Friday, June 21, 2013

29th Birthday Surprise for Love

We packed our getaway clothes and went out to Orchard to run some errands, had our lunch before bringing him to the surprise stay staycation! 

Haze was pretty bad recently and I almost change my room to a non-pool room but withdrew my request at the last hour (hoping that weather will be better)!

     



I'm glad I didn't change, this room was perfect!


     

Such a big bath tub with a mirror TV in front, but too bad, none of us use it at all. LOL.



1 door - 2 use (Slide left to close door for toilet and right for shower)

   



I had problem with this for 5 minutes! Did everything I could and I still can't turn the tap on!!!


     


     

Colgate always win my heart better then 'xyz' brands. Plus plus points~


Thoughtful towel holder placed at appropriate place.


     

Portable 'bar'



Beyond that door... is the private pool 

:)


Fighting against the haze...


and we lost. Putting on mask will be safer. 


Choose your room lightings as per your mood


Pretty!


BOSE system, wifi, charger... all that you want.

   

Oh, in case you're wondering where is this place, it's W Hotel at Sentosa cove.





Told sis to bring kids over and eat together at night when the haze index dropped to 100+. Wheeee... Time for some outdoor fun.


The boys having water war and having a 'learning' how to swim session. 

   
   
   


     





Baby Tiden aka xxd changed his swimming pool to the big tub instead to play in the warm water instead of soaking cold water out at the pool.

   


     

How about a sweet treat after working hard in the big pool of water? Yummm...

   
Happy Birthday 老公!


Thank you Sis for buying the cake!


the last 20s~

the last birthday as a free and easy individual~

the final baby-moon before baby girl is out!








     


Waking up to a beautiful day with no agenda is such a blissful feeling. Woke up to a creative spread of buffet breakfast (no pictures as I forgot to bring my mobile along)! Besides being too crowded, W breakfast buffet have a few items that are creative such as having cereal portioned out in a container, all you need is to pick up a milk, pour it in and it's ready to be served. Juices comes in a glassware as well instead of having to fill it up at the dispenser. 

Treated ourselves to a massage and enjoyed the rest of the noon at the spa area. You got to sauna, steam or use the Jacuzzi so long as you are a hotel guest. Too bad I cannot enjoy any of the mentioned as I'm pregnant and all I can do is to take a good warm bath and relax at the make up area where curler and straightening iron is provided for guests. 




Chill out area for guest where refreshment such as ginger tea and snacks like assorted nuts are provided. 



Ta-da, as I have all the time while Liang is enjoying, I get to slowly straighten my hair. 


CHECK OUT lo... W Hotel - WOW, I'll rate it 4 over 5 stars.


Random celebrations with Liang's friend! 

KTV with all the June babies. 


Brotzeit with Bingcai, Lijun and Wenlong!


Made with TLC jelly cheesecake from Lijun (It's delicious) 

We had the balance as breakfast the next day when we were too lazy to get out of the bed.





Naming baby girl

Did a handful of homework for baby's name by going through numerous websites and books. Many websites were really helpful but didn't have what I have in mind.

Few websites that I personally prefers:


I wanted a name that is simple and easy to pronounce, and something that will bring out our girl's character since one always says it's a name that makes a person. I wanted something really out of the ordinary but it's not easy to have a unique name yet can't be too fanciful in case it gets mispronounced most of the times or too trendy to have a classmate with the same name in time to come.

Came across many beautiful names such as Isabella, Sophie, Casey, Dawn, Emma, Faith and the list can just go on and on. Kinda decided on Ada upon coming across the name for a few times but prefers to look around for more names and shortlisted Jodie, Leah, Jolyn, Eslyn, Annabelle, Amber and Ashlyn eventually.

Although it was nothing out of the ordinary, Ada caught my first attention as it was simple and sounds secured. Liang prefers Jodie most and was top of his list. Can't remember why he voted for Jodie, perhaps it sounds friendly and sweet. After-all, Jodie Koh sounds as good as Ada Koh and the rest of the names just came by through researches and fell nicely onto the shortlisting page.

It was through a random conversation that we decided on Ada after putting the topic to a stop for a while. Both of us felt comfortable with the name and didn't want to complicate the decision-making process too much by adding on more names, ADA was hence selected for our dear baby girl!

Meaning of Ada comes in a variation and babyzone.com depicts as the following:



In a summary, may our first daughter be prosperous, happy, beautiful and adorned!!!


Saturday, May 18, 2013

Pregnancy: 28 weeks

Tummy is growing slightly bigger and felt especially tight today... Pregnancy has been smooth so far and hoping that swelling won't happen to me too soon yet!

Loving every moment that baby is kicking although it hinders my rest at night. It's amazing how I can keep my little girl inside my stomach yet letting it grow as days passes by. 

Hope she'll grow up really healthy and well in my tummy till the day she is ready to be out!

This is how my tummy looks like last week, she's turning 29 weeks by now. 


Counting down to seeing you in 12 weeks time!




Scrapbook for baby girl

Pretty scrapbook stickers and stamps for baby girl's first 12 months journey. Decided to take a photo of her once every month with different clothing to keep a record of her growing up journey. Kids grow up too fast and I didn't want to regret for not keeping track of it. 


We're still deciding on her name, so can't start on anything yet! Can't wait to paste her 1st photo in the book :)


Friday, May 10, 2013

Pregnancy: 3rd trimester gift for baby girl

We went to gynae for the monthly check up yesterday and saw your face clearly with the 3D scan!

Since doctor commented that you seems to have a big nose, I'll guessed that you will grow up to be like mummy... Ha-ha!

Happy to hear that you are growing up well and weigh 1.2kg now! 

My weight increased from 60kg to 61.3kg and is officially into the 28weeks- third trimester. Whew! I was so worried that I might put on more than 2kg after the taiwan trip. Almost almost... -.-'

Daddy bought a gift for you today, as a souvenir and gift to celebrate your healthy growth. We can't wait to put it on for your when you are out from mummy's tummy!


We'll look forward to 'seeing' you again in 3 weeks time! 









Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Pregnancy: Pre-natal Yoga (1st lesson)

Instructor was a fun, soft-spoken lady with beautiful voice from Brazil.

Per yoga batch consists of 10 lessons at $270 but we only paid $216 for 8 classes as we joined halfway and only started on the 3rd lesson. I was still worried that steps might be difficult to be followed through but after a while, stretches were considered manageable, nothing too complicated.

A total of 6 mothers-to-be turned up for the class and everyone has a tummy of similar size to mine! Stretches were easy and light throughout with focus on relaxing and working on the pelvic and tailbone most of the time. Everything that was taught, could be done at home easily if you have the right space and ambiance for Yoga!

Although it's an hour class, time seems to pass swiftly.

Everything was good for a start, nothing too negative except that I personnally felt that stretches are a little slow and too relaxing!

Environment was excellent with soothing music and light lightnings, one would feel more relax after a busy day at work. I'm sure I can't do it at home as I might just laze on bed instead of carrying out the stretches. Too much distraction at home too, ha-ha.

Check out inspiremum&baby for more information!