No Teeth

"Mom, don't talk to her, she doesn't have any teeff!"~ Marianne

We are doing good, adjusting a little at a time. Marianne is definitly the hardest, just wanting lots and lots of mommy time. But both kids seem to love there little sister. They will hold her for about a minute and then state very decidedly "ok I'm done" and get up and go play. 

Clarke Quay

The Zoo

We had a great time at the zoo. Can you tell who are the monkeys

 Building forts with Grandpa

 On the last night that my dad was in Singapore we took them down to Clarke Quay for dinner. And a river boat cruise

 My mom and I played in the Fountains :)

Thanks to our friend who babysat for us!

Multiple Princess Personality Disorder

Marianne is a different princess multiple tiems everyday. I have not called her Marianne for weeks, if I do she corrects to whatever princess name she wishes to be called, Belle, Princess Jasmine, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Tangled, Repunsel, . . .Ect. . .

Her favorite game right now includes a 2 minute game where she pricks her finger on the spinning wheel, lays down with her eyes closed and waits for her prince to come and Kiss her. Interesting what things we learn from Princesses isn't ? 

 Grandpa was a very faithful and loyal prince during the week he was here.

 Now I am awake

 I am waiting

 Her prince has come.

 Then she makes her bed, so she can do it again.

Spencer is a pretty good prince for a brother. Since Grandpa is gone, Daddy is now our favorite prince.

Spencer's school and Visit from Grandparents

Spencer is attending White Lodge Preschool three days a week and is loving it. 

 They have a trampoline!

 And a playhouse

 We went and saw the Latern Festival Celebration at his school. The kids put on a song and play

 Here we are carrying our Lantern's and looking for the Lady in teh moon.

 My parents came at the beginning of December.  My dad was here for a week and we went and saw all the sights of Singapore. We went to China town first and had dinner

 We also had Snow Ice for dessert.

 Sunday we went to the Chinese Garden's and saw the festival.

 Here I am 35 weeks pregnant.

 Enjoying the warm evening.

Next we went and saw the Super Grove Trees down by the Marian Bay Sands.

Juliette Mei-Lynn

Juliette Mei-Lynn Wagstaff was born 3 weeks early, 37 weeks, on October 15, 2012
At 9:57am, Monday morning. Interestingly enough all three of our kids have been  born on Mondays. She was 5 lbs 12 oz, or 2.6 kg and 18 inches long. 

I started having baby contractions Sunday night about midnight and thought to myself "no way" but as with the last two once my body starts going into labor it doesn't stop, I woke up Devin about an hour later saying we should probably pack our hospital bag just in case they didn't stop, about 2:30 I had a couple harder ones so we called a taxi and left grandma with the kids.
 I only had one contraction on the way there and thought this is going to be lame if they send me home, but they didn't instead they put me straight into a bed and a gown, I was dilated to maybe a two so they decided to let me stay- especially when I said Marianne labor was only 5.5 hours start to finish.

So we hung out for a bit waiting, about 5 am the contractions were getting harder and more frequent
I requested the epidural wanting to have plenty of time to get it - since it did not work with Marianne and that was an experience I sure didnt want to repeat.

The anethesialogist was great- except they maid Devin leave my room to give it to me- which I was mad about- seriously he can be there for the delivery but not for the epidural go figure, anyway it worked and it was great timing just after about 7am my contractions started coming every few minutes- I couldn't feel them at all yea!
Doctor checked me at 8 and I was a 4 and said well this will probably be slow and he would be back about noon, before he left he broke my water. I thought well maybe.  About 9:15 am I was feeling a lot of pressure and really uncomfortable, I called the nurse to see if she could raise the epidural up, she checked me - not only was I at a 10 but crowning as well, they raised the epidural which kicked in a bit more.

The Doctor came in and we had Juliette out in about 3 pushes. 

She weighs 5 lbs 12 oz and is 18 inches long. She is a tiny little thing, we can't get over how little she looks compared to Marianne and Spencer. She is just cute as a button though

Spencer!

Wendell Spencer Wagstaff

Age: 4 Years 4 months

Nicknames: Spencerdoodle, Bud, buddy,  

Obsessions: Cars, jumping, karate, building forts 

Favorite Foods: Apple Juice, Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Favorite Color: Currently Green

Likes to: Watch movies at quiet time, ride his scooter, Read, on a 1st-2nd grade reading level, books

Favorite Movie: Disney Movies, Super Y, Sid the Science Kid, 

Character Traits: Active, Enthusiastic, animated, imaginative, friendly, outgoing, Happy 

 Spencer at 4 years old

 Spencer and Marianne painted boxes and themselves with water color

 1st day of school, Spencer is going to a preschool called White Lodge 3 mornings a week. He seems to really like it. And although I cried the first day, I love having him at a fun stimulating activity. I love how this back pack is half his size! Oh he is learning Chinese, Reading, writting, and play

 Waiting for the bus

 The White Bus, it holds about 10 kids and always has a little Auntie that helps the kids on and buckles them in .

 Here is Spencer and Devin going on a Daddy-Spencer Date- sorry about my hand. They went out to KFC and played on the Playground

Here are me and Spencer checking out his Pink Mustache

Here is his excited face when he found out that he Devin got tickets tot the F1 Races!

Here is Spencer in Primary Class! He loves Sunbeams!

We love our Bundle of Energy!

Our Little Princess

I thought I would do a post on each of the kids, before this third joins us.

Marianne Naomi Wagstaff

Age: 2.5 Years

Nicknames: Petunia, Mariannie, 

Obsessions: Blue Dress, Dogs, Princesses 

Favorite Foods: Apple Juice, Yogurt, Ice cream Sugar

Not Favorite Foods: Dinner, Potatoes, Ketchup

Favorite Color: Currently Blue- due to the obsessive Blue Dress

Likes to: Play dress up, Repunsel, Princesses, Ride her scooter which she does very well,

Favorite Movie: Tangled 

Character Traits: Speaks very well, stands up for herself, speaks her mind, nurturing, goes to bed well, loving , stubborn, forgiving, 

This is a 2 year old picture that I love!

Here she is playing dress up with our friend Amelia

Here we are with our Friend Marley and Spencer playing Dress up! 

Here is Marianne with her Dog Bingo (AKA;  Minuit.(Minewe), Webster, Maximus) as you can see she is trying to be very cautious with him, making sure he drags over the speed bump properly. 

Here is Marianne standing at the playground on her "Magic Carpet" singing "A Whole New World", as loud as she possibly can- she can belt it out pretty good. She knows the entire song!

 Several afternoons a week we go swimming with our dear friends/neighbors Marley and Zoe. We love these guys- the kdis play great together

 Devin took Marianne on a Daddy Daughter date. here she is wearing her princess dress, all ready to go. They went and got Gelato, and played together.

Here it is the Blue Dress- This is the last post to honor this blue Dress. She has worn it obsessively since May- going on 5 months. She sleeps in it wears it to the pool, eats, breaths. I can barely get it off of her to throw it in the wash for a couple of hours. Not sure why she loves it. . .  it started as a hamidown and is now very worn, and gray.
However, today might be the end of it. It has been causing some obedience problems (not wanting to swim, or go to church because she would have to take it off) . . . so it is on a permanent time out. Imagine, Crying, Wailing and Gnashing of teeth, all were had repeatedly today.

We love, love, love, our little girl with all of her quirks and sweetheart moments. She is very quick to say I love you, give kisses, and hugs, and be your buddy. We are excited for her sister to arrive.