Spits of Love.

Michael learned a new thing on the 24th of January! Yupp, he learnt to make an "abuuuu" noise that created massive spit issues! And like they always say, when babies learn something new, they will do it over and over and over again. So his face was drenched over and over and over again. Oh, and so was his clothes. Darling boy even decided to share his spit! While I'm playing with him face-to-face or cheek-to-cheek, there goes that darn"abuuu" again!

So yes, I was drenched. Spits of Love, I'm sure.

But its adorable!

You know what else? It is the bleeding most adorable and lovable thing, that sometimes makes me feel oh so super filled with love to the point of tears, he actually strokes my face and my hair when I pretend to sleep beside him or on his tummy. :') I guess its true that babies learn what you do and they feel love cause that's what I do when I try to get him to sleep. I wanna hug and squeeze him so tight that I fear I might crush him!

Camera Time

Michael knows cameras. Michael also knows phones. Yes, he does. 

So basically, every single time he's laughing and he's just all playful and I wanna catch it on camera, be it video or picture, I don't get the picture I want. Why is this? Because he knows cameras and phones! Darling boy is so smart that he's figured out when we have our camera or phones whipped out, something's happening. So he stops whatever he's doing and just stares like okay, I know something's happening but what. He has a whole Sherlock Holmes look on his face trying to figure out what's happening. 

I found this out on 29th December '11, when he was doing something really hilariously cute with his grandmother and the minute I whipped my phone out, he just stared and stop being all giggly.

This makes it so difficult let me tell you that! So here I am trying to distract him from the camera, making silly noises and funny sounds and he looks at me laughs for a second and stares at the camera again! This vicious cycle lasts till of course, I take any random picture and it looks nothing like what I was trying to catch in the first place. 

Honestly Michael. At least pose!

Fairytale Endings.

I don't read the newspaper. Okay, that sounds terrible but I do read the news from Yahoo!News. Singapore and Worldwide. So anyway, I came across this article that really made me read properly. No glancing through but really read every word of every line, with pauses at the full stops. It was about the "Secrets of a Lasting Marriage" and recently I believe I've seen these kinda articles in the news quite a bit and yes, I have read them all. 

These days, Love or Marriage or even Relationships are treated like its a convenient thing. Its a okay-don't piss-me-off-or-I'll-just-find-someone-else kind of relationship. But why? I mean, seriously, why? Why bother getting into a relationship, if you can't be bothered to be serious about it? Why get into something where you will run and not support your partner when the mistakes come? Be it massive mistakes or slight ones. Also, why cheat? Why cheat on your "Loved One" and say the classic thing, "Oh I don't love him/her, I love you. It was just sex." I mean if you wanna sleep around, why not just be single and go do your business till you're ready to grow up then sit yourself down and ask yourself if you really want this life. To have all the fun but be alone. 

Couples, now, are so head strong and independent that fights are a constant and eventually it weighs down heavy on you. Best part, it becomes a blame game after. No one bothers to put themselves in their partner's shoes for a bit. There has to be a reason why they feel that way and you feel the other. Divorces are also so frequent now that it sure seems like its a, "Oh I can't deal with this no more. Divorce honey?" Divorces and break ups are so easy for couples to say that its scary.

I admit, I can be a real horrible partner sometimes, and he has taken quite a lot of shit from me. And I, him. But you know what's the worse thing about me? I remember everything done wrong to me. Yes, I hold a grudge. But then I think, since when has that ever benefited me? Truthfully, its got me in more shit than out of shit. Before, I never said sorry. I would be able to turn arguments around so well that I would be apologized to. But from a few years ago, I learnt that saying sorry was important, and the blame game was not. Neither was it fun.

You guys should take a peek at the article if you haven't already.
Secrets to a Lasting Marriage.

Love used to be pure and true. Where men treasured their women that no other made their head turn. And women used to treasure their men that they would help take their shoes off when they know they were exhausted. It wasn't about security or convenience or stability. It was purely about the matters of the heart and who mattered to your heart. It was the kind where, you saw tea in the backyard fifty years down the road. It was reading a diary to your wife that had memory loss. It was defending your partner and supporting them through and through. Talking to them or talking sense to them before mistakes were made. It was also about forgiveness.

Let's go back to that. 

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs." 1 Corinthians 13.

Roller.

Its hot. Seriously, the weather is so unkind.
It rained, no sorry, it poured and yet its so damn humid!

Best part, for a long time coming, my air conditioning was being rather bitchy. 

If not noisy, she decided some nights, she would not really work.
Its a she from all the bitch fits she throws. 

Anyways, so yes I am super agitated cause I hate hate abhor the mad weather and heat.

So how does Michael make me feel better? He rolls over! All by himself! If my math serves me correctly, which most likely doesn't, he is 21 weeks and 1 day today and he rolled over! 

Yes, you should see the smile on my face! 

He's been trying to master it for weeks now but today, he did it. They say to be sure your baby can really roll over and it isn't by fluke, roll him back and see if he does it again. And yes! It is for real today, he has been doing it over and over again!

I never thought I would be one of the mummies that got overly excited when their baby did something new. But turns out, I am. I got two videos to prove it too. One was going so well, till my mum switched the light off and you could just see Michael's white tee shirt rolling about.

And you know what other new thing he has learnt? To take his pacifier out of his mouth and suck on the rim of the pacifier. -_- Now that did not make me happy. Especially since he can only fall asleep with the pacifier in his mouth.

iBilik

Seeing how my better half is heading to Singapore in just a couple of weeks, we found ourselves panicking yet again looking for a place to stay that was cozy, definitely did not repulse us when we were "home" and didn't burn any holes in our wallets. Ever felt stuck looking for a place to crash and majorly running out of time to find it? Well, I definitely have felt like that many many times before and it can be so hair-pulling! 

I was recommended by a friend to visit a website that seriously took a load of my shoulders. Its a website that offers places for short term rentals, for very affordable prices! iBilik is so simple to use and in less than fifteen minutes, I managed to find quite a few places in various locations. Of course there were different categories to choose from as well. From rooms in a shared apartment, to a shared house. From studio apartments, to a whole house! Truly simple. Best part? You could filter it down to the cheapest place being rented out, so you don't have to worry that its by the hundreds per night. Every posting comes with some pictures so you get a rough gauge of what you're looking to live in for a bit. It also comes with a map and directions so you can see what's located around you.

iBilik has a reservation system much like those of hotels. Choose location, choose room or housing type, confirm dates, make payment and print out reservation confirmation and check in!

You know, now I'm feeling real silly for freaking out about my time constraint to search for a place to stay at, while my better half is here. I mean really, I should have prowled the net better because iBilik is one of the most helpful, user friendly and affordable sites I have seen. Now, I know, no more hair-pulling experiences needed.

Chatterbox!

So this video was taken on the 27th of December. This little rascal is so chatty my goodness!

Imagine getting this, double it and getting it occasionally around 5am in the morning or earlier.
Haha. Yes, not that funny.

But its adorable how he looks like he really tries to form words and his expression like he understands every single word I say. I could say supercalifragilisticexpeallidocious and he gives his look like hell yea I know what that means. Psh. Try something new.

I have an even cuter video where we're chatting and that's the day he just learnt how to stick his tongue out. So he makes it seem like everything I say is so delicious.

This was taken on the 31st of December, 2011. Early in the morning, after he woke me up with his sounds from the crib.The best part and the most friendliest time of day for Michael, is the morning! After a darn good night's rest, he makes little "ohh-ooo" sounds from the crib and its like he's stilling figuring out how to make proper sounds and when I pop my head over the crib, he gives me the biggest and warmest smile ever. Then he starts kicking like a maniac cause he knows I'm gonna lift him out and play a little, catch a little tv and have breakfast.

The tired nights are out the window when he gives me that massive smile. I love my chatterbox. :)

Mini Chocolate Lover.

Like mother, like son.

I LOVE CHOCOLATE! And I'm not talking about Patchi or Godiva. I'm talking bout the real chocolate. Kinder Bueno, Kit Kat, and Ferrero Rocher is my kryptonite I swear.

So last year, a little before Christmas, I decided to let him try a little chocolate, the results were priceless.
Lucky to have caught it on camera. He was a happy face-filled-with-chocolate baby.

Chinese New Year 2012!

So this is Mikey's second major celebration and first of the year!
Chinese New Year means red packets! Haha. And since I am now a mother, this is the first time I had to give red packets as well. And by golly, the amount of red packets Michael received, I am officially a bank.

So we had a family dinner at Crystal Jade Terminal 3 on Chinese New Year eve and it was fun! Mikey was decked out in a Chinese outfit, yes anyone who knows me just knew I would dress him up. And he was adorable! He really was. My god, it came with a hat and everything.

 

 

Dinner was good, company was great and red packets were a bonus! Had a lovely celebration with the family.