Back to work for Mommy...

Yup.. Sharon is back at work and we are trying out the arrangements that we've planned. In case you don't know.. here's how things work.

1. Babies are with Sharon's parents. (Thanks to them for helping)
2. The maids assist Sharon's mother with the day-to-day baby things.
3. We (Mom & Dad) go back to Sharon's parent's place to look at the babies and have dinner as well. (not everyday... )
    3a. Either I pick Sharon up at Suntec OR
    3b. Pick her up at Queensway MRT (whichever suits the situation that day)
4. We take the babies home every Friday and bring them back Sunday evening for sunset Mass.
5. Sat we bring the babies back to my parent's place for my parents to see the babies.

As you can see, the schedule is pretty tight and does not leave much room for anything else. Will see how long this arrangement goes before we have to make changes again... stay tuned. ;-)

FV aka DaDa
 

As promised.. babies and their new hairdo...

Here's Jillian. She must be wondering... does this blouse makes me look fat? hmmmm Million dollar question.




















Here's Joanne..... Who turned up the A/C? Sure is cool around here!



















Here's Jared...What's with all the talking.. time to get dressed and GO GO GO!















Luv,
Mommy & Daddy

Baby Updates....

Jillain, Joanne & Jared, will be 4 months old this weekend. How time flies.... =) especially when I have 3 babies to look after at one go. They're all growing well. They're approximately 6kgs. Joanne & Jared are catching up with Jillian, both are longer than her now. All have learnt to suck their tumbs quite well, especially Joanne, she can do it with both hands ....kekeke =)..... Their necks have also began to strengthen quite a bit. I think the next milestone will be for them to roll over and sit up.

We should be seeing Dr. Tan (their PD) in August for their next dose of 6 in 1 jab, by then they should be 5 months old. Hopefully, this time they won't get any fever.

Pray for all of us.

More Pics ..... coming soon....

Love, mommy.

Going back to work...........

I'll be going back to work in 3 weeks time. It was a difficult decision to make. I guess having had triplets, I didn't really have a choice, I have 3 mouths to feed, clothe & diaper. 3 times the medical bills, 3 times the innoculations. Initially, I thot with 3 of them i could justify giving up my career to look after them, not wanting to miss out on any of their developments, their 1st smile, 1st gurgling, 1st roll over, 1st crawl, 1st step etc.... many many 1sts, 2nds & 3rds...... with 3 of them, everything is triple times over. So in order to provide for them better and to save up as much as I can, I have to go back to work, until such time when they're a little older (maybe 2 or 3 years old), I'll consider staying at home to look after them. As for now, the grand-parents will be taking over.

I realised this is the most difficult decision to make. To leave my darlings at home with my parents on weekdays and only taking them home on weekends. I will miss them dearly, having spent so much time with them day in & day out. When I go back to work, weekends will be very precious. I think only working moms will understand how I feel.... =( I'm so reluctant to go back to work.......arh...arhhh...

Babies on Four Millian Smiles website...

Have you submitted your BIG Singapore smile yet? If not, go do it now! :-) The triplets have done it.. and here's the link to their mural.

Jillian - http://www.smiles2006.com/module/mural&int_cur_position=9048&h=12880
Joanne - http://www.smiles2006.com/module/mural&int_cur_position=9164&h=12885
Jared - http://www.smiles2006.com/module/mural&int_cur_position=9164&h=12886

Here's the info and link to submit your pics.

Requirements
Your picture should be square, no less than 200 pixels in width and no more than 1MB in size.

Face the camera straight-on and flash thatgorgeous smile!

A full facial shot is always preferred. We like tosee you smile.

Each person may submit only one entry. Each picture may only be submitted once.Any subsequent submissions will override the first.

Submit - http://www.smiles2006.com/module/submitpic

The Triplets 1st MTV!!!

Video updated!! This video has gone thru about 7 revisions on different video editors and it's finally redone again using Adobe Premiere Pro v2.0 (Eval). It's a little better than the native MS Movie Maker as it offers more encoding options. Other changes made was to the background sound and the storyboarding of the video. Enuff talk, here's the newly released video! Check it out!!!

The babies had their hair cut...

pictures would be up soon... stay connected!

A visit to the PD for their 6 in 1 jab (1st dose)

Jillian ..... waiting patiently, where's everyone, I thot we're going shopping....=)














This is Joanne, all dressed to go shopping.......

Jared fell asleep while waiting for his 2 Jie Jies to get dress..... sigh girls are so slow....or is it mommy..... kekekeke=)

The babies are 12 weeks old, they weigh about 5 kg now. Joanne is the tallest, followed by Jared & Jillian. They had their 6 in 1 jab yesterday... Baby Jillian cried the loudest..... Joanne & Jared were more brave, they only cried for a short spell. As Dr Tan has not seen them for a month, he says they all look different and they are growing very well... they don't look like premies anymore..... they are also developing well. Only Jared has alittle heart mur mur (maybe due to his rapid growth or there's a hole in the heart; I pray that it's due to his growth & not a hole in the heart)..... he is given iron supplements now, there's very little Dr Tan can do now for him, but wait & see if this condition persist till Jared's 6 months old... then his condition can be accessed. Hopefully, Jared will out grow this heart mur mur.......(dear frens, pray for him ok) other then that all of them are happy babies, feeding & sleeping well.... soon they'll be sitting up and turning...... can't wait =)

Some Baptism Photos........

Mervin, Debbie, Mommy & a crying Joanne...... =)
Grandma & Jillian...... Grandpa & Joanne.....
A group photo of Babies, Godparents, Grandparents, Mommy & Daddy......

Like Gene mentioned, most of the photos are lost, and these are the only few good ones found in Grandpa's camera..... Grandpa had shakey hands (carry grandkids too much..... ;-)), most pictures were blur.....

Sorry Leonard & Celest, couldn't find a nice picture of you guys with Jillian..... all of them turned out blur......

Lucky we have a group photo..... =)

The Triplets got Baptised on Sunday!! (11 June 2006)

Yes.. they got their entry tickets into God's kingdom. :-)

Here's the breakdown on who is who's Godparents.

Jillian Sarah Aw
Godparents: Leonard and Celest Chong

Joanne Sophie Aw
Godparents: Mervin and Debbie Siow

Jared Samuel Aw
Godparent: George and Amelia (sorry... what's George surname again? heheh)

p/s Bold names are the Baptism names.

There was going to be a few pictures of the ceremony BUT my damn SD card got corrupted!!! aaarrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!! Will just get another one that is MORE reliable. Damn SDcard.

The mass started at 4pm and it was raining. (Blessings from Heaven!) The Chongs and the Siows were running late again (what's new? hehe) Good thing Celest came in time to pass Jared the Baptism gown..thx!!! The whole mass went on pretty well with the expectations of babies crying and all. This week in Church was also Holy Trinity Week which so happens to also be OLPS first infant baptism of Triplets! What a nice coincidence! *snaps* *snaps*

Will add more when i can now... with pics if I can.

Lov,
Mom and Dad

Triplets with Dr Suresh Nair (Sharon's Gyne)

Triplets with Dr Suresh Nair (Sharon's Gyne)
Originally uploaded by fixedvariable.

Today (Sat), we set off on a bold mission. To conquer Orchard Rd and do what no parent with triplets (not that I know of anyway).. Shopping and have lunch (together and at the same time). Alas, we tried and failed and only manage to get this great pic of the family with Dr Nair. All is not lost though. We did have lunch .... but not at the intended place... and we set off from home.. all tired.

Today's experience taught us NOT to plan. Net time, we just GO GO GO. Planning is for wimps! :-)

Lov,
Mom & Dad & Family.

Joanne - She's awake too!

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Originally uploaded by fixedvariable.

Yeah.. Jared and Joanne got up about the same time and I manage to capture them on "film".

Jared... Awake!

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Originally uploaded by fixedvariable.

Here's a pic of Jared... He just got up and he's taking in the sights.

Almost a week !!!

Short one today... It has been almost 7 days now since Sharon and the babies have moved back to stay with her parents. The family is coping with the changes and the babies are getting used to the different environment and childcare techniques. I would be heading in for my annual reservist soon (30/05 - 10/06) and I'm not too sure if I would be staying out.

Jared - Taking it easy...

Jared - Taking it easy...
Originally uploaded by fixedvariable.

Jared showing who is boss around the house...

Jillian - Happy Babe!

Jillian - Happy Babe!
Originally uploaded by fixedvariable.

Here's a pic of Jillian taken with Daddy's new mobile phone, Sony Ericsson w810i.

She's staying with Sharon's parents now.. so they are getting into the flow of how the Lee's do things. :-)

Jared.In.Arms

Jared.In.Arms
Originally uploaded by fixedvariable.

Jared...(03) In the wise words of Arnie -> "Who is your daddy and what does he do?" bwhahahahha

Jillian.In.Motion

Jillian.In.Motion
Originally uploaded by fixedvariable.

Jillian...(01) begin carried one morning after taking her shower. She's pretty grumpy and was moving alot hence the slightly blurred picture.

Joanne.Taking.It.Easy

Joanne.Taking.It.Easy
Originally uploaded by fixedvariable.

Joanne...(02) Hi hi.. my daddy took this picture of me while I was lying in bed. I don't want to sleep yet!!!! Can you see my hands waving behing? hiiiiiiiii

The long awaited updates... Sorrie guys!!!

As you all can imagine, it's been really tough with the 3 babies at home. It's been about a month now since we have been staying at my parent's place over at Bedok and things are about to change again. The current arrangement with my parent's is taxing out everyone and we need to get additional help to get through this period. Considering our options, Sharon's parents suggested that we hire another maid and move back to their place in Hume. This is also taking into consideration that Sharon is going back to work in July and the extra help and hand is needed. So it looks like it moving time again back to Hume. Hume is not very big so I might have to either sleep in the hall or with my Brother-in-Law. I could always sleep at my own home in SK or go back home to my own parent's place in JLB (Bedok). As with most things.. all this is rather fluid and WILL change as we go along. Pray for us to find a workable solution to this...

Some details on the babies now... the babies are growing well and they just started on their Vacination cycle.. they just got their BCG jab on Monday (8th May 2006) and the next jab is on the 12 of June. The follow up one could induce a fever in them so we need to be monitor them closely. Jared's crying is rather distinct with a lowly growl.. whenever he cries, you know it's him. Joanne is the fussy-pot. She take no nonsense from anyone and will scream her lungs out whenever she is taking a bath, feeling hungry or just not in the mood to sleep. Jillian is a bit milder but she is picking up on the 'attention-seeking' bit from her younger sister. She has been rather constipated so the PD recommended a new milk formula for her. She is on Dumex and the rest is still on Similac. Not the cheapest milk on the market but since it is for our children.. we have to try and give them the best.. as would any loving parent. :-)

Will post some updated pics of them when I can.. till then, take care and God Bless.

Luv,
Mom & Dad