On a beautiful Sunday morning, BB Arianne 李欣颖, my third bb was born on 20th April 2008.

Time of birth: 0441am
Length: 51cm

Weight: 3155g

Place of birth: Thomson Medical Clinic

Arianne was induced at 1150pm on Wed night as she was due and gynae saw no reason to keep her inside me anymore. Furthermore, I was having painful contractions though not very regular. Cervix was already 3cm dialated when gynae did the check before breaking the waterbag. 3 hours into labour, bb heartbeat was dropping. I had to rely on Oxygen to keep her going strong. She had to come out v soon or her life would be in danger. We found that her umbylical cord had twined round her neck causing the drop in heartbeat. Fearing for her safety, i had to push as hard as I could....finally at 441am, i could hear her cries.... strong loud cries.... Thank God.

Thinking of a name was a v difficult task. I wanted something close to our hearts which Fiona and Aaron can relate to.

Finally, I chanced upon this name - Arianne. An 'A' rhymes with Brother Aaron and 'Anne' is a baptism name which Fiona and I share. Arianne, mummy hopes u like the name which we have chosen for u.

Vivo City

Fiona enjoying herself in the wet playground

Animal Resort

(Left: Fiona, Aaron and KH feeding the fishes in the pond of Animal Resorts

Right: Aaron feeding the rabbits with carrots)

Weekends are dedicated to our kids. We usually bring them to places which we think they would enjoy.

Animal Resorts was fun! Aaron enjoyed it v much. Initially he was fearful of the goats when they approached him for the food. But later on, he warmed up and bought more than 5 packets of carrots and bread for them!!! Fiona, however, was a bit scared and did not feed the animals. Instead, she was enjoying herself at the fish pond feeding the coils.