Praying & Fasting

I am praying about something now and am fasting in the mornings too. So I skipped bfast but still have regular cup of coffee to keep sanity.

I realised why is fasting & praying so powerful. It not only emphasis on the effort and importance that one is putting on that matter. More importantly, my biological clock will constantly ring in terms of rumbling. These hunger pangs remind me that I am fasting, of God and my prayer request. Then, it will prompt me to whisper a prayer to God. Wow, power!

I am looking forward to His answer, whatever it will be. :)

Mummy Lim

P.S - I sayang nono today. I think he is a happie dog. Hohoho.

Family Matters

My Sis
My sis had applied for a Masters to do some art therapy course in Lasalle and they have wrote to inform that she's accepted! She's gg to do a 2-year part time course. Wow! I am happie for her. Not only that she's upgrading herself, but that she has found something that is brightening her life (I hope).

After she gets her Masters, I am the only one left in the family without a Masters. Sob! My bro got his some time ago.. -.o" I think I should go and study too. Hohoho. Daddy Lim can take care of the baby while I study. ;p I dun mind, so I think he shouldnt too.

Nono Tan
I have a dog. We bought him when we moved together with my bro to his new place 5 years ago. He was only a fuzzy puppy when he came, barely the size of my palm. Then, he couldnt even walk properly, let alone bark. Everyone doted on him.

We watch him grow and he is so much bigger than the average maltese. He never fails to jump with joy and bark to welcome us when we return home. He still does it now. He is playful and enjoys a good chase around the house or play fetch.

However, when the babies come along, he lost favour. My mum & SIL are too preoccupied with the kids. Yingxi dun seem to particularly love the dog. With Lil Shauna, I dun stroke nono as much bcos I am too lazy to wash my hands after touching him to carry the baby. Things are made worse when the Yingxuan and Lil Shauna love sucking their hands and putting stuff into their mouth. They too are forbidden to touch the dog and the adults tried keeping the dog away from the kids and their toys. Then, we started to find his barks noisy when he welcomes us. At times, it really feel sad on how we treat/ feel towards the dog.

Luckily, nono still has my sis. She still loves the dog to bits. She's the one who sleeps with him every night now. Clever nono will insist to be let into her room whenever she's home in the night. Despite his bad habit of peeing in "unauthorised" places in the house, he is careful not to do so in my sis' room for fear of being banished. She cut his fur (quite nicely I must say), bathe him, clean his ears, etc. I think nono must be counting his lucky stars to have my sis.

When I see my sis taking care of nono, I do feel ashamed of myself. Afterall, I was enthusiastic about getting him 5 years ago and I too was crazy over him once. Well, I think I shall sayang him more when I see him the next time. I guess playing chase with him helps in getting rid of my extra kgs too. ;p

Mummy Lim

Zoo

We brought Lil Shauna to the zoo yday with ye ye and nai nai.

The day started with MacDonalds bfast bcos Lil Shauna always wake up soooo early on Sun morning, depriving mummy of her beauty sleep.

Lil Shauna: Chey! I only eat stars and drink water niah. I tot I can eat hotcakes and drink milo.

After bfast, Daddy Lim headed for work while I strapped Lil Shauna into the ergo for a morning walk. We came past decorations for a malay wedding. The place was very nicely done up and deserted. I couldnt resist taking some pix.

The entire place was themed in black & white. Perfect combination but sadly shunned by chinese.

The people who decorated the place uses black & white roses boldly as decoration. To do justice, I have to say that the place is definitely nicer than the pix that I took.

Seeing these just makes one wants to go thru' the wedding dinner again. It makes me think that if I were to have my wedding dinner again, I will make it an even more elaborated event. But then, we dun have that kind of money to splurge. And the energy too.. never mind, I will channel my energy to Lil Shauna's bday party. Hohoho.

We left for the zoo in the early afternoon. It was sunny when we first reached. Lil Shauna was excited to see so many people.. yes, not animals, but people. She was also happie to pose with the orang utan.

We didnt take much pix bcos we were busy entertaining Lil Shauna.

I think she has really grown up. The last time that we brought her to the Bird Park (a month ago), she could only appreciate the moving people and flowing waters. This time round, she can see the animals! Or at least the animals are much bigger and at much closer range.

We brought her to the kids corner where she could see the horses, ponies, goats and lambs at close range. Even if she cant see them, which is impossible, she can definitely smell them. The horses smelled worse than Lil Shauna's soiled diapers. -.o" Daddy Lim can vouch how bad Lil Shauna's poo poo filled diapers are and these horses are worse. I think they need a good bath.

There is a new water playground at the children's corner but Lil Shauna was too scared to join in the fun. When I tried to put her down to touch the water, she instantly turned into a koala bear. The most that I can do is to make her stand on the wet floor - not even in the water. -.o"

Then, big rain came along and we took a ride in the tram before heading home. Once again, we have a tired baby and very tired parents. I think we will visit the zoo again. It is actually quite fun. Hehe.

Mummy Lim

Guitar Hero

Remember Daddy Lim's Xmas wish?

We have checked. To buy a PS3 and the Guitar Hero kit, which comes with the guitar, drum set, bass & mic (I think) will set us back by $1+k. No way am I gg to agree to spend that $$ on big boys' toys.

Every now and then, Daddy Lim will hint and remind about his Xmas wish list and I will act stupid. His bro has just bought a new PS3 set and that does not help things at all. -.o" Daddy Lim just has got more reasons to remind me about his Guitar Hero World Tour.

So, we were both excited when we realised that there is Guitar Hero miniature, to be played on DS. I owe a DS. :) Now Daddy Lim can have a taste of his dream game and I can save loads on our pocket. One stone kills two birds.

Daddy Lim considered for awhile (or at least pretend to) and finally bought the miniature Guitar Hero.

It is pretty cute. It actually comes with a guitar controller and a pick, which adds on the fun.

Daddy Lim is addicted...

I am never into such games. I prefer childish games, but the Guitar Hero is seriously quite fun. Even I get addicted at times. However, I get too excited and gripped the console a little too hard and strummed a little too hard. It is actually quite difficult to play relaxingly with the music going "pum, pum, pum.." and I ended with a painful wrist. -.o" Daddy Lim is good with it and manages to get good scores to unlock new guitars and songs. As for me, I have a long way to go. I think I better stick to my kiddy games. Hohoho.

Mummy Lim

The Girls

I met up with the S, Mummy L, Mummy P & Mummy S at PS to celebrate S bday yday. It has been a long time since I seen S. She had been busy with work and her part-time diploma. So nice to see her. :) It wasnt anything big, we just met for dinner and most of the mummies had to rush off to fulfill parental obligations. ;p

Seeing the girls last night just brought back lots of fond memories. Even now that I am talking about it, I can feel warmth gushing to my heart. It is really amazing how we managed to keep our friendship till today. We had been friends since secondary school days and that is like 17 years! Of course there had been silly quarrels, ill feelings, jealousy, etc, but we only grew closer as the years go by. Never have I doubted that it is God who brought each and every one of them into my life and I never stop thanking God for His thoughtfulness for giving me such precious blessings. :) I still remember telling the girls that we should live close to each other when we are old, then we can meet up for kopi and breakfast everyday. Or maybe we should check-in to the same old folks home in the future. Haha.

Back to the dinner. Only Baby G was there. I left Lil Shauna at my mum's place for the night. I guessed I needed a break and I think I made the right choice. The topics naturally circled around kids and babies since we are all mummies now, except for S. I even helped to carry Baby G for a long time while the little princess was soundly asleep. It dawned on me that it is such a blessing to carry other people's kids - you only get to see the good and sweet side of them. When they start fussing, simply hand them back to their mummy and let them torture the mummy. Hohoho.

Seeing the mummies makes me feel that I can bag the lousiest mummy prize. Mummy L survived J and J is already in primary school. Mummy P always seem to be able to handle Baby C well. Mummy J is a homemaker and AN is such a sweet baby. Mummy S aspires to be a homemarker and is intending to have 4 kids! As for me, I have never ventured far out alone with Lil Shauna. Whenever possible, I will "escape" to my mum's place to seek help. I love Mondays now bcos I can finally go back to work and not slaved for Lil Shauna 24/7. Sob! But I do love her to bits and am trying my best to spend as much quality time with her as possible. :) For that, I think I deserve some credits lah. ;p

I wonder if our babies will grow up to become close friends like their mummies. Afterall, they are almost the same age. I think our gatherings in the future will be super noisy and with lots of running kids!

Mummy Lim

Super Duper Busy Weekend

I am one ambitious mummy.

On Sat, we brought Lil Shauna to Gymboree free play. :) Lil Shauna has started to crawl and enjoys roaming the open space in Gymboree. However, her restricted mobility restrained her from using the many equipment.

She is one tired baby after the play gym and fell asleep after her milk. She was so tired that she slept thru' our dinner and even the car ride home.

I am waiting for Lil Shauna to start walking before I bring her to Gymboree again. I think she will enjoy more when she can walk. Daddy Lim and I will enjoy more too. It is super tiring to carefully watch over her fearing that she will slam her face onto the floor when her arms give way and to stop her from savouring everything that she gets hold of.

This morning, she was up really early and I brought her to Tanglin Mall for her Kindermusik trial class. It is something similar to Gymboree, but focuses more on muisc. Daddy Lim had to work and my mum was so kind to come along and help. As I was alone in the class, I had no hands to take picture.

Lil Shauna had a wonderful time and was happily laughing away. I think she enjoyed this class more than the Gymboree one cos she's older now and most importantly - mobile. In fact, Gymboree is better than Kindermusik and that probably explains the price difference. Gymboree is 25% more expensive. -.o" Similar to Gymboree, there was lots of lift your baby up, dance with the baby, jump here and there with the baby, etc. Super good workout for the parents.

Since the classes are not fantastic, I save on my pocket. Hehe. Will look out for more of such classes cos I am one kaisu parent. Truth be told, I think it is more fruitful spending our weekends bonding with Lil Shauna thru' these enrichment classes than to roam the malls aimlessly. Of course, I cannot deny that peer pressure helps lah. How can the who and the who be sending their precious princess and prince to such enrichment classes and my Lil Shauna only roams the mall with mummy? ;p

In the afternoon, we brought Lil Shauna for her "Makeover". I found this offer by a freelance photographer, specialising in photographing babies. Her rates are very reasonable and her previous works seem good. Most importantly, some of the June Mummies tried her and were full of praises.

Lil Shauna was pretty cooperative in the beginning.

She really look like a super model. Posing while photographer goes clicking away. There are so many props! Pink hairbands, hairclips, sunglasses, colourful balls, feathers, wings... After awhile, Lil Shauna got really distracted by the props.

We were there for at least an hour and it is sure tough work - not the baby but the photographer, her assistant and us. It is so, so tough to make the baby smiles and to make her look up when she's so focus on the props. -.o" We were so glad that the photographer has an assistant and she really helped to attract Lil Shauna's attention and make her smiles.


Towards the end, we have to stop to rest cos the baby started fussing. Daddy Lim has to monkey around to entertain the baby.
We finally stopped when Lil Shauna refuses to cooperates and whine non-stop. Phew.. we were more glad than her. We were totally tired out.

I hope that the pix turned out fine. While the photographer snaps away, she was commenting that Lil Shauna is so cute. Hehe. I think so too. I am one proud mummy.

Mummy Lim

Health Checkup

After trying to persuade my mum for forever, she finally did not disagree to let me bring her to a health checkup. The last she did her mamogram was at least 3 - 4 years ago and her last pap smear was more than 5 years ago. At her age, she should be doing a yearly checkup. Like all older generation, she believe that once you go for such checkup, all sicknesses will start surfacing. And it is better to just diagnose late and die then to put one through all treatments, which merely prolong the suffering. At the end, you still have to die. -.o"

I had to nag and nag at her before she did not try to argue with me. So, I brought her and my sis for the health checkup yday, which includes blood count to mamogram (for my mum), to pap smear, etc.

At the X-ray dept, I saw this poster, which I could not resist capturing. :)When it comes to such checkup, no news = good news. But, I received a call from the clinic this morning. -.o" The doctor called to inform that my mum is anemic. Her iron is on the low side. I told the doctor that I am Thala minor, which mean that my mum could be too and that would explain her low iron count. Then, the doctor went on to say that some clotting element in her blood is exceptionally high, which is common in people who just recovered from an infection such as flu. However, there is also a risk that there is something wrong with her bone marrow. I asked if this could mean that she has got cancer or something, which the doctor says that the possibility cannot be ruled out, but it is only a very small risk. Since my mum is not young anymore, she suggested putting my mum thru' another blood test to find out.

I didnt dare risk telling my mum over the phone just in case I freak her out. I told her about the Thala minor and anemia part but chose to be silence over the clotting thing. No point scaring her over nothing mah. So, after persuading her yet again, she agreed to do another blood test. I hope all turn out well. Pls help to pray.

On a different note, I tot that Lil Shauna is starting to look like a girl.

Then, a few days ago, 2 different aunties asked if Lil Shauna is a boy. -.o" Well, I blamed it on the totally ungirly top that she was wearing that day. Girl hor. Maybe she will look more like a girl when her hair grows. Look at Yingxuan. :)

Classic photo, I must show this pix in either of their wedding montage in the future. Hohoho.

Mummy Lim

Lil Shauna is Fine

Yeah, babies are made of steel. Banging head is ok. One moment they might be crying buckets, the next, they are bouncing everywhere. :)

Lil Shauna is fine. I bet she totally forgot about the mummy-bang-her-head-at-NTUC incident. :)

Separately, Lil Shauna's hair is getting longer, but I dun feel like cutting her hair. We have never cut her hair since day 1. :) I love her fine hair. Just that...

Lil Shauna has inherited Daddy Lim's curly hair. Well, she can ask Daddy Lim for $$ to rebond her hair in the future. Hohoho.
How come the girls are all taking after their daddy? Baby C has straight hair just like Daddy T.
Maybe Baby G will take after Daddy C too?
Daddy's girl. Mummy Lim

Head Kena Whacked

It is me, all my fault.

We brought Lil Shauna to JP just now. We needed to grab bread and ham for breakfast. Just as we were about to enter NTUC, Daddy Lim said that he needed the loo and to withdraw $$. Lil Shauna was in the stroller and I tot that I could easily handle her. So I told Daddy Lim to do his stuff while I grabbed the grocery with the baby.

We were entering the supermarket and I was trying to figure out how I should get pass that flapping gantry that NTUC fixed at there entrance. There were other people going into the supermarket but nobody offered to help. After thinking for awhile, I tot that I should use my butt to push open the gantry and then reverse the stroller in. The butt-pushing part when well, but when the stroller was half-way in, the flapping panel swung back. Coincidentally, Lil Shauna was sitting upright with her back off the stroller. It all happened too fast and the swinging panels whacked Lil Shauna on the back of her head. -.o"

I dun think the impact was that hard but Lil Shauna started wailing instantly and attracted the attention of many shoppers. I think she was in shock more than in pain but she cried so pitifully. All I can do was to hug and cuddle her until she calmed down. The onlookers must be thinking why the mummy is so dumb but I couldnt care more. My heart was aching for Lil Shauna. After a while, she did calm down and I quickly grab wat I needed while carrying her. She seems to have forgotten the incident after that.

It is common for kids to fall down, knock their head and bang into stuff. I know that we have to get medical help if Lil Shauna started vomiting, appear unusually drowsy, not her usual self, etc. She did not display any of those symptoms and is just as cheeky and noisy and active, trying to crawl and climb everywhere. However, this morning, I read from the motherhood forum about babies falling and banging their heads and we have to watch out for blood appearing in the white of the eyes, which could signify skull fracture. This is something new to me. When we were playing with Lil Shauna just now (after the head whacking incident), I noticed that Lil Shauna's left eye white seems a little red!! I am not sure if that is the blood thing that the article was talking about but it worries me quite a bit. Daddy Lim says that we shall monitor her for the night. If anything, we will seek medical attention tomorrow.

Please pray that everything will be ok. Stupid mummy... lesson learnt, dun act smart. -.o"

Mummy Lim

Updates (17 Feb 09, 6.53am):
Lil Shauna is fine. She woke up at 6am this morning and was her usual cheeky self. :) Thank God.

14 Feb 2009

Happie V Day! This is the 1st Valentines' Day that we spent as a family. :)

At 1st, I was still scratching my head,wondering about wat we should do on this special day. Trying to have a romantic dinner with Lil Shauna kills the romance. Not that she's playing light bulb but we will be busier trying to entertain her than anything else. -.o"

Luckily, Baby G invited us to her 1st month's bash.

She's so cute, her top is so cute and her personalised pillow is so cute. Hehe.

Daddy Lim had to work late today and he only managed to knock off at 3.30pm. We only reached Aunty S' mummy's house at 4+pm but we managed to catch Santarina Aunty Valerie and the Ong family. We didnt plan to stay long, but ended up chatting and chatting with S. Oh, Lil Shauna was in her ballerina romper and she charmed quite a few. hehe.

Lil Shauna was very cooperative today, such that Daddy Lim even managed to sneak out with Daddy C to buy Baby G's stroller. After playing the whole afternoon, Lil Shauna knocks out at 7+pm , after her milk.

Lil Shauna looks so much bigger beside Baby G. Hohoho. By the time Lil Shauna woke up from her nap, she was wide awake and full of energy. Together with the Chan family, we went for a walk at Changi Airport T3 and to grab dinner. I have never been to T3 and I was surprised to see T3 filled with people. Not only families were there, but it seems like the whole world is celebrating V Day in T3. -.o" We had to Q for over an hour for food and we were only having Popeye, which is a fast food concept similar to KFC. I didnt eat much, but Daddy Lim and the rest claimed that it is much nicer than KFC. Ok, I still dun think it is worth the drive all the way to T3 and that 1 hour wait. Regardless, Lil Shauna had a good time looking at people and I have at least stepped into T3. One less degree being a mountain tortise. ;p

We only left T3 near to 11pm. Lil Shauna fell asleep in the car. We totally screwed up her bedtime. I hope she doesnt take revenge on me tomorrow by torturing me. Hehe.

On a separate note, I am bringing Lil Shauna for some music trial class next week. She's a big girl already and I think she's musically inclined. See her play music. Hehe.

On another separate note, Lil Shauna has grown much. See piglet growing smaller and smaller beside her.

2 months' old.6 months' old.

9 months' old.

Mummy Lim