Phew, we managed to survive the first of Jon's trips away this month - I have a deeper respect for stay-at-home mums now for sure, it is not easy with 2 little ones. Thankfully, my mother-in-law came to stay with us for 2 days which was a giant help.

Kai had his 2 month shots last week, other than the usual tears from the jabs, he seemed to do ok. The side effects were fatigue (wooohoo!) and then he got really cranky in the evenings, right when Kira came home from daycare. I had to carry him constantly or else he'd start crying, this made things a little more difficult and stressful, but he's recovered now. He is slowly starting to fall into a routine now and has adjusted his bed time from 1am to 830/930pm. He is 12 pounds now and 62cm long, so his growth is coming along nicely.

Today we are starting naps in his crib. Kai is a light sleeper (like his mum) and has a nasty habit of waking up every time I put him in his crib during the day, hopefully after a couple of days he will be more comfortable sleeping in there as opposed to being held. I will miss the constant cuddles, but he's almost 3 months old now, so I guess it's time to learn to sleep on his own.

Kira is still doing amazing with being a big sister. She helps with diaper changes, feedings, and sings to Kai when he gets upset. She kisses him goodbye in the morning and when she goes to bed at night. She even shares some toys occasionally with him. Hopefully this will continue as Kai gets older.

More pics to come once there is some time, Kai's just woken up from a 15 minute crib nap...it will be a tough task getting him to sleep in there during the day. Sigh.

Ok, thanks for letting me know your true feelings about Facebook (ha). Here are some new pictures of the kids. Next week I will be taking Kai for his 2 month shots, so we'll get him weighed (he's about 12lbs right now) and measured. Kira also has a specialist appointment coming up for her nose-bleeds, poor little thing. She is finally cutting her last 2 teeth right now, she's dealing remarkably well despite the pain she must be in. She gets Jon to rub her gums before she goes to bed at night.

Speaking of Jon, he's off to Phoenix next week for his birthday trip. He'll be going with his brother to golf, relax, and watch the Suns play. It will be interesting to have the 2 kids here, but I'm sure we'll manage :) Jon is in dire need of some relaxing time, he's been working so much overtime lately and doesn't get much of a break when he gets home.

I originally started this blog as a place for people to go to see new pictures of Kira and get updates on her growth etc; however, it seems that everyone that reads this blog has now joined facebook (except for Jon, but he doesn't count since he gets to see the kids daily), so I will no longer be updating this blog. New pictures + videos will be posted on facebook, thanks for reading!

If you'd prefer to have updates in this blog instead of facebook, please let me know by leaving a comment.

Cheers.

Janine

Baby has arrived!

Baby Kai Joshua Lim was born Dec 9 at 10:35am, weighing inat 8lbs 2oz (or 3700 grams). We are very excited to have him with us now - I'm more excited to no longer be pregnant and be rid of the heartburn, rib pains, etc. He's a very mellow kid thus far, doesn't fuss much, except for when he is hungry, not unlike his Daddy. When he was first born, they put him onto my chest and instead of crying, he curled up and had a nap, again, not unlike his Daddy. He is only 10 days old, but I am cautiously optimistic that he will remain this great sleeper. Fingers crossed.

He looks a lot like what Kira when she was this age and has even developed the blocked tear ducts like she had. The major difference (besides the gender) is that Kai has far less hair than Kira had. He has a nice thick patch of hair at the back of his head, but a big bald patch at the front of his head. It will be fun to watch him grow and see how much hi

s features change.

Kira seems somewhat indifferent to the new person in her life. She will say hello

to him and tell us when he is crying, but otherwise, she doesn't really pay too much attention to him. That said, she has started coming into our bedroom early in the morning to sleep with us for an hour or two - something that she did not do before. I'm sure she will start to acknowledge Kai more when he takes her toys, that will be fun.

Here are some pictures of Kai...

And a couple of pictures that Kira took with my camera...

Her Brobee doll that was on the floor

Uncle Jeffy and her cousin Sophia (she's 3.5 months old and SO adorable)

Roar!

Here is Kira showing off her "roar", she does this a lot now and gets quite a kick out of it too.

Yesterday as Kira and I were traveling home from visiting her grandparents we had the unfortunate luck of getting into a car accident. The car is a little worse for wear. I didn't realize just how bad the damage was at the time, likely because I was in a state of shock, but here is what it looked like just before I dropped it at the shop this morning...poor Audi :(

We were hit by an SUV, so most of the damage is above the bumper, but that trunk is fused closed and the car will have to be dismantled before they can give us an estimate of how much the damage is. We were extremely fortunate to have been the 3rd car in the chain-reaction accident, the car behind us must have been hit at a fairly high rate of speed to cause this much damage.

Snow Day Part Deux

I actually got Kira out in the snow today! It took a little toy, but she discovered that if she used her bucket and shovel, she could make a snow castle just like she makes a sand castle in the summertime. My thanks to Maya for the bucket that she gave Kira last year sometime, it has come in very handy on numerous occasions :)

Here she is easing her way out into the snow

Checking out how deep the snow is, she ran out there shortly after this picture.

Here she is practicing her "roar" - she's been watching a lot of Monsters Inc. lately...