One More Tan

2009-07-30T23:32:00.002+08:00

Joel was kissing and patting her nicely before, I swear!

Joel's Greatest Fear

2009-06-01T12:25:00.003+08:00

Original Post (Part I)

And we all thought that Joel was fearless!!!

Part II

For all those wondering exactly what the evil daddy is scaring him with...

What Joel does when Daddy is on call

2009-05-24T18:09:00.008+08:00

Steals mummy's wallet

Terrorises the house

Abuses daddy's doggy

Plays with ice and fire...

Then hides in his mei-mei's cupboard once daddy is on the way home....

2009-02-20T17:30:00.000+08:00

Dearest Joel,

I remember the day you were born. You had to stay in hospital for a week while I went home without you. It was especially hard driving home with an empty car seat. Every morning, in the car on the way to the hospital, I would be thinking of how to get to you faster. In the evenings, I would hover around the phones at home, waiting for the nurse to call to update me on your billirubin levels. The day we brought you home, you barely weighed 3 kg, and now, you have tripled that.

It was difficult for the first 3 months. I rarely slept for more than 4 hours at a stretch. Early morning tv became my best friend as I nursed you.

You are very loved by so many people. When your grandaunt saw you for the first time in the hospital cot under the blue rays, I could see her wiping her tears away. At every family gathering, you would be the centre of attraction while we would turn “invisible”. Grandma and grandpa can’t get enough of you.

The first time you had a fever, I thought you handled it better than me. Daddy was more tortured by me worrying than you falling sick.

My heart still breaks every morning I drop you at Grandma’s before I go to work. I know it is not possible to spend waking moment with you. You will grow up, make new friends, discover speed (please be careful with automobiles), and might travel to another country to work or live. I always wonder how I would cope.

I loved the past 12 months. Every time you smile at me. When I tell you “No No” to stop chewing the wires, or play with the fan, you would give me a cheeky grin. You have just started to walk. I’m very proud of you!

Happy Birthday Joel. You are one today. I will always love you no matter what.

Love, Mummy

Photos to show at Joel's wedding

2009-01-01T21:38:00.002+08:00

No Mountain Too High, No Gate Too Far

2008-11-06T23:21:00.004+08:00

Just one week after we install the gate.... This just begs for more witty captions...

Miscellanous pictures

2008-10-23T19:00:00.006+08:00

Help! Help!

Zzzzz.....

A light snack... yummy hot dog!

Run for it!

Joel 1, Spinach 0

2008-09-25T00:12:00.003+08:00

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse....

Round II - Cake!

2008-09-25T00:08:00.005+08:00

Aunty Germaine came over to bake today!

She tried to trick me...

But I was too fast for her! Ha ha ha!

Joel's First Solids (for real)

2008-09-17T00:26:00.006+08:00

The first time went quite well...

But the next time he tried to feed himself....

Degenerating into disaster.....

At least he looks quite contented with himself!

2008-08-01T20:57:00.010+08:00

What an exciting week!

Here I am, honing my skills to be the next patissier.

And I went for my very first dip in the pool!

The girls flocked to me even before I could get a tan.

I needed a little help to cruise along.

Unable to resist my charms, they were queuing up to ferry me.

They pleaded with me to join them again soon.

See you later girls!

Joel - Monk in Training

2008-07-09T13:27:00.007+08:00

Monk-in-training

Gongfu monk doing the balance-in-my-chair act

Gongfu-monk fails training after succumbing to the lure of pancakes

Zorro Strikes Again!

2008-06-14T22:51:00.002+08:00

Beware!! The Zorro of Drool is here!

Joel now eating solids!!

2008-06-08T12:35:00.003+08:00

Ha ha, made you look. :-p

To be a baby....

2008-05-03T10:55:00.004+08:00

Ah, how I wish I could be a baby again....

War and Peace

2008-04-22T22:58:00.005+08:00

Hey buddy, give me back my milk bottle!

Lapping it up

Me by the poolside

2008-04-15T00:16:00.005+08:00

Me by the poolside
Chirpy and bright-eyed
Pass the suntan lotion
Oh no... I just did a motion!

Joel the Golden Goose!

2008-04-13T14:09:00.002+08:00

So here I was, poor ol' tired Diaper Daddy, having just finished a 24-hour call only to come home to a pail of stinky poo-poo diapers, courtesy of you-know-who. :(

What to do, but plow through them... and just as I was hanging them out, what do I see!

Something Round and Brown in my freshly washed diaper!
Oh no! Is it a sneaky turd?
Does Diaper Daddy need to do the doo-doo again?

But lo and behold!
Look closer and what does he see?

It's a golden coin!
All our hard work has paid off!
Those never-ending feeds and nights of torture!
Now the only question is.....
Midline laparotomy, or laparoscopic?

More first month pix!

2008-04-04T18:05:00.010+08:00

Crazy uncles and aunties
(which is more insulting - being called 'crazy', or 'uncle'?)

Confused kid

Another confused kid
Confused, tired kid
(the one in black)

Happy, slightly-vertiginous kid

My First Month Party♦

2008-04-01T23:23:00.009+08:00

Where's daddy?

Last I saw of my mummy before
I got passed around!

Pass it on, pass it on....

Phew! Reunited!

Reunited again!

My cousin stole a car and nearly drove into the pool!

Look at my loot!
Thanks everyone!
Come again next month!

I dun friend baby tan....

2008-03-21T16:00:00.003+08:00

... he smacka my brownie dog!!

Daddy Tan

A technical note

2008-03-17T10:30:00.003+08:00

To all Joel fans out there,

If you can't wait to get the latest update (and you don't want to spend every minute of your life clicking on 'refresh'), try out a RSS reader like Google Reader or that icon at the top of your IE browser.

It's especially useful if you read a lot of blogs. Check it out!

Gerald

Family Portraits!

2008-03-17T10:21:00.005+08:00

Picnic
with the
cousins!

(Where am I?
Taking the
picture of course!)

Last
family outing
before
cousin Clari
goes back
to Melbourne!

Isaac, Joel and Clarisse

2008-03-04T19:35:00.004+08:00

Today, my mommy and daddy abandoned me at Grandma's where a big blue hungry wolf and Red Riding Hood ganged up on me. Help!!

Pic of the Day

2008-03-01T12:37:00.006+08:00

A new
weightlifting
record in the
3kg class!

I'm home!!

2008-02-29T15:44:00.006+08:00

Yes, daddy and mummy finally brought me home!

To all the aunties who wanted to see something else other than laundry in my bed....

My favourite sleeping position!

My first bath! (No, I didn't cry!)

And my first visitors!

Little Boy Blue

2008-02-25T19:13:00.015+08:00

today, mummy and daddy came to visit me in hospital

i did my little blue riding hood impression

i also tried to blow milk bubbles to impress mummy

when they called my name, i played hard to get.

i opened my right eye first . . . . . . . then my left eye

and finally both my eyes !

fingers crossed that i can go home soon !

Pic of the day

2008-02-24T22:55:00.006+08:00

The Thinker

Joel's here!!!

2008-02-23T22:05:00.006+08:00

Hi everyone!

Yes, the day has finally arrived!! Ok, actually it arrived 2 days ago, but I was busy doing Daddy-Type things...

Anyway, this is Joel's very first picture! That's right,he's waving at YOU! :-)

And this is a pix of the two proud parents!
And one of the grandpa, grandma and crazy aunty...

Anyway, the reason (read: excuse) Baby Tan hasn't been able to write this post himself (other than the fact that he hasn't learnt to type) is that he's still stuck in SGH under blue phototherapy lights for his jaundice. Aww... so sad.... :-(

But we'll definitely keep you posted once he's back home! And put up those long-awaited photos of him in his room(instead of laundry...)!

Daddy Gerald

Oh no, my room has been hit by a tornado!

2008-01-20T23:08:00.001+08:00

My bed and my wardrobe and my table arrived today!!!
5 minutes later, bad bad daddy threw all the laundry on it. Boo hoo hoo!

2008-01-11T18:25:00.000+08:00

a new year, a new beginning

went to see obs last week, and baby is now 1.8 kg at 32 weeks ! looking at the graphs, i see that the weight hovers around the 50th percentile so i told myself we are doing fine. so far, it has been mostly a trouble free pregnancy except for the itchy tummy and now, constipation !
despite my love for fruit and vegetables, i've fallen victim to the big C. its not so much as inadequate fibre that is causing the constipation but its more like the slow down of peristalsis.

ge had the morning off so we went to ikea today and bought a whole lot of paraphernalia for baby. am glad we got most of the things already. things i cannot resist are clothes and toys ! ge is always trying to rein me in from buying but some are too adorable to resist. must exercise self control !

My new room (under construction)!

2007-12-25T14:11:00.000+08:00

Looks at the new room that Daddy and Mummy are preparing for baby baby! It's got new curtains (which smell funny), and a stroller (under the box) and lots and lots of clothes and toys (inside the box)!
The only thing that doesn't belong to baby baby is the ironing board, coz baby baby don't do no ironing!
Now all we need is the cot and cupboard! And oh yes... for baby baby to come out... :-)

2007-12-11T23:24:00.000+08:00

went for my obstetrics appointment today. was concerned about the weight gain because i have only put on paltry 6 kg since the beginning. prof was all reassuring as usual but i somehow feel i should be putting on more weight. i don't want baby to come out looking like a twig! i suppose its mostly genetics. look at me and ge. there won't be a sumo baby. met gerald's friend at the clinic today and got her number down. she's due 2 days after me ! will be fun if i meet her at the delivery suite.

Hello World!

2007-11-25T22:07:00.008+08:00

Hi everyone!!

Onemore-cousin, still in the warm tum-tum of mum-mum! Check out the timer above to see how long before he can post on this blog himself!

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Edited: Yes! The timer has been halted at 39 weeks and 1 days! Mummy was spared the last 6 days! :-)