אֵיתָן (ee-thuhn) solid, enduring (1 Ki 4:31, Ps 89) & טליה (tal-yuh) dew of heaven (God's kindness)
Saturday 24 January 2009
1st Smiles
This is one of her first smiles captured on my phone camera after a warm and satisfying bath by her personal groomer -- Daddy!
Friday 9 January 2009
More Peaceful Moments
There are still good days & rough ones, but our little girl is blossoming into quite a cute stage of babyhood. She has quite a disarming smile and has even started laughing on good days! She is starting to get rather heavy tho' and all the rocking & carrying is starting to get quite difficult (esp in the wee hours of the morning......) Unlike Ethan who used to drink himself to sleep in a milk-induced stupor, Talia's tummy seems a little more delicate and she's usually still quite awake after a feed necessitating some help from us to send her into Dreamland....
Monday 5 January 2009
A Day at the Zoo
Gosh, it was a really fun day at the zoo... Daddy feels sad now that he couldn't join them. Ethan is the bumble bee in the video, and the other cute girls are Heather and Emma, Ethan's cousins! Thanks to A. Mei (Goo Ma) who took the pics and made the video!
Sunday 4 January 2009
Knowing How to Enjoy Oneself
Friday 2 January 2009
Daddy Cook
Happy Hort Park
What a happy holiday we had at Hort Park as can be seen from Ethan's big grin. It really is a wonderful place to bring the family, entry is free, and the kids can learn about all sorts of flowers and plants while the parents have plenty of nice spots to relax and enjoy!
Thursday 18 December 2008
Another Holiday
In Vivo
Wednesday 17 December 2008
Hort Holiday
Saturday 13 December 2008
Baby Love
Friday 28 November 2008
A (Rare) Quiet Night
Talia has started getting a little difficult to settle at nights this last week and we have had to walk and rock her for most of the evening as she goes into intermittent sleep often waking the moment we lay her on the bed! We recall something similar with Ethan sometime in his second month as well but as we were so sleep deprived neither of us has any clear memory of it....
I am now slowly able to 'decode' our little girl's internal logic and I think its probably a case of being overtired in the night after not being able to get a long sleep earlier in the evening. With two kids in the house now, evenings tend to be "all hands on deck" time as Ethan sometimes chucks tantrums in order to get a reprieve from bedtime or Mummy's 100% attention. Unfortunately both kids tend to bounce off each other's crying and Talia ends up getting woken, while Ethan's cries of protest intensify with the additional crying!
So I am enjoying the RARE event tonight when BOTH of them settled peacefully followed by what looks like a good sleep (fingers crossed!) Let's hope this happens more often in the weeks ahead!!
Wednesday 26 November 2008
"Hold Talia!"
It's so heartwarming to see the kids getting along so well (for now!) and enjoying each other's company. Talia's been really blessed to have such a good and caring big brother. We're sure they will grow up to be good mates in the years ahead!