An Unforgettable Christmas

Initially, it was just a casual family outing with Ying, the children and I spending over the night at Ying's place. However, it was the spur of the moment that Ying uttered something about getting to stay at the HR hotel with cheaper rate that transformed my holiday into a memorable one. Of course the happiest ones are the children as they get to play in the pool, horse riding and play with sea water. Well, for me it was exceptionally wonderful because this is my 1st Christmas with Derrick. Below photos are self explanatory as a picture tells a thousand words. Thanks Ying for her spontaneous suggestion and her hospitality. I can feel that she really loves Derrick a lot even though she doest get to see my angel often. Moving forward, I'll try to get them together more often to 'capture' those wonderful moment that we get to spend together as family. My instinct is telling me that my next Christmas will be just as much fun as this round :)

Restless Derrick, Sleepless Mommy...

Lately Derrick has developed another sleeping pose which ended up with him crying in the middle of the night. He used to sleep on his tummy from new born until recently, he will subconciously switch his positon from facing down to facing up position. Of course, this will leave him with 'empty' feeling as he has nothing else to grasp on with both his legs and hands searching wildly in the air for things to grap. The frantic search often ended up in cries as this tend to wake him up, and followed by poor mommy having to wake up several times just to coax him and put him back to his 'tummy' position. To add on, my little 5 months ol' is super mobile even during his sleep. He will always knock his head against the side of the crib and the effect will wake him up at times. I was wondering if the crib is too small for him, and therefore decided to place him next to me as my bed is definitely more spacious than the cramped crib. Results? Even worse as he will continuously turn his body/head from left to right and to left again for sometime before he finally falls deep into sleep. Some of you may wonder, how do I cope with my ever energized baby even when he sleeps? The answer is, I would sleep early , as early as 9:30pm when my baby dozez off. Then by the time he was awaken up by his own head knocking, waving arms/legs or searching for pacifier, it would be half past mid night and I've already gained some 'light sleep' by then :).

What a bad day to begin with.. Dec21

What have I done wrong lately? Bad lucks trailed me no matter what I do. When I say bad luck, its real bad. First of all, the never ending hoo haas come bouncing again even after numerous peace settlement. Worst of all, all these always has to happen before I start my brand new working day :(. Secondly, today is suppose to be chrismas gift exchange party for my dept. And guess what, the person who was suppose to give me present is absent on MC today. I ended up being the only person in the dept without a pressie. OK, I am still cool... but the another stupid event followed up which totally dampen my spirit for the day. My lower left dental filling broke (fall out of place) when I am in the midst of enjoying pizza partly sponsored by me somemore for the dept christmas party. I should label myself as the most UNLUCKY person in the planet at the moment. I gotto pay a visit to the temple tonight so as to chase away whatever evil spirit that is dragging me down. How on earth can I convince myself that this is just my overly sensitive mindstate when all these dark event dont happen to anyone else but ME!

What a year...2009

Year 2009, what a year it has been for me. Getting married, pregnant, delivered Derrick, raising up Derrick, losing weights, going thru ridiculous hoo haas... and the list goes on. To summarize, it has been a roller coaster ride for me .. almost 11 months by now and I hope next year promises a smooth sailing year ahead for me. This is all I wish for Christmas this year.

On the other hand, my boy is growing up day by day, from a fragile newborn to a super duper powered 5 month ol.. Oh, how I wish that he would always stay the same state, never grow up as I really enjoy his current stage..treating me as his NO 1 in this entire universe. Watching him laughing and squeeling with joy at every funny expression that I made really bright up my life, as if I never lived before in this life. Cuddling him in my arms is the most wonderful moment that I would love to spend daily.

I hope Santa will bring my family and I lots of smiles, joys, happiness and health in coming year :). Merry Christmas to everyone !