outing @ the east!

its been ages since we brought yz out for gai-gai!
so decided to drop yr @ my mum's place and dedicate the morning and afternoon to bringing yz out with the husband today. :)
woke up bright and early (not difficult at all when you have a toddler and infant at home!) to pack things and bath the 2 boys. then we were off to ubi to deposit the baby. hehe.

decided to bring yz to east coast as:
- we can have mac brekkie there (yz's fav!)
- i thought seeing the sea/sand/ships for real will be fun for him too!


yz with his smelly pillow. yes, he has regressed to a baby again.
he demanded to bring his "chou chou" everywhere we go now, just like his didi! @_@


been eons since i sat at the passenger seat in front! need to be seated at the back whenever yr is ard. *oops*

waiting for pappy to come back with the food @ mac

we reached east coast at almost 10am. can imagine how packed mac was at the time!

luckily we saw mummy emily and jayden there!

and they gave up their seats to us as they were leaving soon liao. :)

thanks girl! catch up with you soon!

he is actually quite afraid of this kiddy ride. haha.

after a very heavy brekkie/brunch, we made our way to the beach.

and we found out the baby is actually a ninny!

he was afraid of the sand. he was afraid of the sea.

haiyo!

after much persuasion, he finally took off his sandals and walked around bare-footed.

but walked around damn slow and very gingerly. very funny sight lah.

and with harder persuading from me, he finally agreed to step into the sea water with me. :S

still, he had his share of fun after warming up to the place.

no sand-castles were attempted as daddy and mummy feel that the sand is not exactly clean @ east coast. eeks.

took a slow stroll after some (hot!) time at the beach.

realised that polliwogs is just round the corner. this got mammy very excited.

made the impromptu decision to pop in and purchased socks for us on the spot.

it was a good choice made as yz enjoyed his time there alot!

though the same cant be said for me.

my poor back, joints (at the knees and ankles) were aching after just 30mins of climbing and tumbling after him!

had to swop with hubbi to keep up with yz. tsk tsk.

he loves the ball pits most!

he dared not cross this after his foot fell through the loop during the 1st attempt..


baby + mammy. yz looked tired here as we were near the end of the session and he was clearly tired out by all the action and also it was his nap time too!
look @ our eyes!! he is my son! my son! haha.

after polliwogs, hubbi and i decided to escape from east coast.

too darn hot!

off to parway parade (PP)!

i was hoping that the son will nap a good 1-2 hrs there and we can have some decent window-shopping done. hehe.
and he really did so! guess he must be really tired out by morning's activities that he fell asleep in his pram within 20mins of being in it.

still, managed to take some photos of him with the tigger display outside PP.

hubbi decided to play nice and followed me around for my window-shopping.

so i dropped by gg5 and managed to get a top + belt.
sale going on there, how to resist?!

but hor, with another 7kg to go before reaching my pre-pregnancy weight, im lucky that their cutting is on the loose side. *muhaha*

oh and borders having 20% storewide sale! *yippee*

i bought tons of books, ok just a few lah.

as if i have the time to read! but oh well, i will try my best.

1) Alice in the wonderland by lewis carroll

2) Through the looking glass by lewis carroll

3) The picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde

4) The wizard of oz by frank baum
5) Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

the 1st 4 bring classics and the last one a best seller touching on the topic of success.

i hope i will enjoy them!

Then, its back to my mum's place where we stayed till dinner time before the ng family finally went home.

once back, very bo eng. hubbi went to feed and settle yr to sleep.

i got the easier chore of accompanying yz to watch "happy feet" on tv before settling him to sleep.

now 2 kids are zzzing. finally sometime for hubbi and me to catch up while waiting for yr's midnight feed.

*yawn*

so like gor gor!

or are all babies the same?!
now yr is at a stage where he clearly didnt know what he wants.
the stage where he still has not decided clearly his mode of communication to us.
*should i cry?*
*should i coo and attempt to smile?*
*heck it, i should just cry since this seems to affect mammy the most!*

so yr has this very similar habit of young yz to bluff you with a quiet, contented or smiley look before letting out a wail!
bleh.


im just enjoying me-time...


next sec: show you how crumpled my face can be!

quietly listening to the soothing music from the baby-gym

kung-fu action started the next sec and preparing the big wail

the only consistent facial expression and pose so far is this:

pls dun disturb. im trying to gek sai here!

is there such a thing as too much me-time?!

of cos not!
especially when you are me now.

been getting frustrated and fed-up with taking care of yr all alone at home when the husband is at work and when the elder son is at childcare. *oops*
so decided to start giving meself "holidays".
early in the morning, the ng family set off:
1st stop: dropped yz at his childcare.
2nd stop: deposited yr at my mum's place. *teehee*
3rd stop: sent the husband to work
and then.. ME-TIME STARTED! yay!

as time is scarce and ive so much to catch up, i started planning my activities before-hand.
after dropping hubbi at his workplace, i zoomed off for my eyebrow tweezing appointment! :)
location is at mandarin gallery and it was my 1st time there yesterday. so suaku hor.
the place is full of atas brands! seems fun to (window)shop!
but not much time to browse as i need to rush for my next appointment soon!
anyway, so glad to see my eyebrows in good shapes again! :)

ok, off to delfi orchard for my facial appointment!
been almost 2.5mths since my last facial. *gosh*
somemore with the hectic lifestyle taking care of an infant, ive been neglecting my skincare routine.
so glad to have some decent massage and mask to my face again.
*shiok*

no time no time.
after facial, im off for my fav. activity! ....... movie, of cos! :P
caught "Nine" at shaw lido.
read that it was a 3-star in reviews and sad to say, it is really so.
such a waste. the show was let down by mediocre plot that plodded through even when it has such a stellar cast!

anyway, caught some trailers and i want to see so many movies upcoming!
movies, what will i do without them?
shows i want to catch:
1) Dear john
2) Shutter island
3) Up in the air
whoever wants to catch the above, pls date me! :)

after the show, its mad rush to pick up yz (it was already 4+pm, where did the time go?!) and then onwards to my mum's place for dinner.
i didnt even get to shop a wee bit. tsk tsk.
never mind. has agreed with mummy and hubbi that all thursdays from now on will be my free day.
hiaks.
more activities to come!
my sanity is safe. good.

CNY gathering @ ah D's hse

its the annual CNY gathering @ ah d's house yesterday!
we used to gather at my mum's place years back but since i got married, the venue has changed to ah d's house!
and his mum is a dearie, whipping up delicious dishes for us. :)

itinerary is always the same: MJ->dinner->blackjack.
wahaha.

zm, grace, gb and me reached ard 3pm to start playing MJ.
this year rule: at least 两番 then can 糊！
and we are playing 四毛，八毛 this time.
stakes higher and so hard to game. bleah.
in the end, mad DD won the most.
i lost $25. not happy.

near 6pm, the rest arrived and we proceeded to eat the yummy spread prepared by ah d's mum!
yakked tons of rubbish over dinner but can see that everyone is so glad to meet up again! :)
esp. me who has been out of action for so long! heh.

after that, its lou hei time of cos.
i love lou hei from crystal jade! yum yum.

then, its blackjack time till 12 midnight!
mad love. all of us take turns to be 庄.
lady luck is with me this time round and i managed to be the biggest winner, taking home ard $90+. :)
it helps to "buan lat" twice when its my turn to be 庄!
yay.
so its true that roosters have good 偏财运 in the year of tiger. *roar*

really fun gathering as usual.
cant wait for tanny to upload the photos taken yesterday.

anyway, its really not easy for me to make it to this gathering.
now that ive 2 little ones. @_@
childcare arrangement:
- yz was away at my mum's place as my parents wanted to bring him for a family gathering at my dad's side.
- yr was at home with pappy. can pappy handle him alone? of cos not! luckily my in-laws came to help out from late afternoon till night.
THEN, my outing was made possible.

well well.
abit bad for me to say so but i cant wait for yr to grow up soon so i can start going out soon.
hehe.

peanut baby is 1 mth old!

YR is 1 mth old today!

what a long 1 mth! almost 5 weeks then considered 1 mth old haha.

brought him to the PD for his 1 mth review.

he weighs 5.26kg and measures 59cm long now!

as compared to his birthweight of 3.52kg & 51cm long then!

PD mentioned that he is in the 97th percentile. @_@

but when i checked back to YZ's records, he was ard 5.6kg @ 6 weeks old.

so i think YR's growth will be sama sama to his gor gor.


yr's recent looks

after the PD's visit, we went to collect cakes from bengawan solo and then the afternoon was spent distributing cakes to my relatives with my mum.

very tiring! :(

but before we did that, we brought yr to shave his head botak!

we didnt do so for yz and yz's hair was pitifully little throughout his 1st 2 years.

we didnt want that for yr, though he has quite alot of hair to start with anyway.
but the hair is falling out in patches by now and he sweats so much when drinking milk! *smelly*

so off they go for the locks! heh.

alot of people commented that yr is much better looking than yz.

i was naturally defensive and retorted that they are very alike if you compare young yz with yr.

but no one believes cos they are comparing toddler yz with infant yr.

not fair.

so i went to search for yz's baby photos and yr really look like him leh.

esp. after he shaved his hair.

see below for comparison.

do you think so?


this is yr.

this is yz. he looks so different now!
so yr looks like his gor gor?

maybe yr will grow up to look like yz too?

CNY 2010

we went "bai nian" on CNY day 1 only.
1st stop: to my in-laws house! where yz played till siao with his cousin.
ok more of him disturbing his 5 year-old cousin hahaha.
2nd stop: to my big uncle's house where all my mum's side immediate family members gathered.
no exchange of ang baos though cos my maternal gramps passed away last year.
still, it was a good gathering. glad that we still do so even when por por is no longer around.

after that, its home sweet home for the ng family for i fell sick with FLU!
which triggered my asthma of cos. leaving me like a sick cat for the rest of the CNY holidays.
PUI.

ok, some photos:

not too happy yz in his CNY clothings


this is a cropped photo. hubbi is actually next to me but he looked damn ugly so crop him out. heh.

en route to uncle's house, the 2 kiddos fell asleep in their respective car seats.
haha.
now im stuck at the back, seated between the 2 babies whenever we go out.
so sianz. i want to take the steering wheel again! :(


yr. *snore*


yz with snubby nose. *snore*

年初夕夕 & 年初夕

CNY is here in a flash!

this year totally no mood cos no time to buy new clothes or much CNY goodies..

and there will be minimal house visiting for us because peanut is still very young and also of the fact that my grandmothers passed away last year.

still, reunion dinners are a must!

12.12.2010

we went back to my in-laws house for reunion dinner on 年初夕夕.

its yr's 2nd venture out since he's back from TMC (1st time being the 1st week review @ PD)!

hubbi was on leave and taking care of yr was relatively easy with an extra pair of hands at home and the elder son away @ childcare. hehe.


posing for the camera

photo with pappy & mammy! seemed not very happy hor?


ok. happier here. think must be pappy.


picked up the son from childcare! cheeky baby!

1st time in the infant car seat. not exactly excited.

oh, and 12th feb is our 8 years anniversary!! with yr's timely arrival, we didnt manage to plan anything special.

well, the husband did said "happy anniversary" to me when i was feeding yr's his midnight milk feed last night. @_@

13.12.2010
reunion dinner @ my mum's place! just a simple one.

all of us turned up in old clothes except for yz! haha.

me & the notti one

大兵小将

昨晚拉了老公去看了大兵小将。
真是个不错的决定！


兵:
梁国小兵。
看似贪生怕死，但腰间的密秘另有乾坤。
小人物，机智，卖弄小聪明，心怀一小志。
成龙演来恰恰适合。
看了不是哈哈大笑，就是会心一笑。
好久没看到大哥演回他熟悉的角色了。


将：
卫国大将，身世不简单。
大人物，高傲。冰冷的外表下有个温热的心。
王力宏演来还蛮不错呢！

一路看他们斗智斗勇，从敌对到惺惺相惜。
成龙与王力宏的搭配竟然出奇的有火花。
虽然间中有些情节有丁点牵强，某些角色看了让人起鸡皮疙瘩，
这部片子可算是近年来不俗的中文片了。

特别喜欢故事人（成龙大哥是也！）加了这一小节在戏里：
小兵一生只识二字。
大将看了只说这二字不简单。
多不简单呢？
最后才知是这两个字：太平。
妙。

spending some quiet time w yz!

new smile: 眯眯嘴

有其哥必有其弟。。

like his brother, yr's umbilical cord took the longest time to come off!
faring just slightly better, yr took THIRTEEN days as compared to yz's fourteen days. duh!
same like gor gor, it fell off during his bath.

now the pattern of being fussy at night and wanting to be carried to sleep is slowly emerging too.
at 3 weeks only. tsk tsk.

quiet and alert in the morning...

my 2 babies!

was trying to take a photo of yz last evening.
this was the result:



not nice cos he "over"-smiled.
so i told him, "北鼻，不要笑到这麽大力！"
he stopped smiling immeditely and so i said again, "笑一点点，不然不好看。".
to which he replied，"要怎麽笑？！".
LOVL.

really enjoy such little banters with him. :)


yz is almost double in height compared to yr! no worries, im sure peanut will catch up soon!

peanut showing off his kung-fu
(actually he was just pissed after a dissatisfying meal. more milk pls!)

weight updates #1

2 weeks since my delivery and im still stuck with alot of stubborn fats!
2 reasons:
1) its the old age. metabolism rate slowing down.
2) confinement food and confinement lady means i got to eat alot and rest alot. gosh.
hahah. but im not complaining. really want to 补回 my health.
this pregnancy made me realise alot of stuff about health in particular.
without health, we are really nothing.
so everyone, pls take good care of your health ok!

still, having said so, i hope i can shed the fats and resume pre-pregnancy weight soon.
ok, not so soon lah.
if it takes 9mths for me to do that last time round, i wonder how long i'll need this time?!
*shudders*

ok, 9 more KILOGRAMS to go.
gambatte, ecookie!