Mr & Mrs Perky

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Baby in a hurry!

My little fella is becoming such a big boy!  I can't believe he'll be 8 months old in slightly more than a week.  I remember how long it felt like to reach the 8th month mark when I was pregnant.  Nate's reached some amazing milestones over the last month and a half - he's gone from crawling (and crawls so quickly now!) to standing (holding on to something or someone) and climbing:)  So, since his 6th month mark, playtime has not just been restricted to lying down.  In fact, he hardly lies down to play anymore! Here are some pics of my curious lil fella:


For some insane reason, I'm getting a little worried about him losing a little weight:( I suppose all that activity and the fact that he is growing lengthwise, means that he may not look as chubby anymore! But I'm so glad that my mum does such an awesome job feeding him.

Speaking of feeding, I'm going to try to expand his cuisine to include more than just a mix of fruit or vegetable puree.  I got this awesome baby/ toddler cookbook and am going to try out some of the recipes!  Cauliflower cheese anyone?  So far, I've established that he enjoys the following:
1. Sweet Potato
2. Carrot
3. Pumpkin
4. Apple
5. Blush Pears
6. Rockmelon
7. Peaches
8. Bananas
9. Cauliflower
10. Broccoli
11. Salmon
12. Apricot
13. Plums

And not a huge fan of:
1. Spinach
2. Peas
3. Corn
4. Chicken!

But the trick usually is to mask the spinach or chicken with stuff that he likes so that he won't quite protest as much!

The husband and I were supposed to bring Nate down to the pool today for his maiden splash...but the poor baby is down with a cold:(  I do pray that he'll get better fast!  I'm hoping that he'll be a water baby!

This week was also pretty good coz my brother flew down from Shanghai and he got to meet a much bigger Nate!  It's always nice seeing him since we usually only see him once or twice a year!

I'm sure tonight's gonna be a loooong night with the darling ill, so time for me to go catch up on some sleep!

b.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Brain Freeze

The course Stewie and I are attending is turning out to be somewhat of a nightmare.  It's really pretty siong but that's not the worse of it.  Neither is it the long hours (starts promptly at 8.30am and ends about 6-ish).  But it's the mathematical equations and the economics terms that these MIT/ Harvard lecturers are throwing about that's making the both of us feel pretty stooopid!  Not everyone in the room is a bloody economist/ statistician lah!!  Plus, our group facilitator is driving me mad! But the good news is that our group project is making some headway - thanks to Frenchie:)

Lily, Cally and Debs are off to HK tmrw (joining Pants, who is already there with her folks) - lucky girls!! I seriously need a holiday! Yes, I'm going to Perth in Dec with Nate and the husband but Dec is just too far away!  We are considering either having a staycation (a bit lame, but convenient) or go somewhere close (either Bintan or Langkawi).  Still thinking...

Anyway, I had really nice Jap food over the weekend at Sushi Teh at Paragon and thankfully, Nate was asleep for the most part of our lunch:)  Here are some pixs of the both of us (Perky is actually visible in the reflection!):


And here's a pix of Nate in his cute Petit Bateau outfit:


Alrighty... time for bed....I'm friggin tired!

Love,
b

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Resuscitating My Love

It has been two months since I blogged!  Gosh!  You know, it has been that long since I even touched my laptop:)

Let's see, a great many events happened over the last two months:

1. The month of May was a total washout.  I was horribly busy at work as the office was essentially "shut down" to put together a huge event.  I just remember feeling bad about coming home late all the time (to a sleeping baby) and falling ill with the flu three times over a period of one and a half months!  That truly sucked!  It was made worse by the poor husband being ill and stressed (from assignments) as well.  May was also when Perky flew to Vancouver for a conference and I moved in to my mum's place for the week. It was the first time since I was pregnant that we were apart.  It was a tough week.  I was kinda moping the absence of the husband....yes, yes...it was just a week.  Still!

2. June was a whole lot better and Nate started doing a whole lotta new stuff!  He started sitting without assistance, started crawling like crazy!  He also started babbling in what seems like 'sentences' and has taken to 'talking' (more like complaining!) when he cries.  We also started feeding him solids from the first week of June and I really love feeding him!  I think he was probably super bored of milk...

3.  Just early this week, he also decided to surprise his parents by pulling himself up in his cot and looking at us brush our teeth!  Awesome:)  Here's a few pics that I managed to take of him doing this.  He was awfully pleased with himself as you can see:)

4) We also had a very enjoyable time at the Botanical Gardens with Perky's family.

5) We celebrated Father's Day at Goodwood Park Hotel with a special Father's Day lunch buffet:)

6) We are in the process of selling our beloved home :(  It has been a royal pain in the ass looking for a home!  We decided that it was getting pretty tiring commuting between my place and my mum's everyday (early morning and back at night!) and figured that if we could sell our place at our target price, then we'll move.  So, we've been getting quite a few people looking at my place and the only problem is that over the last 2 weeks, the property market for private homes has cooled.  Well, we've been praying for Him to help us through this!

7) I'm still breastfeeding!!  To me, this is an incredible feat (and a true blessing from Him!).  It has been super leceh - always trying to look for a place to 'express myself' (as Stewie calls it) when I go for external meetings, courses and such.  I actually wanted to stop at the 6th month mark but as I started slowing down, I kinda felt unhappy about the decision... so, I started up again and I'm very thankful for a super supportive husband (he packs my breastfeeding bag and assembles the parts for me in the mornings!).

That's just about the stuff that I can remember! I'll leave you with my absolute fave picture...for now!



Love,
b.