Super glue baby

After 10 longs days apart from baby, I missed him so terribly and was looking forward to seeing my precious boy. Every day while in Japan I was wondering how was he doing, was he eating well or healthy, and whether he would missed us (which we guessed he won't :( as he's so comfortable at Por Por's place and we being weekends parents).

I was hoping that he would be happy to see us and was visualising in my mind how he would rush to me to carry him.....sadly that didn't happen. 10 days apart did create a little distance and Josh seemed to shy away initially. Where is the warm and enthusiastic energizer bunny who comes running to us everytime we visit him? SIGH... that's my pay back for going away for a holiday without him.

Another repercussion of the 10 days away, Josh became super grouchy and very sticky to mummy, even ignoring poor daddy, who was trying haplessly to carry and play with him and was snubbed by his son. Maybe Josh was worried that mummy will go away again, so even when sleeping, he stuck like a glue to mummy, koala bear style.

I'm so happy to be with my baby again, but the attention and energy needed to look after him is really tiring! It's like a 10kg pack of rice strapped to you all the time. And plus chasing him around the house screaming "Don't touch this", "Careful", "Don't go there". I will be back to work tomorrow and most colleagues might be expecting me to look fresh and recharged after my holiday. Well, they will be seeing a worn out mummy with panda eyes!

10 days away from my darling

We are flying tonight on a SQ A380 plane to Tokyo, leaving our dear baby in the care of Por Por. I am really looking forward to this trip as Japan has been one of my dream destinations for the longest time...planned it for honeymoon but in the end changed to US as daddy went there for work. But I am already missing my little one even before we fly....it will be a long 10 days away from him, constantly with him on my mind. Thank god (or the phone companies) for the wonderful creation of a camera phone, and I will be able to view his cute videos and photos whenever I miss him. My favourite video now is a recent one which shows him walking into his room, pointing at the stars pasted on the wall and saying "Star".

I know he is in the safe hands of Por Por, just a little worried that he might catch the nasty flu bug as both mummy & daddy are having a bad flu. Sigh, what a way to start a holiday! We will be back in 10 days with lots of cute stuff from Japan for little Josh :)

Fun @ Polliwogs on Josh's Birthday

On his birthday last Friday, both mummy & daddy took leave to celebrate this special occasion with little Josh. As we have been singing "Happy Birthday" song to him for the last 2 weeks, he knew that he should clap his hands at the end of the song when we had a mini celebration at grandma's place.

After munching the yummy mango birthday cake, we set off to Polliwogs at East Coast. Polliwogs is much smaller than Fidgets at Turf City, but it has an additional outdoor play area. Entry on weekdays allows you unlimited play, while entry on weekends is limited to 1.5hours. Josh seemed a bit hesistant and lost at first, but soon warmed up to have some fun! Here are some shots taken there: