10 Days Already

Be ready for regular photo updates! I am on maternity leave!
Zen is 10 days old today :-)
Here's his side profile, seems like he is getting more tann, but grandma says its fine since he is a boy! Macho next time ah!

See his Actual SIZE........

Them together!

Jie Jie, dont disturb me pls....

Why doesn't her fringe grow??

Milk Time!

Mummy's milk is still the best!
Cheerios to Mummy to continue with her BF!

Children are joy : they are a challenge

Celeste's been getting easily igitated, misbehaving since Zenith's arrival. We think she is misbehaving to get back the attention she used to enjoy. Its really quite annoying at times as it also makes me feel fustrated with all her fussing the whole day. We have to keep reminding ourselves her feelings of welcoming a new born baby home.. Mark has been assigned the task of giving more attention to Celeste.

Some photos taken this morning before his bath..

My Little Darling

Zenith arrived on 17th April at 1703hrs, weighing 2.88kg. There was a delay of 2.5hrs as the gynae had 2 operations before me.. such a long wait... After spending 4 days in hospital, finally i get to be discharged. Managed to get alittle settled down at home and the confinement lady just arrived from Malaysia. Here's some pics to share for the start, more posted on the slide -> on the right. Enjoy the moments with my little prince.

A KISS from our darling!!

The joy of being parents!!

Big gal

She is 19 mths exactly! Here's how she reacts when i asked her to SMILE for the Camera!! hahha. She is indeed my bundle of JoY!

Wk 36

My C-section has been brought forward by 2 days to 17th April, 1430hrs! The gynae has a last minute trip to Portugal for training. Wow! That means i will be delivering at wk 37 exactly.

I went for a check-up yesterday, it was quite disappointing to find out that Baby Zenith is actually slightly smaller than expected. He is currently estimated at 2.3kg, expected weight at birth to be at 2.5-2.7kg. Celeste was 3.32kg at birth at wk 37. Apparently, my placenta does not seem to be absorbing enough nutrients for baby's growth. So all the more i should be delivering earlier...for this reason. I also have signs of high blood due to numbness and pain felt on my palm. Well, I'm counting down to 3 more days. After putting on 14kg, I'm getting increasing uncomfortable walking and sleeping.

Popo's birthday

Complimentary Ice-cream from SWENSENS :-)

Our little gal

She did it 16 months ago..

and she's doing it again...

Hello! Who's that?

Myself

At almost 36 weeks pregnant, how am i feeling?
~ feeling so heaty
~ trying to drink coconut juice to cool off
~ having a irritable throat all because of durian
~ trying to cure my cough before my c-section on 19th April
~ having backache.. difficulty in sleeping because of the strain..
~ feeling so fatique after a day's work
~ can't stop eatting ice-cream
~ can't wait to go on maternity
~ Anxiety coming along...

And feeling so stretched with new stretch marks appearing.. gosh...

Celeste & Kate

Grandpa's gift for winning the lottery..

Clingy

Celeste has been very clingy to daddy these days, so afraid that he will be out of her sight. I wonder how is she going to cope or rather how am I going to cope when Daddy’s going to Germany this Sun night for a week… the last time when daddy was out on reservist at Tekong, she had sleepless night every night. She wakes up feeling empty when daddy isn’t around in the bedroom. Hopefully it won’t be as bad this time…

Early Tantrums

Celeste's been throwing tantrums since last week, we are not sure of the reason. Has she been spoilt by us, is it because she is teething, or is it due to change of the nanny to my Mother as care giver? She throws the temper each time she doesnt get what she wants. Its really getting on our nerves! Hopefully, this is just a passing phrase and she doesnt turn out too spoilt in future....

Off to the beach again

Our CNY dinner

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Tumble Tots

Just before the session... trying to pass time at the supermarket.





We brought Cel to Tumble Tots as she developed some stranger anxiety recently. To our surprise, she was so happy to attend the trial session :) She had so much fun & joy there!

To the beach

We brought Celeste to East Coast beach.
Its was a fine and sunny day, she definitely got much darker :-o
But she had great fun!



She enjoyed the bicycle ride tremendously and nearly fell asleep..arrgh... feeling hot and tired now.

Lunar New Year - 3rd Day

No more visiting for today...
Its R&R Day... shopping! "Popo" bought this sweet little outfit :-)

Lunar New Year - 2nd Day

The start of Day 2 - busy day lined up :-)

Check out this cute Minnie Mouse bag "PoPo" bought :-)

Taking a nap in between... zzzzzz...and thats the only time Mummy can pin anything on my hair ;p

With my 2 younger cousins; Dyan & Kiefer :-)
I'm the Da Jie

Yu Sheng MadneSSsss..

With Papa/Mama and Celeste

Lunar New Year - 1st Day

@ Popo's house, Celeste treating the mandarin oranges like balls and toys, throwing them around, bruising them in the process.. poor oranges and poor Popo, she has to finish up the oranges soon.

Being so "Kpo" more than $ minded at this age, she is opening up red packets left on the table that is not hers... well, she can be excused for being rude at this age :-)

"Lao Yu Sheng", the chinese tradition for Tossing to Prosperity, Good Fortune & Good Health. Can't go without this during the festive season.

Me and my Tummy

@ 29 weeks.

CNY Eve

This set was given by a relative a year ago during one of the CNY visiting.
Its the first and last time Celeste will be wearing.. not because it will be too small for her soon, because she is so active, she tore the pants with 2 seperate holes! :-p

@ week 28

The final trimester starts this week; it's my monthly routine check up today. Through the ultrasound scan, we see that Baby Zenith is growing well,weighs nearly 1.6kg and his head has also turned down.

I was pretty concerned if i will be having a C-Section or Natural delivery this time round. Dr Jen advised that if Zenith is going to be the same size as Celeste, there is a high chance of me going through C-section. Besides, i have undergone C-section in the past, there is a risk of rupturing my uterus if i were to delivery naturally :-( This makes me worry if i were to try delivering normally.

Well, whether its a C-section or Natural, i will oblige as long as Zenith is doing fine :-)

See me Walk in the Water!

We brought Celeste to swim again since the wet and cold season is over...

Its nice seeing her having so much fun, not afraid of the water though she dropped into the water twice and swallowed much chorine water. She is also no longer interested to use the swimming float, she prefers to walk in the water now! A big gal now :-)

Walk & Walk

This is what she likes to do on board!
Just walk & walk ...

Cruise 2006

It was Celeste's first holiday! We were so excited! Celeste enjoyed the most during the trip, having so much fun running from room corridors to ship deck, experiencing new things and enjoying the beautiful scenery & sea breeze!