Welcome To Our Family Lucas

It`s been ages since i last blogged...the last few weeks of my pregnancy took the toll on me. My belly was so huge and i was aching everywhere and the most worrying part was whether Lucas would play me and choose to come into the world during the long Japan New Year holidays, which would mean that i ain`t get no epidural.

Anyway, I`m proud to announce that we now have a new addition to our family...On Lucas Hikaru, born 7th January 2014 at 1.52pm after 5 hours of labour. He weighed 3024g and looked cute as a button with plenty of hair. The delivery itself was painful even with epidural because they didn`t give me a stronger dose as no one predicted that i would dilate so fast from 3cm to 10cm in like 2 hours.

So we are back home now, adjusting to life with a newborn, let me tell you, it ain`t too fun...Lucas has a temper of his own, and does not cry, he mostly yells and screams to get what he wants. He has no patience at all for waiting and does not care about empty sucking on a pacifier when he is hungry and knows if he is being conned. He has really bad sleep habits as in he loves to go on sleep strikes from 10am to 4pm and will only fall asleep if he is being held.

Recently he has decided to torture his mummy by rejecting her breast and even breastmilk in a bottle. Sigh, i think we`re in for fun times with this lil guy. Needless to say i am a wee bit frazzled by this and am in panic mode since i do not want to ever go down the same path i did with Gabriel whereby he refused much milk and it was pure torture feeding him.

Yup people, pray for me, pray hard....But on the bright side, here`s the lil guy in all his cuteness....enjoy and Welcome to Our Family Lucas!! Love you heaps....Pictures speak a thousand words, so enjoy.....

Winter Illumination at Tachikawa

On Sunday, we decided to take a short trip about 45mins away, to a gorgeous park. They were having a winter Illumination, so we thought we`d just drop by and see some pretty lights...and yes it was so so beautiful, though it was freezing cold...we made sure Gabe was bundled in 4 layers of clothing coz he`s still recovering from a cough.

We walked and walked and walked, i was pretty bummed out by 2 hours...could feel Lucas protesting away already. But, worth the walk coz Gabe enjoyed himself and we enjoyed it too. Plus, it was our 5th Wedding Anniversary..so romantic hor....and yes surprisingly when i tested the hubby, he remembered...SHOCKING!!! Anyway, enjoy the pics...

At home...Mummy & Gabe....

Teaching GAbe to walk down the stairs....how cute is his new Mickey bag which we put his water and some snacks...

Being Sick is NO F.U.N...for Mummy

The past few days have been so so tiring...i am literally exhausted. Gabe was down with fever and a very very bad cough. Actually he has had the cough for like the past month, just that it didn`t see, to bother him at all, and knowing from previous experience, it will go away just takes time.

But then on Saturday late afternoon, he started to have fever and by night it was at 38.7 deg. I was worried coz i was alone and pregnant. I really didn`t want to make a trip to the emergency clinic by myself. So, i sponged him and stuck a couple of cool packs on him. He was whiny and took awhile for him to fall asleep, and the damned cough kept waking him up. It was only after 1am that he fell into deep sleep and even then i couldn`t sleep well coz i was worried he`d start heating up.

Anyway next day, still fever but down abit. But my poor boy was so pale and whiny, thankfully he drank milk and water and still ate so i was thankful for that otherwise we`d really need to go to the hospital. Throughout the next 2 days, he stuck by me like a leech, demanded my attention 24hrs, not even letting me go to the toilet alone. And whatever time i have, we`d sit down and he`d want me to read and play. And of course, the big joy for him was that he didn`t need to go to school for the next whole week...*moan*.......

So u ask, what did we do? Well, before that, FYI, he`s super fine now just a bit of a cough which seems to be less phlegmy and no more fever at all. But thing is, he`s got so used to me playing with him, that he EXPECTS it every time he sees me not doing anything...so yes i TRY to act like I always have something to do,but after while, he insists...sighhhhh...

Yeah, so his fave toys and things we do like a zillion times a day:

His Fave toy of the moment...drawing drawing....we`d sit together on the sofa and take turns to draw...what do we draw? Mickey, house, car, star, Anpanman, sun, flowers, train....yes, then all those, you just keep repeating 10 times or more till he`s done bored and moves on to his next fave toy.

Now, sometimes it gets abit too much for me, and i turn cruel...i hide the pen and he`ll search for it till he gives up...yeah u try doing this 4 -5 times a day for an hour...

His #1 fave book...and fave page...he knows nearly all the vehicles...this is one really well-used book, every cents worth...shoved to my face 6 times a day...how do i escape? Yup, i hide the book

His #2 book.....it`s a press the picture thing, in English & Jap...he knows both languages...and can press and press till his fingers are tired and u do it for him....again, every cents worth....how do i escape? Yup hide this one too

His fave #3 boook....animal sounds...he finds the sheep really amusing...route of escape? Hide the book

So, yeah those are how we pass our time...seriously...it just repeats and repeats everyday...sometimes i really wanna hide them all, but then he`d be bored and start to whine...either way, he whines....sigh....

Grandma, we`re happy you`re coming...I`m sure you`d love to encourage your grandson to learn more, so we`ll pass this duty to you...

Fun & No Fun

Alrighty, finally some time to put up a new post. We haven`t been busy so to say, rather my pregnant self has been too lazy to do much. Some updates. I have quite abit of time to myself now that Gabe is going to school Mondays to Fridays. Not full day, so don`t call me cruel. Mon, Tues & Fri is special school from 10am-2pm and then Wed & Thurs is normal school from 9am-3pm. He`s doing well at special school, but at Melody (normal school), he has not adjusted yet. He clings and cries whenever we leave. It`s heartbreaking to dump him there, but i do not have much of a choice now. I`m like huge at 35weeks and really have no energy to entertain him much at home.

And recently, we were told that because he has a previlage whereby i can get people to fetch him from home and back from special school because i am pregnant. So we applied for this service, and for the next 3 months, I do not have to fetch Gabe back...yay!! Isn`t this great???

So anyway, December 3rd week onwards school closes and we will not be sending him back till like end January in case he brings back any virus to me and Lucas. Bet the boy will be super duper happy. Here he is carrying his Melody chool bag, abit big for him, but not too heavy. Yup he`s trying to hang on so he doesn`t need to go...

We`ve been going to the park every week to let him sit on his bike which he loves so much and always has such a good time it`s lovely to watch him. And he`s a pro at it now, and i think somehow his legs are stronger now and he can walk like much much further and more stable.

Now, that`s fun....and then, there`s no fun. Recently, Gabe has been testing my patience to the extreme. Breakfast times are a horror coz he doesn`t fancy it much. He doesn`t want much milk, and he is so so fussy about what he gets served at brekkie. Alot of things are not to his liking. I`ve tried bread and various types of biscuits. All rejected mostly. And worst part is, i put it in a bowl, and the boy sees he doesn`t want it, he uses his hands and stir stir the food, making it all come out, then throws one by one to the floor or just swipes it all down. When he`s in a foul mood, he just tips the whole bowl over and lets the food drop to the floor, then proceeds to show you an empty bowl....now, tell me i should smack him? You can scold him all you want, he just gives you the `not bothered face` and keeps eyes glued to Mickey Mouse...sighhhhhhhh..........why oh why.......

So because he doesn`t eat much he usually starts to whine in school by 11am coz he`s hungry and lunch isn`t served till 12pm. Nothing much i can do....But i`ve recently started to feed him cake....cheesecake, shortcake, choc cake...and well he does eat it, so I`m gonna stick to that mostly..even if it`s not standard brekkie for kids...

And then, Lucas...my gynae has said that she doesn`t want to induce me too early at 38 weeks, so Dec 30th is unlikely unless something crops up and we need to. So Lucas is prob popping around Jan 6th, 7th or 8th. My only fear is that i go into labour before that and epi is not available...then i`m in deep deep trouble...

Grandma is coming 28th Dec, yay!! Gabe will be so happy to have another playmate to shove his books to....we can`t wait to see you Grandma..prepare urself for Mr Terror On.

Till next post, toodle doo...