I'm a full-time mummy

As your child grows older, you will find it extremely difficult to take pictures of them...

All sorts of poses and distractions like this:

Just to get the closest and nicest pose like this:

So does your child sit or stand still for you to take their pictures?

Picture below showing Ben wearing this gift box (he thinks it's his helmet and always called it 'helm') while riding on his pretend motorbike made out of Mega Bloks toy by daddy who had been forced to wear the mini size cap (meant for Ben) cos Ben thinks daddy deserves to wear a 'helm' too since he's wearing one!

Picture below showing hubby teaching Ben how to press the water spray and how excited and curious Ben was at the sight of the water jetting out from the spray. I get about an hour of 'me' time just relaxing and sitting there watching them play at the balcony.

And why I love these moments the most?

Just look at Ben's happy face when he gets to play with daddy!

A bit of story about this picture:

As Chinese, most of us expecting parents will rush to hire a confinement lady (kinda like a doula but they only work after the child's birth and normally for a month duration) and with Ben, we wanted everything to be in place too. We hired our confinement lady (CL) when I was 7th month pregnant and was all ready and counting down to the few months left before Ben's arrival.

Unfortunately, our CL broke her leg during a holiday trip 2 weeks before I was due to deliver and at the last minute, we were not able to find any replacement and we decided maybe this is God's way of telling us to trust onto Him when all things fail (and also that we shouldn't really plan everything too far ahead and not trust on Him!)  So, hubby took a month off work to be my confinement lady (CL) after I delivered Ben. And yeah, we ended up doing our own confinement and as a result, we bonded closer with each other and with Ben too and not to mention, we save quite a bit of money from not needing to hire the CL.

And so, for the first month, hubby practically took care of caring for Ben (other than feeding cos I direct breastfeed Ben since we brought him home from the hospital). Hubby bathed Ben, changed his diapers, clothes, everything.

So this picture really brings back lots of sweet memories and I'm glad to have this awesome man as my hubby! (And yeah, he's going to be my confinement lady again when our second child comes along heheheh..)

Oh, and did I tell you that this ring was worn since we first started going out as a couple? That was like back in 1999!