2016 in a nut shell

2016 is the most exciting year of my life and therefore I think I should write a recap on this year on this last day of the year.

January

This is the most nerve wrecking month of the entire year. I'm at my 31st -35th week here in this month. Dinos are mostly baked and would be ok if they choose to enter into the world albeit need staycation at NICU.

But of course I would hope they are able to hold till the planned delivery week at 36th where they would bee consider full term babies for twins pregnancy.

It's the longest 1 month of my life. So near yet so far but I'm glad we pulled through.

35weeks 2days

February

I gave birth successfully in this month!! It will always be the most special month & year for me since after waiting for 8 long years then I became a mother.

Welcome to the world, Dinos

March

Mr Love went back to work after spending 1 month with us after the Dinos' birth. I missed having him waiting on me hand and foot as I start to care for the Dinos after my confinement.

This month we also started doing the night duties once my confinement end. It's the start of many sleepless night especially for me who is mostly doing the duties since I am still on maternity leave.

Family photo during their full month

April

Tried bringing the Dinos out for dinner in their super big lorry (pram) and man what a disaster it was. We had to take turns to eat ( there were 3 of us including my mummy) and take turns to bring the Dinos to changing room for diaper change. It would be quite a while later then we attempted to bring them out again.

Dinos in their lorry

May

Its Mr Love's birthday month and we decided to ditch our boys for a short getaway in Taipei. I did regretted a bit though since I missed them tons when we were there and I was told Big Dino was cranky when I was away. He missed mummy too!

However I am also glad we did this trip, to recharge after a long stressful pregnancy and also overwhelmed from being first time parents to twins!

May this year also marks our 15th dating anniversary. Sometimes I cannot believed that we are together for this long for when I look at him, I still find myself very much in love with this man :)

With love of my life

June

June officially marks the end of my long hiatus from work. 7months to be exact. It's also the start of my 24hours work shift. Full time day job and juggling with night time duties.

But I am quite seasoned with night duties by now and surprisingly, I adapt quite well when I went back to work. To think I was still worrying about not coping. I guess every month will step up to any challenge that comes their way.

Back to work

July

We finally get to try the crab feast buffet at Park Royal Beach Road hotel. Previously either I forgot to book and realized the buffet is over or last year because of pregnancy and I couldn't touch crabs.

In any case we had a great time eating the crabs and hit our full year quota. Haha

Full of crabs

August

The Dinos started solid in this month when they turned 6 months. I started them on cereal when they are 5months plus and they seems not ready.

But when we started puree in this month, they are taking it quite well.

This month also saw the beginning of mummy taking extra effort to make puree every 3days and freeze for Dinos' consumption. Sometimes I do feel pretty tired from work but other times I am encourage by their good appetite. So overtime it is!

Dinos' first food

September

We muster all our courage and try bring the Dinos out again this month for a quick dim sum breakie that mummy me is craving for months.

It was a success and we felt more confident to bring them out on short trips after this outing.

To be fair, it is not impossible to bring Dinos out. Just that the logistics part is a bit of a put off. And moreover they rely a lot on the cradle to fall asleep.

We have since trained them to sleep while I baby wear them.

Dim sum brunch success

October

 Following the success of bringing the Dinos out, I went a bit more and try to bring them out for half a day shopping trip with my mummy.

Since there are only 2 of us and my mummy cannot handle prolonged carrying of the Dinos, I took 2 half day leaves on Fridays to bring them out 1 by 1.

Love the individual bonding time we have with the Dinos.

Small Dino meeting Auntie Lena from Taiwan

 Thankfully, the Dinos were generally well behave and cooperative during the trip. They enjoyed themselves too while taking in the sights. This is the first time that I brought them to take long distance bus and train rides into town and both of them were in awe of the surroundings.

Afternoon tea and shopping session with Big Dino

November 


Mr Love and I went to try out Cheese Mookata at the recommendation of his colleagues for our Nov couple date.

Had always wanted to try this Thai steamboat cum BBQ but found no chance.

We felt in love with the heavenly taste of the soup after the fats from BBQ meat flow into it.

Sinful I know but it is just superb. It would be a very long time later before we would come back since we only can try 1 new thing every month now. Haha

Nov 16 couple date

 

 

 

 

We celebrated piggy brother's this month at Yum Cha restaurant. He was overjoyed to have his 2 panda nephews with him though they did not manged to wear his gift of panda suits after Small Dino had an poo explosion.


December

We have come to last month of the year and this is the most happening month of all.


I slotted in 4 afternoon high tea in this month. Haha. To think I had never been to an afternoon high tea in all my life.

Met up with Partner for a good afternoon chat. I am so glad to have her in my life all these years and more so when we became mothers since she understands my situation and took half day leave just to have some chilling time with me without our children.

Partner and I

Then I also finally met my twin mummies friends whom I have chatted with for the past 7months over group chats. Cannot wait to meet all of them along with our buds. It will be so so interesting to have at least 30 children but only 15sets of parents. Haha

Small Dino solo date with mummy

New friends:)

Then I met up with my secondary school friend and her daughter who is a month younger than my Dinos.

With Alison and our buds

This month also saw me bringing the Dinos out solo to the gatherings. I must say it is pretty smooth sailing and my boys did me proud by being cooperative.

The final couple date of the year saw Mr Love and me sipping afternoon tea at Fullerton Hotel. What a way to sum up our 2016 monthly dates.

Dec 16 Couple date

In conclusion, I had a blast this year. No doubt there are other unhappy things happening but I choose to focus on the happy things instead.

After having my Dinos, I realized nothing in the world can be compared to them. As long as they are healthy and happy, there is nothing that I want to ask for already.

Family photo 2016

May 2017 be as good as 2016 and I look forward to the year witnessing my Dinos' growth and also happiness in my household.

Cheers.