I am excited. Excited for the fact that we are coming to the 2nd last month of the YEAR! Thrilled that November is going to be a fabulous month, with good happenings. Though, yes, I need to be going back to work 3rd week of November. But nothing beats thinking of the things that are coming forth which are all good.
I have been having late nites, which stretches till 4-5am, that somehow cause me to have memory blocks. Whenever I think of something that requires me to act on, next moment, I can completely lost the thought and wondering what was needed for me to do? I hope I am not getting dementia at this age!
Anyway, I hope this week pass fruitfully for me, accomplishing more stuffs/projects. Soon, I need to countdown to the days I will be returning to work, being a FTWM again. Oh, ya, how I dread it but I’ve got no choice now. Boss requires me to return back to work early, and I have to ensure I have another bridge to cross over before I burn this one… How cruel am I?

Here’s a couple of photos I’ve taken yesterday and today. Sweet moments and blissful. Have a wonderful week ahead!

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Another weekend comes and I feel that the time I spend at home now pass by like tornado! URRRGH! I have so much things in mind to do and so little time. Soon, I will have to return back to workforce which I super drag… =( Wish I will be much more productive next week and Grace will be napping well in the afternoon and that will leaves me good time to do my projects.

This was taken on Wed, when I was on the bed playing with Grace. This is how she looks like now at almost 7 weeks.

We went out shopping today with my SIL. She came by our place and we decided to drop by Ngee Ann City and check out the Aut/Wint wear there. Seth was happy to be able to see his Aunt again. He missed her. We bought this Tee from Life baby and it’s really cute.

I’ve got some great finds today and so happy about it.

I read from one of the inspiring blogs, which now I forgot who was it, about Envirosax and love the funky, cool designs of the bags. They make good bags to carry around for your groceries, Ikea purchase etc. I wanted to get it from Australia but then the price wasn’t really worth it if I am including the shipping cost. And today, I manage to find the bags in the mall and sooo overjoyed and I just need to get them!

the designs look like these:

Chose the retro as then my dh can use it as well.

Also, I’ve got this little nodder! It’s very cute. It will nod or shake her head when you ask her questions (JK!). I saw this on one of the K-drama that I watching and it’s simply adorable.

We went to Mushroom Pot for our dinner with my brother and sil. And then Seth did this!


What is he thinking?! Running in diaper! What happened was, he spilled the cup of water on his lap. He refused to wear his pants after the pants were wet, it’s not that all wet but being him, very particular, he refuses and we have no choice but to take off the pants and he goes around in the diaper!
We sat near the entrance of the restaurant, and guess what?! This little guy, went on, “Shi-ni-mah-se” when someone enters. We can’t really hear what he said till he kept on repeating when someone enters. It got us laughed out loud. We’ve been bringing him too often to the Japanese restaurants.

Got a little bit tough getting Grace to sleep while we eat. Thank God, she slept after my dh rocked her in his arms and then he can have his dinner.

So much for the little update and somethings wrong with my powerbook power supply. I hope it won’t die on me, else I am going to cry like the nile river! *Pray HARD*

have a great sunday!

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Another week passed, time flies and Grace’s already 1.5 months old. It has been life changing with the new addition to the family. Juggling both the prince and princess, learning to handle the stress that comes with it. Although things can get a little crazy but the joy outweigh the stress and the tiredness. Joy of seeing how the both royalties grow and also how Seth dotes his sister. Endearing.

Tried taking the photo of Grace and me. with my PnS.

This princess of mind takan me today. She was sleeping on and off again. Aiyo. I can’t even go to the toilet to shit!! When I get up from the sofa, she’ll stir and then whine and cry. She got me stuck to her from morning till later afternoon! Can’t do much things. I’ve planned to do my mom’s alteration of shirts and clean up my mess on table and scraproom. But alas, nothing was accomplished except to do the dishes after my lunch. See how fierce this Grace is?

Yesterday, Olive Tree was busy packing the storeroom, the scraproom and getting things in order. Seth took the opportunity and rummage through the stuffs that Olive Tree took out. So he was busy entertaining himself to and fro the scraproom and living room with all the goodies he found. Will post pics of the cleared up scraproom later. (As I’ve not done my part on organising my scrap mess!)

We’ve bought a playdoh kitchen set for Seth to play last weekend at Toys R Us. It was pretty cheap and he was so happy doing cooking and feeding us with his imaginary food. and yes, it lasted only for awhile and he forgot about his kitchen set already…and into the IKEA storage box it went…..kids….

Seth picking up his vocabulary pretty fast. He can pronounce words like, Vegetables, Crocodile, butterfly, 3 syllabus words, speaks in sentences as well. An incident took place last night that got us LOL.

He was playing and for a moment, so quiet, standing in front of the fish tank. We thought what had happened.
He said, “oh no, fish died already”.

Then we looked at the tank, there wasn’t enough water for the thank, and there were tiny air bubbles blown out from the filter pipes. Olive Tree got a shock. hahhaha…it’s hilarious looking at the reaction of him as Seth kept going, “fish died already”….”fish died already”.

True enough, one of the bannerfish has died. poor thing.

So love this very official photo of our family. This shot was taken with some difficulty as Seth was very active then and was playing with the sliding door…. I have to get the position right, aim and start the self-timer, grabbed Seth and with all that, be ready for the shot! Thank God, it’s a great shot, as all of us are looking at the camera, even Baby Grace! What an accomplishment.

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Mom went home last night. That marked the end of her stay with us for my confinement period. I feel so emotional about it. It’s the same when I was in confinement after I gave birth to Seth. Geez, the heart felt so aching (though it’s only her going back home). Spending time with her during the period was filled with a minor downs but there’s no overnight grudges kinda of thing. Mom has always been taking good care of us, in terms of trying to provide us with good food, good cooking, care and love in her ways. Though at times, her demands can be quite “out of this world” but nonetheless she’s my mom.

I enjoy the period she pampered me with tonics, doing the chores for us. Her actions can be very normal but I know that things she did was out of pure concern for us. The way she brighten up when she sees Seth in the morning, when she talks to Grace while carrying her in the arms. Heartwarming. Oh, even when I am writing this, I can tear a bit. See how much I’ve missed her already?

Sometimes, we are so caught up with things around us, the circumstances, the worries, the thoughts that they engulfed our minds. We tends to take a moment and show our love for the loved ones. We forgot to show a tiny weeny bit of concern for them. Only when one is away from us, then we realize that we have not been doing this, telling that, nicer words, better treatments….. I just hope you and I will show the little thoughts of love for your loved ones, every single day, so that you live your life, without much regrets of unsaid, undone stuffs.

Have a wonderful weekend.

My little gesture of love on 5th Oct

~ buying Provence pastries for mom to bring home

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We brought Grace to the PD today. Just this morning, when she’s asleep, I placed her on the reclining rocker. Had my lunch and while I was washing up the dishes, heard that she has a few coughs. Then another few coughs followed, thought it could be Seth’s coughing as well, so didn’t check out what happened till I was done with the dishes. When I walked to the living room, nearly had a shocked. As Grace actually vomited the feed I have gave her earlier, her shirt was soaking slimy, even the rocker’s cover is and dripping. AIYO! So heartache. She kinda of vomited her phlegm out in the process, which to me is probably a good way to expel the nasty phelgm.

Olive Tree came back home around 1pm, the wait for Grace’s turn in the clinic was about 2.5hours so we left home around 3pm so that we do not have to wait for the longest time in the clinic. Dr Lilian, gave Grace a check and said that her lungs are cleared. Checking her throat can see there was phlegm. She prescribed a cough syrup, prospan with I can’t remember what’s the other combined drug for Grace. My darling princess have to take medication at this age, I felt so incompetent in taking care of her and not ensuring she’s healthy and all. So for the next 3 days, have to monitor her cough, her breathing. Will cough a bit more frequent coupled with phlegm, and hope it’ll clear up soon.

Seth and Olive Tree have already slept in the scraproom and therefore, now the master bedroom is all to Grace and me. I woke up now as Grace was having some cough and realised that she projectile vomit again in her sleep. Got her sleeves and the bed stained with milk. Why projectile? Cause the milk vomited shot towards my Pajamas as well.

For this confinement, it seems that we are not having enough rest. Have been in waking moments, checking out the elder boy last week when he was down with flu bug. Also, Seth’s nightmares. Now, need to wake up constantly to check out Grace. Tiring indeed. All I want is both my kids are well and happy. Olive Tree to completely healed from his conditions of cough, sore throat as well. Seeing all my loved ones so bugged with flu makes me very upset.

Prayer:

Jesus, you are the redeemer, the author and finisher, and you make us overcomer over all situations! These cares we cast to you and know that your promises and healings are fulfilled more than 2000 years ago in Calvary when you bear all of the sins, sickness for us! Thank you Lord for being our Savior and helper in times. Amen!

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Grace develops reflux for the past 2 days. Wonder what’s the cause of the reflux, if my milk is oversupply or is it due to the strong let-down. As when I am breasfeeding her, she’ll kinda choke herself when the let-down kicks in. I was thinking it’s just a case of choking. This morning, while we were still asleep, Grace projectile vomited and I got a shocked! Quickly cleaned her up. Realised that she has some nose dirt to be cleaned as they seems to block her breathing. They look a bit greenish-yellowish, wonder if its normal as this the first time we clean her nose since she’s back home from hospital. Whole day, she had cough a few times, though not consistent but always when I am bfg her or after her feed. It really worries me, as Seth just recovered from his flu virus. Was told to isolate both of them, but Seth’s very clinging and nightmares almost every night. Moreover now, Olive Tree’s sick as well. URRRRGH! I feel very helpless. We got to bring Grace to the PD for a check up to see if medications required for her slight cough. I can’t sleep with knowing that it may be her elder brother spreading the cough to her, since Seth loves to go near Grace and show his affection. If I keep pushing him away, he’ll feel so rejected. It’s not easy to manage.
Sleeping soundly in the afternoon. Somehow, she’s grown so fast, comparing to Seth at the same time. Probably is the difference in feeding pattern. Just love gazing at her while she sleeps, or she’s cooing, ahhhing… very cute. I know that Olive Tree wanted very much to hold and cuddle Grace since she’s born. But prior to all Seth’s ailment, he was down with cough and now, after taking care of Seth most of the time, he is down again with flu and really bad inflammatory throat. Totally heartache to see him in this state.

While this little guy, have been giving us quite a fair bit of headache since the arrival of Grace. Today’s he went back to his “refusing food” manner. I don’t know if it’s due to the fact that daddy’s home, and he starts to TAKAN his daddy by not listening to our instructions/nags. It’s frustrating enough. End up, Olive Tree is too sick to even bother about him and went to take a nap instead. Aiyo. I am so torn between the two kids. One moment, I wanna show my care and concern for Seth, next moment, I need to bfg Grace, change her diapers and all, but I have to bear in mind to keep myself as hygiene as possible, so that means, my contact with Seth has to be kept to minimal, else I will always run to toilet and dettol my hands and arms before I handle Grace. So these days, my hands are super dry!

Yes, if only, everyday, Seth can sit down and read a book himself, be as obedient, I would be so much more peaceful. Too dreamy…

Our prayers to God that the diseases and sickness leaves us and we claim the promises of Psalm 91!! AMEN!

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See the resemblance? Except for the hair, I feel both of them do look alike at newborn stage. Cute!

Grace @ week 2

Have a wonderful week ahead!

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