Mummy 's confession

Cheeky mummy has been so off blogging since April for a good reason; I've been trying to cope with all the nonsense that comes with a new cheeky one on the way. And this time it is a cheeky boy.

My past 2 pregnancies have been quite smooth but this one is quite something else. I won't bore everyone with the tedious details but let's just leave it that I'm glad to be mid-way through my 3rd trimester already. No. 3 should be ready to come into this world sometime these few weeks.

I promise (I hope to keep this one!) to keep everyone updated about the 2 gorgeous girls at home.

Yi Han calls "Pa Pa"

In the past couple of weeks, Yi Han finally began to babble. She was such a quiet baby before but now that she got started, it came with a flurry. She also started pointing at objects. It was kinda charming when she just threw her head back during our walks, pointed to the stars and went "da..da..bbbbooooo".

2 mornings ago, she pointed and called Pa Pa when Mommy asked her to. Too bad Daddy was sleeping at that time and missed the whole thing. Needless to say, Mommy was green with envy. She better learn "Mama" in a jiffy. Otherwise, with the Great Singapore Sale on, next month's credit card bill may be quite spectacular.

New pool at the new house

The old one sprung a leak, so we junked it when we moved. Mom got a new, bigger pool for the kids a few days back and we had been waiting for a good time to commission it. Unfortunately, the aunties have been thwarted constantly by the April monsoon.

Finally, on Sat, it was done and the kids had a whale of a time. We have uploaded a set of photos on Flickr. Enjoy.

Airport adventure

The little cheekies had a small adventure on 12 Apr, Wed. They went to the airport to send off ah ma and ah gong who are visiting HK for a week. I had a running bet with my mother who would reach the airport first so I actually arrived 45 min earlier just to beat her.

At T1 Rei Qi just went ballistics. She pointed to orchids and shrieked "Flowers! Nice flowers!!", pointed to the tubular water feature coming down from the ceiling and shrieked "Water fountain! Big water fountain!!". The airport was packed with people but I could always hear her voice clearly above the din of the human traffic. Rei Qi ran all over the airport with Auntie Ella in tow. Most times, I can't even see her but I certainly can hear her very well.

The whole gang went to the cafeteria for a bit of tea. By then Yi Han had already fallen asleep due to sensory overload. Rei Qi, however, was quite clearly placing her order for "mai-ooo" (Milo) which she slurped with a straw very very loudly. In fact, she was so caught up with her performance that it went down the wrong way and she choked. Ha ha ha ....

A compulsory trip to the viewing gallery got RQ all worked up again. She started shouting "airplane here, airplane there, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10!" and jumped up and down in excitement. She didn't realize that the top railing was right above her head and she knocked it so hard that she just went totally silent for a while.

On our way home, she suddenly turned to me and said "Rei Qi want to go gai gai, don't want to go home" and then just fell asleep immediately after that. Yi Han then woke up and proceeded to try to pull Rei Qi's hair which was hanging tantalising near to her pudgy little hands. When Auntie Ella blocked her, little Yi Han would actually shout in protest and wave her arms around angrily.

Both girls should be quite interesting to watch when they get a bit older.

Yi Han is "standing"!

Little Yi Han surprised both Mommy and myself one night by letting go of the sides of her cot. She stood, quite steadily, for a few seconds and then sat herself down. Seeing that we both caught her in her act, she broke into the widest smile. We think she would start walking when she turns 1 in June.

Rei Qi had a whale of her time at Changi Airport Terminal One last Wed when she sent off her grandparents to HK. I am really tempted to bring her there again this Wed when they return. See if I could get Mommy to put down her heavy workload and blog about the last trip.

The new home

We've just settled into the rental home about 2 weeks after moving in. It sure is difficult getting used to a new living environment. But as Cheeky Daddy said, the kids had no problems at all. Rei Qi has just developed her dance moves into a new level of frenzy. Yi Han has just started crawling and singing along with us.

Everything is quite ok except for the fact that we are all having a nice merry-go-round of flu, fever, lung infection, flu... First it was Rei Qi, then it was Yi Han, then it was me, now it's back to Yi Han and darn it, Rei Qi seems to be sniffling again... Urghhhh!!!

In the afternoon, Yi Han just threw up all her fruit. Just now, both threw up their milk after finishing their night bottles. And they only just regained their chubby cheeks after the last round of flu! And now, I can't sleep cos one of the side effects of my medication is to make me "restless, unable to sleep". Just great..

My Alarm Clock

Imagine an alarm clock that weighs 10 kg
Imagine an alarm clock that NEVER wakes you up at the time that you want to
Imagine an alarm clock that goes 'ggrrrr, ggrrrr' and drools all over the bed
Imagine one that kicks you, punches you and pinches your face
Imagine one that looks at you with eyes like this



Imagine one that smiles like this when you open your eyes



This is my alarm clock, one that I love with my life.

The Cheeky Ones have moved!

We have just moved into a rented place while our new home is being renovated. Cheeky Mommy and myself were worried about the little Cheekies. Mommy even stockpiled little toys just in case they got real cranky. The little ones surprised everyone by settling right in. Once the mattresses were down and the stereo set up, they started grooving to their favourite tunes!

Expect to see lots of photos of us in our new home soon!