Thank you for sharing our joy-Pt 2

This is a bit overdue.. but better late than never... finally got the pictures of my church family who visited Johnson and me at Mt Alvernia to welcome Baby Gabriel.....



Really appreciate all their prayers and love and support through out my pregnancy up till the day that Gabriel is born.......

YP 12 ( from left : Belle , Stella, Aunna, me, Marianne,Mirabel & Julee)

YY 24

Really felt the warmth of family love when they all came down on wed evening.... miss them, miss going sunday service, miss our cell group time... but hey hey.. I'm coming back to action soon .. my confinement is gonna be over soon.. yippppeeeee!!!!!

Missing Gracia

It's funny.. I'm beginning to miss Gracia .

AS I need time to rest, recuperate and breast feed Gabriel, have not been able to have as much exclusive time with Gracia............. and I miss her .=P



There are times I think I feel guilty for not spending enuff time with her during this season.



Well, guess I need to adjust to the changes and find new ways to spend time with Gracia while not neglecting Gabriel's needs. ( Yes, new borns really need LOTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS of attention .. haha)...... so I get her to join me to play with Gabriel together...



She really enjoys it...... hmmm... I think Gabriel enjoys Gracia too... =P

Gracia and her little brother

Ever since baby Gabriel came, Gracia has been very affectionate in welcoming Gabriel....

Of course there are times that she only want my exclusive time without Gabriel...that I totally understand =)

So thankful for her... she has made the transition easier than I tot.....

Gracia's really a darling..... thank you Lord for a wonderful, sensitive and teachable daughter..

Mummy, take a break, I'll take care of di di

Gabriel close up...

For those daddies and mummies who would also be going thru this same transition in introducing their babies to their toddlers, here's a short sharing of what Johnson and I did to prepare Gracia.. which we believed helped in the transition....

1. while preggy with baby, we already introduced baby gabriel to gracia and everynight after praying for Gracia, we would invite her to pray along with us for Gabriel

2. In my personal time with Gracia, would tell her that she's gonna have a little brother and together mummy will need her help to care for di di. Guess this gave her a sense of responsibility.

3. Gracia also accompanied us to every visit to the gynae where Johnson will tell her excitedly that di di is "on screen". This got Gracia very excited too.

4. Forseeing that there would be times we would need additional help to care for Gracia while Johnson and I would have to be away for Gabriel's sake ( eg during the delivery and in hospital, during the one month confinement where I would need to rest and breast feed Gabriel), we began to let Gracia get used to staying over at my mum's place months ahead.

5. At the hospital, where Gracia was going to meet Gabriel "live" for the first time, I made sure that she would not see me carry Gabriel when she walked into my room =)

6. Pray pray pray for wisdom!

Thank you for sharing our joy

Thank you Uncles and Aunties and all who have sent their well wishes to my mummy, daddy and me =)

A note of thanksgiving to those who have joined us to share our joy of Gabriel's arrival.....

My SLA Collegues

Mayers, Ann and Patricia who squeezed precious time from lunch , braved the rain to come by

Jing , Minyi and Lucy who despite the heavy work load at work came to visit me after work .

It was good seeing my collegues coz believe it or not , I missed my collegues and was still concerned about my policy work left behind since my departure. Thank you pals for bringing so much assurance about work and thank you for picking up where I left behind esp my PC team mates, Jing JIng, Ann ,Minyi and Mayers =P

Thank you also to the rest of my collegues in SLA who have shown me so much concern and care during my pregnancy days at work. =P

My Cell Gals, Winnie and Qingxiu

My cell gals (including Joey) have been helping me take care of my little girl, Gracia during service all this while and it's really heartwarming to see them come to welcome Gabriel and share our joy together . I 'm really thankful that my children have these special aunties who will walk the journey with Johnson and me to nurture and love both Gracia and Gabriel.

My MGS buddies

Weiting, Kathering and Jacqueline ( not in picture)

My secondary school classmates and fellow track and field team mates!
Being able to continue to share the joy and milestones of our lives for the past 12 years is something I'm really thankful for! It's really precious to have my buddies share the joy of my new arrival.. just like we promised each other in our sec 4 autograph books =)

Gabriel - my son

Yup, this handsome boy is my son.. was telling my husband that it sounds so strange yet so heartwarming that we now have a "SON " =) It's a wonderful feeling =)

Gabriel - means "God is my strength " , "man of God".

Johnson and I have prayed for a name and since we prayed ,there had not been another name that we wanted for our son except " Gabriel " , right up to the day of his arrival.

Along the way, during the later term of my pregnancy , I was experiencing much struggle in certain aspect of my life that had caused me sleepless nights where I would be crying out for the Lord to help me in those struggles.

The Lord encouraged me during that period, thru the song

" We serve a God who is faithful , He will never fail, when I'm in the desert, He's a river of Hope ,

We serve a God who is faithful, His faithfulness prevails, Lord I put my trust in you...."

Thru the song, I found the courage to face the challenge again and just at that moment, God reminded and affiremed me of the name Gabriel and the reminder that God is always faithful and in trusting in God's faithfulness , God will be the strength of our hearts.

We believe that this is the special blessing that Gabriel will bring to our lives and all around him !

Johnson babies and family

Thank you Lord for your grace that has brought us thru thus far....

Indeed your grace will be sufficient for us as we journey thru this new season and milestone of our lives as parents , nurturing the 2 precious children you have blessed our family to be children who will be a blessing to all and bring delight to you always =)

"Unless the Lord builds the house,

the builders labour in vain,

Unless the Lord watches over the city,

the watchman stand guard in vain,

In vain you rise early and stay up late,

toiling for food to eat

for God grants sleep to those He loves.

Sons are a heritage from the Lord

children a reward from him

Like arrows in the hands of a warrior

are sons born in one's quiver

Blessed is the man

whose quiver is full of them.

They will not be put to shame

when they contend with their enemies in the gate.

Ps 127

( Johnson and Lindee's marriage verse)

Babay Gabriel Arrived on 26th Aug !

YEAHHHHHH!!!! Finally, after 18 hours of almost painless labour contractions (only felt the pain of contractions at the last hour).. Gabriel made his grand appearance at Mount ALvernia Delivery Suite on 26 Aus 2008, 521 pm, weighing 3.2 kg!

Mummy and Daddy ( yes definitely, daddy stood with mummy thru out the 18 hours wait) were so exhausted but very very very very very HAPPY!!!!!

Wow.... I've finally arrived

Jie Jie Gracia.... the next most excited babe =0

Gabriel's Yee Yee, Jolene....She's most likely gonna be Gabriel's fav yee yee just like how Gracia adores her yee yee =)

The above...most experienced co-stars... Gabriel's gong gong, ma ma and nie nie !