We've just arrived in Malmo, Sweden and we finally have free wifi to stay in touch in the online world.. as if we've been deprived from some basic necessities.. both Calvin and I are buried in our netbook and iPhone respectively..

Everything here is tagged with sky high prices.. we thought Copenhagen was expensive when we were there the last 3 days.. Malmo is equally expensive. We had lunch at Burger King at the train station before we headed for the hotel. Calvin's Angus Bacon and Cheese burger meal (similar to our BBQ bacon burger) costs an exorbitant S$16 and my Whopper Junior (just the burger) costs a whopping S$8!! Gosh...

Oh ya.. taking a pee in the public toilet in the train station costs S$2!!!!

But other than the price tags, we totally enjoy soaking in each other's company... teasing each other, acting silly, exploring the streets of the Scandinavian cities, imitating Gabby's actions, watching videos of her and missing her..

Now, it's time we stop giving attention to our little machines and get our butt out of the hotel to explore the city of Malmo!

Getting ready to blog on the go... 

I've been wanting to let Gabby scribble and doodle for quite a while. But we're usually out on weekends, or sometimes the lazy bug got the better of me.

Today, I decided to let Gabby do just that. I brought out some rough paper, and then realised I may not have suitable pens/ markers for her to use. I ended up finding some really old markers... so I lined the table with newspaper (if Gabby draws on the table accidentally with the markers, I'm so gonna get it from her Daddy... haha) and told Gabby excitedly that we're going to do some drawing!!

She couldn't wait as I lined the table...

I wonder what's on her mind....

She asked for a different colour... and when there's no more space on the paper, she said "excuse me.." Hilarious!!!

I need to go buy some child-friendly water soluble markers for my baby!

I decided that I should be telling Gabby that Daddy and Mommy will be going away for a while. Calvin's on duty tonight and as I was lying in bed with Gabby getting her to sleep, I started telling her about our trip.

Me: Gabby... Daddy and Mommy will be going to another country to work and then for holidays. We won't be at home for 10 days, you know?

Gabby: *looking at me, puzzled (I was thinking she doesn't understand what I was saying, but I continued anyway)

M: So, when Daddy and Mommy are away, you sleep with Po Po at night and then Gong Gong will bring you to school in the morning ok?

Gabby: *nod her head (I think she understands this..)

M: You be a good girl, listen to Gong Gong and Po Po ok?

Gabby: *nod her head again, with a very sensible look

A few seconds later, she turned her whole body towards me and hugged me tightly. Tears welled up... I think she understood me the whole time!

I AM SO GONNA MISS YOU GABBY!!!

As much as we're excited and longed for this trip, our hearts ached to know that we'd be separated from Gabby for 10 days... ached even more to think that she'd be thinking of us, missing us.

Gabby, Daddy and Mommy love you very very much and we'd miss you more than you'd ever understand.

Recently we've started reading consistently to Gabby. It took her a while to learn how to sit down patiently while we read the books to her.

This afternoon, I was reading "Thank You God" to her before her naptime. We came to this page that reads "Thank You for feeding me, day after day. And thank You for leading me along the right way." And I described the pictures to her. There were 5 children, 4 of whom had a slice of watermelon in their hands. There's a little girl who didn't have any. The next page shows one of the boys sharing his watermelon with the girl. So I took the chance to teach her about sharing... Sharing with Jie Jie and Gor Gor, and of course, with her soon-to-arrive Mei Mei...

After her nap, she was sitting on the floor with her book, while I was surfing the net... I caught her flipping to this page and heard her softly saying "share... share..." Boy, was I impressed!! I'm so happy she remembered what we talked about earlier. But everytime I ask her, "Who do you share with?" Her reply would be "Mommy!" ^_*

It's been 5 months! So many things happened in those 5 months... I moved on to another company and got really busy with work... And the biggest thing that happened... we planned for No. 2 and God blessed us almost immediately with No. 2.

So having to cope with new job, new environment, new colleagues and the usual first trimester giddiness, nausea, tiredness, etc... I neglected this space.

I realised how I shouldn't have, as this space brings back lots of fond memories for me. Especially fond memories and special moments of Gabby's growth.

She's grown so much so fast... I'm glad I had some of these moments captured in photos. I also slacked quite a bit when it comes to taking photos of her during my first trimester... :( Now, I wanna blog again for myself and for Gabby.