lil memories...

Almost A Year Later...

2009-09-09T11:25:00.000+08:00

It was a good old 10 months since my last post. Reading back, i realised how much we have learn and change. Changes were for the better, of course. :)

Daddy is now more pro-active in his responsibility as a father. He can handle Jaden without me ard.

The biggest change is, we have a new addition to our family! Didi was born on 5th September 2009. He weigh 2.67kg, with a length of 46cm. 1 cm shorter that Jaden and a mere 20g heavier than Jaden. This time round, my labour was even much much much more faster than the first time. It was just 2+hours and the pain is as horrible. Shall not talk about the pain.

This time round, both of us felt that we are more prepared. Probably due to the fact that it is the second child, but i think, the biggest factor is that we are more prepared to have a kid compared to the first time. I still remember that i had mild post natal blues the first time round, i felt lost and stress when jaden was born. This time was much better. I know how to handle a crying baby, how to pacify him, how to differentiate his crying, know when he is hungry, etc. Stress, but yet i know i will be able to cope with it this time. The only thing that i dread, is breastfeeding. I had been procratination to bf didi till yday, i tried to express for the first time. Shall see how long i can go this time round. Probably less than a month....

While you sleep....

2008-11-09T23:41:00.002+08:00

While you were sleeping, I dare not sleep as I need to prepare his lunch/dinner.
While you were sleeping, I rock him to sleep.
While you were sleeping, I wait for him to to sound asleep so that I can move him to his cot.
While you were sleeping, I pacify him when he fuss in the middle of the night.
While you were sleeping, I make him milk, feed him milk and rock him back to sleep in the middle of the night.

So what is so difficult about washing a milk bottle, milking him milk, keeping him company or even bringing us out for a walk???

30th August 2008: Happy Birthday PoPo!

2008-09-07T21:02:00.010+08:00

We went for a second round of studio session today. Yes, it's the second time in less than half a year. I must be crazy, but then, since Foto-U is going to increase their rate, I thought I should go for a session before the price hike. The expiry for this promotion is on 31st August. Initially, I wanted to do it on Dad's birthday but he wasn;t well during that period, I postponed it to Mum's birthday instead. I was more well prepared this time round cos I'm already "experienced", we brought the proper "props" this time round. I bought balloons from one of the BP threads and ordered a cake for the studio session.

J wasn't really cooperative this time round, he was avoiding the camera but Waipeng was really good. She managed to make J happy by giving him toys he like. When we brought the cake out, J was so happy, it was as if it's his birthday! Perhaps he was feeling hungry, he kept asking for "mum mum' when he saw the cake. Popo had to steal abit of cream to pacify him. While we were busy taking our positions for the shoot, J was quietly stealing the cream from the cake and brillian Waipeng, she manage to snap all those beautiful Pic!
This studio session was really worth the time, $$ and effort cos we caught many nice pics of J.

14th August 2008: Coping well with work life

2008-08-20T21:47:00.002+08:00

I have started work for almost 2 weeks. Things are going pretty good for me I think. I do really hope that I can stay in this job for long.

The people here are nice, much much nicer than those in my previous company. And most importantly, I think I have a good boss. Another colleague who came in on the same day as me was actually pregnant after the interview and so before she signed the letter, she informs our boss that she is expecting. He was fine with it and told her not to worry. Isn't that nice??

We were told by the colleague here that it is a "fertile ground" here. Cos basically, the people here get pregnant one after another and so, Lynn warned me to be careful. That gave me a scare cos my menses was unusually late for almost 2 week, but luckily, it came…

For the last 2 weeks, I have been bringing Jaden home every night unlike previously when I was working; I only bring him home on Friday and over the weekend. I think this is a better arrangement cos I don't miss him that much at work anymore as I still get to play with him in the morning. I used to miss him so much, that I dread going to work. I'm not sure whether it's the environment here either, but, after 2 weeks, I'm still going on well so I'm pretty happy with my current arrangement. Jaden seems happier this way too I think cause he dun seem to be sticking to me that much and being grouchy like how he used to be when I went to work.

We met Jac and Cerlyn last Saturday at Imperial treasures for Dim Sum cum lunch. Jon n Steph joined us cos we couldn't meet them for dinner the night before and so, WM asked them to join us. That left me with little time to catch up with the gals cos WM told me to sit with them so steph wun be bored. Hopefully, we'll get to do a lunch/dinner one of these days again, just by ourselves... We actually spent more than half a day in taka that day and were very tired by the time we headed home. Jaden had fun playing with Faith and it was good because we could actually concentrate on looking at our things while the 2 kids played themselves at the corner. That day was the day where Jaden finally met someone his match. He was always out "bullying" people, hugging and kissing them. But that day, Faith was "better at it and Jaden was so shocked. It was good cos at least he noes, He's not the boss.

My Last Day as a SAHM

2008-07-31T18:34:00.005+08:00

Today is my last day as a SAHM again. Im going to start work tml and I hope, Nothing will go wrong. My jobs this year had been very short lived and thus its making me feel sort of, nervous about tml. I do hope this will be the one.

I received a email from Go Go Bambini sometime last week and I remember that i saw something like, "Kids below 2yr plays for free". So this morning, I decided, since its my last day at home, I might as well bring J there. Even if its not free, at least he still get to play.

We reach there slightly past noon, and because its a weekday and still pretty early, theres no crowd at all. Usually when we go on weekends, where there are so many kids and the older kids are always very rough, I had to keep my eyes on J to make sure he is safe. Today, there was only J and another gal, who is 1 month older than J, in the ball pool. They had fun playing together, J hugged the gal while they were playing. Oh my, he's been showing affection to almost every girls he meets since last Saturday. So embarrassing.

We moved to the bigger play areas shortly after since J never got a chance to play there when its crowded cos its too dangerous. He had fun playing in the big area, climbing up the slide, sliding down, standing on a merry-go-round lookalike, until he had a big fall. I think he hurt his right elbow cos when i ran to him, he kept pointing his right elbow. I was worried that he might have fractured his elbow but he was back to normal in less than 5 mins so i bet, he's fine.

We had our lunch there too cos J played too hard and was hungry although he had his porridge before we left for GGB. He saw some kids having french fries and sandwiches, he was salivating and asking me for "mumm mumm". He continued playing after food until he saw the computers there and started playing with them.

He was shouting excitedly when he saw the first ball pool near the entrance and wanted to jump in. I had to drag him to the area for younger kids. We had a huge struggle, trying to put his socks on before he enter, and look at him when he jump in.....................

Monthes ago at Gymboree, he feared taking the slides. Today, he tried it agin and love it.

Hungry boy waiting for his food...

The computer geek!

29th July 2008: 2nd Zoo Trip

2008-07-31T17:28:00.004+08:00

Thanks for the help of Jac, she manage to get me free tickets to the zoo. This is J's 2nd trip to the zoo. The 1st trip to the zoo was about 5.5months ago. Back then, he did not show much interest in the animals and i remember having a hard time trying to get him look at the animals in the zoo. This time round, he had so much interest in the animals, he was actually the one pointing out to me, telling me where the animals were. I guess his favorite animal there were the otters. They were a bunch of very playful otters and thus, they caught his attention. He loves watching the Orang Utans moving from trees to trees, the deers eating of their stack of grass, the white tigers pacing up and down, the elephants using their trunks to pick things of the trees, the zebras' swinging tails, and not forgetting the huge huge polar bears swimming in the water. We saw alot of other animals too and there's just too many for me to name them. We met 2 free ranging peacock along the way too and they got pretty close to J. I could see that J was feeling abit worried when the peacocks came close cos he looked away and dare not look at them when they were close to him, looking at him.

It was very warm and we left shortly after watching the disappointing animal show. I am looking forward to our next trip, hopefully to the Night Safari.

Car Fanatic

2008-07-28T13:15:00.003+08:00

WM's fren, JC, wanted to go for car viewing and Audi and he asked us along. We went to the Maserati showroom to meet him. Upon reaching there........

I think its in the DNA like what JC said. Jaden went crazy over the car stering and refuse to leave. We had to drag in out of the car. We had coffee at the hotel lobby next door befor proceeding to the Audi showroom. It was cars again and so, J enjoyed it. In fact, he was sticking to the guys cos they tried sitting in the car and so, he wanted to join them. Its a GUY thing...

26th July 2007: Patschool House Trial

2008-07-28T12:21:00.009+08:00

I've got a msg from pinkpink (mar07 mummy) last week asking me if i wanna let J try out the trial. Very nice of her to still remember me cos I haven been chatting with them for a long time... So we attended the trial together on saturday. The teacher started off with a welcome song and then she did a story telling session. J wasn;t really interested abt sometime and he wandered off to the back of the class. Oh, his friend, Tiffany, was so cute. she went around "sayang" the kids and kept touching J's cheek. Suddenly, J decided to give her a really tight hug!! and so they were embraced in a big big hug!! We were all laughing at them and then they gave each other a 2nd hug. I thing they lost their balance and they both topple on the floor. It was so funny and it happened too fast, none of us mange to snap a pic of them, hugging together.

They did Art & Craft, went to the outdoor playgroud and the clss ended after a sing and play session.

I think J enjoyed the class pretty much but according to the mummies, its actually not as good as JG or GUG. They have decided to take up GUG instead and so I joined them and enrolled J for the GUG classes too.

26th

2008-07-28T12:21:00.001+08:00

24th July 2008: Sis Convocation

2008-07-28T12:07:00.004+08:00

Finally after 4 yeasr, Sis is freed from travelling more than 4 hours everyday to and fro school and most importantly, no more exams. I noe how much she hate exams cos I hate it too!

We attended her convo but I did not go into the auditorium as they do not allow children below the age of 6 to enter so I went for breakfast at macdonalds with J and Daniel. After that, we went for dim sum and Bosses Restaurant befor heading home. Really tiring cos the previous nite, I attended an event within WM and headed for Zouk after that. Only slept for 5 hours that night...

20th July 2007: Sunday Breakfast at Swissbake

2008-07-28T11:46:00.004+08:00

Sis had been telling me about the Sunday breakfast at Swissbake for months and so we decided to check it out last Sunday, before she officially start work. The spread was pretty good, all bread and pastries and so, we were so full aft that, we did not even take our lunch.

J spoiled my phone again. He's 17 months and in these 17months, I had visited Nokia Care for like, 4 times? He dropped my phone on the floor and the screen juz blackout. Since Swissbake was at parkway where there's also a Nokiacare, I sent my phone for repair. Suprisingly, my phone was ready whitin 20mins! When I collected my phone, I was told that they change the screen and also the cover for me. I guess they couldn't stand how old and tattered my phone look and I suspect they juz change the whole phone for me haha. Now I have a "brand new" phone. J did a good job, i must say.

Guess Wat is he asking for??

JUICES!!!

On our way to the supermarket, He spotted something fun and he refuse to leave.....

17 Months Today!

2008-07-17T15:38:00.003+08:00

17 months
• Uses six words regularly - (Papa, Mama, Auntie, Bear Bear, Yee Yee, Po PO, bye) YES
• Enjoys pretend games - Yes
• Likes riding toys - Yes
• Feeds doll - Yes, His elmo
• Speaks more clearly - No
• Throws a ball underhand - Yes
• Dances to music - Yes
• Sorts toys by color, shape, or size - Have not tried, but I dun think so
• Kicks ball - Yes, Loves to

Days at Home With Jaden

2008-07-16T11:39:00.003+08:00

Its been 2 week I've been staying home with J. We went for morning walk at Pasir Ris, window shopping, dining out and staying home playing some games. We had breakfast at Mac on days when we couldn't wake up for morning walk. I make it a point to drop by the supermarket after breakfast at Mac cos I think its a learning opportunity for J. I will introduced the common fruits and vegetables to him there and also at the same time, let him feel the textures of them.

Yesterday, I gave him a pail filled with a bit of water since he refuse to leave me alone. Water is the only thing he could play for a long time. I had some peace packing the room while he was playing. Just as i was checking to see how he was doing, I saw him curiously picking up the pail, bringing it up, higher n higher, and den.... *SPLASH*~~ He brought the pail up above his head, overturn it and the pail of cold water splash right into his face. He was really shocked, he din react and simply stared into the pailed. But it was so hilarious, I was laughing non-stop till I had a tummy ache. Seeing me laugh so badly, he started laughing at his own silly doing.

J had recently picked up this weird habit of going to the flush toilet, bend over and pretend to cough and spit into it. I dunno where he learnt this from, I almost fainted when he did it for the first time. They really learn things so fast, we really gotta watch our actions carefully.

There's this irritating mosquito in my bedroom. Maybe its mosquitoES instead. J has got like 5-6bites so far that they are always big, swoillen and very hard after that. It's been a week and I still cant find these irritating mossies!

Last saturday, we went for morning walk at east coast beach. J loves looking at the sea and he stood watching the sea for like almost 20mins before started roaming around. He strolled by himself for quite sometime until he saw a golden retriever passing by, he started to fuss and wanted me to carry him. Jac n david came shortly after we were done with our walk and we had breakfast at mac b4 heading to tampines for coffee. YiHao was there too and as usual, J was happily playing with him but he was so so rough, he 'poked' YH's eyes twice. Could see that J really loved him cos I saw him attempting to rest his head on YH.. Tat's how he usually shows his love for something. Like how he always reast his head on us when we ask him to sayang us, resting his head on his favorite Elmo, etc..

2008-06-26T10:20:00.000+08:00

I did something really embarrassing last Saturday. I have the habit of having breakfast out with Jaden every Saturday unless the weather forbids. Therefore, just like any other Saturday, I woke up to his screaming (He wakes up usually at 7am and WM will look after him till he leaves for work at abt 8.15am. When he leaves, Jaden will start to call me, asking me to wake up. I usually ignore him till he gets really fruastrated and start screaming. Only then, will I get up from my bed).

Last Saturday was no different. We woke up, play till bath time and then prepared to go out. I couldn’t decide where to go for breakfast cos I had access to the car so I had so many choices like macdonalds at east coast or airport, café cartel at hougang mall or swensons at CP. Kept thinking between these choices while packing and eventually, I settled or cartel since I could grab some ingredients for baking since my oven is finally fixed.

Jaden sat in his seat obediently cos I played “Elmo’s World” while driving. We got a seat, ardered our breakfast and started eating the bread happily. He started “disturbing” the rest of the diners as usual, talking to them, making funny faces, etc. He started getting impatient and so I decided to go. Only the, did I realized, I forgot my wallet!!! I was too busy deciding where to go I guess, that I’ve forgotten to bring my wallet along. Called my sis to bring it down for me, no choice. It was so so embarrassing…

Met up with my polymates in the evening for dinner at Outback Steakhouse. No pictures cos my sil took mine to europe. Jaden had dinner before going but he was still hungry, he ate a lot of my French fries. The best part was, he dipped them in my chilli sauce!! I thought hit would be spicy for him and was waiting for him to fuss abt it but who noes, he dipped the next one with chilli too and ate it… I think, he has this nerve missing in him cos he eats otah, curry, chilli sauce, lime, lemon, sour plums, etc and has no reaction to them!! Anyway, he had a good time playing with my friends. I think cos they are all guys and play “Boy” stuff with him; he really enjoyed their company. We did quite a bit of catching up too. Looking back, its been almost 10 years we’ve all known each other.

We went shopping again on Sunday and had lunch at Crystal Jade. Jaden enjoyed the fried rice as much as his daddy does and he actually finish half a bowl without any struggling at all!! It shows how much he enjoyed because he hates it everytime I give him rice instead of porridge at home and I have to struggle with him for almost an hour before he finishes his food. Spoilt!!!

Climbing up the Big Big Bed

2008-06-17T10:55:00.001+08:00

I think boys are generally much more difficult to handle as compared to girls. I do agree that little girls nowadays can be as active as little boys, but no matter how active they are, at some point in time, you can see their quiet moments, sitting down without getting on your nerves. However, this does not happen to most of the little boys out there. It seems that they are filled with zillions of energy; they can wait to get them out. Every weekend, I go through 2 full days of physical training with him. He touches everything that he sees, pulls everything that is within his reach. He climbs up the coffee table, sits there and meddle with all my things. He crawl under the coffee table, attempting to reach for Sasha when she’s sleeping or resting there. He uses his toys, or anything that's in his hands, and throw them at his 3 poor Mini Schnauz. He runs after them, scare them and pulls their fur. He tries walking around with his both eyes close, he ended up banging into the wall several times. He walks into the bathroom, sticks his hands into the toilet bowl to play with the water in there. I spend my weekend days watching him, chasing after him.

He loves to play “Catching” recently. I dunno where he learnt this from, but after his bathe on Saturday, I picked up his diapers and wanted to put it on for him. He laughed as he ran away from he and hide behind his cot. He was giggling away when I ran to him. Then before he head back to my parent’s place, he did the same thing when I picked up his shorts. I have to threaten him that I’m leaving without him before he willingly came back to me.

We went for Fathers Day dinner at Elias on Saturday. On Sunday, we had Fish head Steamboat. Its tough bringing a kid out for dinner. He insist of having his set of cutlery, not for use, but so that he can knock and make noises with it, which is very rude. He does not cooperate and refuse to sit in his high chair throughout the dinner. He hates eating proper meal and spit his food all over. He throws tissue paper all over the floor and I have to clear up his mess.

My mum was telling me about an incident that happened a few days back. My dad and her were watching TV in the room and J was running around, close to the bed. My dad commented, “ Luckily, he’s not leant how to climb up our bed. Else we cant watch TV so peacefully and have to watch out for him”. The next minute, J was climbing up their bed with the help of the bed frame, smiling at them. He seems to be trying to prove them wrong. Haha… I witness him climbing up my bed too. Have to be extra careful from now.

Nowadays, he sticks to me like a Koala bear when I reach home from work. I guess he is just not used to my absence for the whole dy and also leaving him alone at popo’s place. He insist that I carry him immediately when I reach home, without even allowing me to put my bag down. Then he will shout at whoever attempts to carry him, even gonggong and popo.

2008-06-12T11:15:00.002+08:00

Am typing from office. No mood for work.

Last evening when I left from my parents place, my sis decided to try letting J "witness" me leave. When he saw me carrying my bags and my barangs, he knows its time to go home. Insisted that carried him, he refuse to go back to my mum. We had a little struggle at the door cos he was clinging on to me like a koala bear, refusing to free his grasp on me. The next second, he was wailing away so badly, he was gasping for his breath. I could hear what was happening while waiting for the lift. My sis was trying to pacify him by offering him her laptop and he actually refused the laptop. A chance to play with the computer means alot to J and he willingly gives up anything just to get a chance to play with it. It shows how badly he wants to go home with me.... *heartbreak*

He's learnt how to sip from a straw about a month ago. It started with some apple juice. He loves the sweetness and tried to sip after I tried demonstrating it to him. They learn so fast... He mimicked me browsing through clothes by pushing the hangers on the display to n fro and started clapping his hands, smiling proudly at me. I realised, we have to watch our behavior from now on,looking at the rate he is learning.... Juz last week, he suddenly showed me some funny noise he makes by sucking his lower lips and playing with his throat to make some weird noise that sounded like a frog, it was so amusing that i was laughing so badly.

Its thursday, looking forward to tomorrow so that I can bring him home again! We're considering bringing him to watch Kungfu Panda but I guess he may not have the patience to finish the whole show... Shall see how den.

2008-06-11T21:10:00.002+08:00

I haven got the time to update anything for the past one month. Started work for almost a month. HORRIBLE. You muz be thinking, its y problem cos i haven been working for so long. But hey... Lishan is oso suffering there okay. Both of us are juz staying put till a better offer comes along. Seriously, I wonder if i can last till a better offer comes along.

Wormy is a big boy now. Well, he's a big boy to me. He's turning 16 month next tuesday. Nowadays, its tough to look after him. He always seems to be so full of energy, its not easy to keep up with him. Wm agrees too and he even suggested that its time we should start exercising. He now knows how to say "No" if he doesn't want/like something by shaking his head. He will also nod his head if he wants something. Having grown taller, he can now reach alot of things which he cant previously and so, we had to place our fragile things somewhere else. He shares food with us too. Everytime he ask for his snacks, he'll feed whoever is with him too. So sweeeeet...

He'll touch things which we forbid him to, like the fan, switch, bowls (he's broken so many, we've lost track how many he broke),etc. He's a busybody too. Everytime my phone rings or if there an sms, he'll bring the phone to me and insist that i answer or read my sms. He loves to play with my phone and he's so careless, he always drop it. I've sent my phone for repair twice in less than 6 months. Just last week.... while i was busy filling his bathtub with water for his shower, he happily took ny phone, dipped it in his water and asked me to look at what he did. Seeing his proud face, I forgot about being angry and started laughing away.. I finally understand why parents can laugh at naughty doings of their children.

We brought him to town last saturday and did some shopping. He enjoyed playing with other kids that he met. I realised, he loves baby too. Its been many occasion that I see him running to prams with newborn sleeping inside. He smile and touches their little feets. Then he'll turn to me and smile at me, like he wants to tell he that he loves that baby. Many people had been telling me that its time to have a second one since Jaden loves baby soo much. I would love to, but den again, when i think abt labour, confinement, sleepless feeding nites, etc.... Its scary. Also, I will not have the privilege to spend personal time with Jaden anymore. Yes I know, Im thinking too much. But one more baby, its a added responsibility, added expenses.

Let nature takes its course la.....

Some photos...

We attend my cousin wedding a few Sundays ago. Decided to gel his hair ... Nice! haha!

Went to the airport to pick my sis up from bangkok. Waited for almost an hour....

Updates

2008-05-07T20:27:00.004+08:00

I getting more and more lazy. I've been staying at home for the past one month and there's been no updates at all. So disgusted by my own laziness.. Actually, there aint much things that we did in the past month so i guess, its one of the reason that I din blog. *excuses..haha*

Hmmm.... I recall going for a gymboree class a few weeks ago. Not much pictures taken cos J doesn't seem to enjoy the classes anymore. He roams ard on his own during the class, goes ard climbing at the play gym stations and is so obsessed with the balls there that he refuse to share the whole basket of balls which was meant to be shared among the other toddlers. He juz planted himself in the basket and refuse to budge... I was so paiseh with his actions. I think it was the last session at GoGo bambini that caused him to like balls even more...

Visited Liming during her confinement. And then a week later, attended her prince's baby shower. OMG... he's got so much more hair compared to J when he was a NB and his eyes are so much bigger than J.. Another charming boy.

Its so warm recently, its driving us crazy. We finally got a chance to use the inflatable pool for J which we got many many months ago. J had been having his weekly "swimming session" in the pool for the past 2 weeks and he surely does enjoy it cos he refuse to get out of the pool. So each swimming session ends with a crying and struggling episode. *Gosh*

Had dinner with Jiarong & Liming at Barrack, to celebrate Jiarong's birthday. It was a belated one. The food was great, and as usual, we talked non-stop...

I have a new job AGAIN and everyone is speculating like how long i will stay in this job haha. Well.. I dun noe myself too cos its another job that happen to come along so...

At the supermarket.

Went GGB again, this time with daddy

Jaden's 1st Studio Pictures!

2008-03-30T16:57:00.010+08:00

3 weeks ago, I was still blogging abt my newly found job and how i really hope it'll work out. Sad enough to say, I'll be serving my last day with the company tomorrow. It has got nothing to do with the job ( its quite boring actually, but well, every job is boring i guess), its the distance. I reckon that having to spend almost 3 hours a day travelling to and fro work is really a waste of time. The time wasted could actually be spent with Jaden. Mum agrees and she too, thinks I might as well quit. so on my 7th day of work, I tendered my resignation. Im gonna be a SAHM again!!

Was on leave on Friday for the long awaited photo session at Foto-U. The phtotgrapher was David, who happened to be Weijie&Jasmine's Wedding Day photographer. Saw his portfolio on their website and really love the shoots he captures. I muz say, he's really great and he got so many nice pics oj Jaden tat day. Really tiring for all of us except J i think. Cos all the adults were jumping and playing so hard so as to make him laugh. He was pretty cranky cos it was near his nap time. I tot we couldn't get much nice pics this time and was really prepared to be dissapointed with the photos. But to my surprise, the photos came out great and I was really happy with it. Now, Im having a headache chosing the pictures...

Excel, Formulas, Numbers!!!

2008-03-12T22:03:00.002+08:00

Today is my 3rd day at work. I seriously dunno if I can cope with this current job. Its a totally new area, totally new industry and so, everything looks so aliens to me. I dun understand any single jargons used there so Im trying hard to adjust.

The girl that Im taking over, is leaving this friday. Its like a crash course to me. So far, I understand what she had be coaching me on but as there are like almost 30 reports and more than 50 spreadsheets I have to handle and calculate every month, I forresee that Im gonna make tons of mistakes cos I really cant remember all that she's taught me in a week. Its a real challenge for me and I hope I can really cope

However, there's one problem with this job. Location. Its in the west and so i take almost 3hrs a day to travel thru and fro.the HR there initially advise me that I could hope on the company trunk service so I do not have to worry about the distance. But on my first day of work, they actually told me that the transport is full, I cant take. I was so so pissed. Felt like they conned me into accepting the job. *ok,ok. I noe I was dying for this position as well* But still, they did not do as promised! Anyway, I've decided to hope on the transport no matter wat.
Cos its not full at all! Lotsa seats available!

Sometime in the office, I start missing Wormy. I miss the times at home, singing to him, playing with him his fav games, reading to home and so much more!! But staying at home, I feel like Im wasting my life away. Haiz, i really am in a dilemma..

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I was away last wednesday to Sunday and I only touched down after 10pm tt day. During that 5 days in HK and China, I did not have enuff sleep at all. Worse still, I had to report to work the very next day. Till today, Im still feel so so so tired and Im so lack of sleep. Looking forward to Friday!!

Wormy went back to my mum's plc last wed b4 i flew. So on Monday evening after work, I went straight back home after work. After not seeing me for more than 5 days,his reaction when he saw me again on monday nite, was so hilarious! My mum was cleaning him when i reached home cos he juz pooed. When he heard my voice, he was so excited, struggled to climb up. Once he saw me, he started screaming and laughing, den he was sort of grumbling at him. And at the same time, he wanted to cry!! That facial experience on him was so so funny! And when I left that nite, he starting crying, wanted to follow me. My heart broke... At that point in time, I felt like quitting to stay home again.

Yesterday, His daddy brought the loot we bought from HK back to my mum's plc. Upon seeing so many Elmo & Sesame Street things, he was so excited! He helped himself to the toys and was rumbling thru the box, looking for more toys. He was laughing away the whole time. After checking out the box, he say the bag of dried seafood on the floor and he starting rumbling thru it too, thinking that there will be more toys for him. He was so happy that night.

Today, I brought the "Tickle Elmo" toy home for him. He wasn't very interested in the toy cos after a few mins, he pushed Elmo on the floor and walked away. Mummy said, probably this elmo laugh too crazily and destroy the image of Elmo in him. I think so too. There's one more Elmo toy yet to be shown to him. Will wait for him to come back this Friday so he can play with it when he comes home with us..

Goodbye, SAHM Days

2008-03-06T23:25:00.003+08:00

Im in HK now. Tagged along again, cos i think i shld since im starting work on Monday. I think I'll be freaking tired on monday cos will reach Sin only at abt 11pm on Sunday!!

Tis is probably the most value-for-$$ trip we every had. We booked a 1pm flight on Wed but was told that there was something wrong with the aircraft engine. They need to change another aircraft and it was to a smaller one so the flight was overbooked. They actually gave us 2 options:

Continue with our plan, take the 1pm flight and be on schedule, as planned.
Change to the 3pm flight, so a delay in schedule. To compensate us, the will give us each, S$300 spending money in cash, USD150 for in flight shopping, Meal voucher of S$20 and a souvenier pen.

Well, since we do not have any urgent plan in HK that evening, with no consideration, we took Option 2!!

That's not the end. Since it was a 3pm flight, we reached HK only at 7pm and by the time we checked into out hotel, it was already past 8pm. All thanks to the late check in, the hotel was fully booked and they have to give us a free upgrade to the Continental Club!! Wahaha... That means, bigger room, usage of meeting rooms where u get free drinks in the day, free internet access and free breakfast!! *We paid for the normal room, no breakfast option* So nice right! But we stayed only for a nite cos we headed for Jiangmen and will be back in HK only on sat. I dun think we''l be that lucky anymore la...

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Out of boredom, I applied for an accounts position in a telecommunication company a few weeks ago. With no experience at all, I was 100% sure that i would not get the job. A few days later, I was asked to go down for an interview. I went "huh, really ar. Reallyu wan to intervie me meh??" I went down half heartedly. But when i was told that they are actually interviewing me for a finance post, i was jumping with joy quietly inside me. FINANCE!! Something that i was always dying to try out. During my interview, they kept stressing the point that I had no experience at all in finance and also, they'll be interviewing a few more candidates. I prayed hard, hoping that I will be selected. They actually called me the next day, offering me the job. I start to fickle. At that very second, I started to think "I can only have Jaden on weekeds" Do I really wan to go back to work? Do i really wanna miss his 1st 3 years?? Should I stay home and nurture him? There were so many many thoughts in my mind, but since im given this opprotunity, i decided to take it on. I hope its not another shitty job cos they actually need me very urgently... *my past very urgent post were all S*** jobs* Oh, another factor that made me think twice abt this job---- Its in JURONG. Yes, JURONG!! Well, again, I took it cos its a good opportunity for me to go into finance next time.

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4 months ago, I decided to quit my job and stay home with Jaden in prep for his ops. His traumatising ops has well been over and he has, I would consider, fully recovered. So here I am, unwillingly going back to the work force again. Not exactly unwillingly, cos there's still this desire in meto have my own career, my goals. But I really will miss my little precious. I will miss waking up to play with him, watching sesame street with him every weekday morning, bathing for him every morning, playing silly games everyday and rocking him to sleep. Oh I miss my little precious so so much!!

My parents n sis went with me to sign my appt letter, and my sis decides to play with the camera while waiting in the car...

Trying to prove that there's no more food in his mouth

With his Favorite Elmo

Care Bear Shines!!!

Hoping to go out...

He refused to get dressed, so Yiyi decides to take a pic of him, naked.

I wan to see the prawn...

Look, boys like to go against how things are suppose to...

Ball Pool!!! (ya i noe its pathetic...) A Hug from ELMO!!!

Happy 1st Birthday!!!!

2008-02-18T13:12:00.008+08:00

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Dear Jaden,

A big boy now, mummy has learnt so much this past 1 year. It's definately not easy to take good care of you, but you rewarded me with all the laughter and joy you have brought to me.

Happy Birthday my baby, I wish that you will be happy and healthy always.

Love,
Mummy.
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We celebrated Jaden's birthday on saturday, a day before his actual birthday. It was a tiring day for us. On Friday, we brought all his sesame street foiled balloon to fill them up with helium. Saturday morning, we changed clean the whole of our bedroom cos it was in the mess and in case any of our guest would like to take a look at our room. We then went to buy some stuff before i head home to help sis with cookies that she baked, to be used as party favors at night. By the time we finishde decorating them, it was already 5pm and guest were expected to arrive at 6! We had dinner, followed by cake cutting and the day ended only at 4.30am cos wm's friends stayed and gambled. Some pictures taken that day...

Cookies!!

Cookie Monster!

A Taste of the Cream

First Post for Year 2008

2008-01-24T14:08:00.000+08:00

*Im cooking the pineapple jam for cny pineapple tarts as im posting this entry*

Today is the 24th January and I am posting my first entry of the Year??!! Was in Shanghai after my last entry. Was pretty boring and cold so we came back home earlier than expected. My tummy wasn't very well and so, i did not enjoy this trip at all. Cold,and no appetite to eat. The feeling was horrible!

Jaden had his surgery done exactly 3 weeks ago. I couldn't sleep well the nite before his surgery and i think, he couldn't sleep too cos he actually fussed every hour for the entire nite. I suspect, he's actually aware that he is going for a surgery. We were supposed to be admitted by 7.30am but we actually reach only at abt 8am. All thanks to his daddy, he refuse to get out of bed! He doesn''t seem affected by the fact that his son is going for surgery. We were told that the surgery will be schedule at 2pm that day and we are not suppose to give Jaden any milk or water at all. Poor Boy, his last fed that day was at 6am!! Thus, we dare not eat in front of him. Had to sneak out individually for breakfast and for lunch, we waited till his surgery started before having our lunch. We were all starving by then. The surgery was completed at ard 5.30pm and we went done to the OT to see him. Only one parent could go in and so, WM went in while i waited ooutside with my sis. WM came out with tears in his eyes. He said that he could feel that jaden was in pain but Jaden did not cry, he was merely staring at daddy,in a helpless manner and thus, it broke daddy's heart....

Doc said Jaden was a brave boy. He did not cry at all. They said, all babies would be wailing away when they wake up but Jaden did not. We felt so proud of him. But.... I saw a big big tear at the corner of his right eye. Nobody noticed. He dislike to be seen, crying. We stayed in the hospital that night. Did not sleep at all cos the makeshift bed was so so not comfortable, and Jaden was crying every hour. He lost his sense of security since den. He wakes up crying over the next few nite. He only stops crying when u carry him up and pat him back to sleep. He was discharge the very next day. In order to ensure that he doesn't hurt his thumb at all, his both hands were bandage up like boxing gloves. He was very very angry when he realise that he couldn't hold his fav. Carebear anymore. He screamed. Slowly, he got used to his boxing gloves and started to enjoy it. He goes aroud boxing his toys, boxing us. He could also crawl aroud with it, and he learnt to pick up thing using both hands instead of one.
His bandage were removed last week. Now, only his two thumbs are plastered up. Most of the stitches are still there, but the swell has went down quite alot. I pray that he will recover soon, and will be completely well by CNY.

We are currently staying at my parents plc so i dun have any pictures to load...

Talkative Wormy

2007-12-10T12:32:00.000+08:00

I think my memory is failing on me. As im typing, Im trying real hard to recall what we did over the past few days!! I cant even remember where i stop.

Even since Ive stop working, our usual routine at home is wo wake up, at about 8am, den i will laze in bed till he starts to get impatient with this lazy mummy. I'll den bath him at about 8.45am. Y 8.45am? Cos by the time we are done, its almost 9am and that is when sesame street starts showing at 9 am for the next 30 mins. I noe its no good to watch TV, but thats the only distraction i could find that makes him lay on his mat without moving ard so that i can apply his diaper cream, snow hazeline and Re Yi oil for him. Else he'll be fidgeting non stop. So, sesame street is his daily weekday must see and he gets all excited and concentrating very very well. This 30 mins is very precious cos i need to feed him his breakfast at the same time. So since then, he started falling in love with Elmo, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Bert and i forgot whats the name of the other blue puppet.
Last Thursday, we brought him to takashimaya to watch Sesame Street show. His first reaction was a really shocked face. I think he was shock to see such a HUGE Elmo appearing right before his eyes. Soon, he was totally in the show and had his eyes fixed on the stage for the next 20 mins. My mum even suggested bringing him there again the next day. I rolled my eyes haha.

Den it was yesterday. We've decided to stay home since we've been out every single Sunday for the past, i lost count how many sundays. But decided to go for dinner at roxy. Initially, papa was scared that his wormy will be screaming and shouting throughout the dinner if we were to bring him there cos that's wat he usually does. To our surprise, he was pretty well behaved. He was playing by himself most of the time. Papa was so proud of him.

He's been trying to baby talk the past few days. Its juz so funny, and we realised how talkative he can get. He juz blabber away the whole day. Manage to take a video of him talking this morning. Its not easy cos everytime he sees my camera, he stop cos he is curious about wat i am holding to. Its abit dark. Hmm...

I caught this yesterday at home. I dunno wat is so funny though. Notice how fast my wormy mood can change??

Im leaving for Shanghai early morning on wednesday and will only be back on Sunday. Already missing Wormy. Gosh. Regretted planning for this treip. Will bring wormy along wherever i go next time. Its cold there now and I have yet packed my luggages. Must do it tonight.

Jaden n Us

2007-12-04T00:37:00.000+08:00

Gong Gong & PoPo went Malacca with relatives so Nobody helping us with Jaden. Weiming needs a haicut badly and so do i. So we decided to bring Jaden along with us for our haircut. I was quite qorried initially cos Jaden had be very sticky to me ever since i've stop working. I was worried that he will refuse to sit with papa while i had my haircut. Well well, I guess i juz worry for nothing. He warmed up with Franky real fast and while i was washing my hair, He was playing happily with Franky. He actually wanted franky to carry him when he was cutting my hair Haha! Played too much, he dozed off before i was done and i took the chance to shop ard far east while i left him with weiming at the salon as it was then his turn to cut.

On Our way, in the car

Went for late lunch at my favourite place, Imperial Treasures Nan Bei Restaurant. The food there is very good. They have nice baby high chair too. Its Winnie the Pooh hi chair instead of the usual ugly looking, plasticky ones u get in restaurant.

He soo got board playing with his snack container, saw the bushy thing behind he and started playing with the flowers

I realised, papa hasn't taken any proper photo with his precious son yet. So i decided to take a photo of them. Here's my 2 boys at home. Haha.

We went to plaza singapura last saturday to buy chocolate for sis's christmas bake sale. I've been to Carrefour many many times, but last sat ws the first time i realise that they have a special trolly for customers with baby. Out of vuriosity, we decided to use that and place Jaden inside.
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He looks happy in the trolley right?? But, it lasted only 5mins and he started screaming away. Its more for younger babies who has yet master the skill of sitting. For babies like Jaden who has been sitting for the past few months, they cant lie still for more than 5mins cos the viuew they see is limited haha.

So, That was the activites we had for the past month. Will try to update it more regularly. Its very very tiring to update all at one go. My god..

Past 1 Month

2007-12-03T19:33:00.000+08:00

When i saw the date of my last post, I realise how horribly lazy I've been. Its been more than a month since i last posted. Procrastination. Everyday, I just tell myself "Im too tired, I'll post tml instead since there's no difference posting today and tml". Haha, so there is a big difference of 1 month now! Let me recall wat we did the past one month.

1st-11th November

We went Vivo for dim sum and to spend away my Zara vouchers as they were expiring soon. Erm, Dim Sum was a last min decision cos i was starving and when we were there, I saw this huge "50% off dim sum" signage outside this chinese restaurant called "Boss". Since im a sucker for Dim sum, we decided to dine there. Its a very nice, and the food is fantastic. I'll definately be back for more. They dun serve the usual boring peanuts as appetiser. Appetiser was some cucumber, carrot and popiah skin sticks. Something nice and lite. Jaden had most of the cucumber and carrots while we ate the crunchy skins.

He tried the carrot first and i think he likes it

Den the cucumber. Its bland. Haha

He's so happy with wat he has done. Check out the floor "littered" with all his food.

We pass by this Thomas and friend thingy. He was playing happily in it. Check out the price to sit on this now!! During my time, it was only 20 cents. Now, its actually $1 wor!!

Snapped a picture of him on his potty. Heh!

Kidzloft was having a 50% storewide sale so we decided to check it out. There were many many great buys. It was really a 50% storewide and the toys were so interesting. It was so cheap, we bot lotsa stuff there. Toys, bedsheet, pillowcase, beddings, pyjamas, stroller pad, musical mobile, diaper holders, swimsuits, and lots more that i cant remember. We spent a bomb there. Went there 3 times and all in all, we spent more than $500!! Imagine if there werent any sales, my loot would have cost more than $1k!

Jaden on Moo Moo. We bot this!!

See that giraffe backpack behind us? We got that too!

We saw the bumbo seat there, and gong gong decided to let jaden try the seat. I had been wanting to buy this since Jaden was 4mths old, but my parents kept nagging, saying that its not necessary. But when they let jaden try it that day, they fell in love it it too! Dad happily asked me to buy, thinking that it cost only $20+. When i told him the price, he was shocked and so we decided not to buy. However, we started regretted to buying again. A few weeks later, we decided to grab it la. Anyway there were not 50% discount for Bumbo during the sale too. Finally got his Bumbo seat. I let him sit in it this morning and watch sesame st. He sat in his Bumbo, watched sesame st, and was happily swinging his legs while he watched. So cute. And it was goods for me too cos i could at least washed his bottles, clean up the room while he sat there.

Gong Gong, Are u sure it wun topple???

At Zara

I was trying out the shades at Zara, and i decided to tease Jaden with the shades on. He found it funny to see such a huge shade on mummy's face. Haha!

I let him tried the shades too. He was so happy. My vain boy.

My Graduation 10th November 2007

4 years ago, I made a decision to take up my part time degree course. The course lasted 3 years, from Jun 2003 to Jul 2006. It wasn't easy to be working and studying at the same time. It took alot of discipline. And me, of cos i did not have the discipline and i missed lotsa class. Looking back, i kinda regretted. Shld have put in more effort and get better results but anyway, I've finally gotten my Degree, graduating with a 2nd class 2nd division Honours degree from the University of Bradford. It was a long wait cos the congregation was heald only 1yrs and 4mths after i completed my course. Some photos to share..

2nd Week of November

Too much play and activities the previous 2 weeks, time to stay at home. Papa still brought Jaden out on Sunday but no pics were taken. Mostly picstures at home.
new and much bigger mat, Mickey Mouse and friends.

Kids really hate walkers. That was wat my mom tolds me. Its the same for Jaden. Everytime we try to plc him in his walker, He''l curl his legs up to stop us from putting him in. If i pull his legs open to slot him in, he'll scream. Look at how irritated he looks in his walker.

He refuse to nap tat day, kept climbing up in his yao lan.

Snowy is Jaden's favorite dogs. He's the only dog that can really get close to him for long. Jaden doesn;t mind Snowing licking him all over his face and his ears, his hands and his body. The only part he hats, are his legs. However, if sasha were to lick him on his face, he'll start screaming and cry. After his dinner on a saturday, he was playing with snowy. "Snowy, u wan my porridge uh?"

These days, he is crawling faster n faster. This min, he maybe at one end of the room. The next min, he's crawled out of ur sight. So i really have to be chasing after him every seconds.He crawl and crawled all the way to the kitchen, saw the stool and start playing hide n seek with popo using the stool.

The 2 boys

We went for breakfast with his Yee Yee and uncle Daniel on Sunday morning at Cafe Cartel. Wanted to go there long ago. Finally made it there. Jaden had their bread for breakfast. He loves bread. Tell him the word bread, he gets very excited and will start jumping.

He wans to check out the menu too...

Greedy boy, such a huge piece of bread!

19th November 2007

Oliver's mama is not workign today so she arranged for a Gymboree session. Jaden was cranky that day, i dunno y. So he din really enjoyed much except for the singing and bubble time. Oliver's chinese name is also Zhi Kai, same as Jaden. We've planned long ago for these 2 boys to meet.

Here's some pics of the 2 Zhikai

The 3 Boys: Jaden, Jaylen and Oliver

That's Vanda, the only girl tat day! Vanda, Jaden, Jaylen, Oliver

Journey as a SAHM Begins Here...

2007-10-31T22:34:00.000+08:00

FINALLY!!

Yes, Im now officially a Stay-At-Home-Mummy(SAHM). It wasn't that easy as i had alot of entension of my last day at work due as they were unable to find a replacement. Im glad this day has come.

Day 1:
First day being SAHM. Have signed up for Yoga class at the Community Centre nearby hoping to tone up my flabby body. Probably its a weekday morning class, my fellor yoga mates are all housewives, abv 40yrs old. Anyway, im there to work out, so, who cares. My parent came to pick Jaden up b4 i left for my class. Ended at noon, i was wondering what to do in the aftnn since Jaden is at my parents place. First day only, and im wondering how to kill time??!! Went home and pack my room (which was at the top of my To-Do list la) The problem with a big bedroom is, we end up dumping everything and anything in the room and they sits there till a thick layer of dust sits on top and we never ever start using it. Only manage to clear 10% of the room and i gave up. Went hoe to pick Jaden up.

Day 2:
I've planned to bring jaden for Gymboree today since weeks ago. Confirm the class is on. I love bringing Jaden for Gymboree classes, cos u can juz see how much he enjoys. Within seconds, u can see the smile on his face and hear his laughter. Im considering signing up a package so he can attend the class on a weekly basis.

Only less than 5 mins into the class and we're so happy!

Sing-along

Flying Experience

The Gym Stations

Im very near the ball!

Happy Boy

Crawling thru the Tunnel

He loves the balls!!

Bubbles! Bubbles!

He can track with his eyes very well now

Catching Bubbles

He wans to interact with Claire

Jaden & Po Po

Day 3=Today:
Okay. I have to continue packing the room so mummy brought him home again cos its gonna be very dusty and its impossible for me to do any packing if he is aroud. Packed another 10%. Hb was quite impressed with my packing. Wahaha! Not bringing Jadenhome tonight cos i want to sleep. He's been fussing every nite, on a hourly basis. Suspect he's teething. So my dad say,s he'll bring him home so i can sleep. (Of cos la, cos its my mummy doing the job at nite. Hah!) I love my parents!!!

Pictures! Pictures!! Picture!!!

Us with the cupcakes

Greedy boy! Grabbing so many toys at a time!

Yummy Books

Mummy's Playing "Old Macdonald"!!

With Gong Gong

Thats a piece of bread in his mouth

Nice??

He hates the hat. Mummy refuse to remove. So he bites Mummy.

Cupcakes

2007-10-31T21:51:00.000+08:00

Having a church wedding? Looking for wedding favours? Or Baby Shower favours?

An ex-colleague of mine requested my sister to bake some cupcakes for her church wedding a few weeks ago. It was a very successful project done my sis and for myself, I only helped with the deco. It was pretty much enjoyable and we were very happy to see the cupcakes dissappearing fast from the tier. So if anyone of u are interested, pls contact me ya!

Here's some pics from the church wedding.

2007-10-23T15:09:00.000+08:00

I AM JEALOUS!!!

JADEN FIRST WORD IS "DADDY"!!!!

Picture Galore

2007-10-11T21:35:00.000+08:00

Nothing much to say, not much inspiration to write recently. That explains the lack of updates. I dunno what's keeping me so busy that i have even stopped yakking in SMH forum for the past few week!Mummies where all wondering what happened to me. Anyway,I was back in action last nite after mummy 'Autum' told me that they are collating some photos and ask me to contribute mine. Haha!

Everyday, mummy discover new things and skills that Jaden picked up. Now, he's learnt to crawl at a pretty fast speed,learn to grab whatever he sees, asking us for whatever food we are eating, standing up by himself with the support of his bed or the table and now he is trying to balance himself standing without any support! He is still wobbly now, but i think in no time, he will be able to balance himself well.Im now looking forward to the day when he know how to call "ma ma".

He is a baby who cant stay still at all, always wriggling about. Jaden's Papa has thus given him a new name, Wormy Wong.

Here's the pics taken during the past few weeks.

At Dr Wong Clinic

Hmmm, This ducky looks good...

Yum Yum..

Stealing a bit of Ice cream.. Shhhhh....

Ops! Left Evidence!!!

First time in Supermarket Trolley!

Playing with "Feel".. Haha!!!

He Love this Swing!

Hello Snowy!

Early Morning with Sasha

Playing with her paws...

Missing You Granny..

2007-09-26T22:01:00.001+08:00

One year flew by. Going by the chinese calendar, "ma2ma3" left us on this day, exactly one year ago. I will never forget the fact that she left peacefully, exactly one week after my wedding. I should be glad that she actually hung on there, awaited to see me get married, before she leaves. My 2 greatest regret are, not visiting her more at the hospital when she was still around and, not being able to be at her wake.
"Treasure what you have, before it is too late" I am always aware of this fact, but i did not treasure...

Dear Mama,
Rest In Peace. We all miss u...

Luv,
Ur grandchildrens

15th Sept- 17 Sept

2007-09-19T20:34:00.000+08:00

15th Sept 2007
Its my birthday. Not really interested in a rowdy kinda celebration so we stayed at home the previous nite with Jaden and had some drinks at home although its a friday nite.
Jaden woke up slightly after 8.30am this morning, already playing by himself when i opened my eyes. We played inbed for awhile before i went of to prepare water for his bathe. He stayed awake for the next few hours although he was already very tired. I tried to pat him to sleep, but he still wanna play. Decided to give him his porridge since he refuse to nap and we are meeting my 2 dearest friend in the afternoon for lunch. Jaden was obviously very tired cos as i was scooping his porridge, he was there, busy yawning away. He was extremely obedient when i fed him. Usually he will be "wriggling" around in his chair.Well, i soon realise why he was so well behaved. Halfway thru feeding, i puase for less than a half a minute to mash his caroots b4 i fedd him. When im done and turned to feed him, this silly boy had already fallen asleep in his chair. It was so funny! I woke him up to finish up his porridge since there was only a tiny bit left and den moved him to his mat to sleep....
We went out at abt 2+pm, returning only at abt 8pm. He took 2 naps while we were out. However, that was not the end of the day. We went over to Q-bistro later and stayed there till slightly past midnight. And yes, Jaden went along with us. I think he enjoyed himself much more than me that day.

16th Sept 2007
We stayed at home and sent him back to my parent's plc cos we had a wedding dinner to attedn Furthermore, Qingyun was already at my parent's plc waiting for Jaden to return so she can play with him. It has been more than 4 months since she last saw him.

17th Sept 2007
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To my dearest Jaden,

You turn 7 months old on this day. Time flies. Mummy still remember the day when u first arrived to this world, it was such a joy to cuddle you in my arms even you were crying away. You are the fruit of our love.

Now, you have already mastered the skill of flipping, pulling mummy's hair,pushing urself up on all 4s and the most amazing thing you did was to learned to sit yourself up when you were only 6.5mths old. Im so proud of you.

I hope you will grow healthy and strong and will always be that happy smiley baby that you have been. I love you baby.

Love,
Mummy

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I visited Dr Wong today for some routine check up. Jaden was happily enjoying himself with the nurses while we waited for almost 2 hours. When Dr Wong saw Jaden, she was very surprise to see that Jaden was so so chubby and she was admiring his thunder thighs. Well, Jaden was born much much small than other babies.

When Jaden saw Dr Wong, He actually reached out his hands and ask her to carry him. Its amazing! Yes, Jaden has always been a friendly boy, but not to the extend of asking "strangers" to carry him. He only saw Dr Wong twice b4. Once on the day that Dr Wong delivered him, and another time when he was a month old. (He's seen my friends much more than Dr wong but yet when they come and met us on saturday, he wasn't familiar with them at all)When Dr Wong carried him over, he actually immediately lie his head on her shoulder, so "sai nai". My mum was telling Dr Wong, saying that Jaden could remember her smell cos she was the first one to carry Jaden when he was born.. It was so heart warming.

2007-09-12T23:13:00.000+08:00

Took a day leave last Friday to spend some time with Jaden. I mentioned that he's learning how to sit up himself and that he is starting to crawl backward already. Well, 2 accidents happened on that day and it was all my fault.

The first one was in the morning. I left him on my bed and went to check my email. Suddenly, i heard a loud "thud". In my mind, i was like "Shit, That's it!". As i had expected, i saw Jaden on the floor! He started wailing away. The only consolation was, i left the bumper mat on the floor so it reduced the impact of his fall.

Later in the afternoon, I wanted to prepare my HUGE diaper bag and get change cos we are going out shopping with my parents. Jaden refuse to leave me so i decided to switch on his favorite "Baby Einstein" dvd so i can have some time to prepare. Learning from my lesson in the morning, i left him on the playmat instead of the bed and went to grab the dvd controller. the next few seconds, i heard a "thud" AGAIN! This time round, when he was trying to sit up, he had problem balancing himself and fell back, ended up knocking his head on the coffee table edge!! It was much harder than the first time and he creid till his eyes were puffy.. *Sorry baby, Mummy is so careless. I promise to be much much more careful from now on!!* I cant believe i actually let him knock himself on the heard in less than 12 hours! How careless can i be??!!

We went Suntec for dinner and some shopping. Popo bought him 3 books and he really enjoyed them! Was busy staring at the pictures on the book while we did some peaceful shopping.

I hope he will continue to love reading when he grow up.

Anyway, something i found interesting and tried myself too.

Learning to Sit

2007-09-07T00:02:00.000+08:00

Today, Jaden gave gong gong and po po a BIG surprise. I was told, that he has learnt how to sit up from his lying down position. My mum said she left him lying in his cot while she went to do some work. When she went back to check on him cos he was protesting being left alone, she saw him half sitted, playing with his milk bottle! Although not fully & properly sitted cos he still can balance himself well, it is definately a huge milestone! Im so proud of him!! (And i witness it myself too just now. Daddy was super proud of his Jaden)

Sitting up in Action!

His Favorite Toy, "Moo Moo"

Look mummy, I can read!

"Silly" smile of his, when he is happy..

Favorite Book

Im learning "1,2,3"!

Jaden & Daddy

2007-09-06T17:42:00.000+08:00

Everyday after work, I basically rush home to play and bond with Jaden. I'll usually reach home at about 6.45pm, and play with him for the next 15mins before i have my dinner. After dinner, he will be having his wipe down session before i continue to play with him. We'll leave my mum's place at about 8.30-9pm and he will usually still be wide awake or have already woke up from his 20mins evening nap.
Yesterday, things was slightly different. I reach home as usual and played with him. Weiming was quite early yesterday so by the time he finished dinner, it was only about 7.30pm. Well as usual, he will be stuck with TV for the rest of the time, spending only at most 20mins playing with Jaden and he will ask me to take over. I decided to get him to keep Jaden company after my mum changed Jaden since he had been watching TV for quite sometime. He played with him for awhile, before deciding to let Jaden settle on his lap and watch TV together. Not long after, maybe abt 10mins later, I heard Weiming softly calling out for me. I was thinking, "Y speak so softly??" Guess what?? My dear boy fell asleep in Daddy's arms. It was such a heart-warming sight and we were all laughing at it.. Weiming said he was watching TV halfway when he felt Jaden's head "dropping". Den he realise his little precious had fallen asleep. That shows how much attention he give his son when watching TV! Haha.. Anyway, we put him in his cot and left shortly after.
This morning, Weiming told me he had a weird funny dream. He dreamt that Jaden grew up, became a successful businessman, and owned a huge building in town and his business was dealing with babies stuff. Crazy Daddy! I think i've been talking abt doing a small biz on babies things too much that he had such a dream.

6 Month Old

2007-08-28T14:47:00.000+08:00

*This is a late post. Suppose to be posted last week but was down with a horrible flu.

Our dear boy turned 6 months 2 weeks ago. We gave him his first porridge, (of cos it was cooked by popo and it was popo who gave him his 1st porridge) and his first taste of fish! He din really like the porridge cos it was quite tasteless and popo prepared it way too dry to Jaden's liking but he love the fish that he stole a bite from, our dinner. Haha! Was asking for more!

There aint much to blog abt since i din see him for the whole of last week due to the stupod flu i caught from weiming. We went Taka Baby Fair 2 weekends ago with his nai nai to buy him yet, another baby cot. So for now, Jaden has got 4 baby cot in all.. Gosh... Bot a Leapfrog Leapad too. But i forgot to let him play. Blur me..

Yday when i went home, Dad was telling me that when he was holding on to jaden, with jaden facing him, this notti boy suddenly juz grab his gonggong's t-shirt collar, pull it and bend his head into the hole to check out wat's inside to t-shirt (which was gonggong's body of cos..). He found nothing interesting, came out and finally decided to let go of dad's tee. Haha.. curious little baby..

Haiz, Im starting to worry abt his hand ops nowadayw.. cant help not thinking abt it as the date draws nearer. It will pain me to see him go thru such painful procedures at such young age...

Cranky Weekend

2007-08-12T21:26:00.000+08:00

We did many things over last weekend and during national day, so I tot we shld juz stay home this weekend. Jaden was ultra cranky yday, very very whiny. I think it could be due to the warm weather, Luckily, i seek refuge at mummy's plc so at least i had her to help me. After being a mummy myself, i finally truely understand how wonderful my mother is and i finally learned to appreciate all her efforts and understand how tough it was for her to bring all 3 of us up last time. No wonder she was always on the cane,ready to discipline us. It really really tough... With only Jaden now, he is already a handful and is almost driving me nut!
Anyway, back to yday, we were at my mum's plc till late cos WM had a wedding dinner to attend. Jaden was cranky the whole nite and i think i was the culprit cos i din mixed his rice ceral well.. *Opss* So i think he suffered from indigestion. Mum said it could be due to the barley water he took too.. (preparing for his jab again..I hate these jabs...) WM came to pick us only aft midnight and Jaden only manage to fall asleep in the car.. He slept till 4am b4 he wake up for his feed.
This morning, we were waken up by his voice. He was lying on our bed, playing to his toys. My sweet little boy, that's wat i love abt him. He seldom wake up screaming at the top of his voice. Most of the time, he wakes up giving me a silly contented big smile and I'll juz melt seeing tat smile of his...
We brought him to visit his pair of twins cousin. When we were there, Lydia (the younger twin) was crying and Jaden was quite shock and simply staring at her. Well, I forgot to take a pic of them together. Blur mummy. but anyway, he gradually warmed up and starting 'talking' to them. I think they are not so used to strangers around and soon aft, they started wailing again. We went back home after Jaden started to get cranky again. I really think its due to the weather. his little top soak in his pespiration.. He wanted to nap but it was too warm and started wailing too... Only manage to cool down after we switched on the air-con.

The weekend juz flew past like that... I wanna be a SAHM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-08-10T17:45:00.000+08:00

Im home today cos there's some family matters to settle, mummy is unable to look after Jaden today. All i wan to say is, he is quite a handful to handle and................ He's poo poo STINK!!!!
p/s: He love baby einstein. At least i've found something to keep him occupied.

Outing With SMH Mummies

2007-08-10T16:50:00.000+08:00

I dunno how long its gonna take me to finish this post cos while im typing this entry, my dear boy is quite cranky behind.Yesterday was National Day. Mummies from SMH forum had been planning for a meet up weeks ago on this day. This time round, it was a huge group wif more than 25 mummies (this excludes babies, daddies, grannies and grandpas!). I brought my parents along too but i think dad was quite bored though. They only thing he enjoyed was his dear grandson's company. Hah! Well, some of u must be wondering,"Where's Jaden's Papa?" As usual, he juz simply cant be bothered wif such activities and insisted on staying at home to finish his work. Well, suit him cos i think he'll also be bored if he came along. Im quite glad that Jaden was quite sociable with the rest of the babies. Anyway, he spent most of his time wif his gong gong & po po cos it was quite warm for him outdoorand so we decided to move indoors.Some of the pics taken yesterday..

Some pics wif Gong Gong & Po Po

Another quick guess.. Wats he looking at this time?

AGAIN!!

This time round, it got worse. He started salivating!!!

So tell me, who dare to say he is not greedy?

Group Pictures (Some mummies went back early.. So i think this is only half of the group)

Auntie Charmaine so pretty, Jaden juz love her so much!

Princess Leia with Jaden

Janelle,the happy baby! They had a car ride together months ago.

NE mummies..

Mummy's Post : I Need Motivation At Work!!

2007-08-09T00:21:00.000+08:00

Ever since the news of delay in my coversion to permanent position and the shitty arrangement of having to do the job of 2 person from now on, I've got no motivation to work anymore. I feel cheated, conned, taken for granted and not appreciated. And, it doesn;t gif me any sense of satisfaction!!
When my boss offered me a permanent position 2 months ago, he told me that i will be moving on to do new thing, quite different from what i am currently doing, and they will be hiring someone to take over my position. I was glad cos theres quite abit of irritating customer to handle at my current position now. But last week, he told me that they no longer will be getting any replacement. Instead, on top of doing the roles, i have to carry on with what i am handling now. WTF??!! Furthermore, they have not converted me as promised and i am already doing the new roles. (so effectively, they shld be paying me more cos i was promised a pay rise when i take up this new role!) ARGGGHH!!!
But like i was telling Jiarong this afternoon during tea, I dun have much of a choice now cos Jaden is scheduled for ops end of this year and if i change a job now, i dun think i can take leave to stay home and look after him. So... Im stuck and im pissed. I feel so HELPLESS!!

Anyway, Some phots taken last sunday...

He loves eating his toys!

He love this! But its $399!!

Anyone wanna buy for him???

See his mouth open so big, Guess wat he's looking at??

Taa-Daaa... Sharksfin!! How greedy can a 5+month baby get?

Caucasian Babies

2007-08-04T23:20:00.000+08:00

Im a Kangaroo Mummy??

His new toy Caterpillar

Aiyo, Such a VAIN smile!!

I realise something about Jaden today. He is not interested in caucasian babies. Today, mum and i brought Jaden for his free class at Gymboree. He got very excited as soon as we were there. I think he really enjoy his last play session there. There was a group of elder babies ther attending the stage 2 class. Jaden got excited when he saw those babies and tried to communicate wig them. There was this very very cute caucasian boy too but Jaden juz simply ignore him. He crawled over to Jaden, and sat in front of him. Usually, Jaden will get friendly with his friends. But this time round, he simply stared at this boy and den turned away and look for other toys. He muz be thinking "You are cuter than me. Im not gonna be your friend." Haha!
We went shopping at vivocity later and as usual, he got a new toy caterpillar and some music cds. He doze of 3 times during that 5 hours when we were there. Oh and did i mention b4 that he luurrrves bread alot?? We went to cold storage and when i was at the bread section he was so excited,he wanted to grab those bags of bread and was actually salivating!!! Greedy Boy! So in the end, we went to grad a piece of bread at a bakery b4 we head home. The boy who loves bread is now in his dreamland....

Playing With Saliva

2007-08-04T23:02:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, I went home and found Jaden doing something disgusting. I was talking to mum in the kitchen when i heard dad scolding jaden. So i went to chack out wat my little rascal was doing. He was sitting on dad's lap, facing him, playing with his saliva. Okay, i noe it is very common for babies to be playing with their saliva. But, Jaden was doing in in a very disgusting manner. Instead of his usual "bubble blowing", he was trying to "splatter" his saliva all over his own lips and mouth. I dunno how to describe properly, he was pressing his lips tight together and then try to 'blow' bubble which will den cause saliva to splatter all over. I wonder where he learned this trick from but it was really darn disgusting and i was disgusted.

First Post

2007-08-03T13:28:00.000+08:00

Finally,its up. This is my very first own blog entry after almost 1 year of procrastination. I've always wanted to have this blog, where i can pen down little little details when i feel like doing so. Also, the main purpose for this, is to record down the growing up of my little boy, Jaden. I wanted to do this the very moment i know i was preggy. Now.... Jaden is already 5months old!
So from now, I shall try my best to update this plc as often as i can.