Praise the Lord! Jeremiah's 4!

Praise the Lord! Jeremiah's 4!
Mummy went searching and asking all around for dairy free cakes for the little one and finally was blessed with a kind baker that would do it for a very good price. And we found him on Saturday after morning mass :) So mummy ordered one 1kg for Jere's school on the actual day 5th July Monday, one 1 kg for the extended family dinner on Sunday, the day before and a 1/2 kg for our little family on the actual day. So excited we all were.

3 days before the birthday, Jerry came down with a high temperature that shot beyond 38 deg. Up and down on Friday and Saturday. Jerry could not go for GROWTH at CSC, his usual Friday party venue. On Saturday morning, our dear friend woke up at 5.30am and insisted on going for morning mass. Taking his temperature, he felt alright so mummy brought him even though daddy says no coz it's cold and he's recovering. Jerry was happy at mass and went for breakfast with our friends and Father Stephen from church. Father Stephen blessed him after mass and he was happy. The temperature came back after we went home though. Sunday, little Jerry refused food which was unusual and we realised he had developed ulcers in his mouth. Poor baby. He refused cold soya bean and all his favourite food, he was not keen :( I brought him to Aunty Sally's house nearby and he saw 1-shape, a food replacement drink and he asked for it so Aunty Sally gave him. He happily finished the bottle and Aunty Sally also gave him a packet of "Essence of Play". We went home and he slept. The evening's dinner with the extended family was cancelled coz Nat came down with fever and a very high temeprature of 38.9 deg. We stayed home and the boys slept till about 10pm and woke up and saw the cakes we collected for Jerry. Jerry was so so excited and had to blow one cake that night. But the poor little boy said, " First time I got a cake but I got the ulcers :("Mummy brought all the dairy free stuff and "jerry-friendly" ingredients to a very kind bakery that did all the beautiful cakes for our dear Jerry :) Praise the Lord! We lit the 1/2 kg cake and thought we will keep the two 1 kg for tomorrow school and family dinner if jerry gets better. Our doggie Bonnie was whining and screaming to be in the pic so there she is right beside me... our boys 10 yr old sister :)
Jerry was pushing mummy away and said "I blow my candles myself... no need help" :P.... Look at him... my sweetpea. How my little baby has grown!
Jerry got this thing of cutting cake this year... he wil chop chop chop the cake :D Jerry goes chop //// chop //// chop ///// :D and he couldn't stop chopping the cake :P After that, he was happy and could go to bed :)
On the 5th July, Jerry woke up with more ulcers in his mouth. This time even on his tongue! School was definitely a no go! Lunch time, mummy decided to do something to cheer him up. Poor little one, caught up at home coz he was not well on his birthday. This was what I did!RED mee sua! RED was his favourite colour :D Look how happy he is but he couldn't eat much coz of his ulcers :( SIMPLE stuff :) organic meesua that was naturally coloured with beetroot I think. Then I just added eggs, minced pork and spinach :) Mummy did not want to leave Korkor Nat out so made him some BLUE mee sua :) Looks kinda weird but the boys love it and actually it's kinda cool :) Then they took their nap. While they were napping, I was thinking, what was I supposed to do with two 1-kg cakes? Then something struck me.... we usually go for RCIA class every Monday night and I thought maybe we could share the cake there! Quickly, I sms the people in charge and told them that I had some cakes to share for their fellowship. I told them about Jerry not being well and not being able to bring the cake to school. Thus we had lotsa cakes to share. Theresa asked me to bring Jerry along and said the people there then could sing birthday song and bless him :) How God had planned for this little one! So it was decided, we will bring the 2 cakes to church! When we were preparing to leave house about 7.30pm that evening, the postman came with a registered mail! BIRTHDAY ICE CREAM CAKE FROM SWENSENS and CLUB RAINBOW! THANK YOU LORD! Jerry was thrilled with the dry ice effect that mummy did with the dry ice that came in the box :P MORE MUMMY MORE! We had to move away from the table coz we were pouring so much water on the dry ice that the water was overflowing. So we moved off to chop the cake. It was tough as it was so frozen that we had to use a knife dipped into hot water. Mummy had to help.... Jerry was a really good boy. He knew he was allergic to cow's milk so he said he just wanted to blow candles and cut the cake, knowing that he cannot take ice-cream cake. When the grandma took the cake, he looked kinda disappointed but he did not shed a tear. Such a good boy!
Then we brought the two 1kg cake to church to celebrate with the RCIA people.... How God arranges Jerry to celebrate with His people :) Here's Jerry with Uncle Eric who always cheers the little one up.... big or small :) Here's Jeremiah with daddy and mummy at the church canteen. Korkor is at home coz of his fever. Sorry Korkor, we missed you! One of the inquirers that was in the RCIA process who was coincidentally the one that Tim was sponsoring... birthday also fell on the 5th July too! so we invited him to cut the cake together :) Jerry was really eager to chop chop chop the cake again! :P Uncle Eric was so so cute! He took out a microphone for Jerry to sing and Jerry sang for the uncle with the same birthday "May the Good Lord bless you!" Here's Father Kenny and little Jerry! How great is our God! Father Kenny was praying and lifting Jerry up for mass when Jerry was born and stuck in NICU for some 2 and half weeks! now 4 years later! How Great is our God!Jerry wants to be a priest like Father Kenny one day! :) The little one always says he wants to be a Father too! :) Another cake at 11pm! with the AH TA (yeye) who was working earlier :) think we were all singing may the good Lord bless YOU! that explains daddy and mummy's mouth shape :P and there our friend goes.... happily chopping the cake again! Pressis Time! awwwww..... kiss tita (our dear helper, Gina)! Grandma and mummy cannot take it :P too lovey!Look how Jerry kisses his dear Tita. Definitely not just for her gift of a set of bible story books.... actually this kiss ain't enough for the love and care she showers on him. That wraps up his 4th birthday celebration with a total of 4 cakes! WOW! How blessed! Thank you Lord for this wonderful blessing Jeremiah and protecting him and keeping him in your Love. Thank You Lord! Lord, grant us the strength and the wisdom and understanding to bring up this little one the way You want us to. Thank You Lord. AMEN!