22 months

Nadine's a little parrot now. More than a parrot actually. She mimics everything she hears, sees and watches. She repeats what people say (most of the time, not accurately), imitates the neighbors' dogs and cats (sound and action), and follows the actions of all the Baby Signing Time and Signing Time dvd program. Her favorite dvd for the past few months - Ponyo. And she mimics most of the actions in this movie too!

And about her squint - she's seen a specialist, and specialist has confirmed that it's a "pseudo squint" - meaning it's "fake". The excess flesh around her eyes give the impression that she has a squint. But that should go off as she grows bigger, and the flesh stretches out. $80 to buy a peace of mind for Daddy and Mummy!

Nadine's garden, and friends ....

Nadine's new room is so much more spacious than her old room. It's bigger, and does not include Daddy's drum set!

Daddy and Mummy kept the furnishing really bare, so that Nadine will have lots of space to run around in the room, and so that when she's older, she can pick her own furniture!

The wall decal and carpet were bought separately, months apart. Coincidentally, both have quite similar color scheme, and have butterflies!

Packing

Not sure if Nadine understood what was happening when we were packing to move. But she sure enjoyed seeing us pack, as well as playing with the boxes.

Nadine's garden ...

... in her new room.

Aside from this garden wall, the rest of the room is still bare, as of today. But in 2 days' time, when Nadine moves in, this room should be complete with wardrobe, bed and pretty curtains!

Daddy and Mummy can't wait to show Nadine her new room!

Girlfriends III

Another attempt to take a group photo of the girls. While the 3 mummies attempted to take some nice photos of the girls, Luanne's Daddy clowned around to make them smile, and Vera's Daddy attempted to stun the girls with a shout. His rationale - that will get them to keep still for a second. Did it work? No. But if it did, wouldn't the girls all look stunned and scared, rather than pretty and happy, as the mummies would have liked?

When will the girls all sit still, at the same time, to pose for a nice photo? Hmm ......

Class Monitor

Charis, the big sister among all the toddlers who are regulars in the nursery, helping Nadine to take off her shoes. She was also going round telling the little children what they can or cannot do. Her parents say she is the class monitor. So cute!

Growing...

Mummy measured Nadine's height while she was sleeping in this position 2 mornings ago. She's now 83 cm - grew 2 cm in the last month.

Her first proper 3-syllable word is "butterfly". Previously, she pronounced it as "b-lye". And she's also beginning to string 2 words together:

- wash hands

- eat porridge

- let's go

- drink milk (feeding imaginary milk to her stuffed toys)

- Mummy watch (when she wants Mummy to watch tv with her)

21 months

A few months ago, Mummy noticed that Nadine seems to have an occasional squint, especially when she's watching tv, stoning or sleepy. Told Dr Kevin about it, but he didn't think it's anything serious. Afterall, babies' eyes do take a while to stabilize.

But in the last 2 weeks, both Mummy and Daddy have noticed that the squint is a lot more frequent, and a lot worse. It still only happens when she's watching tv, stoning or sleepy. But it's really worrying Mummy and Daddy.

Daddy said "such a pretty face, it'll be terrible if she develops a permanent squint!"

Got a referral from Dr Kevin to see an opthamologist. Hopefully it's something that can be treated very easily. Or better, her eyes are just not fully developed yet! Pray, pray!

Acrobat

Nadine loves playing with the urn at the balcony. Previously, she would throw little pebbles into the urn. Once, she tried to climb in. For fun, Bibi put her inside, and she seemed to enjoy that! Now, she can climb in and out of the urn herself, without any help!

Snooze

During the last 2 weeks that Bibi was away on home leave, Daddy and Mummy took leave to look after Nadine, and the family went out a lot - mostly to buy things for the new house, and to check on the renovation. It was quite tiring actually. Tiring for Nadine, coz she didn't get her regular naps. Tiring for Mummy coz she had to cook (for Nadine only), clean, wash and look after Nadine. Tiring for Daddy coz he had to entertain Nadine a lot, a lot.

Daddy took this shot of Mummy and Nadine, who both fell asleep in the car on the way home one day, after running errands.