13/12/08 - NT scan

I visited gynae on 29th Nov and was told that it's about time to do the NT scan @ TMC. There isn't any dates left so gynae clinic staff told me to try my luck to go early in the morning on saturday to queue like the previous time. When i heard the news, i really hate it cos it reminds me of the torturing 3 hours of waiting and cannot go toilet cos need to have full bladder. See my old posting - http://debbieandairrence.blogspot.com/2007/07/070707-nt-scan.html

However, few days before the schedule date, i received phone call from TMC that they have a slot @ 11.30am for me! Yippee... Then i recall could it be the feedback form that i sent in the previous time to complain abt their service so this time they take note and allocate a slot for me? :P Anyway it doesn't matter as long as i don't have to wait cos not only i don't have patience, same goes for Adelle.

On 13th Dec, we brought Adelle along cos it's weekend. No one to babysit her. When i went into the room, the sonographer tell me that baby #2 not in a good position so sent me to wait outside. We walked around for 20 mins before going in again. Well, this time round baby # 2 is behaving well but my baby #1 throw tantrums wor! Adelle is making so much noise inside the room and crying! Aiyo.... it is so disturbing. :( The sonographer quickly took some measurements and told us that baby #2 is ok!

Within the same week, gynae clinic called & told me that they have received the report & everything is normal. Here are the results :

EDD(est due date) : 21st Jun 2009
Fetal heart action positive.
Crown-rump length (CRL) : 66.4mm
Biparietal diameter (BPD) : 21.7mm
Femur length (FL) : 7.1mm
Nuchal Translucency : 1.6mm
Estimate risk at 10-14 wks gestation based on maternal age
Background risk for Trisomy 21 - 1:443
Adjusted risk for Trisomy 21 - 1:2197
Background risk for Trisomy 13/18 - 1:826
Adjusted risk for Trisomy 21 - 1:2658

Thank God for the good news. :)

Weili & Sihui Wedding - 11th Jan 2009

We brought Adelle to attend Weili and Sihui wedding which was held at Shangri-la Hotel. On the same day, it was Mah Bow Tan's son wedding as well and the ballroom was just next to the one we are attending. Their guests reached at 6pm and started to queue up cos they need to go through the security gantry like the ones we saw at airport. Many policemen on duty and standing outside the ballroom as well. It was a real gala dinner over there cos all the invited guests are uncles and aunties dressed in cheong sam, suit and cocktail dresses.

Half way during the dinner, it was time to change my princess diaper so i was trying to find the diaper changing room. However, I can't find in the toilet outside the ballroom. The toilet aunty told me that there is one but i need to get into the other ballroom in order to get to the diaper changing room. I have no choice and I walked over to the ballroom. The police questioned me what i want and I told him i need to change diaper but i need to get into the ballroom toilet to use it. That policeman hesitated and went to ask 5 policemen before sending out the hotel staff to tell me to go to the main reception hall to use the diaper changing room. Wah lau... I was damn pissed off with the hotel staff and demand him to show me the place. He walked all the way to the toilet with me and i can't be bothered to thank him cos i am really pissed off with the hotel and those policemen. They think i am bomber and trying to harm them??.. *Angry*

When the hotel staff go around the table to gather feedback, we complaint abt the fish being tough, service was bad, the waitress broke several wine glass during cocktail time and my diaper changing experience. :( I will not recommend Shangri-la hotel cos their service sucks! Also another incident was the banquet staff brought a bowl of sharkfin to show 3 tables and was standing next to me to show me the soup. Guess what happen? My princess happily dip her hand into the soup loh.... wah piang... basic knowledge like staying away from the kid they also dunno?!?!? Hopeless....

Anyway the couple spent quite a fair bit for their wedding cos i heard the pink feathers are quite costly and they also got 2 singer and band to perform on stage.

Hereby wishing Weili and Sihui a blissful marriage and happy everafter. :)

PetPet contest

Yesterday i received a letter from Disposable Soft Good and I was wondering what is this for? Then i recall in Nov, i sent in quite a number of PetPet barcodes and contest forms. And I was thinking maybe i have won 1 carton of diapers leh?... Hehehee... :P

So i happily opened up the letter and saw that i won the 1st prize!!!! Yippeee... What a nice birthday present for Adelle! ... :)

I am very happy last nite cos i told hubby that i sent in 6-7 barcodes and post all in 1 envelop(save $ mah) but still can win 1st prize leh... Quite a good deal hor! :D

Princess Adelle lunar birthday & birthday party - 4th Jan 09

The date

Princess Adelle lunar birthday happened to fall on a sunday so we decided to hold her birthday party on that day.

The venue

Our house is definitely out of consideration. Reason being we are inviting our friends, colleagues and immediate family so abt 50-70 pax cannot squeeze into my small flat. We also tot of either hold it at Hort park, condo function room or community centre. Finally we shortlisted the function room of Carribbean cos it is near MRT and Weili managed to help us to book the place too. Thanks Weili & Sihui. :)

The theme

Theme of the party is Pooh & friends! Cos Pooh is her idol mah!! Here's the simple invitation card that i have done up for Adelle. I also ordered some Pooh party decoration items from BP but the stuff was stuck in Vpost USA due to xmas and new year holidays. :( So at the very last hour, i have to buy some 2nd hand pooh party decoration items to decorate up the place.

The day

Initially we planned to reach Carribean by 11am but due to the following reasons, we only reached at 12pm :

• Adelle take her own sweet time ie 30mins to eat her porridge. *Faint* She normally takes 10mins to finish up the porridge but that day, she refused to cooperate.
• We need to pick up my aunty before going to Carribean so that she can help to babysit Adelle while we busy decorating the place
• We need to go over to Bugis to inflat helium air into the mylar balloons and the candy shop staff took her own sweet time to inflat the helium air.
  

When we reached the carpark of Carribean, i received phone call from the Mum's Kitchen. They were at the function room and asked if they can proceed to do the setup. I quickly rushed up to the function room and within 20-30minutes, they completed the job. The food looks good, portion was huge and taste good too.

After the catering staff left, some of our friends arrived. We asked them to help us to pump the balloons while we put up the scene setter and banners. I also tried to tie the balloons under the big mylar balloon, an idea that i stole from some website i saw few days back. I was glad that the overall decoration look quite nice. :) Thanks to Allan, Rykiel, Esther, Royy and Weili for helping us to do up the decoration.

At 1pm, a lot of guests started to arrive and we are ready to welcome the guest. Adelle was very excited seeing the kor kors and jie jies. All the kids get a goodie bag which comprises of pooh bear items. We also asked my friend Anne to help us to do balloon sculpting to give to each kid as souvenir to bring home. The function was big enough to cater for 70 pax excluding children. We allocated area for dining, area for gifts and cutting cake, buffet area and another small area for the kids to run around and playing with balloons. It was really packed with adults and kids!

Around 2pm, eCreative arrived with the pooh bear cake that i have ordered few days back. I was glad that the cake turn up to be quite nice cos i requested them to remove the grass(i find it ugly) and add in pink trimming, pink hearts and flowers. The sale lady was "complaining" on the phone saying "wah so many changes ah". And i was worried whether she did follow the instruction i gave her but thank god she did! I love the cake as much as Adelle.. wahahaa... :P

We intended to cut the cake at 2.30pm as most of the guests had their lunch and some are starting to leave already. I quickly asked hubby to get the cake ready as everyone was waiting. The cake cutting was delayed until 3pm as daddy family only reached by then. :( Everyone waited until very sian already and my princess also very sleepy. When we finished singing the birthday song, Adelle also no mood to clap liao. Haiz... cos she didn't have any nap the whole day.

Overall the party was a successful one as the food was good, cake taste good and many friends came too. The party ended at 3.45pm and we managed to clear the place by 4pm. My sister help me to send my parents, aunty and nephew back home while we squeeze all the presents into our small little car. A big thank u to all of you who came for the party and thanks for the gifts and angbaos too. :)

After the party

We reached home before 5pm and Adelle wanted to play with the big pooh balloon. I forgotton that the ceiling fan was on and tried to pass her the balloon. Suddenly we heard a loud bursting sound! Hai.... the balloon gone cos the ceiling fan burst it.... So sad loh... Adelle didn't cry but i was terribly upset cos it was quite expensive leh.... :'(

Adelle managed to catch a 1+hr nap in the evening and then we unwrap the presents for her to take some pic. Look at how tired she was after the long day......

Adelle in 2008

Pictures of Adelle from 16th Jan till 16th Dec 2008. All these pictures are taken on the 16th of every month. Look at how my princess has grown and of cos more expressive as each month passed by. :)

Adelle First Christmas

Prior to Xmas

I bought a xmas bib from a BP for my princess to use it. It was a real Big bib. Look at the pic! We also brought Adelle to see Xmas lightings along Orchard Road.

Xmas eve (24th Dec)

We brought along Adelle to the Party World Karaoke to count down Xmas with Airrence's friends. :) My little princess was not very friendly that nite so she was very sticky to me. However she was still quite cooperative that nite cos she tahan until 12+am then she doze off into her la-la-land when we left the place at 12.30am. It's been a long time since we joined in any gathering after princess Adelle came into our life.

Xmas day (25th Dec)

In the morning while i was feeding Adelle milk, i noticed that her left eyelid looked a little red. By 11am, i noticed it started to swell. We went to church for service and everyone noticed that Adelle eye has swollen quite badly. It was so bad until can't see her left eye loh. Imagine her eyes are already so small and with the swell, couldn't see her left eye at all and she kept rubbing it and feeling very frustrated too.

In the evening time, we brought her to see GP (the regular clinic that we always brought her there). The botak doctor now have hair already and Adelle no longer afraid of him too! heeheehee... :P The diagnosis given by the doctor was either infection or kena mosquito bite. So he prescribed antibotic and eye cream for Adelle to use and cost us $60+ as it is public holiday. Since it was closed to her milk time, i put the medicine into the milk but she refused to drink it. Hmm.. not sure is it smelly or bitter?!?! Anyway, she simply refuse to drink the milk till 10pm, ie 4 hrs from the last feed she had and we gave up. So we change another bottle of milk with the medicine and she was drinking happily till half way. Then we thought of intercept with the medicine and hubby spray the medicine into her mouth. Within seconds, she choke and then all the milk came out from her mouth. Aiyo.... very smelly and we have to clean up the floor. Half an hour later, i have no choice but to give her another clean bottle of milk and she drank happily then off to her la-la-land.

Boxing day (26th Dec)

We were meeting our cell group friends for dinner but we were kind of hesistating whether to bring her there becos of the swell. So i asked my friends to pray for her and thank god the swell did start to subside!

The dinner was held at the Sun with Moon restaurant @ Central. The food was quite special but we find the portion quite small. It was a farewell dinner for our friend Eewan cos she is going over to Sydney to be with Yew Wee (her bf). Before dinner, Adelle and Caleb are very happy to see one another and mummy caught Caleb hugging Adelle. ;)

Post Xmas

We invited Yuan Shan & Soon Yeow + hubbies and baby Tessa to come over to our house for a simple lunch. We cooked fried beehoon, curry chicken and chicken nuggets. Adelle and Tessa had fun playing with the toys and exploring one another. :) It's interesting to see how 2 babies girl react when they see one another.

After xmas day over, it's time to unwrap all the presents that we received from our friends. This year Adelle receives

• 2 pair of shoes - 1 pair of FB shoe from my sis and another pair of Nike from my sis-in-law.
• 1 Hello Kitty bag from Uncle Chee Wee and Aunty Julia
• Doodle Pro from Uncle RenHui & Aunty Meiying
• Mini mouse from France Disneyland given by Uncle Jonathan, Aunty Cherling & Caleb
• A doogie phone from Aunty Yuan Shan and Uncle Yong Chee
• Animal zippy mat from Daddy and Mummy

Thanks for the presents! :)

Here is a pic of baby Adelle trying to read the book that Janice & Gideon bought for us. :P

Baby #2 - 4th Check up on 20th Dec 2008

Everytime at the clinic while waiting for our turn, all the mummies-to-be and daddys-to-be are always entertained by Adelle funny actions. Cos in order to make Adelle cooperate to sit in her stroller in the small little clinic, we have to get her "busy" ie ask her to do this action and do that action. So at the same time entertain other patients loh... :P

Anyway my check up is very fast these days cos Dr Adrian will ask me "how are u?" and my standard answer is "So far ok". Then i proceed to the ultrascan machine to check bb progress. Since this is the 2nd time pregnancy so no more FAQ that i want to ask him and thank god so far it has been a smooth pregnancy. :)


BB#2 is now 7.43cm at wk 14 and has grown double since the last checkup. This time round, the measurement seemed to be longer than Adelle jie jie (Adelle is 14 wk old measuring 7.3cm ). As bb#2 is still relatively small so gynae say can't see the gender yet and asked us to come back in a month's time to check again....

2nd Wedding Anniversary - 16th Dec 2008

It was our 2nd yr wedding anniversary and i took leave that day cos need to clear annual leave also. In the afternoon, I went down to Bugis to collect the anniversary present for hubby and myself which is a customised photo keychain. As i can't made up my mind to go for the square or heart shape keychain so decided to buy 1 of each type and let hubby choose.

On the same day, Adelle turned 11mths too cos she was borned on the 16th too... ;) We went for dinner at Astons Prime as hubby came back around 8pm and he didn't make any reservation. :( Since my colleague was telling me that Aston Prime steak very nice so i told hubby let's go and try bah.

Well, Astons Prime is a fine dinning restaurant as compared to it's subsidaries Astons Express and Aston Specialities. No queue at all and the price is double or triple but the service is quite good! They even gave Adelle bread in plastic container with plastic fork and spoon. So that was Adelle dinner for that nite while we ordered steak and pasta cos we are really hungry. I love the meatball pasta and mushroom soup. As for the steak, i requested for medium well but i still see blood wor.. So requested the staff to bring in twice to make it well cooked. Overall, we find the steak so-so only leh cos hubby find it tough for his Ribeye while i find it too bloody for mine though both of us ordered medium well. Anyway i don't think i will go back for the steak again.

After dinner, we went to Bugis cos hubby didn't managed to buy flowers before coming over to fetch us. :( As it was already 10pm, all the florist shop were closed so no flower that nite. So sad... But the next day when we reached home, i saw a bouquet of red roses on the bed. :)

Princess is 11 months old on 16th Dec

Another 1 month to go and Adelle will be officially 1 year old! We have decided to hold the birthday party on 4th Jan 09 ie her 1st lunar birthday cos 16th Jan is a friday and we think quite a lot of friends and family cannot turn up.... so it's better to do it early... :)

Looking back the same time last year, we are still celebrating our 1st wedding anniversary and awaiting for this little baby to join us. This year is our 2nd wedding anniversary and here we are busy with this little "monster".... Yes, she is a "monster" disguise as angel infront of strangers... hehehee.... Sometimes really angry with her for wasting $ and not drinking her milk, throw her tantrums n doing somersauts to irritate me when i was busy working on laptop... But sometime find her really cute with her funny actions and fake smile... yes, she know how to do fake smile.... ;)

The milestones @ 11mths are :

1. When i say "hair", Adelle will use her hand to touch her hair

2. As Adelle birthday is getting near, i always rehearsal the happy birthday song with her and she will end it off with clapping hands! :)

3. When i say "hello hello", Adelle will put her hand on her ear to show that she is listening.

4. She know how to use the toy handphone and put close to her ear pretending she is listening

5. She likes the song incy wincy spider and will do the "washing" action that she learnt from the Baby can read VCD.

6. When i say "梳美美", she will take her comb and trying to comb her hair.

7. We discover Adelle has 2 big teeth and 2 growing teeth on the top gum and that makes it total of 5 teeth now.

8. Adelle know how to pick up her mag mag cup and drink from the straw after she had her porridge.

9. When the pacifier drop on the floor, Adelle will pick it up and put it back into her mouth but upside down.

Chee Wee & Julia Wedding - 6th Dec 2008

Chee Wee & Julia are our cell group friends and their wedding was held at Hotel InterContinental. Big and beautiful ballroom and of cos not forgetting the beautiful bride and handsome groom! :)

That day, I attempted to let Adelle wear a white hairband but she simply dislikes it and kept pulling it off. Haiz... but those who saw her with the hairband say she looked nice wor.. hehehe... :P


We were glad that Jonathan, Cher Ling and Caleb sat in the same table as us. Cos Adelle likes to play with her friend Caleb and also Jonathan helped us to entertain Adelle while we grab some food to eat. :)

Hereby wishing Chee Wee and Julia a very blessed marriage and be fruitful and multiply many small ones to join Caleb and Adelle soon! :P