We are three today .....

..... and loving every moment of the lifelong adventure we're on!

Superstitions and More

This week has been a bit of a blur. I've been run ragged off my feet!

I went back to work full-time and am still juggling the timing for Baby M's feeds and play time so I catch more than just a brief glimpse of her in the morning and the evening. Work passed in a bit of a blur because we had various marketing and client lunches, a reunion and farewell team dinner on top of getting back to grips with my work flow, finding my way around the new office premises and numerous administrative issues.

To top it off, Baby M is getting baptised today, and my in-laws flew in for the occasion and to see their first  (and only) granddaughter! With the Hubby only returning from a business trip to Tokyo in time to pick his parents at the airport, and me running back and forth between the office and home, you can imagine the hub of activity that is our house.

The icing on the cake was a short conversation I just had with my mother-in-law about a Filipino superstition. I'm supposed to run out of the church hall today carrying Baby M ahead of all the other babies getting baptised, so that she'll always be No. 1 in everything she does! Apparently it worked with the Hubby since he's topped his class every year, earned a First at university, and of course did well in most aspects of his life. So Mama reminded me again of what I must do. I figured, who knows? :) I guess I have to shelve plans to wear my nice stilettos today...... So stay tuned for an update on Baby M's baptism and the mad mom who raced out of the church with baby in tow!

I have a Mini Me!

Look what I dug out when cleaning out my room at my parents' place a couple of days ago

- a photo of me at 3 months plus.

Isn't Baby M the spitting image of me?

Family... and what it means

Over the Father's Day weekend, we had the Hubby's aunty and uncle visit us in Singapore. The Hubby's a transplant to Singapore from Sydney, which means that seeing his family once a year or so is about as good as we can do given the long 8 hour flight back and forth. We didn't make it back last year while I was pregnant, so we were really happy that some of them have made and will be making the long flight down here enroute to weddings/holidays in the region.

Uncle Ed and Aunty Eve with Baby M

How nice that his Uncle Ed and Aunty Eve made it for the Father's Day weekend! Uncle Ed is pretty much a second father to the Hubby, given that their families were early immigrants to Australia in the 1970s and 1980s and were pretty much on their own then. So it was truly wonderful to be able to have both families (his and mine) around the table for dim sum lunch; the last time this happened was during our mad wedding week 3 years ago. The time we had together was quite crunched, given that my mom and the Hubby were both flying off in the afternoon for work trips around the region.

The picture speaks a thousand words!

Watching Uncle Ed and Aunty Eve interact with Baby M, and their delight at having a grand niece (the Hubby's family being predominantly inclined towards males for some strange genetic reason!) pulled quite a bit at my heartstrings. At dim sum lunch with my family, I sat on the sidelines and watched both families have a good time catching up, talking about the latest news, watching and playing with Baby M, and felt a sense of peace knowing that Baby M would be growing up as part of a secure, close knit family and that she would be well-loved by everyone.

Baby M enjoying the attention!

A week or so back when my dad was out of town, my mom, aunt and uncle came over for dinner at our place. Thoughtfully bringing pot luck with them so that we wouldn't have to fret about feeding so many extra mouths, it was a great evening of catching up and playing with Baby M. Aunty Yvette is also close to being a second mom to me, given that she's my mom's only sister, and used to babysit my brother and I in our younger days when we went over to spend time with our cousin Mel. She too was equally enthralled with Baby M and I was quite amused watching my mom and Aunty Yvette do goo goo ga ga noises with Baby M that evening.

My mom, her sis and Baby M

As a nice round up, the Hubby's parents are finally coming down and will be here in a couple of weeks for Baby M's baptism. That's something we're really looking forward to!

Happy Father's Day!

"That's what my Daddy is - a super man!"

Baby M enjoys a very special relationship with her Daddy, reserving the brightest smiles and coos for the man she probably one day will regard as her super hero. Hence, the Father's Day card to prompt the Hubby as to the ideals that his daughter will likely want him to live up to!

The Hubby with his precious one
early one morning before he leaves for work

The Hubby in turn, is thrilled to be a father, and has already told me quietly that when Baby M grows up, he'll probably be "in trouble" and won't be able to deny her anything she asks for. 

On my part, I'm thrilled that father and daughter will have that special bond, and look forward to the day when Baby M can make her own card for her very special daddy.

A private moment with Daddy on Father's Day