This is our care group leader's wonderful wife and also a close friend of ours, June Ong.June brought a very yummy! turkey to the party.

Immanuel at 3 1/2 mth

Immanuel with uncle Wilson.We went to the airport to fetch my mum, uncle ronnie & family and aunty marilyn & family. They had gone to Australia for their vacation.IL is wearing the hat that I bought for him....seems a bit too tight now!Doesn't he look adorable?!!!

Juzz the two of us again ....1/11/07

A much needed break just b4 I go back to work.We went back to our all-time favourite place - PHUKET. Its great to be back here again. Except that this time, my heart is missing that special little someone called Immanuel.

2 mth 3 days old

Immanuel at Uncle Andy's 21st birthday party.Seen here clockwise from left with Aunty Evelyn Ashley and her daughter - Clara, grandma and great-grandma.

Immanuel with his proud maternal grandmother

Immanuel is 2 mth 1 day old in this picture. His doting grandma is all smiles even after a hard day's work. The power of a grandson ..... ;)

1 mth 21 days

Little Immanuel smiled at me today.Dabo told me that Immanuel giggled at him too.IL seemed to respond more today.His visual and hearing seemed to be getting better.He will turn his head to look at us.We left him at my aunt's place today before we went church.I missed having Immanuel home with us but at the same time, we feel very tired.Its comforting to know that I will be seeing him again later.I enjoyed breastfeeding him very much but worry that he is not filled as I have very little milk.I hope to breastfeed him for 6 months.I will be going back to work on 5 Nov and I know I'm gonna miss him like crazy.

Dabo and I will going off to Phuket on 30 Oct. We also discussed about going to Venice in Jan next year.

Immanuel's 1 mth old celebration

We held a celebration party for Immanuel at Emerald Garden clubhouse - Ken Ne's dad place.We invited all our family, church & caregroup friends and mainly Ken Ne's friends.All went well.It was a great party.

Ist Month celebration invitation cards

This is a hand-made invitation card to all our guests for Immanuel's 1 mth old celebration. I started doing them as early as June! There are about 40 to sent out. I chose to design my own as its expensive to buy from the shops and its more personal. I did everything from scratch and spend just under $30. I found the milk bottle shape in the Internet and re-design it myself on the computer. Then I use crayons to fill in the colours before pasting them onto the cards. Next I use the scissors to trim the edges for more shape. I received quite a number of praises for the cards and hope to show them to Immanuel one day. : )

Emergency treatment at KKH

Immanuel had been crying consecutively for 3 nights now.We tried everything but nothing could pacify him.He was crying so hard till his face turns black/red.It was very frightening for us.We were so afraid that he'll go into fits.So, we decided to bring him to the hospital.He had also been constipating for the past 2 days.We reached KKH at 9pm and stayed until 2 am.At first,the docs suspected colic so they gave him some colic drops.But the crying continued.Then they suspect it could be constipation.The doc then inserted a pill into his anus.The moment the pill was inserted,a lot poo-poo popped out.After that,the crying somewhat subsided.We stayed on in KKH for awhile more to make sure Immanuel is alright before going home.We were both exhausted but relieved.

Our Chinese tradition .....

It is our Chinese tradition to shave a newborn baby's hair at 1 mth old.We believed the new growth will be darker and much more.Here,daddy is doing it personally for l'l Immanuel (although at 3 weeks old).