here we are...

we are BACK in action!!!

in case u thought it was mommy being lazy and sneaking off do do her own shopping n sightseeing instead of blogging, pls... hear me out!

it took a freaking 2 wks just to get our internet connected!! i seriously need to get used to the speed at which things are done around here huh. anyway let me just quickly summarise what's been happening the last 2 wks so we can move on...

19 Apr 2007
arrived in melbourne airport at 4.45am (that'll be 2.45am in SIN time) and cleared customs only at 6.30am (cos we brought lots of foodstuff n had to declare everything :P). ethan was quite the angel during the flight. slept during take off, woke up mid flight, played a little, whined some, fell asleep again, and then woke up for the touch down :D

since 19 apr till today
actually wat we did for the rest of the last 2 wks is quite a blur. lots of zipping around doing monotonous stuff (getting my driver's licence converted, buying winter gear, stocking up on groceries, etc...). all i can say tho is that ethan LOVES the cool weather here and squeals in delight each time we bring him out into the open (when he's indoors he still perspires so that doesnt exactly thrill him - dont ask me how he can still perspire in autumn. n mind u - he was in a singlet!).

you'd think by now ethan would be crawling all around our new (rented) house right? wroooong.... he's still at his "leaping frog" stage and only sways back and forth on his hands and knees without actually getting anywhere. i mean, he can turn 360degrees - no prob with that! and he sure can move backwards too. its just that he cant move FORWARD. i hope the little guy crawls proper soon.

and his pearlie whites? BARELY visible. i think i see some white on his lower gums tho but its still inconclusive ;) btw, i can safely say my breastfeeding days are gonna be over real soon cos the little bugger's starting to bite me! *ouch*

since i hvnt been working, his daily menu has become more exciting too :) he's been having delicious, healthy homemade food, including beef, chicken, onion, brown rice, cauliflower, broccoli, avocado, banana, apples, pears, rock melons, cant remember wat else... i'd love to start him on some fish, unfortunately getting fresh fish here can be quite challenging! we'll be heading down to another mkt tmr n i hope we'll get hv better luck there at getting some threadfin or cod fish.

and he's STILL not sleeping thro the nite. i've decided to start the 'water treatment'* since last nite so hopefully, i'll be able to sleep thro the nite without trudging back n forth from our room to his! yes, in case i hvnt updated u, ethan now has his own room (cos the room here is just too small to squeeze his cot in with our bed). we got him a real fancy looking cot too. i just wish he'd sleep in it more often! :P

there's such a lot more development in this little boy that i think i'll just hv to 'report' them in a separate post! last piece of news for this post:

he started on formula milk when we got here and its HEINZ NURTURE GOLD (stage 2). dun think that's available in spore tho (the selection here is quite different and much much smaller)

till the next post...

* 'water treatment' - feeding him water instead of latching him on when he wakes up at godforsaken hours