Jilliane - an artiste?

Last weekend was only 4 days but to me it seemed like a week. Jilliane got hit by some flu bug (which I suspected she caught from Polliwogs because of some irresponsible parents!) and this time it was realy bad. It's almost a week and she's still coughing with a runny nose. Her fever finally subsided 3 days ago. So, to play it safe, I decided it will be a no outing weekend. And when there's no outing, it's a perpetual situation of I look @ JD, JD look @ me the whole day. No wonder time passed so slow. Really had to crack my brains for one activity after another..

Jilliane the doodler

Jilliane the blue nose clown

Mom left early Friday morning.. I text Dw and told him to hurry home as I was incredibly bored. But of course, on days you need him back early, he came back past 8pm and it didn't help that Dad was having a whale of his time with his friend gallivanting Orchard Road.

By end of the day, I was really stinky. When JD was awake, I had to constantly accompany her, when she was sleeping, I had to prepare her meals and clean up the house. I only took my bath when Dw came home. It's amazing how she still wanted to stick with me when I was such a smelly mommy... Guess my baby will always be my baby.. *smiling to myself*

3 yrs as a Mrs

Just a few days back as I was cuddling Jilliane before her bedtime, these meaningful lyrics were playing in the background. They brought back memories of the day I walked down the aisle 3 years ago and my dad gave me away to Dw. At the same time, it was flash forward 25 years, when it'll be Jilliane's turn.. and Dw's to give her away.. and mine to let go of her hand..

There may come a day,
When you may long to say,
You'll be forever true.
To a very special man,
Who will take your hand,
As you pledge to give your love away.
So now I pray:
May that moment shine,
Like a diamond in your mind,
And may the love you find,
Keep two hearts as one.
For a Lifetime.

My day with Jilliane

Mom had a doctor's appt last Fri so I took leave to take care of Jilliane.

Initially I was really apprehensive as it was the 1st time that I'm going to drive quite abit alone with Jilliane. Yes, alone. Down to Orchard early in the morning, back home, to Polliwogs in the afternoon etc.

Am glad to say it all went well. Each time I looked into the rearview mirror, she's either looking out of the window or clapping her hands to the children songs playing in the background.

I'm looking forward to the long weekend coming up when mom's going be away and it'll be me and Jilliane once again :)

My George Clooney Machine

Remember my post sometime back on this?

Yes! I've finally gotten it! So Dan & all friends, come on over for a cuppa! :)

I was so engrossed that I didn't even realise my cousin in law took a candid shot of me! :P

Word of the moment - Somersault

She gets really excited when we mention that word and gets into position right away!

Getting ready!

We lift her legs

standing on her head

one round completed, on to the next!

On the bus once again

After a year & a half long hiatus, I'm finally back to taking a bus to & from work.

Almost at the same time when I found out that I was pregnant, Dw got a job that provided him with free parking right smack in Orchard Road. Now that I think back, I'm truly convinced by the phrase, God Will Provide. With free parking thrown in, we jumped on the bandwagon & spoilt ourselves with a car. I get chauffeured to & fro work. We get free parking when I have my gynae appointments at Paragon.

Dw changed job recently. This time just round the corner from me but without season parking thrown in. So, since 1st October, we've had to accustomed ourselves once again to jostling with the office crowd on the bus and bearing the 30min ride to work. I'm quite glad that we're not on the mrt though as I've been through those hideous rides when my nose is pressed on the mrt door or I'm literally body to body with the other commuters.

It's fun being on the bus again, especially when I'm on the double decker bus. I get to oogle at the huge, beautiful houses along Mountbatten Road, Dw & me have more in depth conversations since he need not concentrate on the roads. Just a week and we have more or less seen familiar faces everyday at the bus stop. There's this Spanish family of 3 who is always chasing no. 14 and the other people at the bus stop will need to help them flag down the bus, there's this cute, young ang moh with a pointy chin which looks just like his pointy leather shoes, there's this friendly middle aged Eurasian unlce who greets almost everyone and even struck up a conversation with us.

This also marks my 1st time providing feedback to SBS. I suggested to them that they should add an earlier session to 10E to bring people, like me, who start work at 8.30am, to Shenton Way. The current 1st session which arrives at my bus stop at 8.03am is way too late. Eurasian uncle is pleased, he totally agrees with me. :)

I feel good!

抓週

Had a little tykes gathering over at Kym's place on Saturday and to add to the mood of the mooncake festival, we had the traditional 抓週, all in the name of fun.

For JD, hers was a pretty quick pick. She took a long, deciding glance and went to the garlic, picked it up and handed it over to mommy.

Garlic = 蒜: 代表善於計算

1st reaction was from Dw who said (quite loudly for all to hear): Wah, just like her mommy. Haha. I can juat imagine that if Fong & BB were there, it would have been a trio chorus.