Ethan's 2nd birthday celebration

Here are the long overdue photos of my little prince's birthday photo. I wasn't a big splash party, just dinner with the family. But the boy sure enjoyed himself, especially the jelly cake of his favourite cartoon character - Mickey Mouse.

Happy Birthday!!!

Ethan turns 2 today. Few nights ago, I was watching him sleep. I felt amazed. He was just a little worm inside my womb 2+ years ago and that seems like just yesterday. Now this little fella has become a toddler running around the house, messing up all the things within his reach. He brings liveliness, fun and joy not only to us but to everyone around him. Seeing him grow healthily makes all the sleepless nights and cleaning up worthwhile. I think all parents understand how I feel.

Happy Birthday to Yang Yang. Daddy and Mummy love you always!

Panic Moment

Ethan watching his favourite show - Mickey Mouse Club House at Assunta Hospital.

28 June 2008, it was a panicking day for us. I went and picked up my cheeky monkey from the babysitter last Friday as John had a basketball tournament. She told me he was having mild fever and he has taken fever syrup once. That night I gave him the second dose of fever syrup before I put him to sleep. He was sweating and the temperature has gone down. I thought it should be ok. I was very alert that night and keep checking on him.

It was past midnight when I heard some noise. I immediately woke up and turn on the side table lamp. I saw Ethan's eyes rolled up and his hands and body were jerking. I know it's a fit. I was in total panic. I shout for John. My mind was blank and I don't know what to do except keep asking "what to do, what to do..." John also panicked but he managed to collect his thoughts fast and said "to the hospital!" He carried our son and rushed downstairs, got a cold towel and put on Ethan's forehead.

By that time, I was already crying, not knowing what to do. He passed Ethan to me and told me to hold him tight. And then, he drove like mad and rushed to Assunta. It was the most scary moment in my life. I was crying, holding Ethan in my arms, not knowing what to do excpet calling his name.

After a while, when awareness came to mind, I realised John was speeding as fast as he could and at the same time watching out for Ethan and me. I calm myself so that John can focus on driving. Ethan's condition was better as the cold towel managed to cool his temperature and his lips started to turn red again. He must be tired as he started to doze off. I am so scared to let him sleep, so I kept touching his face and calling his name to keep him awake.

It was 00:40am when we arrived. The first thing the nurse did was bath him to bring down his body temperature. Then they gave him fever medicine, a pill that was stuck into his backside. The boy was crying all the way. I think it's a mixture of pain, uneasy and scared. It was heartbreaking and I just can't hold my tears.

After a while his fever seems not gone yet. While I was carrying him, I felt him jerking once a while. It's not shaking as it seems uncontrollable and that made him cry. I am not sure it that's normal after a person has a fit. I told the nurse and the doctor decided to put him on drip.

By the time we were wheeled to the ward and settled down, it's almost 2:45am. His temperature starts to go down. My poor boy was so exhausted but he couldn't sleep. We were in a room shared by 4. There are so many disturbance. Baby cries, people walking to the toilet, nurses coming in and out to check temperate, etc. He finally doze off after a while. When I looked at the time, it's already past 3am. John left after Ethan fell asleep.

That night, I can't sleep. The look on Ethan's face when he was attacked by fit kept playing in my mind and that made me cry. I kept waking up every 5 or 10 minutes. Keep checking Ethan and watching out for his drip. It's was a long night. Luckily, his temperature stays normal throughout the night. The next morning, the cheeky monkey is a live again. We were so relieved when we saw him bouncing, dancing and shouting in excitement when he saw Mickey Mouse on the TV. We know our boy is all well and OK.

We learned from the nurse that whatever we have done was not correct and she taught us what to do. From now on, we have to watch our boy very closely when he has fever. Some very valueable knowledge.

Ethan is discharged today and we (both me and him), finally get to enjoy a good bath, washing from head to toe. Sigh! Home sweet home.

Fun time

These are the thing Ethan enjoys. Swimming with "gu gu" Catherine, taking photo with mummy's handphone, posing for photo and his 1st trip to Aquaria to watch fishes.

Take my picture

Ethan loves to play with mobile phones and treat it as a camera. He must have seen many adults using the phone to take his picture. Now when he saw my phone, he will open up the shutter, turn the phone horizontally and starting clicking away. So cute. Then after a while, he will pass the phone to me and ask me to take his picture.

The funny thing is, I don't where he learned his posing from, he will frown in front of the camera. Once the photo is taken (he knew because there is flash!), then he will laugh and clap. Sigh! Moment over la boy.

Mama Support Group

A friend brought up this topic about "Mummy Support Group" last week when we are having dinner. I have heard about it from another friend who has migrated to Australia. It's a common thing in western countries but not so for Malaysians. My friend (who was a mother of 2) made a classical comemtn when she first heard this -"Huh!?! support gorup? But I 'm not sick." hahahaa...

Well, this is not for the sick ones but for cool mama like us. The known fact about kids are - they have endless energy and they love to play, all the time! The Mummy Support Group is having a few families forming a support group in babysitting. The family will take turn to host the event and the other families can bring the kids over and have them all play together to pent out all the energy. This give the parents chance to get a day off without worrying baout babysitting.

I think it's a great idea. Well, I gave it a different twist for a start. The Voo's, the Ong's and the Tan's will be getting together, put all the kids in the room to play (with the maid watching them). The cool mamas can sit down and enjoy our cup of tea while catching up with the latest gossips. There will be no cooking and washing for the day. When it's dinner time, the daddies will bring us out for a nice dinner. Sounds good right? Yeah....! I can't wait to have our 1st get together - 7th June 2008.

Digital Scrapbook

The only reason why I even bother to learn about digital scrapbooking is to make Ethan's photo more beautiful. It is fun but it does take time. Already I am not a very creative and artistic person, Adobe Photoshop is not the simplest software for an amateur like me.

Here is a quick copy and paste output. May be when things at work has settled down, I get to spend more time exploring it.