Little Yelly

As I was going over my files trying to organize the folders... I found some cute vids of yels when he was just a couple of months old! Oh he's soooo super cute.

My Baby... as promised...

Here's some pictures of my sweet baby as I had promised earlier... these pictures are very precious as I had only managed to see 'her' twice in the whole 3 term of my pregnancy  :P She's a shy one... enjoy! Muah!

Baby loves to sleep... zzzzz....  :)

Wonder who she resembles...? Me?? Looks like my nose there..hehehe

Outing with Yels and IKEA

Today my bro, SIL and I went out with Yels. It started out around 11am when we went to Laman Seri to pick his cute self up. Unfortunately he was fast asleep, but of course that didn't stop up from taking him out anyway. He must have been super sleepy since the transfer from bed to car seat and the whole drive to Damansara didn't even cause him to stir. Deep sleep indeed.

We began our adventure at Keesh's friends launch for Smart Reader's Kindergarten in Damansara Perdana. Yels woke up once abang carried him in and was a bit phased out to find himself in a new surrounding. Like any kindergarten, the space was filled with toys and little boys and girls playing and doing art work. The crowd was minimal so no harm there. He just all cute and sweet on abang's lap and watched his surroundings. He eventually got up and started to play with the toys. The reason? There were train parts around. As is his passion, anything with wheels gets him excited. :)


We also showed him how to do artwork with sand. I must admit though that it seemed much more fun for him to mix or throw the sand around rather than dribbling it on the artwork :P  In the end, cars and throwing balls around with abang won his heart and he started laughing and having fun.

Tummy grumbling we went curve next for some yummy lunch. We had a delicious meal at Kenny Roger's and boy was that a trial indeed! Yels was hungry and kept wanting to take my corns, didn't help that the corn and mac and cheese was in a bowl in front of him. Needless to say the table and floor ate more than Yels. But we did manage to get him to eat some. Here he started talking in his sweet language that only he understands and looked excited to be off walking around.

Done with food, we headed off to IKEA to go take a look at my wardrobe that I have been waiting for so long. We skipped through the usual lanes and went straight downstairs. Imagine my excitement when I saw that the shelves were in stock! Wheee! hehehe..... Yels was of course oblivious to my joy and was just happy to be in his stroller and play with his car and mama long. Checking through the list of parts that I needed, I rushed to get further information on the codes from the personnel, even having to go back upstairs to double check on the coding.

Thank you abang for the wonderful birthday gift! :) Baby dear and mummy here is very, very happy indeed! hehehehe...

Amazingly throughout the whole day Yels was such a well behaved and sweet boy. He didn't cry or even trouble us one bit! It was a wonderful adventure... the crowd and weather today also helped as it was just nice and breezy with not the usual throng of shoppers that usually makes going to IKEA area a trial.

We must have tire him out as he fell right to sleep again on the way home. Hardly moved a muscle when transferred him into bed. Love him to bits! Wish we had more time together, but unfortunately with no one free I had to leave him at Laman Seri to the tender care of his granddad. Maybe we'll have ourselves some merry time soon, but it won't be the same as most probably there'll be others like his Tok Dad and Che...or even his mummy and daddy... no this was special, just me...his Mamanish, Papa Long and Mama Long  :)

Thumbs up to Papa Long and Mama Long for running around and entertaining him... :)   hehehe... would love to help with that except that my big belly does keep me from being too active...

Please ignore me in this picture... :P 

Pregnancy Updates

Wow, time really flies... it feels like only yesterday i was updating on my pregnancy and suddenly now I am a few weeks shy of giving birth! :) I'm currently in my 37th week and at this stage:

• Darling baby stretches a lot in my tummy, think she's trying to find her place in an ever smaller environment...though I must say that my tummy has ballooned to an extra-ordinary size! hehehe.... in other words it's very very round...
• In our last check-up baby showed to be petite and, Alhamdulillah, light (2.6-2.9kg). I was a bit scared that her weight might be over 3kg due to my sister's pregnancy history, and let's admit it... I haven't been taking care of my sugar in-take despite my borderline case to high sugar level. My next check-up us next week and I'm really hoping that by then the baby's growth is still maintained at normal and that she's properly engaged. Insyallah...
• She's been hiccuping a lot lately... and last week during the eve of my birthday, my mum and SIL was able to feel her hiccuping away! hehehe... now 4 people besides me has felt her moving. :)  She's such a shy baby, only moves at night when there's only mummy, and sometimes daddy... tsk tsk...  :)
• I have to refrain myself from getting baby more clothes as she already has a huge collection for 0-3 months. I guess I went overboard with the shopping... not to mention the lovely gifts from friends! I realised this when I was busy doing her laundry the other week. Though if I were to think about it, baby is lacking in new born clothes... hmmm.... :P
• We finally set up the crib in Kajang and I finally started on laundry for the clothes and what nots there. Not much to be done since most of the stuff are in Subang. Afterall, I'll be finishing my pantang in Subang. I'll just pack her clothes when it's time to go to Kajang later. Afraid that if I leave off any clothes there, then I might forget it and she might not fit it anymore.
• At this stage I have felt braxton-hicks. The funny part is that I didn't even know what it was until the doc told me! All this while I thought it was just baby stretching out in my tummy. Hehehehe..... my whole tummy hardens and I'm thinking... wow, is this how it's going to be like when the contraction starts?? And no, I'm not that naive to think the real ones wouldn't hurt  :P
• Restless nights? yesss..... I still do wake up a lot during the night time. Mainly to go to the bathroom and sometimes when I need to change my position. But lately I've also been restless during bedtime due to my emotional elmo-eey self  :P Somehow I think I super sensitive and gets upset easily. When this happens, it usually plagues my mind till I can't seem to sleep well. Being a person who loves to get a good night's sleep, this would of course mean me being a grouchy bear the next morning! grrr.... heheheh
• Oh! My fingers also hurts... I'm not sure what's the reason for this. At this stage, I've started retaining water and my feet and fingers are bloated to the max! That could actually be the cause of the pain in my fingers. Everytime I try to clench in fists, it feels bloaty and the joints hurts. Need to remember to ask the doc if that's normal. Haven't heard of anyone feeling like that.

Ok... I think that's long enough for this entry... :)  Praying that everything turns out well... until later... hugs... ! Muah!

All 3 pregnant ladies... with me and my bff having EDD diff of 2 days!

Birthday... mine! :D

Yes dears, I turned 28 today... It's funny how being closer to 30 I am feeling younger. Is that even possible?? hehehe...

This year I am grateful for a lot of things... and one that always stays in my mind is that special people that surrounds me and makes me feel special on this day. That's the one thing that matters most... :)  It started off with a nice lunch at Delicious with my in-laws... we had yummy lunch dishes that followed with an even more yummy brownie for dessert! It's so sweet how they are always thinking of me and insist to take me out there since I missed it the last time they were there on a family outing (was with my fam and couldn't get away to join).

Then came an even bigger surprise that night... I went back home to have dinner with my dad... and the moment I saw the dark house I suspected that something more was up. Hehehe... and true to my guess... everyone was there! Everyone minus my bro that is... he's still in UK... and I just realised it's been like that for past couple of years... hehehe... My mum came back to surprise me! Hehehe... she's so sweet. Always thinking of ways to surprise me. Out of everyone... she's the one who always manage to surprise me on my birthday... I remember the time she was away and she secretly ask my dad to buy me the little drawer with the rose design (still in my room and truly cherished!)... I practically shouted when I saw it... hehehe... and of course when she came back from PD just to surprise me in Cyber for my 20th birthday with a pink flower pillow that I had wanted for so long (she saw it and thought of me)... and now... her being here all the way from Terengganu just for my birthday... to add cherries to the cake... she got me a gorgeous MotherCare changing table...and a book on babies that I myself have been planning to buy  :D   Mummy really knows me...

The next day I had lunch with my 2 oldest friends and sis... the chickies of course! Ayu couldn't join us... but Nia came in her stead... :)  She's so cute! We had a nice lunch at Serai... and yummy dessert at Chilli's. Gossips were flying left and right as always and time flew by quickly... Poor hubby though was just waiting at home for me... Sorry sayang!

Hubby was asking me where I wanted to go for dinner... but being full from all the delicious food, my mind was at a blank. I was also not feeling like dressing up. So since it's my birthday... I decided to do what I would enjoy most... shopping around IKEA and Ikano area.. hehehe... mainly to check the wardrobe and fitted sheets at Early Years. Had super fun even though we ended up buying nothing but hangers from Tesco... heheheh What can I say... am a simple person with simple needs... let's save all the celebrating when darling baby gets here... ;)

Letting Go... and Living...

There's so many things in life that we have the desire to achieve... to own.... to complete... and the list will go on and on... It's not an exaggeration to say that human wants are never exhaustible. It's in our nature to always want more and always, always... what seems to be beyond our reach.

In my emotional state as a mother to be, I realise that I didn't actually take the time to just lie down and live in my happiness. I'm always running around trying to get things done, trying to prepare... or else... just trying to rest or not be sick... always something.

Last weekend, my mum had a doa selamat for me... in anticipation for my darling baby's arrival as well as in conjunction with my 28th birthday next week. As I sat there after the bacaan Yassin, I realise (not for the first time, mind you! :P  ) of how lucky I am to be living my life. Sure, it's imperfect and hard sometimes... but I am one of the lucky ones..... to have wonderful parents who loves me... even though I can be stubborn and disappointing at times... to have a loving husband who's there for me... loving in-laws who takes care of me and are super nice to my family... brother and sister who cares for me all the time...

The icing on the cake? My miracle baby... alhamdulillah, we've made it to my 36th week and going strong... never in a million years would I have thought I could have this very gift from God... and there she is... her heart beating strongly within me...

And I am the luckiest ever... and so I shall take the time to just relax... and be thankful for all that I have... because my life is complete... and happiness is mine...

Maid Agency Frustration

We're currently looking for a maid. Well, her main role would be as a nanny when I'm at work. Then of course there are the normal housework such as ironing, laundry etc. Nothing too strenuous.

However, getting a good maid is seriously a trial that is heavy on the mind. There is of course the extravagant costs of actually obtaining one... this is just to get the passport and medical documents from the place of origin (the most common and easiest is from Indonesia). I think it's due to the problem of immigration for the agency or whatnot, it seems we still have to settle the immigration part ourselves. If it comes cheap, it's ok... but it seems we're paying the full price of an agency intervention. -sigh- Since this is our first time doing this, I am quite frustrated and frankly stressed out.

We actually found a good agency that I have no doubt will probably handle everything for us without exception. Unfortunately they are not offering Indonesian maids. Instead they only have Philippines maids (highly recommended) and Cambodian maids. Now I would love to get Philippines maids, except they are super expensive and a Muslim one is hard to come by. Cambodian on the other hand would probably drive me nuts as they can't speak English. I can't even negotiate terms with an Indonesian agent who's language is close to BM, can you imagine me trying to communicate with someone who has no understanding of English or BM? Goodness, I'll probably hyperventilate and be admitted to the hospital for high blood pressure! Not good...

Now some might wonder, what happened to the other maid agency that we chose before? Bad news there... to make the sad story short, the maid that they had so called processed for us was rejected by the immigration. Imagine my shock when I was told that the maid was registered under another employer in Malaysia. Needless to say, I was so angry I cried for a good hour after that. It was lucky that we were able to get back our deposit money.

So now, hubby had vetoed and chosen another agent... though he is actually from Pahang. I must say that after the first debacle, I am a bit wary especially when I can't even go visit the office. There are no proper brochures, no proper listing of expenses and basically no business card.   :(

But we've paid the hefty deposit, as I place my faith on hubby's judgement. This week will determine it all since the agent reassures us that the maid should be on a flight over to Malaysia by end of this week.

Could it be the ending to our search? We'll see.

Take away from the lesson learnt above:
1. Always ask for a business card
2. Request a list of all the costs
3. Should check for any guarantee/exchange should the maid be unacceptable
4. Should check what's the additional costs should the maid fail in obtaining the working permit or fomema exam
5. Pay by cheque and request for official receipt

Emotional Elmo

I think our days are filled with different feelings, and I guess today is just one of those days that gets to me in so many levels. It could be a real emotional dissatisfaction or could just be that pregnancy homrmone roller coaster that's hitting me bad since I'm already nearing the end of my thrid trimester. Yes, darlings I entered my 8th month (34th week).

So what's up with my emotional self? Actually the question should be where do I begin?

Hmm... I actually don't know where to begin. Too many stuff bugging my mind from my pending labour, house issue, maid issue, responsibility issue, insecurities issues.... see what I mean? Suffice to say that my heart feels heavy today. Don't really know if I can do anything about it. Don't even know if there's a way I can reach out for help or even what help I need. But I definitely feel like crawling into bed and just ignoring all my carzy feelings and thoughts.

Well, better sign off before I start to write nonsense and regret it later.

I'll find my way... muah...

The Crazy Red Bag

And so it was new year's eve...a mark for pending change and a time to celebrate all that was great and forget all that was wrong in 2010. My sis and I (of course darling hubby was there too) decided to spend it, albeit only a couple of hours, with a last shopping trip at Charles and Keith and Diva (there was this yummy sale of everything for RM15!). This was all done when we went out to get charcoal and fire started for our family bbq.

So there I was at Diva and though I have not really adorned myself with accessories since I started wearing my tudung... I went nuts with the pretty necklaces, bracelets and rings! Needless to say purchases were made and I am determined to be a little bit more 'berjangguk' after this... hmm... maybe after my pantang. :)  for now, let's just collect all the pretty stuff.

Then there was the trip at Charles and Keith... I fell in love with 3 bags. A beautiful black velvet bag, one cute off-white bag and a red bag. All are equally gorgeous but with different price tags. In a dilemma, I finally chose the one that was on sale seeing that the others were new and could be bought at a later date.

We were so happy with out purchases! A last minute shopping spree to start of the new year celebration. :) -laughing out loud-

Until of course at 10pm that night as I looked at my  pretty new red bag... and something about that bag just clicked in my mind. I think I bought it before! OMG!

Now how silly crazy am I?? To get the same bag within a couple of months? Goodness! Talk about being crazy for one bag! Tsk tsk... New year's resolution... careful when making a purchase... hehehehe :P