LASIK-ed Day 2

It's the second day. Eyes are not so dry and uncomfortable but vision is still not 100% but I can already see P across the room and his face isn't just an oval with smudged facial features! Yay! But the after-care procedure is a bit of a pain but all worth it considering the long-term benefits. Can't wait for the vision to improve.

LASIK-ed

I finally gathered up my courage to go for LASIK.

Over the decade, I've witnessed one by one of my friends being set free. I blatantly drooled over their state of specs-lessness and had deep admiration for their courage. I dreamt of the day when I'd be awoken in the middle of the night by the children and wouldn't need to fumble and feel my way around blindly for my specs. Or to awake and could see the world clearly.

When I got P's blessings to go do it, everything was set in motion very quickly. From the first assessment (Mon) to the day of the procedure (Thu). I was concerned about the logistics of the hospital visits with B in tow. Thank God P was able to come along on Thu for the procedure. He and B watched the procedure through a glass panel.

The right eye went ok but during the pressure bit where a suction disc holds onto the eye to keep it still for the flap to be cut, it was rather uncomfortable for the second eye. It was literally a 10min procedure so that went by quite quickly enough.

The few days before the procedure, I wasn't really feeling too nervous or anything but I decided to make something for K and B "just in case" anything went wrong.

I was at Spotlight and I saw these quilt kits! I couldn't resist. I mean I was never into making quilts nor was I ever inclined to make one but the kits were really cute.



See? This one was for K. I was too excited to make the second one that I forgot to take a before pic.

Here are the completed quilts.






Well, these are completed now and I feel almost ready to make a larger quilt! Almost. Maybe when I have completed the long list of to sews.

Week of parks

We have been visiting parks this week.

On Tuesday, I brought B to Jacob Ballas Children's Garden to check the place out. The tree house was great. There were two slides of varying heights and B loved them.

photo taken from http://www.singaporeplayground.com

He sat on my lap each time and would keep asking for more. That was the first place we went to and played until a troupe of PCF preschoolers came by. No pics of him coming down the slide. Pity.

Next we went to the suspension bridge. It was rather fun for B who has never experienced anything like it before. It rocked quite a bit when I got on. Though he was a little apprehensive at first, he did walk half the bridge on his own.

There is a little pond in this garden and there was ample variety pond life there - fish, plants and insects.

Here is B checking out his own reflection in one of the trough-like thingys.

Little Zacchaeus standing on a little tree branch nervously.

Today, we went to Bishan park. I was researching parks suitable for B and K. At the NParks website, here was the map I found of Bishan Park. Was very excited that there was a water playground. Of course, when I arrived I found that it was still under construction. I must have missed that bit of info somehow. And rechecking the site, I am still missing it. :s

It took about 40mins of to and fro from one section to another before we unloaded for the final time to bring B to a playground. At this point, any playground would do.

Here is the playground without the usual slides. But he used the domes as slides. Are they meant to be?

And I finally found a bucket swing! Since K's time I have been searching for one!

A sleek/modern design of a rocking horse thingy.

He found some stones and would lean out of this hole and throw them onto the floor. Then he'd run around the low wall to the other side of the hole to pick it up and then repeat it again.

Going to 公公 and 嬷嬷's house

Driving over to my parents' place, K said, "My heart is happy because we are going to 公公 and 嬷嬷's house."

Elmo!

Rainforest Kidzworld

Brought B to the zoo today. We targeted Kidzworld to bring him to the water play area.

When he saw the vast amount of water spraying everywhere, he was quite reluctant to enter the water area. After much persuasion, he finally did. Only around the water's edge.

Then he kept running back to the pram to take his shoes out, wanting to leave the area. Funny boy.

When I brought him back to the water, he would continue to play for a while more.

The highlight of the morning was leaving his footprints everywhere!

B @ 18 months

I love this series of photos of B. It was at Kranji War Memorial and his first time running down a grassy slope. He was chuckling so hard, his laughter was silent. Even K couldn't stop looking at him while they ran down the slope together.

The initial plan was for B to start school in Jan. But I decided to push that till July. I don't think he is quite ready. I remember K could feed herself somewhat even though it was slow. Messy is a given. But still, she was able to. B plays with his cutlery mostly and throws food. Only last night he was able to eat his meal of macaroni by himself. K was also able to speak more than B can now.

B's molars emerged at 17 months. All four are out now. His top two canines are also peeking out. Bottom ones not yet.

Language

He signs less now as he tries to say what he is trying to communicate instead.

He can now say:

• Papa
• Mummy
• Mama
• Gong gong
• Ah Foh
• Che che
• Elwee (Elvie)
• Daddy
• George (from Peppa pig)
• Bor (ball)
• bah-yoo (balloon)
• Fwawer (flower)
• twee (tree)
• Shoos (shoes)
• gog (dog)
• cat
• fwy (butterfly)
• Ish (fish)
• Fwog (Frog)
• Ber (bird)
• duck
• Eh-fant (elephant)
• but (rabbit)
• pig
• Or-trich (ostrich)
• pangin (penguin)
• terter (turtle)
• Cow
• bear
• Ane (plane / train)
• bow (bowl)
• pait (plate) - he points to show us he wants us to put his plate with food in front of him
• fan
• light
• poo poo
• fut (fart)
• jinjin (raisin)
• baby
• bubba (bubbles)
• thock (socks)
• thirt (shirt)
• thort (shorts)
• ah-per (apple)
• owanch (orange)
• fwoot (fruit)
• bad bad (bread)
• ball (fish ball)
• joo (juice)
• mek (milk)
• ding (drink)
• toe
• bog (box)
• fwoot (foot)
• wane (rain)
• wet
• wind
• car
• choo choo tain (train)
• cot
• ah-tee (auntie)
• ah-ker (uncle)
• Tyna (Chyna - dog)
• Dop (drop)
• Toe (throw)
• ade (head)
• air (hair)
• at (hat)
• eat
• thit there (sit there)
• back
• knock
• pat
• boak (broke)
• wan (run)
• zum (jump)
• march
• hop
• dan (dance)
• bars (brush)
• knock
• lie down
• O-pun (open)
• toes (close)
• chees (squeeze)
• stop
• pease (please)
• thowee (sorry)
• door (draw)
• sheek (shake)
• keek (kick)
• wutch (watch)
• bye bye
• night night
• ug (hug)
• hi-5
• where
• wound and wound (round and round)
• Om More (some more)
• Ba Bub (bunny wake up)
• Ug Dow (up down)
• coe (cold)
• Bup (burp)
• Didi (dirty)
• pain
• no
• oh no!
• oh dear!

Sweet baby. You are such a cheeky monkey. You have this slide ways glance which amuses me to no end. Am sure it won't be a very friendly gesture when you are older. You certainly know how to defend yourself from your big sis. To get your way, you would tug at her clothes and hair. But you are learning to say "pease" without us reminding you.

But you love your sis and love playing with her. Throughout the day while you are with me, you would say, "Che Che". And I would reply that she is at school. You would then say, "Papa". And I would reply that he is at work. You would then be very pleased with yourself like you managed to get me to say what you wanted to hear. When we go pick your sis up, you would try to run and shout, "Che che!"

You love fruits. And when at your grandparents' place for dinner, when you are done with your meal, you would call out to Elvie for fruits. This never fails to bring a smile to your grandparents.

Just like your sister, you love dancing. When you hear a beat, your little body would start moving, sometimes with hand gestures too. You have learnt some new songs this Christmas. You sing along to Mary's Boy Child and Jungle Bells. When you hear Rudolph, you start to tap on your nose. You think every song should end with a "Hey!"

You got to sit on a swing the other day which you enjoyed very much. You are also able to go down a slide on your own now and you really enjoy it.

Every day with you is such a warm cuddly time. We love cuddling you. More than you do I think. When you sit on our bed to watch TV, you would put your head on our tummys and that just warms our heart. We love you baby. Every milestone of yours, every first, is such a thrill.