Jesse @ 17 months

- Height = really no idea but definitely shorter than Samuel when he was her age
- Weight = no idea but seems like getting heavier
- Teeth 4 top, 4 bottom, 2 top halfway sprouting ( I think )
- There are few nights she sleeps through, few nights in a month
- If she wants you to "sayang" her, she will pretend that she hurts herself and complains that its painful by showing or pointing to the part which is painful
- Very manja
- Doesn't like to brush teeth
- Loves to watch TV
- Has good appetite
- Drinks 6oz morning and afternoon, 8oz before sleep, 40z of prune juice every morning
- Loves swimming
- Doesn't baby talk much, more on sign language

My Girl

Jesse has been very clingy to me since her very first maid left end of February. I thought it is just a temporary thing that she clings on to me but till today she is still very attached to me.

Most of the times, she only wants mummy. Whenever daddy offer to carry her, she will refuse and will cuddle and cling on to mummy even more. I am still enjoying every moment with her, hmmm.... feel sooooo good that someone is so attached to me hehe...

Besides mummy, she is still very in love with her winnie the pooh.

Priceless! Again!

Swimsuit = $ 40

Swimming Classes = $ 100

Photo of Jesse Swimming, Underwater = Priceless!

A Big Boy

Samuel has been very dependent although he can do most of the things himself. He expects us to feed him, change his clothes, bring him to toilet, brush his teeth, wear his socks and shoes etc. Only once in a blue moon, he will tell me he wants to do it all by himself. Sometimes when we insisted that he need to do certain things by himself and if his mood is good, he will do as requested, else he will want to cry.

Today, he gave me a surprise. It was during his nap when he suddenly has the urged to pee. He went to the toilet but wet his pants. He went to get a fresh clean pants from his drawer, took out his pants and changed it all by himself, then went back to his bed trying to continue his nap.

It was when I wanted to go to my room I heard some sound from his room and decided to check on him. I was surprised he was already awake and saw him in his pyjama pants. I asked him who changed him and he told me he changed it all by himself. Later, I asked the maid if she changed it for him but she doesn’t seem to know that he peed.

I then asked him to continue to sleep. When it was about time to send him to his music class, I went to his room to change him and he was not there. He was in his toilet, sitting on the toilet bowl and trying to pass motion.

I feel that he is really a big boy now. If only he will continue doing things all by himself.

Tea Time with Mummy

Daddy's 1st attempt to blog from his phone. Hopefully it will turn out ok. While waiting for Samuel to come out from his music class, daddy & mummy decided to pak toh & have tea together. Picture speaks a thousand words.

Credit Card Redemption

This is what I redeemed from my SCB platinum credit card. I feel that their redemption system is very lousy. You will have to redeem it within a year, else it will be forfeited.

I only applied these cards a year ago and used it only for 6 months, ie. first half of the year. Since daddy got his cards and gave me a supplementary card, we hardly use my cards anymore.

With close to 6K points, I managed to redeem $190 worth shopping vouchers in one of the supermarkets. With this $190, we can probably get 3 enfakids and 3 enfagrow, which can last for about 5 weeks.

We have accumulated about 6k reward points. Initially I thought that the return was quite attractive as usually with $1 you will get 1 reward point. And with this $6k spent we can redeemed $190.

Only later I remembered that SCB points is $5 = 1 point. Gosh! That means we have spent $30k for only 6 months? And by spending $30k we only got $190 in return? And SCB still wanted to charge me 50% annual fees!

His & Her # 2 Eating Habits

Since age 1, Samuel has a very bad eating habit. He doesnt spit the food, he only keeps it in his mouth. He can keep the food in his mouth for hours. We will have to keep stuffing more food in his mouth in order for him to swallow some of the food. He can never finish his food in his mouth. Usually towards the end we will have to take out the food for him, because he only chew and swallow when his mouth is really full. Either that, he falls asleep towards the end with his mouth full of food.

Jesse is totally the oppossite. Is either she eats or she doesn't. Either she spits or she swallows. She doesn't keep food inside the mouth. The food she likes, she is willing to eat and every time she sees her bowl she is very eager to eat.

Priceless!

Swimming Goggles = $20

Swimming Lessons = $60

Photo of Samuel Swimming, Underwater = Priceless!

He Is A BOY

Since baby, many people (especially strangers) always mistaken Samuel as a girl. Their reasons were either because of his hair, his eyes or his complexion. I am not surprised as it was not easy to differentiate a boy or a girl when he was a baby. But he is coming 4 and still there are people who mistaken him as a girl.

Last week, daddy brought his colleague from KL to one of the Thai restaurants nearby for dinner. Samuel and I tagged along. After our dinner, the lady boss of the Thai restaurant came over and chatted with me. Suddenly she asked if Samuel is a boy or a girl. After I told her he is a boy her remarks were "Oh he really looks like a girl", "Maybe is the hair", "The eyes also makes him look like a girl".

Daddy mentioned to me that one of his clients saw our blog and when she saw the header she asked daddy where is our son. After daddy told her then she commented that he looks like a girl.

During our trip to HK, the HK immigration officer also commented that he looks like a girl. I thought it is obvious that he is a boy now. But looks like there are people who will still mistaken him as a girl.

Does that mean only girls will have thick hair, only girls will have big beautiful eyes, only girls will have fair complexion? If you have any of those, you will look like a girl?

Babies Playtime with Daddy

Last night, daddy spent some quality time with the "babies" before they went to sleep. Daddy had an excellent time playing with both Samuel and Jesse. We played "giddy up horsy" and daddy carried both Samuel and Jesse all over the place.

One thing daddy noticed, Jesse doesn't allow Samuel to stick to daddy and Jesse will push koko away everytime koko tries to keep daddy in his possession.. Daddy felt good that he was "highly in demand" by both Samuel and Jesse.

Most of the time, daddy will ask Samuel to give in to Jesse and Jesse will have daddy wholly to herself :p (Poor little Samuel) hehe

Daddy would love to post some photos of his playtime with the babies but there was no camera near him at that time. Even if there was, daddy usually will be the cameraman and as usual, not being in the photo. hehe. Will get mummy to shoot some photos to remember these moments the next time daddy spends time with the "babies"