Here's what Elise was up to during her 7th month...

.....perfecting her sit

.....try out new taste..rice cereal, rusk,
avocado, sweet potato, banana, baby biscuits

.....sticking out tongue (lots)

.....smile (lots and lots and lots and usually ends with sticking out tongue)

.....rolling around in our jumbo bed (and discovered the curtains)

.....putting on bandanna with wig

.....fooling around with jie jie

.....went to the beach and enjoyed the outdoors

.....and at the end of it, she weighs 6.1kg.

@ 6 months old, Elise....

is weighing at 5.9kg...

is 60cm tall...

has started to roll....now we have to have "doors" to our platform bed...

grabs anything that comes near her and is very aggressive in attempting to grab anything that she sees....

is very smiley now...

is still very close to me but now can be cuddled by others..

could recognize her daddy, and adores him...

is getting prettier by the day...

is very demanding, anything that she wants to grab, she wants it...if she can't reach or we deter her from reaching it...she will whine...ahah...yes, whine...

is sitting unsupported now....her greatest achievement this month!

Here's the little smiley face....

Addicted to online shopping

How often do you buy online? Never? Once? Seldom?

Well, like the title suggests, I'm addicted to shopping online. It is so convenient! Having 2 kids make physical shopping super hard and troublesome. Well, convenient it is and you can do it anytime you feel like doing it even during the middle of the night! All you need is a computer, an Internet connection and of course a credit card!

I first started online shopping when I had my first daughter. Then, I was looking for breastfeeding clothes. Soon after, I was hooked on scrapbooking and since we don't have a local scrapbooking store here in Penang (there is one, but it was far from where I live), I had no choice but to order online. And since then, you could see Poslaju (Malaysian Courier servce) guy making delivery to my house every now and then.

Recently, having another addition to the family, I became even more engaged in online shopping. This time, I have "shopping for children's clothes" added to my list of online shopping experience. Branded kiddies wear at reasonable price delivered right to your doorstep....who can resist that?!? Not me!!!.....hahaha

Now, most of Grace and Elise's clothing are bought online. I'm now looking at buying shoes online too. But this had me thinking and worrying whether I'm buying the right size. Well, having seen this video by Start-rite Shoes, I'm more confident in making online shoes shopping. Such great idea! Children shoes manufacturer developed an innovative way to help parents measure their child's feet from home so that parents can buy shoes online!

Talking about shoes....I like shoes, Grace likes shoes. We can't settle for just one pair of shoes....I guess, practically all ladies are like that. Even my husband has more than 1 shoes. Like Grace, she has to have sport shoes, school shoes, shoes to go with her princess dress, noisy shoes (hehehe...that the "high heels"), shoes in different shades/ colours.....phew....I better stop here...else I'll need another shoe rack at home. Okay....time to go "shopping" for shoes online!

just a photo to show you how much Grace loves shoes.....

Fashion...fashion...and more fashion....

Hello....long time no blog...had been busy, but it's not over yet, am still busy preparing accounts and budget for my church AGM next Sunday!...phew when will I get my crafting time back??

Well, let's talk fashion today. You see...Grace is growing fast, and a girl will always be a girl...she loves Barbie, princess, dress-up..you know, those stuff that every girl likes...which the mummy likes too but had no chance of doing when she was a little girl, thus the pampering came.....because the mummy wants to play too....wahaha..

Let me name the things that my little girl is doing this Christmas season...

1) she already had the Princess Costume which I bought for her school's party and the accessories of course...but what's new was, her cousin Joy was here last 2 weeks....errr...she's not that kind of wanting to dress-up, so the 2 came out with a "Grace dress-up and Joy take photo" game. So my girl will wear all her accessories (noisy high heels included), do some really (and I mean really) sexy (oohhhh..ahhh..) post, and Joy snap it with iPhone....fun ah?

2) Mummy bought her an original Barbie, but not Barbie herself, it was Barbie's friend (whom I've no idea of the name) and some original Barbie outfits and accessories as Christmas present. Why do I have to state original? Well, mother-in-law had given her for her birthday a cloned "Barbie" and outfits, then a cloned "Barbie" came with her princess birthday cake. Now she has 4 Barbie dolls and quite a number of outfits....it's a good thing that Barbie and her clones can share outfits.

3) Still not pampered enough? The mummy brought Grace and little Elise to Queensbay Mall today for a "Barbie - A Fashion Fairytale" live show. And she enjoyed it. Here's some photos of the stage setup.

4) Want some more? And mummy couldn't resist this set. And here's Barbie and her clones with the set.

A little girl, anticipating the play with her latest toy set.

5) And....hubby got me an iPhone 4 this Christmas, and off course there's lots of games for the little girl. She likes to play but not for a very long time...she will try out once or twice for each game and then keep the iPhone. But when I install this particular apps, it kept her quiet for some time. Here's some of her creation:

Grace

Mummy

Elise

Hmm....talking about fashion and dressing up, do you ever thought of dressing up your grill? Yeap...those that you use to barbecue and grill your food! Well, check out these grill covers and Kettle covers from 1001 GrillCovers, you might find a nice "dress" for your grill!

Christmas is just around the corner...

....and it's getting really chaotic here at our house...kids playing and watching tv and quarreling all day long..last minute shopping....last minute performance practice...Christmas gift wrapping...decorating the house....phew....

which means....I will need to be missing for a while, at least until after boxing day..

I will leave you with our Christmas tree and all the presents.....