Cart Boy

I'm soooo thankful that Ikea, Giant and Courts are just 5 minutes away from my place. What's more, there's a free shuttle at the bus stop just a couple of blocks away!

Needless to say, these have become our favourite weekday haunts, especially when we (read Mummy) get sick and tired of the four walls...

So Jeddy boy is now Cart Boy! ;D

Ikea's Cart Boy














































On such trips, I always bring the rickety-rack lightweight stroller. It's light and no-frills enough for me to swing it over my shoulders when we get up the bus. I can also slot it right under the shopping cart!
























Giant's Cart Boy























There's no need to even bring a stroller on trips to Giant. I just slug him over my arm on the bus trip and pop him straight into the cart when we reach there. He stays in there with his warm furry friends while I check off my shopping list. ;)

*sigh of contentment*

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Stock Clearance

These have been sitting in the deep freeze compartment for close to one year. The 'freshest' was apparently bagged in December!



















In case you're still muddleheaded, these are bags of liquid gold! Or so I say. ;D

I painstakingly (and obsessively) squeezed my udder just so I could stockpile the milk for emergencies. Back in those days when Jeddy was still pimply, wrinkled, and demanding and to be fed every two hours, I pumped between feeds and in the middle of the night for months in order to have at least 7 days worth of milk in the freezer. It doesn't help that my boobies do not respond well to pumps, both electric and manual, and have to pump several times a day just to fill one bag. And being the paranoid dettol queen, it was wash and sterilize after every pump. It's a wonder why I didn't go crazy.

Still, Jeddy did not take a single bag of these milk. Cheh!

But honestly I thank God for taking such good care of us, that those 'emergencies' never happened, and I was able to breastfeed Jeddy all these months without a hiccup. I am also very very thankful that although he's not been on the bottle for more than 10 times since his birth, he does not reject it. And I was able to steal some afternoons away, leaving my parents or aunt to give him a formula feed.

That said, these milk are going into the trash and ice-cream is going into that deep-freeze compartment. Hurrah!

:)

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Seiza?

Seiza - 'the traditional formal way of sitting in Japan...'





































Jeddy is loving this slightly altered version of the seiza. I guess it launches him into the crawling mode and back, more quickly and efficiently. My my, already taking short cuts at such a tender age??

Mum said I used to sit like that too when I was a kiddo (oops). ;D Apparently bad habits run in the blood as well. Heh heh... Anyway, I tried to do the Jeddy-seiza and my creaky old bones protested right away. Ouch!

Wanna see if you too are a bag of creaky old bones? Try this! It's like kneeling, only that your feet goes to the sides of your bum instead of under it. Refer to Jeddy sensei above. *snigger*

Ha! Is that a grimace I see on your face? ;D

Well, just when you thought Jeddy boy is now oh-so-proper... he popped right back to his coolie squat!

























*tsk tsk*

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Joker Jeddy Shot

Who's that pipe-smoking coolie squatting in my living room?!



















Oh, it's just my Joker Jeddy in action again. ;D

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Lizard Boy?

Guess what happened to Jeddy's skin?















































Gave you a fright there eh? ;D Those are merely sarong marks...

Yep, you heard right. I've finally cast aside my stubbornness and use the sarong for his day naps.

Now now. Before you shake your head in disappointment, do hear me out.

Ever since Jeddy was able to pull himself up with the bed railings at about 7 months plus, nap times became a living nightmare for the both of us. He'll pull himself up over and over (and over) again every time I put him down on the bed. If I leave him be, he'll bawl at my abandonment. If I take him out of the cot to rock him in my arms, he'll squirm and try to twist out of them. What ever happened to the fall-asleep-by-himself angel that I had?!

I could take up to one and a half hours just to make him fall asleep. And that's only cos he's drained of every last ounce of strength. Other days, my energizer bunny would go on and on and on and I'd be the one to raise the white flag. On the whole, he clocked only about 1-2 hours of nap(s) a day on his bed, much to his exhaustion and mine!

So! I gave in for my sanity's sake. And boy did it work!

He takes two naps now and clocks about 3-4 hours in total. Plus it only takes about 15 minutes to knock him into dreamland. *rejoices*

He still tries to flip over in his sarong (highly dangerous) and there were a few times where I had to struggle with him for about half an hour but those are few and far in between...

I'm thankful nonetheless... You try rocking a 10-kg squirming sack of rice in your arms for just 5 minutes and you would be too!




















Here's my 10 kg sack of rice dreaming about what to eat for lunch. ;)

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Thanks GuGu so much for the sarong set. *muacks*

Traumatized Jeddy

I hope Jeddy boy is not having nightmares tonight. He was totally traumatized by the little toy train that choo-choos and spouts music as it moves.

Totally.

You have to watch it to believe it.

We regretted not letting the camera roll longer cos his expression was absolutely hilarious! But at that point in time, we just didn't have the heart to torture him for even half a second longer.

You wouldn't too, right?

;D



(Note: This is actually not the first time that Jeddy has seen the train. I showed it to him a couple of months back and got exactly the same response. I've heard that if you let him interact with it long enough, he will stop being afraid, but he looked soooo scared. Even after I put it away, he kept clinging to me and stealing wary glances in the direction where the train was. I must admit that even I was creeped out! ;P)

The Transporter

Just the other day, I found a few of Jeddy's favourite rattly balls on top of the low shelf...

I don't remember putting them there, and I know Hubs never touches the toys (unless I make him). So who exactly planted them there?

Then I saw Jeddy pick up Mr Jellyfish, crawl noisily over to the couch, stand up (supported of course), and dumped the critter there.

Ahhh.........

Since then, it's always Jeddy-the-Transporter on the move.... To be honest, I think he's marking his territory... and I suspect he wants to take over the whole house.

Jokes aside, I guess he's now at this phase where he just wanna bring stuff to high places and play with them there. Heard it's a common development for kiddos... And it's a matter of time before he learns to hide things. I'm pretty sure one of my slippers will mysteriously disappear one day and end up in the fridge.

;D

Anyway, we caught him on video this morning trying to put his little play blocks on the dining table. It's pretty cute. ;)

Enjoy!



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Caught on Camera!

While we're still fresh on the topic of bums, here's droopy-pants Jeddy flashing his butt crack.

Sexehh.... ;D

Buns of Steel

That's not my secret fantasy, in case you were wondering. ;D

It's my joker Jeddy... Yep. My boy has buns of steel.

Or at least that's what I suspect. How else would he fall flat on his bum countless times a day with nary an expression on his face and hardly an 'oof'??

He has since 'dropped' from considerable heights, including the feeding chair, which he managed to climb onto with those chunky legs of his! But I'm real glad that he's passed the phase where he simply falls backwards onto his head. At least I don't have to watch him that much now. Yippee! ;)

Here's a short vid featuring that bum of his.


Kidding you not eh?

;D

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30 Plus 1

I turned 31 a few days ago.

And had a little birthday bash of sorts. :)

Aunt was here on one of her weekly visits and so was Sis and Hui. She cooked up a storm for all of us, which included a send-you-straight-to-bliss chicken soup. ;D It was such a great dinner, filled with jokes and hearty laughter from all. Ok, maybe not all. Jeddy probably didn't know what was going on half the time but was content with just sitting at the table with us munching on sweet potato puffs.

Sis bought a mango cake in the afternoon. What's a birthday without a cake, she says... :D Well, seems like Hubs had exactly the same thing in mind! When he came home from work that evening, he was bearing gifts and a giant cake at the door! Upon close inspection, the cake wasn't really a cake. It was a COMPLETE, UNCUT Coffee Club Muddy Mudpie!! In short, the whole thing is coffee and chocolate ice-cream perched on top of an Oreo crust. *drooling down my neck*

That's why I have two cakes.

Yay!

Single stalk of Lily from Hubs. A gesture as sweet as the flower itself. ;)
























A person I can't do without in my life!























The Master Chef.
























My first birthday with Jeddy Boy!





















A must-have shot. ;)


















After singing the birthday song. :D





















Jeddy totally captivated.


















What a difficult 'cake' to cut!


















Happy Birthday to me! *confetti*

Thanks for all your well wishes. Hugs!

And not to forget Mum, who also prepared a pre-birthday bash for me! Thank you! :)

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