False alarm

It started last night at around 10pm. I started to feel closer and more intense contractions. At nearly midnight, we decided that we should pack and head for the hospital to play safe.

And so off we go. I was sent off to the delivery suite and was given the exact same room where I gave birth to Tessa.

After a few hours of pain going on and off, Dr Anna declared this morning that didi is not ready to arrive. So we were sent home.

Quite a night! But the contractions were too strong to ignore. I really thought didi would be a national day baby.

In any case I read up and realized false labour can feel like the real thing.

http://www.americanpregnancy.org/labornbirth/falselabor.html

惊喜

好，我错了，你还是会花心思的。

谢谢你的花。好久没有收到你送的花了。花很美，心里觉得很幸福。

Happy Anniversary Daddy & Mommy

Yesterday was Daddy and Mommy's wedding anniversary.

Unfortunately Daddy and Mommy were not able to meet each other because Daddy had reservist night duty.

However today, Daddy presented Mommy with this bouquet of flowers. It was so very pretty!

My Daddy is Working

Last night, we were watching the 9pm show on Channel 8. In one of the scenes, a mother was telling her young daughter that her father doesn't want them anymore, he is gone forever.

And so the woman yelled, "你的爸爸不要你了！他以后都不会回来了！" And her young daughter cried pitifully with her.

Tessa looked at this scene with a serious, solemn look on her face.

Then she turned to Ah Mah and said, "我的Daddy working!"

We reassured her that yes, her daddy is working; Daddy当然不会不要她。

She thought for a while and happily returned to playing.

7 Days

One night, I was sitting in the kitchen; the little one came up to me and sat down on the floor in front of me. She suddenly burst out saying: "Mommy there are 7 days - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday!"

Both of us then break into the song we learnt from Barney.

There are seven days, there are seven days, there are seven days in a week.
Sunday Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday
There are seven days, there are seven days, there are seven days in a week.
(Note: Tune is Waltzing Matilda)

Learning her alphabets

Now Tessa not only can recite and recognize her alphabets, her understanding of her alphabets are getting more sophisticated and she can even spell her name and some simple words like SHIP, CAT, BIKE.

One evening, she was suddenly in the mood of reciting her ABCs.

Tessa: A for Apple; A for Ant. B for Baby; B for Boat. C for Cookie; C for Cat.....

When it comes to "U", I am surprised that she said U for Unicorn, Upside-down and Umbrella.

It is amazing how much she has learnt from the books we read to her, from the Barney shows she watched and from the iPhone applications she has been playing.

结婚周年不见

今天是我们结婚3周年，但偏偏今天我们俩不会见面。

没有烛光晚餐

没有鲜花礼物

没有特别惊喜

连一面也见不上

就连今早的简讯也不完整，你只输入了Happy，”Wedding Anniversary”不见了

1096天

时间过得很快！已经过了1096天了！

这些日子以来，我们不断地学习如何一起生活。当中，有欢笑、有泪水、有紧紧拥抱、有吵架冷战、有相互扶持、有包容体谅；还有了两个小宝宝、一栋房子、一辆车子。

这一切 = 许许多多的满足感

谢谢你。

结婚周年快乐！

1096天以后

3年

156周

1096天

26,304小时

1,578,240分钟

94,694,400秒

我们仍在学习体谅、理解、聆听、迁就、忍让和包容。

Naughty Didi!

I just saw Dr Anna and had a slight scare. Didi is no longer in the vertex (head down) position. He is in a transverse position with his head on my right.

Dr Anna did a scan to confirm his position and then she moved his head downwards so that he's vertex. Hopefully he stayed this way. Dr Anna advised me to clear my bladder as often as possible and also to keep to a sitting position (so that your chest is very much closer to your knees) as much as possible to "lock" him in the vertex position.

Although it is possible for a breech baby to be safely born vaginally, it is almost always impossible for a transverse baby to be born vaginally. The baby is not able to fold himself in such as way as to fit a doubled up body with the shoulder coming first through the vagina.

Fortunately, from what I read, less than 20% of the babies who are transverse at 37 weeks will remain transverse when labor begins, so another option is to wait for labour to start and attempt to turn the baby. If all else fails, a caesarean is inevitable.

So please Didi, be cooperative, stay vertex OK?

I was at the National Day Parade Preview!

Today, Daddy, Mommy, Yeye, Mahmah and me went to the NDP Preview!

It was a very very hot day, we had to brave the blazing sun. Fortunately, I had my cap and Mommy used an umbrella to shield me from the sun. It was only until the sun went down that it became alot cooler.

However, despite the heat and sweat, the NDP Preview was alot of fun! I marched along with the soldiers, waved the flag high, sang and danced along with the choir, watched the parachuters, fighter planes, tanks and fireworks!

There were so much to see!

Yeah yeah yeah! Happy Birthday Singapore! I love Singapore!

Poll: Which Name for Didi?

We asked Tessa: "What's Didi's name?"

She replied: "Tiger."

Erm..... I don't think we are ready to name our little boy Tiger.

So everybody, we now need your help to choose a name for didi. We've narrowed it down to a chosen few, and we'd like to know what you think. =D

• Dylan
• Kyler
• Javen
• Others: ____________________

与往事干杯

不知道那间Jazz bar还在吗？

最近一直会想起往事，不知道是因为老了，还是是某种预兆。

真的很想去那儿走走，慢慢回味从前，与往事举杯畅

又痛

它悄悄突然来袭，毫无预兆。防不甚防、措手不及、穷于应付、招架不住。

痛。痛。痛啊~~~

痛

可喜的是，步入36周，弟弟现在已经2.86公斤了，而且发育成长的进度良好。现在就只是等待他何时要出母腹。

可悲的是，妈妈每天都很痛。到处都痛，到处不舒服。坐着痛、站着痛、走着痛、躺着也痛。那种滋味无法形容，只能意会不能言传。周围的人有时候好像漠不关心，仿佛我痛是我家的事、我活该。

的确，我活该，活该我还要再次怀孕。

不过，我也期待，期待抱着我十月辛苦怀胎的宝贝。