Ryan the brave boy

It was last August when we saw the new tooth budding in Ryan's mouth.



It was rather early for Ryan to have his first adult teeth (or so we thought) Though it had affected the existing front tooth, pushing it to crook to an angle, we thought it was normal. It was left to the mother nature until January 2009 when we made a visit to our family dental clinic.

The shocking news was confirmed after the dentist took a X-ray of the teeth. Ryan had a one-in-a-thousand situation: an extra tooth pertruded between the 2 front teeth. According the dentist, this extra had to be extracted as soon as possible as it would affect the growth of adult front teeth later on. And since this extra was overlapped with the existing front tooth. Both teeth had to be extracted at the same time.

The only problem: whether a 5-year-old could withstand the pain of the numbing jabs (at least 3) and allow the dentist to perform her magic :P If this was not possible, we had to get it done at the hospital where Ryan would be 'put to sleep' to get these teeth out :P Besides the high cost, it would pose certain level of risk.
A big challenge to mummy. And I had to make decision, coax Ryan and control him within minutes. Gosh! Who says parenting is easy!!

Of course we went ahead with the jabs and faced the screaming & tearing of Ryan :( Fortunately Ryan could still glue to the dentist chair throughout the trial. It would surely be worse if he flipped and tossed and turned. The dentist managed to extract both teeth in one piece each, not broken or in pieces (otherwise more complication would arise). At last, it was done in 15 minutes. Ryan might have thought it was his darkest minutes ever. hahahaa...







Ryan did express his fear after the leaving the dental clinic.
"Mummy, next time we don't come to see dentist already, can?"
Mummy said "So do u want worms to live happily in your teeth? If you don't see dentist, no one can help you catch them. How?"
Ryan said " ok lor... must come see dentist to catch my worms in my mouth..."

Hehehe... somehow, mummy feels Ryan is still a simple boy at heart :P
Well done, my boy! A big kiss from mummy & daddy :-*

Hello to 2009 :-)

It had been a rather eventful 2008 for us: balloting and getting a new flat, packing & moving house, switching to a new childcare center etc... Phew! How glad we are to have settled happily in the new nest and slowly adapting to the new environement.

Now our home must be really sweet for us. So sweet that it makes all very lazy to get back to the usual self. Mummy is lazy to blog about anything, daddy is lazy to do any leftover unpacking, Ryan is hoping to watch Cartoon Network every minute and Demi loves to laze in her new cot (instead of rocking sarong).

Gosh! It takes mummy tonnes of effort to start making entries in the blog again :P Just so hard to start that rusty engine. Sorry folks :P I'll try to be more hardworking, k? Hehehe...

Some pictures of our new nest...

Demi's growing up :)

It has been a long while since the last proper update on Demi's tremendous growth. To date she is about 21 month old. It has been a month since she first started 'school' at the childcare centre. Demi is fast adapting to the new environment. After a week of yelling and heart-tearing goodbyes, she now waves sweetly to us and make herself comfy at the play area. We feel that it is a sign of growing up and inevitably our sign of aging :P Being parents is never an easy task. It takes lots of physical effort and emotional turmoils >_<

We have taken a short video clip of Demi gearing up for school. It was taken from our home to the carpark, with a playground along the way. Demi refused to let anyone help her with the big 'school' bag (containing her change of clothing, diapers & milk powder)and demanded to help mummy carry her books :P But as soon as Demi caught sight of the playground, all stuffs were 'dumped' and off she went to the new found paradise! hehehe...

Demi going to school



This video was taken in Demi's yet messy bedroom. The clusters were not stopping her to try out the play slide. Really a playful girl by nature!

Demi playing slide



This video should be a classic to us. Demi always loves to eat on her own. Spoon-feeding is never her favourite. We suppose self-feeding gives her a sense of freedom :P Demi was caught fishing out those bean sprouts from her bowl of rice :D Best of all, she left those unwanted vegetable on mummy's plate instead. See her shaking head when she found those 'yucky' vege :P Hilarious!

Demi eating on her own

Happy Birthday, Mirabel :)

We were invited to Mirabel's 3rd birthday. Thanks to Auntie Wendy & Uncle Mike! It was great as mummy had not seen the rest of the mummy gang for such a long time :P Though it was a birthday party, Ryan and Demi had received their first x'mas presents of the year from Auntie Elaine! Thanks a Million!!

Daddy used his NEW TOY Canon EOS 1000D for the occasion. Still a new user of DSLR, daddy took every opportunity to practise his skill. And here we have a slideshow of pictures taken during the party...

Demi in Piggy Suit :P

Taken these pictures while Demi tried out the piggy suit from Gap.
She was still a baby when she first put it on :P
Now she is mummy's little princess :-*