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My baby is growing up way too fast!!!

Was looking through the photos last night and I am so totally amazed by how much and how fast baby Joash has grown in the last 2 months! In fact, he is turning 3 months old this Saturday already!!

I realised that after he turned one month old, he actually started to have more expressions, facial muscles are growing and strengthening and he is much more responsive now!!

Now whenever we call his name or tickle him, he will smile widely!! And the best time is in the morning! Every morning, he wakes up with a huge grin!! Praise the Lord for a smilely baby!! :D :D

At Week 5

At Week 6

Week 7 – the botak!

Week 8 – 2 months old!

Week 9

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

I know I am biased, but every parent is also biased one, isn’t it? I seriously think my son is getting so cute and cuter every single day!!!

Oh man, how am I going to go back to work in a month’s time??? I will miss him so much!!!!! Boohoo!!!!!!!

A day of play for Justin

Its important to dedicate a day to the child once their sibling comes along so that they do not feel that they have “lost” their parents to their sibling.
So on Monday, i decided to bring Justin out on my own and spend some quality time with him. Along with that, we have to go to ICA to collect his new passport as well.
And so, off we go for the day!!!
Took this picture before we set off. Love this boy to the max!! :D

Thank God for e-appointment. Within 15 mins, we were in and out of ICA!

After that, we proceeded to our second destination: Playful Elves

We last check out this place after reading Klessis’s blog about the place a few months back. That day we went on a sat and the place was packed. Justin remembered the place and he kept telling me that he wanted to go back there. So, we took a train to clementi and then a shuttle bus to West Coast Plaza. He was so excited throughout the journey and totally looking forward to his play time!!!

As it is a monday afternoon, the place was pretty empty.. in fact, there was only 2 other children in the play gym other than us… and so, we literally have the whole gym to ourselves!! And so, Justin could really play to his heart’s content!!

The Happy boy!!!

 

The whole place is filled with lots of colors and it just make me feel so happy in a place filled with bright colors! A good way to beat any Monday blues!! :D

We were there for 2 hours and he was almost dozing off by then… cos it was way into his naptime! Haha.. we ended the day with a sumptuous lunch at Sushi Tei before we headed home for his nap.

Looking forward to the next outing with Justin again!! :D

Gerald’s 34th birthday

On Tuesday was Papa Gerald’s birthday. This year, we have a new addition to the family to celebrate his birthday and of cos, we did not really have any big celebration as the small one is still a lil hard for us to enjoy a proper meal outside. So we just took a lazy afternoon off and I treated him to a sumptous dinner, to a place that we always wanted to visit, and of cos, ended off with a birthday cake at home with his two precious boys.

Simple design in the restaurant, calm and peaceful on a tuesday afternoon.

Picture taking while waiting for the food.

Crispy Shio Ba!

Juicy har kow! 

Meaty Siew Mai

Braised chicken feet…. a must have in all our dim-sum meals!

After the dim sum, we walked around to do a little bit of shopping. It is really so much better to shop on a weekday, as both of us are really quite afraid of crowds now.. think age is really catching up .. hahaha….. but i must say, there is still quite a lot of people hanging in Ion Orchard  
When we were ready to go for our early dinner, there was such a heavy downpour outside and in the end we have to make a detour back home to fetch justin from school before heading out to the dinner place again. :D
We always pass by this restaurant at Anchorpoint and we really always wanted to try it. If you are a beef and BBQ lover like us, then it is really a great place that I recommend. However, I must put a disclaimer, that the price is also quite… Ahem…… not that cheap lah.. So we always say that we need to find an occassion to go there. Hahaha. and the chance came!

a hot pot of charcoal is served in the middle of the table for our cooking.

 
Since it is our first time there, we were a bit suaku to be honest. Don’t know what to order as the menu look a bit complicated and we do not know what’s the best choice. So we had the waitress to recommend and she suggest that we order the set menu for 2., which basically consist a bit of all and we can try. Not a bad idea.
So i think picture tells a better story and we really enjoyed our evening much!!! :D :D :D

Horenso salad – juicy Japanese spinach with mushroom

Kimchi

Bacon

Meat platter, which consist of duck, pork and 3 types of wagyu beef

Japanese rice

Cod fish in miso and mayo

Assorted mushroom

And of course, dessert a must-have to end off every meal.

 Milk pudding – highly recommended !! Love the brown sugar that mix so well with the milk pudding beneath. Heavenly!! ~~~

My black sesame ice-cream with red bean.

And lastly, cake cutting at home!!

The proud daddy with his 2 boys!

That’s a day of celebration for Daddy Gerald !

Happy Birthday Daddy!!! Thanks for being the cool daddy and spiritual leader of the household!

May Day Holiday

One of the Justin’s fave activity is to go swimming, which he always associate to our staycations.

Now that Audrey and Edward have shifted to a rented condo at Bukit Timah,there is a huge swimming pool and we can go there for swims from now on.

And so, on the May Day holiday that just passed, we decided to name it as Justin’s special Day. Actually, it is more of to give him all our full attention for the few hours without Joash. Ever since Joash is borned, we have spent much time on the small one and we did not want the big brother to feel neglected.  So after hearing the advise of many parents and friends, we knew the importance of spending quality private time with each child, even if its just a few hours, to do their favourite activity and let them have the parents all to themselves!!!

And there we go, spent a good hour in the pool and the boy was grinning and smiling all the way that day!!  He was simply so HAPPY!!! :D

 

  

And to end off the day’s activity, we went to his all-time-favourite place!! The Macdonalds!!! A place that win the hearts of every child indeed. :)

Time to plan for the next outing! ~~~ :D

Justin’s latest hobby

Justin has a latest hobby – he likes to take my compact camera and start to take pictures of everything, including setting the timer and taking his own pictures!!! Aiyohyoh…. really dunno where and when did he learn it from, cos we have never taught him how to set the timer on the camera. Guess it must be during one of his self-exploration session that he discover this fun trick and he has been doing it rather well, in my opinion.
See his works  below and you will know what i mean….

First the objects

 

And then himself…

And he even pose in front of the camera!! I nearly died of laughing while looking at this photo…. see his serious look!!! 

And even getting Audrey Ghor Ghor to take a shot with him!! :p

I simply love the grin! ~~

Kids have the wildest creativity and I must really salute Justin for his creative and innovative ideas to keep himself occupied whilst the mummy is busy with the baby brother in times like this. :-)

Days of confinement.

Apart from the joy of the new born in the house, the other biggest thing about giving birth is none other than the 101 rules that come with the confinement month for the mother and the baby. Being someone who is constantly looking for activities outside the house, you can imagine how hard is it for me to stay within the 4 walls of the house during the confinement month of 30 days.
And I am happy to declare that I am reaching the tail end of the confinement month!! As of today, it is day 26. Officially, it will be over by this Saturday, which is the Day 30, although i will still need to observe some of the confinement rules for another 10 days to ensure that I adhere to the full 40 days of confinement.
One of the toughest rule that i need to keep is the bathing part. Strictly speaking,  i am not supposed to bath everyday. But given this horribly hot and humid weather, it is totally crazy not to bath everyday!!! If i have a choice, I will even choose to bath twice or thrice a day!! Thankfully, there is the herb that i can boil for bathing and the only thing that i give in is to at least wash my hair on alternate days instead of daily.
Not being able to go out freely to places during the confinement month is also the other painful process. The idea is for the mother to rest as much as possible during the confinement month. Seriously, I think its easy to handle with 1 baby, but with 2, its really difficult to rest as much. Thankfully, this time round, Joash is a much easier baby to handle, up to this point of time. So at least at night, i do get a few hours of good sleep, unlike the first time when I just had Justin, where i literally stay awake the whole night for the first month and only slept during the day.
I guess the one thing that I really enjoy of the confinement is the confinement food! yummy! call me crazy or what….. though after every meal i will be perspiring like crazy…. thanks to the rice wine, sesame oil and lots of ginger in every dish. But i guess this is one part of the confinement that I will always miss. <3
Whatever it is, i am glad i am glad that in another 4 more days, i will get back my freedom!!! Woohoo!! 
Ending off this entry with a picture of the little one at 25 days old! :-)