Hair Cut Xperience

omg... we survived a hair cutting session with Claira over the weekend!
why "survived"? Because it's so hard to coax Claira while the "barber auntie" was busy snapping away with her scissors...

We deliberately brought Claira to have a proper hair cut at Suntec... yes, that one that have a tiny little screen in front of the chair(that usually plays barney for some reason)...
We didn't want to risk cutting her ear(which by the way happened before) or her ending up with a "coconut head" hair style whenever her grandpa attempted to be THE "barber".

There we were at suntec in a perfectly crowded sunday afternoon, taking a waiting card that says "No. 29". Great. The current number was No.17.

We waited for almost for an hour for our turn.
I was holding onto Claira while she was struggling to come to terms with the noise of the scissors snapping near her ears... Hair (i didn't know that she had so much hair until now...) were falling on my shirt and Bermudas...

Immediately, we changed her out of her hair-covered dress and fed her milk.
Finally, 10 mins+crying+tears+$20+lots of severed hair later, we were done. Nice hair cut.

It wasn't the most enjoyable moments, but it was rewarding though...

Phew... another small victory. =P

Is she pretty or what?

This is picture taken during CNY... It think Claira is so pretty!
The little hair pin on her head looks like a sweet... haha.

No more camera phone

Due to my new job, i have to use a non-camera mobile phone soon.
As 99%(if not all) pictures in this blog were taken using my mobile phone, it could mean that the number of pictures that i could use for blogging may be reduced drastically.

I would have to rely on Wanyin's mobile phone for future "impromptu" photo takings with Claira ... which i find are more interesting.

Ok, mobile phone picture quality may not be as good as conventional camera images, but there is a certain fun(and convenient) element in using that little gadget from your pocket.

Maybe it's time to get a "super portable" camera... that fits my budget and pocket/bag. =P

1 year and 5 months old

To a great extend, i think Claira is a big girl now.

I remembered those days when , for a moment my eyes left Claira, she would somehow got into trouble... either falling down and knocking her head on the floor or falling off the bed...
100% attention focusing, not to get her into trouble.

There was once where i thought that "i got it all covered"... Claira was crawling on the floor in my room and i had both my hands a few centimeters away from her waist. Then, within a split second, Claira fell and knocked her head on the floor...
"was i too slow, or was she too fast??? what the hell?" i thought...

For the last few weeks, i was observing how my little gal have grown. All 17 months of growth.
I wow-ed at the fact that she is able to walk on her own, said "no..." with such cute-ness, dance whenever i sang the "hot dog song", points at things she is interested in, calls "Dad-dy", tell stories while finger pointing posters/books... among many other things.

At a blink of the eye, my Claira is 17 months old...

The recent stint at "My Gym" may have helped Claira to be more open to new environments and people. She doesn't scream at the first sight of a unfamiliar face now. In fact i managed to bring Claira to my primary school teacher's house (single handedly), during Chinese New Year period, without much trouble. But i'm quite reserved to credit this entirely to My Gym, rather than the nature process of growing up.

You are daddy's pride, Claira.