Life is good

The past 13 months have been for the lack of better word, simply Incredible with the capital “I”. There were definitely moments of “low”, but those moments are simply nothing compared to the joy and laughter that they bring. We are so very blessed to have our precious miracle twinkies in our life.
They never fail to amaze me. Every. Single. Day. There is bound to be something new daily. Something funny. Something cute. Something naughty.
The twins changes every aspect of us. On our outlook in life in general. On my relationship with my darling hubby and my family. Through the little ones, I have learned so much. That I am capable of so much love for another being. So much so that I could barely contain them, at times I could feel my heart bursting. Bursting with love and pride. They have taught me the greatness and sacrifices of a mother. Patience. Selflessness.
My dearest husband. The man I respect and love so dearly. Being a parent now let me see you through a different light. There are moments of parenting disagreements. But I could not deny the tenderness I see in you while you change their soiled diapers. Midnight feedings. The nurturing warmth of a father. My love grow fonder as we walk and learn together through our parenting journey.
Let’s slow down and enjoy the moments. Let’s not sweat the small stuff. Let’s soak up and bask in the sunshine that radiates from our two very beautiful children.
My mum. My children’s 'poh poh'. Words could never express my gratitude for taking care of my children. For being there when I needed your support. I would have been so lost without you by my side during my early days of motherhood. Even now. You are my walking encyclopedia of becoming a good mum. Your abundance of knowledge, tenacity and resilience amazes me.
My babies are growing up so fast right before my eyes. I am so afraid. So afraid that I will forget all these phases that they are going through. Will I forget? Will I forget the first kiss Aiden planted on my cheek. Will I forget Alexis’ first smile. Will I forget their first attempt to communicate. Will I forget the sweetness of their baby scent. Amidst all the frantic moments of trying to document every single milestone for the future, I am afraid to forget to soak up the current moments. The current moment now that Aiden is learning to pat a toy dog and Alexis pointing to me where the fan is.
I will slow down and enjoy today. All the moments will be engraved and reflected in the two little great person we are bringing up.

I love you, Alexis and Aiden.

Family Picture 2011

It has been sometimes since I posted. Busy will the daily mundanes as usual. The twins has been growing in lightning speed. They are now going 13 months. Here are some pics taken when they were around 10 months old. Trust me, it wasnt an easy task to capture pics of 10 months old babies in a studio setting. We will definitely try that again when they are slightly older.

Toy Kitchen

I hope my twins have as much fun playing with the toy kitchen as I have in flexing my creativity in making them. It is like reliving my childhood. The kicthen comes with a microwave, Oven and sink.
Well, of course every kitchen requires food. So, enters the felt food. They are so much fun to make. I will definitely be making more of them :)

Felt Sushi

Felt Oranges

Felt Roast Chicken

Felt Carrot

Felt Bread

Ke-ray-zee

It has been a little crazy around the house for the past month. The super-keduper ‘Mensa IQ’ maid literally broke the toilet bowl! Some plumbing work to be done which includes changing of the whole toilet bowl in the master bedroom. The master bedroom was in a mess. Ok fine, we got that fixed.

Next, miraculously the hidden piping in the master bath burst leading to leakage in the water closet which leads to water seepage in our neighbor’s bedroom ceiling. Just like David Copperfield's magic trick. Cut the story short, another major hacking and plumbing works for 6 days, with water supply interruption and an unusable bathroom! (and I missed a gathering with some dear old friends). Now, the whole house was in a mess due to the construction. My Cambodian maid probably got numb to hearing me say 'fast fast clean clean".

It was like living in a 3rd world refugee camp with my 2 months old twins,... ok maybe I over exaggerated, but still, it literally drives me up the wall. I am a self proclaimed 'clean-aholic Queen'. My dear hubby could testify for that. If you asked my lil Aiden boy how was mummy handling it (and if he could understand), I am sure this expression will suffice. Nuff said.

I have submitted my resignation and starting a new job next month. I could only pray that all at the home front will be smooth. Clinging on to hope.... like clumpy mascara to eyelash, like the fat kid to ice cream, like the diarrhoea man to the toilet bowl.. ok too much info. Bye.

New Year. New Life

It has been awhile since my last post. We have been so busy that for a moment I lost the sense of time. My two months maternity leave went by in a blink of an eye. Life has changed since. It's no longer just the two of us. I am now officially a mother of two. We are now a family of four.

Our precious twinkies are now 9 weeks old. They are perfectly healthy and beautiful. I could not be prouder (insert a big wide grin). Please welcome Alexis and Aiden Tan. Aren't they the cutest babies ever ever..? ok, so naturally I am biased....but they are my daughter and son... my children. The miracle of life still amazes me.Alexis the big sister was 2.9kg at birth. She is now 5.2kg. She is the sweetest little girl ever...sweet child of mine.

Aiden, the lil brother was 2.7kg at birth is now 5.7kg. He is the most adorable feisty little boy.

Alexis during playtime.

Aiden and his cheeky toothless grin.

It is not easy to take good pictures of 2 babies together. Here is one with both of them looking funny (but still cute :P).

My babies, Mummy love you both till the end of time.

Pregnancy Portrait

Some pics of our pregnancy portrait to show our little twinkies later.

10 Weeks

There are no words to describe the emotions that I had when we saw images of both our babies moved or rather 'swim' on the ultrasound screen. It was aaaamaazingg.... these little twinkies are moving!! Unbelievable cutest little movements that are so different from the printed scans...Hubby and I had a very special moment in life... and I am sure there will be more spectacular moments to comeAt 10 weeks 3 days :)

Fraternal Twins!

It is confirmed. We are having fraternal twins! My babies have roommies...I am like a semi-detached there...hahaha. It is exhilarating, over the moon exciting and also nerve wrecking. How am I going to breast feed 2 babies at one go? We will need 2 baby car seats, plus the maid and the barang-barang... can they feed into the car? We need bigger MPV....If it's a boy and a girl, they can't share room for long.. We need more rooms.

Regardless, it is a blessing that we are very much grateful for :) We will take one step at a time, with such fantastic support, I am sure things will iron out. Most importantly now is for the little twinkies to grow strong and healthy. It was such an amazing experience to see the two little heartbeats on the screen and the loving beaming look on hubby's face. Those little miracles are priceless.

My daily prayer now will also include for the morning sickness and food aversion to get better. Oh, by the way, morning sickness is REALLY a misnomer. It should be called the Whole-Day sickness.... bleah..

But my dear hubby is a real darling taking care of ALL the household chores on top of taking care of his preggie wife. He never fail to amaze me. To see his big smile at the end of the day is always the highlight of my day :) I need to count my blessings more often.

We cheated with home pregnancy test kit before the official blood test ;)

Our precious 8 weeks scan