ok and bu yao............

its 50 past 10 on a tuesday night... junior is asleep and THE WIFE and myself are having a little quiet time... in another three weeks or so, THE WIFE is going to pop and number two is going to be, i guess we better enjoy it while we can....

junior is growing to be a small little boy.... hes picking up more words... english, chinese, hokkien.... and yes, he speaks singlish... not with the lahs and lors, but more with the "papa, chong liang, go sleep sleep" when you actually think about it... he is trilingual... how many kids can do that before they turn two??... but the two phrase that he really uses with great effect is "ok" and "bu yao" ... i would ask if he wants milk, he would pause for a while, as if pondering lifes greatest question, then answer "okay".... me: you want to go walk walk? junior:.......okay .... me: you want your pooh pooh? junior:....okay ..... but if he dont want anything, he would say... bu yao... turn around and run away.... me: you want to give papa kiss kiss? junior: bu yao... and then turn around and run away shouting, "baby pao tiao"....

junior can also count up to twelve.... recite by heart actually, i dont think he knows what they mean, he just knows what comes after one and two and so on.... THE WIFE is starting to teach him the alphabets... she makes flash cards and get junior to read them... sort of like a for apple, b for ball... so far, junior knows that x is for xylophone... i didnt even know what a xylophone is... hmmm.....

but a kid being a kid, he still throws a mean tantrum, crying fits and rolls on the floor when he dont get his way... he is getting very clingy to THE WIFE too, becoming more and more of a ma ma boy... with THE WIFE ready to pop... within the month according to the good dr, im not too sure if junior is ready to share ma ma wif number two... if one throw fits like tat, imagine having two boys going at it.... i cant wait... hmmm.....

twice a month

its 15 past 12 on a saturday afternoon.... THE WIFE is doing some crossword puzzles, junior is swinging in his swinger, sound asleep... i am just trying my best to ignore the fighter jets buzzing around outside.... yes, national day is coming and they are flying formations in the clear blue sky... its pretty cool when you think about it, i get a sneak preview of the planes going through their rountines, most people would only get to see it on the actual day itself....big fat hairy deal....

we were at the dr theos two tuesday back.... we are into our 27 week.... number two has been kicking and turning in the tummy according to THE WIFE.... he is a kicker, unlike junior... we got to the docs office 15 mins past seven, 15 minutes late.... theres about four couples infront of us... but it wasnt long before we were called in....

doc: hello, how are we today?

THE WIFE: fine, i guess
doc: well, you put on quite some weight, i guess you are making up for the past few visits..... has the baby been kicking?
THE WIFE: yah, pretty much the same time everyday...
doc: okay, lets take a look....

the nurse readies THE WIFE while i tried to make some small talk with the doc... it wasnt long before we were looking at the little screen...

doc: everything looks normal.... heres the head, spine, and leggs...
me: can i have a picture of that?
doc: sure..... let me see if i can get a good one......

after everything is done, we made an appointment to see the doc in two weeks time... from this appointment onwards, we would be seeing the doc every two weeks... i guess it wont be long when we start seeing the doc every week and before we know it out pops number two.... i guess i better enjoy it while i can, when number two comes around, i would be up to me nose in diapers and milk feeds again......

laundry basket no pants

its ten past one on a wet saturday afternoon... THE WIFE and junior are having their nap and i am just taking a little time out to catch up on this blog.... I have been a little behind, its been a while since i last updated..... a convenient excuse would be that i am busy but i guess the real reason would more likely be that i am getting lazy.... that would also explain why i am putting on more weight and why junior is running around the house with the laundry basket on his head.... no, he is not trying to be spongebob squarepants, although he is more like laundry-basket no-pants.... hmmm....

the fact is, i am pretty beat from work and THE WIFE is getting heavy with number two.... couple that with junior who is always running around and dosent want to be held on to, going out for walks is like some sport race... THE WIFE with the weight lifting, junior with the running and me with the catching up.... hours of fun....

junior is still not eating much... he can actually get through one day with just 4 bottles of milk and maybe a little noodles in the middle of the day.... most meal time involves us chasing him down to get food into his mouth... doesnt work most of the time though.... he still weights 10.4kg... considering that he is coming to twenty months, thats light for a boy.... his cousin, edbert, who is 7 months old, is weighting about 8 kgs... chances are he will out weight junior when he turns one... but the doc whom junior sees, says that junior is within the average weight and height range for his age... i guess as long as he is healthy, THE WIFE is happy and i am fatty... hmmm...

one plus one equals...

its 4.30 on a hot saturday afternoon, THE WIFE and junior are both having a lazy afternoon nap.... i am just having a lazy afternoon... the thing i find with naps is that they make time goes fast.... you pop into bed at two and in an instant, you woke up at four... where did that 2 hours go??... although surfing the net makes time flies too..... hmmm....

today we finally grill up the remaining two windows thats ungrilled.... the balconey and the kitchen.... it set us back by $520.... but i guess its money will spend.... junior is starting to climb chairs and i dont think it would be long before he reliase that there another world outside the window.... where theres cars and bus and blue skies and green grass..... more interesting than what we have in the house.... Junior is growing into his own little person... when he dont get what he wants, he would kick and scream and throw fits on the floor... but i found that if i talk to him in a calming voice, reason out with him, he would calm down and listen... here, we can see that a happy meal is a deflated balloon and an ice cream cone... although pants is still an option, hes still running around in diapers on most days.....

junior is getting bigger, its one of those things, you see them everyday, you wont see a difference... but when someone points it out, you suddenly realise, yeah... hes grown quite a bit... hes outgrown some of his clothes, shoes and hes getting tall enough to reach over the dinning table.... but he still looks pint size to me, although he is getting heavy to be carried around.... here we can see that junior is fast asleep in his supper high tech pram... it boasts a self containing air ventilation system, driver control steering wheel, which doesnt control anything and cup holder thats too small for most cups..... cool... useful yet useless at the same time.... hmmmm

junior is pick up quite a few words... he can point out to things and name them.... doors, lights, pictures, cars, bus, see saws.... all sorts of things... ive though him recently one puls one equals two.... and every now and then i would test him...

me: one plus one equals...

junior: too....

me: two plus two equals...

junior: too...

me: 100 divided by 50 times one equals....

junior: too....

me: sooooo clever.....

you get the drift.... every equals two to him.... hmmmm......