Bye-bye 9193 Hello 8752

Yesterday, we bid farewell to our Lancer. Although it was not a teary good-bye, we carry a heavy heart. It had been our first car. It was small, but cozy. More importantly, it had been very reliable and had served us well.

It was Tessa's first car too. It carried her home from NUH 3 days after she was born. It had took our family on numerous road trips to Malaysia. It had carried us on our many wonderful excursions around Singapore, collecting wonderful memories along the journeys.

9193 - you will be sadly missed and always remembered.

Our new car is a Daihatsu Terios 7. Tessa loves it! It's more spacious, and because it is a SUV, we feel that we are king of the road!

This car will be didi's first car. It will be taking him home from NUH after he arrives.

I'm sure we will continue to have many wonderful journeys in the new car. It will carry us to more places to collect more more more wonderful memories.

Happy Birthday to Lao Ma & Yeye!

We celebrated Lao Ma and Yeye's birthday yesterday night. It was a simple family celebrations but it was alot of fun!

Mommy bought 2 cakes - one for Lao Ma and one for Yeye. Both are equally yummy!

This is Yeye's cake, the flavour is lychee martini. I can't wait to eat it!

This is Lao Ma's cake. It is triple layered chocolate with my favourite strawberries on top!

So Jealous!

Yesterday, Tessa went out with her grandparents and came home with a candy, courtesy of the auntie who cut her hair.

After her shower, she urged me to feed her the candy. I was biting it off into pieces and feeding into her mouth. As she was enjoying her candy, she decided she want to share her candy with her Daddy. I reminded her that if she shared her one and only candy with Daddy, there won't be any left for her. Off she went to the kitchen in search of some candies for her Daddy. She came back empty-handed, but still very determined to give some candy to her Daddy.

She decided she wanted to share the small pieces of her candy with her Daddy. I refused to let her hold the candy in her hand. Intuitively, she moved towards her Daddy with the candy in her mouth and passed the candy into her Daddy's mouth! How sweet. She did that twice and was very pleased that she finally managed to share candy with her Daddy.

Of course, Daddy was elated.

That night, I asked her: Do you love Mommy more or Daddy more? Without looking up at me from her Iphone game, she said: Love Daddy more.

I am sooooooo jealous!

Sick again!

Just as we thought that our little one is well enough to go back to school, she fell sick again!

It's exasperating! She started to have fever last Saturday night. The fever subsided then came back. We brought her to Dr Chin on Monday. Then yesterday afternoon, her fever came back again at 38.8 degrees.

I was woken up by Mom at around 1am this morning as Tessa was running a high fever. I measured her temperature and it was 39 degrees. I quickly fed her ibuprofen. So today, we were at Dr Chong's clinic again.

Although she was sick, Tessa was still very alert and lively. She sat on the chair on her own and when Dr Chong asked her what's wrong with her, she replied: "Running nose. Fever. Cough." She played the part of the obedient patient -opening her mouth wide for Dr Chong to check, sat still so that Dr Chong can listen to her with the stethoscope, and listened attentively when Dr Chong told her that she has to drink more water. When Dr Chong said that she wants to weigh her, she immediately got off her chair and walked to the weighing machine!

We will have to monitor her temperature and to feed her paracetamol whenever necessary. More importantly is to treat her nose so that she can sleep better and stop her coughing. Dr Chong advised to keep her at home for the time being since HFMD was rampant in the school. Now that her immunity is low, we do not want to risk exposing her to other strains of the nasty virus.

We really have to thank Yeye and Mahmah for staying up through the night without sleep to take care of Tessa. I know it has been tough on you both. We love you.

Imaginative Play

The little girl was pretending to be flying in an airplane, then driving a police car, while we were waiting for the bus at the bus stop.

Fun at Pasir Ris Park

Last Sunday evening, Daddy and Mommy took me to Pasir Ris Park for a walk. The weather was cooling and breezy.

There were many people at the park, flying kites, barbeque, lazing by the beach, playing in the sea....

I had so much fun playing in the playground. There were the hanging bridge, the merry-go-round, the swing and my favourite slide!

I really hate to leave but it was getting dark. But Daddy and Mommy promised they bring me here again real soon. I can't wait!

大头大头

那天一早，公公正在为Tessa脱衣抹身体（因为妈妈和婆婆都‘残’了）。

上衣卡在颈项，我取笑她：大头大头。她竟然回答：下雨不愁。

我说：人有雨伞。

她又接：我有大头大头。

Granny and Mommy Down with HFMD

Both Granny and Mommy have been infected with HFMD. Thanks to the little one.

Granny's condition was very bad. Her hands were swollen and her soles were so painful that she can't walk.

Thank You Tessa!

This morning, the little one woke up relatively early and was a little grouchy. After a while, she came into my room, all smiley and chirpy, and asked to play with my phone.

As she walks towards me she said "Morning, Mommy." I reminded her that it's my birthday today. She looked at me innocently with her big round eyes and quickly said, "Oh oh, happy birthday to you Mommy. Love you." And gave me a big hug and kiss.

We break into the birthday song together, then out of the blue she said to me, "Daddy loves you."

Nothing beats waking up every morning to Tessa's adorable and innocent face, sweet smile, 'Good morning Mommy', hugs and kisses. I want to do that again and again, everyday, for the rest of my life. So I wake up every morning, thankful that I'm alive to enjoy these.

Tessa down with HFMD

It all started last Saturday. It had been a busy day for us. We went to visit the childcare centres in Sengkang, then had breakfast at Macdonald's before heading home for a nap. At around 3pm, we set off to the Little Skoolhouse to collect Tessa's "report card". After that it's Shichida time for the little one. After her Shichida class, we set off for our Fathers' Day seafood dinner.

Throughout the day, the little one was her usual active self. But as we reached home after dinner and prepared her for bed, she started to feel feverish. I measured her temperature and it was 38.6 celsius. Immediately, I fed her a dose of Paracetamol.

That night, she did not sleep well. We stayed home the entire Sunday as her temperature kept yoyoing.

Sunday night, Daddy started to notice some red spots on her legs and he suspected HFMD.

We brought Tessa to Dr Chong on Monday, but Dr Chong diagnosed it as a case of allergy rather than HFMD. Her diagnosis probably stemmed from the fact that Tessa's red spots are few and concentrated on her calves. There aren't any on her palms, soles and mouth.

However, as the day went on, the red spots started to grow in number and size. The next morning (Tuesday), I decided to bring her to Dr Chin for a second opinion. This time round, Dr Chin pronounced that it IS a case of HFMD.

There are now 3 cases of HFMD in the school - 2 toddlers and 1 infant.

Tessa is extremely grouchy these few days and have not been sleeping well. As a result, all of us at home suffer along with her. I hope she'll get well soon. It pains my heart to see her suffer and to see all the nasty red spots on her legs.

Mommy sayang sayang, ok?

Update [24 June]: Now there are a total of 6 toddlers and 1 infants down with HFMD at the school. Scary how fast the disease spread. Hope the other kiddies are fine and will all get well soon.

Our Cheeky 26-month-old

Hi, my name is Tessa Lee Yu Tong, I just turned 26 months old. Mommy said I'm getting cheekier and cheekier by the day.

Mommy took these photos of me while we were waiting for my turn at Dr Chong's clinic. I was pretending to be angry. Hehehe...

How do I fare in my acting skills?

Tessa & Meimei

Tessa loves to play with meimei. Whenever she sees Shihan, she'll be cheering so loudly "meimei meimei yeah yeah yeah!!!".

It is such a joy to see the two of them play together and how much Tessa loves to hug and kiss meimei. I just hope she'll love and dote on her didi just as much.

A Walk in the Park

Daddy brought Mommy and me for a walk at the Upper Seletar Reservoir. It was right after the rain and the weather's extremely nice and cooling. The best time for a leisurely walk.

Finally... 30 Weeks Down!

Finally, Didi is 30 weeks old. We'll be meeting him in another 2 months' time.

I can feel that Didi is doing well. He now kicks with alot of punch. We are all very excited and very much looking forward to his arrival.

Tessa & Her Jigsaw ABCs