Kaden received yet another present from Mummy friends, the Sunshine Gang this year... And it is a automatic scooter...
Look at the all smiles Kaden and you can tell how happy he is... =D
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
More About Reyes... (Compliments from iPhone Apps)
Ever since Sean introduced me to apps on iPhone that can be used to edit photos, I am hooked... I downloaded a couple of more free apps to try them out and I can say I am very happy with the result...
Here's an update of my little prince, compliments from the photo editing apps from iPhone =D
This is the little feet of my 2nd prince... Aren't the toes long?
The grandparents commented that the "longish" toes are like Mummy more than Daddy...
Reyes had more hip-cups than Kaden when they were young. Here's a method passed down by the great great grandparents on how to curb hip-cups...
Holding on to the milk bottle with Mummy's aid before turning one month old... Reyes, Mummy won't snatch your milk bottle away... ke ke ke...
Finally, a picture of Reyes smiling...
Reyes' best activity... Nap time after milk...
Kaden Turns 3
Kaden just turned 3 recently on 2nd June and we had 2 separate celebrations for him this year.
Part 1 of the Birthday Celebration… At School…
We had always enrolled Kaden in schools that follow the MOE time table; hence his birthday celebration always fell within the school holiday, which meant that Kaden had never celebrated his birthday in school before.
This year, we wanted Kaden to have a taste of a birthday celebration in school; hence I decided to celebrate his birthday during the last week of school term on 21st May. It was weeks before his actual birthday and I was still in my confinement after giving birth to DiDi but we decided to go ahead anyway. I managed to sneak out for my dearest Kaden too after seeking approval from Dear, so that Kaden won’t be disappointed.
We ordered mini cupcakes as his birthday cake from Sweetest Moments and I also prepared some goodies bags for him to distribute to his classmates.
Kaden went to school dressed smartly and you should see the happy smiles that he had on his face, while we prepared the cupcakes, Kaden blowing out the candles and him distributing the goodies bags.
Next year, I will definitely celebrate Kaden’s birthday in school again.
Part 2 of the Birthday Celebration… At Home…
When Kaden turned 2, we held a BBQ for him. We invited our friends and their kids from CLDDs and ZHSS. Our dear Ah Yee even made a birthday banner for him. This year, I was still doing my confinement on Kaden’s actual birthday, so we held a mini celebration for him instead.
We ordered a cake from Pine Garden and this year, the theme is carebears. We ordered mini buffet and we invited our immediate families as well as our best pals, House of Js and Baoling to celebrate his birthday with us.
Although the scale of the celebration is smaller, the kids did enjoy themselves with the beautiful cake, the scooters and all the other toys in the room.
Well, as long as Kaden is happy, we will do everything for him.
Kaden, Daddy & Mummy wish you Happy Birthday… May you 身体健康, 快高长大, 开开心心.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Brotherly Love
We had been a little worried about Kaden's acceptance of his little brother but all the worries were unnecessary.
Coming to one and a half month since Reyes joined the Lim Family, Kaden had been very good to Reyes... Kaden is like our little helper. I guess this is what they call Brotherly Love !!!
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Final moments of... Confinement... Hurray...
Today marks the last day of my confinement since I last gave birth to Reyes on 09th May 2012. Finally... after tonight, I am going to have a good bath 1st thing tomorrow morning.
This confinement is very different from my previous one, despite the fact that I'm having the same Confinement Aunty. During my 1st confinement, we were not staying with dear parents, hence the Confinement Aunty had lots of freedom on handling Kaden and taking care of me. Our parents would only visit us regularly. During these visits, my MIL would occasionally expressed her dislikes over the fact that Kaden drank his milk too slowly and the Confinement Aunty did not warm up the milk. However, all the displeasure ended during the last day of my confinement when Confinement Aunty went home.
For my 2nd confinement, as I'm now staying with my in-laws, before dear and I engage the same Confinement Aunty , we actually consulted my-laws if it will be alright to engage the same Confinement Aunty. With their blessing, we went ahead for the booking. I thought I can have a good rest during my one month of confinement but sigh... That's when all the ultimate troubles began...
Barely 9 days into my confinement, my in-laws barged into our room, with my FIL very angry and pissed off and my MIL super upset, with tears almost flowing down her eyes... They had a long list of things about the Confinement Aunty that they disliked...
Here's some of the complaints...
(1) Confinement Aunty was mistreating my little Reyes i.e. feeding him to much milk and pinching Reyes till his face was filled with red little dots whenever he emerged from bathing...
(2) Confinement Aunty always locked herself & Reyes in the room, with Reyes crying out loudly but denying their entrance into the room... In fact, my FIL commented that the Confinement Aunty was resting more than me who had just given birth
(3) Confinement Aunty pushed all her duties of taking care of mine and Reyes' laundry to my maid. In fact, my maid claimed that the Confinement Aunty even asked her to wash her clothes
(4) Confinement Aunty is very unhygienic i.e. did not use baby liquid detergent to wash the milk bottles
The list actually went on and on and on, till it came to a point that Dear and I decided that to prevent further conflict between the Confinement Aunty and my in-laws, as well as not to make the relationship between ourselves and the parents... We decided to request the Agency to take back the Confinement Aunty.
The agency offered a choice, either to exchange a new Confinement Aunty or just terminating the services totally. After talking to my mum, I decided to just do the confinement myself... What I was afraid of is with a new Confinement Aunty, history might repeats itself...
In the end, on the 10th day, I continued with my confinement without a Confinement Aunty. Luckily, my mum and my MIL helped me out for the rest of the 3 weeks. My mum actually cooked my confinement meals for me, bathed little Reyes and came over at night to help me look after Reyes, so that I could have a good night sleep. My MIL would helped me to cook my soup and made my red dates drink. I, myself would look after Reyes in the day.
With the combined power of the 3 Mummies, finally we reached the last day of my confinement. Tonight. I will be taking care of Reyes myself... **cross fingers and cross toes**
Hope all things will turn out well =D
On a last note, I really like to thank both side of parents for helping me out with this confinement... of course, not forgetting all the 3 Daddies who went marketing, who became driver etc etc... Will be giving all a treat sometimes next week to 慰劳 everybody =D
This confinement is very different from my previous one, despite the fact that I'm having the same Confinement Aunty. During my 1st confinement, we were not staying with dear parents, hence the Confinement Aunty had lots of freedom on handling Kaden and taking care of me. Our parents would only visit us regularly. During these visits, my MIL would occasionally expressed her dislikes over the fact that Kaden drank his milk too slowly and the Confinement Aunty did not warm up the milk. However, all the displeasure ended during the last day of my confinement when Confinement Aunty went home.
For my 2nd confinement, as I'm now staying with my in-laws, before dear and I engage the same Confinement Aunty , we actually consulted my-laws if it will be alright to engage the same Confinement Aunty. With their blessing, we went ahead for the booking. I thought I can have a good rest during my one month of confinement but sigh... That's when all the ultimate troubles began...
Barely 9 days into my confinement, my in-laws barged into our room, with my FIL very angry and pissed off and my MIL super upset, with tears almost flowing down her eyes... They had a long list of things about the Confinement Aunty that they disliked...
Here's some of the complaints...
(1) Confinement Aunty was mistreating my little Reyes i.e. feeding him to much milk and pinching Reyes till his face was filled with red little dots whenever he emerged from bathing...
(2) Confinement Aunty always locked herself & Reyes in the room, with Reyes crying out loudly but denying their entrance into the room... In fact, my FIL commented that the Confinement Aunty was resting more than me who had just given birth
(3) Confinement Aunty pushed all her duties of taking care of mine and Reyes' laundry to my maid. In fact, my maid claimed that the Confinement Aunty even asked her to wash her clothes
(4) Confinement Aunty is very unhygienic i.e. did not use baby liquid detergent to wash the milk bottles
The list actually went on and on and on, till it came to a point that Dear and I decided that to prevent further conflict between the Confinement Aunty and my in-laws, as well as not to make the relationship between ourselves and the parents... We decided to request the Agency to take back the Confinement Aunty.
The agency offered a choice, either to exchange a new Confinement Aunty or just terminating the services totally. After talking to my mum, I decided to just do the confinement myself... What I was afraid of is with a new Confinement Aunty, history might repeats itself...
In the end, on the 10th day, I continued with my confinement without a Confinement Aunty. Luckily, my mum and my MIL helped me out for the rest of the 3 weeks. My mum actually cooked my confinement meals for me, bathed little Reyes and came over at night to help me look after Reyes, so that I could have a good night sleep. My MIL would helped me to cook my soup and made my red dates drink. I, myself would look after Reyes in the day.
With the combined power of the 3 Mummies, finally we reached the last day of my confinement. Tonight. I will be taking care of Reyes myself... **cross fingers and cross toes**
Hope all things will turn out well =D
On a last note, I really like to thank both side of parents for helping me out with this confinement... of course, not forgetting all the 3 Daddies who went marketing, who became driver etc etc... Will be giving all a treat sometimes next week to 慰劳 everybody =D
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