i can believe how dirty nick nick can be ....
first we all know while eating he refuses to be "cleaned" even when all the food is all over his face and neck ... wails and screams and throws a tantrum when we try to wipe him clean with tissue or cloth ...
second we all know nick nick loves to "bite" his bolster .... and goodness me .... one can imagine 24 hours of baby "biting" with drool all over ... even iggie refuses to let nick nick anywhere near iggie's bolster .... for fear that his bolster will suffer the same fate!
now .. nick nick is sick with runny nose and cough ... and everytime he sneezes, there will be mucus and drool all over ... and instead of allowing us to clean him up ... he uses his fat fists and rubs all these gunk all over his face ... all drool and mucus combined ... from his chin to his forehead!!!! spread all over the entire surface .... and while he does that ... he continues to "blow" out more drool and bubbles .... YUCK!!!!!
its amazing how dirty nick nick can be!!! :)
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
slowing the pace .... ME
health hasnt been that good ... and this year is just a year full of these nonsense bugs and viruses ....
i know sometimes its just me .... wanting everything to be PICTURE perfect .... MUST be perfect .... but .... life is NEVER perfect ....
things in my life that are perfect :-
i know sometimes its just me .... wanting everything to be PICTURE perfect .... MUST be perfect .... but .... life is NEVER perfect ....
things in my life that are perfect :-
- iggie
- nick nick
- maurice
- our families
- ..... basically my life.....
????? ... so what is NOT perfect????
running and chasing time everyday .. that was how i felt ... there was never enough time ... everyday i was just chasing the time to complete my stuff ... chasing the time to get more time with the boys ... chasing the time to get more sleep .... just chasing time .....
this week i am working from home in the mornings ... with grandma on holidays ... i needed to be with the boys ... especially when both are sick AGAIN ....
this morning as i waited for iggie to put on his shoes and get ready ..... i saw nick nick in the garden (carried by helper) ... i walked over and realised what a BEAUTIFUL morning it was ... the sun was shining .. the birds in the trees were singing ... and a gentle warm breeze was blowing ....
i took that 1 min of that beautiful morning in and realised that i had MISSED all these in my daily chasing for time .. when time was here all the while ....sometimes someone in the office would make a comment "what a beautiful day outside!!" ... and i would gaze out from the office window and smile and think nothing of it ... and i didnt see it ...
i looked at the time ... it was 8.30am .... what would i be usually thinking about at this time ...it would either be work stuff while i am on the road .... or already in office thinking and working on work stuff ....
but this morning ... i wasnt thinking about work ... i was just enjoying that 1 min in the garden .....
soon ... the garbage truck came ... and both the boys were all excited by it ... and it passed by in just 3 seconds ... but that 3 seconds sighting made them both so happy ..... the simple things in life ... and i totally forgot about them ... and still didnt see it ....
on the car ride to send iggie to school .... i didnt drive as fast as i usually would ... i didnt think of anything .. most importantly i wasnt feeling guilty .... that was a first. ... not to feel guilty.....
when i got home ... it was 8.55am .... and for a moment i panicked and quickly sat down at my laptop trying to figure out what i need to clear today .... then it hit me ... i shouldnt be feeling guilty ...
in fact i should be guilty for scolding iggie yesterday .... he wanted to be with me while i worked ... but i just wanted to get that letter and model out ... and i lost my patience with him ... scolded him and told him to go away ... and he did ..... that i should be feeling guilty ....
promise to make it up to him today.... i will pick him up from school .... and bring him for some US time today .... just iggie and mummy ....
what iggie wants ...
so last week before maurice flew back to hk, we were at the airport just the three of us (iggie, maurice and me).
while walking to the gates, this conversation goes :-
"daddy can iggie go with you?"
"would you like to follow me? but you dont have your passport and no ticket. also dad dad wants to get the apartment ready for you. see i have packed up all the toys and books ... and there are still so many toys to pack right? .... also i need to do up the apartment and maybe dad dad needs to look for a bigger apartment for us.. "
"but iggie doesnt want an apartment.... "
"what do you want iggie?"
"iggie wants a house"
..... silence for 30 seconds .......
"oh but dad dad doesnt have that much money to get a house iggie ..... "
.............. now we know what iggie wants .... HOUSE .... NOT apartment ......
while walking to the gates, this conversation goes :-
"daddy can iggie go with you?"
"would you like to follow me? but you dont have your passport and no ticket. also dad dad wants to get the apartment ready for you. see i have packed up all the toys and books ... and there are still so many toys to pack right? .... also i need to do up the apartment and maybe dad dad needs to look for a bigger apartment for us.. "
"but iggie doesnt want an apartment.... "
"what do you want iggie?"
"iggie wants a house"
..... silence for 30 seconds .......
"oh but dad dad doesnt have that much money to get a house iggie ..... "
.............. now we know what iggie wants .... HOUSE .... NOT apartment ......
more of nick nick ....
still a few more tricks from nick nick i forgot to mention ...
he can now wave bye bye ..... but not 100% all the time ... it depends on who it is ... and under what circumstances .... like if he wants to go too .. he wouldnt be waving bye bye ... he would be screaming and wailing!!!!!
also this little nick loves to go out... he doesnt like to be confined at home ... so unlike iggie who is happy to just be at home with his toys ... this little nick wants to be out and about .... hahahahhah ..... even in grandma's big house ... he already wants to go out ... cant imagine when we move to the tiny apartment in hk ... sigh ....
little nick nick also can "point" with his eyes ... at "tick tock clock", "traffic light" and gets all excited when the lights change .... he loves to roll around on the bed ... and he loves to play!!!! he doesnt seem to like books .... he graps at them and throws them away .... more like tearing them up!!!
but he loves to play balls .... and he would throw the ball while you catch it ... and he would claps his hands with glee ... and very proud of what he has done ....
he loves to eat!!! he has this inquisitive "taste buds" ... and loves to "eat".... whenever someone is eating ... he would gaze at that person and drools ... and smiles the sweetest smile at you ....
by now he already takes tiny bits of bread ... and smile the sweetest smile whenever you give him a little ....
he prefers to "eat" porridge than to drink his milk ... every milk time is like a battle .... so unlike iggie who is happy just to drink milk ..... i wonder how long more will nick nick have to drink ... maybe he will stop much earlier ....
lots more of nick nick that i cant pen down.... but it all makes nick nick being him .....
so watch this space for more THE NICK NICK CAN SHOW! :P
he can now wave bye bye ..... but not 100% all the time ... it depends on who it is ... and under what circumstances .... like if he wants to go too .. he wouldnt be waving bye bye ... he would be screaming and wailing!!!!!
also this little nick loves to go out... he doesnt like to be confined at home ... so unlike iggie who is happy to just be at home with his toys ... this little nick wants to be out and about .... hahahahhah ..... even in grandma's big house ... he already wants to go out ... cant imagine when we move to the tiny apartment in hk ... sigh ....
little nick nick also can "point" with his eyes ... at "tick tock clock", "traffic light" and gets all excited when the lights change .... he loves to roll around on the bed ... and he loves to play!!!! he doesnt seem to like books .... he graps at them and throws them away .... more like tearing them up!!!
but he loves to play balls .... and he would throw the ball while you catch it ... and he would claps his hands with glee ... and very proud of what he has done ....
he loves to eat!!! he has this inquisitive "taste buds" ... and loves to "eat".... whenever someone is eating ... he would gaze at that person and drools ... and smiles the sweetest smile at you ....
by now he already takes tiny bits of bread ... and smile the sweetest smile whenever you give him a little ....
he prefers to "eat" porridge than to drink his milk ... every milk time is like a battle .... so unlike iggie who is happy just to drink milk ..... i wonder how long more will nick nick have to drink ... maybe he will stop much earlier ....
lots more of nick nick that i cant pen down.... but it all makes nick nick being him .....
so watch this space for more THE NICK NICK CAN SHOW! :P
Monday, October 15, 2007
nick nick CAN... MORE!!!!
its been a really busy and hectic month .... and no time to blog ... no time even to rest!!!
but nick nick has during this time - GROWN More in skills!!!!!
now at 10 months ... he scrawls at lighting speed across the room ... he is FOCUSED like all babies ... and even after putting him back to another position, he will turn and crawl back to the targeted object .. and that can go on EVERYDAY!!!!
he knows how to fight back .. with CRIES and SCREAMS and WAILS ..... when iggie takes away his object of desire .... nick nick will scream and cry BIG DROPS of tears .... and even after everyone carries and soothes him .... and even gives him what he wanted .... he can keep crying and crying and crying .... and each of these episodes lasts no less than 30mins!!!!! its amazing ... he can stop suddenly .. remain silent ... gazes out .... and suddenly starts his outbursts all over again !!!!! .... its amazing what noise can come out of this little body!!!!!
took his weight today ... he is now at 10months 10days old ... with 10.3kg and 72cm long ..... not bad said the nurse .....
iggie is now at 4 years 5 months old .... with 16.2kg and 103cm tall .....
soooo ... with all these changes to the two boys ... and our pending move to HK .... and my "part time" work ... and my failing health ... i am still trying to figure out day by day .... :)
but yet again ... every night when i lay down beside the two boys .... all silent except the breathing of the two .... i watch their slightly open mouths .... and chubby cheeks .... fat fingers .... and i wonder .... its just so amazing and so blessed to have these beautiful boys!!!!!!
maybe.... just maybe .... its during those moments i might consider trying for another one .... but not now!!!!! ... jsut maybe .... a thought only .... at midnight ... after eating doses of sleeping pills ... and watching the blurred images of my beautiful boys before i knock out for the night!!!! ... just maybe .....
but nick nick has during this time - GROWN More in skills!!!!!
now at 10 months ... he scrawls at lighting speed across the room ... he is FOCUSED like all babies ... and even after putting him back to another position, he will turn and crawl back to the targeted object .. and that can go on EVERYDAY!!!!
he knows how to fight back .. with CRIES and SCREAMS and WAILS ..... when iggie takes away his object of desire .... nick nick will scream and cry BIG DROPS of tears .... and even after everyone carries and soothes him .... and even gives him what he wanted .... he can keep crying and crying and crying .... and each of these episodes lasts no less than 30mins!!!!! its amazing ... he can stop suddenly .. remain silent ... gazes out .... and suddenly starts his outbursts all over again !!!!! .... its amazing what noise can come out of this little body!!!!!
took his weight today ... he is now at 10months 10days old ... with 10.3kg and 72cm long ..... not bad said the nurse .....
iggie is now at 4 years 5 months old .... with 16.2kg and 103cm tall .....
soooo ... with all these changes to the two boys ... and our pending move to HK .... and my "part time" work ... and my failing health ... i am still trying to figure out day by day .... :)
but yet again ... every night when i lay down beside the two boys .... all silent except the breathing of the two .... i watch their slightly open mouths .... and chubby cheeks .... fat fingers .... and i wonder .... its just so amazing and so blessed to have these beautiful boys!!!!!!
maybe.... just maybe .... its during those moments i might consider trying for another one .... but not now!!!!! ... jsut maybe .... a thought only .... at midnight ... after eating doses of sleeping pills ... and watching the blurred images of my beautiful boys before i knock out for the night!!!! ... just maybe .....
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