Christian's at 24 weeks :)

Christian is now 24 weeks old! What a milestone!

What is he up to now :

PHYSICAL
Rolling himself around the hall to get around .. like a beer barrel :P
Try pushing himself up to sit when layed down... kinda able to do it!
Sitted up and grab for toys or rather anything around him with very minimal help (can sit for 10 mins on his own)
Sit on Che-Che Kiersten's bicycle with hands on handle ... He loves the cruise and push .. (OBVIOUSLY with Yeh-Yeh's very visionary help!)
Kicking in mid air when lying down ... (not so sure if he is into football when he is older ... pfft .. dada & I are definitely not keen on this)Kicking and splashing while bathing ... LOVE swimming (will scream and kick when taken out from tub ... like a slaughter house)
Wanna constantly stand up and walk around ... (Aiyah mana boleh ... can't even crawl yet boy ... one step at a time ... patience is virtue)

FOOD
Started on solid since weekend ... he loves his puree .. Carrot Puree!
*Finished a bowl on first attempt. Since it is only his first week on solid, we are monitoring on food elergy, in case.
Well, it will be a long journey. Just like Kiersten, she is only served home-cooked-food and nothing goes in if it is not fresh and home-made. We kinda only allow her to eat out more often recently and she is at 34 months old! A foodlog journal is what it takes! Kiersten has 3 Journals so far ... and still going ... The journal will also be a good source to track down on food source if a diarrhoe happens.
*Advice to ALL mothers : Do NOT attempt to carry them to feed. You will be doomed once you start on it! Christian is sitted well and buckled on a high-chair. Of course he was unhappy and all in the beginning ... but he realized he will have NO choice.
If you don't give in ... you will WIN! Experience thought us so .. NEVER EVER GIVE IN ... NO MATTER HOW SAD OR PITTIFUL ARE THEIR CRIES! (Well, i am not promoting 'cruelty' ... if you think likewise ... definitely not)

LANGUAGE
Pooping session - When we poop him on a potty and start chanting hmm..hmmmm..hmm..hmmm , at each interval, he will do the same himself ... hmm..hmmm..hmm..hmmm .. cute :) I can't stop giggling the first time i heard him doing so ... but yet tried not to giggle too much or else he will get disrupted.
Saying 'Good morning Christian' - he will look at you innocently with his big round eyes looking into yours and coo softly .. Nrrggg
Saying 'Good bye Christian' with hands waving at him - he will excitedly bump his bum-bum (if he is sitted up) and scream loudly .. Aarrr ...Aaaarrrrrr ... and if you keep repeating the good-byes .. the AAAAaaaaRRRRRR gets longer and louder ... his way of getting your attention
When No one is around to layan him - a big feat of AAAArrrrrggghhhh-ing and screaming like a slaughter-house :P

:)

Kiersten's Drawing

What does it resemble?
Her version of stick man :)
Those spikes that you see on the head ... are hair.
There's actually a pair of earring by the side of the head ... just not distinctive i guess :P
Those long wavy lines from the head are the limbs.
And the little round shape next to the figurine .... a BALOON ...

Simple minded ...

Mooncake making ... it's Kiersten's 1st! YUMMIE!!!

Well it is kinda vert post Moon cake festival ... but WTH ...
It was kinda easy making it ... well maybe coz the teachers had already prepared all the ingredient.
Here are the steps:
Step 1: All they need to do is just to squeeze .. squeeze ... and more squeezing ....... on the dough.
Step 2: And then place the filling into the dough
Step 3: wrap it
Step 4: Pounce the unshape moon cake into the mould
Step 5: Knock-knock the mould to ease the moon cake out ...
TA-DA ... Moon Cake is ready!
Before eating, just keep it chill in the fridge for a moment and then enjoy it over a cuppa tea :)

Easy right? Easy as A,B,C ..!

Hilton .. Breast Milk Storage Service

Hilton offers Breast Milk Storage service. I was in awed when i was told ... (i was already planning the entire script in my mind until they told me so ... sweet and thoughtfu. Thumbs up to Hilton!
It was great to know that such service actually existed :) It is always a headache whenever Chris and i plan for a getaway ... common FAQ from me to him would be ... (poor Chris .. thank goodness he have the patience of Niles, long and deep)

Do they have a Fridge? (not the typical cooler in the room okay ... those temperature can't even chil a KitKat)
Who should i ask in the hotel?
Should i even ask before we do the booking?
How long will we be away? (need to do an inventory check back home)
Do you think they are going to store the milk in the common kitchen with the rest of the meat, vege, etc? (Oh no.. if they are then tak boleh lar ...) The milk have to be stored in an ULTRA cold frideg/freezer preferably and ULTRA clean (well, they usually store the milk with vege or pastry though .. after i constantly ask and tell them my concern .. like a thousand times ...am sure they understand. That's why ask a woman which you gauge is a mom :)
Etc.. Etc .. Etc ...

After getting those common FAQ sorted out ...

Then comes the packing of ALL the containers, breast pump (i take along both my MEdela Mini electric pump & Avent manual pump .. in case of any circumstances), washing detergent, plan for steril method (no matter where & how, all equipments must be steriled and it depends on places we are going to).

Now, at last comes the real packing of clothes ... which takes only quarter of the time :)

Christian .. 17 weeks old!

Can you imagine ... time flies! Christian is now at 17 weeks old and weighing approximately 7.5kg. He is now having so much fun at his gym mat. Cooing away, interacting with people (if no one is 'layaning' him, he will also scream for attention), enjoying his daily park stroll, arguing (screaming contest) with Kiersten jie jie. And of course he can now turn on his tummy! But i guess he must have needed lots of strength and courage to do so coz, on each try he will be screaming his lungs out like letting the whole 'kampung' knows what he is up to :P And the funniest is when he turn on his back again, he will be gasping :)

My Birthday Makan-Makan!

As you can see, both my eating partners ... definitely count on them in this. They definitely CAN set the record and this is proven with their previous eating CV :P

Mine me ... my petite best friend can eat better than Chris!

We had 5 dishes of yummo food at Elcerdo ... and they almost STOP us from ordering on our 3rd! Reason being, we will DEFINITELY NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH the food! WHAT????!!! Sorry babe, we proved them WROOOONNNGGGG!!!

Yup, on our 4th dish, we decided to have anothe order of 'suckling piggy'. And i get the honour of chop-chop it up with a plate .. ala the Spanish tradision.

After the chop-chop .. 'break' the plate into the bucket for a WISH! Of course you are given to choose between LOVE or $$$. Chris was shouting for $$$ of course ... but me choose LOVE!

Aaaarrrggggg .... chom-chom-chom!

Check this out ... of course lar can finish with such profile of eating!

The whole jing-gang of Elcerdo was out with the Birthday Song & Dessert for US!

Here is Werner, as usual presenting a gift of a 'golden piggy' as a good luck charm for my birthday. Well this is the 3rd from him to just me alone. During my pregnancy, i already had 2 selangor pewter piggy from HIM ALSO! He definitely love, believe, and pray to the GOD-of-PIG!

All of us get a FREE dessert from the loving-piggy people of Elcerdo! You definitely can't miss their dessert. It is a must have. On this pix is 'Andrea's Special'. Go try it!

Kiersten in 'Sam Fu'

This is definitely NOT one of the creative fashion choice in Kiersten's usual wardrobe. It is for Merdeka celebration in her school. All the kids are requested to wear a national costume to school last week for the post celebration. Well, parents were not told of how the celebration gonna be like even as much as i am interested ... no time to ask also. I saw some privileged mum ('siu-lai-lai') standing around the school with their canggih DSLR, guess they don't have a clue too but of course time to wait-n-see. The common ritual of me is to walk her into class, hug, kiss, and good-bye. And of course be notified by the school's buletin of what's up and coming. Definitely gotta work harder on this if i wanna be included in the PTA.
Do you think i can???

Kiersten & Natalie .. chilling

Kiersten just adore both Natalie & Trinity. Guess she is missing their company. Sigh ... sadly she do not have any peers among our friends and it makes hanging out with the folks (yup! .. Chris & I, the FOLKS :P) BORRRIINNGGGG....... Given another 10 more years to go .. she will definitely be having her own outing with friends at McDs party!

My sweetest 'sor-lou-lou-kong'!

Check out his uncanny facial expression! And ... thanks to my beloved best fren .. Elayn! Since her stint for photography started awhile ago, she has been reigiously taking profile images of ALL frens. Chris is yup ... one of her FOC talent :P

My 'lou-kong' may come across to many ... jus another 'Cina-pek', squint eye, and all the not so charming comments about him (outlook only lar). But when it comes to his characteristic ... ah hum ... pass with 'flying colours'. And it is nothing new to me .. ah hum .. He is definitely the sweetest, most thoughtful, loving, dedicated da da & hubby to many friends, particularly among the ladies :)

Well indeed, i must say he is ... ...
To my mum ... he is the dearest too!
All this good comments about him always made me ponder ... what if ... that momentous day never happened, and cupid was never there? How would my life be like? Will the answer be 'what-would be-would-be'? But .. i am very blessed with God's grace ... d-DAY did happened!
Thanks to Esprit too for sending me to S'pore ...
Here goes the fairy-tale story ...
Chris as usual .. the sweetest-thing, would be chauffer to all friends and girls in particular :) Keeping his options realllllyyy wide thats why :P
Was as usual, to pick me up and send me to the train station ... reaching there, got down and walk me to the train, as we were walking, i turn around, wanted to say thank you ... he was super near ... our lips & nose met! Ta-da ... both hearts thumping like a giant cross-bow had just striked our hearts ... and the rest is history ....
I can only pray (very hard) that we will always stay this true and loving ... for us ... and for the kids.
As San Yen mentioned, in one of our very casual conversation about an outing where there're lots of ... Chicks .. where appearence is the least important .. and $$$ counts! It really made me ponder long and hard into our relationship. He may not be the ultimate yuppy ... but enough for some Bottegas & Diors ... which may be good enough for all this so-called chicks or rather LOVE 'pencuri' ...
But then again ... my thoughts are .. we had been together for almost a decade ... a journey that is long enough for both of us to know each other more than the rest, went through ups & downs, thick and thin more than with anyone, why am i having such thought and lack of trust in US? Which i will NOT!
Chris has and always have from time-to-time, do more than enough said to show, tell, shine, envelope me with his LOVE. Being such a sensitive & caring hubby .. he will know of how my milk should be made, checking and taking care of me when i'm ill, to picking out a pair of blouse in my favorite shop. He will always ONLY have me FIRST for everything and everything above self, and he just know me inside out ... yup ... even better than my parents ... The way he shower the kids with his love are beyond more than words can say ... I can only say .. he has such BIG heart and all the space for all of us
So ... what about myself to him? I will also ponder hard on this to be a greater wify to him.
I only wish .. we will never grow old ... coz i can't go without him ... i am just this little love-strucked that stucked on to him and can't let go. I can only wish ... we will never ...
I asked him in one of our conversation .. will we meet in Heaven? (I always ask him all these weird question) He said ... possibly yes ...
I ask again ... will we remember each other then?
He said ... if one of us is and the other is not ... God will not made the one in Heaven to have such misery ... so .. will Not ... :(
I wish we will still be such in love ... in heaven ... forever ...
Thanks 'lou-kong' for everything you had stood by and for me. I will too.
Muacks!!!

My BEST Friend's Wedding!

OOpppsss sorry Layne, not the best of you that i've got in my pix archives :P
Nyways .. you are for me ... the prettiest and the bestest buddy that i ever had for the pass 23 years! (and more to come ...)

So, to the 'World', this is Elayn and yes with her handsum soon to be hubby, Mike (very soooon ... another week to go!). I am actually on MSN with her whilst i am typing this ... multi-tasking!
I can't be any happier ... infact lost for words to see her getting married and settling down ... at LASSSTTTTT!
When she first dropped the news to me ... First thought was "Thank you GOD for blessing her! At last my Best Buddy will NOT be a 'sip-chou-lar' Amen"
Thanks Mike for having the COURAGE (so much of courage!) + LOVE (so much luuuvvvv!) to take her up as a wify ...
as we all know how naggy, argumentative, stubborn, ... she can be at times :P God bless ...
Just joking ...

She will be the PERFECT wify ... (check Lynette's-pedia)

Naggy means 'a constant reminder .. a gentler one perhaps' : To be a 'constant reminder' to Mike for everything spells HOME & US and later Mike+Elayne Junior/s
Argumentative means 'She is ALWAYS right and so ... have it her way!' : I would say ... this applies to everything! And mind me ... she is damn good at it i must say ... from Pasar Malam to Corporate Boardroom ... see her vast experience in ALL perspectives!
Stubborn means 'she is a woman with 'PRINCIPAL' : I presume this is due to the RICH ASIAN heritage that is in her .. Chinese!

Well she is not that scary ... i am sure those who know her see the softer side of her ... though may NOT be often :P

Cheers to you BOTH for a solid rock marriage!
Muacks ...

Kiersten is choosing a spot on Mike's nose to give him a good-bye kiss ...
WHY?
Kiersten:"Unker Mike's face .. so pokey ... SCARREEEDDD"
Mike: "Well ... it is the WEEKEND!"

Beauty Lies in the Eye's of the Beholder ... and in this case, she just captured mine entirely ... Pretty & Sweet and Not missing out ... cheeky!