Baby's Updates

We brought little boy for his 6-in-1 jab on Wednesday.

Baby's progress @ 6 weeks:

Weight: 5.15kg
Length: 56 cm

Pressies and Gatherings

Managed to meet up with some of the fres since i'm quite kinda free for these few months. Also to get some free time for myself. Had dinner with the babes and Baby Kayson at a rather good peranakan place in the east last week. Rather pricey, but a good change from my usual choice for peranakan food. Got pretty pressies from the gals. Really lurve the pair of shoes the gals got me for my belated birthday pressie. So very pretty.

Also managed to meet up to celebrate Wen's birthday on the 4th of Jan with Fen and Cecilia. We had dinner at Paradise Dynasty @ Ion. Feels good to take an occasional break away from the demands of parenthood.

Goodbye 2010

The year has passed so very fast. Late nights and long days at work for a major part of the year. Looking back, i'm amazed that i managed the long hours and the 2 portfolios. Its great that the extra portfolio has been given away and that i ended the year on maternity leave.

And, of carrying and birthing my baby. The pregnancy was a smooth one and we become newly minted parents. Its a huge change, this thing called parenthood. A lifetime of responsibility to the little one ( The days seems to fly by although i'm doing nothing much except caring for the little one) Oh, plus loads of weight gain, lack of clothes..shoes shopping and complementary stretch marks. Hee..

2011 would be filled with my baby's milestones, i'm sure. Although i do wanna meet with my friends more if possible. Goodbye 2010! Its been a fruitful year, of drastic changes. With more abound in the year ahead.

Quiet Christmas

We did not plan anything this Christmas despite me ending my confinement a few days before.

Its a quiet Christmas this year at the homeland, just me and Baby Boy as the dearie has to work today and the parent-in-laws are out for a Christmas Party. No Christmas feasting as well..

The little boy has not been sleeping much for the past week during the day and he occupies most of my time these days as we've yet to establish a routine yet and he's cranky and likes to be carried most of the time. I sure hope this phase will pass quickly. He's well-being is the best pressie that I can have this year. (oh.. plus i can lose a few more kgs and have alot more milk in my moo moo career .. if possible.. Dear Santa)

Merry Christmas peeps and my little Braedon.

One Month

A month of mummyhood and we've survived the little one's full month celebration (Thank you dear friends for the well wishes). Time has passed so very fast..

This is the little one who occupies most of my time these days and makes my day with his winsome grin. I lurve you my baby.. Happy One Month.

Being Confined

Really counting down to the end of my confinement. Some says 40 days.. but i'll take it easy from 30 days onwards. Counting down to normal food.. woots! (Although the food that the MIL cooks have not been too gingerly .. ;p)

Its easy to see why many newly minted mummies slip into depression, with the demands of parenthood like caring for the new born baby (crys, poo and pee), worrying about their health and milestones. Add in breast feeding, a body that is still recovering from the delivery, saggy tummy, weight gain, restrictions during the 'confinement' month.. sounds quite daunting. I neber thought i'll miss the 2 daily showers so so much and i can't bear to see my belly with the saggy skin and stretch marks ! Hmm... but.. the moment i see baby with his cute smile. everything is worth it.. :)

Now, there' the baby shower on Sunday to worri about.. close to 100 pax in our tiny home.. aiz.. should have separated the peeps into diff timings.. this silly old donkey moi.

My Little Boy

Baby Braedon's details at birth:

Time: 1.20pm on 22nd Nov 2010. ( Natural Birth with Epidural)
Weight: 3.07 kg @ 38 weeks plus ( 8 days before EDD).
Length: 48 cm

My little bundle of joy =)

Hello Baby

Kinda expected the little one to arrive on his estimated due date.. but he decided to pop out early on 22nd Nov 2010. My water bag broke around one am and was admitted to the delivery suite around 2 plus. Contractions started and i had epidural injected around 5am. Was fully dilated around 12 pm and baby arrived after an hour of pushing.

It really feels kinda surreal, when the little one whom i have been carrying for the last 9 months popped out and started crying. So loud and wonderous, his first cries. It felt quite like a miracle.. my baby. ( well.. the birthing process was kinda traumatic though and i was quite drained after the whole event).

Its been one week into parenthood and one week into confinement. Baby's feeding time means a constant lack of sleep plus struggles with the demands of parenthood like breast feeding. Tiring but worth the effort. The in-laws and dearie has been wonderful and i'm grateful for their efforts. Now i can't wait for the dreaded one month of confinement to end. Baby' s doing alrights.. and he melts our hearts when he smiles.. the charmy naught little boy. I'm grateful to have him, and the dearie.. =)

A long long weekend

Took 2 days of annual leave to rest for 5 days this week ( Thursday to Monday.. hee). Its a welcomed rest. Gotta clear my leave before baby comes.

Feels good to sleep till the sun shines brightly outside the homeland. To pop some movies and soapy korean dramas into the disc player. To just walk about in the shopping malls. To forget the stressfulness of work. A short respite before the demands of motherhood sets in full time. Even had time to cook pancakes for brekkie today. Life's good.

Clothes for The Little Boy

Been shopping online a while back. Bought loads of clothes for the little Boy. And tiny shoes too. Oh.. and a pretty pink baby bag for mommie. These days, the shopping revolves round baby items. Hee. Its quite a change.

Counting Down

Our baby boy's 35 weeks 5 days old and weighs 2.4 kg. No signs of labour yet. Next visit to the doc is 2 weeks later. Hope everything goes well. We look forward to seeing our little boy.

Mummie will learn to be a wonderful mummie okies.... my little baby Braedon =)

Turning 30

Gosh, I'm turning thirty in a few days. The past decade has flew by so very fast. Graduated from Uni, got my first job, first boyfriend (the dearie) whom i married, got our own place, travelled to Europe and Japan, started my second job and now expecting my little one.

Time flies and it takes great effort to maintain ties with the friends i so cherish. I so hope the next ten years will be wonderful as well. Had high tea today at Fullerton Hotel's The Courtyard with Fen. Hee.. scones with cream and jam makes moi a happy babe. So good to catch up with friends.. Birthday celebrations these days are subtle and without fanfare. Feels good to catch up with the good friends.. The countdown to the big 3 zero has began.

He's Five

The nephew turns 5 this week and his parents had a mini celebration of sorts for him at their place. A simple gathering with close family and friends.

The baby has grown into a fine little boy, still so very cute and so very lovable. My little one will have ready playmates.. i sure hope i have the energy to organise such celebrations for our baby.

Brunch Weekend

Its Brunch galore this weekend as me and dearie had brekkie at Swensons before heading for my medical appointment on Saturday. Value for monies brekkie..

This was followed by brekkie at Boomarang with the babes on Sunday. Buttermilk pancakes.. yums. Yup, I've been into having late breakfast recently.. Hee.

A Year

Today marks one year, one year into the new job. I like the colleagues, sure hope that i'll be able to stay till the second year mark before more pondering the future, work wise =)

The Little One

Yup, we're gonna be 3. 3 of us. Me, dearie and the little one. Our little baby boy. 21 weeks and counting. The tummy is growing rounder by the day. Am moi, waddling like a duck whose's gained too much weight. The question i still ponder these days.. will i make a good mommie? I really don't know. But, i'll try my best, for the little one. Hee, its part of the reason why the blogging's been rather slow.. i'm slacking.. in anticipation for the little one's arrival. 19 more weeks..

Busy With..

The past few weeks kinda just passed by in a flash. The little ones went for their long overseas trip together with the Mother-In-Law. The Father-In-Law got hospitalised the day they went overseas. Which kinda freaked the dearie out. So, we packed our bags and stayed over at the In-Laws place. We even managed to buy some furniture (a bed and shelves) which was needed in the next few months.

The Mother-In-Law came back about a week plus ago. We are slowly moving back to our own place. Work has been kinda crazy. My new colleague who just joined and took over the diff portfolio has just resigned after 2 weeks into the job. So I'm kinda struck with the 2 portfolios, and its a shitty sinking feeling and it kinda spolits my mood most days.

Other than that, I've managed to catch the entire series of Down With Love in the few weekends..a taiwanese idol series staring the drool some Jerry Yan and Ella Chan. Its a cute series, one of the rare ones which I have truly enjoyed recently. That pretty much sums up the past few weeks.

Looks like the current moodiness over work issues will continue for some time to come. Haiz. Silly Old Me.

Pilling Up

The to-do-list at work is piling up... gurrp.... is it me, or the workload simply too much? *Signz* Sure hope things will change for the better soon.. It Must! It Will!

Day out with Fen

Celebrated Fen's birthday with an outing to Vivo City on Sat. Mango Cake at Secret Recipe (They were out of White Choco Macadamia.. sobs) followed by some shopping. We din manage to catch SATC 2.. the tixs were sold out for the 3 shows! We ended the day with Dinner at.. *Drum roll*.. ha ha.. JPot lor.. Moi and not very creative with food choices.. ;p

Pork Ribs Soup and Laksa Soup Base

Tea time- Mango Cake

A Wedding and Brekkie

Was busy last Sat with the Sec Galfriend's wedding. Woke up bright and early and travelled all the way to the West to her place. She only had 2 jiemeis. Both of which are married.. coz she's the last in the group to get married..Hee.

The groom only had one xiongdi. Wha, so its a rather easy affair. She had her tea ceremony at her place before the whole entourage moved to her new place in the East for the second round of tea ceremony. Wha..the bride had 3 outfit changes during the ceremony.

It was the church wedding thereafter. A very fast event, i must say. A simple ceremony attended only by immediate family and a few friends. This was followed by dinner. Hee.. tits a long day.

Had brekkie @ Graze with the babes on Sunday. It meant more travelling to the West! Brekkie was great manz.. although i din really like my dish which had quite abit of avocado mixed with feta cheese. We ended the meal with the dessert platter. It feels good, meeting up with the galfriends, especially for brunch. Gotta meet up with the fres more often =)

Dessert Platter

Jinny's Hash Brown

Han's Eggs Ben

Hui's order -Omelette

My Brekkie