Christmas @ Orchard

We decided to bring Jamie for a scroll along Orchard before I give birth..... Good thing we managed to snap few pixs of lifesized outside Christmas tree at Paragon before it started to pour heavily!! Jamie had so much fun enjoying herself and for me, I manged to have my cup of Latte at Coffee Bean just before we headed home (thks CQ!!) :D jamie n papa... can see Elmo ? Jamie fav !! christmas tree @ taka

Counting Down

I'm getting more and more nervous as each day passes by and am wondering how will I be able to manage the birthing this time round ?? Woke up this morning and had a strange feeling.... that I might be going to give birth very soon. And my Braxton Hicks are getting more and more intense (or is it labor ??). Well shall get to know later after my appointment with gynae in the afternoon .... (UPDATE : Nope I am not into labour yet though I hope that it will happen some time between 1st-2nd week of Dec)

Rainy day

Such a rare occasion to be able to enjoy the cool breeze throughout the entire day ! It was so refreshing and yet wonderful to stay at home without even complaining of the usual hot and humid weather!! Both Jamie and I had a good time of playing, reading, watching Barney & Hi-5 on TV and my special delivery for my breakfast and lunch meals from Macdonalds :D

Gonna to missed it

Mag if u happened to read this.... really wished I can visit your stall @ Tanglin Mall... but with my sudden "blooming" big tummy & strained and backache over my lower back & legs, I reckon that I can shop in a more relaxed mode :(

But then hor.... can I get one of those unique bangles from you or not ah ??? Saw it somewhere and I simply fall in love with it!!

Was reading ur backlog blogs and realised that I'm being tagged!! Kind of late, I know, but aren't you curious to find out what's my response ya ? ... be patient k.. will do so soon...gotta zzZZ soon....

Welcome Gift

I have bought an Elmo plush toy on baby's behalf to be presented to Jamie when she visits us at the hospital after I give birth. And in return, have also prepared a baby bunny plush soft toy for Jamie to give to her little baby brother. Finally got both nicely wrapped up! Yea!!! What else I have yet to do ????

Herbs Herbs Herbs

See all those specially packed confinement herbal soup ingredients ?? I purposely gone down to the nearby medical hall to ask for 30days supplies so that CQ need not have to make trips to the medical hall (previously, he went to the medical hall to get those pre-packed soup ingredients which was not specially prepared for confinement use). And I also need to get 30 days supplies of Da-Feng-Chao (herbs to brew for bathing).

Wrapping Up

One of my To Do List is to have all the children's Christmas presents wrapped up for distribution this 1-2 weeks , much earlier this year. Still remembered last year Jamie was only 17 months old young toddler and now, she's going to be 29th month old during Christmas!

tada ...!

Gentle Reminder From Above

Had a bad dream about renewing my driving license and woke up at 4am and I couldn't get back to sleep till almost 6am. My last license expired on 16th Nov 2002. So I thought the 3years grace should ends on 16th Nov 2005 which is tomorrow, Wednesday. **already made plans to go to Ubi Police Headquarter on Wed**

Panicked and worried, immediately I made a trip down to my parents' house and left Jamie with my sis's maid while I hurried down to the headquarter, keeping my fingers crossed.

And thank God I finally managed to renew my license and was told by the counter aunty, over several times, that I was very lucky to have my license renewed today cos today is my last day for renewal!!!! WOW! Thank God that I came down! And the aunty even told me that they do not entertain appeal even for a day's missed. Phew!! Then I realised that the bad dream that I had was God's sent dream ! Till now, I am very glad that I had taken the dream seriously....

Birth Plan

Knowing that I'm into my 36th weeks of pregnancy, I probably may get into labour anytime from now. And this also hastened my anxiety to give birth naturally, if possible. I was reading on inducing labour from this website and realised that indeed, there's a higher chance that the mom will go through a c-section if she is induced! This finally explained why Jamie was in distressed (insufficient oxygen) barely 4 hours after I was induced. Hence this time round, I shall not be allowed to be induced right on my EDD.. praying that I will experience the natural labour symptoms ....

Finally it's the TIME ...

After much discussion with CQ, we finally settled Jamie in a nearby pre-nursery playgroup at Jurong Christian Church (1 1/2 bus stop away from home) next year after she crosses 2 1/2years of age (according to the principal). So she will be attending school tentatively in early March. This morning I brought Jamie for the orientation and while waiting for my turn to settle the registeration and payment, Jamie was seen happily mingling with kids of her age, walking around in the classroom, seemingly able to adapt well to the new environment. She even greeted the principal, waved and said "good bye" to the teachers !! Let's hope she will be able to behave and adapt well next year when she's officially start school.

Welcome Onboard!!

Received news that KH's baby has safely arrived ... yea!!!!

So happy for the couple! So now they join the rest of us, parents, to nurture and educate our kids. Happy parenting !!

And now, I started to feel the urgency to finish whatever I need to do before it's my turn. Ha... at least I managed to pre-ordered a 30 days packs of confinement herbal soups ingredients from a nearby medical hall :D

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Have been tagged by raindanz.... haha... worth nothing! Anyway, to me, it's priceless!!

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Congrats Janice!!

When to TMC to visit Janice and her newborn this afternoon.

Prior that, I made a blundered and went to KKH instead!! Being such a blurred queen, after searching for half an hour, I suddenly realised that its the wrong hospital !!! Arrrgghh!!!

So we took a cab there..... Luckily Janice has not yet discharged hence we managed to spend about an hour there, chit chatting with her. She was telling me that good thing she drank few glasses of milk as I was sharing with her about 2-3 glasses of Anmum 1 that I've been taking since my pregnancy commenced. Her baby was estimated to be around 2.7kg when born but to their surprise, it's 3.29 kg !!! Wow I'm totally amazed!

Gee.... shall continue my daily milk intake and see if this works on our son or not??

Christmas Tree @ Home

Ever since I bought the Barney Christmas VCD months ago, Jamie seems to love to watch it over and over again.... hence I supposed she has a glimpse of what Christmas means to us. Since I have promised her that we will have a Christmas tree set up in our house, we decided to set it up at a corner in our living hall tonight. At last... it's done....!!

Painting Session

Today I spent most of our time having fun doing activities together. First it was the egg, then the painting, and lastly the reading and watching her fav cartoon before she took her afternoon nap. Phew!!!

humpty dumpty ....

Here's a Humpty Dumpty for Jamie to play!! She just love eggs.... all sort of eggs!! Edible or inedible, doesn't matter to her. Hahaha, and I was telling her.."Jamie, this is an old egg. Look at its white hair ? Just like gong-gong??"

The Dinner

It was nice meeting up with Ivan & Boon Yuen again. This time, BY's tummy getting so much bigger ... Mmm.......... (from the pix, I dun look like I'm 8mths preggy!!)

...and see how elated Jamie was!! Her fav Barney courtesy from the couple. Thks!!

The Wedding Bells

Here's some of the photos taken during Katy's wedding @ Chijmes.

flower girls

Son's Ultrasound Scans

1. Here's an obvious bottom up view of our son's genital around 21weeks old though we already knew baby's sex as early as 12 weeks into my pregnancy.
2. son's front view upright sitting down position @ 11th weeks old (see below)
3. Sucking thumb @ around 13 weeks old (see below)
4. Hands up covering his tiny ears @ 16th weeks old (see below)
5. Side view @ 20th weeks old. Ha think he'll inherrit our genes, high forehead !!
6. Around 23rd weeks .... see both hands raising up to cover the ears ?

   

7. Oh gosh!! Look at his "squeezed" face @ 31 weeks old!!
8. Taken yday @ 33 wks..see the thumbs up ?? Mmm, he sure enjoys sucking thumb inside his mama's womb !

The Rehearsal @ Chijmes

Tonight's Katy n Sze Wee's weddiing rehearsal @ Chijmes - same venue as our wedding some 5 1/2years back... somehow it brought back sweet memories. And our darlin' Jamie had a lot of fun running and playing while we were there for an hour and half.

in laws & Wen Jiang the march in with a missing flower girl ... the helpers... the adults & the kids ....

Ladie's Night Out

I didn't join the ladies for our night out to Little India on Friday as CQ has a photo shoot assignment in the evening.

Looking at those lovely pictures at Maggie's blog simply fantastic!! Wow, how I wish I was there....

Look Alike ?

This picture was taken a month's ago. I'm thinking, does Jamie really looks like me? Cos wherever we go, I will get some kind of remarks like ".. oh your daughter looks like you ..." What say you ???

Baby Progress

2 of our frens' wives have just given birth one after another since last week and I begin to realise that "my day" will arrive VERY soon... 9weeks to countdown!! Perhaps having to babysit a young toddler at home, keep me so much busier that I did not even realise that time passed so fast!! This 2nd pregnancy also give me an almost different experience right from the beginning when I conceived. This baby moves ALOT more than Jamie and somehow I'm getting more and more nervous as the DAY approaches.....

Flash Cards

Finally I received my blank flash cards from 2 separate suppliers this afternoon. Mmm... I will probably start off with my 130 customized Chinese word lists and have it printed out so that I can use it to teach Jamie (tried writing it on the cards but I simply cannot tolerate my handwriting!! Hence gonna print it out instead..more time consuming, definitely!)

How To Teach Your Baby to Read

I have been exploring many English educational books since early this year and have yet to find the so-called best solution to teach Jamie how to recognise words rather than pictures which she is capable of naming most of those commercial flash cards + pictures that I bought from Popular Bookstore.

While Jamie is currently reading I Can Read Chinese progressive books when she was about 19months old (she is capable of recognising the Chinese words after rounds of reading), I have yet to find a compatible English resources for her till I happened to read up from a local forum regarding Glenn Doman's teaching, The Gentle Revolution. However to invest in GD's English Reading Kit, is not going to be cheap!! After many days & nights of sourcing, connecting & getting suggestions from various moms who had used the kit (their children are now able to read books that are at beyond their age range), I finally found the solution whereby I need not have to invest in the reading kit at all! Hurray !! I am truly excited about it and am looking forward to start Jamie on GD's teaching soon.

As for the Maths Kits, I will loan it from a fren who is willing to let me try it out :D

"CowGirl"

Here's our heroine in action!! CQ got this cowboy's hat FOC after completing a photography shoot earlier on. Surely it looks marvellous on anybody who wears !! Arrrgghh..... and now I'm freaking out as to where to keep this huge hat ah? Have two of it.....

Jamie's Fav Playing Corner

This becomes her favourite playing corner every time when I go for my checkup at Raffles Hospital. She loves to hug the turtle soft toy while sitting in the Step 2 car. At least this will keep her busy while I take my time off for a cup of hot chocolate and of course flipping through the magazines.

And I am glad that I managed to hit baby's weight equivalent to Jamie's when she was around 31 weeks old. As the gynae had mentioned previously that our son will be somewhere around 40th percentile, I need to continue to consume at least 2-3 glasses of milk. Baby's weight, in fact is slightly higher than Jamie.. 1.45kg. Jamie was around 1.4kg.

Happy Birthday, Godmum!!

Today's godmum birthday. Time really flies... she's already 65 years of age!! We had a lunch celebration with godmum and family at a restaurant near Clementi. The paper wrappin chicken simply fan-tas-tic!!!!!

While CQ was kind to help me to babysit our cranky Jamie (due to the medication that she had taken this morning), I managed to have some private time catching up with godmum and the rest. It will probably be quite some time later, or perhaps after I give birth, before we can chat again.

Reading Time

While I was busy digging out clothes, hoping to find some nice & presentable one to wear during Katy & Sze Wee's wedding tea ceremony, Jamie was found quietly seated at the reading corner with her books.

Artist at Work

Jamie asked for a painting the moment she woke up. So while waiting for my breakfast (who else but CQ!), she had her request granted.

10 Things That Keep Me SMILE....

Well, since I'm being tagged by cutting edge.... and raindanz has already done... I will list down mine too...

1. Time spend together with CQ & Jamie
2. Have a bowl of my fav local Laksa
3. Crunch on my fav KFC drumstick (regular pls)
4. Regular freelance business for both CQ and myself
5. Seeing Jamie growing smart and healthy
6. Surfing the net for more lobangs
7. Build network with more SAHMs
8. Spend more quality time with CQ
9. Going for a family trip

** Above are randomly ranked **

The Pink Tower

Since Jamie's ill this week, both of us are sort of home bound for the past and next few days. And I find time harder to pass as I need to find more things for her to do. Then I suddenly recalled having this set of Montessori materials that I bought some time back which I think its about time that (suitable for 2 1/2 years above toddlers) I should start to teach her using these materials. Here I am teaching Jamie to build a pink tower, ranging from the biggest block at the bottom right up to the top. This is suppose to develop the child's visual and muscular perception of dimension.

Aiyo Why "Tag" Me ??

Was wondering what's tag means when cutting edge then KH too ... Ah-ha....I finally got it! I shall have mine up soon. Haiz... am actually in the mist of my tiredness cos Jamie fell ill since Mon night with some cough. Of course, one will not settle for itself. Tues morning she was down with real bad coughing, some sneezes and high fever (>38.3 degress celsius) !!! That kept me in 100% alertness as we don't want her to kena another febrile fits again!! Oh boy, it was SO tiring man!! Hope she will recover real soon.

Pardon Me Please

As you can see that everything written in my blog is in a mess!! Black color fonts, left alignment, stupid blue Blogger heading that spoils Keepsaker's header, no paragraph and I can't hyperlink !! What a d*** unlucky me!!! Perhaps gotta reinstall everything again :(

The Amazing Race Back Again!!

Hurray! It's back (since last Wed) and this time the Family Edition and we can view it at the same time from the States satelite.. meaning I can get to watch it every Wed 9am instead 1030pm !! This would means, early wake up call to catch it for the next 2months or so :D

Touch Community Services Flag Day

We were assigned 10am - 12noon slot at JE Interchange. It was rather fun in the sense... cos this time round, we are volunteering out with Jamie! Yup! she's so funny ... holding the stacks of stickers and tin... but at the end of it, I'm rather exhausted mainly becos of the humid and hot weather!!