Playdate with Qin mei-mei

As the kids grow up, they are able to play with each other, which makes it so fun bringing them together!! One year back, Qin was too young to play with Wayne, but now she is a year and 3 months and yay, she can play! So mommy & Aunty Yuwen arranged a swimming playdate with our little ones.

Wayne was so excited about having Qin over. The whole day he kept asking mommy what time Qin Qin would be coming.. finally at 4pm, she was over and Wayne was so happy and excited!

Both kids got into their swimming costumes and wasted no time in getting into the water. Qin was so cold in the water she trembled for a while!!! So for Qin it was just a short 20 minute play time! But she loved the water so much, splashing around and when Aunty Yuwen wanted to pick her out of the water, she refused! Water baby!

While Wayne loved playing big kor kor to Qin, protecting her when Aunty Yuwen walked away, he was not so good with sharing his toys. He had six pieces of toys but was only willing to share one with Qin Qin. Mommy has to work much harder in teaching him how to share. I'm sure he will be better given more time. Afterall he never really had to share his toys with anyone.

Sweet Qin Qin smiling away. After the swimming session, it was snacks time! Biscuits for the little ones, which made them really happy and satisfied. Us adults get really hungry after swimming too, dont we? Mommy was all prepared! =)

And finally, after bathing, they continued their playdate at home, before Qin had to go home. Till the next time!!

Morning exercise

We had wanted to bring Wayne to the riverside for a morning walk today. He loves going to the river where he would run and run and run. It is also one of daddy and mommy's favourite place to just stroll as that place is really serene and nice, where many would be having their weekend brunch. Lots of kids would be there too, either on their bicycles or just running and playing around.

Unfortunately it started to drizzle just as we were about to step out. So we ended up on the 14th floor of our apartment where there is a sky garden, looking at fishes and exploring the outdoor gym. It really is quite a nice place to have a quick workout as its really windy and the view awesome.

Daddy the poser

Best friends

Baby is officially Wayne's best friend and it warms mommy's heart each time Wayne refers to baby as his best friend.

4th February -we visited Dr Lee again for mommy's routine check up. Mommy weight was 47.6kg, up 0.3kg from the last a good sign cos it meant mommy was eating well again. We brought Wayne along for the scan, and Wayne was so excited. When the nurse spoke to him and asked him why he was there, he told the nurse "Wayne come see Wayne's best friend". It was so cute. And when we spoke to Dr Lee and Dr Lee was telling us about baby, Wayne interrupted Dr Lee, telling him "Baby is Wayne's best friend". Mommy couldnt help smiling. We asked Dr Lee to try to tell the gender, but baby was not in the right position, so we'll have to wait another 3 weeks till the next visit to find out. We were happy to know baby was growing well and everything was going smoothly.

Wayne has been sweet.. at night, he would 'pat pat' baby and say goodnight to baby. He loves putting his ears to my tummy and he'd look up at me excitedly nodding his head each time he hears baby 'talking' (its actually mommy's tummy rumbling).. and he'd tell mommy "Baby talking.. Baby say good night to Wayne, baby say good night to mommy, baby say good night to daddy." And just this morning, he woke up and told mommy "Wayne loves mommy so much..... and baby too." Feel so happy and proud of Wayne. Wayne also said "Mommy, baby. wayne and daddy best friends.. four best friends." How sweet, right?

My loving little boy.

Baywatch Singapore

Lots of sun, lots of fun!

Living up to our 2012 promise to Wayne for more fun activities, we dragged ourselves out of bed this Saturday morning, packed all our beach goodies, all ready for a morning out at Sentosa! Turned out it was too early (although it was 9am) in the morning for mommy & daddy cos we realised we forgot many things, like the beach mat, Wayne's beach ball and sand castle tool set. Ooopss.... but no worries, we found all these in one of the shops by the beach!!!!

Yummy snacks for Wayne!

(But turned out he was so busy having fun with the sand, he only had a Yakult and a quarter of a banana!)

Daddy having his breakfast from Killiney before starting the day - nasi lemak, chee cheong fun, french toast, otah and drinks for mommy & daddy! Simple food but super shiok!
As for Wayne, he wasted no time in having fun with the sand!

My little boy looks so grown up yet again... see how red his cheeks got from playing under the hot sun!! His swimsuit from our Sydney trip is so 'Baywatch'!

And for mommy... I was all comfortable in the shade catching up on my many magazines! Felt so good to be outdoors, it was such a relaxing morning, just chilling out, watching my precious boy playing with his daddy & having so much fun. Happy.

And Wayne seeing daddy take a photo for mommy, couldnt help running over to be part of the photographs!

Wayne's favourite playmate.. 3 swings high in the air, and it was time to pack up and head home as the noon sun came along, proving too hot for us!!

Bedtime updates

Finally after 2 years of occupying a spot on mommy and daddy's bed, Wayne has grown up that bit more and progressed to sleeping on his own bed @ 2 and a half years old! And the transition was easy peasy! Yay! Well done, little boy!

For those who didnt know, Wayne was sleeping by himself in his cot since he was a lil baby.. until the day we moved to Carissa Park, and decided to let him sleep on our bed for the first few nights since it was a new place etc etc... bad move.. cos he ended up there for the next two years. And as he grew bigger over that 2 years, he occupied more and more space and his sleeping habits got from bad to worse, from sleeping vertically to horizontally across the bed and rolling from one end to another, across poor mommy who was the one between Wayne and daddy.

SO... the day we moved to Martin Place, it was the perfect opportunity to undo the wrong we did. We got a single bed for him and from the first night at our new place, we got Wayne to sleep in his own bed. Surprisingly he was all happy about having a new bed (thanks to momma who got him all excited over his bed) and got in with hardly any coaxing needed. Okay, granted that the bed is just beside our bed but from then on, Wayne just continued sleeping in his own bed, which is good enough a reason for some celebration. Hooray, finally mommy & daddy got back our king size bed space!

Its been almost 4 months now, and its already a routine for Wayne to climb into his own bed each night. But each morning around 7am, Wayne would also climb down onto our bed and find a spot beside mommy and continue sleeping. Without fail. Not ideal but well, we are happy with that compromise.

The next time we move, we'll make sure Wayne's bed is in his own room.. that'll be the next challenge, but I bet each morning he'd end up on our bed too.

Splashing fun!

Just a short 30 minutes by the pool this Sunday evening, but we had so much fun! Wayne loved playing in the water, splashing around and pretending to swim like a fish & turtle which was hilarious! Love the photos captured of Wayne smiling and laughing away as he played!