This Blog is Relocating!!

Dear friends,

As the heading says, "This Blog is Relocating"!!!

I fell in love with the 4 column layout and I don't know how on earth to convert my existing blog template to it, so the clever me decided to just create a new one! Aren't I smart???

Anyways, I found out that I could export all my current blog's posts to the new one http://seriouslyjoyce.blogspot.com Hurray!!

Seriously?? Very serious indeed. Please follow me to the new blog http://seriouslyjoyce.blogspot.com as all my new posts will be updated there.

Here's wishing everyone "Happy NEW YEAR"!

Bonding with Papa

Mr Kho is having Sports Day today. Which means they will not be working... Today's event is swimming at Jurong East Sports Complex. Their activities will probably finish around 11am. Mr Kho suggested why not bring Yitian for a swim?

Yitian was so excited upon hearing that. She quickly went to grab her float and swim suit..

Mr Kho went off first at 8.45am. I drove Yitian to the Sports Complex at around 10.45am to met Mr Kho.

Yitian likes to splash around the water and making new friends, especially those with toys...

To Market, to market

Went out with my mum to Chinatown today. Saw the mother of one of my good friends, Sally. Can't remember the last time we saw her. She asked about Mr Kho and I said one day we'll all come and see her.

After Chinatown, came back to Jurong East NTUC to buy Xinyan's milk powder. Yitian grabbed a basket and started doing her own shopping. She went straight for a box of grapes. Mummy had to quickly check and look at the price. This little girl of two years old just continued her shopping...

Next stop, fish.. Look at how carefully she makes her selection.

After the fishes she saw fishball, which also went straight into her basket and a packet of yellow noodles. Mummy had to trick her to choose 'Yakult' and 'Meiji' chocolate milk and quickly run to put back the fishball and noodles.

Peek-A-Boo!

After the cake-cutting, playtime!

Happy Birthday, NaiNai 奶奶

It's NaiNai's birthday today. My mum is coming over with Manfred, so I asked her to help me get a birthday cake. As soon as Manfred stepped in to my house, he informed my MIL that it's her birthday today and they have something for her...Aiyoh...No more surprise...

NaiNai says it's the first time she's celebrating her birthday, so she and Yeye went out to buy Toto. Good luck and Happy Birthday!

Xinyan's 1st month celebration!

The birthday cake

Xinyan

We actually sang "Happy Birthday" 3 times!

Xinyan has reached her first milestone in life..turning one month old. We invited our relatives and Mr Kho invited his colleagues who were very supportive when he had to take time off at times to accompany me for check ups. His colleague even suggested that Mr Kho take leave earlier than my due date in case of any emergencies. I told Mr Kho to inform his colleague that I'm safer at work (in the hospital) than staying at home. Hahaha..

Thank you everyone for your gifts and for spending this special day with us.

My 2 girls!

姐姐怡恬 Yitian

妹妹心言 Xinyan

Sister Love

Yitian has always been very close to me. Now that there's Xinyan, she understands that there is one more little person other than her. She has gone back to being a baby. Literally..She wants to be carried like a baby, talked to like a baby, hold her milk bottle for her..

But I must say Yitian is a very good sister. She is always attentive to her sister's cries. If she is downstairs and hear Xinyan crying, she will immediately go to the stairs and say "Ok ok, I'm coming.." to Xinyan. It just makes my heart swell with pride. Of course there are trying times when Yitian feels she's not getting enough attention and throws a tantrum, I'll speak firmly to her and she'll cry a bit but after that we'll hug each other.

A Family Affair

Everybody bonding with Xinyan during bath time.

A very hands-on 爸爸.

Yitian helping to clean the tub after the bath.

Yeah! It's done!

Baby Xinyan has arrived!

Welcome the new addition to the Kho family.

Her name is Xinyan "许心言". Given by Mr Kho, her name means to speak honestly from her heart.

I was pushed into the opeating theatre at 10am. Mr Kho wanted to be in as well. He had missed seeing Yitian being delivered as hers was by emergency ceasarean.
Mr Kho before entering the OT.
After the epidural having taken effect, the surgeons moved into action. Xinyan's birth time is recorded as 1100hrs. This time round, I spend lesser time in the recovery room as I was trying to wriggle my toes, my body all the time so that the effect of the epidural can wear off faster.

I was anxious to get back to the ward to see my new born as well as to see Yitian. Mr Kho's parents will be bringing her to the hospital. We had prepared presents for Yitian on behalf of her new sister. Yitian had also chosen a rattle for her 妹妹.

Yitian already in her 姐姐role, helping her father to feed Xinyan.

For those 4D addicts, see if you can spot any numbers in the pics. Good luck to you.

Busy is not an excuse...

It's true..I have been busy.

With work, with home matters. Am anxoiusly waiting for the arrival of our new girl, Xinyan.

Work is never ending. It's getting very stressful. All the handing over of job duties, over and over again. I hope that the contractions start early. I'm supposed to have a listed casearean operation on Nov 3. My actual due date is on Nov 7 or Nov 8.

Looking forward to the 16 weeks of bonding with my two girls! We'll be sending Yitian to Pre-nursery class from January 09 onwards. I think she'll like the classes. She has her own trolley bag to put all her stuff.