Welcome to the family, baby Gabe!!

Finally, the latest addition to our family, welcoming baby Gabe on 14 June 2011 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Cant wait to carry you in my arms baby! Er-yi, Uncle HK and Wayne loves you so much already. We will see you very soon oki?

Be strong & grow up well, little Gabe. Or "Di Di Briel" as your gor gor Wayne calls you now. =)

Wayne is funny at class

Today was by far one of the best classes Wayne had since starting Shichida. Only 3 students this week, probably the rest are on holiday given its the school holiday period now. Why mommy says its the best lesson? Cos little Wayne gave his 100% in participation today!

Wayne responded to all of teacher Marge's questions, participated in ALL of the activities and simply had lots of fun!

The kids were learning about objects in the living room and when Marge asked each of them what the object hanging on the wall with a woman's portrait was, Katie answered picture, Seth answered photo and Wayne... he answered "mama!", sending us adults laughing away.

The next activity learning about sea creatures, Marge pointed to a clownfish and asked the kids what that was, Katie answered fish, Seth answered fish and Wayne... he answered "..mo!". ("Nemo").

And after the class, the kids were playing behind the classroom, Katie was happily hopping away when Wayne shouted "Stop stop stop" at her... and then Seth started to run around the classroom, and Wayne again went "Stop stop stop" at him.. Sigh, baby.. if you continue doing that,you'd have no more friends by the end of the term, you know?

Last lesson of the term next week, looking forward already!

86 year old ‘ah ma’ - Happy Bday!!

Sometimes we wonder how old we would live till.. whether we would be fortunate to see our little ones grow up, whether we would be fortunate enough to see our grandchildren? Or even great grandchildren?

Well my granny sure is blessed. 86 year old ‘ah ma’ whom mommy thinks is really fortunate and blessed to be able to enjoy her 86th birthday with the family – with her children, grandchildren AND great grandchildren! And most importantly, ah ma is still very healthy.. being able to live on her own, take care of herself and even drive around crazy BP town in her old-and-manual-and-almost-conked-out red car. At this age, ah ma always says that she is already very happy being able to see all of us grandkids grow up.. and now even having our own kids. That to her is happiness.

So while we know ah ma is not getting any younger, we try to visit her a little more often and mommy is glad this year, we have managed to visit her 3 times already in half a year. That’s not bad. =) And she was especially delighted with our last visit as it was to celebrate her 86th birthday.

Mommy is glad Wayne has a chance to know his ‘ah chor’, a feat not many has a chance to. 84 years apart – that’s 7 cycles of the Chinese horoscope between them. Yeps, they are both born in the year of the Ox. And yeah, they are both pretty stubborn people too.

Happy 86th birthday, ah ma!

This shot was funny, Wayne wanted to stand beside all of us, just like one of us adults.

Belated bday celebration for daddy!

Two weeks on and finally we managed to gather with the entire family (almost) to have a post birthday celebration for daddy with mommy’s family on 11 June. Though late, it was the thoughts that mattered. Thanks everyone!

We had yummy Ippudo ramen, and little Wayne as usual brought much joy to the family. We took photos and shot a video to be shown to Da-yi and Uncle Terry & Gabe when grandma goes over to Japan in a few days time.

Daddy imitating Wayne Wayne's 'smile'!

As with all birthdays, Wayne again got to help daddy blow the candle and cut the birthday cake, much to his delight.

And daddy received a very nice green shirt from the family. How nice.. as it has been a while since daddy had some new clothes! Daddy loved it & wore it the first chance he had!

Wayne's super one-in-a-million daddy

In most parenthood journeys, when it comes to showing our appreciation and thanks, daddies are sadly often forgotten. The small actions and sacrifices daddies make always ‘appear’ to pale in comparison with mommy's. And I say ‘appear’ as it definitely is not true. At least, in our parenthood journey with Wayne.

In our journey, daddy is a one-in-a-million kind of a daddy.

When mommy had to wake up every two hours to breastfeed Wayne in his initial months, daddy never failed to wake up too, to take care of the soiled diapers and accompany mommy. When mommy had to express milk ever so frequently, daddy was also kept equally busy taking care of the many pump equipments and bottles, washing and making sure its sterilized, ready for use the next round. Whenever we were getting ready to go out, while mommy prepared Wayne, daddy would be taking care of the baby bag & stroller, packing and ensuring we had everything ready for our outing.

And as Wayne grew older, daddy continued being our super dad. Daddy was in charge of milk feeds, early mornings and nights, daddy was the one to get out of bed to prepare Wayne’s milk and wash the milk bottles. Daddy also helped bathe Wayne ever so frequently, a task that hardly any daddies out there helps out with. Each time we run out of something at home for Wayne, daddy would always go out of his way to just get it, no matter how tired he was from a long day at work. And that’s on top of all the ferrying he does, driving mommy & Wayne around all the time.

And till today, Wayne is two, and daddy is still our super one-in-a-million daddy. Cos he places mommy & wayne above all else in his life, spending a lot of time with mommy & wayne, taking care of us and making mommy & wayne feel safe, protected and loved all the time.

Thank you daddy. Happy third father’s day.

Happy birthday Da-yi!

Happy birthday Da-yi!!!! A few more days before baby Gabriel will be out! We are counting down together with you!!! Wayne can't wait to see his lil cousin!!! Wayne's future playmate!!!

So enjoy your birthday lots with your big big tummy, da-yi!!! Stop eating so much!!!! Doctor's order!!!

Hope you like the pressie sent all the way from SG.

Miss you lots!!! Love you lots!!! Hugs! From Wayne Wayne, Ra & HK.

Learning with ice

After a successful lesson learning shapes with raisins, it was now time to learn hot and cold with some ice!

Monkey faced Wayne

Bright eyed boy. Actually this is just his exaggerated look when he discovers something new..

Playing with the cold cold ice...

Putting the ice to his cheeks to feel the coldness

Ehh?....... after putting the ice down, my cheeks still feels very cold!

Now learning that with 'gloves', the ice would not feel as cold

Well Wayne was just happy to play with something new. He was genuinely amused and had alot fun with something as simple as this. As for mommy, this was good as it kept him occupied for a good 20 minutes while mommy was in the kitchen doing some household chores. =)

Learning shapes with raisins

Mommy & Wayne had a fun morning playing with raisins today!

Haha, before you start to judge mommy for allowing Wayne to play with food, it was actually educational!! We were learning about shapes and having breakfast at the same time!

Well actually it was more a case of Wayne wanting to eat raisins instead of the bread and I had to distract him into eating both by doing something fun with him. And it sure was fun! With Wayne trying to make shapes himself.

Smile face to start the morning right!

Sun! Wayne's creation with mommy's help!

A tree!

And a raisin moon!!

Happy first birthday cousin Natalie!

Baby Natalie turns a year old!

It was one of the nicest birthday parties mommy has attended, the venue was huge, the food was very yummy (satay and scallops and lots more), there was coffee and tea, a bouncing castle, magic show, balloon sculpting and lots and lots of pretty balloons all over!

Wayne loved the helium balloons as well

Lifting the balloons high up in the air.. Wayne must be feeling really strong lifting them so high up and not feeling the weight!

Happy birthday Natalie!!!

Wayne misses san-yi

This morning, Wayne woke up and didn't want to leave home with mommy & daddy which was very rare as he normally would jump at the chance of going out 'kai kai'.

So this morning, we had this conversation:

Mommy : Are you sure you dont want to go out with us?

Wayne : Uh huh (yes)

Mommy : Then what about your lunch? Who is going to cook for you to eat?

Wayne : *pauses*

Wayne : San yi!!

Mommy : haha, san yi is going to cook for you? Is she coming to your house to cook for you?

Wayne : Yes!

Mommy : *laughs* Wayne, is it because you miss San yi?

Wayne : Yes!

So that night, San Yi and Uncle Ken came over to our house to play with Wayne, making him happy. =D

Daddy turns 33!

Happy 33rd birthday to our very very precious Daddy!!!

Mommy & daddy were on leave today, so we were able to spend daddy's birthday together with Wayne. We didnt do anything fancy, just chilled together and enjoyed spending time with our little boy, seeing him happy and running about. Mommy also planned a surprise birthday dinner with daddy's family so that the whole family can also celebrate together. Hope you enjoyed your birthday celebration daddy!!! Mommy & Wayne loves you lots.

Eggs benedict for daddy to start the day!

And an American breakfast set for mommy & Wayne

The 3 of us. Little boy eating his bread and taking photo at the same time. And, yes, spot that Yakult bottle, which has become mommy & daddy's special weapon to make Wayne Wayne extremely happy!!

Wayne laughing away.. playing "Round and round the garden... " with daddy

And his favourite "swing' with mommy

Mommy & Wayne's present for daddy...

And, daddy's birthday cake which Wayne 'ordered'... as when we were buying the cake, wayne shouted "Papa brown cake" to the jie jie at the counter. =)

Daddy and precious Wayne...

blowing the candle together...

cutting the cake together..

and the three of us...

Daddy's wish has always been for the three of us to be happy & healthy together forever. As long as we were happy together, thats all that mattered to daddy & daddy would always be very easily pleased.

Mommy & Wayne wishes daddy a lifetime of happiness and good health. We love you a lot daddy.

Wayne curls his eyelash

After months of sitting on the bed watching mommy put on my make up before going out, thats my little boy imitating mommy. Of all my make up tools, this is his favorite.

Chased by a girl!

Last week, we passed by Gymboree and Wayne so badly wanted to go in so we brought Wayne to Gymboree this weekend. Over the past few months, Wayne has gotten so rough. He'd be running around at home, climbing up the sofa and down, jumping on the bed, throwing things around and basically just behaving like how a boy would. Sweaty most of the time too.

So at Gymboree, he really enjoyed himself, picking up balls, throwing them, climbing up the ladder, slides and the playgym structures.

Until, he met a friend.. this little mei mei... Initially he was still okay with her, even giving her a hug when the mei mei's older sister asked her to hug Wayne.

But then, after that hug, she started following Wayne everywhere he went.. till he got so frustrated. Haha. Everytime she ran towards him, he'd quickly run away and shout no no no. Poor little boy, he almost seemed traumatised by this little mei mei!

See, that's Wayne with a frown on his face trying to 'escape' from mei mei!

Well, thats Wayne's first encounter fending off attention from the opposite sex. More to come next time. Hopefully not the other way round. =p