Mothers Group

When I first joined the parenting class at Il Nido Early Learning Centre, I had no idea the benefits that it would bring. Not to mention the friendships that both Jayden and I have made. After the parenting course ended, we as a group decided to continue to meet weekly.



Mothers Group turned out to be a lifeline in some weeks.
Here, we catch up on whats been happening in our lives, and just having people that know, understand and empathise with what you are going through and changes in our kids is awesome. Extended periods of staying at home, and going without having coherent adult conversations is well, not great.

Anyway, heres to wishing all of you a Happy Easter! (Note: No posing was done)

Jayden - Wk 1-3

Enough said.. I think i'll let the pictures doing the talking..

Dear Jayden

Today marks Day 6 of your life. Its so hard to believe that you are finally out in the world, instead of inside Mummy's tummy. We've had a couple of rough nights, where you just would not settle down to sleep, but other than that you've been a dream to have.

Your Bilirubin levels were abit high, so today we had to take you in to the hospital for monitoring. You were very brave as the nurse took your blood (yet again)... such a little trouper. Anyway, we were estatic to learn that not only had your levels decreased from 279 to 244, in the space of a day, you had also gained 120grams - you now weigh about 3.33kg. This should keep Grandma and Grandpa happy too, as they were really worried about you.

Looking at you, so peacefully sleeping in my arms, we just melt (Yes, especially Daddy). A part of me really wants to keep you in this stage - waking up every 2-3 hours and feeding (YES, sore boobs and all), but we know this isn't possible.

A part of me never really wants to expose you to the big world out there. Please know that every moment is precious and is treasured. We really wish that we could document every minute of everyday of your life, but know that this isnt possible.

Everyday, you are growing, learning and exploring. We just ask that we'll be able to keep up with you.

Love,
Mum and Dad

He's finally here!!!!

Jayden Nicholas Pak (Chinese Name to be picked soon) was born on 22nd December 2010, at 6.51pm, at the Adelaide Womens and Childrens Hospital. All digits intact with err.. a shall we say, healthy set of lungs.



Our happiness complete.



Jayden with Grandma..


And one very excited Grandpa..



Juusstt onnee more..




Thank you for all your presents, gifts, cards and well wishes.. We love you all.

Maternity Leave and all in-between..

I started 1 years worth of Maternity leave on Monday. You'd think it be easy, but its Day 4, and I have barely had the time to myself to sit and reflect and just relax.

Day 1 was.. interesting. The Big Wet weather brought thunderstorms, which resulted in my roof leaking in 2 places.. hence Dad Josh and I have been frantically cleaning out those damn gutters, been up on the roof repairing (okay, not me). Josh was up on the roof 2 nights ago at 1am, 3am and 5am..

But it will get better.
I still cant believe that in less than 3 weeks we'll have a tiny bubba out in this world.

And there's still sooo much to be done till then...

Joshua Pak - The Inside Scoop

Its been ages since I've blogged! Maybe because I've been so busy with exam preparation.. I promise to update after exams.. but anyway.. Josh's work Balance Professional Services did a feature on him in their monthly Newsletter for November.. so here it is.. (Yes, he also submitted the photo of us)




When you were little, what did you want to do ‘when you grew up?’
Scientist or inventor

What is your all-time favourite meal?
Roast pork including crackle on top, Chinese vegetables with rice. The bigger the portion the better!

How many times did you fail your driver’s test?
Once

What super power would you most like to have and why?
The power to manipulate time. I would go back in time to change some of my bad decisions and also enforce 28 hour days for more sleep and free time.

Do you have any phobias?
“The fear of other people knowing my phobias and using them against me” phobia.

What is your favourite movie & TV show?
Favourite movie: Black Hawk Down
Favourite TV Show: I don’t have a favourite

If you were having a dinner party and could invite three famous people, who would they be?
I don’t really have any famous people that I’d like to invite but for fun’s sake:
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry
The Pope
I would love to hear the awkward conversations………

Name 1 thing you miss about being a kid
Playing with kid’s toys like remote control cars, helicopters and Lego, AND not being asked “Aren’t you a little too old for that?”
If you had to be on a reality TV show which one would it be?
Wipeout, the show with the massive obstacle courses

Do you still have your tonsils?
No

My Brother's Visit

I come from a family with 4 kids and it was a blast growing up. Last week, my only brother Jeremy flew down from Sydney to spend some time with us and it was, again, awesome. He is currently studying Medicine in Sydney so we hardly ever see him.




We didn’t do the usual sight-seeing or even go to the show that was on that week, (though we did rock up we refused on principle to pay the extra $11 for parking), but rather the week was spent watching movies every night, playing monopoly cards and eating a whole lot of good Vietnamese food.

Just good old quality time.

He left at 5am this morning, and Josh took him to the airport. Hiding my unshed tears (We’ll only see him again in December 2011 which is ages away), we hugged goodbye and he left.

It was good seeing him – family is everything.