Happy Do-Re-Mi.....

Took these pictures while getting them ready for bed....as usual, the kids will play on the bed for a while before we tucked them to bed. They look so happy yah.I hope my Do-Re-Me will always be this happy. I love you, my cuties! Muacks muacks muacks......

Dear lord, pls bless my children with happiness and good health forever. Amen.

Kayleen & her siblings (24 Sep 2009)

This was the first time Kaden took a pic with Kayleen. We dont usually let them take together cos worried that Kaden may accidentally 'injured' the sister. But anyhow, nothing happens. This is a good start and trust that many more will come hehe!

Many said both of them look alike. Do they?

My three musketeers - Their first pic together =)

Mood: Relaxed

Misses my ah boy

Kaden follows my inlaws back to Labis for 2 weeks (13/6-27/6) when I was having my confinement. Although yes, without him at home, I really get to rest and recuperate....however I really miss him especially since this was the 1st time he's away from us for this long. During this period he was away, we called everyday but the little boy still doesnt really know how to converse in the phone and hence we dont really get to talk at all. *sad*

Can you understand how a mother feels when ur little boy whom u take pains to take care ignore u? Well, this is just the begining of me not going to have enough time for him with Kayleen around......sigh... Mood: Sad Milestone: 18 months old

Playing doctor for the week

I am officially resting at home since Wednesday but I didnt really get to rest. This whole week I have been busy taking care of my 'patients' at home.

It started with hubby running very high fever of above 38 degrees on Monday and taking panadol prescribed by his company doctor didnt help as the fever remained at the same level for the entire day. So I quickly brought him to see another doctor which is near our place when I returned from work. The doctor gave him a stronger panadol and antibiotics. Alas, it didnt help either...his fever was at 39.3degrees at its peak. I had to resort to sponging him. I even got him to take a cold bath to help relieve the fever. When it didnt help (fever maintained at 39 degrees), I called the clinic again as its operated 24hrs. I was advised to feed hubby another dose of panadol, the normal kind, 2 to 3 hrs after taking the strong panadol. I did as instructed. That was close to 1am. Thank god, his fever came down at 2am. For the rest of the days, his fever didnt come back again but he was feeling rather weak. He had three days mc and finally returned to work on Thursday.

As Trenyce was sharing room with hubby. She was put away to sleep with the grandparents during these three days. Then on Thursday morn, the same day hubby was fit to return to work, MIL dropped me a bomb. She told me Trenyce was having fever and had given her panadol at 2am. Oh my! Her fever symptom was exactly like hubby. Her fever was at the range of 38 to 39 degrees and it persisted the whole day even Nurofen and sponging didnt help. We decided to bring her to the clinic when hubby returned from work at 7plus. Hers was at 40degrees when we were at the clinic. So high! Doctor prescribed nurofen, panadol and antibiotics. He didnt recommend the 'buttock medicine' as he said it would affect the liver and hence try not to use if possbile and usually only recommended for younger children not for children as big as Trenyce becos the dosage would be higher for Trenyce. Usually its only one pill inserted but for Trenyce's age, it would be 2 pills.

As usual, I had to play doctor/nurse again. This time, Trenyce swopped room with Kaden. She slept with me the entire night. Her fever was still high after taking Nurofen so I waited for 3hrs to give her another dose of panadol, the normal type. Her fever was down for the rest of the night.

Did I mention that Kaden wasnt feeling well too the same day Trenyce was having fever? Luckily his was not as severe as Trenyce. He had some cough in the morning when he woke up somewhere around 7+am, then developed running nose and mild cough around 9+am. Fed him some panadol and cough mixture. Thank god the medicine was sufficient to control his condition. We didnt have to bring him to see doctor. Guess he was really feeling a tad bit unwell so he was rather grouchy the entire day. Kept requesting for his pacifier and going to the bed to ly.

Anyway, very thankful that all have recovered within the week. Though Kaden still having a little cough other than that all's well for him too. I couldnt imagine if they were still sick when I had to go into labour ward to deliver 妹妹!

Praise the lord! Mood: Thankful

Goodbye Vios Hello Odyssey

Bid farewell to my faithful friend today.
She is only 4.5years old. Still so young. Sigh.
Feel a little emotional when she was driven away yesterday.
And still feeling the same when I see her again today.
Shed my tears, actually.
Afterall, she is our very 1st and it has served us well.
Many times, it brought us to-and-fro Malaysia safely, whether rain or shine, never utter a single complaint.
Our family getaways, will never be as fun, without her.
I will miss you, my dearie.
Forever in my memories......

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We embraced a new member to our family yesterday.
It was a dream come true.
Although she didnt spend her early years with us, we promise we will still love her dearly as if she was already with us from day one.
I havent got a chance to spend time alone with her yet.
Think maybe not now.
I am not confident that I will be able to handle her as yet.
Maybe. Maybe wait till 妹妹 arrives first.
Anyway, welcome to our big family.
Indeed, a family of 8 (including the domestic helper) is big eh!

The Kiddies' Room

Finally, finally, finally.........
After so much shifting and moving, the furniture are staying for good at this position.
Yes, we are shifting the furniture in the study cum kiddy room again.
It was kiddy room when Kaden was borned and turned back to study room when confinement auntie left.
And now its going to be kiddy room again and this time, its for good and I meant it.
Cos there's no where we can shift the single bed to....hahaha..
For once, Trenyce feels like she has a room of her own.
Well, for a good 8 weeks before 妹妹 arrives.
There will be some minor changes to the sleeping arrangement but the furniture will stay for good.
*Heng ah* Hubby must be very glad he doesnt have to do all the shitty shifting again :p
Well, I'm glad this tricky thing has been solved, so now is just the waiting game....

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Guilty

How time flies...Im already in my 3rd trimester. Counting down now, 9weeks more to my EDD. Oh not much time left, better hurry to get all my stuff done before 妹妹 comes. It has been tough for this 3rd pregnancy, maybe becos I have to take care of Kaden at the same time and this boy needs alot of attention. Not that he is an attention seeker but rather he is so very active that he keeps knocking his head here and there....just yesterday, he 'earned' himself two 'fifty cents' on his forehead. He is so active that at times I still need to carry him like a baby to feed him his night feed before he goes to bed otherwise he will be struggling with the bottle. Just imagine carrying him with a protruding tummy, tough eh!

Sometimes I do feel very guilty, guilty that I wont be able to spend much time with this boy once 妹妹 arrives. I hope the parenting magazine is right...that siblings with age gap less than 18mths will not feel anything about a new silbing taking some attention away from them. So I am trying to make up now by spending more time with him as well as Trenyce. I wouldnt want history to repeat itself again. I am thinking of setting a timetable or something to allocate my time for the kids. Of course, BB will still get the most attention from me and will be even more so if I BF her. But I wouldnt want to neglect my other 2 children especially Trenyce. I do notice that she needs alot of attention from us and gets upset when her presence is ignored. For Kaden, I guess is he still too young to notice anything and I hope he wont!

I better start working on the timetable thingy soon..

Mood: Thinking hard....

Kaden Vs 妹妹

Just feeling curious about how big is 妹妹 compared to her brother when he was a foetus then. So took their scanned pics and compared....hehe

Looks like 妹妹 is slightly smaller than Kaden in the beginning but managed to catch up later...hmm...

Kaden's scanned pics.

妹妹's scanned pics.

Mood: Creative

Shopping at Plaza Singapura (7th Mar 09)

Went to Carrefour (at Plaza Singapura) with inlaws & Kaden弟 弟 today as爸爸 had to bring Trenyce姐姐 for her music class at Yahama. Little boy is so happy, mumbling ‘mummum’ (meaning food) everywhere he goes in the supermarket as we were busy picking the offered food items from the shelves.

We also ordered 2 pieces of new furniture, a sofa set and a single bed, which will be delivered in early April. The decision to replace the daybed didn’t come abruptly. We had this intention to change our current ‘sofa’ aka daybed for quite a while and were thinking of buying only when we shifted to our new home. But guess buying a house is not that simple and we do not foresee that to happen any sooner as Im so near to my EDD. The main reason to replace the sofa is to prevent ‘future’ injury as we noticed that Kaden弟 弟 has gotten a few injuries as a result of knocking at the corners of the daybed. Most importantly, we are also afraid that we wont be able to watch over Kaden弟 弟 24hrs as our new addition is coming to join us very soon.

Mood: Relax

Bottle Tree Park (1st Mar 09)

Brought Trenyce姐姐 and Kaden弟弟 to Bottle Tree Park along the mrt track to Katib Stn. They have another branch at Sembawang Park but 爸爸decided to come here instead as its nearer to our place. Well, generally dont find anything 'exciting' here....say its kampong, well can see that they try very hard to design the place to be 'kampong' but the place just doesnt bring out the kampong feeling...err, know what I meant? Anyways, the place is more suitable for kids above 4yo so as usual, Trenyce姐姐 gets to enjoy herself while Kaden弟弟只有看的份 =p

The famous Bottle Tree.

Thats how big a Bottle Tree is.......

Trenyce姐姐 and Kaden弟弟

Trenyce姐姐 waiting for her turn to board the 'swan'


爸爸helping Trenyce姐姐 to put on her life jacket

Finally boarded the 'swan'

One is 'onshore' and the other is 'offshore'

Kaden弟弟getting excited upon spotting 爸爸and Trenyce姐姐

Kaden弟弟looking sad as the 'swan' drifted away....losing sight of his 爸爸 and Trenyce姐姐

Trenyce姐姐 peddling a mini boat

Its fishing time!

爸爸and Trenyce姐姐 busy catching the fishes

Kaden弟弟 looking glum...he wants to join in too!

So 爸爸 put him into the water......hehehe

Mood: Relax

Days with my kiddies (30 Dec08 - 4 Jan09)

Phew finally finished updating all the outstanding entries. Its been a long long time I ever updated my blog. Wanted to do so but this pregnancy is really tiring me out plus my active Kaden boy around. Really very taxing. Its only recently I started to get better, less morning sickness (though its usually occur in the evening), improved appettite...also with my domestic helper around, it really helps to ease alot of my housework so that I got some free time to spend with my kids after work.

The past one week or so has been truly enjoyable - bathing the children, cooking for them, feeding them, bringing them out jalan....Time passes very fast whenever I am spending time with them. I am starting to miss those times already. The children grew alot during this period especially Kaden. He starts to babble very often and trying to stand as and when he finds opportunity to lean on something. He loves squeezing his faces and smiles at us. He claps hands whenever he is happy and waves bye bye when he knows he is going jalan!

For Trenyce, she is braver now. She doesnt have to use her face towel to cover her eyes when we shampoo her hair and she no longer cries when the shampoo bubble gets into her eyes. She can do simple addition and subtraction. She can sing songs (learned from her ah ma)to her bro. She plays crawling competition with the bro. This is my favourite. I loved watching the kids crawling around the house and laughing away. The house suddenly like gets "warmed up". Well, I would say this is the best incentive for having kids!

I wonder how it will be like when baby #3 joins the family..surely the laughter gets louder and louder....looking forward to those days!

Christmas at Orchard (22nd Dec 08)

Brought the family to Orchard Rd to view the Xmas decor as this is where one can truly experience the Xmas atmosphere.

Our first family Xmas photo taken outside Heeren

One big happy family! Taken at Paragon

Mdm and her two precious kids.

Trenyce enjoyed taking pics with the Xmas decor, going from one to another asking me to take the pics for her...hehe this vain girl! ;p

The kids with their doting grandparents

And finally, Trenyce with the Roman soldiers before we marched home to zzzz.....

Mood: Merry

Beautiful Sunset View (8th Nov 08)

Hubby brought us to this place one evening to enjoy the nice sunset. Not very sure what this place is called. Its somewhere between Jln Kayu and Yishun. Hubby said its the shortcut to his office haha. I like these pics taken with my sony ericsson handphone. They look good, aint they? ;)

My dearies

Kaden wondering whats mummy is up to hehe...

Smile Kaden, good boy :)

Mood: Relax

Trenyce and Kaden

I found these very cute pics by chance.

Based on the date & time of the pics, these are all likely to be taken by FIL.

Mood: Happy

Banana in pajamas

I didnt realise I had prepared the same colour pajamas for my kiddies. It turned out both of them were wearing the same colour pajamas - Yellow, one night. Both of them looked so cute like they are wearing some sort of uniform haha...Hmm....reminded me of banana in pajamas...hehe!





Mood: Creative

Tortise Tammy passed away!

We lost Tammy, our tortise, today. Hubby wanted to feed them before leaving for work this morning and found her lying on her back. I couldnt quite believe it when hubby shouted to me from the hall "Tammy died already"...... It was quite a shock.

I feel so sorry for Tammy. She has only been with us for 6 months.

Tammy, pls rest in peace. We will take care of Tommy well, I promise.

Post-dated Post 1: 29th Nov 2006

2005 Wedding Anniversary

Was chatting with hubby in the car this morning while on the way to the nearest MRT stn near my place. We were on the topic of our anniversary night dashing around to send my friend to catch her train. Then I recalled we had another exciting celebration last year too when my brother met an accident with sister’s 6months old Toyota Altis. Thank goodness he was alright but I cant say much for the car.

I vividly remembered I was on leave on that fateful day, again not purposely on leave to celebrate my anniversary but to bring Trenyce to KK hospital for her routine medical appointment. While I was about to enter the CTE, my phone rang. As I didn’t have my earpiece with me, I didn’t answer the call but just scanned the phone quickly to see whose calling. I saw my brother’s number appearing on the screen, which was quite a rare sight (he don’t normally call me on weekdays). Wondering what it could be (as my mother and sister are away on holiday at that time, I am the only sibling he could contact if anything happens), I asked my FIL to answer the call for me. What came out from the conversation was alarming - he had an accident somewhere near his office! Not wanting to worry my mother and sister, we decided to solve the problem ourselves. I went to fetch hubby from his office (he wasn’t on leave) before going down to see how extensive the damage was. There I saw the brand new Altis, quite badly in shape. It cant even move at all. According to bro, there were smoke coming out from the front. Odear. We followed the tow truck to the workshop to do all the necessary paperwork and left the place.

The toughest part of all was to break the news to my sister. We (me and bro) were hesitating on how to go about it. Initially, we wanted to wait for them to return from their trip as we were afraid that we will spoil their holidays but hubby said if we waited so long then inform them, they were surely get very mad. Afterall, sister is the car owner and she has every right to know what’s happening to her car. Of course, we understand hubby’s intention. In the end, we decided to call my auntie, who was with them for the holiday for her advice, to check on the situation. You know lah, bringing kids along for holiday may sometimes result in some small squabbles. We just want to make sure everything is in order before we release the news. of course, auntie advised us to tell them, so....Well, the rest as it says are history....