Another Year Gone By

Today is the last day of Year 2005... just a few more hours to go before we enter into a brand new year.

It has been a busy Christmas and New Year's Eve as we finally welcome guests to our home. Mummy is now into serious cooking... trying to find some good recipes and get some hands on. It is quite fun to cook actually... except of course the washing that comes after that is not what I look forward to. Thank god we have a domestic helper to clean up the mess. Now I fully understand why those who can cook will not enjoy the washing up.. and those who don't prefers the washing up! Guess that I have moved from the washing to cooking. Other than cooking... Mummy is also trying to pick up bahasa Indonesia so that I can communicate with the maid better. No more "ini, ini, itu, itu". Wish me luck... hopefully I will be doing better in both aspects come Year 2006. Of course... still learning to be a better Mummy... and to be a bit more patient with Baby Matty especially on nights when he isn't sleeping well.

Baby Matty was thrilled on Christmas eve to receive so many new toys. Don't think he understood what it was all about. But as long as he is happy... we are happy too. He is now starting to crawl... without much success though. And with a much stronger back... we should be seeing him sit up on his own pretty soon. Losing a bit of appetite for the last 2 days... looks like he is getting his pearlies. Didn't have his first jewel for Christmas... let's see if he gets that as a Chinese New Year pressie. The next six months should be an exciting one for him as he hits his many milestones... sitting up, crawling, walking and talking. Of course which means he won't be sleeping well when he crosses each milestones. Oh those sleepless nights...

Mummy will try to post more often come Year 2006. It has been a busy year for both Daddy and Mummy... new job, newborn, new house, new lifestyle, new routine... completely got us off-track. Time to get on again... hopefully!

Happy New Year and may all wishes come through for everyone!!

*Cough* *Cough*

Mummy's down with a really bad sore throat and am taking a break, resting at home for today... more to catch up on my sleep rather than recovering from the bad throat. Baby Matty hasn't been sleeping well for the past one month and we are not really too sure what's the reason. On nights that are good... he will only wake up 2 or 3 times... and when bad... he can be waking up almost every hour... just like last night. Hopefully this is a phase which will pass soon.

Baby Matty has started on semi-solid about a month ago and he sure is enjoying all the different tastes. His next milestone should be sitting up without any support. Hopefully by then he will be more independent and be able to sit and play on his own for a while. It is amazing to know that he is now 5 months old... soon we will be sending him off to college.

By the way... Christmas is just round the corner and we have put up our first Christmas tree last weekend! My wish for this year - many many nights of uninterrupted sleep.