Backtracking. . . Random Pics

Paige's parents were here in Singapore! She's such a cute mom!

Puppy sitting Miss Hana.

(By the second day Daisy was tired of sharing the attention with another 'distraction'. To get away from her, Daisy would jump on the couch where Hana couldn't get her.)

He luvs his daddy almost as much as daddy loves him.

2 days after Halloween. . . still coughing but looking much better.

Such a happy baby!

Little frog man

Time for a new speedo?

Ah enjoying the pool with daddy

New Wheels New Room

Yesterday I took Crew for a run in his new stroller. (Thanks to the Redd family!!! We love it!) I'm hoping that after months of training pushing Crew around, I'll be able to run the 5k in the sprint triathlon without a problem. . . I guess we'll see if I stay dedicated. :)  My favorite thing about it is the built in speakers that has an adaptor for my ipod. Crew was the king of east coast park, kickin back listening to mom's jams while being pushed around, man he's got the LIFE! (He's too darn cute not to get his way all the time!)

The 'King' kickin back in his new wheels

As I've mentioned in earlier posts we live in pretty tight quarters. . . and the longer we've lived here the apartment just seemed to be closing in on us. So to ease Jeremy from having an OCD breakdown, it was time for a 'spring' clean in the middle of November. (As always I did have way more 'junk' than I was willing to admit as we filled up 4 large garbage bags.) In addition to ditching all our crap we decided to take down the guest bed and have that room for Crew. We turned his old 'Harry Potter broom closet' bedroom into the storage room. We thought this would free up some space so we could move the glider from our over-crowded living room to his room. We soon found out that the new room wasn't much larger than his 'broom closet'. (at least the new room has a closet.) So we had to improvise to get it all to fit. . .

Crew's new room with his fun rug from Ikea.

Notice the huge ledge aka waste of space???

We had to put the dresser on top of the window ledge so we could fit the glider in. Although it is small I love how it came together. It's my new fav room in the house! (I can now feed him, change him, read him a  story, and put him to bed all in the same room! Even better Jeremy doesn't have to turn the TV off so Crew can 'focus' while he eats.) It was a win win for all. Even Daisy loves the new arrangement since she finally has something soft to lay on in his room. (Such a little diva :) So I'd say despite throwing away a perfect Saturday for the pool, it was worth all the physical labor of moving everything around. De-cluttering feels so refreshing!

Congrats Tavah and Brandon!!!

Aspynn Jene

Happy new parents to baby number 4!

She is beautiful with all that dark hair! We really wish we could be there but so glad that you both are doing well! Can't wait to meet that little princess in February!

BOO HOO Halloween!

No trick or treating, no dressing up, no carving pumpkins yeah this year Halloween was a BUST!  I know you're probably thinking how could we not take advantage of having the perfect candy magnet. . . a baby. They're so cute in their little costumes that they get the biggest loot and best of all they can't eat it so mommy and daddy get it all. :) The blame doesn't go to bad parenting or a dislike of the holiday. Nope our little guy was sick.

Halloween night. . . not up for trick or treating.

This was his first time being ill and I had a really hard time. I probably cried as much as he did. He had some sort of 'flu' that gave him fever/congestion/cough. Saturday night he was up every hour. The only way I could calm him was to carry him and softly bounce. We didn't get much sleep that night or the following but I realized how lucky we've been as this was his first time being inconsolable during the night. He is doing much better but still coughing and so congested. He's on two medications one for the cough and one for phlegm. It doesn't seem to be helping much he just can't get rid of the phlegm. Any ideas?

It's seemingly cruel to post pictures of a sick baby but I wanted to document it. (And show his 'stubborn' side.)

the "refusal" face

(can you tell it was a long weekend by looking at Jer's unshaven face?)

He instantly hated the medicine and quickly learned to close his mouth as soon as our hand came into view. We quickly learned who's the boss. As soon as we finished forcing the remaining medicine down, he chucked it up all over daddy. (I was going to take a picture but Jer thought that was a little insensitive as Crew had it coming out his nose and all over his face. It was a sad sight.)

Although Crew didn't get to dress up this year, at work they decided to let loose and have everyone dress up. Jer is a country bumpkin also known as Joe Dirt. Tai is a fighter. . . I forgot what kind. :)

The staff really enjoyed dressing up, giving the office a big boost in morale.

Underwater World @ Sentosa

A couple weeks ago Jeremy had the day off for Hari Raya so we decided to go to Sentosa to check out their Underwater World. Tai's wife Tanya and their two daughters were in town so after a 'tantalizing American lunch' at the one and only Jack's Place, we headed over for some family fun. (Jack's Place is the Aisan version of Denny's. . . only not so American and not so tantalizing.) We thought going on a Friday afternoon would be ideal since Saturday's are usually the busiest. You can imagine our surprise to find all of Little India there standing in line. . . we should have known. But in all fairness it was their holiday.

Despite the throngs of people and the ever present humidity, it turned out to be a fun fast adventure.  (Fast because it was nap time for all the youngins and they were not happy campers.) Out of sheer exhaustion Crew fell asleep, and even got to spend the rest of the day in his nappy. It really was soo hot. Poor Tanya is pregnant but was such a trooper. We ended the day with a little Ben and Jerry's, ahh relief. Since it was a short in and out I didn't get as many pictures of the variety of fish they had. There was an area to feed the stingrays, another tank to touch the fish including sharks, and just so many cool things. I really liked the tunnel it felt like I was finally the Little Mermaid swimming under the ocean ;) You can pay to go diving in the large tank, which at first I thought was crazy since it isn't very deep. After seeing how many fish there are maybe I'll try it out.