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Bed to Ourselves Again! =)
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Yeah! We have the bed to ourselves again! Charlotte has been sharing our bed with us since 6+ months old... As for Charmaine, she has been sleeping on the pull-out bed since 1+ month old in the nursery, which will be the girls' room in future...

Last Thursday, Charlotte suddenly told me that she wanted to sleep with mei mei! Dearie and I were very surprised and happy when she volunteered to sleep on the higher bed, while Charmaine slept on the pull-out bed... We kept our fingers crossed that it was not an impulse decision on Charlotte's part...

Luckily, she slept through the night on her own bed and only looked for us the next morning when she woke up! We feel so blessed that Charlotte's transition to her own bed is so smooth and the 2 girls are finally sleeping in their own bedroom... but sad to say, we still need to coax them to sleep separately at nights... guess we need to take 1 step at a time...
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Charlotte turns 2 tomorrow!
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Wow! How time flies! It has been 5 months since my last entry... and tomorrow is a big day for Charlotte! She turns 2 tomorrow!

This time round, there is no birthday party but a family outing to Underwater World at Sentosa in the morning and dinner with my in-laws at Liang Court in the evening. Last year, Dearie also took leave and celebrated our birthdays (since mine was 2 days after Charlotte's). We also brought Charlotte to UW but she was too young then to really appreciate the fishes... This year, we believe she'll be able to have more fun at identifying and interacting with the fishes! Charmaine will be too young though... Hee, and the cycle begins...

Our 2 girls never fail to make us laugh... Their affection for each other really tug at our heartstrings... Every morning, when Charlotte opens her eyes, she will ask Daddy to wake up and look for Charmaine in the next room... Charmaine loves to watch her and will touch her hand or pull her clothes, to which Charlotte will say "En En likes Charlotte's shirt/pants"... Hope they will continue to stay close and love each other...

Have been a SAHM for nearly a year (having quit wef 3 Jun 09)... have gotten used to this lifestyle and look forward to every evening and weekend, when we can spend more time as a family. =) Tomorrow, we will wear our first family shirt, which we specially ordered for Charlotte's 2nd birthday. The birthday girl will also wear a tiara-headband, which we hope she'll not remove for photo-taking...
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Year 2010
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Wow! Time flies! It's now the 3rd week of 2010.

Charlotte is now 19+ months old and Charmaine is 1+ month old. Really glad and happy to see Charlotte bond with Charmaine. Some pics of them together below.





Charlotte's vocabulary has expanded from 1-syllable words to 3-syllables words. She has also become more mobile independently, and able to express herself with various emotions and simple sentences, e.g. Mama/Papa zuo4zuo4, Mama/Papa up, Mama/Papa's shoes...

Charmaine has started to latch on properly! During my last week of confinement, glad that my patience with Charmaine at bfeeding paid off! Or else, it will be very troublesome after Meifang, my confinement nanny, goes back. Dearie and I are very happy to have MF as my confinment nanny. She and SH (from my 1st confinement) are worlds apart! Below is a photo of our 2 princesses with MF.



Below is our first family photo, taken on the day when Charmaine turns 4 weeks old. =) Hope the year 2010 will be a great year! Happy New Year to all!
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I Love Surprises! =)
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As usual, Dearie sent Baobei off to to my in-laws' before heading to Gombak Camp @ around 7am this morning. After seeing them off at the gate, me went back to my sleep...

Around 9.30am, me seemed to sense somebody come home, hovering over me on the bed... opened my eyes a little to check if it's Dearie... but saw nobody, so went back to sleep again... suddenly felt someone brush against me while he got onto the bed... quickly opened my eyes n guess who me saw?? It's Dearie! His assignment at Gombak Camp had ended earli n he had decided to take AM off n come home! Yeah!!!! To add on to this pleasant surprise, he had bought us breakfast from Burger King!!! We had told each other the night before that we had cravings for Burger King, hee!

So we had breakfast together while watching the movie "He's Just Not That Into You". Not bad, a nice comedy to start off the dae... Thanks, Dearie, for the pleasant surprise! =))
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Pak Toring Dae
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We took leave on last Thur, 12 Mar 09, mainly to have some time to ourselves and to watch "Watchmen"... It was our pak tor day, cos since Baobei came into our lives, our lives had basically revolved around Baobei (not that we are complaining, we are very very very very happy to have Baobei in our lives actually) and we thought why not take leave to watch a movie and spend time together as a couple... =)



We dropped Baobei @ my in-laws a bit later in the morning... After that, we went to Holland V Swensens for breakfast... When I was still pregnant with Baobei, we used to have breakfast at United Square Swensens on every Sunday before going to my parents' place for lunch... Now, our Sundays are usually Baobei's morning walks by Dearie, while me do housework, then breakfast which Dearie will buy on the way back from their walks, then followed by lunch at my parents' place before we go home to rest in the late afternoons... On Saturdays, it will be bak kut teh breakfast with my in-laws before we bring Baobei for shopping. =)

After breakfast, we went to Plaza Singapura where we watched "Watchmen"... quite a different kind of superhero film... looking forward to "Wolverine" and "Transformers II", which Dearie had said we would also be watching at cinemas =) The movie took around 160 minutes. After the movie, we had lunch at Ajisen =) yum yum! Had been craving for Ajisen ramen for quite some time, and didn't know that the outlet at Funan had closed down until Dearie wanted to meet me there for lunch a few weeks back... the ramen still tasted the same, just as delicious =)



All in all, a nice pak tor dae =)
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Happy Valentine's Day 2009!
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Happy Valentine's/Friendship Day!

This year, me got Dearie a gift set of hanky, tie and cuff links from the Net - SingaporeMotherhood. Hee, have been doing quite a bit of shopping here since giving birth to Baobei, cos more convenient =)

Dearie got me a pair of earrings from Swarovski. Had told him I wanted to buy earring studs cos cant wear dangling earrings now, with Baobei's curious hands tugging at everything, including my hair... initially, he wanted to bring me shopping and he would just pay, but me din want... cos no surprise... i like surprises! =) was very surprised that he bot the earrings from Swarovski, itz a pair of swallows...

This morning, he gave me another pleasant surprise! He served me breakfast in bed! He got up early and prepared ham omelette for me! So sweet! Hee!
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Xmas 2008
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This year's Xmas is a special one for us, our 1st Xmas wif Baobei =)

She may not be able to vocalise her feelings and thoughts, but can see from her reaction of squeals and laughter at the Xmas lightings and trees that she likes the decorations alot... she particularly likes the Xmas trees with flashing lights =) She will try to reach out for the lights and will squeal with delight when we bring her away from them... haha!

She has also started to open up to other people, unlike previously when she will cringe her face and cry when people approach her... now, she will stare hard at the people and need time to warm up to them... but still, she won't let other people carry her, can play with her but no carrying... still shy in that sense...

Brought her to my year-end gathering in office on Xmas Eve... everything well pretty well, my colligs helped me out alot, esp when me nid to take toilet breaks... could hear her cries from within the toilet when Ting carried her... oops... Cheong Ling and Ting also took food for me while me carried Baobei (she dozed off in my arms)...

Dearie had his frenz over on 27 Dec, n gave a pretty touching speech... the dinner we prepared was dessert-heavy, like hei ice-cream from Awfully Chocolate, 4 other tubs of Haagen Daz n Ben & Jerry's ice-cream and 1 banana-chocolate cake from Secret Recipe. Dinner was 4 medium pizzas from Canadian Pizza.... hope his frenz had enuff to eat... our nest became super havoc, cos his frenz played Guitar Hero and Winning Eleven on the PS3... they had so much fun playing as a team!

We also brought Baobei for a swim yesterday @ Caribbean... she had so much fun! She naturally kicked her legs and moved her arms when we put her in the water... remembered the 1st time Dearie tried to let her play in the water abt 2 weeks ago, she was not so receptive and actually cried... but yesterday, she welcomed the water! haha! put her in the float and she just leaned back and relaxed... so cute... yesterday was also my 1st time putting on swimwear after delivery... flabby flabby...
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Xmas Gift from hubby
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Was a happy ger ydae =) Dearie gave me very pleasant surprise yesterday... he got me a touchscreen phone - LG KP500 =)

He knew I have been looking around for a touchscreen phone which can replace my pda n current phone... so that I dont need to carry pda n phone around... was greatly interested in the iPhone but it doesnt allow calendar search =( if i want to find out when a meeting takes place, the iPhone doesnt allow... not even 3rd party applications... moreover, only Singtel carries the iPhone and I am a M1 customer, dont see the need to switch service providers too... =P

So was very happy whn Dearie found the LG KP500, which me find slim n suits my needs... Thanks Dearie! =) U oso spent the whole of last nite setting up the phone - calendar, contacts etc for me, so that I can use it today...

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Dearie's New Toy
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Dearie bought a new toy for himself, to pamper & reward himself for the late nights and Sat burnt... he has been very busy at work for the past week...

The new toy he bought is a PS3 game, Guitar Hero World Tour. It comes with a complete band set comprising a microphone, drum set and guitar! He's playing the game now, so funni, behaving like a little kid again... Now that Baobei is taking a nap before we go to my parents' place for lunch, Dearie has his headphones on so as not to disturb her... but can stil hear him hitting away at the drums... Glad he has more avenues to relax =)

Yesterdae, Dearie was at Tekong since morning and onli came back around 7pm... So itz jus me & Baobei... quite fun bringing her for her morning and evening walks and bathing her alone... when she slept, me quickly bathed, had meals, vacuumed floor etc... spent a good dae wif her =)
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Back!
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This is the 1st time both Dearie & me don't regret returning from our holidays... In the past, on the last day of our holidays, both of us would be sad at how time seemed to fly when we had fun and wished that time would just stop and we did not need to return... But this time, we actually look forward to coming back!

Touched down Singapore at around 2350hrs on 22 Oct 08... took cab home and quickly went to sleep so that early next morning, we could fetch our darling girl back from my in-laws =) Felt very relieved that I could finally use my Medela Pump! In Tokyo, the voltage differs and I couldn't use the pump at all... had to rely on my fingers to do the work... very tiring... =(

Charlotte took a while to warm up to Dearie, guess it was because he hadn't seen her for nearly 2 weeks... She seems to have grown so much since I left for Tokyo on 17 Oct 08! She has more facial expressions now and smiles more readily at us... Her neck is also sturdier now and she can hold her head for a substantial period of time while we hold her facing forward...

Brought her back home... again, she took a while to familiarise herself, after staying with my in-laws for nearly 2 weeks... She seems to have attachment issues, fearing we will leave her again... cos when we put her down even to change her diapers (which she used to like a lot), she will cry her head off! Only when we carry her close to us again, will she calm down...

Oh no... hope we can give her the re-assurance that this will be our 1st and last holiday without her! Next holiday will surely be taken with her (albeit it could be many years down the road)... but both of us really missed her even though we had fun spending time together in Tokyo during our 5 days there...
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ToKyO! =)
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After 1 week of absence, Dearie n me finalli met in Tokyo! =)

Dis is my 1st time on a plane alone! Felt so 'independent' and 'more adult'... haha! Dearie had packed most of my clothes in his luggage whn he left for US for his conference... so me onli packed my daily essentials n pump (both the Medela electricity operated dual pump n Pigeon battery operated indiv pump)...

Dearie had selected an aisle seat for me on UA flight, so more convenient in going to restrooms... to my horror, the Pigeon pump didnt work 4me! Tried several ways but jus wun work effectively... so resorted to using hands... v v tiring... nt effective in draining too, onli managed to relieve them... so during each toilet break taken, my fingers wil go to work...

Me touched down @ Narita Airport 1hr earlier than Dearie n waited 4him near the Arrival Hall... whn his plane finalli touched down (10 mins' delay), waited 4him for nearli an hour... started to panick, cos worried wld hv missed him... then cot sight of a passenger who jus got out n his luggage was tagged wif a UA tag, asked him if his was Dearie's flight, he said yes! PHEW! so relieved, dat we hvn missed each other! Then saw Dearie come out! So happi 2c him after 1 whole week! =)

Tdy is our 2nd dae in Tokyo... jus came back fr shopping @ Akibahara (paradise to Dearie), gonna turn in soon... timing here is 1 hour earlier of Singapore time... tmr is more shopping @ Shibuya n Ginza (collecting my reserved items @ Burberry)...

Missing Baobei... hope catch her on webcam tmr, cos by the time we came back tonite, she's oredi asleep...
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Charlotte on her tummy
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This clip was taken today =) Baobei is 4 months 10 daes oredi! Very fun n happy 2c her growing n responding to us each dae...

She doesnt mind playing on her tummy these daes oredi... in the 1st few months when Dearie put her on her tummy, she disliked it a lot n wld cry... but nw, whn she's trying to turn over, we wil gif her a helping hand, n turn her over on her tummy... she wil raise her head high n look @ us (oohing n ahing @ her efforts)... mebbe cos she's exerting alot of strength in keeping her head high, she will make a lot of sounds too...

As Dearie is away in US, his sis posted this clip on You-Tube so dat he could view it whn he touches down... sure Dearie wil miss Baobei alot... cos Dearie is away, Baobei's staying over @ my in-laws n me wil go over in the dae-time 2c her... Dearie wil b transiting in Tokyo on his way back on Sat, n me wil b flying over to meet him for a 5d get-away in Tokyo! =)
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Our 100th Month Anniversary =)
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tdy is our 100th mth anniversary of being together =) how time flies! Baobei has also turned 3 mths...

as usual, we had our monthly neo-cards taken last weekend.... Baobei has grown so much... she nw occupies much more space in her car seat n can turn in a clockwise direction while sleeping in her cot... dis morn, she turned 90 degrees jus 1 hr aft me put her down... one moment she was lying on her side horizontally in her cot, the nxt moment we looked @ her, she was still lying on her side, but vertically! haha! her legs n head were touching the sides of her cot oredi...

 Baobei's fav sleeping position, when she is still sleeping horizontally...

she has nw settled into a time table, n we try nt to disrupt her time table too much... so nw for nite activities, 1 of us wil usualli stay @ hm... but for activities like mutual frenz' weddings, MIL will take care of her @ her plc... parenthood, we mus say, is full of sacrifices, but we dun mind, seeing our little ger grow daily, interacting n smiling wif us... =))

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World Breastfeeding Week 08
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Both Dearie n me hv alwiz known that there are many advantages to bfeeding, for both baby and mother... so from the dae Charlotte was born, me hv been bfeeding her exclusively... it was tough @ 1st, especially when she had difficulty latching on properly... but luckily, the bfeeding consultant @ Mt A was very helpful n both Charlotte n me overcame the initial hurdles of bfeeding...

Initially, when we brought Charlotte out, me found bfeeding a great inconvenience as we nid to find nursing rooms... some nursing rooms dun provide privacy for nursing mums (no private rooms), some look unused n dirty (especially the dirty or dusty changing tables), some dun provide cushions for the hard benches... but me particularly like the rooms @ Bugis BHG n Marina Square, great privacy in a cubicle all to myself (n Dearie cos me will ask him to accompany me =)) His collig oso gave me a nursing top, which me used once in public, @ Bugis MOF, after our lunch when Charlotte oso demanded for her lunch... Remember once, me was bfeeding Charlotte in a nursing room @ Parkway Parade (a room shared by nursing mums n mums who wanna change their babies' diapers), Charlotte made a fuss n refused my milk, a Malay Auntie asked if itz my 1st child, mebbe she had deduced so from my inexperience... oh well... but now, my mindset on bfeeding had changed... found it 2b a great bonding & fulfilling journey wif Charlotte =)

Recently, there was an article in The Straits Times on the advantages of breastfeeding, in conjunction with the World Breastfeeding Week 08. The article stated that couples could save as much as $710 on formula milk from 6 months of exclusive bfeeding! Since me have been bfeeding Charlotte exclusively for 2 months, this in effect, translates to as much as $236 savings for us =) Not considered a huge sum of $$ but still...

Now, in between Charlotte's feeds (3 hour intervals), me will sometimes express the milk (oso to relieve engorgement "sobz") n store in the freezer... initially, me felt like a cow ("Moo...") =P But seeing the packets of frozen milk in the freezer brings me a great feeling of satisfaction... when me return to work, me will still need to express the milk once every 4 hours, so that my MIL can bottle feed her while me away from her @ work... hope that my supply wun drop, especially wif work stress... me realli hope 2b able to bfeed Charlotte for as long as I can... =)
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Who does Charlotte resemble more?
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My in-laws said Charlotte resembles Dearie, exactly a replica of him when he was a baby...

My parents said Charlotte resembles me, when I was a baby too...

Hmm... seems like both our parents feel their grand-daughter resembles their child... so we decided to try out the look-alike meter on the net... jus for fun =)

Results @ birth


Results @ 1 month

Results @ 2 months

Hmm... no matter whom Charlotte looks like, she will continue 2b our precious little ger =))

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99th Month Anniversary
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Charlotte, @ 2 months 1 dae old, dressed in the pink bodysuit which Auntie Cheongling bot 4 her.

3rd Aug 08 was our 99th month anniversary of being together. =) How time flies! Next month will mark our 100th month anniversary... Charlotte will be 3 months old by then too!

As per our monthly practice, we took our neo-cards @ Bugis Junction =) This time, we dressed Charlotte in pink... Dearie wore a red polo t-shirt while me wore a pink blouse, so as to match Charlotte's colour... We thot this way, the neo-card will turn out nice, wif us in co-ordinated colours. =P

Unlike last month when we took our neo-card, Charlotte was sleeping n looking kinda grumpy when me carried her outta her stroller, she was awake n looking more cheerful this month... indeed, she opened her mouth wide when we took the pic =)

Itz fun flipping thru our neo-card album now, where we c our journey since getting together to having a new addition - Charlotte to our family now... brings back sweet memories...
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3rd Year Anniversary of our Proposal
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Yesterdae was our 3rd year anniversary of our proposal.. time realli flies! =) coincidentally, MIL oso asked us to go for Father's Dae Celebration wif DIL as most probably, during the actual Father's Dae, me wil b doing my confinement...

So we had dines @ Chatterbox... MIL, DIL, Dearie's aunt n me all had their signature chicken rice while Dearie had nasi lemak n his sis had burger... MIL said hv to bring me to Chatterbox, else if they bring Charlotte there in future, me may feel itz unfair cos Charlotte been to Chatterbox but me nv been there... hee!

Cos itz our 3rd year anniversary of our proposal ydae, MIL gave us a gift which completes our Precious Moments 'sofa' collection =) coincidentally, the gift re-enacts our proposal scene 3 years ago! stil remember Dearie specially arranging the proposal wif the TCC (Holland V outlet) staff, his sis n 3 colligs... me stil blur blur then, no idea dat he's gonna propose, despite the special gifts, bubble blowing fr his 3 colligs, our song played on the PA system n his sis hiding in a corner taking a video... so blur of me!


MIL's gift to us on our anniversary... v symbolic! =) notice the teardrop on the ger's face?

Dearie's V-Dae gift to me dis yr... looks like us @ hm watching TV in living room, except we dun hv pets =P

Dearie's gift to me on proposal (wif the end in mind)... dis wil b us looking @ our wedding album many many yrs down the road... haha!
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Labour Day Outing...
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Decided to go someplc to take some nice pics during the Labour Day PH =) Been a while since we went to Chinese Gardens (think last time we went was during our school outings... so it has been ages!!)

We stocked up on 100 plus n mineral water @ Suntec City Carrefour b4 gg on a long drive to Jurong, where we had Dearie's fav vegetarian mee... the stall auntie had previously remarked my tummy looked like a baby boy bump, but my MIL had corrected her itz nt, thou many ppl oso thot itz a baby boy bump... Thou it was a v hot dae, we had fun walking around the Chinese Gardens n visiting the Turtle & Tortoise Museum (which won a plc in the Guinness World Records)... here r some of the pix we took:




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Home Sweet Home =)
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Yeah! Dearie is finalli back! =) He reached Singapore on Friday midnite, 0003hrs, which technically was Sat early morning... MIL n me went to Changi Airport to wait for him, meaning to gif him a surprise... but he wasn't surprised, he said he had more or less expected it... mebbe a much "successful" surprise would b nt waiting for him @ Changi Airport, but rather jus sleep @ hm.. haha! But we were nt so cruel lah... hee! =P

Dearie bot me souvenirs fr Dallas - a white nightie wif pink pokka dots (his usual gift for me whn he goes overseas w/o me) n a white tee-shirt which reads "I am a sexy pregnant woman" wif many funni but real descriptives of a pregnant woman (v cute!) So happi he is back! =)

MIL can finalli return to her normal life, no need to work "night shifts" in "taking care" of me... hee!

Think Baby Charlotte is oso delighted dat her Daddy is back... she has been moving more n more in my tummy, as if showing her excitement! haha! just now, after dinner of nasi padang @ Hotel Rendezvous, she was so active! bump here bump there, my tummy was practically having a "tummy-quake"! Hee!
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Dearie on Flight Back Singapore Liao! =)
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Hurrah! Dearie is finalli on plane back to Singapore! =) He would reach Singapore at around 0020hrs tonite... so looking forward to it! MIL n me gonna gif him a surprise by waiting for him @ Changi Airport =)

Been writing short notes (something like a diary) while he is away... he is oso doing the same in Dallas =) Everynite, b4 sleep, will pen sth for him n Baby Charlotte wil move happily in my tummy =P Can c ripples n bumps... tried to catch a video clip of the movements last nite to show Dearie whn he's back, of Baby Charlotte's way of missing him... initially she was v shy, kept stil whn me start recording n start moving onli whn me gave up... so spoke to her, asked her nt 2b camera/video-shy, cos itz a special way of recording special n memorable moments.... n subsequently, whn me start recording, she realli moved! =) hee! so cute! mebbe she under stood wat me telling her! =) so amazing!!! hope Dearie can c the movements clearly on video clip whn he returns!

10 more hours to Dearie's arrival in Singapore! Counting down... =P

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