Sunday, August 09, 2009

Away from Celeste

It isn't that hard waking up every hour to nurse.
It isn't that hard dropping everything and tend to her needs when she cries.
It isn't that hard having to change her diaper ever so often. (and i mean OFTEN. she has wet farts...)

What is really hard is to hold her while the doctor pricks her heel once again. 
To hear that the reading has gone up. 
To hear that she has to be warded. 
To sit at the hospital's registration counter, to hold her close and watch her sleeping peacefully in my arms, knowing that for the first time in 9 months, she's gonna be away from me. 
To see the spartan container that is to be her bed for a while, the harsh UV lights that will be her constant companion.
To walk away from the nursery without my baby in my arms.

I KNOW she's gonna be alright.
I just don't like being away from her.
And i don't like them drawing blood from her all the time.

***
Please pray for Celeste, that her liver will develop perfectly, and her jaundice level will fall and normalise, that she won't have to be warded anymore.


Wednesday, August 05, 2009

And then there were four

First moments...
Squiggly being suctioned.

Squiggly wrapped up. 


Squiggly in Mama's arms.


Her feet are so small, said Papa,
It's the size of my thumb!
Celeste comes home.

Hello Mei Mei, I am Jie Jie!



















Sunday, August 02, 2009

Almost a JieJie...

Glory was going to be a jie jie soon! To celebrate her last days of being an only child, we picnicked and played and went for outings as much as we could.





She also practised being a Jie Jie by taking care of Binglun (whom she affectionately calls Ah-Bing)



Meanwhile, Celeste was excited too! 
She even prepared a gift for JieJie! =)

The gift...



A lovely pink tricycle with a keyboard for music-making on the go! Or busking, if required.


JieJie Glory was delighted when she received the present. She as also very pleased with the letter from MeiMei Celeste.



What did the letter say?




Zoom Zoom! goes Glory. She calls the tricycle her car...


 
Driving to pick up some stuff from the shops.

Taking a walk after the shopping. Having a serious discussion with Papa.

Walking is tiring stuff. Bao-bao is best.

And that night, PaPa and MaMa went to the hospital to get Mei Mei!