Dawson - Home Renovations Completed!

24 July 2015

On 27 June, we moved 意思意思 and slept one night at the new house (because ah Thiang cannot decide when he can slowly move finish his stuffs, so that one I leave it to him.  I settle mine and son's first)...

On 1 July, I fasterly arranged for a mover to move part of the mountain and Nat's cot from my Mom's place over - approx. 25 boxes...  WOW.  Finally she can has space in her store-room or even rent it out!  *joking laaah, why so serious?*  She came over together via the mover's truck and help me unpack, sort and clean up part of the house so mine and Nat's more or less 80% done...

Officially this week we have been shuffling between new place and MIL's... very tiring because this super active boy refuses to sleep even at 10-ish!  Cried to leave his room and go play or walk around the house, touching all the forbidden items and what not.  Then wake up at least two times a night and I have to set my alarm 45mins earlier than usual (so that I can be ready to leave the house to prepare him and send him to MIL's place) way before he wakes up!

• Living hall - left decorating the wall on sofa side with printed photos and Legos on the TV console displays...
• Study room - hardware all setup, waiting for ah Thiang's remaining assets to come into place...
• Nat's room - completed!
• Master bed room - 20% of my clothes not shifted yet... (cos don't know when need to stay over MIL place unless we cleared 100% in the current room - sooner.  Sooner, we will get there...!)
• Kitchen - completed!
• Store room - mentioned earlier, unless we reinstate 100% in the current room... else store room cannot be completed.  LOL!

A quick house tour of our humble adobe!

An overview of the living hall area (from clockwise) - dining with featured brick wall and sofa, balcony greentified with bamboo plant and artificial grass, tv console and hall entrance with our featured mirror!

Living hall in night mode!  ah Thiang DIY ownself solar fairy lights from Amazon!  Very malayu right, I know... LOL!

Kitchen (from anti-clockwise) - sinktop, hood and hob, built-in oven and steam oven and corridors hall walkway.  Yes, we are one nice normal family.  :P

Nursery room aka Nat's room!

Toilets - My Hollywood inspired vanity top in Mickey mouse theme and a very child-proof friendly for the little one during bath time!

Soon will arrange for house-warming party in small batches...  soon lah, soon...  :)

Growing up with Nathaniel; Day519-Day564

22 July 2015

Week 81, at 18 months old!  (... oh my 天, how time flies!)

We have moved (Dawson chalet?)!  Currently shuffling between both places until ah Thiang has officially finished with his stuffs (... he's still in his "slowly slowly" mode).  My baby still waking up at least 2 times/night and I felt like a zombie when my alarm rings at 6.20am (in order to prepare myself ready for work before the real human-alarm rings! hahaha)... hope I can get used to this, else Dawson really will become a weekend chalet.

Milestones from week 74 to week 80...

1. he can say lei-ning (raining), no (in a very distinct tone), pore (Singapore), 舅舅, beat, press, bush (push), 伯母, nice, soup (favourite soup is cream of Broccoli), two-molo (tomorrow), bite, bird, milk, nite nite (goodnight), mo-ning (morning), moon, starz...
2. he started with 1/2 multi-vits pills - 5/6/2015 but he didn't like it and only eats occasionally...
3. he will turn to you and say his name "Nat", when you asked what's his name - 7/6/2015...
4. he will raise his hands for you to tickle him if you asked him - 10/6/2015...
5. he knows how to open his Mag-cup water bottle - 14/6/2015...
6. he starts to drink 210ml with 2 scoops cereal for 1st and last feed - week 76...
7. he acknowledges and greets back, nodding his head and hum along with a smile when I say "Good morning" to him - 3/7/2015...
8. he replied mo-ning when greeting by me in the morning - 7/7/2015...
9. his hair was trimed by 奶奶 - week 78...
10. he starts to use Elmo straw water bottle - week 79...
11. he associates my iPhone with 公公&婆婆 because we use that to FaceTime with them - week 79...
12. he went for 18-months injections (x1 on right arm, x1 on right thigh) and when he woke up from nap, he highlighted to us that he's having pain on his right leg and beat the floor thinking that the floor causing him to fall because of the pain - 11/7/2015...
13. he chooses which shoes to wear when he goes for his walks, current fave shoe is Elmo - 12/7/2015...
14. he points "1" when he saw 111 bus - week 80...
15. ah Thiang told me his son likes broccoli and anything broccoli - 14/7/2015...
16. he presses his 叽叽 to inform us either he poo or needs to change diapers - 15/7/2015...
17. he has now 16 teeth...
18. he weighs 13.2kg as at last check-up on 11/7/2015...
19. his foot measures 14-14.5cm...

#day532 - This Einstein-hairstyle and pucker lips!

#day533 - "I would like to dedicate this next song to my dearest Papa.  Happy Papa's Day!"

#day540 - The 姨婆 and Nathaniel's moment!

#day541 - Because soup is naise!  (... finally something common from my genes!)

#day546 - Busying signing some important documents!

#day554 - Papa cooking masak masak with the son!

#day559 - Nathaniel goes marketing!

#day559 - Eating snack with style!  (... so 娘 and 大姨婆 commented he looked he's smoking! >_<")

#day561 - 三代同堂！

#day564 - Happiness is nom-ing his favourite snack!

*ps: #day564 ends on 22 July 2015

2015 Birthday Celebrations at New Home!

01 July 2015

Belated birthday post! (... busy with the shifting of new house mah!)

Yes - a little eat-gather-together dinner with the family at the new house after our first night of moved in.  Very messy still, but we still can make space for some photos... pardon the mess in the TV console area.  :P

My prettiest-set birthday cake from ah Thiang!  Months before my birthday, I already hinted to him I wanted something like this - below simple simple cake with many "rose" cream (butter cream specifically) but he told me no... but on Saturday after moved in he say he went to pack lunch and came back with this!  ah Thiang very lovely right?  (... sometimes only lah, but hor, the cake wasn't butter cream but fresh cream... no fish, shrimp also OK).  I LOVE!!!

... and and and, he remembered me once said I would love to own a new set of piano in the new home and he got me a digital piano from Yamaha - quite high end ok, can sound like playing a grand piano wor (self-reminder to practise practise and practise!) and delivered right after the renovation completed! Nah nah nah, responsibility level up liao, now imma responsible to teach my son piano to enhance his talents / skills... so the father pay for the piano, the mother play for the son... sounds fun?  LOL!

Then the lovely Yeos brought this helium balloon and delivered on the night after we moved in!  YEAH, to many many years of fabulous ahead!  Huart ahhhh....

Very blessed to spend another year of birthday celebrations with the family!  *sends flying kisses*