Things to Give Thanks for in Year 2008

Daddy Lim did his list some time ago and this is mine.

I wanted to give thanks to God for the following wonderful people/ things/ incidents for year 2008.

1. Daddy Lim - my pillar of strength. Pappy, I noe you have tried your very best to be a good hb and pappy. May our love continues to grow and deepen. Muaks.

2. Lil Shauna - God's precious gift to us after all the trials and obstacles. She really brought much joy to our lives despite being difficult at times. I just have to remind myself that she will grow up soon and will be easier as she grows up (or at least I hope lah).

3. My Mum - Lil Shauna's main caregiver and my weekend-walk-aimlessly-around-the-mall kaki. W/o her, I would have gone crazy caring for the baby long ago. Although I still throw tantrums at her sometimes, but I really love her.

4. My sis - my shopping kaki. If you are reading this - I really treasure the close kinship that I share with you. I love you too. :)

5. The SHSS girls - I noe that you all will always be there for me. God has watched us grow and He has blessed the bond and friendship that we shared.

6. God's protection and blessings during my pregnancy. It was a difficult pregnancy, but God only used it to show us His realness. He has been protecting me thru'out the pregnancy and even allow me to be admitted to NUH instead of TMC and helped us saved on loads of vitamin M.

7. Good working relationship - The challenging work and the girls at work leaves me with no Monday blues (but I do suffer from other-day-blues occasionally). ;p

8. Family - God helps to pull the family (both Daddy Lim's & mine) closer with the arrival of Lil Shauna. It is such a blessing to know that there are people who are earnestly praying for us.

That's for all for now. Goodbye year 2008. Although it has flew by, I know that I have achieved much. Lil Shauna is the evident.

Mummy Lim

Teeth

Lil Shauna was cranky on Sat evening while we were still outside. She couldnt stop squirming, was sucking on everything, especially her hands and was drooling buckets. I usually have no issue with her sucking on her fingers, but her hands had been everywhere and she couldnt stop banging tables. Then, she drooled so much as a result of sucking. The worse was that she sucked on her fingers so hard that she almost regurgitated. -.o" I looked with envy at Baby C who was sitting quietly in the baby chair and then quieting on the mummy's lap. Haiz... I had some peace when Lil Shauna finally felt asleep in the car, on the way home.

I had long suspected that she was teething. Drooling is one of the signs. But then again, she had been drooling since she was about 4 months old and her drooling had actually improved recently. I tried to feel her gum and was surprised to feel something sharp. My baby is teething. :) I bet her gum is swollen and itchy, which explains the crankiness and persistent sucking. We applied tons of teething gel. That night, she tossed and turned on the bed and went "ng... ng... ng..." for at least half an hour before finally falling asleep. Then she woke up at 4am and started crying. The teething gel is a life saviour. Haha.

Last evening, I was checking on her gum again and was surprised to see 2 and not 1 tooth! Hehehe.

Mummy Lim

Our Air Stewardess

To me, Yifang has always been the girl-next-door - sweet and demure. I have never think that she will one day become an air stewardess, but that is wat she is now and one for a long, long time. I remembered those days where I will definitely "partner" her during training. Those phone calls, house visits, letters and cards that we used to write to each other. Though we have drifted apart, I am glad that she still makes the effort to meet up with us whenever she's back. I have never stopped thanking God for all these precious girls that He has given me. These friendships that never end despite our geographical location. :)

Yifang is stopping over from Melbourne and is flying off to Dubai today. One of the girls had nicely arranged for a dinner meet-up. I was out with Lil Shauna since afternoon. We were out with my mum, Yingxi and the maid. Nowhere in particular, just aimless walking in the mall. Disgressing, my mum was puzzled why I enjoyed gg over to their place when Daddy Lim goes to work on Suns/ PHs, despite their place being always noisy. She also dun understand why I enjoy gg to the malls with them on weekends and indulged in aimless walking. It is the company. Although noisy, I enjoy talking to my mum/ sis while taking care of Lil Shauna at their place. The nice bfast/ lunch that she makes helps too. As for the malls, it is her company again. We basically just walk, eat and talk. :) It is definitely a good way to build relationship.

Daddy Lim joined us in the late afternoon to fetch us to meet the girls. Lil Shauna was all dressed up today. She was in the pretty top that Santarina Aunty Valerie bought for her. She wore leggings and had a pretty clip too. I was all geared to bash up anyone who said that she is or look like a boy. Blind ah? ;p

Lil Shauna was starting to get cranky upon arrival at Bugis (pix later, with Mummy L again). ;p Lil Shauna was selective. She rejected Aunty J several times and broke her heart. She cried when Aunty Yifang tried to carry her. Hello, Aunty Yifang flew all the way from Melbourne lor. Haiz. Only Mummy L managed to carry her and entertain her for a long while. She wanted me to blog about her successful attempt with the baby. Ok lor, Mummy L, you good, can?? Hehe.

Lil Shauna rewarded her with a big fat saliva filled kiss. Now that I have blogged about it, it should make you happy, right? Remembered to put in a good word for Lil Shauna in front of Joshua gorgor hor. Potential MIL, cannot offend. ;p

Mummy Lim

3 Places in One Saturday

We had a super busy Saturday. Daddy Lim had to work in the morning. After he was "released", we went to Baby Tiara's full month's bash. Baby Tiara is a smashing 4.2kg at full month. Lil Shauna was probably at half when she was a month's old. Sorrie, no pix, cos Baby Tiara was surrounded by many, many uncles, aunties, grandaunties, etc. We do have a pix of Lil Shauna during her bash though. She was a little kitty. Hehe.

We met another of Daddy Lim's friend and her baby when we were about to leave. Two super sweet babies + their pretty mummies. Hohoho.
After that, we went to Nainai's place. Nainai is never sick of Lil Shauna. Everything that Lil Shauna does bring immerse joy to her. Wat a blessing to have such a doting grandma. I do hope that Lil Shauna will be close to Nainia in the future. :)
After Nainia's place, we left for St Hilda's. There is a game cum dinner gathering for the volleyball people since batch 1 to the existing members. All in all, there should be at least 13 batches. If each batch has 12 boys and girls, 13 batches should add up to about 250 pax! Not all of us turned up, but the entire hall was already filled with people, young and old. There are so many of them with kids. Some of my juniors were with toddlers! For a while, I felt quite ashamed. Lose liao, should have married and give birth earlier. ;p
Lil Shauna took some pix with Baby C and Gorgor Joshua, but the pix are with Mummy L. Shall post when I get them. :) Wat I do have is a pix of MTB S. She's already 36 weeks and might pop anytime. :)
Wow, super exciting. We are all anxiously waiting for the new member to come. So many babies. Our future gatherings will be so noisy. Baby AN, we are waiting for you to come back to join the crowd. :)
Mummy Lim

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! This is our first Christmas with Lil Shauna and we had an eventful Christmas.

It all started with the Christmas shopping, then the Christmas lunch in the office on Christmas Eve. We had lots of good food and a yummy log cake.

Then, there was Christmas prezzie exchanging. Look at all the prezzies. I love giving out prezzies. I simply love the joyful look on people's face when they received prezzie. :)

The nicest wrapped-up one is for me. Hehehe. Thank you, Noor.

Let's see what I have got. A new toy for Lil Shauna! It is pretty weird that when you have kids, the Christmas prezzies for you are sometimes meant for the kids. In this case, I actually requested for it. To make it up, I shall buy Lil Shauna a Gucci handbag on her birthday. Hohoho.We went to Daddy Lim's Uncle's place in the evening. They had a Christmas party and there were so many people. Lil Shauna received more toys as Christmas prezzie. Strangely, Lil Shauna didnt cry. In fact, she was willing to be carried by everybody including uncles and aunties that she has seen for the very 1st time. The noise didnt get to her too. I guessed it is bcos we were in the House of God and Lil Shauna was in a joyful mood, wanting to partake in the celebration of the Lord's bday. :)

On Christmas Day, Lil Shauna woke up bright and early at 6am. We went to Orchard in the afternoon. Daddy Lim had wanted to buy me a new wallet for Christmas. I had initially wanted a branded wallet. We walked into Fendi and Coach, but I just couldnt bear spending so much on a wallet. We ended up leaving Orchard empty-handed.

It is funny that Daddy Lim and I never went to Orchard on Christmas Day in the 4 years that we were together but actually did so now that Lil Shauna is here. There were so many people on the street. Orchard Road was closed for some Christmas parade.

Then, it was Christmas dinner with my family, our very 1st Christmas celebration. We had simple food and my home was instantly turned into a circus with all the kids screaming, toys flying, dog running and barking, but it was pure fun. We ended the dinner with Christmas prezzie exchanging and yummy log cake no. 2. I think everybody had fun, even my mum. I hope it only mean that there are more to come. :)

The busy day left Lil Shauna very tired. She's fast asleep at 8pm. Let's hope that she will sleep thru' the night.

God bless!

Mummy Lim

2008

As we come to and to 2008, Mummy has reminded me to thank God for all the things that have happened. Too many to list so I'll just do the significant few:
1) Shauna! She's such a joy (and a pain at times) and definitely the most precious gift God has given to us.
2) The big incident at work. Very thankful no one got hurt. Big lesson for us there..
3) Financial stability. Recession is upon us, we thank God that he has granted Mummy the wisdom to save save save
4) Family members and friends. They have also been thrilled by Shauna and their smiles bring warmth to our hearts. We also thank God that they are healthy and well. Mummy's mum has been a blessing for without her, our lives would have taken a more drastic change with Shauna's arrival.
5) A very accomodating and big-hearted Mummy. She has almost single-handedly taken care of everything for the household needs. From bathing Shauna, changing diapers to housework and washing clothes. All this while allowing me to play games after Shauna falls asleep.

So there, God has been good to us year after year and we thanks Him for all the blessings He has bestowed upon us. Merry Xmas and a Healthy 2009 to all!

Daddy Lim

Lil Shauna's First Fall from the Bed

Dun ask us how it happened cos we were all asleep.

Last night, we tucked her into bed after her milk and put all the "barriers" in place. Then, I went to my "new bed" on the floor and drifted into dreamland. Daddy Lim claimed that Lil Shauna was perpendicular to the edge of the bed when he was preparing to sleep. As she was soundly asleep, he hesitated if he should move her. Eventually, he left her as she was and re-set the "barriers".

I was dreaming away when I felt something dropped on me. When I woke up, I found a baby beside me. -.o" Lil Shauna was still asleep despite the fall. In fact, when I moved away, she even flipped and remained asleep. I quickly hold her up to check and cuddled her to calm her. But she appeared to be totally unaware of what had just happened. I think we are the ones who needed to be calmed. Anyway, she appeared ok. She even managed to finish her milk and poo poo.

This morning, we were still anxious especially when she slept all the way to Popo's place, which usually doesnt happen. I had to purposely wake her up to check that she's ok. I had already asked Popo to monitor her. So long as she didnt vomit, didnt appear to be overly drowsy, she should be fine. I bet her sleepiness this morning is probably due to the nice weather and the full tummy from the night feed. We are just gan cheong parents. ;p

Ok, lesson learnt. She must be positioned properly whenever she flipped out of range. Luckily, we added a mattress (aka the new bed) on the floor.

Mummy Lim

My 1st Christmas Prezzie

Pappy received a package for me today. Mummy tot that it is one of the items that she bought online. When we reached home, we realised that it is my very 1st Christmas prezzie.

It is a prezzie from Santarina Aunty Valerie. :)

I cant rem if I have ever seen Santarina Aunty Valerie. There are too many things to remember with my little head. Maybe I will only get to see her on Christmas night when she tip toe to bring me toys in the middle of the night like wat story books say. Since she has bought me my very 1st Christmas prezzie, I think she should be pretty. Hehe. Maybe she is as pretty as me, but I think I should be prettier and definitely cuter. ;p

My little prezzie comes with a lovely note.I bet you cant read it. It says:

Hey Baby Shauna,

It's your very 1st Christmas!
Understand from mummy that many times people have mistaken you for a baby boy.
So Santarina Aunty Valerie is sending you a little cutie dress for you to wear and show everyone what a pretty baby little Shauna is.

Merry Christmas!

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Orrhhhh.. how sweet is Santarina Aunty Valerie. If I do get to see her, I shall muak muak her with my fat lips and leave my sweet saliva on her pretty face for her memory sake. I bet she will love me for it.

Here is the pretty, cutie dress that she got for me.

With the new hair clip that Mummy just bought for me, I bet I am the prettiest and cutest baby girl.

No? Arrgghhh, now you make me very angry. Hmpf!

Lil Shauna

New Year Resolution

Year 2008 really flew by. We are 8 days away from the new year. -.o"

Dearest bb,

Let's think of the things that took place this year and that we wanted to give thanks to God for. Also, think of some new year resolution for yourself and the Lim family. I will do likewise and we can share and work towards them in year 2009. :) I hope we can find time to do a quiet cup of coffee and sharing.

Oh ya, if you cant think of any resolution, I can help you immediately - quit smoking. Hohoho. Or maybe making you quit smoking should be one of my new year resolutions. Hohohoho.

Loving you,
Mummy Lim

Christmas Cheer

This is a super busy Christmas for us bcos there is Lil Shauna. We have to find time for Christmas shopping and the baby doesnt seem to like shopping very much. Still, we managed to get what we need for family and friends.

Did you see your prezzie in the whole bag of Christmas prezzie? Warning - we have no time for pretty wrapping and decided to go green. Your prezzie will come in its original form, no frills. Hehe.

Daddy Lim & I were doing our last minute shopping at JP today. I managed to get off work on time and we rushed to JP, focusing on our mission. We found some time after grabbing our stuff and we had a nice coffee and cake at Coffee Bean. We even had the opportunity to take pix with the Christmas tree. :)

It feels so nice to be spending some quiet time without the baby. I guess we should do this more often. We need that break sometimes, spending some time to just laze around. Our pace of life gets too quick most of the time.

Oh, we have a wonderful program this year. On Christmas Eve, we are going to spend at Daddy Lim's uncle place. We are bringing Lil Shauna along and this is her 1st ever Christmas party. Too bad that she's going to miss out on all the good food. Well, the parents are going to eat on her behalf.

My family is going to celebrate Christmas together this year for the very 1st time on Christmas day itself. When I 1st ran that idea with my mum, she was reluctant, insisting that only ang mos and Christians celebrate Christmas and they are neither (actually, my bro & sis used to be believers). Eventually, she agreed on the account that it is merely a family get-together. We are going to have simple buy-away dinner at our place. We have bought prezzies for them and I think my bro & sis got prezzies for us too. I hope it would be fun. The kids can play with Lil Shauna's new toy. Hopefully, this is the 1st of the many Christmas celebration that we will have and they will come to know and appreciate the real meaning of Christmas. :) Oh, I asked my sis to help my mum to buy some chocolates for us too so that she can join in the fun of gift exchange. Hehe, so exciting.

Mummy Lim