Finally brought Luke for a hair cut. This is his FIRST haircut since birth. Wanted to make it a pleasant experience for him, so brought him to a salon for kids. It was so classy, with individual flat screen TV monitor, play station and lots of toys. Was an expensive hair cut, but I must say that the hair stylist, Stephanie, was really very good and experienced. She was very fast with her snipping and still played with Luke at the same time just to distract him. Worth it!
Lukey looks like he's all ready to play in a soccer match!
This is taken specially for Seow Ling! I deliberately comb his hair NEATLY cos she malu me and pointed out his messy hair in the other photos. Hehe! Looks kind of 'gu niang'!
Luke reading his favourite book, Elmo...But he's got it upside down!
Riding on his new toy - rocking Zebra! 
Oops, new love didn't last long, trying to get out of it!
Jin Yan took the pictures for us. Wrong angle lah! Made me look so fat! Look at that arm!!
Jin Yan riding on Jessie
Luke's first Christmas present. Yup, a little early, but it's OK, at least Luke can get to wear it earlier. Yin Ping bought the pair of sneakers for him from Osh Kosh. Really cute! It's a shame he can't walk yet, but hope this will motivate him to walk...or run! :)
Luke loves riding in this car, not that he can really ride, I need to push him from behind. He loves 'travelling' around the house. It's looking around the house from a different perspective that amuses him, I guess. Thanks Michelle for the 'car'! He loves sitting at his 'reading corner to read all his favourite books too. Thanks Meng Ling and Chin Wei for passing him all the books. Sorry, Jin Yan, I know some are your favourite books, I'm sure Luke will take care of them (I hope!)
First musical instrument. Present from Carin.
Went to the Biennale yesterday. Was difficult to view the works with Luke. He has short attention span and couldn't appreciate any of the works. The only 2 works which 'caught' abit of his attention was this 'Maggot' piece, which I reckon he didn't like cause he was making this funny sound with his mouth like a 'spitting' sound! It was kind of embarrassing when someone who was admiring at the artwork actually turned and stared at him (or us!). The other piece was this video work with a 'clacking' sound and my dear friend imitated the sound with much amusement. We didn't manage to visit all the exhibits cause we needed to find a place to feed him, pat him to sleep, feed him again! Disruptive! It was so different from the last time we saw the Biennale, we had more time to see the artworks and to really go around the different places within 2 days. It's more difficult now when you have a child who is too young to appreciate anything and carrying a 7kg and walking up and down is no joke. Nevertheless, we enjoyed most of the works at city hall. We thought it was better than the last.
Feeding time!
Sleeping time!
Feeding time again!
Luke loves anything (or anyone) with BIG, ROUND eyes!!
Yin Ping trying to take a picture of Esther, Luke and her. Luke was more interested in the phone ornament!
Luke concentrating on his favourite VCD. I hope he'll be as focused when he goes to school next time!
Posing with daddy
Looking at Luke's bright eyes, who would ever believe that he is unwell?! 
I had runny nose and sore throat last Monday, must be all the exhaustion from the preparation for the thanksgiving. Unfortunately I passed it to Luke and I had to take him to the doctor. That trip cost me $80! I got worse on Sat and decided to pay the doctor a visit too. To my horror, it cost me $45!! Over the weekend, Luke's runny nose got better but developed a nasty cough. I felt really bad cos he coughed and coughed throughout the nights and could not sleep. He would get up in the middle of the night crying either because of his blocked nose of phlegm in his throat. I felt really really bad cos I think I'm responsible. It got worse last night so I brought him to the doctor again today. And this time it cost me $116!!! My goodness, $200+ on medical in 8 days! Nevermind! Just hopes he gets better. Sometimes I wonder if it's because he knows that I'm going back to work and he'll start falling ill. The last time I wanted to go back to work, he ended up with fever and I had to extend my leave. Then when my leave was about to end, he had slight cold and I extended for another 2 months. This time round I couldn't extend my leave anymore and it seemed to be the most serious one! But at the rate that I'm paying for the medical bills, I'll need to work! Whatever it is, I still thank God that Luke still looks pretty active and happy during the day despite his bad cough. =)
Photo album which my cell group gave me. After I put in the photos I realised that Luke had tubes for most part of his first year. Poor boy! But thank God that Luke was still cheerful during those months, he was always smiling despite the pain and discomfort. Mummy's and daddy's brave little fighter!
We shared about our experience and thanked our family and friends who have supported us in so many ways during the year. God has really blessed us be sending them to be part of our lives and walking through the journey with us. Big thank you to the following people:
Joan, Alexis, Ella, Luke and me
It was luke's 1st birthday on 1st Nov. Instead of celebrating with the usual cakes and presents, we wanted something more meaningful. We sat down and thought about the year that had passed and was reminded of how God has walked us through the year with His blessings and mercy, so we decided to have a Thanksgiving Celebration on the 2nd Nov. We wanted to thank God for His mercy and goodness and for blessing us with family and friends who supported us throughout the year.
Name:Luke Ng Le En
