1st week of this December, our uni mate Daniel visited us and stay a couple of nights. It was nice to meet him after so long (few years since we last saw him). Shanna took an immediate liking to Uncle Daniel. She would laugh and play peekaboo with him on her own initiative. She also loved the Christmas gift Uncle Daniel got her. See her first reaction when we showed her the Piglet.
Crawling fast, fast to Piggy before it runs away!
Loving her new toy
Loving her new toy
The weekend after, Por Por, Dominic & Audrey came to visit. Por Por came with lots of Kampung chicken, and went back with 3 roast ducks! That was after waiting in the airport gate for 6 hours for the Air Asia delayed flight :(
We visited Siew's at Minden during one of the board game sessions. The guys played Risk, the girls played Shanna :)
With Joni & Beverly (upgraded to Aunties)
Shanna: Why is Mickey staring at me?
The other Siu family (Sel, Ida & Esrene) came back to Penang after 3 years away, Shanna and Esrene were supposed to meet up and play. The plan didn't work out with poor Esrene getting HFMD a couple of days before Christmas. On Christmas day after church, we paid the family a quick visit, chatting from a distance while Shanna and Esrene eyed each other.
From a distance... play together next time, ok?
Then last weekend after Christmas, Grandpa, Grandma & Ah Yi came to stay for a few days while Kau Fu went back to USM. Shanna got to stay home a couple of days with me taking care of her instead of going to babysitter's. She was good, going down for all her naps peacefully, on schedule and eating well. Grandma cooked us all a delicious meal. On one of our dinners out, Shanna encountered some cats close-up and since then she is very interested in all the cat pictures in her books. Daddy Tim will be posting the pictures soon!
As I had to settle some things in KL, I went back to KL with my family just for a day on New Year's Eve's eve :) We put the GPS I bought from US to good use in Ipoh, navigating our way to buy Kaya Kok and salt-baked chicken... yum yum.
Since Tim and Shanna did not come along this trip, I took the opportunity to meet up with my old school friend (my very very good friend) Sheau Yiing and her hubby Kelvin for a yummy dinner at Alexis, Gardens Midvalley (my first time to Gardens too!). Wish for more meet ups but what to do, Penang and KL are not that near. I spent 1 night in KL (hubby again took care of Shanna in Penang), and flew back to Penang on Firefly the next morning in time to go to work. Shanna greeted me with a big smile at the airport :D
Forgot to take a picture, so here is their wedding picture taken a year ago when Shanna was 4 months in my belly.
All in all, another wonderful December...
~ Audrey
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