Being a Stay-At-Home-Mum (SAHM)

happened to browse through a forum thread on SAHM not getting the respect they deserve. though I'm just a temporary SAHM, I'm fortunate enough not to get despised. I do get comments like 'WAH, so good, can stay at home, don't have to work. ', 'can wake up late.'. yes, life is good, in the sense that I get to see my lil one grows, get to see her learn new tricks. but not in the sense that I don't have to work.

Stay-At-Home-Mums, does not mean being a mother staying at home and DOING NOTHING. they still got to attend to their children's needs, coach them, do housework, etc. not to forget SAHMs actually lost their earning power, which means if they want to buy something for themselves, they have to think twice. and they also miss out a lot of social activities.

however, I'm not saying that Full-Time-Working-Mums' life is easier. they too have to work and after work, they have to look after their children. they lose out to SAHM cuz they can't stay by their little ones 24 hr a day, 7 days a week and watch them grow. all in all, being a mother is not easy.

given a chance, I'll wish to be a SAHM as long as I can. but financially, I can't :(

I've lost

all my shopping skills. argh... Daddy Sam is very happy about it. i guess i've stayed at home too long. more than once, when i step into a shop, i see a lot of things. but they all just make me very dizzy. i don't know where to start and ended up leaving the shop in less than 2 min.

I NEED HELP!!!

all my dear sisters, honies, please help me learn the skill again kay??

Happy Birthday Mummy

Daddy and I celebrated Mummy's birthday yesterday. Daddy purposely took leave for this occasion. how shweeet right? we wanted to bring Mummy for high tea at Marina Mandarin Hotel. but my silly parents did not check if they have it on weekdays, which unfortunately, they don't. in the end we ended up eating dim sum at It's Dim Sum, Marina Square. the place was quite empty, which is good for us, cuz I will fuss unexpectedly; and I did. when I got bored with Daddy's carrying, I wanted Mummy to carry. so they have to take turn to carry me. hoho.. they can't eat in peace in the end. we walked around at the area for a while. and Mummy ended up bugging Daddy to buy a baby carrier.

Auntie Ah Yen bought a Star of David from Tiffany & Co. Mummy hinted to Daddy about that. but Daddy as usual pretended not to catch the hint.

friends of Mummy and Daddy, you may realise that there are not many photos recently. this is because the recently bought camera is SPOILT. Daddy and Mummy are still fighting over whose fault is it. cuz, Mummy put the camera in the pouch but did not zip it up. Daddy took it and the camera fell out from the pouch and hit the floor. can u all help them to sort out whose fault?

anyway, finally they brought the camera back to the Sony shop to fix it today. we passed it to Auntie Serene's husband (he's working at the J8 outlet). hopefully it will be repaired soon.

Daddy is going for reservist for the next 2 weeks. hope he'll have a FUN time. :D



oh yah, here's the picture of Mummy's flowers. took it using Daddy's camera phone. (see the wedding photo of Daddy and Mummy at the back, loving right??)

Surprise for Mummy...

Daddy gave Mummy a surprise today!! he ordered a bouquet of flowers and delivered to our place. I think is for her birthday tomorrow. Daddy took leave to celebrate her birthday. she's looking forward to it!! so am I!! :D

4 months old Ariel

brought her down to Singapore Baby and Child Clinic for her monthly jab on saturday. she's 5.25kg heavy and 61 cm long. still kinda tiny. Dr Chan gave the go ahead for very diluted rice cereal. her silly Daddy thought is those cornflakes. haha

Baptism, National Day, First Flip

ARIEL'S BAPTISM

Lil Ariel was baptised on 5 August 2007 at St Theresa's Church.

Father Damien blessing Lil Ariel

Lil Ariel was a bit shocked when the Holy Water was poured on her head. :P

with Father and her God-parents

HAPPY NATIONAL DAY!!

Ariel's FIRST National Day was spent at Ritz Carlton. many thanks to Uncle Peter who invited us to watch the parade at the hotel room he booked. actually he asked us to stay over cuz he booked an extra room. however, we're afraid that Ariel will not be able to sleep in new environment, we had to reject his kind offer. we wanted to take photos of the fireworks. but silly Mummy was snapping away until the battery went flat halfway thru the parade.

anyway Lil Ariel enjoyed the fireworks a lot. she was watching them quietly with eyes and mouth open.

Marilyn Jey Jey helped to look after Lil Ariel while I was awing at the view

look at the number of spectators at One Fullerton!! it was only 3+!!

dinner!! National Day platter from Ritz Carlton

ARIEL'S FIRST FLIP

actually don't know is it considered or not. cuz she did it when she was semi-conscious. after feed her this morning, she was half-asleep, so I placed her on her bed. she turned to her side and curled up like a prawn. before I can straighten her, she flipped over with her face buried in the pillow. she then quickly lift up her head and look around as if wondering what had happened. I quickly woke Daddy Sam to see. but she did it only once. :-/