And Beanie takes after... ... ...?

My little helper at about 5.5 months.

This is a picture of me and my grannie when I was a baby.

And this was Hub when he was a baby... ;)

Beanie really looks a lot like Hub. It's like seeing a mini version of him crawling around the house now. The resemblance is uncanny!

But when my little Beanie smiles, somehow her face kinda changes a bit and she will then look like me.

What do you guys think? ;)

Beanie is having fun in a pool of balls!

"look at my invisible right hand!" *waving frantically*

Ok, now both hands are invisible! Whoopee!

"What? I cannot wave my hands??? Why??"

"Ok, fine. No waving of hands. I'll look at the uncle who is making funny faces then"

"Can I go back to waving my hands, please?????"

Ok... looking at my past few posts. I can declare that I am finally one of those annoying moms who simply cannot stop talking about their kid(s).

I. just.cannot.help.it.

Being a full-time mom means that my life revolves around this little Beanie girl. If I do not talk about her...... hrm, then I have nothing to talk about. It's sad... but true.

Thankfully I have a bunch of girlfriends who have just become new mommies as well, and when get together... we would just keep talking about our kids non-stop. We don't talk about shopping, husbands, fashion, travels, cookings ... anymore. It's now all about kids, kids, kids and kids.

Geez. It is really quite scary. How could we be so totally consumed by these small little beings????

Anyway, we attended a friend's daughter birthday party this afternoon and there was a "ball-pool" for the little ones to have some fun. It was Beanie's first time in a ball-pool and as you can see, she was very excited to be surrounded by colorful balls!

Beanie has been very well-behaved for the past few outings. She was sociable, without any trace of stranger anxiety (yet!) and went around charming the socks off everyone by staring into their eyes... ... *cue Puss in boots*

Ahh... I love my Beanie girl so much!

Little Beanie is drinking beer! Hahahaha...

My little Beanie is growing so fast!

This is Beanie when she was a few days old.

This is Beanie at 6 months

I'm sure all parents find their kids growing up too fast and too furious. Just 6 months ago, I pushed and pushed and pushed out a little Beanie. She was all pink and soft and oh, so fragile... now, she is roaring aloud and attempting to chase Cookie around the house already. To Cookie's dismay, of course...

Anyway, a little update about me. I've decided to be a financial advisor (FA) and is currently in the process of applying for my license. We have found a nanny a few blocks away who will be looking after Beanie while I am away at work.

Being a FA allows flexible timing and I am basically my own boss. So hopefully, I can still be Beanie main caregiver and at the same time, make a decent living. The ideal scenario will be to put Beanie with the nanny in the morning while I clock into office for training or to get some work done, then pick her up by 2-3 pm. In events when I need to meet clients in the evening, I will then park Beanie back to the nanny again, or the in-laws might babysit if they are available.

I really do hope that this arrangement will work out. As much as I enjoy being a Stay-at-Home-Mom, I do look forward to be financially independent, to put my degree and CFA to good use, as well as to lessen Hub's stress of being the sole breadwinner.

May the force be with me. Wish me luck!

Beanie has started on solids!

I have started Beanie on solids about 3 weeks ago. She was 5 months and 1 week, technically still young to start her on solids. Most of my friends started their babies on solid only after 6 months.

But since Beanie was 5 months old, she was showing a keen interest in food, she would swallow her saliva furiously whenever we were eating in front of her and mimic chewing actions. So her very first meal was rice cereal, followed by steamed and pureed apples, pears, carrots and pumpkins.

She is really into carrots and apples, and will finish her portion eagerly. However, she isn't that into pumpkins. She would clam her mouth shut when I feed her or spit out every bit of pumpkin. O well... ... and I'll most probably introduce steamed green peas, sweet potatoes and bananas in the next few weeks.

Although I am really excited that she is starting on solids, her poo poo is a totally different story. When she was on pure breast milk, her poo was rather pleasant smelling. So washing the cloth diapers were still bearable. But now, her poo poo is sooooo smelly! I have to try very hard not to gag when I'm cleaning the diapers. ;(

Times like these, I do wish that she is on disposable diapers instead!

A day at the beach