Natalie's Expressions

Was trying to 'entertain' her and was rewarded with both a grimace and a smile for me! =D

Natalie is 2 weeks old

Hmm...did a bit of photo editing..turned out to be quite nice wor heehee =D

Melody playing with her little 妹妹

Confinement Food

Hates being in confinement (but thanks to the air con ;P and the kind weather these few days)...alot of restrictions on food and i would try to observe traditions as much as possible..such as not being able to bathe (urgh) etc...will try my very best to observe...else my mum (even hb) will surely nag...haha

Today's dinner (thanks to this CL, i nvr had so much ginger in my life, not even during the last 2 confinements, the ginger was chopped up very small and deep fried so it turned out yummy enough for me not to pick away all those ginger):

white rice drizzled with fish gravy with a mountain of ginger

steamed cod fish with ginger

pig stomach soup

stir fried brocoli with carrot and yao rou

Handphone war

It is always like that...Tiffy was playing with my handphone and Melody wanted to see it too. But as usual, Tiffany wouldnt let her sister touch it. And Melody getting 'frustrated' tried stepping on her elder sis! keke

Welcome baby!

Welcome a new addition to our Low family on 6 Aug 2009. Baby weighed 3.045Kgs. She popped out on her 38th week via c-s. =D

Baby Natalie

Tiffany carrying her little sister

Melody trying to carry her little sister too...

My agar agar Chef

Tiffany kept asking to make jelly...so we cooked some..(see my chef in action, helping to scoop the mixture into jelly mould) but, after a bite, she dont want to eat them anymore wor, guessed mummy and daddy had to finish up on her behalf liao...

Cough cough and cough

Last Sunday (26/7) had been a traumatic one for me and Melody...It all started with a slight cough and running nose last Tuesday, the cough did not go away nor did it worsen till Friday when her nai nai reported that Melody has a slight fever (37.5C) when i came home from work. So I had waited till Sat morning to bring her to see doctor...after taking her medication, her fever still went down and up again and seemed to cough more persistently. On Sunday morning, po po brought her back to the clinic and doc changed her cough medicine. However, Melody's barking cough lasted throughout the whole day till night time, while daddy was tucking her to bed, she vomited some milk and her milk seemed to be mixed with what i tot was blood streaks! At this point, i started to feel panic rising and quickly called her PD. Her PD advised immediate admission and helped to make the necc arrangements at Gleneagles while we made our way there.

Upon admission (by then Gong Gong, Po Po and Yee had arrived too), we waited for her PD to arrive and upon checking her, made the diagnosis and tests. Melody was sleeping soundly when PD checked her and she was given nebulizer (vaporized medication) butwoke up crying as the nebilizer was a bit noisy and after tat dose did not sleep till 3am plus. Yee and me had a hard time keeping our eyes open by then. But thankfully, her fever had gone down after the medication.

The next morning, Melody went through a series of tests…First, she had to take withdraw blood for tests (to test for bacteria), it really pained me to see the nurse pricked and poked pricked and poked on one arm but no blood flowed out and the nurse had to prick the other arm again for blood. Then when Melody tot the ordeal was over, she had to do a throat/saliva swipe (to test for H1n1) and then a physio did an extraction of phlegm from her lungs. I had no courage to watch in case I break down again (thankfully daddy was there holding her, and she was constantly calling out mama mama...) and could hear her gagging away in the background! After the extraction, she did an x-ray of her chest. Finally at about 2pm, all the tests were done and all we could do was to wait for the results. And po po had come by to be with her while daddy sent nai nai back home.

Melody got better after the rounds of medication and nebulizer. Po Po tucked her into bed and she managed to catch 2 hours of sleep. We could see her condition has improved and she actually walked and ran and play already. But every time the nurse walked in, she would ran away and hid behind po po or me. Gong Gong came by at 7pm plus, Yee came back at 11pm plus. Daddy lodged with us on the 2nd night.

caught in the act! trying to call for help cos daddy confine her to the bb cot?

It was the Tuesday morning that her PD reported tests cleared and she could discharge on the same morning. What a relief!

I have not been a good mummy, I should have been more vigilant and to bring her to see doctor without delaying….if I had been more careful, perhaps Melody wouldn’t need to suffer so much…
Tiffany was being such a darling, she understood wad was happening at home and had been very obedient and independent. She had slept alone in our room and had gone to school without fuss. She even drew a picture for her sister and gave Melody her bao bei stickers when we came home. Such a darling girl is she.

PS: Would like to thank those who had given me their support and not to forget the well wishes received too.

Budding Picasso

The girls are sick...

my poor darling girls...both have the same symtoms..cough, running nose, fever....the elder was 'asked' to wear a mask...lucky she tot it was fun and din fuss alot...

Kids say the funniest thing

1) While having dinner on a friday night, Tiffy said to ye ye: I know u have a big mouth, but u have to eat the vege one by one...

2) It has been our ritual to chat a bit when tucking her to bed...when yesterday...
i said: u must be good to your papa lar, he sends u to school everyday but it was so difficult to get you out of bed and papa had to take more than 10 mins to dig you out of bed every morning...
Tiffy said: Bcos i want to sleep somemore and I don like papa..
when i asked why?
Tiffy said: Bcos i wan to sleep till 930 and later ah, when the garang guni comes ah, i will open the door ah, and throw papa out!
*we laughed so loud and non stop after this statement*

More durians yummy

How blessed...having to crave for durians...and having close ones to buy durians for me heehee...and supply was such that I could have them everyday continuously for a couple of days! Gong gong bought some last friday night (hmm..quality no good though), sunday night therez D24, monday and tuesday nites therez more mao shan wang which nai nai had brought over! finger licking good!

Little photographer

Tiffany always use my camera or hp to take pictures...here are some pix that are taken thru her inquisitive eyes...

BIG day..6 Aug 2009

BB is set to arrive on 6 Aug 2009 (EDD 19 Aug 2009). Ask me why this date..hmmm..
1) Am planning for a csection since the previous 2 preggies did not result in natural birth. Thought it will be more 'cost saving' to plan for it rather to have an emergency csection later on
2) The fortune teller has helped to calculate this 吉日.
Asked dear dear whether he is excited or not, he said ok lar (as usual) *eyes rolling*. On the other hand, am feeling more excited as the BIG day draws closer.

Gynae reported that bb should be about 2.5kgs nw...hopefully she will continue to eat more grow and hit more than 3kgs mark. tsk tsk. ;)

Simple pleasures...

Brought both darling girls to the AMK swing on last saturday evening...can see that they really enjoyed it. Seeing their radiant smiles...Simple life simple pleasures...

goodbyes and kisses

This morning when we were saying and waving our goodbyes to my honey pie Melody, she waved and said goodbye too. Then she said go go go go and went on to pick up her shoes and started to put it on wanting to follow us out!

Finally, after much 'war', goodbyes and kisses, we managed to close the door and as we were walking to the lift, she was still calling out papa papa papa... ...

More words...

Melody is saying more words.....Adding on to the previous list - ball, 抱抱, 姨姨，爷爷，婆婆， 姐，dear, dy as in short form of daddy, there, 呐，papa, give, 'mum mum' as in wan to eat, mama, no, no more, egg, got, eat, bear, bob bob, baby, barb barb (refers to Barney), mei mei (or milk milk i'm still not sure), out, pour, bye bye, me, 公公, 姐姐, bird.


She also knows to point to her various parts of the body...head, nose, mouth, eyes, ear, hair, shoulder, knee, toes, belly button, bum bum.

Artworks from School

The art works that was brought back from school done in Term 2.

The theme of the term was Transportation.

Nice =)Clockwise from top: Lorry, Hot Air Balloon, Rocket, Traffic Light and Car

Melody at 17Months

po po started saying that Melody is 'tua pak ji' in hokkien erm translated to be 'know a lot of words'...

Sleeping Style

We woke up to find Melody sleeping like that...