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Happy 4 months old Darling!!

Aiden turned 4 months yesterday!! How time flies! I feel I'm missing so much of his progress not being there by his side everyday! My mum, knowing how much I missed him, gives me a detailed report everyday of his progress..... I can't wait for the day when I can bring him back here for good, and have him by my side 24/7... Don't think it'll be anytime soon though...

Been really down these past few weeks.. Nothing seems to be going my way, be it at work or my personal life... my only bright spark is little Aiden boy.. He's the only thing right now that makes this depressing world a little brighter, makes life a little more worthwhile to live on.. Right now, I'm only looking towards the weekends when I can see him, touch him, hug him, kiss him...

Aiden's milestone so far:

1) Aiden lifted his head by himself even before he is one month old! Thus earning the nickname Stiff-Neck from my mum..

2) He started smilling slightly after his first month. This son of mine is one cool bugger. He hardly smile, but when he does... Awwww.. it'll melt your heart.

3) He started talking at about 2 months.. his vocab has doubled since. Just recently, he kept going 'Buuu Buuu' when he wants to be carried.

4) He flipped on his own just last week! And he will drag him self a couple of inches forward when he's on the mattress. So amazing!!

Aiden's Birth Story

It's really hard to imagine two such imperfect people could create such a perfect little thing. We were anticipating Aiden's arrival since the day we knew we were pregnant. But as the days drew nearer, everything seems surreal! It's very hard to imagine the both of us as parents. But the moment when he first popped out, all worries and self doubts we had before just vanished. Our lives are now complete...

I've actually asked Aiden if he'd prefer coming on the 6th (060708 - nice number), 7th (070708 - It's Junior's birthday, we were wondering if Aiden wanted to share his birthday with gor gor) or the 8th (080708 - hehe.. just fancy this date too). Of course, as usual this little naughty boy of mine did not response. He's probably thinking he should be the one deciding as and when he should appear, not us.. Lol.

July 5th 2008
Have had Braxton Hicks the past few days. But I was telling Aiden not to make his appearance today. It's because I wanted to attend Junior's 1 year old birthday party! And I did! Angel kept saying that Aiden's probably waiting to come out on the 7th. I told Aaron, 7th also good la.. cos Pearl, Daniel and Sarah was in town that weekend. I wanted to meet her the next day.

July 6th 2008
I was feeling great. No signs of baby coming out. We went ahead and met up with Pearl, Daniel and Sarah. Pearl's pregnant again with her 2nd child! So happy for them. Spend the day eating! Had Katong Laksa for lunch then we went over to Hagen Daz for ice cream. I was eating up a storm! Went home and still no signs that baby is coming anytime soon.. Discussed with my Mum, and because I kept having the feeling that baby's gonna pop out soon, she agree to come over the next day.

July 7th 2008
Dunno why, but everybody seems to think that today's the day.. Aaron called every other minute from work, asking me if I'm feeling anything.. No lehz.. Just Aiden kicking away in the tummy. Aaron went to pick up my Mum after work. When she arrived, I told Aiden.. ok.. Grandma's here.. you can come out le.. He responded with a kick!

July 8th 2008
After anticipating for so many days.. I guess the both of us lost a little of the enthusiasm. Aiden just might have decided to wait till his due date, which was still 5 days away. Aaron called less often today, I guess he's more assured now that he knows that my mum is with me. As for me, I was making plans with my Mum to go shopping the next day. Aaron had a dinner function that night, so he was home rather late.

July 9th 2008
2.30am - Aiden woke me up with a really hard kick. Patted my tummy for some time but he refused to settle down. Decided to go pee, hoping he'll settle after a while. The moment I stood up.. water leaked out! I stood there, panicked for a while then quickly rushed into the bathroom. I called out the Aaron, 'It's time!' He jumped out of the bed immediately. 'You sure?' Wow.. this is the first time I've seen him so alert straight after waking up! Just then a bigger puddle of water splashed out. Yes, I'm sure..

3.30am - After bathing, we woke my Mum up to inform her, then made our way to the hospital. I was worry about not having something to eat, because I was feeling a little hungry by then. Made Aaron stop at the petrol station to get me a drink and some bread. When we arrived at the hospital, I was wheeled to the temporary ward. All the way there, the amniotic water was still leaking.. I thought that when the water bag burst, the water would come out all at once. Apparently I thought wrong. It was really messy..

5.30am - I've started having contractions since 3 plus, but it was really mild and was about 5-6mins apart. While in the temporary ward, I was really distracted by the lady next to me (we were separated only by a curtain). There she was, moaning so loudly.. she seemed to be in a lot of pain.. *Shudders*.. Some nurses came in and wheeled her away. A few minutes later I was wheeled into the labour ward as well. Yay! I was re-united with Aaron. He brighten up at the sight of the armchair.. probably thinking he can have his nap there later.

6am - Doctor came in to check and I was only 1cm dilated. The pain was increasing by then, but still bearable. The nurse asked if I wanted breakfast. Yes! I was hungry! But by the time the food arrived, the pain has worsen, and I've lost my appetite! Ate a little, then past it all to Aaron. He finished it up, then told me he's still hungry. I told him to go have his breakfast first. He went off and I managed to take a nap.

1pm - The pain was getting really bad. Took laughing gas, but besides of making me high and had me laughing deliriously, the pain did not subside. Yes, I was in great pain but laughing away..
Had a jab on the thigh too.. that didn't work either..
Then they had the nerve to send me lunch, I felt like throwing it back to them.. Who in the world would want to eat when their in so much pain! Oh.. Aaron ate it..
I was thinking this is probably it! The doctor's coming soon, and baby will come out and yay! I can rest! The nurse came and check on me, then told us I was only 2cm dilated!!!! What the... this is not it?!?!?! Baby is not coming yet? She smiled and told me worse has yet to come.. OMG!!! Give me epidural now!!!!!!

3pm - The doctor who administer me the epidural came and went.. I was in bliss.. It took away 85% of the pain, which was a big deal. Managed to catch some sleep. Aaron did too..

7.30pm - Doctor came and check.. I'm fully dilated! The nurses told me to push.. So there I was.. pushing, and pushing... and pushing.. OMG.. I was totally exhausted.. and my gyne wasn't even here yet... The nurse was supporting me on my right and Aaron was holding on to me on my left. I remember the nurse kept giving me lots of encouragements.. I kept on nodding to her then turn to Aaron and tell him I can't do it. Aaron kept patting me.. At one point I think I actually doze off from exhaustion!

8.15pm - Doctor finally here.. She said 'Let's do it! Push!' Geez.. what did she think I was doing the past 45mins? So, I pushed and pushed and pushed..

Aiden finally made his appearance at 8.34pm and no, I didn't cry when I first saw him.. I think I was too tired to do so.. So that was it.. after more than 15 hours of labor.. we finally met our son! :)

p/s: The next day a lady came and did a survey asking at the scale of 1 to 10, how do I rate the epidural, I give it a full 10/10.. because I felt it saved my life.. I couldn't imagine going through so many hours of labour without it. I guess my threshold of pain was really low.. anyway, my salutes to all mummies who managed to give birth naturally without anesthesia. You guys are amazing!

Hello!

It's been EONS since I update! I've been fine if you're wondering... Piglet Chan and his daddy is doing well too..

Many things happened during my absence from this blog..

*Two of my uncles past away recently. It's like a gloom cast over our otherwise sunny world.. While 3 of us cousins are preparing the arrival of our little ones, another is preparing for his ROM next month, we are to face the passing of our closed ones as well..

*Mum and Dad went on a crazy shopping spree in Shanghai recently.. they came back with tons of gifts for everyone. I got some jade accessories and a set of the Beijing Olympic 2008 mascot plushes! How cool is that! Aaron received a few really nice T-shirts and even Piglet Chan received two pairs of leather made shoes! Will update with pics on these..

*I'm a waddling BLIMP right now.. Piglet Chan is approximately 2kgs from our last check up. The tummy is getting really heavy, and I get tire just walking from the kitchen to the bedroom.. Ok lah.. that's a bit exaggerated... but I do get tire easily.. To top it up, I've been bugged with flu, cough and sore throat this past week.. Lost my voice the past few days.. In the better days, I'm just a bloated, bulbous-nosed, waddling blimp.. suffice to say I'm not in a great shape now.. Haha! Other than that, I'm actually doing great! Can't wait for the arrival of Piglet Chan..

*Yup! We still can't decide on the name for Piglet Chan.. We've got so many feedbacks from family and friends, it's a little confusing right now.. And I'm telling you.. Piglet Chan doesn't react to any names other than.. Piglet Chan! Oh dear..

*Piglet Chan is constantly letting his presence known.. He kicked everytime his daddy talks and put his face near him.. He'd also acknowledged his XiaoYi, my sis.. It's funny looking at their reactions everytime he kicked!

*Cousin Don is getting ROM next month! Anna and Dave in August! Raymond, Aaron's work buddy is having his AD next month as well! Congratulations all! This waddling blimp have got nothing to wear!!

*Cousin Eldon and Adelyn's precious is scheduled to arrive late next month too! After that will be my turn.. Arghh.. 46 more days to go.. The thought of it.. *shudders*.. I can't wait to see Piglet Chan.. but I'm not sure I'm ready to go through the birthing process.. yet..

*We're supposed to have packed everything for the hospital stay by now.. but.. nope.. nothing's done yet.. haha! I don't know what we're waiting for..

*Aaron's been really really busy lately.. with work.. Poor thing's been working really hard so that Piglet Chan will have a better environment to live in when he's out! That is why he have not been blogging lately.. All this Mummy and son can do is to give moral support.. Sweetie.. Jia You!!

*We've bought loads of stuffs for Piglet Chan.. My mum say we're already spoiling him before he's even born! Haha.. I've yet to buy necessities like diapers, milk powder.. but he'd already have so many toys and clothing.. Ha..

*Ooohhh.. I nearly forgot.. I hit my big 3-0 this year! I'm no longer in my twenties.. Lol! Hubby took me to this really nice Thai restaurant at Railway Mall call Sweet Salty Spicy and we have Wagyu Beef! Yummy! Picture's in Hubby's phone.. I'll post them up.. one day..

*Sis came over to stay for a week while Mum and Dad were away in Shanghai. It was fun having this whirlwind of a girl around for company.. I didn't realised how alone I was these days.. That one week past by really fast and before we know it, Mum and Dad are back...

That's about it.. The flu's really pulling me down.. Feeling really drowsy now.. Haha.. Think I'll go take a nap (never in a million years thought I'd say that at 12pm!).. Will update soon.. Ciao!

We're having a BOY!!! We've started some shopping and shortlisted a few names. Baby is constantly kicking everyday! And he have opinions too! We were at the Taka Baby Fair past Sunday, and he kicked non stop when we picked up some things for him.. Hubby said he's telling us which to choose and not to.. Ha! Sometimes, when I was laughing, it felt like he wanted to chew his way out of my tummy! Haha!
Cousin Chia Ling came over for a visit to Singapore.. We haven't met for dunno how many donkey years! And she still looks the same! Hubby said that talkative-ness really runs in the family.. we were talking like there's no tomorrow! Ha! It was really great to catching up with her after all these years..
Met up with the usual Makan Gang for dinner at Finalmente Gastromania. Hubby wrote about the place the first time we went with Chia Ling here. Had lots of fun catching up with the gang... Hope we'll be going out for another makan outing soon..
Hubby and me went to catch The Leap Years last Sunday! It was a good show! Typical romantic story, but I like it! I wanna read the book now..
Have been reading up on the elections in Malaysia, biggest upset ever for Barisan Nasional (BN)! Mum's hated MIC head honcho is OUT! Happy her! Man.. now I wished I went back and did my part for my country too! Who knows.. my vote could've made an even bigger impact! Haha!
Hubby will be away for the week due to work.. Haiz.. had a sleepless night last night! Unlike mum and sis, I don't suffer insomnia. I just don't believe in sleeping too much because, to me, sleeping more than 8 hours a day means we're wasting a lifetime away (how long do you think one can live?)... Before me and Hubby were together, I slept less than 6 hours everyday and Hubby must have at least a 9 hours of a good night sleep with naps in between in the day! Now, we meet halfway, I take normal hours night sleep and Hubby gave up on his naps.. except when he's away for work! I can't seem to get a proper night rest when Hubby's not around... I wouldn't worry normally, but now have to consider my little one....
Laptop's been acting crazy nowadays.. I think it's gonna conk out on us anytime now.. I'm already telling Hubby what kind of laptop I want next.. But must save money for the baby... We've more or less decided on the stroller, playpen, car seat and many many other stuffs we wanna get... so that will have to be the priority! So, we're keeping our fingers crossed the laptop won't decide to die anytime soon..
Been having some mood swings lately.. One minute I'll be happy and the next, worried.. sometimes sad.. This is especially bad when Hubby's not around.. Mum and Sis kept reminding me not to let my mood effect me.. So, I'm keeping myself occupy.. by watching TV.. I should do the housework instead.. but I'm too lazy! Ha! I'm coping.. so no worries.. just that maybe sometimes I need somebody to talk to.. and Hubby's not easy to reach when he's at work.. I guess it's times like this I wish my family just lives around the corner.. :)

That's all.. Ciao!

Chingay Parade at Woodlands.

We were just turning into our car park just now, when the parade came along the main road of our house! They buzzed by so quickly I didn't managed to get a good look, so Hubby turned the car and chased after the parade! We caught them along Drive 70 and had a good look at the floats! It brings back those fond memories when Mum and Dad brought me to watch the Chingay parade in Penang along Gurney Drive every Chinese New Year. I was still very young then, but I could still remember those beautifully lighted floats. They look very much bigger then though, maybe I was much smaller then, or have the floats shrunk? Hmm...
Managed to catch a couple of pictures using Hubby's phone when the parade stopped for a while at the junction. As you can see there were lots of people!

..:::People mountain people sea:::..

..:::An F1 Float:::..

Happy Birthday Hubby!

It's Hubby's birthday today.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE!! Me and our little 'darling' celebrated with him at home today.. Here's a little something I did for Hubby for his birthday..

..:::Chocolate coated Strawberries:::..

It's my first try, and I obviously needs more practice. Hubby, being his usual chivalrous self said they looked wonderful and tasted great..

My Valentine..

Didn't do much, I slept the afternoon away, teach at home in the evening, while Hubby prepared dinner... the result:

..:::The centerpiece:::..

..:::Dinner:::..

Hubby made mushroom soup, main course consists of Ratatouille, apple cheese sausage and bacon wrapped tenderloin with mushroom sauce. We substituted the wine with Ribena, because Hubby said I had too much wine during CNY back home.. :( Hubby even bought passion fruit and cream for dessert but I was too full to have them.. Ha!
The utensils were placed that way because I'm left handed.. in case some of you haven't noticed..

After dinner we settled down and watch The Amazing Race Asia and after that it's off to bed! That's how we spend our Valentine's, at home and inexpensively.. thanks to Hubby! Love you sweetie..

Rockapella and Deepavali..

We went to the Rockapella concert at the Esplanade a fortnight ago.. I've loved their work since I first heard their Christmas compilation 3-4 years ago.. So, it was my greatest pleasure to be able to watch them live.. After the show, me and Anna queued up for autograph from these 5 man band..

We had lots of fun! Rockapella, please come again soon! Ha~!

We spent Deepavali roasting Tandoori drumlets for dinner..

We made a lot~!~! Because we included Anna and Dave.. but they didn't come back that day... and in the end Hubby and me finished everything!!! LOL!!

Happy Halloween!

Hubby and I decided to do some pumpkin carving today... As it's halloween, most places have already ran out of pumpkins for sale. So, we made a few phone calls to Cold Storages around our area and later found out that King Albert Park's branch have some pumpkins left for sale. We made a quick trip there.. When we arrived there, there's still a number of giant pumpkins, a couple of medium pumpkins and a few small ones.. They also have really tiny ones with printed face and feather on them.. really cute. The good news was all pumpkins were on 25% off the original prices.. Guess it was a good idea to do pumpkin shopping last minute.

..:::The giant pumpkins and the tiny one:::..

We went home with a medium sized pumpkin and a small one. This was the first time we ever carved a pumpkin, so, we weren't sure that it'll work.. I've printed the stencils for the pumpkins earlier on. After dinner, we started work. Here's our results:

..:::The small one's a bat and the big one's a looney pumpkin:::..

..:::The lights off:::..

It's much easier to clean and carve a larger pumpkin.. the small one is really difficult to clean.. Needless to say we were both happy with our work.. It's really easy, but time consuming.. but we both had loads of fun..

Next year, we'll do it earlier so that we can decorate the front part of the house..

..:::Arghh! Hear me roar!:::..

Happy Halloween!

The Kids..

The small one is my student, after lesson, waiting for his mum. The big one, well... you know who.. both so engrossed in an online game on my laptop... so kiddy... I mean the big one.. Ha!!

More pictures..

I'll upload soon on Flikr. Then you guys can download from there.. Bear with me.. Ha!I know I'm slow..

Meantime, enjoy..

DINNER NIGHT 1

DINNER NIGHT 2

Half A Year Late...

Ha! Better late than never.. Enjoy..

More to come..

Botak Jones's Coming to Woodlands!

Read it from 9

Hubby, you hear that?!?!?!

Lol.. he'll be whopping around!

Sigh.. haven't had the mood to blog since hubby left for Taiwan.. He'll be back in less than two weeks though.. :) Miss you baby...

Might be baking again tomorrow.. will post some pics if I do..

Ciao!

Bye Bye, Love...

Hubby just left for Taiwan... missing you already baby! Be safe and come back soon... and don't forget my pressies!!

Darthsalacious in the Papers!

Hubby's post on CPL Dave Teo was featured in Digital Life. You can read more here.

Lunch Today...

Hubby came home unexpectedly early today.. so we were able to have lunch together...

..:::Mutton Satay and Cheese Sausages with Brown Rice:::..

That's what was in the refrigerator...

Appreciating whatever time I can spend with Hubby.. because next month he'll be in Taiwan for work for a whole month! SOB!

More photos...

Everybody have one.. so hubby bought one for me too... Shrek ears!

...:::My Lilo doll wearing the ears:::...

...:::When she's not wearing shrek ears, she's a bunny:::...

...:::Close shot of Scrump:::...

Went fishing with Hubby again today. Didn't catch anything but got some shots..

...:::Punggol.. there's lots of fishing fanatics there:::...

...:::Hubby's tamban got chomped off:::...

...:::The Chomp Chomp Monster bit off the whole body and left the head!:::...

...:::My new beginner's rod from hubby:::...

That's all! Going to watch Shrek 3 tomorrow.. can't wait.. will update again soon.. till then, Ciao!

Just photos...

Yeah.. there's a lot to tell about but I'm lazy to type.. so I'm gonna let the pictures do the talking..

My sis's 21st birthday came and went...

The cuppies I made for her.. with Anna's help of course..

We tried making green tea cupcake.. a great success!

Went fishing with hubby....

The Picnic, the Sprain and a Whole lots of cakes...

The first weekend after the wedding was blissfully relaxing.. we lazed around till rather late in the morning, had our breakfast and Aaron headed off to his bi-monthly football with his pals. He sprained his knee that day, more on that later...

I was at home getting ready the ingredients for the garden salad pasta we planned to bring for the picnic. The picnic was a last minute plan after we came across the advertisment SRT's 'Shakespeare in the Park' - A MidsummerNight's Dream. We went to Ballet under the Stars sometime back and had a wonderful time.. so, we gathered some close friends and bought the tickets for the play.

By the time Aaron was back, Anna was also on her way back from work. A phone call from her asking if we wanted lunch, Aaron replied, "I'm still quite full lehz.. maybe a munchy.. One BIG MAC MEAL.. UPSIZE PLEASE!"... lol...

Hubby, tanned from fishing the previous day..

By early evening we made our way to Fort Canning. It was a warm evening.. You can't even feel a little wind.. The spotlights around the area didn't help either..
We chose a spot rather near to the stage, thinking that it would be a good spot to watch the play.. how wrong we were.. the play revolves around you.. walkways were built right till the end. The best place to be seated would be right in the middle.. in front of the mini stage..
It was still a great show though.. I've not came in contact with Shakespeare ever since secondary school. A MidsummerNight's Dream was one of the play I remembered reading but have little memory of...
Check out hubby's review on the evening here and Josephine's here.
All in all it was an enjoyable evening.. something we would definitely like to do more often..

Pretty rainbow in the park

I was talking about the sprain earlier on.. Aaron got a nasty kick from someone he played football with and sprained his knee.. I didn't know about it, he probably thought it was not a big deal... boy was he wrong, by late evening, after the play, he couldn't even stretch his leg! He had to limp all the way to the car park and from our apartment's carpark to the house... The best thing was, he didn't see the doctor until tuesday.. because he was too busy at work on monday.. It was probably he couldn't bear the pain any longer, by then, you can see the swell around the knee area and when you touch the area it was tout and hot. The doctor said there's some damage on the ligaments, nothing that rest won't cure.. Some painkillers and a week's mc in his hands, he limped back home.. The next few days, he was the King of the House.. nahh... he'd pretty much took care of himself.. as he always does.. It was great having him around more often though.. The week came and went in a blink.. and he's back to work today..

After the success of the cupcakes we had.. me and Anna decided to take on something a little harder.. since Mother's Day was around the corner, we had these made..

The cake I decorated for my Mum.

This was done by Aaron.. not bad for a first timer huh..

Aaron helped around in the kitchen. Now, he's a professional in making chocolate ganache, the topping for the cake. Needless to say, both our mums were impressed with our decorating skills..

My sis, Jo, drew this of my mum on her Mother's Day card.. pretty decent actually..

I'm so psyched with baking right now, that I've decided to bake cakes for the rest of the year for every special occasions.. hur hur... people beware..

Here's more cakes.. done by Nana:

For Mother's Day..

Dave's Birthday Cake

What was, What is, What will be....

Happy 4 months old Darling!!

Aiden's Birth Story

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Chingay Parade at Woodlands.

Happy Birthday Hubby!

My Valentine..

Rockapella and Deepavali..

Happy Halloween!

The Kids..

More pictures..

Half A Year Late...

Botak Jones's Coming to Woodlands!

Bye Bye, Love...

Darthsalacious in the Papers!

Lunch Today...

More photos...

Just photos...

The Picnic, the Sprain and a Whole lots of cakes...

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