Year 2012

As the the year comes to an end, we have many things to be grateful for. 1st of course is God blessing us with health, safety, abundance, family and friends. 2nd clarity of the mind and the heart. 3rd great relationship as husband and wife 4th fantastic parents to V & K 

Trevor and I have set our goals for 2013, its going to be a build up to bigger goals for our new home. Yes we sort of finally agree to skipping few steps and settle on the final dream home...it took us very long to decide on this as the cash part is very steep for us but after sleeping on it for about 2 years, we finally got the guts to move forth. So small goals 1st...

We are quite set on a holiday trip just not sure where lol ... but its important to take time off work and spend time as a couple. 2013 is going to be pretty cramp with V school so we need to get into a routine 1st.

I doubt baby making is on the cards although I would really like more... yes at times I agree with Trev that children expenses are getting too high. So the husband must digest and work out his finances 1st! but nevertheless we still would love 4 kids, like what my friend told me "If Gods sends, God provides" Trev was actually very much against having the 3rd after K came to have another but kept real slient when I "gave" him this statement wahahaha.

So 2013 is all about getting busy with the children with school, weaning, boobies feeding, teething, business growth and balancing time with family. I thank God for sending us this 2 angels, giving us meaning in whatever we work for and strive for.

3 months KL

KL 6.4KG 67CM

the time went past pretty swift huh! like what happen?

I love being a mother! watching Kate grow up daily is such pleasure. Yerm.. we walk up daily 10-11am, we max our sleep hehe, wont be long as next year we gotta leave home by 11am daily. Gotta treasure it while it lasts. K is growing so well its not funny la! We measured her and she grew close 10cm since her 6weeks check! I ran back my old posts and V was a mere 60.5cm at 3 months! This one has legs so long for a infant, she looks like 6 month-er. Weight wise she is not a chummy baby and oh have I failed to mention? TEETHING!! ya at 3 months la...

on the 27th-her 3rd month. She had a slight fever at 37.7, gave her some meds to bring it down and it didn't come back. The next day, she did the poo - the seedy ones that bb has when teething. oh well... so fast! DAMN :( Just today, she bit me while I was latching her in the afternoon and "kiap" "tugged" just before she slept for the night zzzz

we went visiting and everyone agrees that 3 months is way to young to teething. oh well, wish us luck.....

enjoy the last of her gummy smiles.. I think we have a great looking baby here..

XMAS

its been crazy 2days...

Xmas is THE BIG day to us like how cny is to most chinese. Yeah im chinese but cny fades in comparision with the church going n family celebrations. AND feasting during Xmas is way way sinful coz we have great chefs!!

Im so stuffed coz in a day I stuffed 3 different turkeys, hams, devils curry, sugee cakes, chocolate etc into my supposely "diet-ing" body *wails . Tomorrow lies more, coz it time to.clear up the cakes. This year alone my house fridge holds 4 freaking big cakes.. n sadly they are delicious which means i cannot help not eating it!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!

10 weeks old

K has been a darling, oh think I have been saying this so very often. She gets all pampered but the minute I have her in my arms, the grumbling starts hahha. Trev says "she must kenna ur smell" of course la right, what is a mummy for?

I have been blogging from my phone, which explains I cant edit my photos n comment it. *oppsy but it also explains the sudden influx of posts! (i got scolding from my regular readers for being slow in updating my blog)

but yea we skipped the infant seat n started her on the big baby seat lol... she loves it too much!

the last photo- just took it, she has been hooked to my arms since 10pm, its 115am, gotta change diapers now :)

My new do

I got myself a haircut!

been looking around for inspiration n saw my mummy friends all getting frumpy n tired looking with 2 kids. totally REFUSED to succumb to the frummy mummy look.

FRUMMY MUMMY LOOK

HAIR:.balding hairline, lack lastre hair shine, mostly tied up in a pony tail, if not tied up, the haircut is not promising, oh and greying hair

SKIN: tired looking skin sans makeup, no glow or rather no attempt to create the glow, heavy lids, puffy eyes, dry lips, big pores... some? thick skin - havent been exfoliating for a while I guess !

BODY: that part takes more effort for most as alot of mummies breast feed and losing weight is usually last on their list. So forgivable for most... but at least look awesome when not with the children ! Have a new wardrobe to last till 6-8 mths after birth!

My new me...

at 34..

I totally forgot I had a birthday! not that its not memorable but with a newborn, she becomes THE most important thing to do on the TO DO list !

No fanciful dinner like always, I opted for JPOT! walau its the yummilicious de lor.. after being unleashed from confinement to eat this was to die for! oh i watch ah boys to men too... kekeke had a good laugh..even trev enjoyed it. Yeah this year was just this simple...

This year marks the craziest part in my career and motherhood..I accomplished so much, Im in awe of my work! Trev doesnt want me to blog about it so am keeping them in slient for another few more months keke. HE is the proudest husband about what has been happening to me and I am truly blessed to have my family who supports me.

I have set big goals in preparation of 35 which am TOTALLY sure of them all being fufilled. For now, Im basking in the joy that surrounds me. I just know my focus ia real clear and that as a mother, I will set the example.

EMERALD

was watching Enews that night.. yea its the only sane show I watch! hyak hyak

it says that the colour of 2013 is EMERALD! love the colour and so the obsession starts... m typing this post as im waiting for to do my nails..

be current be trendy mummies!

name

u see V has a long long name... we have been taking our time n not forcing it. i mean its not like its a 2-4 letters ..that of course is fast ! she was writing vic for a long time but  victoria is a 8letter name..then came the point she knew all the letters then she writes it all jumbled up. Till recently ... now we have to master victoria eden ng. n the chinese name which she claims "mummy y my name so many windows? "

wifi is down

Shit happens when the hb is out of town.. the wifi went cuckold! arggghhh n I have tons to do online. I have to see it positive, its time to rest. But I cannot keep still! So blog la...

Maybe just some photos of V and what she does at home n some outside. I may not blog as much about her, but V goes out with me very often. She is pleasure to bring out coz she is always so well behaved. I get complimemts from strangers alot about how controlled she is despite her young age. Yea Im really proud of her, I know this one will grow up to be someone. She has the manners and is very attentive to little details. Especially in recent weeks, she grew up so much. Like 2 nights ago, she woke up and before she left the room, kissed me, went to search for Kate and kissed her on her forehead! I was really touched by her actions :D

She is really independent, NEVER wakes us up. If she is up before the sun rises, will try to snooze back. But if she has enough, she opens the door and goes down herself hahaha. Then of course she gets spoiled rotten by the helpers. She can get slightly bossy, caught her a few times.... the grandma.still insists that the helper sit with her to eat.*ARGHHHH. Thank god she autos when we are out .. I super hate her being fed, but just choses not to argue, coz i have repeated myself way too much ...I cant change the old ppl so I  insist my rules when we are out.

The helpers are really great with her, this 2 loves music..(one is a singer back home) I have caught them 4.-yes with kate, dancing n singing in the kitchen. hahaha quite a sight! If we are all out, they all hang out in their rooms talking cock. Yes V too, she actually enjoys being in that room.

If Trev is away, I allow them to watch TV in my room. lts great coz they help me put V to sleep at 8pm, put K to sleep. lol I come in and get peace...u know this is luxury !

8 weeks KL

I cant believe its been 2 months!

I got so many things done its crazy! will blog about it once its all settle...

whilst they world says I look great, I feel fat *sigh everyone keeps reminding me.its ONLY 2 months.. okie whatever

SLEEP: Baby Kate has been awesome! I never knew sleeping through means dream feeding until my mummy thread was explaining *duh. walau like that K has been sleeping through since 6weeks.. She dream feeds about 5 or 6am but does load up from 8-930pm the night before. Then she drinks at 8am ,10am... we broke records by waking up at 1230pm before hyak hyak... terrible right? if u.wondering about the diapers, we r using merries for night n it lasta about 8-10hrs straight... trev changes the diaper for me at 7am when i dont have morning appointments.

MILK: If i do go out, she is on FM Nan HA and she is on boobies buffet when I come back. Oh this one, same as the sister, she likes to keep poo, record 5 days at moment.

EXERCISE: She has started daily tummy time with me in the morning n before she sleeps.. this photo is from this morning.. looking pretty 

surviving...

the hb is away again...

this morning at 6am was crazy! i woke up with a tummy ache! then V came n.wanted to snuggle with me n remembers she didnt have milk the night before, at the same time K was due for her feed. me? needed to crap! in the end i decided to settle myself n sweet lil V ended up patting K hahaha. she was like in frenzy "how mumny how? faster poo poo, " i came back to the room to see her singing/humming to K. Was a beautiful sight... but no time for a photo! but its nice to see V all grown up n so protective.

then just now: night is always a rush, the dinner, the wash, the bath, the milk (both)

Thank god V is big enough to auto sleep, like today "mummy im tired, can u turn off my pony show? i will watch tmr" BUT before the auto sleep, she needs milk, want to touch my elbow (yea some attachment thingy) then here i am with K. who needs to be pat to  (today is a day of sensitive sensor, cant put down) by the time they both KO, im tired as i was out the whole day with morning meetings, bb shower, errands!

i so need to work on the computer then the internet plays punk! tsk... n I have no idea how to fix it! apparantly on/off machine doesnt work... then i suddenly miss the husband

but i have amazing children! thanl.god for them.. they make everything all so worth it :D

 

We decided to do the craziest thing and decided to put her in one of singapore's last greenery kindy!http://victoria-eden.blogspot.sg/2010/03/pre-schools.htm It has a arudous journey to reach here but after the disappointment from the money making schemes of childcare (even though we opted for a playgroup), I have come to believe its a cartel ;(

 

Me and Trev went through many days and months of talks on whether we should do it but it seems that all directions were pointing to this! Fell deeply in love with it when we were there for an school tour. It was pretty much a boring tour but I guess that 1 scene was etched into our minds. The N1 were doing their farming (yea they each have a plot of land to farm on!) and they found a moth as big as their face on the grass! you should be there to hear their screams! their excitments!They called it a brown butterfly haahha but what amazed me was after the excitment died down, no one wanted to kill it or chase it away but instead created a protective circle around it whilst the teacher got help. Every child had a opportunity to have a look and the brave ones touched it. I was looking at V's expression the whole time and knew that this was that something I want her to experience. She was in awe at the excitment and the tour continued with them showcasing their handmade art crafts, which to me n trev was amazing work from the students.

 

Most people who knows about our decision was concerned by the uncertainity of the school, but we believe that God has plans for us. For now we will have faith that these 2 firm years in SJCK will bring something into her life and this may be the changing factor in her future.  



sisters...loving it more n more

growing up and plans..

V is turning 4 years old.. how fast is that?

Its amazing what a pregnancy does to perception.. I woke up one day and saw that V is all grown up.

During pregnancy I stopped carry her and that day found that I now longer can lift her hahaha. Manz... She just exploded in weight and height! LIFE.... we just have to move forward isn't it?

Anyways she has been asking for new toys "Mummy can you buy this or not? you know ha I'm sick of  my toys at home" I want a Unicorn, Barbie makeup can tie hair one, 1 puppy that talks." So was after no thanks to Mr Toys r us who send this super duper big catalog to the house. It got her excited  and started choosing her toys for xmas. Trev brought her to buy a pony, and came back 2! Retarded husband who succumbed into her tricks, he came back happy too! Both smiling and bragging how special that pony was! like I freaking care? zzz anyways... so she started bugging for the puppy 3 days later, after the fiasco. nagging at me to bring her to the shops.. I gave up and put Fluffy on a leash and told her "Na, puppy that walks"

I finally found something useful for this blardy noisy dog whom I think is a Pomeranian trapped in a maltese body

This thing about children growing up.. their attention span is so short it is not funny. V started on Happy train for 3 terms coz we stopped her from her enrichment school for about 1 year. Initially it all great with her listening and going home to do her worksheets, she liked it mainly because it is accompanied program. Me and Trev needed to do something with her before the 2nd one came and this suited us well... She excelled, I got her worksheets to trace, dots to dots, tangram, maze... everyday she would sit down and do her work. Until she finished everything I mean all the books I bought! and then bam.. boredom. Since then I decided no more such worksheets and its off to play... I mean if you read children right, there is a right time to do things and if she can finish a thick maze book 38 pages :( in a day and not sleep coz of it.  At about the same time , she was obsessed with colouring and just did colouring daily. No tv, no play just pure colouring.. Most parents will be proud but to me? This to be is a sign of trouble and I don't think its something I want to brag about. 

So she is off all these stuffs and its playground daily *try to. I have been sourcing her year 4 stuffs to do, its swimming and music. She hasn't decided on her instrument  and nope I am not choosing for her.. all I do every now and then is to "practice" types of instrument and the sounds they make and actions. That day she told me she wants to play the harp! I was like for heavens sake, so heavy! Trev was hilarious when he "you know that time we went to Baby SSO? daddy pointed to you the harp? you saw the whole session, the harpist only played  ONE NOTE! " Please spare Daddy from the misery and not waste time on something so unproductive" I seriously doubt V understood what he meant but she gave up the idea hahhahaha!!!

Something V is obsessed now is baking, she watch youtube videos of baking. ALOT of them, in fact she was the one who introduced me the rainbow cake just before it became a hit in Facebook. So I was really happy when our friend Marie decided to do a baking workshop for the kiddos. I sux in baking ... hate the slimly things I have to wash after  and also psychologically I feel fat when baking. It takes out the luxury of enjoying that cake coz you see that amount of butter/sugar that goes inside. 

very serious baker

up to mischief this 2

the kids had a blast eating it.. and it was before LUNCH!! 

This reminds me of her dec workshop! She is going to a fellow mummy blogger house for a drop off 1.5 hours session on 4 fridays! Yea, mummy who organize it is SAHM *respect ... This is why I always believe even if you chose to SAHM, you must make anything an opportunity! Of course I have to support mummy... (traits of an entrepreneur)  this time  for me to a fellow mummypreneur. 

Now to get that private swimming coach... and we are set for something next year.

Mayhem .. sort of

its all worth it!

Trev has left for a biz trip

The thing about motherhood is that despite having loads of help, at the end it still boils down to U!

I couldn't work at home as I had deadline project(S)  that needs to be completed by end of this month and it has been procrastinated since the birth. Its been real tough trying to work from home, too much noise and I hate to be interrupted as its disrupt my train of thoughts. Mundane works stuffs are not a problem but this time this one needs quick and peace. So I packed all my stuffs and came to Trev office to work on it, this is after I bathe Kate, pick V up from school, lunch. So it leaves me 3 hours to seriously get things done. I drive back at 6pm, play with V - colouring, ipad games. Latch K...

My silly helper decides yesterday to put V to nap, which literally screwed my plans as V will sleep LATE. Ya my this helper as steady as can be but damn bloody forgetful la! Before I left, my instructions were - let V eat at 5pm, go to the playground, come back shower and we sleep her at 730pm. She says okie and when I came back? all was done except she included a nap .. like wth? I spoke to her nicely and she was "oh ya hor, actually I tot meant K" FML, like my newborn can have dinner and go playground. I didn't get upset but explain my case. The person nagging was my MIL to her... until my helper told her "mum, its done already, I'm sorry" hahhaha I found it funny, maybe is the way they squabble.

My helper felt really bad coz she "suddenly" realized that MY husband is not around and it means I have to deal with both myself. Anyways thank god for my MIL, who took K from 830-10 while I try to settle V. Its not that I can't put them to sleep together, but V has a tendency to want to play with K in the room. Then they both don't sleep and I DIE STANDING.

ohh the legs!

So I put V to sleep (30-45 mins with chatting on why she doesn't want to go school coz she gets beating from her friends and she has to eat horrible tasting food and that aunty teacher forces it down coz she takes too long to eat) Then go down to pick K up and latch her, then she plays tummy time with me, decides she  doesn't want to sleep, then gets cranky coz she likes to be carried. So I have to carry and dance with her (my exercise) then my back and neck aches coz she's got some weight. By then she wants to sleep and realized she is hungry and I latch again. If days she gets fussy she gets a bottle and I have to BURP HER 3 x coz she has too much wind. If I skip this she will be a non stop engine making machine for her sleep and THIS drive me mad!

After all the hullabaloos..  I still have to pat this princess to sleep coz she doesn't fall asleep at the bottle anymore *yawns. Pat pat with some motion, then I get to lie down.. when u look at the clock it is 1 am... and I can't put her down coz she hasn't gone into deep sleep. So its just me and hp, surfing....

Finally got to put her down at 130-45am, wake V for her pee and suddenly there is surge of energy and I cannot sleep *sianz.  its finally ME time. Did a bit of shopping and fell asleep. but what is great is that K allows me to sleep till close to 6am before she stirs and I just latch her. Simple. So the mayhem is just 9-1am.. oh so tired la.

                               

                        my space no more... it doesn't matter how many beds u buy.. my children sleeps terribly

I repeat the same thing today... just that before I left I reminded the whole house - NO NAP for V!

6 weeks KL

Oh I haven't blog about her name!

It started off as Elizabeth coz of the 50th jubilee shit that we were watching, then I kinda like Amber, Lauren. Trev loved Elizabeth but somehow it didn't rub off well with a lot of people coz it was too long. We googled the nicks and got liz, eliz and they all sounded like lizards - trev hates them! So we took the name off. Amber was pretty but sounded fiery, had enough of temper from V so thought its time to tone it down. Lauren was my favourite, but T tot it was Laurent and asked me y a man's name?

Finally we settle on Kate, coz it was in tune with Victoria and its a real pretty name. Although she may have issues with "late, cake" but then again all names will be made fun off in school... So no fret. We had her chinese name calculated, Huang Si Jia 思佳, very much in tune with the sister name on wisdom. Its cute as their names are matched to mine, not the father's. That I didn't know, it was counted from my name and V to K's. Apparently she has a fiery temper just like the sister, and that we have to cultivate calmness and zen. What's new? so its music time for this one too... she is of no problem from now till 19 years , from then till 32 is trouble... when I heard, I told Trev aiyo boys and love la, what else can be of a problem at 19-32 years old right? The grandfather heard and told us to buy a big dog to guard her then hahhah. My 2 girls have no problem in school and will excel and will need loads of money for education. *somehow its a singaporean problem isn't it?

Kate is 5.5kg and 58 cm. 90th percentile.

Victoria 14kg and 99cm

Its odd I ever get to write this, for with V was 25th kekeke Yea this one is bigger mainly because she sleeps alot. I think at 6 weeks, she is awake longest at 30 mins or so... fussy little queen coz she gets carried alot! When I say alot means alot! She goes into the cot she cries, have to blame that wind- we got the meds today so hope it works better for her. But she is easier to calm than V, but then again I cannot compare coz with V, I was the sole care giver. Its a different ball game altogether... this one whack the milk, shake shake in her favorable position and K/O. She like us to stand up tap her, guess the wind again, guess can only be sure when she gets better on her behaviour.

With this one, she gets to go out only once a week to church and lunch. We hardly bring her for shopping, coz I prefer to chop chop and get it done. If there is a choice, me n Trev rather go out ourselves as things gets done double fast. Today we brought the 2 girls out for PD checks, abit back breaking coz I forgot my sling! She's got some weight ...