3mths old

Hannah is 3 mths old, just 2 days away. She has 'ballooned' quite nicely now, chubby on the arms and thighs, just like her mum, and brother too.

I had to search through new clothes for her cos everything has become tight fitting for her now. How fast they grow, solely on breast milk!

Unfortunately, she still doesn't sleep through the night. She wakes up for feeds, sometimes, stays awake at unearthly hours, like 5.30a.m. this morning! I would be very grumpy for the big part of the day whenever she does that.

But good natured her, she can play on her own on her cot for long periods of time, and only really wails when she wants to sleep, and feels uncomfortable, like wanting to burp and puke milk, which she still does it very often, not half as horrible as Nathan when he was little though.

Nathan adores her, likes kissing her around the face and esp the head. He stopped asking to carry her, knowing quite well mummy is going to say 'no' again. I try to spend time with him when she sleeps, which means little or no sleep for me at all. I can only do that during his nap time, and hopefully, coincides with hers. The worst horrible days are when she wakes while nathan naps. I have no time for myself.

I'm fixing day with mum to baby sit the kids while I do some exercise, like today, I managed a swim for 25 mins, nathan sat on his bike, didn't move much, and hannah was happy in her pram, just after a feed.

I realise I really do need to work out those fats, and detox to release stress too, i feel so much better after some swim ... more to come. Thanks to Mom.

Bintan Lagoon Wk end 10-12thOct

We left on Sat morning to catch a ferry which took us less than an hr to get there. We asked our friends, Cherly and Edward with their children, Jonah and Emma along. Our children are of the same age, and that is probably our starting pt of friendship.

We enjoyed sunny weather throughout our stay. The villa was big and nice. We could live with alittle rust, a dirty green pool, malfunctioning stove (on our last morning) and a few other hipcups. We only bid $120 for it anyway.

Nathan had great fun playing with sand. Initially, he was apprehensive about the crashing waves, but as I held him firmly, he relaxed and was reluctant to leave the sand for more than an hr.

Meals weren't fantastic. And I had some kind of insect attack, more than 15 bites on one leg and a few more on the left leg and hands ... no tan, many bites. How sad.

Thank God for safety. And a great family time.

Smiley Hannah

Thanks to God, that Hannah is generally very easy going, smiles alot and doesn't cry unnecesarily. Sometimes I get frustrated with her due to my own tiredness or stress from Nathan, but she is totally innocent, even when she still wakes me up at twice in the mid night hours.

She's growing well, chubby cheeks and tummy. I was comparing the two kids' baby pictures, none of Nathan's was smiley at all. Both LC remembers him as a very grumpy boy who often frowns, whatever he's thinking... I do not know. He only started smiling and laughing more as he grows older, beyond age of 1.

On the contrary, Nathan is getting me all stressed out alot lately. We paid for one term of school fees, and he refused to go.I can't get him to put on his uniform at all. That's difficult. Maybe I'm alittle loose on that, and not determined for this new term, taking in mind that he had to adjust to new baby and new house, but some Jan 2010, I would insist and there's no escaping. May God give me grace to execute that. And mei mei would also be older then, easier to carry around on the sling, and hopefully, happier still.I'm really looking forward to the day when nathan starts school, and I can have one on one with Hannah, just mother and daughter.

Coming wk end holiday.

This would be our first trip overseas with Hannah - to Bintan Lagoon resort. LC managed to book a bungalow house over the wk end. And mum and her friend, and Cherly and family are coming along. How nice. My friendship with Cheryl is less than a yr, we became friends, really because our kids are of the same age, elder a boy, and younger a girl, and our ages are similar too, plus, we attend the same church. I read in one of those books, which suggests that best friends can be made when we start having children, not forsaking the older friends though.

I'm looking forward to the trip, to more sun and sand play, a relax wk end without having to nag at LC about his work, and simply, have a good family time together.

snapfish deals

I was glad I procrastinated developing pictures for baby Hannah and nathan's. Developing 5R costs as much as a dollar from the shops. But with snap fish, at least during their promotions, I got 50 per cent discount, just with a click. Each piece is less than 50 cents, to me, that's a great discount. I was so happy, funny me.