Our very first 'separation'

Last nite's display of emotions reminded me on those times when we had to go on the trips and left her in my sis, Eileen's care.

Needless to say, our very first, which was also the longest biz trip, had the worst scenario. We had an early morning flight, so as kindly suggested by Eileen, we brought her over in the early evening. She was still playing with her cousins and waved goodbye to us happily when we left. Obvioulsy, she hadn't know that we'd be leaving her there and when bed time came, she cried soooooooooooo badly and kept asking for mommy that my sister telephoned us., thinking that it'd help soothe her by letting her hear my voice but apparently, it didn't work. I tried to calm her over the telephone but was told later that she was sooo upset that she didn't even wanna listen to the phone after a while. That night, she cried herself to sleep, without her milk ... and I couldn't sleep either :*( so, I went to do some chores. Having slept too late and the alarm clock playing out on me, we both woke up late and missed our flight! ;P

Since our flight was missed and after some hassle, we finally managed to get seats for the next day(all fully booked) and having nothing else to do and both of us missing Renee badly, we decided to drop by at my sis'. At the door, my sis even had the door opened a little and whispered if it's wise for us to go in. Missing her dearly, we took the risk but that gave my sis a hard time later...

Renee was happy but still upset when she saw us. And after her milk in the early aftrnoon, she didn't want to take her nap, I guess, for fear that we'll be gone again. Having no choice, I told her I'll nap with her and initially, remembering what happened last nite, she refused me but after a few 'sayangs', she fell asleep with me beside her. We left...

Later we learnt(luckily my sis only told me abt it when we have returned) that she was very very upset when she woke up from her nap and didn't see us... :(

Upon our return, we immediately rushed over immediately to pick her after quickly putting our luggages down behind the door. Having been informed that we were going to fetch her home, she stood at the door waiting. When she saw her daddy coming, she was sooo happy but immediately pouted and started to cry when she saw me...

Ever since that trip, she began to have this phobia of going to her aunty Eileen's place. And to get her used to it, I have to bring her there for a visit, a few times.

She became more and more receptive later as our trips got more frequent but the last one, we made a mistake by phoning her. My sis Elsie told me over the phone that Renee was missing us - she was playing the 'finger' game with uncle Rick and suddenly, she stopped the game and ran to aunty Lili. Lili said that she must have suddenly remembered her papa as this used to be her favourite game with him. Then later when Elsie carried her and looking out the window, she murmurred : "So late, so dark, where's my mommy?". I almost teared when I heard this and chided Elsie for telling me when I was still there :*(