Happy 2, my little sunshine!

Adric baby, my little sunshine! This weekend we'll be celebrating your 2nd birthday! That's 2 years of joy, love and laughter you have brought to our family! When I first laid eyes on you 2 years ago at the operating theatre, I immediately knew I loved you so much.. My first thought was that you are a more perfect version of the perfect image I had of you while I was pregnant! I dunno how that's possible but you somehow managed to exceed all expectations!

Since then, you have turned my life upside down, in all possible ways, but the love and joy of having you in our lives is something i won't trade the world for! Over the past 2 years, we got to know you as you learnt to express yourself more and more, and you have showed us that you are a happy, generous, cheeky little boy who loves interacting w people.. You have the ability to draw people to you, and spread your joy around - it is evident from the many strangers who come up to us to play w you whenever we bring you out! You are also always so curious of your surroundings - you surprised us all at 9 months old when you could identify things around you. When we said 'clock', you looked at the wall where the clock is, when we said 'button' you turned to look at our clothes.. At 20 months, you already knew A to Z, 1-30, colors, shapes, names of birds, country flags, and so many other things! Actually mummy secretly thinks you are a genius! Haha..

Anyway, what's amazing about you is not  what you know, but who you are! I love it that you always like to play w people - you will always pull daddy and mummy and say 'follow me' so we would play with you. I love it that you always know what you want - your fav color is red, your fav song is the 'bus song', your fav storybook is 'goldilocks', your fav mode of transport is train! I love it that you are so cheeky.. When mummy asks you not to drop something, you would make fun of me by pretending to drop it and say 'oops!'.. 

This weekend we'll be bringing you to Thomas land.. Your fav toy character! I'm sure we'll have lots of fun, as we always do w you around..

Daddy and mummy wish you a happy happy birthday, and abundance of love and joy.. Remember that you are safe and you are loved, always and forever! Daddy and mummy loves you to the moon and back!

Weekend flash - 30/31st Aug 14

On Saturday we went to Poison Ivy cafe at Bollywood veggies for lunch.. Love the rural feel and healthy food there!

Daddy and Adric enjoying the kampong swing after lunch..

In the evening we met up w Gong Gong for dinner.. It was actually Adric's idea! He misses Gong Gong.. :)

On Sunday, we went for baby Olivia's full month party.. No photos there cos daddy and mummy were bz eating haha.. Just this photo showing how tired Adric is after the party.. He was bz playing with the lift/chair/anything he can get his hands on during the party.. Hee..

At night, Adric made pizza! 

That's all.. The weekend went by in a flash! Weekend pls come back again soon!

Eat rice

Did I just have dinner? I forgot.. Hmm but I'm still hungry..

Maybe I'll just have one mouthful of rice..

Ok, maybe another mouthful..

A third mouthful..

Think I'll finish the whole pot!

Changi beach

Weekend August 8th/9th - It was a pleasant weekend - we didn't do a lot, just the usual, eating, sleeping, playing at our pool w Adric, and on Sunday, we brought Adric to Changi beach, it was his first time there, and he loved it! 

The first thing we saw after we parked our car was the ice cream man on his mobile motorcycle-driven ice cream station, and Adric had his first ever taste of ice cream!

No, I didn't eat ice cream..

The above shot was taken the Sunday after - changi beach was so fun that we went 2 weekends in a row! Ha

Anyway, other than the ice cream, we also had fun watching airplanes fly overhead.. The beach was near the landing runway so the planes were very near n loud..

More photos of the 2nd visit to Changi beach..

Adric at 22 months

It's been a long time since my last post! Been busy with lots of stuff - my new job, project D, having fun with Adric, making time for family/friends.. It seems like after having a kid, time is nv enough! I've lots I want to blog about - our trips to Bali in Apr, Bkk in May, Penang in June (let's see if I ever get down to doing that haha..).. Adric is learning so many new things these days and his likes/dislikes changes every other day.. I wanna record it all down, but things are just happening too fast haha..

Anyway let me just pen down what Adric's been up to these days.. 

Climbing through tunnels - he loves going through all kinds of tunnels from the real ones on CTE to the makeshift ones made with mattresses and blankets..

His 2 favorite toys at the moment are a dinosaur head (which he calls 'saur') and a plastic bowl (which he calls 'this bowl') - totally unrelated, but you will see him carrying these 2 items almost everywhere he goes.. Haa

That's Adric eating his first Oreo cookie - given by Daddy who was trying to 'win his favor' after Adric showed preference for Mummy over Daddy.. Hee

Adric on his first cable car ride! He loved it, but too bad he missed the return journey from sentosa to mount Faber cos he was too tired n fell asleep.. We brought Adric to POLW but he didn't like it too much, which is surprising given that he loves playing w water.. See!

 He loved the water play at Gardens by the bay..

And the one at vivocity - he was making a face here just because he wanted me to join him..

Nowadays, one of the ways we like to keep him occupied is by giving him a basin of water and 2 cups - that's all it takes to give K and I a precious 5 mins of free time.. Hee

Adric's first hospital stay..

Adric is in hospital, for croup - it's a viral infection that causes inflammation of the upper airways.. Poor baby had fever of up to 40.4degC (omg!) and lots of coughing.. We brought him to A&E on Tues night, doctors gave him some steroids, and after 2 hours, his barking cough did not get better, so he had to be admitted..

The first night was bad, Adric was so uncomfortable that he could not sleep at all, latching helps a little but poor baby was still suffering.. Second night was bad too! Adric's fever shot up to over 40 degC and remained high for a long time..

After some medication, sponging and lots of TLC, things got abit better after the second night..

The hospital stay was not all bad, Adric had the company of his toys, IPad, 'bear bear', biscuits (all his favorite stuff..) as well as..

some fish watching at the pond..

some driving around..

and lots of TLC from daddy and mummy!!

I am not happy that Adric got sick, but to look on the bright side, I'm glad to have the chance to spend all this time with baby ( I spent the last 4 days n 4 nights at the hospital without going home!)..

Doctor says Adric can most prob be discharged tomorrow.. Though he is still coughing, his fever has stabilized.. 

Get well soon little darling! Daddy mummy loves you so so so much.. 

Adric's 2 favorite activities

Adric's 2 favorite activities at the moment are - 1) playing pick-a-boo.. He loves to hide behind the curtains and we would pretend to ask 'Where is Adric?' and then pretend to 'find' him.. He gets really excited and giggly..

Actually any corner of the house can be turned into peek-a-boo hideouts for Adric, sometimes he even makes us carry him into his cot to 'hide'.. Or if we are in the car or lift and there's nowhere to 'hide', Adric will use his hands to cover his eyes and wait for us to say 'peek-a-boo!'

2) Playing with 'aterr' (aka water) is another of Adric's favorite.. even more than peek-a-boo..

Pools and any kind of shooting water are his absolute favorite.. He could spend hours playing and still protest when leaving.. 

The above photos were taken during our

Bali trip 3 weeks ago.. It was a holiday made for Adric! Water water and water.. Adric had a blast!

Adric self entertaining with the bath tub, while daddy and mummy relax on the bed with a book and iPad..

2 days ago when I was putting Adric into his car seat for class, I asked him, ' where is Adric going?' and his immediate reply was 'aterr'.. My cute little baby, in his cute little world, is always hoping to go for water play!