Can’t believe how fast time has flown by and already we are past the halfway mark of the year. Imagine…in just 2 months time, the little fella will be 2. Didn’t seem too long ago that I was preggy. I was just imagining him in my tummy that day and how he would fit in now. Heheh…Would be quite scary really. We were looking at a photo I snapped of him over the weekend and were saying that he does not look like a baby anymore. Now looks like a big boy Talking about preggy, a good fren of mine/ours is expecting her first bundle of joy. I am so so excited and of course am praying that her pregnancy goes on smoothly without too much of pain. Though I have other friends who have babies as well as have 2 toddler/baby nieces ( on my side of the family), it is different when a really good friend is expecting. The joy is doubled or tripled….So for that little family unit,I am praying for the best!!!

I remember …

…when it was me pregnant

…when it was me feeling sick and thinking I never want to be pregnant again,

…when it was me/us enjoying the trips to the gynae and hearing the heartbeat of the little one

…when it was me/us trying to come to terms with impending parenthood

…when it was me/us shopping for the little one andgetting all excited about strollers and cots

…when it was me feeling tired, grumpy, weepy and happy all the same time…

…when it was us attending parenting classes

…when it was me throwing up, waterbag bursting and heading to the hospital at 3am!

…when it was me all nervous in the delivery suite, missing my pillow and feeling really hungry

…when it was all the waiting , waiting and waiting …till…..out popped the little fella!I remember the first thing I felt like having after all that excitement was ice lemon tea! And so I did..before anyone could come and catch me with a cold drink from the vending machine outside. Hahaha…

Those were good times, I reckon. But the next couple of months with a nb was another story altogether.But all is good and well now and I definitely am enjoying the little fella!

Posted: July 9th, 2007 under Family, health.
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I have always liked Christmas and always look forward to them. I was looking forward to this year’s cos it would be the first for M , first as in he would actually be able to socialise and enjoy himself. Have / had a lot of things lined up…lunch / dinner parties but then now everything is hanging in mid-air cos I dunno if Iz  will be well by then. Rightly he should cos by then it would be 10 days already but well…can’t tell for sure.

Hmm..always seem like the more u look forward to something, the more likely it is for plans to get deflated. And of course then greater the disappointment. But now I want nothing more than everyone to be healthy. I miss home…dun really like staying outside of home.I miss the air-con, i miss my bed, i miss Ch 55, I miss being able to laze around in front of the telly. And of course most of all, I miss Iz and Jeremiah. And am sure Iz misses M too…maybe even more than he misses me

Hmm…since Iz is homebound…guess I will not be getting my Christmas pressie this year. Sigh…and yet another disappointment. I love getting pressies cos I like seeing what kind of effort the giver has put in..

Please, please …let Iz get well soon and for M to stay healthy and be rid of all germs.

Posted: December 19th, 2006 under Christmas, Family, Uncategorized, health.
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Poor Iz is stricken with the pox so both me and M are staying over in my parents’ house. Was a bit apprehensive cos I din know what it would be like there for M. Din know if he would be used to it or not. Thankfully he was all right except for the initial fussing cos it was so hot. Thinking back, it is probably the first time he is sleeping without air con apart from the time he was born. So guess he is used to the coolness from the aircon already. The poor boy was drenched in sweat and all after trying to sleep. In the end, he slept on a mattress next to me. Am so glad he slept through the nite and did not have to wake up for milk. I too took a while to sleep cos it was  so so hot.

I miss home and I miss Iz. He must be feeling miserable with the pox and being alone at home, except for Jeremiah. So, I shall go visit him over the weekend bring some groceries back. Was thinking that I would cook and freeze the food so that he need not have to rely on instant food all the time. If not doubly poor thing. Well…am counting down already to the day he gets well!!!

Posted: December 15th, 2006 under Family, Uncategorized, health.
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Hmm…such a outer-spacey title huh? But nothing galatic for me. My quest is more shallow…more me-centred For the past 6 weeks, I have embarked on a weight loss plan. Never been really skinny and though I would like to be (slim not skinny), my initial aim is to lose all my pregnancy weight. Put on quite a bit during the entire pregnancy and never did lose it though people say breastfeeding is supposed to help. Guess as much as I breastfed, I ate too Anyway…back to my quest….I am now cutting back on carbo. So that means no rice, no noodles and no bread. I initially thought it was going to be difficult but surprisely it has been easier than I expected. I dun really miss rice or noodles though I do miss bread sometimes. And of course I miss chocolates. But well…for the sake of vanity and health …I will persist. I reckon at a lot of times, it is willpower that helps as well. So for the easily tempted and self-indulgent me, that is quite a challenge. But I must say I have been quite good, been quite disciplined except for the occasional break. Statistics have been quite encouraging…I have lost 6 kgs in 6 weeks. Now i am just willing myself to lose more so that I will look nice for Christmas. I know…shallow me…but that is now my motivation. Afterall, who wants to look like an aunty and be a fat wife and mother? I also want I to feel proud of his wife. I reckon that exercise would help to that either means I have to wake up really early to exercise and be back home before 7 when the little fella wakes up or exercise after work which means sacrificing family time. Neither which I am really willing to do so for now we are just making do with evening walks after dinner.

Hmm…wish me luck…slightly less than a month to Christmas…how much more will I lose?

Posted: November 30th, 2006 under health.
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The cold virus has hit our household. It started with the little fella and went on to us, the big fellas. I was telling colleagues that he was a little one but with a big or rather strong virus. Whilst the little one’s cold came and went…ours came and still is here to stay. I is resting at home today whilst I am at work cos I do need to finish up some stuff in preparation of class tomorrow. I enjoy the classes and the preps , just not when I am having a stuffy nose!

I was telling I that we really need more vitamins to boost our health. We are falling ill far too often and it is really not good. A rest once in a while is good but definitely not when it happens ever so often. Time to go make use of my GNC card. Been reading up too on the sort of supplement the little fella can take to boost his immunity. Guess it is important for him as he is susceptible to all sorts of stuff when in school. On the one hand, I dun want to over protect/insulate him but on the other hand, I do reckon he needs a shield of some sort esp since he is in school. Again today, we heard that there has been another case of HFMD in the toddlers’ class. Must pray really hard that his is just a cold and nothing else develops. Really horrid to see him feeling under the weather…gets all grumpy and uncomfortable. But the consolation is that he is still sleeping throught the nite and gets the rest he needs.

 Cold bug…disappear!!!

Posted: November 22nd, 2006 under Family, Parenting, health.
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