Rachael’s Lantern Making Project

Raeanne is really a very sticky girl. Today I had to carry her to have my lunch and do almost everything with her. Otherwise, she was crying her lungs out most of the time when I wasn’t with her. 

Even when she slept, she wanted to be carried. The minute she’s put down, she woke up. 

So basically, I had no chance to shower and wash the dishes. It is really not easy to handle 2 kids with just the 2 parents. When Rachael came back from school, she said her teacher reminded her to hand in her lantern tomorrow. So well, we had no choice but to finish it tonight. 

In order to finish this lantern making project, we spent a few hours on it and took turns to carry Raeanne. Rachael only showered at 10plus and I couldn’t shower till 12midnight. I feel horribly dirty and smelly. 

Her daddy drew her favorite PJ Masks for her to colour. 

Then I got her to apply glue on it to paste on the container.




Final product is finally ready. But look at how tired she was. 

Here’s a closeup... 

Catboy!

Owlette!


Gekko!

We were supposed to use recycled material:

1) The container was used to contain biscuits.

2) The ribbon was removed from Raeanne’s Baby Shower present.

3) The stick was made by wooden chopsticks and wrapped with magazine. 

I hope this passed. 

Finally, Raeanne fell asleep. It has been a long day and night. 

Dear God, I lift up Rachael and Raeanne into Your hands. I pray that both of them will have a good night sleep tonight till morning. I pray that both will be able to fall asleep earlier every night instead of waiting till 11 plus or 12 plus. I pray that tomorrow will be a better day and Raeanne will be able to fuss lesser. In Jesus’ most precious name I pray, amen!

From queen to servant

After 28 days of confinement with confinement lady, my fairytale ended. From a queen who didn't need to do any housework, I had came back to become the servant in the house.

It was a great 28 days of enjoying being served by someone except that I did grow sick of the food sometimes. Oh well, all is over!!! I actually stayed away from cold drinks and chili for a month! CL did cook a little spicy food for me, but there was really no kick. Her style of cooking is light. Everything has a light taste. 

How's the first day without her? I must admit when she left, I almost cried. Then I started carrying and latching Raeanne all the way till hubby came home. I wonder if she wanted to latch because there was no one else around and she smells me, or there wasn't enough milk that's why she kept latching. Probably both. My supply seemed to be affected by the fever  2 nights ago. My breasts didn't feel full at all for the whole of today. Somehow, it felt weird. Yet, I was able to pump 80ml at 3am. 

After pumping, she displayed hunger again. So I am actually latching while typing all these. Hope there is enough to last her for another 3h so that there's enough time for the milk to be refilled. And I hope she falls asleep after this. 

Oh yes, I ordered some cakes for my colleagues in school. Amanda's daughter impressed me with a simple deco on the box cover.

Dear God,

Thank You for being with us all through the days. I am glad to be able to celebrate my 35th birthday with another bundle of joy. May You continue to bless my little ones and keep them strong and healthy. Help us be good parents and lead them in the ways of God. In Jesus' most precious name I pray, amen!

We survived!

What have I been busy with that I didn’t update my blog... well... I’ve been busy feeding the baby around the clock. Last week, hubby was on 1 week reservist. So I was only own with Raeanne the whole day till he came back at 8plus at night. I also had to go buy dinner for Rachael and myself and pick Rachael up from school. It seemed to be a daunting task, but we made it!!! 

Of cos I must thank my mum for coming over for 4 afternoons to help me take care of Raeanne while I had my massage. I was so tired that I fell asleep on 2 Days. It’s an achievement because the massage was pretty painful. I was amazed that I fell asleep... and embarrassed cos I think I snored... 😖

So my poor girl had to play on her own because mummy was busy feeding meimei and Daddy isn’t home yet.

Meimei get to sleep on the big bed in the afternoon with jiejie’s Owlette!


Feeling confident, I brought Rachael to buy dinner together instead of picking her up after buying dinner. She wanted to sit on the duckie when she saw it. She also daringly went into the store to ask for change of $2 note to coins so that she could sit on this. When we came back, I asked her if she wanted to put the other $1 coin into her piggy bank or she wants to sit on the duck again. Her choice is not difficult to guess. Her smile is soooooo beautiful! 

Raeanne's Baby Shower

Finally the busy day was over. Time to recap a little.

Sarah helped to deliver the cakes over because Amanda couldn't make it. I think I took a pretty good shot. 

Our CG social media manager doing her job. Haha!


This is just part of my CG. Many were not able to make it due to various reasons. God says to be fruitful, multiply and fill the earth. See how fruitful we are!


Our 姐妹 gang in school that has to lie very very low due to politics in school. 


One of my favorite sister and definitely my favorite ex student. Of my 12 years of teaching, I only have 2 ex students that I still keep in touch with. 1 is getting married next year, and HUi Chyi is the second. Thanks for being such a sweet girl. It's so thoughtful of you to shower Rachael with so many of her favorite things, Raeanne with necessities and me with chicken essence. I will definitely finish them even though I have many boxes at home. I need to stay awake. 😆 Thanks for the friendship gal!! 

And the day ended with us feeling so exhausted that we just ordered Mcdelivery for dinner. 

Oh yes, I would like to commend on the great service provided by Bez Balloons. As my friend who previously did Rachael's Full Month was not available to help me this time round, I simply just source for the balloons on google. Guessed what, this is much cheaper than 友情价. Hubby said the uncles were very nice when he asked if they can give him more balloons. They said ok and gave him a few to tie outside so that people can know where's the Function room. They even gave him more so that the kids could play. Wow! My friend didn't even provide me with extra balloons previously. So well, I'm recommending Bez Balloons. 

Throw back to last Friday 15 Sep! It was my birthday,and officially  Raeanne's Full month. I was so glad that hubby managed to get parternal leave on that day to bring us out. I slept till very late. By the time we were ready to get out, it was already 2pm. 

I was really happy to be able to satisfy my craving for spicy curry rice!! It's either Coco Ichibanya or Monster Curry for me now. I think I can eat this every week. 

 And I finally went to get my Tula FTG after waiting for so long. Still didn't manage to get my ice rainbow color Tula, but I figured that I will get it probably next yr or once this FTG is too small for Raeanne. She fell asleep in it. 

Got a sweet surprise from this bunch of awesome friends. They bought dinner and durian "cake" to celebrate for me. I really didn't expect this because I was really tired and I thought it's ok to just have cai fan for dinner. So I didn't think much.


Thank you friends for the time, effort and blessings. Your friendship is a great blessing in my life. The Yeoh's are glad to be friends with all of you! 

God bless me...

Suddenly down with fever after massage. I suspect my breasts are inflamed.. What a day to experience this when my CL is leaving tomorrow. At first still thought my mum will be able to come over and help me. She just called to tell 

me that Cyrus is down with HFMD and she can't come over at all. So I will be all on my own tomorrow. God bless me! 

If you are single, don't marry a teacher next time. Because when you most needed him, he has his responsibilities in school and can't make time to be home for his family. Not the first time, never the last. I must manage my own expectations and 看开点. So try to convince me to try to have another baby? Never!!! 

I will be fine! God is with me. I can depend on God all the time! 

We will be able to get through the day together! 

Dear God,

Please take away my fever and body aches. Help me to recover well and be able to be more mobile. Give me confidence to be able to handle Raeanne on my own. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! In Jesus' most precious name I pray, amen! 

Engorgement

How did I end up with one when I have a milk monster who constantly wants to latch??!! I seriously have no idea. 

But yes, that's the state of my left boob now. Feeling miserable and helpless. I went to read on my past entries when I had Rachael. Whenever I had engorgement, Rachael always helped to clear the blockage. But this time round with Raeanne, the lumps still remained there even though she latched a few times. I am in pain again! 

Dear God,

Please help me to clear the blockage in my boobs all the time. Help me not to suffer from engorgement. I am already very diligent to offering my boobs to Raeanne. Please help me to sleep in peace. In Jesus' most precious name I pray, Amen! 

Raeanne: I must help mummy clear her blockage! God bless my mama!

Almost 1 week without any updates

I've been busy lately... latching the little one. Read that cluster feeding is common to help me build up more milk for the little one. Right now as I'm typing, I'm latching her. She's getting on my nerves. The minute I unlatched her, she opened her eyes and starts fussing. I'm already making it very easy for her to fall asleep by lying down to latch her and staying very close to her. What more does she want? 

I think she wants me to be her pacifier. 

Here's Raeanne in Ergo baby carrier for the first time. She slept with the top of her head pressing against my chest for a while. After that I realized her head went flat!!! Scare the hell out of me.

Managed to find a picture that shows the sibling's resemblance.


And after so long, I finally caught her smiling... 


Thought this could entertain her for a while, but I'm wrong. She wants to be carried most of the time. 

Dear God, 

Please give me strength to last the night with her constantly wanting to latch. Help her to stop latching soon and go to sleep.... in Jesus' most precious name I pray, Amen!