More of me!

Hi everyone, mommy and I just came back from hospital today. Here are some photos of me in the hospital. Some of them were taken by Auntie Sue, thank you & muck muck!

I am a very hungry and angry girl now cause I have been waiting for mummy's milk to fill my stomach. No mood to update more. Will ask daddy to post more of my photos later on. Ciao!

I have arrived, sorry for the delay

Hi everyone, I have finally arrived in the world into Mummy and Daddy's arms. I arrived on 14th April 2009 at 3.18pm. I weigh 3.07kg. Stay tune for more exciting news and pictures of me.

DIY Crib Mobile

I am still comfortabily staying in mummy's womb even it is already passed my due date. Mummy is getting quite impatience and bored now waiting for my arrival at home.

Thus, today she decided to made her own crib mobile for me. She always wanted to get me a cot mobile however, the cost around $30-60 at least, which is way too expensive for a toy that only use for first 4 months maximum. Economy is bad, so DIY toys are pretty cost saving. The only materials she needs are fleet sheets, needles, thread, papers and some cardboard. Daddy suggested her to use my Huggies nappies box for the cardboard.

So spend around 4 hours to sew the colourful animal dolls for the mobile and daddy helped to fix the dolls to the cardboard. Auntie Lip Ping passed them a 5 yrs old made in China cot mobile which is not really working. So they decided to use the stand of that mobile and attached the DIY mobile dolls they made to it. It works out pretty well. I think I like it. What do you think?

Mom's last day at work

Today is mummy's last day at work. After that she will have to start her maternity leave as my due date is tomorrow. Last Wednesday and Thursday, mummy's colleagues and boss organised a so-called "maternity lunch" out together with her. Today they all wish her all the best for the delivery and also her motherhood. In the afternoon, they even gave her a surprise - present her with a very big and nice bouquet of flower! She was so touched with their thoughtfulness.
At the end of the day, they sent her off with goodbye and good luck hug and kisses. This is indeed a very memory and happy day for mummy.

Mummy wants to thank all her colleagues and boss for their patience and cares for her during her whole pregnancy. Also to her colleagues in business services for their guidance, gave her opportunity to learn. She will surely miss them.

My baby cot

Finally, Auntie Lip Ping called daddy to collect the baby cot from her few days ago.
Today daddy & mummy went to her place to collect the baby cot and fix it in my room. After that they put in mattress protector and bed sheet for my bed. Daddy mummy also fix the cot bumper around the cot for me. According to SIDS awareness group, cot bumper should not be in the cot. However, after doing some research online, mummy found out this Airwrap bumper which is safe for the baby as it is breathable. It will not only protect me from knocking on the cot, but also prevent my arms and legs from getting between cot rails. The cot is very big, I can sleep in it at least until 2 year old!

Mummy told me everything is ready for me now, and the cot also fix already, so it is time for me to come out and see the world. She is getting tired carrying me in the womb and most of her body parts already swallon...mmm.......

My name is....

Yes, finally daddy mummy decided on my name!!!! It took them close to half a year to decide on my English name!! They decided to call me Esrene Ern-Chi Siu.

Mummy came out the Chinese name few months ago. 恩(Ern) means grace, 绮(Chi) means beautiful. Mommy said I am the result of God's beautiful grace. So she named me 恩绮. Why in English is Ern-chi, why not En Qi or other spelling? Mommy said she has to make sure that Australian can pronounce my name correctly, at least close to the sound in Chinese. So she decided to write a few versions of name, put in front of her colleagues, asked them to pronounce each name and choose the one they can pronounce closer to mandarin. Daddy mummy put a dash in the middle of my mandarin name to form one middle name, if not in Australia, people will think I have two middle name.

Esrene is the name they spend the most time trying to come out with. Mummy wants the name that carries the meaning peace and hope. So Daddy have to search online and in baby names books to find some names with these meanings. Daddy came out this name by combining two names together: Espe + Serene. Espe in Latin means hope and Serene means peace. Mummy said I will be born in a time of uncertainty. She hope that I will be a child that will bring hope and peace to our family and in future I will be the one who will bring God's hope and peace to the people around me.

38 weeks checkup

Daddy mummy went for 38 weeks checkup today. My fundal height is 38cm now, midwife said it is within the range. My heartbeat sounds good as well. Midwife said from my heartbeat I sound so relax and peaceful. Mummy's blood pressure is fine as well. However, my head is still not engaging to mummy's pelvis and I am still not facing to the correct position to ease the labour. So midwife taught mommy same sitting position and exercise that can help me to engage and turn my position.

Daddy mummy urge family & friends to pray that I will engage my head soon to the pelvis so that I will not be overdue and I will be in the correct position for delivery. Thank you for your prayer!