Hold On Daddy

Doesnt it just say it all.

HOME!

Today was the day of TLOMLs return home and it was the first time that Caitlyn(yup this might be the spelling) has come home. She has only known two place the womb and the hospital and now she needs to get used to our humble abode. Pepper was excited to see her mummy as well as her younger sister. we spent our time trying to figure out the milk balance..the wrapping of the baby and all other things associated to the baby.

Day Two

Feet that have never touched the ground
Today was a good day for both mother and child, TLOML managed to walk around with less pain then yesterday and i hope it gets better tom. Caitlin was as snug a bug though from what i understand while i was at work she was a little handfull. Tom they will both be home and all will be well! So exciting its the start of a whole new life for one and the beginning of the next phase for the two of us.

Our Baby.

Tuesday 23rd May 2006, and our little bundle of joy was born.
After a long and sometimes stressfull day the very brave love of my life delivered a bouncing baby girl. We have named here Caitlin. Mother and child are doing well. As for the father, words cant express my emotions. Many thanks to the many supporters, esp those who prayed for us.

Pongol.

It was a rather quiet day at work this morning, i should say half a day really. I knocked off at 1230hrs and a friend and i went to an abandoned house i heard about in pongol, nice looking building with a high ceiling, large rooms big bathrooms but as i said abandoned, i reckon its waiting to be torn down.

I actually spent more time photographing the servents quarters then the main building, seemed abit more interesting

The pics themself are nothing special, just another set of pics to document an old building

On the grounds of the building we stumbled across a doggy and her two pups, very cute. Its so sad to think of them all alone in that house ..so if you know anyone that wants a couple of cute little puppies drop me a line.

Got back at around 2, had a it of lunch played with the puppy while TLOML rested and then we went to pasir ris for the great introduction between Dolce and Pepper, lo and behold we met Glen and clan there as well! A nice time for dogs and all. Dinner was lovely Salt fish fried rice and sweet and sour pork from changi village we the two of us brought home and filled our bellies to satisfaction.

Nostalgia

The baby is due any time now! It could be today or next week but any day now another little simon will pop out. I had lunch with my mum today and we had a look at her photo albums. Nostalgia, thats the word and looking at the pics thats what i felt and still feel. Above is a pic of my mum in her youth, prob in her teens ! sitting next to her is her sister in-law and her assorted neices and nephews who now have children and grand children of their own!



Above is a pic of my Dad, Sgt Simon. He signed up with the british army before his 16th birthday and told them he was already 16!

Edwin met Lucy and they were wed!

Above is my granny from my dads side and on the right is my grandpa(now you know why i like to wear hats) from my mums side.

An early pic of the Simon Kids, and now i am having one of my OWN!


Checkout the bed Alison and I are on! what a cool kiddy bed not a sharp edge on it, mind you its solid metal! Like my doll?

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Weedila
These are pics i took some time back but just never found the right time to post them. So here they are, not that this is the right time but it aint the wrong time either.
Branch(my current wallpaper) this pic has so many things wrong but only one thing right and that is the fact that i like it.

Its been a busy few weeks for me, having been out of the office since the 18th of april. I really havent had much time for photography, with the baby coming in a few days most of my time is spent at home keeping TLOML company of course with Pepper AKA fatty. Last weekend was pretty nice, on friday which was vesak day Moo, Doo,Jamie and Atun came over to help touch up the paint in the babies new room(pics to be posted in TLOML's Blog) as well as set up stuff like the cot. Its all systems go for us here in the baby factory,i am both nervous and excited!
On saturday night TLOML and i went to the Ritz Carlton for a lovely dinner,it was prob the last fancy dinner that two of us would have before we beacme three, the place was awash with salmon, raw tuna(lovely) and many other delights including some great choclates(when i laid eyes on them i knew ...migrane and i wasnt wrong). After a great meal we didnt have the energy to go anywhere else but home.
Mothers day, we met Jamie and the Doo at the pasir ris dog run/pet shop as Jamie wanted to get some stuff and we wanted to let fatty play with the other dogs. She was running and jumping, trying hard to look like lassie i think. From pasir ris we went to jalan kayu to get some flowers for the many mothers around. Being mothers day we had planned to meet my sister and her brood at my mums place for lunch but lo and behold upon arrival my mum was no where to be found! It seems she had gone out with her friends so we ransacked her fridge, utelized her hosue and had a lovely meal. Back home, i bathed the dog, did some gardening, took fatty for a walk and went with bil to pick up dinner for our respective homes. A nice close to a pretty nice weekend at the back of a pretty horrid week.

Metaphor

Its been a rough day, and it doesnt look like its gonna be any better tom. Things didnt go as planned which i am used to but instead of getting worse, it got MUCH worse. Anyhow i took a walk to try and calm down but that didnt work so i took 1 picture(above). and if your into metaphors the pic is full of them. Below is a pic i took a couple of weeks ago but never posted.

CROC!

(just added this pic)

WOO HOO! Went to Sungei Buloh this morning(with Doo and Jamie), and it was pretty bare..not many birds...a couple of monitors. Then everything changed as we were walking back to the visitor center a couple pointed out a nice looking crocodile(bout 6ft maybe abit more) laying in the shallows. It was tough to get any shots that werent obscured by branches or leaves, and i reckon even after jamie and i moved down the slope till we were around 10ft away from the croc this is the best i could do. Dont forget i was very excited while i was doing this!! so forgive the poor pictures. The pic below was taken in 3 parts and then merged.

I have seen many many crocs some big ones and some little ones but this is the first wild crocodile i have ever seen much less photographed. Mucho Excited
Yesterday was a full day as well but i shall blog that abit later.