2 More Weeks to Home!

2 weeks from today, we should already be on the flight in the midair towards home! Recently, everybody around us has been asking how are we feeling to our departure from the place we have been calling home for the past 2 years. Our replies were always "mixed emotions" as we would definitely miss the people and the weather that we have come to love but lately, we have already starting to look forward to going back to our family, sort of yearning for the stability associated with it and knowing that our boys will definitely enjoy the love and pamperings from their grandparents, uncles and aunts.

Since my last entry, I have been busy selling and giving away stuff from our apt and also busy with helping a neighbour aka fellow MOE colleague settling into her new apt while she eases into her course at Harvard Ed School. I am glad that she's moving into the apt at my building, which makes it easier for me to handover the stuff and furniture that she bought from us. I am also thankful to her to let us continue using some of the stuff till the last day before passing them to her, so still making our last days at home at least comfortable.

A farewell dinner with another SG family, A and SX and their 2 adorable kids who are about the same age as ours.

Ry has been talking up a storm these days, spewing new words everyday and willing to parrot after us. However, his words are limited to single syllable types and anything with more than one syllable, he would only say the first only like "sor" for "sorry". I guessed only me and KP understand what he's saying and other people still have a hard time figuring out his hand gestures and his mono-syllabic utterances.

Ry's last second speech therapy session with M.

Ry would do anything promptly like eating his lunch or nap if I tell him that M is coming to play with him later. He just adores her.

Br on the other hand, is eating up a storm, probably in his "grow spurt" stage. He can nurse every 2 hours or so and still finish a bowl of rice cereal for lunch and dinner. I remembered Ry at the same age could only finish half or one-third a bottle of baby food at one go but our baby Br actually finished the whole bottle by himself and still wanting more. Also, he already likes to snack on Cheerios and yogurt. Needless to say, he's has put on quite a bit of weight and he now weighs at least 9 kg based on our rough estimate from our own weighing scale. Those Chinese grandmas and grandpas at the park often swooned at his fat thighs and commented how thick are they:)

K always complains that Br "sticks" to me all the time! I guessed that must be the "benefit" of direct breastfeeding!