My Wish - 27th Dec 2010

2010 is coming to an end and we got a WISH to welcome 2011! :)

Today(28th Dec) is the day that we say goodbye to Freed. Honestly we do miss our Baby Freed. We bought it becos of Danelle and even my maid misses Freed too! She says Freed is a very cute car! We sold our beloved car becos now is the best time to sell Freed since we can get an offered price much higher than the price that we have paid for Freed. This is the first time in our life that selling a car can fetch $ back instead of lossing out on the depreciation value. So we just gotta say goodbye and go for a second hand car - WISH which is within our budget. Anyway, now is not the right time to buy brand new car since the COE has increased tremedously. I am glad that we made the right decision previously to buy the Freed though it was haste decision. :)

Initially hubby wanted to go for Honda Stream but i doesn't like cos i find it a bit cramp. Then we decided to go for a Wish instead as it is more spacious, cheaper and it is known to be a better petrol consumption car despite of the big size. So we went for "car shopping" on xmas eve @ Turf city and managed to grab one unit that is within our budget and condition looks ok. Even the car dealer was surprised that we sold our Freed at a good price cos we directly advertised our car on sgcarmart and got several calls from potential buyer and dealers as well. Actaully we sold off our Freed at a cheap price cos after i signed the agreement with my Freed buyer, another buyer willing to offer me another $1.5k more but no choice, i have already took the deposit. So sad... else i got more $ in my bank now.. :(

Yesterday, hubby and i went down to collect our WISH. Then hubby drove the Freed back while i drive the WISH. Kinda fun... hehehee... Prior to this, i went for refresher auto-car course as i haven't been driving since Adelle was born so I pay $ to learn to drive again... Thank God the car was quite nice to drive despite of the big size so i reach home without much stress... :) Gotta drive more often with the wish now since hubby will not be in singapore again from next week onwards as he will be away for a whole month....

End of Mama milk

Dearest Danelle

Today is the day that you are finally on full formula milk! After a good 17+months of breastmilk supply, you have grown strong and tall although you are't fat and chubby at all. Hmm... probably Mummy has absorbed all the fats instead of you bah?... :(

Looking back, you are really much more fortunate than jie jie cos she only get 4 months of breastmilk while you get 4 times of the supply! Even one of the daddies in mummy office envy you and always tell mummy that i have helped your daddy save lotsa $ whenever he saw me coming out from the server room with 2 bottles of milk! Also i must give gratitude to the ameda pump that serve me for 1 good year before it broke down and thereafter it was took over by the manual avent pump that mummy got it from a forum fren. Without these equipments, i doubt i can last till today. What i enjoy most during this period was the bonding time with you. Every night, i will latch you and see you fall asleep after a full feed. Then the next thing in the morning, you will look for me and get your first feed of the day. These were the sweet moments that I enjoy having with you cos jie jie never get to do so as she can't latch. :P

Anyway, Mummy has done my best to provide you milk as it was a challenging 17+mths when there are times that i wanted to stop but perserve on becos you doesn't drink from bottle.. But thank god that finally you are willing to be spoon-feed and take milk via the mag mag cup when you go travelling with mummy and daddy! :)

Mummy pray that you will continue to grow strong, healthy and cute always! :)

With Lotsa Love & Hugs from your dearest Mummy :)

Lift ride

Last sunday(5th Dec) was a memorable day for me cos it was the day that Adelle and Danelle went on a lift ride on their own without us!!!

The incident goes like this. Adelle and Danelle took an early nap on sunday cos they knew we are going to the Hi5 show at 4pm. So at 3pm, we were suppose to leave the house and head for the Hi5 shows @ Marina SQ. I was locking the door while the maid was opening up the stroller and Danelle was around the stroller area. But after i lock the door, i didn't see Danelle anymore. So i called "Mei Mei?" but no response. Then i called "Adelle?" but also no response and the next i knew, they must have took the lift on their own!!! :(

I told my maid to stay at our floor level while i go down to level 1 to look for them. When i reached ground floor, i didn't see both of them so i went to the playground to look for them but also didn't see them there. Then i asked those uncles sitting at the void deck if they have seen 2 small kids but nope too.... I was frantically trying to think where they could have landed themselves on which floor. So i decided to climb up each floor to try my luck. When i reached level 4, i run out of breadth and decided to take lift. I noticed that one of the lift stop at level 13 so i head to level 13 but no luck! Then I continue to go up to my floor to try and bingo, the gals are with the maid! :)

My maid told me that after i went down, she pressed the lift and the lift came up from level 13. When the lift door open, Adelle was holding Danelle hand and Danelle ran out of the lift when she saw the maid. I was told that the gals didn't cry and when i saw them, i felt so relieved and proud of Adelle who took care of her mei mei in the lift. :) But of cos, i scolded Adelle for not waiting for us and left on her own. Have reminded her that she cannot take lift on her own next time and she nodded her head.

The next day, i told my colleagues about this incident and they told me that the lift will usually hang around on level 13 if no one is taking the lift and of cos that only applies for flats that are 25 storey high. Hmm... i went back home and tried. It really went to level 13. Now i know the trick! :)