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Things have changed quite a bit for us over the last one and half month. We finally shifted on 16 Dec and for the first time, I did not pack ANYTHING prior to the move. I left it all to the packers, including the skeletons in my closet. I think they were probably disgusted by the amount of skeletons I have! Things are different now at the new house, we have taken over the roles of Chief Security Officer and Gardener, all of which are new to us. FeFe is also now an outdoor cat and she is fiercely guarding her territory from other stray cats.

We settled in in the quickest time possible and drove up to Ipoh and Penang to spend Christmas there. We are starting to explore places in West Malaysia, beyond KL and it is very interesting to see how each of these places carries their own individual charm and culture. The white coffee at Ipoh was REALLY good, so smooth and we were ready to soak in the aroma the entire afternoon if not for the kids. Is there such a thing as coffee spa, I wonder?

Sofia went to play sand at a real beach for the first time at Penang. As usual, it took us a while to coax her to put her feet down on the sand but she insisted on pulling up her pants all the time on the beach. She looked so funny. It was a good short getaway and I think the kids felt good to see us both in a relaxed mode compared to a week ago, we were so stressed up over the move.

More things to share later ...

Falling in Love Again

"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." Proverbs 4:23

As hard as I tried, I was falling in love all over again ... with this little chubby baby of mine. His smile is so irresistible, so charming, anytime, anywhere. Though he still wakes up at night for feedings, he will never fail to greet you with a wide broad smile every morning. Be it 6am or 7am, he will be ready to start his engine on all fours, crawling over to pull my hair or to disturb Sofia.

I am certainly not ready to wake up yet but when he flashes that toothless grin, I am just overwhelmed with his cuteness, just lovely ...

Almost Diaper Free

For the past one week, I have been working with Sofia on taking naps in the afternoon without wearing diapers. We started off with going to the toilet before settling down for a nap and I give her reminders about not wearing any diapers, which means she has to hold if she needs to pee.

The first day went well, followed by accidents over the next two days. She woke up crying when the accidents happened, guess she just needed getting used to it. After that, we had one or two accidents and from then on, Sofia got the idea and we are now officiallyy diaper free for naps, hurray!!

The next big step will be working on being diaper free for night time as well. I am not ready to work on this yet ... maybe another few months? We shall see.

Complete Set of Teeth

Sofia's last two molars are on the way out.

Now she is ready to tackle ALL sorts of food ... satay, cuttlefish, etc., BRING THEM OVER!

When the sun comes out ...

One of the things that I dread at night is either Sofia having a bad dream and start talking out loud or she waking up in the middle of the night and not wanting to sleep again. Usually the later happens when she is on flu medication, not sure why but the medicine seems to put her in deep sleep for the few 5-6 hours then she will wake up.

Either way, once she is up, it is difficult to ask her not to talk or make noise. Then Jeremiah gets disturbed and gets awakened as well. This sort of situation makes me very irritable and I am like a half-asleep frowning clown juggling them in the middle of the night.

Recently, Sofia has started asking for milk in the middle of the night again. I gave in the night before just to shut her up and fortunately she went back to sleep after finishing her milk. She woke up AGAIN last night at 3 am ...

Sofia : Mummy, may I have some milk pls?
Me : ... wait a while ... (I was hoping she would fall back to sleep)

After 5 mins of thumb sucking ...

Sofia : Mummy, may I have some milk pls? (this time louder)

I was trying to wake my brain cells at this wee hour to find a good excuse, suddenly I blurted out,"Yes, but we must wait for the sun to come out first."

Sofia who was already on my bed, turned to look at the windows and stared hard. It worked?! I could not believe it.

After 10 seconds or so, I whispered to her again,"Yes, girl, we can only drink milk when the sun comes out, ok? Now go back to your bed and sleep." She obediently went down to her bed and fell back to sleep after sucking her thumb. Of course I was so happy to be able to kick this bad habit of hers and went back to to sleep.

I was later awakened at 7am by someone BOOMING at my ears ...

"MUMMY! MUMMY! SUN COME OUT ALREADY!! CAN DRINK MILK ALREADY!!!"