More lanner's full moon pics.. ;-)

Lucky parents of two adorable kids!

1st taste of champagne for my baby boy... ok.. i didnt really... but the rest of us did!

Passion for cake!

All of us... the Koh Clan plus godma Aloysia... a toast for Lanner, welcome to the world!

Thanks Liza for the choc cake!

My lovely lil boy... so serene... hope he doesnt turn into a lil terror in the future!

just the four of us... ;-)

thanks mom n dad for celebrating my full moon! weeeeee i'm super happy! gurgle gurgle!

Lanner's godma.. Aloysia and her lovely woman.. Liza..

Two cousin babies! Lanner 17th April 2009, 2.95kg, Dylan 19 April 2009 3kg. Jo and I are super proud mommies!

17 May, Lanner's Full Moon Party

Grandma cuddling the star of the party! He's wearing a blue baby outfit given by sister-in-law-to-be Joeanne which reads: CHICK MAGNET. hehehehehehehe.. ;-)

Whoa... thanks to the tons of people who came for Lanner's full moon (1 month) party... lots of lovely red packets were collected plus all the pressies you can see in the pic. we had the party last sunday at 3pm at Langkah Syabas Resort where Martin works and a fantastic time was had by all! Lanner drank his milk, burped, slept, peed n poo-ed and the cycle repeated itself so i doubt if he knew we were celebrating his safe arrival! hehe.. anyway, lots of people took turns to cuddle him and give him his milk...;-) Lanner boy.. your fan club is gainin in number by the minute!

This was before the festivities took off in the restaurant. Hot chick in the pic is Beatrice, Besra's chinese god-mother or better known as Khai-Ma. ;-) We arrived a couple of hours early so Besra and her friends Chelsea and my god-daughter Natalia could frolic in the pool.. awww... look at my lil waterbabies below...

Some of the first to attack the delicious food.. spaghetti, fish fingers, chicken wings, homemade beef sausages, feta salad, coleslaw, potato salad, tuna and egg sandwiches... needless to say, the snack menu was a hit! ;-)

once the cake was cut besra had to have her share! hehe... anyway, i havent collected the photos from the professional photographer so there will be a part two to lanner's party shots. especially want to include the cake cutting and champagne toasting pictures with the whole family. hope to get the pics soon. ;-) anyway, glad baby lanner is doing well, and baby besra is a big girl now. ;-) have 1 more month of maternity leave left then it's back to work. at the moment, i'm savouring every minute of it! hugs all round!

Martin's biggest grouper to date... 22kg

As i mentioned before, Martin went for a fishing competition recently and landed this huge grouper. He was quite disappointed with the fight it put up, or lack of fight to be exact. for it's size the fish didnt give much resistance. Anyway, its still his biggest to date. This year, martin's team didnt do too well in the overall competition but one of his teammates got an individual prize. ;-) ah well, there's always next time!

More pics of my boy...

Just the three of us... ;-)

Besra and daddy by our mango tree at our land. ;-)

Lanner in a froggy suit, sent from Oz, thanks Liz... Besra wore it too when she was that tiny. ;-)

Lanner's foot in my hand... so u can imagine how small it/he is.. ;-)

Best seat in the house!

Owww... in this pic he's grabbin my finger... a bit red n yellow so you can tell this was before the transfusion. he looks like a chinaman in this pic. i assure u he no longer looks like this. ;-) he's much cuter now!

Lanner Boy!

This was taken the morning after Lanner was born. my sis was at a dinner party in a posh restaurant and when i called her she popped by the gift shop n bought lanner the green turtle with the cute huge eyes. ;-) plus she got me tons of chocs... man i havent needed a sugar rush so bad, all the puking made me weak. haha.. go chocolates!

One big happy... Daddy, Besra, Mommy n Lil Lanner the day i got home.. at 2.95kg lanner was almost twice besra's size when she was born... and this time, giving birth actually hurt! martin had to endure me screaming in pain when the contractions came and kept getting closer. when we arrived at the clinic, it was 3 mins apart so i was screaming like mad! he says it was torture listening to me. hehe.. at least he suffered a lil!

This was the 3rd morning... he was more red than yellow and like i said before, besra had a bit of yellow and it went away, so i assumed the same, besides he's of mixed blood... tot that's just his natural colour!

Martin n his reels.. ;-) this is his penn 50 and if u notice in the picture, martin has actually bought another penn 50 cos it was a good deal.. hah! He took a similar shot when besra was born as can be seen here below. hehe.. my two lil cherubs can have a penn 50 each when they r old enough... ;-)

So do you think the two kids look alike?! if u ask me, they really do! even the mannerisms when u hold them and burp them. hehe. but besra has bigger eyes and cried a lot more too! lanner is a quiet one, for now that is! ;-)

What a week! :-(

JAUNDICE. yup.. on baby lanner's 5th day i noticed he's really yellow (bes had a bit of yellow but it was nothing so i assumed the same. lesson one: NEVER assume.) and he was startin to get some white spots.. again i though it's just a rash... just to be on the safe side, i packed the girls (nanny n bes) into the car n drove to the kids' clinic, dr terry. she took one look at lanner n said we had to run a blood test asap. looked serious. within 2 hrs (4pm) i was at... where else... the dreaded LIKAS hospital.. where i spent 4 days of torture after besra was born, and where the week before this they practically ignored me in the emergency unit where i was in pain for 1.5hrs and the damn doctor gave me a hell of a time until i walked out. needless to say, not many fond memories at likas.

anyway, this time they were a bit quicker to act. baby's jaundice level was 550 which is really high if u consider 280 is the danger level where they put the child under the photo (UV light) machine. they managed to f(*& up the drip which was supposed to bring the level down. martin was mega pissed off with them but they said, they were already doin their best. when they finally got the drip going, baby's level was 611 and hadnt dropped. so they went ahead with a full blood transfusion 480ml, 2 cycles of lanner's blood circulation which took abt 3 hrs. by 1am the level was down to 280. lanner didnt cry (in fact he seldom cries) and he seems none the wiser considering the trauma it really was but i guess that's the magic of being a baby. only the mommies n daddies suffer n shed tears of 'what ifs'.

over the next 7 days, i was again a prisoner of likas hospital, cos they had to complete 7 days of antibiotics to make sure there is no infection in lanner's blood. i should really be more grateful to the hospital and their staff instead of complaining all the time. ok, as of this second, i'm a changed person. i will stop harping on their faults and just be thankful for the good that came out of it. Lanner is well n safe and they did try their best. ;-)

i've missed my home and my daughter soooooo much over the last week. and although my fortune teller once said i'll have two sons n a girl, i think i will consciously stop at two. if i have another one the risk of premature birth is astronomically high.. and with it brings even more health risks. i'm seriously not going to put any more lives in danger cos it just pulls too hard on my emotional strings.. dont think i can bear it if anything bad happens. fingers crossed.

lanner is such a joy to look after. he cries very lil, the doc says cos he's comfortable n that i shouldn't worry. he cried today when i bathed him, so that's a relief. ;-) he just drinks his milk every 3 hrs, has a pee n a poop n goes back to sleep. n the cycle repeats itself. i think with besra i didnt really enjoy the first few months because being a new mother you're always second guessing yourself, trying to assess if you're doing the right thing at the right time. with this second one, i'm more relaxed and i really take the time to just enjoy the experience.

who does he look like? hehe a bit like besra but with smaller eyes, still double eyelids but noticeable smaller. same nose as besra and mouth, but a distinctively missing chin. lol.. dark brown hair n eyes are gray blue right now just like besra's was but eventually it will turn brown, dont ask me why.. i dunno. he's adorable. martin is away at a very important fishing competition right now and he took the camera with him so no pics, the only pic i have on computer is one a friend (thanks allen!) took while he was in the warmer just after he was born on 17th april. will flood the blog with close up shots soon, i promise. anyway, just glad that all is well in the wiles household now. there is no place like home! hugs for all the smses n calls n well wishes... so nice to know that plenty of people out there care. kiss kiss!

Lanner Hon-Yang Wiles, 2.95kg, 17.4.09

Hi! As most of you will have known by now, the stork has once again arrived damn early! 5 weeks to be precise as Lanner was 34 weeks and almost twice what Besra was at 32 weeks (1.8kgs). Basically, i dont have much time to write as i'm using a friend's computer but here is the short version.

Last friday, 2.30pm had a scan with doc after 1 weeks rest, doc said keep it in for 2 weeks more, he's going for a conference right after our appointment anyway so he wont be around. jokingly, we discussed another doctOr: Dr. Felice who will be on standby.

5pm had some tea n buns with good friend Aloysia on the way home.

6pm reached home. puked my guts out n went to lie down.

6.30pm water broke... yikes! jumped in car with martin.

7.40pm arrived in kk specialist centre... contractions 3 mins apart and *&^%ing painful! (yeah yeah, now i know how it feels)

7.59pm Lanner enters the world helped thankfully by Dr. Felice......my lovely lil cherub is here!

Next day, discharged and home now.

All is safe n well. thanks to all the well-wishers, hugs to everyone and will try to update blog when i can as i have no internet connection at home. all i can say is, thank goodness he's safe n happy n healthy, and i dont have to lug around the load anymore (was really killing me!) and most importantly, FACTORY IS CLOSED! i seriously can't take the constant puking! hehe. ;-)

Love from AUDREY, MARTIN, BESRA N LIL LANNER.

Preterm Labour Scare... again!

It seems that everytime there is a holiday (Easter!) round the corner my body makes it a priority to get messed up! last week i was on a high because my very own English Language Debate team for SMK Majakir (my beloved school) made history by beating all the other schools in the Papar district to emerge as champions! plus we got best speaker... needless to say, my girls were absolutely brilliant! ;-) anyway, that was wednesday, on thurs i was puking my guts out relatively every 3 hrs for more than 24hrs and i suppose this confused my system as by thurs night i was in pain... preterm labour pain! i was feeling contractions but only at the top of my belly and as the baby hasnt engaged, my below the belt bits felt fine. anyway called my doc n he said to go the the govt hosp cos at 33 weeks if i go into labour there's nothing much he can do. (bes as born at the govt hosp too cos she was 32 weeks, 2 mths premature... the cycle repeats itself- well almost!)

anyway, i get there... and this is the emergency unit! took them 40 mins to register me, 20 mins for a nurse to bother with the basics, and another 20 mins before a doc even spoke to me. and who do i get? a bloody useless doc who was utterly rude to me. he kept demanding for my medic card, and cos i didnt have one (it was an emergency afterall!) he kept making an issue of why i didnt just go back to my specialist and why was it that my own doc couldnt handle the matter. basically he was being the typical idiotic malay (sorry to have to say it!) scumbag, with his huffy tone. so i told him that if he didnt want to treat me i'll go to my specialist. then i called my doc and told him to meet me at his ward and i dressed and left the useless emergency unit after telling the nurse what a jerk the doc was.

anyway, i was in pain, and in tears at being treated so rudely and i complained to my doctor.. he gave me meds and put me on a drip and ordered me to stay the night and all was getting better... dr sarva is indeed a star! as soon as i was being dealt with comfortably, he picks up the phone and bombards the likas hospital head of department and they started investigations.
by 6am the next morning the contractions and vomiting had subsided and by 8am doc came by with an sms from the head of department apologising profusely to me. apparently the doctor in question was unhappy abt doing more clerical work cos i had no medical card and he did insist that i return to my specialist which he shouldnt have done. anyway, that silly guy is now on 4 months extra probation which means he'll be counting the days from now on and reminding himself that he should never ever be rude to any patient! these people take the hippocrates oath, promising to cure the ill and protect life.. but what does he do, stand around complaining while i'm in pain: can u believe that 1.5 hrs after arriving at the emergency unit no one had given me anything for the pain?! grrrrrr

anyway, all's well again, i'm on medical leave for the whole of this week. baby keeps hardening and i'm getting very uncomfortable...gosh i really do need a fast forward button! haha... anyway, hopefully Lanner will want to pop out as soon as i reach my 35th week.. i dont think i want to stay pregnant until the end of the term which is the 39th or 40th week... i really think i'll burst by then!

anyway, going to lie down now... sighs.. scan on fri so will update later. hugs to all!

A flock of birds..

This is a pic of a bird called: Martin.

& I'm the swallow... ;-) & this is a pic of a Besra falcon

& last but not least is a Lanner falcon.

So now you know where our our mad naming strategy comes from. heheh...

The weekend that was..

Hey peeps.. i'm happy to report that all is well in the wiles' household. ;-) been a crazy week cos i'm still doing uni lectures 3 times a week but this week is the last for the semester... ooooooo cant wait for all that free time to shove my legs up in the air on the couch n watch tv till i'm so bored of it. haha.. knowing me, staying home so much will soon annoy my free-spiritedness... i am a bird after all, an ambitious swallow ascending to greater n greater heights all the time, or so i like to imagine. ;-)

scanned baby lanner last sat. the previous visit i only put on 100g in 2 weeks while baby jumped from 1.7 to 2kgs. so in a way i lost weight. this time, in two weeks... drum roll pls.. i chalked up 2.9kgs! yikes! baby also went from 2kgs to 2.4kg. i feel like a stretched rubber band that's about to snap.. sighs.. ;-) grrrrrr men r just so lucky they dont have to endure pregnancy! ah well.. the sacrifices of motherhood huh... been doing lots of shopping for baby lanner.. marji our nanny is adamant that baby needs all white stuff.. so she can see the dirt... sighs, i guess i gotta please her since she is staying to look after my babies... dunno what i would do without her! she's a real godsend, me i'm just the baby carraige! hehe...

this week at school will be hectic.. i'm training the school's english debate team. the other schools got wind that i'm now in this new school, so they are psychologically terrorised.. hehe.. blame my colourful past as a 2 time teachers level national champion experience. hehe... so hopefully, they can at least win one round cos we got a bye for the first round. if they win in the semis, then at least we are guaranteed 1st or 2nd place at the finals on Wed... everyone, need you to cross your fingers for us! hehehe...

anyway, this blimp is gonna sign out now. hugs to everyone!

Floating in the air...

Just thought i'd add an entry here abt a compliment given to me over the weekend.. hehe.. so that when i read this blog when i'm old, haggard and on death's bed i'll still remember that some 26 year old guy said that i'm 'A GODDESS OF THE HIGHEST DEGREE' and he meant both in intellect and outlook... ;-) sighs.. silly stupid smile plastered on my face, sighs again... would anyone like to boost my ego more by making a list of compliments for me on facebook!? HAH! ok that's just pushing it, ain't it?! ;-) lol...

Daddy's back from his fishing trip..!

2.6kg lobster he hooked up n pulled out of the depths of the ocean using only a tiny hook! he let it go after that.. ;-) hopefully it's still doing its thing at the bottom of the ocean... ;-)

wasnt a brilliant catch but baby was duly impressed with the sinkful of fish... ;-) here's a small sample that she's posing with... daddy's lil fisher girl!

Live 4D feed of baby Lanner!

Thanks Peng Peng for managing to upload my short baby clip of Lanner... before you follow the link, just expect to see a video clip of Lanner first covering his face with his hands, then removing them and sorta smiling in the end. ;-)

He's now 2 kgs and a very active baby who thinks mommy is a punching bag. Men, they're all the same, woman beaters! hehe.. just ask Martin!

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1.7kgs!

Hey all.. went for another scan last Sat.. Lanner has jumped from 8oo+ grams to 1.7kgs! geeezz.. that's almost the same size besra was when she was born! hehe.. i've never felt this huge before cos with bes, i never had time to feel the full effects of pregnancy. ;-) now i guess god is giving me some payback for having it too easy the first time round. lol.. all is on target as in the baby's weight and size is normal for 28 weeks, only problem is constipation. sighs.. i told the doctor that i think this is nature's way of prepping women up for the actual labour. really uncomfortable n annoying!

these days all i ever want to do is sleep. ;-) lanner keeps hardening in my belly and it gets so tight and dense that the only thing i can relate it to is it's like carrying a bowling ball around. men r so lucky they dont have to undergo this!!!! grrrr.. anyway, my bed is my haven.. and i tell you, i can sleep 12 hrs straight no problem! haha... problem though is that i'm still teaching full swing, let's see... school from 7 to 3.30pm mondays to thursdays.. just mornings on fridays (thank goodness!), university from 7 to 10pm tues n thurs, tuition on fridays 7.30 to 9pm and uni again every sat 8-11am. sighs... a girl's gotta keep the mulah rolling in u know. luckily there's a 1 week break starting sat till end of next week.. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee so i can wake up late everyday.. ;-) and uni should come to a halt by the 1st week of april.. then i can really act the beached whale at home while i wait to pop. sometimes i wish there was a fast forward button in life. sighs... then i'd be holding lil lanner in my arms n cooing at him. ;-) mommy's lil boy.... awwwww

Roof pics..

Here's our green roof.. of course martin had to choose the colour.. and it took some time for the roof to arrive as they had to order it specially. But it's finally here... hooray! My lil poser!

These are the two guestrooms.. we'll be able to entertain lotsa ppl when the house is done so save up your pennies for flights, accommodation is free!

This middle section is where the living room n dining area will be with the kitchen at the end round on the left hand...

Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I'm feeling quite clever today! hehe... finally figured out how to add widgets to this page. it took a lot of trial and error but hey now i've got music and a messaging box so you guys can leave a note or two! hehe..

let's see... what's new? house is coming along great, roof installed, now plastering the walls.. and going for another scan tomorrow (7th month already!) so will update more on that later.

as for besra, she's so cute.. watched american idol and picked up the phrase: 'mommy, right back, okay' while pointing her finger at me. hard to describe.. u gotta see it to believe its so bloody adorable! hehe.. my little ryan seacrest!

Okie ya'all more later... don't forget to leave a message!

Lanner.. ;-)

scanned my lil boy recently and he's up to 831 grams.. i'm in my 5 1/2 month now.. and generally the puking has entered 1st gear (except for today, sighs... torture!) he's a boisterous lil thing cos he seems to find great pleasure in kicking and punching me all hours of the day. ;-) ah well.. i suppose it's to be expected, him being a fiesty boy and all.

doc gave me a 4D video of him which is so adorable.. he covers his face with his arms then removes them to show his face... Lanner is one cute baby even if i say so myself! too bad i can't seem to figure out how to put it here cos it's saved under a very different file. anyway, suffice to say doc checked and he's the right size and weight for his age and all seems to be going by the book. doc even said he'll be giving me some jabs closer to my 30 something week to make sure the baby stays inside at least till 35 weeks..

i spend a lot of time sleeping these days... i swear every time i wake up my belly protrudes more.. as can be expected.. so these days i feel like a beached whale! i think i'm the size i was when i was carrying besra at 7 months. lol.. ah well... cant wait for this one to pop out. ;-) i think two children in this day and age is more than enough. would proclaim myself quite mental if i purposely got pregnant with a third. lol. ;-) more updates after my next scan on the 7th of march. ;-)

My daughter the model.. ;-)

Look into my eyes, i can do no wrong!

Bes doing a bit of modelling in a straw hat for daddy.. ;-) dunno where she gets her vanity from! LOL!

Bes is such a fortunate lil girl.. she's already modelling at the ripe old age of 2! hehe.. the studio where we took the christmas shoot used her pics for their digital album and now bes's pic hangs on their wall to attract customers.. the digital album costs RM600 to produce but they gave it to us at cost so they can use their copy as a sample for others. hehe.. very proud of her..

Home Sweet Home!

hey all... more updates on the house.. it's coming along, taking its time but coming along nontheless.. almost have a roof now... looking at it, it's actually quite huge.. i suppose a 52x48ft structure would be considered huge these days... can't believe its ours. ;-) one day we'll be living in it on a daily basis and we wont know any different.. right now we live in a tiny apartment.. and the nanny lives in an apartment opposite so baby thinks its perfectly normal to walk across the corridor to get to mommy's n daddy's home... ;-)

as you can see there's lots of space for parking the cars under the house.. nice n shaded... one day we might brick in some rooms for storage or what not.. the two rooms downstairs are on the right, martin's 20x20 tackle den and on the left is a studio for our future help.. hehe.. may get a live in couple to work the land n maintain the living areas, then i'll really be mistress of the house! martin n i will be visiting the house again today.. the grass has just been cut so i'm sure it will look lovely.

Last day of CNY 2009..

Well today is the last day of CNY.. and as usual we have a family dinner planned for tonight. coincidentally it's also my bro in law scott's birthday so it will be a double celebration and if i can find the ingredient.. i'll bake him a cake. ;-)

these pics below were taken on the night of the reunion dinner (traditionally held every chinese new year's eve).. we all gathered at my mom and dad's place.. food was aplenty and we even played a few rounds of gin rummy using tiles that look like mahjong ones. ;-) i dont care what the devil says but small time gambling is great!

Baby Besra (2 yrs 3 mths), Baby Cousin Alicia (2 yrs 8 mths) and Uncle Steeve... lookin good!

Loh Yee Sang.. a mix of fruits, veg, crackers, salmon and special sweet sauce.. everyone mixes "loh" it as high as possible to bring good fortune in career and business especially. money come. money come!!!

My girl in her yellow cheong sam.. with cousin alicia.. kids can get away with showing a bit of panty! hehe ;-)

Grandparents n grandkids...by mid this year there will be 2 new additions!

The Koh Family Clan... alex, jo, alicia, jordan, scott, michelle, dad, mum, steeve in front, me, martin n of course besra.. ;-)