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Abel and Keziah

Some quick shots just over last Friday and Sataurday...
Our little boy is getting more and more fascinated with finger licking...yum yum..

Look at him and his piggy pal..thinks he sure loves the cuddly toy...

Our sweet our two darlings once again..

Oops...gotocha! Who's pancake was she biting into?

As Keziah is about to turn 2, I received 2 pieces of news which to many is double happiness to add on to the joy of the birth of Abel. After teaching for 5 years, I am up to next grade, 2 years after my previous promotion which also coincided with Keziah's birth then. With two, I was thinking of stepping out of the job scene for awhile and spend some good motherhood time with the children. This begins with theno pay leave which I am on for the next 3 months. My bond is also about to end, so I will be a 'free bird' by the end of the year with no liability to clear if I should decide to leave. With a promotion, somehow it makes decision making even more difficult. Furthermore, today I received another piece of news: I have been selected for the Future Leaders Programme, some new programme that came up from the talent management unit to develop and stretch potential officers. If I wasn't appreciated at my job, having a terrible time with the work that I do, not having a good pay scale, I guess I won't even hesitate at quitting the job at all and stay home. Now suddenly all the opportunities seem to come upon out of the blue. I should be thankfully, at least I am valued, then again what about the children? As much as I really want to stay home with the children, I know it's going to be tough on my hubby on a single income, not to mention spare cash to send the little ones to enrichment classes. Now I am really praying for wisdom to make the right decision: to take up the opportunities offered or just be a stay at home mom to look after the children and probably take up some tuition to supplement income?

Abnormal poo?

Abel has been his usual smiley happy self and in fact, naps alot better. However, since yesterday, he's been pooing more often and there are black seedy particles in his poo. Haven't seen it before for Keziah nor for him till now. A concern since breastfed baby's poo is not suppose to be such. The colour is right but not the black particles. It's as if he's eaten dragonfruit which I didn't eat either. Where did all the black stuff come from? Can someone tell me if it's still normal?

Sorry I know this shot may not go down well especially if you are having your meal.

Sweet Siblings

Once again, a shot of the two little ones together. It's really difficult now to have them do what you want, especially Keziah who is ever so active. Most of the nicer shots were blur.

How angelic are the two!

Do we have to do this?

Oh, what a lovingly sweet sister..

Didi's patience is running out with all this camera shots near bedtime..

More on Trains...

Daddy had been really excited over buying an expansion set to the current train set that Keziah has. As a prelude to her birthday present, we bought this expansion set last Sunday. She was all excited to open it and play with it. More than that, Daddy seemed to enjoy the fun too. Look at father and daughter at play....

On Cover...

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Doing it the adult way...

Keziah now wants to self-feed and refuses to allow us to feed her at the table. Even with the cutlery she uses, she would sometimes insist to use the adult's ones rather than her plastic spoon..

Friday dinner at Ah Ma's place together at the dinner table..Yummy food to tuck into..Keziah's all ready to say her grace before the meal..

Getting ready to roll...

Abel's hands and feet are everywhere now, gaining strength and greater agility. He's even trying to roll now, lifting both his feet up and starting to rock from side to side. Gotta watch him now..

Lovely flowers...

Mommy has been rather tired from the disrupted sleep with Abel's night wakings and life seemed rather monotonous especially after his birth. Life has been much revolving around the two little ones that Daddy and Mommy seemed to have lost their sweet couple time (rather it's Mommy that's feeling so). Daddy's flowers today really brightened Mommy's day. It's been a long while since the last bouquet that Daddy bought. Little surprises really rekindle the romance of the courtship days, all the more for Mommy who loves flowers. Thanks Daddy...

Cooing Abel

Look at how little Abel join in the song....He is such a chatty little fellow and loves you to talk to her. You are sure to get a great conversation with the little babble and shrieks...

Head up on Tummy

Little Abel just loves to fling his hands around during wake hours, especially when under the play mat in an attempt to hit/grab the toys. Good practice of hand-eye coordination.

Mommy will usually try to put Abel to nap on the tummy, hoping he will nap longer than 30min. Sometimes it works but most other not. Today Abel actually woke up and lifted himself up on his tummy, looking around rather than the panic struggle cry.

45 degrees lift...

Hey, I can actually hold my head higher and look around.

In the afternoon, Mommy decided to put him on his tummy while awake for some play. It affirmed that Abel can lift his head close to 90 degrees.

Trying to actually even move forward by inching...

You're looking at me?

Oooooooooo...

Charming look...

What's that in front? This purple thing...Jie Jie's Barney...

Sleep poses at 2m 3 wk

Siaw Look-alike Meter

The little ones look equally like Daddy and Mommy!!!

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Our Little Gal

Keziah has grown so much and many more sweet smiles. The way she calls you can be such that it melts your heart, a little whiney at times. She's gonna be TWO in 2 weeks!!!! This year we are going to just have a simple family celebration for her and probably a trip out to the zoo...

Good Friday long weekend

Last weekend was a long one with Good Friday. Actually we didn't do very much as Friday we were busy with the new flat. Leaving Keziah and Abel home, Daddy and Mommy went down to settle the curtain stuff and thereafter to Suntec and Lorenzo showroom to see some furniture. Well, we finally settled for our sofa, coffee table and dinning set at Lorenzo. Somehow after a few walk at those furniture shops, there were nothing that caught our eyes except at Lorenzo. Of course, Daddy was also keen on Lorenzo stuff for the comfort and the design. Setting up a new place really eats into our savings quite abit. Eventhough the renovation cost was reasonable, after adding all the peripheral bits like furniture, kitchen necessities, electrical appliances, lightings and things here and there, it still cost us quite a bit. Now just can't wait to see the completed works.

For now Saturday is busy with Keziah attending 2 lessons: Growing Up Gifted in the morning and Music at Mandeville in the evening. Thought it was a good time to give her some exposure to music and drama. Probably it's her first lesson and somehow she was shy and refused to join in with the activities. Mommy had to push her along and even thought she didn't like it. However, her little shy smiles and how she listened attentively in class told Mommy she did like her music class. At the end of it, she refused to let Mommy carry her instrument bag and insisted on carrying herself. Should have captured a shot of it. One thing Mommy felt could be better for the class is a bigger room as it was rather crammed and warm with the number of kids and parents in there.

On Sunday, at church, Keziah was starting to play with the other children. She no longer just runs around herself but mingles with the rest who are slightly older than her. The little ones having some fun..It's rather difficult to get all the little ones cooperating to have a pic..

Daddy and Mommy took Keziah and Abel to CK Tangs to shop for kitchenware after church. After looking around and looking at demo, Daddy and Mommy finaaly settled for a set of wok and Corningware dinning set. Looks like Mommy really gotta cook. While watching the demo, Keziah seemed rather interested in the cooking but somehow she kept telling the aunty "No..no.." while she was adding ingredients to make a cake. She also wanted to wander around ob her own, not to Daddy and Mommy's desire.

Thursday Shopping Adventure

Last Thursday, Mommy took the two to Ah ma's place. Out of the blue, Mommy decided thatwe all go shopping at Takashimaya Baby Fair. We stopped over CK Tangs to look at some kitchen stuff and feed Abel. The nursing room there was really cozy. Highly recommended. Definitely not easy to be out with two but thankfully Ah ma was around to help up and YiYi joined us later. Keziah being a toddler was all over the place and when it comes to the toys section, she would be most happy to wander off.

At the end of the day, we didn't buy much but had a good time walking around. Daddy joined us for dinner at Crystal Jade. The Xiao Long Bao was nice but Mommy preferred the Imperial Treasure's ones.

The little Potrait of Mommy and Abel

The artwork by Daddy...

Keziah and her train set

Daddy and Mommy bought this train set some time back for her 1 year old birthday. However, it's been lying there for a long while unopened as we wanted her to have something new every now and then rather than all at once to spice up the fun. Just look at how engrossed she was. Now practically every night she would be playing her train before sleep when Daddy's home to build the tracks...