Alvan's first movie!!!

We brave the cinema watching Madagascar 3 with Ashley, Adwin and our 6mths 11days old Alvan on a thursday afternoon!!!

He was sitting quietly watching the ads when we sat down... But was making noise before the movie started!! Based on my past experience with Ashley and Adwin, they would fall asleep after nursing them due to the darkness and coziness in the cinema... Sadly, this does not apply to Alvan!! Lucky, I had requested for the back and side seats so I can craddle him to the side in my sling and comfort him to la-la land...

It took me about half the movie duration before I can sit down to enjoy the rest of the movie. But, soon I realized I was fast falling asleep too!! Haha... Anyway, this was a nice experience to begin with!! More movies to come baby!!! ;)

Baby Alvan on nuebuliser

Baby fell sick again since last Thursday with cough... And saw his running nose on saturday afternoon... And while shopping at PS, we can feel his body temperature raising... Thus left at 4+ after collected WL Father's day cake from Rive Gauge... (he's officially 6mths 1week old)

I feel he was breathing quite hard since sunday and decided to bring him to the PD on monday morning... Lucky I brought him over, as the PD said she can hear some whizzing sound in his lungs... Sigh... And he was assigned to one time nuebuliser treatment in the clinic...

He's on medication for now and just hope he can get better during this week and will have to be back to the PD next Monday to make sure his lungs are cleared...

That's the problem when baby has elder siblings, they tend to fall sick often... And it's tough to keep telling the elder kids to stay away from the baby brother when they are sick... And baby had actually just recovered from cough and flu for a week! Really hope my poor baby recover fast...

Alvan sitting upright

These 2 days, Alvan been able to sit upright without support!! He's officially 6mths 1week old!!

And he also managed to flip over on his own!! But tough to video him on action!!

Brought him for the Healthy Breastfed baby contest assessment organized by KKH yesterday... Ehm, the assessor actually thought by putting him on tummy they can witness his flip!! And they also thought he can perform his favorite stunt, him putting his feet in his mouth!!! Lol...

Our first Outdoor Photoshot -- Hort Park

We had our first outdoor photoshot at Hort Park by ZX Workshop... This session was bought with a promo in Groupon.com and we were really happy with all the shots taken!! Must thank our photographer for all his suggested pose and locations!!

Here's just a few of the shots we had... as you can see, my dear Adwin's right arm was still in cast during the shot!! I had actually asked if we can postpone the session, but as this is a long overdue claim of the session and the photographer had limited slots for me, we had no choice but to proceed with the agreed time and location!! Nevertheless, all shots turned out wonderful!!  But we can see that my Adwin was trying his best to 'hide' his casted arm! Hahaha....





This shot was taken on 15 April 2012, our first weekend without a maid!! Well... I still have a long story to tell in regards to our maid... :(

Alvan's full month celebration

Haha.... This post is looooong overdue!! My Alvan is about 4-1/2 months old now, and this post is to blog about his full month celebration... Another reason is, the photos were uploaded to WL's PC rather then my laptop, therefore the delay... LOL... me & my excuses for not updating my blog on time! :p

This is our 3rd full month celebration, did not intend to have a big celebration actually, but as we received quite a lot of red packets from our relatives, therefore came this invite! Anyway, we thought our friends may find it boring to come for 'another' full-month celebration from us, so this party is a mini one...

As usual, the kids enjoy themselves more... and I had ordered balloons just for the fun of it! :p  Ehm... I forgot to the take the picture of the balloons using the camera... LOL...

Here's our VIP for the day!!! Presenting Mr. Alvan Phang... in a romper suite bought by 婆婆!!

And, I did the designing of the banner myself and send for printing... which am happy and proud of! :p

Here's the pictures taken with our immediate families only... No time for photoshots with our guests! :)

Oh no, Ashley did have a picture taken with "her" guests (Keelia Lee & Amber Chew)... haha...

And, here's all presents & ang-baos for our Baby Alvan....

Adwin's right arm in cast!!

I had been pretty 'suay' (unlucky) recently!

First, my first maid, Maida Grace told me on 11 April that she wants to go back home to continue her studies!! And it's on the same day she request she flew back!! And in an instant, am maid less!!

To add on to my misery, adwin had a small fall in school and ended up in a cast!! His fall was really was small one and we did not expect it to be so serious especially when he only complain of pain at the wrist but during the night, I can see that he dare not move his whole right arm and that's when we decide to bring him to KKH the next day for a check!

The PD was not able to find anything amiss in the right wrist X-ray and thus after some examination on his right arm, decided to take X-ray on his elbow! The PD pointed to an area which he says is swollen and a minor hairline crack, and decided to put him in a cast for a week till his review with a orthopedic next Tuesday.

One lucky thing for me is, we managed to confirm another new maid at the agency the next day and will have to wait for 6-8 weeks before she comes.

All the best for me for the following weeks being maid less!!!

Alvan first playdate with other Dec 2011 babies

I finally managed to be able to join the other Dec 2011 mummies for a lunch last Friday, 30 Mar, at Shangri-la hotel for a high tea at the Rose Veranda.

All mummies who saw Alvan was full of surprise!! How did my Alvan who's been only drinking mummy's breast milk to be such a strong boy with a pair of super yummy thighs!! Haha... And as of that day, Alvan weight 9kg!! I did enjoy myself cos at least we do have some common topics on baby's progress.

I seriously do not know why and how Alvan's weight is picking up so fast! As compared to Ashley and Adwin, he did put on more and much faster!

Here's a summary of his weight:
- at birth: 3.63kg
- 1 month: 5.4kg
- 2 month: 7.5kg
- 3 month: 8.77kg
- 3 month 3 weeks: 9.4kg

Alvan first public transport ride

Mummy finally found the courage to bring me in her sling and took bus and train to town for the baby fair at taka and meet my daddy there for shopping!!!

Before we board the bus, I had fallen asleep in mummy's sling! And lucky a nice Aunty gave up her seat for mummy and me, as I was sound asleep!! But an uncle next to me was talking on his mobile that woke me up!! Lucky I managed to go into Lala land again before we reach orchard!!

The 3 men in the house...

Here's a nice shot of the 3 men in the house...

CNY cookies

Pardon my messy postings... Am trying to post my missing entries based on the photos in my iPhone... Haha...

As I am on maternity leave during this CNY and with a maid, I had been looking for recipes to make some CNY cookies this year!! And managed to squeezed out some time to bake while baby is napping away!!

It was really fun and first time we have lots of cookies to eat!! My kids favorite is the butter cookies and fried arrowroots!! Adwin's another favorite is the pineapple tarts!! And I found a real easy recipe for peanut cookies too!! Easy and tasty!! Hope I can do more next year!! LOL...

Ashley's graduating concert

This is the first time I had to miss my kids performance! And this performance is a much anticipated one that I had been waiting for, but baby Alvan decided to make his presence on the same day of the performance!!! Argh... The reason why am so excited to watch the performance, as it's Ashley's graduating concert, also the last concert before she goes into another milestone in her growing stage!

Anyway, I can't do much if baby decides to be born on this day!

Alvan's first visit to the beach

It's been a long long time since we bring the kids to the beach! And since the weather is good and we are finally free on a Sunday, WL decides to bring the family to East Coast!! And of cos, this would be the first visit for Alvan!

It feels really good to be relaxing and enjoy the sea breeze, been a long while since we enjoy a relaxing Sunday!!

Had wanted to give a try on the big bicycle, dunno what it's known as!! We can all ride in it!! But the weather was turning bad, so have to leave before we get caught in the rain!! Hope to find another Sunday to ride on it!!

Alvan at 2 months old...

Here's some pictures of Alvan at 2 months old... He's beginning to smile and he likes to chat with familiar faces. Its such a joy to my baby grow... Cos I think I really missed out the growing years of my 2 other precious! Am so eager to see Alvan's other milestones!!

CNY 2012 -- Year of the Dragon

This year's Lunar New Year is pretty early, 22 Jan is the first day of CNY... Year of the Dragon!!

As usual, we had our first reunion lunch with my family a day before the Eve of CNY...  Always looking forward to reunion meals, especially the 'lo-hei'!!  And as the kids grow up, our meal time are getting noisier, I guess next year will be noisier as Alvan would be 1 year old + next CNY and he would be chasing his siblings and cousins around too!!

I managed to get this Father & sons top/romper for WL and the 2 boys, but Adwin refused to wear!! So... here's the pic of Father & son wearing the same design top! Nice???...  :p

Adwin's top was chosen by himself when we brought the family to Chinatown for shopping, he loves this Pink top!! Insisted wearing even when we tried hard to persuade him to wear the same top as WL and Alvan!! But he does looks nice in it!! haha... Love his smile here!! :)

Ashley looks a big girl here... As she enters Primary 1 this year, it's a challenging year for Ashley, as well as us, the parent... always making sure she's ready for school and coaching her to do her homework, making sure she understands the topic the teacher had taught her, driving them to enrichment classes, etc...

Photo of mummy?? Ehm... maybe the next time... as I am still trying to lose the weight I gain during pregnancy!!  Finding it tougher to lose the weight this time... guess age is an important factor!! Haha... Happy Lunar New Year!!!! Cheers!! :)

Our 3rd new addition

Our 3rd new addition to the family, baby Alvan, is here on 10 Dec 2011!! He decided to arrive a week earlier than the EDD, 16 Dec, given by doc KT Tan.

This labour started very differently from my previous 2! I started my day with a giddy head!! Little did I expect myself to vomit in the noon after we left the house for lunch and to collect the birthday cake for Adwin's 4th birthday celebration in the childcare! Giddy spell was still with me and after I mentioned to my sis, her reply was a shock to me!! LOL... She say her ex-colleague was in labour after she complained of giddy head and vomiting too!! Upon hearing this, I decided to give KKH a call, ask-a-nurse service! And upon hearing my situation, the nurse advise was, please come to the delivery suite for us to monitor you!! It was only 5:15pm then, so I asked WL to buy back the kids and maid's dinner so we can proceed to KKH for them to monitor!

Upon reaching KKH at 7pm, the delivery suite, I was being led into the monitoring area to monitor baby's heartbeat and my contractions! An hour and the half later, the doc came in and read my CTG chart, commented that the baby's heartbeat was not very active, though of the normal range, and am experiencing regular contractions! So, I need to be admitted for further monitoring! This admission was into the delivery ward, which was really unexpected, as we were thinking of going for dinner after the monitoring!! LOL...

By the time am on the bed in the delivery ward, it's 8:30pm! And, am already 3cm dilated!!! Therefore, doc KT Tan was informed and she appeared around 9:30pm to check on me and break my waterbag!! So, baby Alvan will be out on 10 Dec!!

Following the burst of my waterbag, is the administer of the epidural!! Afterwhich, I can rest till the dilation is full for me to give my final push for baby to come out!!

At about 2:15am, the nurses were getting in and out of my ward, checking for my dilation, which was about 7cm only, but the CTG on baby heartbeat was dropping, so they were abit worried. And I was asked to stay in the left side position to hasten my dilation so baby can be out soon! By 2:45am, nurse concluded that I am ready!! And she went to inform doc Tan, whom had been resting upstairs since she checked on me at 9pm+, afraid that she may not make it in time for my delivery, since its my 3rd one! After all the necessary preparations are done and doc Tan appearance, I was asked to push!! I must say this is a fast delivery and baby Alvan was out at 3:03am!!! Weighing 3.63kg and 50cm long...

Presenting baby Alvan....

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Our first Flyer trip in 2011 & MBS visit...

This is our first Flyer visit since our last Friend of the Flyer membership expired in mid 2010?  And we are surprised that it can changed quite abit along the walkway from the main entrance to the flyer capsule... And the information displayed is much more informative as compared to the last which was nothing but view of the surroundings...  And the kids were really happy and we had sign up another year of Friend of the Flyer membership again!! Haha... Why?  Cos the single entry tickets we are going to pay is almost the same as the membership price!! And as we were expired members, they allow to add 2 more adults to the family membership and instead of 12 mths, it's extended with extra of 4-6mths (*sorry, memory failing me & I really can't recall... haha...)

And first storey had been converted to a food court known as Singapore Food Trail (路边摊)... They tried to bring in all the popular food in Singapore here, but the standard is not truly there... :(   But I guess it's a good try for visitors to Singapore!

After dinner, we decided to walk over to the Marina Bay Sands since the Science Museum is newly open...

Farmart & Dinner @ Kranji Farm

The kids have been asking to go feed goats after their zoo trip with the childcare and Adwin did not get a chance to feed the goat as there were too many students... So, my trade with him is, if he's able to perform properly without crying during his Tien Sia End of Term 3 performance, we will bring him to feed the goats on the next day (Saturday)!  Since he kept to his promise, so did we!! Hee hee...

We brought them to the Farmart @ Sungei Tengah, the last time we were there was like 4-5 years back with WL's buddies... Anyway, the kids really enjoyed themselves alot as there were really alot of animals for them to feed!! Goats, fishes, parrots, rabbits, frogs, turtles... And they were asking to go back again soon!! :D

I had bought 2 vouchers for dining @ Kranji Farm and this is a totally new place to us, don't think we would even drive all the way into Kranji to find this place if not for the fact that I had bought the vouchers!! Hee hee... The food served here are tasty and we love the salads, cos the serving is really HUGE, which can serves up to 2 adults actually!!  But we still managed to finish it, as the main dish is smaller when we order as a set with the salad!  But the kids didn't not quite enjoy their pasta!!...  The dish they enjoyed most is the dessert!!  Brownies with ice-cream!!  Nice place to dine in, serene and peaceful... totally away from the city and urban area that we are in daily....

Ashley's 6th Birthday

OMG... I only realised that I didn't blog about Ashley's 6th Birthday celebration here!!!  Pregnancy really makes me more forgetful.... :p  *is that a valid excuse??*

This is the last year that Ashley have her celebration in the childcare... This time WL was not able to make it to the CC celebration due to his busy schedule... But we got her a cake she selected and arranged for her birthday dinner with our 2 family members on the same day.  And I brought them Orchid Country Club, The Little O'zone playground for some playtime since after Ashley's birthday celebration, its barely 4pm...

Here's some shots from the playzone... not very nicely taken as they were so actively playing!! :p

We were lost as to where to hold her birthday dinner with the 2 families, as it's a weekday and most of us need to rush over from their workplace and some places are not able to hold so many of us... And we decided to make do with Mayim @ Northpoint since it's a place nearer to all our family members...

Ashley selected the Toy Story ice-cream cake from Swenson for her dinner celebration, as she said Toy Story is Baby Caden's favourite character... that's really sweet of her to think of her cousin even for her own birthday!!

Bottle Tree Fishing

Sorry, this is another overdue posting... LOL...

We decided to bring the kids for some kampong fishing again someday in Sept!  And I was busy prawn-fishing, cos its something I can SIT there & do nothing on! Haha...  See my prawn in the basket??... :p

As usual, the kids were busy getting themselves wet & trying to catch the long-kang fishes...

It's been a long time since we last visited Bottle Tree Village @ Yishun... And they are improving of the surroundings... more places for visitors to take pictures... :p

Adwin's first visit to the dentist

Finally managed to bring adwin for his first dental visit today!! Had only made an Appt for Ashley to visit dentist Sharon Chong cos she complain of toothache and the advise from dentist Prudence is that her first root canal tooth is infected and need to do an extraction, lucky thing is, the infection is gone after a course of anti-biotic therefore no need extraction today!! Only filling for a tooth next to the molar!! And since adwin realized he's the only one going to school, he rather choose to go dentist with us!!

But still, it was not an easy task for him to lay quietly on the dentist chair... He had cried and refused to sit up, only hugging on to me hoping dentist Sharon can see his teeth!!! After much persuasion and crying, and after showing how dirty his teeth were then he got into the chair and open his mouth with much cooperation!! You can actually see that his teeth are indeed much cleaner and whiter after the polishing!!!

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