Just One of Those Days

!!!WARNING VERY LONG RAMBLING POST!!!

Today was a pretty lousy day. My poor baby has had repeated eye infections due to a clogged tear duct. Each time we would take Crew to the doctor and he would tell me to massage the eye and give me antibiotic drops. We had enough of that and wanted to know what to do to solve the problem NOW. So after a referral from the pediatrician, I took Crew to the eye specialist for. On the way there at 8:15 this morning my cabby thought that he'd take advantage of the 'blondie with the baby' and went 15 mins out of the way only to make a large loop, thinking I wouldn't notice. I probably wouldn't have realized except that he went right back to the street where Jeremy works (which is one block from our house) My heart started racing (as I'm not too good with confrontations. But this time I was going to stand my ground.) I asked him why he had made a large loop only to come right back where we had started. He said, "Oh must have been a mistake." (Yeah a mistake to try and pull a quick one on me, I thought.) I was steaming and wasn't sure what to do about it. (Of course I sent Jer a text to explain, as I didn't want to discuss this out loud. That would be way too confrontational.) But Jer called back and we talked. . . Yes in the cab with the cabby still driving! (That part made me a little nervous) We decided that I was not going to pay the full fare. The cabby was listening as I talked to Jer and I think he realized he messed with the wrong 'blondie' because as we arrived to the hospital (at 5 to 9:00 nearly 45mins later!) he said that since it was his mistake he would only charge me $12 instead of the $21 fare. YEAH I'D SAY SO!!! So I felt pretty accomplished that I didn't get pushed around. When we got to the doctors it was more bad news. After waiting almost an hour we saw the doctor and discovered that if we want to fix the problem now it will require general anesthetic and a minor surgery. We're not to keen on that idea so we got another bottle of drops and are back to the massaging. By this time it is now 10:30 Crew is tired, hungry and has a goopy eye, but still he is giving all the office ladies a smile. He really is the best baby. The entire time the doctor was checking his eye he kept giving her his biggest smiles. It was so cute. I digress, back to the terrible day. As we arrived home we had to say goodbye to Helen, my neighbor and friend. Her family moved to a different apartment complex and they are no longer our neighbors. It makes me so sad to walk outside and see an empty porch. Even Daisy was so sad to see them go. But I'm putting on a happy face because they are still here in Singapore and their new home is just a few mins away. :) On a positive note my baby is in bed fast asleep. And last week he slept completely through the night 3 times. I mean going to bed at 6:00pm and waking up at 5:30am for a quick feed then back to bed till 7:30am. (I wish I could say I slept well those nights but I didn't. I kept waking up as I became more and more engorged, and I kept thinking I heard him cry. So I'd have to get out of bed and check on him, like 15 times! AHHH!!!) Well I'm gonna go marinate on the couch, watch tv and wait for this lousy day to end when Jer gets home from work!

CAN'T GET ENOUGH!!!

Here's another video of Crew. I mentioned in an earlier post that he loves to talk to his mobile over his swing and in his crib. He was doing it again today and I was quick enough to capture it on video. He really is too cute. For all of you that live far away and haven't heard his sweet little voice here it is.

This is a picture I stole off Freya's blog, but I thought it was a good one and wanted to put it on mine too. :)

Ingenious Little Crew Just like Daddy

I thought this was so smart of my little guy. Since he can't pull down hard enough with his hands to make the music start, he discovered he could with his feet. He kept doing it over and over, so I thought I'd better get the camera and document it. Meanwhile poor Daisy felt so pushed aside so I pretended to record her too. She grabbed her toys and started jumping around doing her tricks. . . hmm maybe I'll have to actually record her and post another video for tomorrow. . .she really does have some fun tricks. Anyway enjoy little Crew!

Here she was pouting that I wasn't playing with her, and that Crew was getting ALL the attention.

Here's a random picture of Crew on Sunday. Daddy was very proud of the clothes he picked out while in the states. (I must admit he does look like a little stud, especially with that big cheeser!) Did I mention that Jeremy went CRAZY buying toys for him as well? Footballs, basketballs, balls for the bathtub and the pool, oh yes and even a football shaped potty seat cover! (Can you tell he wants his kid to be into sports???) Yup, Crew's not even 6mos old and we already have potty training gear. I had to laugh, but you can't find American football stuff here, so he was taking advantage of the trip home. We really have the BEST daddy/hubby in the world! He made a special trip to Walmart during all his meetings to bring back a HAUL of trail mix for me. (My ultimate FAV treat:) We sure love our guy and we really love having him around. Thanks daddy for all your hard work.

Baby Album

Finally after 2 months we received the edited pictures of Crew's Baby Album. Kelly did an amazing job! The pictures are just precious of our little stud!!

Earthquakes and Cooking with Freya

It was so great to have Freya come, especially since Jer was gone to the states. Freya and I met at BYU Idaho we had a math class together, and she used to come stay with me when Jeremy would travel for work. It was just like old times. :) Although we didn't get to see many sights it was so fun to just be silly, cook some good food and hang out with Crew. We even experienced our first earthquake in Singapore together. The earthquake didn't happen in Singapore we were feeling the effects of the earthquake in Sumatra; but being up on the 18th floor was pretty scary. The entire building started swaying and I got really light headed and dizzy. At first we didn't know what was happening I started to panic and was about to grab Crew from his bed and make a run for it. (I don't think that would have been the best idea anyhow if it was a true disaster as the elevators wouldn't be very safe.) But it only lasted about 5 mins and then all was well. Thanks Freya for all your help and the good times we miss you already!!! (But we sure are happy to have daddy back home safe.)

Cute Freya on the balcony ready for our wonderful dinner we made.

In the kitchen cookin up a storm. Romantic dinner for two?? This is McKell's chicken marsala recipe. mmm it was good and we felt so accomplished after cooking it I had to get some snaps of it for the blog! (Jeremy teased that shows how often I cook a good meal. . . if I have to take pics of this one. Really I make lots of great meals I just don't think to take pictures. lol)

On Freya's last night here, my friend Helen had us over to teach us to make kimpab. (Don't think I spelled it correctly) but it is Korean sushi rolls. They are so yummy and easy to make. They are Jeremy's fav. (he informed me that since they are so easy to make he expects to have them once a week. ;) Really we are so lucky to have Helen next door. I am constantly asking her questions about parenting, borrowing eggs, or just needing a friend to talk to she is always there for me. She is a great friend and neighbor.

Here are her two children Hayoung and Jun. And as you can see she prepared a wonderful feast for us.