An Early Birthday Outing & More...

As my good pal Vicky is not free next week, she's arranged to pop over today, for an early birthday treat from me.  However, as I'd need to lug my baby along wherever I go now, she said she doesn't mind eating at home and I suggested a dial-in lunch.  But, since we both don't really feel like eating order-in food, I asked if she'd be ok with home-cooked food 'cos hubby had brought home roast duck, roast chicken, roast pork and she took it up.  So we had a simple but nice porridge meal this afternoon, :).

Thereafter, she drove(if we had known she'd be driving, we'd hv gone out to eat!) us to Cold Storage @ Jelita for an ice-cream and coffee break at Gelateria Venezia(she even wanna pay for the snack but luckily I managed to stop her) and for me to get my groceries and diapers, heeee.

When she's learnt that the Naraya baby bag she's got for me when I had Renee, was damaged, she bought me another on her latest trip to Bangkok!  Luckily she's informed me about her purchase before I got to buy another from the store, especially when this new bag she's gotten for me is sooo sweet!  She even bought 1(not from Naraya but from the airport) for Renee, knowing that she has to go to classes and may need such a bag.  It's perfect!  I've been wanting to get Renee 1 of such bags 'cos all she has currently are mainly backpacks(those that can carry her books) and the ones I saw in stores are either too big or too 'long'.  So, both of us are very happy, hahaha.  Thanks, Vic!

Exact same design as the previous one she gave me, the cover opens up to a soft changing mat:

This is Renee's

And, before we started on our grocery shopping, she spotted the Swiss Bake shop and insisted on getting me a cake, awwwww... Renee chose this but I told her I won't lit the candles til the actual one on my birthday, hahahahaha :

Yummy!

Also, I've finally used the baby carrier today!  I had been wanting to try it on with Rachel in it but as her PD had advised during our last visit, that we should wait for another month or so(when her neck control is much better) but hubby remarked that she seems to be about ready for it.  So, this morning, I tried and she seemed very happy, smiling at me all the time(unlike the time I put her into the Baby Bjorn carrier at Mothercare) and that was the booster! hahaha.  Happily, we went out without the stroller and although it's my very very 1st try carrying my baby with a carrier(gotta rem to still hold on to the back of her neck though), it had turned out to be a rather smooth one!(thks again, to Karen, for the carrier, :>)  Does that means more outings?  I hope so, heeee.

Another thing...  as Rachel's awareness of 'strangers increased, she has so far, not shown any 'fear' even during her very first meet up with my in-laws but today, suddenly, she cried(short one) when she saw Vicky, hahaha.  I tried to get her to 'play' with Vic after calming her down but the latter was fearful that she might provoke another crying bout but luckily it didn't... well, at least not til she woke up from her nap, hahaha.  But this time round, she even chuckled(a number of times) when Vic played with her, with her eyes and nose still 'red' from the cry, hahaha sooo cute!(to me lah, hehehe).