Two Weeks Old

I shot a roll of B&W film to capture Kaitlyn turning two weeks old, then went on to clumsily expose the whole roll before winding it back into the canister! Lesson learnt; move with the times, go digital, but never forget how to use film! These were shot with my D300.

Hands & Feet

Lord, bless this little creation of yours.



May she always fear you, and may she experience your love always.

With our hands lifted high,we come before you and sing

With our hands lifted high,we come before you rejoicing

With our hands lifted high, to the sky

when the world wonders why

we'll just tell them we're loving our King

Amen.

Sleeping Beauty

I finally went back to work this week. It's really nice to be back in the office after being away for a whole month. Remember that my absence started with hospitalisation, so I feel more alive knowing that I am fit enough to get back to work.

I guess it also makes me feel more useful. At home, I am surrounded by three women – mummy, nanny, and maid – all of whom seem to have a part to play. I’ve been trying very hard to make my role important by assembling anything and everything. Pram, play pen, rocker seat, sterilizer, sound system, anything! But it just doesn’t seem like it’s enough.

In the last week, Kaitlyn seems less greedy, and more sleepy. All she wants to do is sleep!

and sleep...

and sleep...

She also enjoys bathtime.

Breast Is Best

Mt Elizabeth Hospital is a strong advocate of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding classes are conducted every morning, and there's a video twice a day which they show in the room. Brochures are distributed to provide new mothers with the information they need.

I was appalled though, by the image at the front of the brochure! It looked like somebody whipped out a point-and-shoot compact camera and took a snap shot of a pair of new parents trying to get their newborn to suckle!

Anyway, here's my attempt at making breastfeeding look a little bit more glamorous.

Homecoming Princess

Mummy and Baby finally got to go home on Friday 11 January.

Daddy's Girls

A Day of Firsts

pics from Kaitlyn's first day:


after she is cleaned for the first time

baby's first cuddle with mummy

First Time Father

After 4 long years, filled with prayer, tears, visits to the doctor, needles, IUIs, IVFs, and all sorts of other acronyms, Kaitlyn was born at 2153h on Monday 7th January 2008.

Labour began at 0145h. By 2145h, Dr Nair made the decision to call for an emergency C-Section and Kaitlyn was delivered shortly after that. He later explained that Kaitlyn's head was stuck at the pelvic bone and could not turn to move further down. When he took her out, her cord was wound around her neck twice.

Words cannot describe this feeling. The journey leading to the birth of our little miracle has truly been filled with little miracles. Praise the Lord!

Seriously Sick

December 2007 was a difficult month for me. With Baby K coming anytime, I fell seriously ill. I spent a week in hospital and was suspected to have dengue fever, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, mysoplasma pneumoniae, meningococcemia, vasculitis, and lupus. It was horrible. I have to admit that there was a point where I was seriously trying to decide whether to ask Ping or Jeff to be Baby K's Godfather if I didn't make it out of the hospital.

Not that she doesn't already have Godparents. We are so blessed to have Winston and Joyce as her Godparents from the family angle, and we also have Harry and Tyen as her Godparents from the friends angle. If I had my way, all my buddies would be her Godfather, but then I think she'll be really confused!

I've been in and out of hospitals a few times now and I think I can tell how serious the problem looks from the reactions of the people around me. This time, they tried too hard to pretend that they weren't worried, that's when I realised how horrible I must have looked!

All is cool now, I think. The lupus and vasculitis results will only be ready tomorrow but I'm pretty sure they'll be negative, because if it's positive, I wouldn't be recovering so steadily. The problem is that this probably means that they're run out of problems to test me for, but who cares, as long as I am ok, and Baby K is ok, and Mummy A is ok. I hope I can recover fully before Baby K is born.

As a father to be, it's been extremely touching for me to see that so many of my friends are so excited about this. Everyone knows what a tough journey it's been these last four years, but I really hope we don't end up spoiling her... too much.

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.