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I didnt really celebrated much on the actual day as Remus is working.. But what is the most happiest moment ystr was when I sang the birthday song - iizen just sang along as well. It was such a joy listening to him. He may not pronounce the words correctly but his tune was there..

Love my darling to bit!

I am short of 2 months to birth. My legs are really aching alot when I try to walk beyond an hour. (That's really bad) Actually 2nd pregnancy is really tiring plus iizen is very active at this age. But he's still a darling. Everytime he smiles in a really cheeky way, it melts my heart. I borrowed some books on sibling rivlery - trying to be prepared for that (if it happens). iizen is very sweet to most other people whether its the boys next door or older kids on the street. I even try to get a story book on arrival of new baby to get to get him to understand mommy having a baby now.

Quite alot of planning I need to do. Whether to get a maid or send iz to childcare etc. When to clean up my room for baby no. 2. I even thot of getting new fixture for our bathroom during my maternity leave. can I go for a short trip (kinda dreaming huh..)

We thot of some names for our gal - to decide then when baby is born..

Counting down to June 25!

Mom has a bus accident during 1st week of Oct last year. It left her with bruises and worse of all, fractured pelvic bone which make her bedridden for 2-3 months till doc announces that she is able to walk. She back home to spend time before Chinese New Year. Even then, her movement was restrictive as well. She cant walk too long, too far before she feels pain all over.

Ever since the accident, there was alot I need to do for her.
- Get a lawyer
- talk to her orthopedic doc
- talk to her colleagues/HR dept
- visit her at hospital and rehab hosp and back home
- handle all her documentations (from hosp, doc and lawyers)
- and monitor her law suit.
The worst shit I had is handling mom's HR Manager who is total BITCH. She was trying to get mom to quit her job and put her on 3 rotating shifts (working at night) even though she is already 60 before accident happens. I had a hard time talking to her about mom's case. (like finding out mom's benefit at work, faxing doc to her). Even the lawyer complaints about rude she was and I really hate talking to her. Besides that, I became the unofficial interpreter for mom and dad (explaining and repeating what the lawyer, HR Manager and doc says to them, what the reports was all about). Mom wanted me to accompany her and dad during her hosp review even thought Brother was not working. I had to take leave (I dont have that much left and I need these leaves for my medical check up. It was over whelming!!!!

I did not complaint a single bit but did wept once with a comment makes. I felt hurt then. But how many people actual know what I did. Not even brother - he did not even ask me a single bit how mom's doing. Even parents did not want to ask him to accompany them to hosp. (mom keep asking me to accompany her during hosp visits and I'd feel bad and guilty when I cant make it for some trip. It leaves me frustrated) Yes, mom was a victim in this accident but dad and me went thur alot to help her in diff area. Especially now, the HR bitch is tryin to dump her matter like a hot potato and we are trying to get the max compensation from the law suit. Question on our mind is whether we should go with workman compensation or common law. I was spending more time explaining legal terms to them and no one knows how when we will get the compensation. Mom is ever nagging/whining/complainting whether it about her life (not much to do) or her pain she is having.. Sometime I honestly felt I dont have much to talk to mom about esp when she whining alot time. :(

At this moment, I am really tired of it. I am trying my best to be a filial daugther doing what I am suppose. I honestly wish for etra helping hand to share the work and stress. (I know that will not happen for now and I am not complaining)

There so much I am occupied with (my work, taking of iizen plus I preggie now - moving around gets more and more inconvenience at times) and yet, I did not whine about it to anyone. Remus knows what I did for mom but I didnt complaint anything to him. He was very willing and understanding and goes on all my visitation to see mom during the time when she was hospitalised.

I just wish that this case will end soon and I will have the strength and determination to see that. Praying hard to God to help me.

Today is my detailed scan at 20th week + 2 day. I am very happy. Actually whether its boy or girl its ok for me and remus. Boy - we can save on his clothing. Girl is equally fun now we have a "hao zi".

Baby is 345g and I have gained 3.1kg so far. Now is the part when we can start choosing name for our girl.. :)

Was quite busy over xmas and time really flies. I thought of perming my hair but its too short plus I preggie now – the perm don’t stay anyway – save me $$.. hehe

I am 17th week preggie now and my tummy showing. This time round my tummy quite neat compare to my earlier pregnancy. Somehow preggie and work at the same time kinda of keep my weight down. Which means I did not put on more weight as compared when I preggie with iizen.. I have gained like 2kg so far. My nauseous was quite bad and that keeps my appetites down also.. hehe

Iizen is so fun to be with now. Just only yesterday he voluntarily planted two kisses on my cheek and near my mouth. I was delighted and surprised at the same time. Now if I ask him to give papa “kiss kiss”. He will immediately lean toward his cheek and kiss him. And he can kiss more than one time. =)

When he younger, he used to cry at the sight of me and remus leaving home for work. For past two days he will just stand at the door staring at us leaving the house and not shed a tear or throw any tantrum. Today he even waved vigourously. He knows we are not able to take him out. My little baby has grown up abit more now. Hehe..
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Mom is staying down at home – at first her movement was restricted to only just within the house(poor thing) now she can even go out to do her marketing. As usual she’s complaining about getting bore staying at home and thinking of going back to work. Dad and me decided to ignore her nonsense. Her work requires her to handled heavy machineries. Dad doubt they will take her back. Moreover she gets to rest at work till Mid Feb if I remember correctly.

Some people have problems pronoucing iizen's name. It is supposed to be e-zen as "ii" is supposed to be pronouced as "e"

not i-zen
or i-ceng

I thinking of changing the name to "Ezen" so that it looks easier to pronouce.

Any comments, anyone?

We celebrated iizen's birthday at home. I bought like balloons, nice cakes etc. Had enjoyed myself although iizen was abit cranky as he did not get enough sleep plus many people in our house (aunties, uncles, my friend etc) He was not used to it. But I do enjoy the fun of organising his birthday party. Can kinda imagine organising it when he older when he has more kids/friends to play with. It will more fun. But I am not in hurry to see him grow up cos I wanted to enjoy his babyhood!

Nowsaday he can communicate more with sign language! For eg, he is able to tell us he wanted to go upstairs to play(when either Remus or me get back home from work) or go to the playground in the morning with his ah gong. He can clap his hands and he knows who to go to for specific need. Like me or my MIL for food/sleep. Me and Remus for playtime. His ah gong for going to playground. And he talks more nowsaday. Like "ahh.." "papa..papa" Has not called me mommy yet but its ok. It just a joy just watching him. He started walking more than a few steps during his first birthday. Within 3 weeks after 1st birthday, he is walking round the house like nobody's business. Sometime he walks so fast he will fall to his knee. But he never cry from falling, He just gets up and start walking again. He hardly crawled. But he does give me heart attack at times watching how he walk and fall and walk.. :)

We just did his photo shots at the studio. He was very well behaved at first. Staring at the photographer as he has not seen him before. However, it was less than a hour and he running round the studio having fun and not staying in front of the camera to take his pis. Remus and me took turns catching and position him at the spot in front of camera. By then, Remus's shirt was wet from perspiration and I was so tried out. Slept for an hours after I got back home .. cant wait to see the pixs

So glad I passed my 12th weeks. Tummy showing already.. And this time round, I felt baby move during 12th week. This is much faster compared to the time when I am preggie with iizen. I can only felt his move during 20th week. I am eager to know if baby is a boy or girl. Remus and me dont have a preference. PIL and my parents are delighted of cos. As for me, I not 100% ready. Wonder if I will be able to spend quality time with iizen when Baby No. 2 comes along. For now,I will have full 3 months maternity leave. Yippee! Not forgetting my company is paying like $1.5K from my medical fee as my entitlement when I birth.. Yippee again! Our initial plan is to have baby 2 next year, guess this bundle of joy came in earlier.. Anyway, I alway happy when pregnant. You're treated like a queen. hehe..

Took iizen to his very first haircut on the 31st Dec 2005. Just when he passed his first birthday. Yes, I have saved some $$ as iizen doesnt need haircut from birth till now! =) Anyway, I was quite worried how he will look. Remus and his parent have been hinting to shave his head since weeks ago and I am quite "xin teng" as he doesnt have much hair. But PIL thinks that hair will grow much faster when he have his head shaved. We took him to a saloon near our place. I was afraid he may be cranky .. Surprisingly, he was very well behaved throughout the whole process. He sat on Remus's lap while the hairdressor razor off bit and bit of his hair. I took quite abit of photos too. Now, he like a little monk..Well, he look very cute actually.. hehe.. Love my baby to bit!

I thinking of learning keyboard so that I can play songs for iizen at times
But Remus responsed, "You will only be interested for 3 mintues (Translate from: San Fen Zhong Re Du)"

Arrugg.. I must put my mind to this..

iizen has only swim like thrice so far. 2 times when Napa is here- we get to swim at the hotel she staying (thanks Napa!) and the last time at the small swimming pool at the swim school.

I think he really enjoy swimming - you can tell from his behaviour. He paddles non-stop with his hands and kicks hard once he gets into the water. And no one taught him that. Guess babies are born to swim??? Anyway, I hope to bring him to swim more often when I get the chance.. :)

Remus has a new job since July this year and he needs to work at least one day during weekend. At least I was not used to it cos it tiring bringing a baby out on my own. Now it's better.. except iizen doesnt like to sit all in the time in his stroller and he wants to have chance to explore and move around.. So I cant bring him out at shopping mall for too long.

He is 9.3kg now. 50th percentile for weight and 75% for height.. I am a satisfied mom.. :)

To think about having a 2nd baby (Remus and even my MIL was thinking about that already), I am not mentally prepared. Cos I wanted to enjoy iizen's childhood as much as possible. Plus I maintain to get back my figure after like 4-5 months..Well, I leave it to God's will..:)

Remus is a great father except I think he rather protective at times (I thot I will be the one but maybe iizen our only child). He plays with iizen every night when he gets back home. They will play "tiger coming to get you" and iizen will laught and crawl away as fast as he could. It so fun watching them.

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Mom was hospitalisd since last Monday. At least she is feeling better. Peng has left for Dubai. At times, I really feel abit stress out. Cos we have quite a few events lately (which means very busy at work) plus I had to visit mom after work. My cought/running nose was on/off for past weeks. At times I really wish I have "my" time - time I spend only for myself. I think that is important. Lately even my boss asked me to go for Time Management Course - that is one relevant/useful course. (I will helping out like 3-4 pp in the company) Hope I can pick up some tips from there.. Meanwhile my schedule till year end for work/iizen/PIL/mom/dates nights(some days which only me and remus will go out) will really fill me up all the way till year end. And I hope to be able to bring iizen to Dubai to meet up with his darling cousin, aunt and uncle.. We will plan for that! Take care, peng!

iizen has just crossed his 10th month mark a week ago. He started talking as in saying specific word when he is 9th month old. That was the time when he is sitting on his potty and started turning his head to Remus and said "Papa papa pa pa pa..." I was so pleasantly amazed. I didnt expected him to talk but I get quite jealous cos he didnt say ma ma instead. I tried teaching him but still.. Then a friend of mine told me she had similar experience with her two boys. It seem that babies can say pa pa better than mama or mommy.. so at least I dont feel so bad..hehe..

Last week, iizen was climbing up the stairs all himself without any help. He is growing up so fast. I think he had fun climbing the stairs cos after his first attempt, he climb like 10 over times in a day like he has a mission to complete or something..haha.. That's my boy! =)He is so fun to play with now. These few days he can squat and stand up for a few mins without help all by himself! Ya, I am a proud mom - Remus always tell me that. Which parent arent proud of their kid..hee

We would like to share with you our precious moment with Iizen who is 7 and half months old now!

Iizen’s developments:

He enjoys crawling and he will stop at nothing to get to the other end. He likes exploring the house and puts almost anything to his mouth – that may include your finger as well. He has a total of 8 teeth now. He weights over 8kg and measures at 77cm.. :)

He smiles and laughs a lot and he loves every play time. He enjoys going out with us every weekend. He has 1st tooth at 4th month and his first swim at 5th
month. He loves to be swing around and likes it when people carry him. Just that strangers or people he hardly meet he will kinda stare quite a
long while.. hee.. Our living room is his playground and he roam all over the place in his walker.. Especially when we get back home, he will dash his way out in his walker to get to our arm.. We love him to bit. :)

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sherilynsoo/album?.dir=1d61&.src=ph

P/S Can someone teach me how to re name my link to "iizen's photos"

Some recollection of Iizen development:

At birth, he weights at 3.915kg
2nd month - 4.9kg
3rd month - 5.5kg
4th month -
6th month - 7.9kg

My baby is twice his birth weight and he has total of 6 tooth and two more coming up!!! Love him to bit.. =)

Remus is such a hardworking person. I think whoever hired him has got himself a asset.. Ya, I got myself a gem..hehe

He was working almost everyday since he started work. Think he will close a deal very soon..

Ya, his last day at Simex on 30 June and he is doing sales at Mitsubishi Car..

It has quick a long while since I last traveled to somewhere.. I was pregnant with Iizen then (1 month preggie only) and my Tokyo trip was due in 3 days time. But I was looking forward to that trip so what the heck... me and remus still went ahead. Of cos before that I went to the gynae to get the medication to stablise the my pregnancy and I was abit nervous about it.. But the m/c episode taught me to be stronger and let the burden to God. So somewhere I was less worry and going on a trip make us more relax..(although remus lost like 2.5kg having to carry most of our luggage as I cant carry heavy stuff.. sweet darling)The trip was cut short from 12 to 9 days as I was getting very tired towards end of the trip. But other than that, we have seen the most beautiful sign of cheery blossoms with all its different colour. We meet up with his friend and taste one of the best japanese food.. The pictures we took of the Areshiyama river was beautiful. And more importantly I was with my sweet darling and baby.. =)

So much for the Tokyo Trip..

Last weekend was a short to Genting. Remus has not been to Genting.. Ya, sound quite "mountain tortorise"..hehe.. So we went with his ex colleague and giftfriend. It was a enjoyable short trip for us.. We ate, shop and even watched Initial D in cantonese.. We had fun and Ronnie and Sera were great company to be with.. Looking forward to next trip.. Although I do miss Iizen a lot.. Cant wait to see him when I get near our house..

I have started looking for a job since a week before Chinese New Year. Has been about a month yet no offer from any company.:( Getting kinda blue just waiting for a offer. My saving seem to be depleting soon. Plus Remus has confirmed that his current job will be ending by end of June. Cant help getting abit worried. But like what he said - no point getting worry as it doesnt help. Well, he is quite "zai" (meaning : tough). He been asking me to look for a sales job instead of the supporting role I had been doing. Doing sales will be like more flexible hours, more $$ and more time for me to spend with baby if I plan properly. No harm trying...

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Iizen is such a adorable baby. He sleeps well at night. He finishes his milk very fast too and it such a joy to talk to him. He will look at you in the eyes and smiles. Never fail to melt my heart all the time. I heard about from friends how sick/difficult their babies can be. I think I am blessed by God with iizen. I used to think God planned it this way that I can rest and be very happy when preggie. Cos iizen turned to be a happy baby.. I wish I am earning now so I can buy more stuff for him (toys etcs). Having a baby make me feel I need to be even more responsible in all decisions that I make. I really hate hopping around at jobs - hope I can stay on at my next job for few years.. On the other hand, I think I will miss baby very much but I need $$ to feed him - so not a option not to work..

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Baby is my darling - something I keep quoting to Remus. He finds it quite amusing as I think I look so happy when I tell him that.hehe.. Never know that having a baby can bring such joy to our life. Just feed him at 3am. He will wake up like twice every night (3am and 6pm). Nowsaday he can sleep like 4-6 hours before next feed. But he will cry as he is very hungry and shut his eyes when drinking his milk. Before I know it, he can just dooze off right after feed. Sometime I will tickle his little chin to wake him abit so that he continues to drink which he did. I love my baby.. =) I just borrowed more baby CDs to play to him as I think he is getting kinda bore (he getting older now??!! hehe) and needed more entertainment. He seem quite ok with the music. But I plan to paste more colourful stuff or cartoon characters like Winnie the Pooh on the wall for him to look at. Plan to go to Weiling's house and see how she decorated her house for her baby. Think I will bring iizen there so that I can see his reaction. At 3 months old - he is a very curious baby. He will insist on looking around at new things/people/surrounding even when he is tired/need to sleep. Even when I bring him to my mom place (once weekly), he does the same thing. Wow, he is already passed his 3rd month going 4th month. Time really fly - I will treasure whatever moment I have with him

My labour lasted like 16hours and baby is born at 8.25pm on 10 December. Such a nice date cos I alway like Dec with all the festive mood.

4pm-6pm : My contractions was like every 15mins apart

6pm-3am : Contractions is getting closer and closer and I cant really sleep. I was practising my breathing
technique. So painful already.

5am : I woke up Remus and tell him to get ready to send me to hospital. This should be it cos my SIL
mention that it will be so painful you cant really walk during contraction!

6.30am : I was the first preggie at labour ward cos right after I get in - there are a stream of preggie ladies all coming in.. I am only 1-2cm dilated

8am : Gynae came in and check on me. Broke my water bag - that was really painful

10am : I am still 2cm dilated and gynae says my labour is going to be long. I took the gas and decided there and then I give in to take the epidural - so glad I took it cos I can then sleep thur.

11am-3am : Remus is so sweet. Stay with me all the while (even though nothing much he can do) he chats abit, stay with him when I sleep and even hold my hands to comfort me but that is love and encouragement from him. I was very tired just laying there, it feels very numb from my tummy onwards to even my feet. The nurses at labour ward which I am very grateful to, turn me from side to side at times so that I am more comfortable.

To be continue....

I am so near to my labour. Since moring, I feel painful cramps which I am not sure if it is the REAL LABOUR. Been asking friends and peng about the labour thingy. Was told it felt like menstural camp and maybe back ache and tummy pain at lower adominal. Been I still not sure how it is going to be for me. Any way, I called the nurse and was told to come in for a check. I waited till evening time like 6 plus. Remus drove me there and yes, it was a false alarm. Gynae said I got to wait for maybe a week to see how things are..

** wating anxiously **

I was shock - Gynae announced that my baby is 4kg from the scan result. Wow.. I cant imagine a 4kg baby coming out from me. Most of my friends' baby and even ty is like just over 3kg. The only one baby I know is Irene's daughter at 3.8kg. But I manage to beat them all (never imagine that) No wonder my MIL has been commenting that I look like I am carrying twins..ha. but 4kg.. Anyway, gynae schedule me for a foetal weight accessment and result said that baby is about 3.7kg and there is still enough space/fiuld for him to move around. I wonder whether she will ask me to go for c-section but instead she announce to me that I will be trying for a natural birth... * nervous.. nervous...* Baby, when will you be coming out to see daddy and mommy... :)

Nowsaday baby is so strong cos his move/kicks are rather painful. I feel it at left side of waist and I do wonder at times if he kicks any harder, if there is going to be a hole there..haha.. and he can moves/kicks like an hour and again I do wonder if he will get tired out..hahaha.. He hiccups alot like a few times a day.. Something when remus or if I talk to him, he can stop any movement as if he is listening. My baby...hmmmmm =p