I have turned 8 months old

At eight months old, I get to go to the Baby Gym once every week...hehe I tag along with Kor Kor Asher..it is fun and I love it!

climbing through the tunnel...one of my favourite!

:)

My first time at the swimming pool!

Steady...I am not afraid!

we paid a visit to Auntie Tricia

I love baby bites biscuit

Matching colors!

I like sitting in the high chair to eat my food...

I crawl very fast now...
I don't seem very keen to walk though...
I seem to be very interested in the adult foods..
all I am eating now is porridge and heinz jar food...
I love Heinz jar dessert and fruit!

7.5months old

I am now 7.5 months old.
As always, am a happy and cheery baby.

our new helper, Auntie Elizabeth and I!

So far, Auntie Beth seems really a good helper for mummy and us!
With a good helper, Mummy can arrange more activities for us and at least when Mummy sends Kor Kor Asher to school at Bibinogs, there is someone to look after me. :)

Sometimes Gong Gong & Po Po want to take Kor Kor Asher to stay over at their place...
when will it be Ayden's turn? Anyway, since Kor Kor is with Gong Gong & Po Po, Mummy took the opportunity to bring me and Grandma (Wai Po) out for high tea at Merchant Court Hotel.
It's my first high tea!!!

zzz by the river...;)

It was my first try on the hair chair too

Mummy & I

zzz after a good meal at the high tea...
i loved the pandan chiffon!
I want adult food!

zzz by the river...

see! I am pulling to stand on my own at every opportunity these days!

watching TV with my Kor Kor..

Everywhere I Go oh...
People always say I am such an adorable baby!! :D *shy shy*

Our new "Auntie" is great! (so far)

Mummy is pleased with our new Auntie so far...
She is always available to takeover Baby Ayden me 8 plus in the morning when Mummy needs to send Kor Kor Asher to school.
The laundry would have been done, the floor swept and mopped.
There is hot water to make milk for Kor Kor and the other necessary.
When Mummy comes home with Kor Kor at 12 plus, lunch is always ready without fail and Auntie Elizabeth is a fast worker who picks up things fast and follows instructions well.
Most importantly she dotes on me alot...she will put down whatever she is doing and rush to tend to me whenever she hears my cries, or when I awake from my naps.
She even cooks dinner for us too!

We spent a good two weeks without and maid, after Mummy sent the crazy maid back.
Mummy took care of us... ...

Mummy bathing me...

playing with us

Kor Kor giving me a yellow ball

Kor kor doesn't seem to like yellow...

he is always giving me the yellow blocks, yellow balls...

other colors he will not want to give me...

Ayden crawling in action!

Mummy I want a water bottle like this too...

Asher: Didi, is the sword yummy?

Asher: Let me try

Mummy likes to see both of us playing together in harmony...
Occasionally we do have slight problems over toys and mummy's attention....
but mummy does not get too worked up over it and wants us to learn to share and play together... ...

i am 7 months old!

I am 7 months old.
Starting to eat porridge occasionally, but still eat Cerelac, brown rice cereal and Heinz most of the time.

I have a pair of teeth at the bottom row...
Still not much hair...
Nails grown super fast...
Crawling well...
Pulling to stand...
Still wakes up like every 3 hours for milk in the night...
Using the learning cup well...

Mummy is not as detailed in my growing up blog as compared to Kor Kor's...
and she hope I will not blame her in future...
hmm...

When I am upset and angry...I really am!!!

;p

tip toe tip toe...

hey hey...

mirror play
(kor kor behing playing with water)

happy...
waiting for Kor Kor to finish his haircut

think i look like a girl in this picture.

that's Ines, my cousin

Hard to come by FAMILY shot!
Asher, Alvin, Ayden, Lindy
See any common traits in our names? :)

Ayden & Mummy!!!

I want mummy!!!

Mummy I want MILK MILK!!

Kor Kor telling me to be careful....don't fall down..

pain pain woh...

kor kor...sometimes u love me so much especially when I first came...

but why nowadays you like to beat me leh?

especially my head... :(

Now we are maid-less.

And Mummy is "job-less"

Mummy sent the crazy maid Auntie Cora back to the agency on 28th Jun. It was so dramatic.

Crazy maid. We even had to trouble mummy's colleagues to come to our "rescue".

Thank you Uncle Christopher, Auntie Irene and Auntie Cindy!

The next day, Mummy tendered her resignation at Tan Chong. Hmm...all for us, for the family.

Hopefully we find a great auntie soon...

Happy Birthday Daddy...Mummy is not a superwoman

Happy Birthday Daddy... ...
but mummy doubts you will ever read it anyway.

"I'm not your superwoman...I am only human..."

I try to be strong, stronger and stronger... ...
I try to be a good wife, good daughter-in-law, good daughter, good sister, good mummy... ...
but it seems like i have never really succeeded...but failed. failed terribly.

Both pregnancies and many things big small...i almost went through it just like a single mum...
i knew you didn't want it to be that way too.
I try to be understanding to all your tiredness, all your difficulties...
I try to be as independent as I can be...
whatever unjust I had to go through with anyone, i always put you at top priority...having no wish to put you in a difficult position...
No matter how tough the road ahead may seem, being married, I always thought a hubby will always be the pillar of support mentally, emotionally...

There are times I am so lonely, so tired...so mentally and emotionally drained.
BUT i am always alone.
I am just a woman afterall...
There are times I need a shoulder to cry on, a big warm hug... ...
where are they? I am just being left ignored, left alone, left on my own.
There are times I made my messages clear that I am not your superwoman, but just a stronger, independent woman who still needs your love, care and concern and help.... ...but your reply was...the capable one gets more tasks...even the stronger, independent woman has been slowly killed by your silence and nonchalance over the years.

i guess you will never understand why it is a difficult time for me now...
you will never be able to love me how I thought I will be loved by...
My genuine smile and laughter are beginning to leave me...bit by bit...
I am terrified... ....
terrified of losing them forever.

Why have I put in so much effort but for nothing?
i am scared... ...to reach the day when i will just throw the white cloth and surrender...

but i am only human...i am not your superwoman.
I will one day admit defeat to your silence, your nonchalance.
I am just not that strong afterall...just a woman, not a superwoman.
just alone still.

Pulling to Stand! & Crawling all over the place!

Just over couple of days time from my first attempts to crawl....

raising my butt...

my shaky wobbly crawl attempt...

I am now crawling well and fast...

I can pull myself to stand too!

Mummy thinks I may even take my first independent step faster than Kor kor Asher...

I will crawl to where there is support for me to pull to stand position....

Our major milestones so far are pretty similar except that my first pair of tooth erupted slower by about 1 month plus than Kor Kor Asher.

Mummy exclusively breatfed both of us till 6 months...erm to be exact Kor Kor Asher till exactly 6 months while Ayden (me) till 5.5months before introducing some solids to us like the brown rice cereal, Cerelac Cereal, Heinz jars etc...

Mummy says I LOVE the Heinz fruit jars whereas Kor Kor Asher never really fancied.

Next to happen...home cooked porridge which Kor Kor started having around 7months + old...

Followed by...introducing of 1 formula milk for night feed at 10months old.

Will I be following the same procedure??

crawling everywhere..

i like chewing onto the green bowl...

pulling myself to stand with the helpof the daybed

pulling myself to stand in the playpen

Ayden me! in the walker
as mummy and kor kor take their lunch at the dining table

spending some BROTHERHOOD time together in harmony!

Mummy are you going to read to me??

I want this book!

Mummy's Voice: Being a Mother of 2...

Being a mother of TWO kids by age 28 has always been one of my "objectives" in life.However, I had wanted 1 boy, 1 girl and if I were to have number 3, any gender would just be fine. So now, with 2 boys... I guess if I were ever to try for number 3....the chances of another boy will be very high...so i better prepare another AXXXX name by then. :D

Still, it is a dream to have a girl....Leann Leann when can I have Leann?

Having read Auntie Tricia's blog on Approaching Mother's Day earlier really reminded me to blog about it too... ...

Eversince becoming a Mother, time has been greatly devoted to the children... ...lesser time for myself as an individual, lesser time for us as a couple. But having the children around is a different kind of fun and happiness too. (Of course, not forgetting the frustrations too...) ;p

Everything else has to take further steps backwards as priorities are all now on the children.
Everything else has to be planned around them...hoping to give them the best I can, working around other solutions to still be able to work and yet take care of them... ...

having TWO is really alot of difference to ONE.
Time is spent either on Asher or Ayden.No time to even blog...and I only can save drafts with header to keep the memory there...and do it only when I can.

The only "free" time I have is when both of them are asleep at the same time during their nap or middle of the night.As we settle into this new place...as I build and establish a good routine and practice...as I train the new helper(WHO IS LIKE A LOST SOUL AT TIMES) ...hopefully things will work out well and smooth in no time.