Another one thing I noticed about Annabelle is that she needs to be shown affection. Many times when I was around doing my things, she would just come and want to sit on my lap or lie down on my lap. She knows that I would cuddle her and embrace her and she would just enjoy it. The look at her face shows that she wants her daddy’s love. And it is a joy just to shower her with affections. Once she has received the affection she needs she would go back to do her own things.

Last Sunday we went to church. During the altar call, Pastor Lee Neo asked the congregation to hold other people’s hand for corporate prayer. Clarissa was with her mother at the mother’s room at the back of the sanctuary. After the prayer, her mother told me that Clarissa cried when she saw me holding a lady’s hand during the prayer. Hahaha…so cute to hear that.

Then when I asked her why she is jealous and cry, she said, “I want daddy”. Wah…so strong her feelings for her daddy that holding hands in prayer is also not permissible.

My daughter Clarissa seems to be attached to me. Everytime I want to hug my wife and if Clarissa sees us, she would cry. At first I thought that Clarissa does not want me to hug her mommy. After a few times, we realized that she actually do not want her mommy to hug me. Hahaha. Clarissa would cry and then ask me to hug her. After I hugged her she would stop crying. She wants me, her daddy is hers, not even her mommy can hug her daddy. Haizzzz…

Annabelle small finger got bitten by an insect just now. We already asked her to sleep as it is already past her bedtime. She opened the room door and told me and her mommy that her finger is pain pain. Thinking that she is just trying to go out from the room and play, I told her to go back to sleep. After about 5 minutes she opened the room door again and said the same thing. Scolded her and asked her to go back to sleep again. About a minute later we heard her crying in the room.

Went in and while still crying she showed me her finger. I was afraid that she might have twisted her finger but thank God it was not the case. Brought her out from the room and applied some ointment on her finger. Immediately she quietened down. She also asked me to pray for her finger. In the room she seems so happy. I guess she wants attention from her parents more than the ointment. Now she is asleep.

Reached home from work today and received a surprise. As I opened the door to the house, my son Barnabas saw me. He gave a wide smile, happy to see me.

“Barnabas, come to daddy. Come, come, hug daddy” I said to him.

Immediately he came to me and open wide his arm to hug me. Hugged him tight. Wah…..this feeling like no other, I want you to know. It’s so wonderful to be wanted by him. Hugged him and asked him to kiss me. That he still shy to give. Don’t know why.