little meatball

Me on Youtube

2007-06-25T23:46:00.001+12:00

Aunt Elaine

2007-06-25T18:17:00.001+12:00

I just met this lady,, I have heard that she is my mom's older sister so I let her hold me......

Sleeping in a car

2007-06-25T18:15:00.001+12:00

On the way home I am sleeping on my expensive car seat.... and sleeping zzzzz

Jokers Mobile

2007-06-25T18:11:00.001+12:00

Ohh what is this ??

I am catching you all the jokers..

Opps they keeps running away from me..

I am bored... Zzzzzzz

Pretty mommy and handsome me

2007-06-25T18:09:00.001+12:00

I am happy cos mommy is playing with me.

I am serious can you notice?

New trick

2007-06-25T18:08:00.001+12:00

Look look look this is a new trick

Can you do it, I touch my feet !!!

Ransom

2007-06-25T18:05:00.001+12:00

1,000,000 Dollars (Ringgits or Thai Baht will do as well hahaha)

Otherwise,,, Ty will never get a bath for 1 week.... and of course no place to stay cos daddy has no money..

HAPPYYYYYY

2007-06-25T18:02:00.001+12:00

I am happy so I smile.

I am about to be happy..

I am very very happy so here is a big smile from me for everyone who misses me in Thailand and Malaysia...

Nappies Time

2007-06-25T17:54:00.001+12:00

Ohh ohh ohh,,, What are you doing mother???

Ohh I see a bit of exercise here

Can you see, I can touch my feet hehehe...

I am set ready to go...

Morning Ty

2007-06-25T17:47:00.000+12:00

Can you see I am reading a book... it is very entertaining......

It is kinda hard to understand I have to study harder .....

Do I look like my dad !!! umm I don't think so...... I look better I have a long high nose and big eyes

Mommy says "I look like daddy"........

Ty in a big bed

2007-06-25T17:44:00.001+12:00

Me and my mommy we are pretty tired.. I just stole the bed from my dad cos he is sick so he sleeps out side the room ......... This is my second day wahoo !!!!

Hehehe this is my friend Minapo,, she is fat but lovely.. She looks after when I sleep..

I am in the cot for the very first time

2007-06-25T17:42:00.000+12:00

This is where I belong in my cot, although its kinda small but I am happy...

The update from Wellington

2007-06-25T17:39:00.000+12:00

Yes !!! Who is your Daddy??? hahahaha... Ty arrived on the 23rd of June 2007 at the Wellington Airport gate 10 at 8.10pm from Auckland.
And we saw this lovely sign....

The lazy bloggers

2007-05-21T20:53:00.000+12:00

Daddy and mummy clearly aren't true bloggers. Here's a brief update on the past month.

Ty is now a whooping 7.5kg!! Way above the 95 percentile of American babies his age!! Check the chart below, the top set of dots represents his height and the bottom set of dots represents his weight. (The bold red lines are averages) My big bouncy beany baby! And mummy's having backaches from carrying him...

*Mummy pats her own back* - for good milk production!

Ty had bronchiolitis for two weeks just after our Bangkok trip, so it was all bad sleep, breathing difficulties and lots of medicine. But glad that's over. My new challenge is getting him to drink from a bottle again. After his traumatic period of taking liquid medicine, he refuses to take anything that isn't from mummy's boobies.

He has a new-found skill - flipping over! But I think he's forgotten that he knows how to, cause he hasn't done it for quite a while.

His other new skill - screaming. I think he's intrigued by the sound of his screaming, he just keeps screaming!! =S A leeettle embarrassing when in public. Well, at least it tells me he's happy and having fun. Last night, he was awake for 5 hours straight which is unusual for my little piggy, and it was cause he was having fun shrieking away. Sigh...as Will W says...miniature Pavarotti; actually he's more of a soprano.

Ooh..there are so many adorable photos I want to post but my patience would run dry long before the photos would have finished loading. So here's a selection.

Flippin' over

(beefy thighs - yum yum)

Could I sue Ogawa for making the massage chair one-size only?

(meet Octotunes and Flutterbug)

Random pics

(doozy woozy)

On the Eye of Malaysia (ferris wheel)

Back from Bangkok

2007-04-17T21:06:00.000+12:00

Lucky six week old Ty got a passport and traveled to Bangkok for a 10 day long holiday to visit grandpa and grandma. Check out his passport photo below...truly a passport photo - dull and serious!

It was a 2-hour flight there from KL and every minute I was praying that Ty wouldn't cry. It was just me and him on our little adventure to Thailand. He was a happy boy throughout but on descent, when air pressure became a meanie to his ears, he cried and cried and cried, kicking and flailing his arms so ferociously. It was heartbreaking.

Two hours after arriving in Bangkok, daddy arrived from New Zealand, happy to see Ty again. It was a well-spent 10 days in Thailand - shopping, eating, sleeping, getting wet (during Songkran, an annual water festival), meeting the millions of relatives on dad's side and visiting places. Ty loves shopping, cause shopping means sleeping in his comfy stroller for hours! We spent a night in Pattaya and had bad diarrhoea after 0ver-eating sweet juicy pomelo. It's funny how everything that happens to me, happens to Ty. I get a rash, he gets a rash. I get diarrhoea, he gets diarrhoea. The trouble with breast-feeding!

Anyway, in short, Thailand is such a beautiful place. Spectacular temples, massive and clean malls (that make our Megamall, one Utama, KLCC, etc look so pathetic!), gentle and terribly polite people, scrumptious food and clean toilets. You know what's so impressive about Thais? How they sell durian with each piece wrapped oh-so-perfectly with greased paper! Everything there is presented so well. Thais do things with such care!

And one thing everyone has to see is the club Route 66. Check out the girls toilet, there's a band playing in there! The coolest powder room ever. Girls lounging around, doing make up, chatting, listening to the live music, big huge mirrors. Not the typical revolting pub toilet. If only I had my camera with me then.

Didn't really take many photos of Thailand itself. Will be back there one day to live so what the heck, couldn't be bothered. Here is a bunch of photos of my little chubbiness. (Almost 6kg already.) He had a great time, having so many relatives there to entertain him.

Oops..(another) car accident!

2007-04-04T18:22:00.000+12:00

Ok I will finally admit that I am a terrible driver. Even worse than my sis (sorry Belly!). After a few months of being restricted from driving cause of my big belly, I was finally free to go out on my own. My mum kindly offered to take care of Ty while I went out, eager to go shopping. Overly eager, evidently.

Well, I was driving and came to a junction. Thought it was clear for me to go, but no. Right before my eyes came a Nissan Frontier, ripping the front of my car off. My car was a goner. His car? A tiny scratch on the corner of the bumper!

That was a bad day. No injuries but the thought that if I had gone further into the junction just by a little would mean a horrific end shook me up. I am so thankful Ty wasn't in the car. God really was with me, it could have been so so bad. I guess now that I've got a baby to take care of, I value my life a lot more. Time to be more responsible....groan...

Cute things about Ty

2007-03-27T20:55:00.003+12:00

his loud burps and explosive farts
random grins and laughs
banana-like toes
how he gives a big grin after mum accidentally sprays his pee at his hair while changing him
his look of relief after struggling to burp
his wandering eyes
how he has a different sound for EVERYTHING he does
his many facial expressions

Full moon party

2007-03-27T19:59:00.000+12:00

Ty turned one month last sunday and we had two parties for him. I'm glad the weekend's over, even though the parties were great fun. It's a little daunting having to settle a crying baby in front of so many people. Not quite confident with the whole motherhood thing yet. And it's nice to take the day slowly again.

Ty and chubby babies at church

This was a bad night for mum - Ty refused to sleep!!!!

Why are they looking at me?

2007-03-26T01:59:00.000+12:00

What is going on here!!! Why you are looking at me??? I am confused!!!

Fun Time

2007-03-26T01:30:00.000+12:00

Do we look alike?

2007-03-25T20:50:00.000+12:00

Here was when daddy about umm maybe 4 or 5 years old.. Do we look alike Ty?

Poon Poon Ty's Uncle

2007-03-25T20:45:00.000+12:00

Next to Daddy is Daddy's bodyguard (no no he is daddy's friend)called Poon Poon.. Daddy has known him for quite sometimes and your uncle is a crazy man. You will learn a lot of crazy things from him.

You must respect him maybe can kick his butt sometimes.

Welcome Ty !!!!!

2007-03-25T20:41:00.000+12:00

Message from Daddy

2007-03-25T19:51:00.000+12:00

Hello Ty Boy..

Daddy just figured it out how this blog works haha... Well I am so excited of seeing you in April I hope you still remember who your dad is incase you might forget so daddy just upload one of the cool pics for you..

This is daddy's mother and she is your grandma.. She loves you very much and she will give a lot of pressies to you. Grandma loves to go shopping and shopping. So if you need anything she will definately buys stuff for you. And of course next to daddy's mother is your daddy. Daddy is just a little boy in a family so daddy is still mommy's boy.. But now you came to the World daddy has to become a real daddy now.

Here is Daddy's dad. It is not weird that daddy has a dad cos one day you will be become a dad too. Daddy's dad is your grandpa, he is so crazy about you and he usually says that you are the luckiest boy in the World.

Next to daddy' dad is daddy's sister. She is just 14 years older than you so she is your very older sister. She will give you a lot of her stuff even though most of them you might not be able to use it because they are for girls.

We love you very much Ty boy and hope to see you on the 5th April 2007.

Posted from Wellington VUW management school computer lab.

Daddy.

Introducing....Ty!

2007-03-23T23:23:00.000+12:00

So I finally get round to creating this blog. Being a mum definitely takes up a lot of time...it takes up ALL your time! But it's been a joy having Ty in my life.

Labour pain

Well the day started out with painful contractions at 6.30 in the morning. By 10am, contractions were occurring every 10mins and so I thought...hmm...maybe it's time to go to hospital. By noon, contractions were happening every 4mins and man..!! Didn't think labour would be THIS bad. I decided perhaps a completely natural birth wasn't what I wanted anymore. So bring on the epidural pleeeasse!

By 1pm, I was numb, midriff down and at about 4pm the pushing began...

Baby Ty - 25th February 2007

At 5.10pm, out popped the weasel! Born 3.36kg with lots of hair and a grumpy face (like mummy). Due to "poor maternal efforts", delivery was vacuum extraction and baby was born a cone-head. If you'd like to see a photo of baby when he was a few minutes old with umbilical cord in place, let me know. Didn't post it, in case some of you have weak stomachs.

The next few days in hospital...
Ty has been growing well and gets cuter each day.

Day 2 - Swaddled into a cocoon

Ty's first big ang pau

Day 3 - Happy daddy

Can't believe he's mine

Poor baby - had an eye infection

Day 4 - Meet the grandparents, and aunty (paternal side)

My first balloon

Last day with daddy

Daddy heads back to New Zealand for studies. Will be a while till we see him again...sad.

The next few days...

Sleepyhead, after a good feed - he's a tough one to wake up (just like dad!!)

Ty has difficulty burping, so out the other way, the gas goes.

Heart to heart moment

His musical elephant - such an asset when Ty is bored and mum's just too tired to entertain.

Happy Ty

Gosh...this is better than my bed

Bath time...