or I'm just plain unfit. Either way, I'm having trouble catching up with my boy. And he's only 9 months old! *cold sweat*

Let's see... Jeddy spends about 8 to 9 hours a day playing... and that excludes meal times, bath times and drag-him-to-the-bed-screaming times.

I'm thankful that my little one is able play by himself. About a third of the time is spent on his own. I just have to keep my little sharp eye on him while I busy myself around the house.

However lately, I find that I have to hover around him more and more. He's really squeezing himself into all the strange little corners of my house and getting himself into all sorts of dangerous situations. *shudder* I don't have the heart to confine him to a playpen and his room is showing absolutely no sign of becoming his anytime soon! So in the meanwhile, I just have to waddle after him, to catch him if he falls, to smack his hands if he goes for the wires and power outlets, and to whisk him away if he's heading towards forbidden zones (much to his displeasure). Yep, that's my new job. Personal Bodyguard. On duty 24-hours. ;)

I'll let you take a peek at Jeddy hard at 'work'. I think this video is the longest I've ever uploaded. It barely cleared the 100MB limit!

(Note: tried to attach the video twice and it failed both times! In the end I had to cut up the video into bite size portions.)

Part 1: Jeddy trying to sit down from standing position.



Part 2: Moving off to the second 'station' to play knock-knock with his favourite toys.



Part 3: Chasing after a renegade toy and giving up after a while... Just get another toy lor... No biggie. ;D




Busy busy busy...

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Jeddy and Company #2

More kiddy friends for Jeddy!

Ethan is Esther's 6 month old. This is her second boy (her first is 6 year old Elliot) and he's soooooo cute and smiley! A huge contrast to Jeddy's oh-so-serious disposition, I must say! ;P Esther's my colleague from Hai Sing Catholic School. We went in together last year and became fast friends. It was such a pleasant coincidence that we were preggs around the same time too! :)

Hey brudder!


















Ethan is so huggable I tell you. And he's really fair! Personally, I think Jeddy is about 50 shades darker than him! Kekeke


















Let's be friends!


















We were actually at Juin's place here. She has just given birth to a sweet little precious girl named Kaylee. The three of us were teaching Geography at HSC and it was such fun working together. I am really thankful for them.

Hooray for great colleagues-turned-friends too!

:)

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Jeddy and Company #1

Just when you thought Jeddy doesn't have any kiddy friends, here's the first one! :)

Cousin Liying is just 9 months older than Jeddy. He gets to 'disturb' her every Sunday when we go to his YeYe's place for lunch. Liying belongs to Hub's second sis. She has another two boys, age 4 and 2. As of today, Jeddy prefers the boys, crawling after them and squealing with delight as he watches them play. Boy, I can just see a kiddy club forming in a few years' time. Well, good for Jeddy! :)

Here, Liying has just woken up from her nap and is zoning out, seemingly unfazed by Jeddy's taunting.







































Hooray for cousins! :)

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Paparazzi

Our Jeddy boy is now popular enough to have his own paparazzi shots!

Hey gimme that camera!


















Stop taking my pictures!


















Oh where can I hide my face?!


















Stop or I'm giving you a karate chop! *haieeeya*


















;D

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T3 - Every Family's Pilgrimage

You would have noticed by now that Hubs and I are really 'homely' folks. And because of that, poor Jeddy never get to see the world as much as other kids do. :P

On a rare occasion that Hubs decided to take the day off from work, we headed down to Changi Airport Terminal 3 - the place where everybody wants to visit these days...

It was... well... big. And being a weekday, there wasn't much human traffic. *big sigh of relief* So it was big and empty.



















Geez... I rarely get my pictures taken with Jeddy these days and he has to look grumpy in it. Hmmph!























Here, we caught Jeddy gawking at a sweet little girl. What fine taste he has. ;D























Our first couple shot since the birth of Jeddy boy! Notice how we conveniently 'excluded' him from the picture. Tee hee hee!


















And doing his favourite 'lion dance' all the way down the viewing gallery. :)


















(Note to self: Stop stressing over the logistics and go out more often as a family! )

;)

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Sleep Baby Sleep

This is Jeddy.

He wants to get out. And Mummy is tearing out her hair after trying to put him down for his nap for the past hour.

Arrrghhhh!

What do I do with a boy who rubs his face and yawns about a million times but doesn't want to go to sleep?

Arrrrrrrghhhhhhhh!



















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Craft Therapy

Got tired of carving stamps. Plus, it's wrecking havoc on my eyes....

So, riding on the momentum of Mr Caterpillar, I've decided to sew sew sew!

And these are the results of my nightly craft therapy sessions.

A bright bright tote for a mini grocery trip. The cloth is from Ikea (children's section). It turned out better than I thought and holds its shape well. Took me 4 hours. Feel like making another one already....



















And this is the Mother's Day gift for Mum (obviously ;P). A 2-in-1 case for tissue paper and loose change. Perfect for her daily lunch trips to the canteen. Hope you like it Moo!









































Ahh..... all in two nights' work... I sure don't mind giving up retail therapy for this instead! ;)

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Eww

I seriously do not know what came over me. I fear all things creepy crawly (especially if they are squashed!). The mere thought of them makes the hair on my skin stand.

But I actually made this for Jeddy.

A felt caterpillar. With detachable body parts.

*shudder*

Somehow it didn't look so eww in the pattern and during the stitching up. But when I put the fella together......eeewwwww!!!!

*shudder somemore*

I haven't been making toys for Jeddy since Mr Jellyfish. So here it is, presenting to you the great bonding session of Jeddy with his new green pal. I call it er... Mr Caterpillar!

It's more a Jeddy initiation rite than bonding session actually... all toys go through the fling test, chew test, and of course, the twist test.

Haha! ;D
































































Mr Caterpillar took me 3 nights to finish with all his fancy spots and stripes and velcro bits. I must admit it was pretty fun to make though, and oh so very therapeutic!

At the moment, Jeddy can only fling poor Mr Caterpillar around like a lasso. But I'm actually glad. Cos when he's able to take the critter apart, I won't be hanging around when he plays with it!

Hahahaha! Oh, Hubs thinks I'm nuts. Do you?

;P

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