Mamak kaki

I loves to drink teh tarik and eat roti canai. When we we going out as couple, hubby and I spent lots of our time at mamak stall but ever since we have Qi Ning, we seldom go to mamak anymore. But recently, we have introduced Qi Ning to roti canai, roti pisang, roti tissue, tosai..etc and she is loving it as well. Now we starts going back to mamak stall again! We usually go there for our Saturday breakfast.
On friday night we told her that we shall be going for roti canai in the morning. She is to wake up daddy and mummy when the sun shine in the morning. She was so excited about it that she woke up so early on Sat morning at 6.30am! She was quite good in not waking us up at 6.30am. She was playing in the bed on her own but when the day is slightly brighter at about 7.00am, she starts to wake us up to go for roti canai!

Qi Ning this and that

Yesterday was Qi Ning 21 mths old milestone. This little girl is getting very cheecky and manja nowadays! She will choose who will feed her, change her, hold her hand, bath her and help her with whatever she needs. If the person that she name (usually is either papa or mama, she just don't want the maid) does not do it for her, her tear will starts flowing down.
Now that mummy stomach is showing a little and due to low lying placenta, I am trying not to carry her at all and she doesn't seem to like these changes. So now when I tell her she is gonna be jie jie soon or just address her as jie jie, she would say "don't want jie jie already"!
Now she can hold a simple conversation with people and she will not always perform as you request anymore. She will only comply when she feels like it. But most of the time she is still very co-operative. Just by thinking of her brings smile to my face!

Weekends happening

Friday
Last friday was my birthday, like what one of my friend says the best gift is having Qi Ning singing the happy birthday song to me! :) Papa already told Qi Ning it was my birthday, so on friday evening when I arrived home from work she is ready to wish me "happy birthday" at the door step! We went out for dinner and then to buy birthday cake. I think Qi ning enjoy the whole event more than anyone of us. She is excited about the cake, the candles..etc. Seeing her enjoying the celebration brings contentment to my heart!

Saturday
On Saturday afternoon, we went out for lunch at a restraurant neaby our house. And guess what, we saw our runaway maid working there as a waitress! Don't know how to respond, called our maid agency to ask what should we do but till today they still have not get back to us. Also they are not sure if they have cancelled her work permit or not! I got so felt up with the agency but what can I do?
I actually spoke to the maid asked why is working there when her permit is is supposed to be under our name. She just kept quiet. She looked darker and thinner than she was with us. If my husband has not pointed out, I wouldn't have notice her. Meeting her sort of spoilt our mood for a while but later on we decided it is not worth allowing a runaway maid to spoilt our day.

Sunday
Is father's day which I nearly forgotten. I was reminded of it while at church. So I decided to join with another family to celebrate this day. We had dinner with uncle Yap's family at a Thai restraurant. Qi Ning enjoys herself very much. There was a fish tank near to our table so she was quite happy looking at the fish and playing with the fishes in the tank.

Blanket fun

For the past few days, ever since I introduce her to the blanket magic, Qi Ning is fascinated by what a blanket can do. Now she can spent half an hour just playing with the blanket. I think this is mainly due to her budding imagination. With the blanket, she can imagine it to be anything she wants, one moment can be superman's outer suit, a scalf..etc One minutes she will wear the blanket as a scalf, or just wrap round like a batik skirt, sometime, she would sit there and wrap her Barney with the blanket as well. And then she will turn it into a bed for Barney to sleep. She would say "Barney Oi mee mee time huh" (time to sleep) and she will sing lalluby song for Barney. so cute to see her trying to imitate mummy!

Fun fair

Last night after dinner, daddy decided to take us to a fun fair. Actually he has been talking about bringing Qi Ning to fun fair for the past week only mummy is lazy to go during the weekday. So last night, since both mummy & Qi Ning had a good nap in the vening, after dinner with Aunty Lee & family, off we go to fun fair!
Qi Ning was very excited upon seeing all the light and hearing the music blasting from the car park. Her hand was up in the air and her feet seems to be dancing. We took a walk round and decide what are the ride that is safe for her to go on. Daddy went with her for all the rides except the train ride. Mummy cannot go on any of the rides with her because of pregnancy and all those rides seem to make me dizzy!
Her first ride with daddy was the UFO which was not very suitable for her so only two round, I have to ask the operator to slow down and let them off the ride. It was going tos fast, I guess it will be a thriller for a youth not a toddler. Then they went for the giant wheel, which was ok for her. Her favourite ride is the train, she wanted to go for another round when her ride ends!
We also let her play with some of the games, trying to win some prizes. It was just fun to see her enjoying herself! We throw the ping pong ball. fish with a net and watch other people throw darts, shooting, and all the game stores in the fun fare. Of course fun fair is not complete without the kacang putih, so we also had a packet of kacang putih in our hand.
I myself have not been to fun fair for so long so it was good to visit it with Qi Ning.

My Darling, Qi Ning

Qi Ning was down with fever for the past few days, the fever come on and off. She is still her usual active self despite the fever. I didn't give her any medication earlier on as the fever was very mild but later when her fever went up to 38.4degree, I gave her paracetomol. I was worried that she may not like the medicine and might struggle with me, but surprisingly she took it very well, no fuss at all! Mummy was so happy that she is so co-operative when comes to taking medicine.
She is also quite good in drinking plain water. Since she is having fever, we encourage her to drink a lots of water and she will do as told. Only sometime she would choose who should hold the cup for her, either daddy or mummy. She even wakes up in the middle of night to ask for water! So mummy has got panda eyes for this few days!
My Qi ning is a real darling, at such young age, she seem to be a very understanding girl. I just need to explain the situation to her and most of the time she will comply. This morning, after breakfast, I was playing with her and when is time for me to go off to work, she actually tells me to go and plant a kiss on my lip and say "mummy I love you" before I leave the door! Previously she would cling on to me and say "mummy cannot go to office"! What a change.
Now she also will say "mummy I love you" without being prompt. Is so sweet to hear that from her. Sometime I also encourage her to say "I love you baby" especailly during the night time when we are getting ready to sleep. And I will say to her on behalf of baby "jie jie I love you". Hopefully this will help to prepare her for the arrival of her sibling in November. She knows that mummy is carrying a baby in the stomach. When people ask her where is mummy's baby, she will say stomach.
With such a sweet girl at home, it sure make parenting a joy and I am looking forward to the new addition in the family. Thank God also my morning sickness is over!

Holidayings

Last friday, I took leave and went back Sitiawan to visit my parents along with my brother's family. Hubby couldn't make it so we tag along with my brother's family. I told Qi Ning we are going for holidays and she is very happy. Ever since our Bangkok trip in April, she understands what holidays mean (lots of fun for her!). So when hubby sent us to my brother's house, she refused to go in to the house, keeping telling me "holiday mummy". I have to assure her that we are going holidays with "xiao jiu" (uncle), only then she follows me in to the house.
After breakfast, we all jamed into my brother's MPV, five adults and five kids. This is the first time she trevels with her cousins and not having to be retrained to her car-seat. She was quite happy playing with her cousin's sunglass and hat, singing and chatting away. Also manage to get her to nap for an hour or so during the journey. At night, afetr dinner, we went shopping, she is so happy running round the aisle with her cousins. She was having so much fun that she doesn't even miss her daddy!
We took her to Teluk Batik beach on Saturday, too bad I didn't bring my camera so no photo. She really enjoy swimming in the sea and also playing with the sand. After the beach, we went for seafood dinner and it took a looong time for the food to be served, she was so tired that she dozed off while waiting for food. She slept thru' the dinner and mummy has to carry her and eat with one hand!
Sunday morning after breakfast we packed and get ready to head home and we stopped at Kuala Selangor for our seafood lunch, yummy yummy food at very reasonable price.
I guess maybe due to the hot weather, my little Qi Ning came down with slight fever after the trip. Thank God she is better today!