Our baby girl at 4 months

Another milestone in Caitlin's life! After much calling ( and I mean a lot of calling!) to sis in law for help, 2 books bought (one including the idiots guide to making baby food) and internet research, Caitlin has finally embarked on solids! It was so thrilling to see her take her bite of food (banana puree) which she took in willingly, grimaced and then swallowed. After that, she would grimace even before the spoon hit her lips, anticipating the sourness of the banana. So far she has tried :

1. Banana which she hates.
2. Apple sauce which she loves.
3. Plain rice cereal which she adores.
4. Plain rice cereal and carrot puree which she laps up.

Next week on the menu:
1. Cereal and brocoli
2. Avacado .

Need I say more?

There is an ongoing discussion on me mummy's blog as to who Caitlin looks like more - tuffy or I when we were young and this was the photo referred to. After looking at it, me thinks its tuff because of them curls! Those god forsaken - I'll grow in any direction I damn please uncontrollable mass of curls!

Lunch with the Pereiras, dinner with the Machados

What a lovely sunday it was. Daddy being true to form had bought from his beloved meat man of Geylang market about 10 kg of steaks for 3 houses. So Edward and I decided to cook the steaks at our place and invite them over. So the pereiras (and 1 Telford) came to spend time with the baby, watch tv and stuff themselves, bearing a multitude of gifts which I shall list and show as representations of them!

1. Daddy with 4 big tins of Similac Infant formula.
2. Mummy with unidentified tendon and muscle plaster for my wrist, begging strips for pepper and an assortment of tupperware which I suspect they did not want and a calender with a picture of caitlin with us AND a dvd movie of pepper and Dolce. (damn free ma!)
3. Tuff with Heinz food for the baby and Tim Tam biscuits for me, a roast chicken and a mango sorbet ice cream.
4. Jamie with an ipod earphone gift for tuff and pretty much nothing else for us!

In the evening we shamelessly joined BIL and SIL and their kids for dinner at A roy thai. It was a lovely dinner filled with laughter and tears (yes, tears from the adults reminiscing over how fast Baba has grown) and an attempted drive to get cheesecake which was abandoned in favour of the kids sleeping early. After 9 months of being of thai food, I could not get enough of the Tom Yam Goong and green curry. Thanks guys, it was great!