Sharlene's 1st month

We had a small celebration for Sharlene's 1st month on Sunday.:)
How time flies! A month has passed... It's seems fast but also slow at certain times.
It's fast now that aunty is here... I'm sure it'll slow down once she leaves. I'm still not sure how we will cope when she goes off :(
Days n nights of insanity will be back... Sigh!
God give 'me strength!!
I often tell myself I can do it... I can balance two kids. But when chaos strikes, I'm really not sure anymore.:((


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A note for dear Samuel

Hi my dear little boy!

Just a note that mummy misses you very much. I hope when u read this when you are bigger, you will understand better what was going on when your mei mei Sharlene was born.
Mummy and Daddy both love you a lot. We put you with Grandma so that you will be well taken care off while mummy and daddy try our best to cope with mei mei. She's very small and not easy to look after now.
Plus you are not well and can't be too near mei mei in case she gets your germs.
We hope you will love mei mei as much as we love you too! I'm sure mei mei will grow to love kir kor samuel n mummy looks forward to the day both of you can play together.
Miss my cheerful little boy n see you soon my dear! Muack :*

Love, mummy.

The 11/11/11 baby

Little Sharlene chose her own birthdate. A nice date it is!:)
We had one false alarm to the hospital and a night of bad contractions for mummy before her grand entrance.
Went to the hospital on 11/11 at 10+ am after Sammy went to sch.
Nothing much took place between that till 5pm when dr Ong came, except for a nasty 'anema-dustbin' incident and mummy requesting for epidural around 1.
We were glad we manage to get dr chong in the end after all it was a busy day of births.:) painless epidural!! Yay!
So we waited... 5cm after epidural... Then dr Ong ordered a drip n we moved along to 6cm...
At 5pm when he came he said baby was ready to be out! What a surprise!
So everything was made ready n Dr Ong assisted with forceps so as not to stress mummy's previous csection wound n with 2 big pushes out came the little girl Sharlene with a loud cry!
3.1kg n 52cm long!:))
Smooth delivery we thank God for! N we also got a single bed rm that we hoped for!
God is great!:)

Waiting game

On Saturday, my mucus plug came out... Although I haven't had any contractions as yet apart from the occasional Braxton hicks, seems we might not hv to wait too long for the little girl's arrival.
Samuel seems way clingier than ever, and it cant help but make me feel he's picking up some 'arrival vibes' too.
So here we are, playing the waiting game... Seeing which birth date the little girl would like to pick. Meanwhile I'm trying to psych myself up for the 'action' ahead! (gulp!)

123, abc, why n mine!

At 26 months, samuel is now able to count from 1-10. He's getting a hang if his ABCs too. It's really entertaining to watch/hear him.:)
He's has also leant to say "mine!" and "why??". These are a bit scary... :p


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Week 37

We are in week 37 now and according to the ultrasound, lil girl is 2.8kg this week. This is making mummy rather worried that she'll b a big bb.
Off late she's been rather active... Maybe coz it's getting kinda cramped in there.
Hmmm, Think we have everything more or less ready for her arrival...
Look, I even made her some bitty booties!:)

Trying TCM

Brought Samuel to the TCM, YuGuo again today as his cough was not getting better. Sigh!

There was a long wait as there were many other kids there.



Here he is getting his Tui Na(massage). He's quite alright as long as they don't touch his face.
They massaged his hand, tummy, chest and back.
Hope it'll help him sleep better and get well soon coz I really dun like giving him so much medications :/

Samuel's 2nd birthday

Ooops! Mummy forgot to post some pics of Samuel's 2nd birthday! Being preggy makes u tired n forgetful :p




Got him a cute Shinkansen themed cake :) this was from pine gardens.



He got a little wooden train set on his birthday morning. He was most pleased when he opened it!:) check out the Cheeky grin!


Here's the lucky birthday boy posing with all his presents!:)

We brought him to little ozone in the afternoon for some fun since it was his birthday :)



Having some fun on the slide with daddy!:)

Fat baby??

Went for my 33rd week check up today and what a surprise we got! Dr Ong said that little girl is about 2.4kg this week! Eeeks! He's worried she's piling on weight too fast so now mummy has to watch her food intake -_-" have to watch the sugar and carbs intake especially... Hmm is that why she's been hyper off late? Too much sugar? Sept was month of birthdays... So I guess that was partly responsible... :/

Dun grow too fat little girl! Hehee

Germs n more germs

Starting Sammy in childcare hasn't been going smoothly. First he was bullied(mummy actually cried with him at the same time), then bitten(heart pain!) n now he's been unwell from some bug he picked up there.



Separation anxiety has also kicked in and by the 2nd week he's crying once the building is within sight. In fact he cries when he has to put in his uniform.
Geez this is really harder than we had initially imagined.
But it's nice to spy on him from
Outside the class window and see him enjoying class (once he's gotten over crying n us leaving him there) n playing with his little friends.



Really wonder if we shd continue with this or not... Sigh...


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Samuel is 2 today!;)

Samuel turns 2 today... How time flies! I'm not sure if he understands what a birthday is yet, but we're sure he loves opening presents and going wow!! I hope he understands and appreciates his gifts.


Here he is surrounded by his little stash of gifts.
Since it was his special day, we brought him out for some fun despite daddy's busy schedule. I think he had fun!:)

We are GD free this time round

We passed the very much dreaded GD test this time after much fretting n worrying on mummy m's part! Yay!
Now this is really good news, Coz now mummy m can have her (birthday) cake and eat it!:)

Just bad timing

Tomorrow is Sammy's 2nd birthday party and after lots of planning and arrangements, we may not be having a party afterall as he's down with a fever and dribbly nose!:((
Sigh, really hope he will be better tomorrow in time for his party!
Keeping our fingers crossed!!



- Sammy: I hope I get well real soon!!

Sharlene？

There's been quite a few nods to Sharlene so far...
But I'm still in KIV mode.

Did our first 4D scan last week and I think she might be looking a little like her big brother. :)
She's really active though... waved, pulled the umbilical cord, sucked her thumb and turned here and there. maybe she knew she was on camera! :P

Come end of the month will be the dreaded GD test... so not looking forward to it at all! :(

Flutters and kicks

This I really missed when Samuel popped out!
But looks like little girlie here is quite a kicker and some night she'll keep me awake with her 'kungfu' practice.
She'll dutifully remind me when she is hungry with her flutters and kicks and some days when she gets squashed by her big brother on the outside she'd protest too!
So poor mummy... bashed both ways, inside and out!

Names.... this is tough

We're stuck thinking of a name for the little girl....
I'd like to have another 'S'... to go with Samuel! :)

But not much nice 'S' names it seems. Sigh! :S
Names we've picked out so far:

Stella
Sharlene
Samantha (my sis likes this one lots... 2 Sams!!)

Going to keep looking for now....

Here we go again

Geez, i never really thought about all the things I'd have to go through a 2nd time round.. and I mean ALL the things...
Current woe, constipation! :(

Geez I had forgotten about the times spent stuck on the 'throne' when I was preggies with Samuel.
At first I thought maybe I am being spared this time round, but no... it's back to haunt me... :(

I really got to try remembering to take more fluids and fiber this time!
I hate being stuck in the loo for such long times! I could have been doing so much more other stuff!!

Its a GIRL!!

Okay, so today we found out the news.... number 2 is a little girlie!! :)
Samuel is going to have a little sister :)

Watch this space!

Stayed tuned for new updates... :P

Kids these days start early :P

If Samuel could speak, I think he'd be talking about his favorite playmate Charlotte very often.
Maybe its coz they get to hang out quite often.. or maybe it's her big eyes... or her fishball cheeks?
I guess I can only wait till he can speak to ask him :)
Its cute to see him following happily behind after her... how he laughs when he sees her laugh and how they interact with each other with their actions.
Awwwww..... ❤❤❤ :)

Long over due update

Hehehe... okay, being a parent to an active 18 month old doesn't really leave you with much time on your hands. (this explains the long lull in posts)
Ok, I will try to post more often from now. Try!! :P
Here's an update on the little one. (Love the Shabby Chic frames!) :)

Here's definitely not a baby anymore.
He potters around the house, giving commands to his minions.
He mimics their actions rather accurately too.
Well, he's yet to call his minions by their proper names yet.
He says 'bird' and 'mum mum' most often.
Then there's the occasional 'ball' 'bread' 'duck'.... and the usual 'mmmmm' 'ahhhh'
Its tough when you can't speak much.
it makes the minions look really inefficient, trying hard to guess what you want.