HELLO 2016!

*waves hands*

The last time I actually blogged was in Sep 2015.

Goodness,

where have I been?

Anyway, my 2015 has been a pretty awesome one,

because:

1. Alonso, 

the new addition to the LEE family.

He is probably the main reason (99.99%) why I think 2015 is awesome.

To be able to have both a daughter and a son is really a blessing.

I prayed sooooooo hard for a son, really!

I'm not saying that to have all sons or all daughters is bad,

but having 1 each, kind of allows me to say "ok, target met, factory can close down now!"

I am very blessed,

really really blessed.

Thank you God!

2. Arissa

I am always thankful for this cheeky dino obsessed girl.

She is the sunshine in my life,

the reason why I can smile despite a bad day at work.

Actually work is not bad, just that sometimes it frustrates me to no end.

I live for her hugs and kisses.

Every time she wants Mummy, it makes me secretly proud and immeasurably happy.

3. Bei,

the husband.

Another person that I'm always thankful to have,

though I may not show it.

The disciplinarian in the house.

The one who is more involved with the kids than me.

The one who works hard for the family.

The one who still makes my heart flutter even after so many years,

even though most of the time, he irritates me to no end

and I imagine myself stepping on his face too often lol.

4. Family,

both sides.

Some may fail you,

but most do not and I'm thankful for that.

5. Work

I just wish that I can do the work of what a CA do.

Or rather, earn what a CA earns.

Sighs, I think I'm in my comfort zone.

Actually, to me, work is just work.

I've always wanted to climb up higher and faster,

but being a woman and being pregnant will in 1 way or another slow things down.

When things slow down, it seems to just stay that way.

I've lost the direction and became less ambitious,

maybe because of well, kids.

Being a woman is not easy,

you either choose to focus on your career and risk neglecting your family

OR

you focus on your family and your career comes to a standstill with not much progression.

Of course, I chose my kids, my family.

So depressing to talk away work LEH!!! 

2016 RESOLUTIONS

1. LASIK

this resolution, I can tick it in Jan (oh YEAH BABY!)

2. ARISSA'S EDUCATION

I found the perfect school (just 1 street away from our house!),

BUT the class is full -_-"

WHYYYYYY!!!!

In the meantime, she will be home-schooled,

by none other than the disciplinarian, Papa.

The curriculum (2 hours) will be:

Monday, Tuesday: English

Wednesday: Chinese

Thursday: Maths

Friday: Science

LOL, how to teach Science?

Hmm, we shall see how it goes then...

3. ALONSO'S 1 YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY PARTY

We have had our eyes set on the venue

(the one we couldn't manage to get for Arissa's 1 year old party)

Kiasu husband asked me to book the venue

and I have emailed and right now, waiting for the proposal.

I'm contemplating if I should secretly book the baker for the birthday cake.

The last time, we (mostly the husband actually) baked Arissa's cake ourselves.

I remember the lack of sleep and the countless trip to the supermarkets and cake supplier shop.

The husband said we should also bake Alonso's cake.

Please NOOOOOOOOooooo please!

4. WEIGHT

I just want to be 48 kg again!

HAHAHA, 

is that even possible!?

5. CUT DOWN ON ONLINE SHOPPING

Notice that I did not say quit,

because that is not realistic and asking for the impossible.

6. BLOG MORE

Oh yes, blogger mom leh, lol!

Days of a SAHM

Hi,

I'm still alive!?!

Everyday is a challenge with a colic baby. I dread or rather we dread evenings as that is when baby let loose and scream his lungs out. In the day, he is an extremely light sleeper so any sound will stir the dragon and we incur his wrath. We tried playing music, turning on the radio, but he miraculously has the ability to differentiate sounds. So even with the radio, he can filter out the door opening, your footsteps, I suspect even humans breathing. When he gets angry, he screams as though he was beaten. Rarely there will be tears. It is just non stop screaming. When he wants milk, U have to give it to him immediately, like NOW! If not, he will scream and scream so much so that your hands will tremble in fear when preparing his milk. And he will be sure to give you hell after he's done drinking. He will refuse to sleep and insist you talk to him until your throat gets so dry and your tongue sticks to the top of your mouth. When you talk to him, he will ohhh ohhh Ahhh Ahhh back, which makes your heart melt and you forgot about the terrible screaming before. But when he is sick of the conversation and wants to sleep, he makes sure you shake the yao lan, pat his butt and stuff the pacifier all at the same time. If the pacifier drops out, you are dead meat and he will scream till you almost go deaf. But when he's finally asleep, you look at that angel face and your heart melts again. But 10 mins later, he will scream and stir again because there's an extremely active and LOUD toddler with shouting grandparents in the living room. So Mr little light sleeper is affected and be angry. So the patting and shaking and stuffing restarts and this vicious cycle repeats and repeats until the active toddler takes her naps or when it's night time. Thank goodness he drinks milk and sleep easily at night. He is better than an alarm clock, wakes up for milk on the dot every 3 hours. Sometimes every 2 hours. He doesn't miss a feed. Maybe that's why he is a little 小胖子 now, but I love fatty people lol. 

Do I sound like I'm complaining? Coz I am not, I'm just telling you my everyday lol. 

Still feel ver blessed and grateful that God gave him to me, even though he may be a little challenging. But glad that I have a 'challenged' life now. 

On bad days, I'm happy to be lead to articles on Facebook about stillborn babies, they make me appreciate the bad days. Thank you, God for the Angel you gifted us. 

Is this normal?

Was carrying Alonso using the baba sling at home to make him sleep and when he had finally slept, the husband commented that it looks very comfortable for him.

Then I said "what if I tell you now that I need to shit?" *serious face*

Him: "it's okay ah, U can just go and shit, it's not hindering you...you still can take off your pants.."

Me: "just kidding la!"

5 mins later...

Me: "hey I really need to shit"

And so I went in to shit, carrying Alonso, wiped the bum, flushed and washed my hands..

Wtf did I just type above?

Motherhood level up!

Please tell me you have done this before so that I know I am a normal human..

Just so thankful that he didn't wake up or cry while I did the deed lol, can't imagine having to bounce up and down the toilet bowl wtf, and stuffing the pacifier back into his mouth..

Okay that's very disgusting!

Maybe you are wondering why I couldn't put him down! That's because he cries when let down on bed, he rejects the spring cradle, the human shake shake!

When I say cry, it actually means shouting/screaming. This little man doesn't cry, but he sure screams and screams! Okay very manly, boys don't cry Ya?