13 months of Esther Darling

Entry by Bernard,

Esther display her climbing powers, as she for the first time climb up the sofa to the second level by herself.

Balancing on her Feet

Entry by Diana

Esther now balances on her feet without holding on to anything for a few seconds..She is amazed at herself too

Esther Development Accessment Card @ 12mths++

Entry by Bernard,

Uttered Speech so Far:

1. Papa
2. Mama
3. Bye Bye
4. Eh
5. Baby
6. Bee
7. Milk
8. Me
9. Best
10. Hi
11. Bear
12. This
13. Whats this
14. There

Movement:

1. Crawling at high speed, holding items on both hands
2. Clapping
3. Show Tongue
4. Peek a Boo
5. Picking up items on the floor with 1 hand while standing
6. Squats with ease
7. Kicking whilst standing with support
8. Swimming(legs Kicking) in float
9. Pushing things on the floor
10. Throwing things up to distance of 1m
11. Kissing the floor
12. Crouching head sideways to look underneath
13. Wearing things on the head
14. Points at pictures or people
15. Waves with both hands

Eating

1. Drinking thru a straw
2. Took almost anything, except spicy/chilli food

Baby Contest 15/2/09

Entry by Bernard,

Esther enter this contest for a 2nd time, but clearly as an underdog as she is the youngest in her class. The event is more properly planned, with more space and closer to home.

While the judging of the winners proved to be as puzzling as it gets. How the baby wins is still a big mystery.

Esther did not win, but proved to be a blessing to other couples that Daddy and Mommy knew - one from daddy's Sec School, one from NUS CBLC and one from Daddy's Army camp. From the last contest, her blessing has increased 300 fold.

What is blessing Esther is becoming - Praise the Lord !

Wow, MP posing picture with Mommy and Me.

I can drink from a bottle by myself

Entry by Bernard,

After a week of trials, Esther finally is able to comfortably suck her water holding the bottle herself.

Celebrating Po Po 60th Birthday

Entry by Bernard,

Esther displayed some nice comfort pats on the boy, while the adults got her slaps.

Po Po 60th Birthday !

1 year medical appt

Entry by Bernard,

Vital Stats:

1. Height: 75cm (75 percentile) Confirmation that this girl is tall
2. Weight: 8.5kg (50 percentile) Perfect weight
3. Head Cir: 44 cm (25 percentile) Head shrank from previous measurement - Either last measurement got error, or today measurement tape is flawed.

Outing on 6th/7th day of CNY

Entry by Bernard,

On the 6th day, Auntie Jessica hosted a dinner at her place.

While on the 7th day, we went to Marina Barrage after Church.