I am A SuperMan...

It was a lazy Saturday morning as usual. Daddy and Mummy were spending their quality time with me. See how I am enjoying being a Super Man as Mummy holds me horizontally up with her arms. Wow, I become Mummy's dumb bells now.

A Pencil Sketch of Me...

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This is a pencil sketch of me. Wow, the artist is so good that he can even sketch the "piglet" on my outfit... Coolz... Wonder who the artist is???

The Player of the Year 2008

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Wow, I have made it to the Cover and got voted as the Player of the Year for 2008. Daddy and Mummy are so proud of me...

Daddy Gave Me a Middle Name

Last weekend, for some reason, Daddy decided that he wanted to give me a nickname Gosh, guess what's the middle name he gave me. It's SELAMAT, the terrorist. The one that fled from detention in Singapore and all thanks to him, all the police and national service people are still combing the jungles, checkpoints and airports for him. Do you know why Daddy calls me Selamat? It's cos he says I am a "terrorist" at home, although the many times that Mummy and Daddy has brought me out, I received countless compliments from all the aunties and uncles that I am very well-behaved. No wailing in public. Hmm, this is my signal to Mummy to bring me out more often. Haha...

Mummy was even more funny. She decided she should give it a rhyme to go with it. It goes like this:

My middle name is Selamat, S-E-L-A-M-A-T.... Hmmm, when we have a chance, we will upload the video of Mummy singing this. Aunty Grace and Elaine (Mummy's Nov 2007 forum friends) think Mummy is getting too bored to have to invent such a rhyme. But I think it's not so bad after all. Haha...

Video to be uploaded...Please stay tuned...

The Chan Family Look-alike Meter

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Mummy lunched in during work today cos she was rushing some deadline for an FPI earning release tomorrow. She took a five minutes break during lunch time and tried this look-alike meter. Everyone tells Mummy that I looked like a MOULD of Daddy. But this proves otherwise. I look EQUALLY like the both of them. This makes Mummy feel so comforted...

My Collection of Board Books

Mummy bought a collection of board books and baby Einstein flashcards for me from Amazon and got them to ship to Shanghai. So every day, 爷爷 and 奶奶 take turns to read them to me or do flashcard exercises with me. My favourite board book is "Where is baby's Mummy?" Now, whenever Mummy says that to me, I will break into smiles and giggles.

I Am Learning How to Sit...

For some reason, Mummy thinks I can "SIT" better if she lets me practice sitting on tables. So I have been sitting on all tables, including her dresser, the living room table and the dining table. Watch how I fumble to try to keep myself up. Hmm, Mummy got a friend to bring back a BUMBO seat for me from Singapore. Now she is wondering whether I still need the BUMBO to help me sit up...

Mummy's Thanks @ Easter

It's Good Friday today and it's time to give thanks to Jesus who has died on the cross for us. During this time of giving thanks, we would like to thank God once again for the blessings in our lives. Although there are times where there are still difficult times in the family, but we know that God will be there to see us through. And of course, we can't express enough thanks for little Matthias that God has so blessed us with.



It hasn't been an easy time. Being a working mummy. Every day, there seems to be tons and tons of multi-tasking to do, in order to save time and get everything done. This week has been especially bad, as the projects I am on all seem to come this week. Sometimes I can't help but just wish that if I could be less independent, I would probably be more willing to give up my job and be a SAHM. But then, to me, there is more to Mummy's life than just family. So I struggled to believe that I can strike a good balance between work and family. Looking at Matt delights me even though sometimes it feels terrible after a long day of work. Strangely, just a peep at him sleep so soundly in Mummy's bed is sufficient for Mummy to say the hard work's all worth it...

Matt has been a relatively good boy so far. Putting him on a routine was the best thing I could ever have done. Although I have never read the Gina Ford's little contented baby book, I have heard excellent comments about it. And surprisingly, after being 2 months of terror, Matt's schedule just fell into place into the Gina's Ford schedule. Now he is just so much easier to take care and I certainly thank God for this. I went for a Singaporean mummies' gathering just the other day. The mummies all commented that Matt's a well-behaved boy. No wailing, strictly on schedule, haha, even his pooing (cos he poos concurrently or immediately after his feed). Daddy always say Matt's an Oscar award winner outside home, cos he is always so well behaved. Maybe this is Matt's signal to Mummy to bring him out more often. Haha.

Matt has been trying to suck his fingers and fist for a long time. I pull it out every time I sees him doing this. But these 2 days when I worked from home, I started seeing him putting his hand in very often. Guess what the evil Mummy did? Mummy beat him hand one night every time she sees him doing that. And so for the rest of the night, Matt didn't dare put his hand into his mouth anymore. The next morning, he tried away, being a forgetful little baby. I raised my hand slowly, he looked at me and blinked his eyes and quickly pulled his hand out of his mouth. It was hilarious... Matt seemed to know now that Mummy hates his bad habit of sucking fingers...

It's a Lazy Sunday Morning for the Chan Family

It was a lazy Sunday morning for the Chan family last weekend. For once, Daddy and Mummy could sleep until 830am. Although this is still early, but at least Daddy and Mummy were glad that I didn't wake them up at 6 plus instead. Check out how the Chan family lazed on Sunday...

Playtime with Daddy and Mummy...














The Happy Chan Family...

Me and My New Toy, the Little Blue Monster...

Mummy bought me a new toy from Taobao. She calls it the little blue monster. This is a photo Mummy took of me and the little blue monster.

My Collection of Winter Clothes

Mummy bought a lot of clothes for me to prepare me for this winter in Shanghai. Now she realises that the winter here is ending soon (it was nice and sunny yesterday at 18 degrees), it's time to change my wardrobe soon. So she started doing shopping for my summer wear. Now Mummy decided she should keep some photos of my winter collection for me. Check them out...before I stop wearing them...

My carter's romper and Osh Kosh jacket. Don't I look so smart?











A Gap romper Aunty Michelle bought for me for Christmas. Hmmm, Mummy says I look like a "jailbird" just like Aunty Michelle at their "Uniforms" theme party when she was dressing like a "jailbird". Haha...

I am trying to stand up nowadays. When Mummy tries to seat me on her lap, I simply refuse to, I WANT TO STAND UP!!!

Me and my 2 little dinosaurs...











My Disney Winnie the Pooh's romper. Mummy's favourite. Think I looked like the male version of Snow White here. Haha...










My Carter's baseball suit... (a gift from Aunties Jocelyn and Hoe Shin)







My green and white romper. I am doing tummy time on Mummy's dresser in front of the mirror. I chuckle whenever Mummy faced me at the mirror. Cos I wonder who is that little boy that is staring back at me...






My Carter's hooded romper. I wear this when it's raining to protect the rain and cold from getting into my HAIR. Haha...






My sleepwear, wrapped in a fleece blanket...

Mummy and Me in the Baby Carrier

Mummy is finally able to carry me facing FRONT in the baby carrier. She used to carry me facing her and cos I am so close to her heart, I always end up sleeping the whole time I was in the carrier. Now that I face front, I can see so much more things (ie passer-bys, trees, flowers etc...). I like it!!!

I Am Four Months' Old...

I am four months' old officially today. As part of the traditions usually done at the fourth month, Mummy steamed a chicken drumstick for me to "feast". This is done so that I will not be a fussy eater and will eat everything in the future. But Mummy realises that I am a greedy boy cos the moment she puts the chicken drumstick near my mouth, I started licking it. See how Daddy has caught me in action...












A video Daddy took. It showed me "licking" away at the chicken drumstick. And towards the end of the video, when Mummy moved the chicken drumstick away from my mouth, I actually plunged forward and tried to gulp it up. Haha, so funny...

It's funny how our family photo made it to the Museum. But anyhows, we share our joy with our "visitors".

Daddy bought me a cake to celebrate. It's tiramisu cake. But once again, I don't get to eat it. Hmmm, I am counting down until I turn six months, so that I can start on solids.













These are some milestones that I have achieved so far. Both Daddy and Mummy are so excited to see me grow day by day.
• Smiles, laughs
• Can bear weight on legs
• Coos when you talk to him
• Can grasp a toy
• Imitates sounds: "baba," "dada"

But Mummy thinks these are some of those that I haven't achieved yet:
• Rolls over, from tummy to back - Too difficult for me now since I am wearing thick rompers that covers my feet. Hopefully summer will come soon and I can show off my fair legs (haha after the winter...)
• Cuts first tooth
• May be ready for solid foods - Mummy still insists on no solids for me until 6 months as she is worried that the introduction of solids too early might cause me to have allergies.

Mummy finally got me on a 5 feeds per day schedule and has been successful for the last 3 days. Now I feed 5 times a day, 4 hourly, starting from 7am in the morning and last feed at 11pm and is able to sleep through the night until 7am. Daddy and Mummy were so glad that this morning, I was able to wake up at 830am since it' a Sunday today...

My New Friend, Ethan Sit

Today, we had brunch at Kabb's at XinTianDi with Mummy's colleague, Uncle Andy and his family (Auntie Paulie and baby Ethan). I should really call him Ethan gor gor as he is 6 weeks older than me.

A photo Uncle Andy took for us...

















The mummies and babies

















Me and Ethan shaking hands... Don't we look like diplomats from Canada and Singapore? Haha..

My 1st playgroup class at Gymboree...

Yesterday, Mummy brought me to a trial playgroup class at Gymboree for 0-6 months' old babies. Teacher Sophie taught us how to have tummy time on a mirror, using a finger spider to stimulate my auditory and visual senses and even baby massage. See the photos Daddy took yesterday. I enjoyed myself very much...