Happy 33rd month-niversary!

2 years and 9 months, a brand new beginning of our life. Today, we mark a new start of our month-niversary with a little one by our side.

Although we do not celebrate our month-niversary, it's a little different this month. On 4 August, we spent our 1st month-niversary with our darling at home as I'm still within the 'confinement' month. Nothing is more important than having you and baby by my side ;D

When all things fail, i know you are there. 
When everyone leave, I know you will stay. 

When faith fade away, I know you will persist.

You made all these possible, with the LOVE we shared.

I love you, and thank you for being there and giving me your very best for the past 33 months! Happy month-niversary lg.

Baby Ada: First cry (27 July 2013)

The long awaited day has finally arrived as baby girl decided to see us in the morning at 9am.

The whole process of conception, pregnancy and birth-giving is so amazing. How can an egg and a sperm equates to a baby??? How can a mother's womb endure such a fast growing baby for 9 months and keeping it alive. No wonder we always say mothers have the greatest love and willing to sacrifice anything just to keep a child safe and sound.

I was too tired to hold the baby for long in the operations room from all the pushing, and was having a fever after that and feeling all drowsy. I guessed it's because I'm too exhuasted and had no strength to even hold my phone for all. All I could do was to try to close my eyes and stay awake before I got transferred to my ward. 

Managed to deliver without the use of an epidural and avoided pain-killer during my hospital stay. It was painful and I have some challenge walking around but still endurable so I didn't want to depend on painkiller. Didn't get to really see baby till I was more awake in the afternoon! The eyes, mouth and nose... aww.

Baby birth weight was 3230g, 52cm length and 34cm head circumference. 

   

Poor xxd was not feeling well and we were both hospitalized, but at different hospitals. He was at Thomson while I'm at Mt. A. Imagine if we stay in the same room, side by side each other.

Haha... sure havoc~

      

      

Thank you friends for visiting us at the hospital! 

Time in the hospital passes really fast with everyone's companion. Sorry if I do not have everyone's photo below! There are many many others who came to visit but I was too pain to move around for photo-taking! (Thank you Lijun for taking photos on behalf while visiting.

   

   

   

   

   

Photos with Daddy and Mummy!

   

   

Efficient daddy filling up all the forms, whew. 

   

Thank you guys for making some time out for a house-visit! 

   

   

   

Appreciated all the well wishes and thoughtful gifts for both the mummy and baby. 

    

   

Welcome to the family baby Ada!!!

   

Pregnancy: Prenatal Yoga videos

It has been about 1 month since the last yoga lesson that I have attended and whenever i felt that my muscles and feet are tensed up, I'll do some moves on my own to relief the tension.

Backaches has been acting on for the past 2 nights and thought that it might be time for me to do a full set of yoga stretches to ease the ache today.

Searched for YouTube yoga guide that is suitable for 3rd trimester onwards and found 2 really good videos with some moves that are similar to those that I have practiced in the Yoga class.

Try this if you are a beginner but take your time to get into the positions if you have no prior experience in Yoga. It has a few episode that you can continue viewing on YouTube.

Pregnancy Yoga: Episode 1

If you have experience with Yoga, try the following video instead. It is a bit fast for me but the moves are really good for stretches.

Prenatal Yoga with Lara Dutta - Routine

I almost gave up sitting on the seat doing researches just now as the tummy is getting on my way and just felt so uncomfortable sitting down. However, I am able shared this post while cooling down after I'm done with the yoga stretches. Overall, I felt better and hope that tonight's sleep can be better.

Yawns~

Pregnancy: 38 weeks

Baby is coming into the world in 2 weeks time! I'll be missing her kicks in my tummy with fluffy funny feeling and the feeling of being belly tight when she popped her backside up late at night.

Besides missing all the grooving in me 'feel', I'm kinda looking forward to her birth date so that my swollen nose, legs and cellulite can go off soonest possible!

Felt a little lethargic recently as baby has been active at night and during the nights when baby is good, I will have many vivid dreams where my brain don't seem to stop thinking. By the time I open my eyes, it's time for work!!!

Feeling exceptionally heavy today during the whole pregnancy >.<". It's so heavy that I don't even feel like using my phone nor concentrate and play jelly-dash!

Of course, since doctor mentioned that baby is alebit small at 2.2kg during the last check up, I hope that I'm feeling heavy as she is putting on weight tremendously to get ready for birth. 

Mummy here is praying for your health and safety everyday till you are born. 

Name stickers

Roaming around Bishan today and spotted the sticker kiosk for name outside Mini Toons. Since we have decided on baby's name, we were searching for online stickers purchases for names and thought we might just print it on the spot. It cost a little more but we can choose the stickers, collect it on the spot and save a little hassle to order online.

Too many characters to choose from and finally chosen Baby Disney characters! 

$7 for 72 designs and comes in a cute sticker card sized holder.

Online shops are selling at $4 onward and perhaps if we have more things to stick on, I'll do an online purchase next time.

We are definitely counting down to every day for your arrival and soon, these stickers will be pasted on your milk bottles and accessories! 

Baby Tiden 1st Birthday party

All about Tiden Baby

     

     

     

Xxd is a very fortunate baby as everyone helped to ensure that his birthday party will be a success. He might be too young to understand now, but he will be filled with with lots of fun-filled photos as memories! Check out the party photos and you'll know how much fun and food we had.

Cake and Dessert Bar

          

Candy Bar

     

 

     

Buffet 

          

     

     

Table for presents!

Photo-booth and props!

     

     

Cake cutting

Skipped a lot of group photos because xxd was getting rowdy and need a nap! Realized we didn't even have a family photo nor with other friends and relatives, oops.

Pinata - Kids funtime!

CREDITS

to all the beautiful people who helped and did their part for our frowny little Tiden baby

Nephew Tiden has so many people to thank. Besides Mummy and Daddy who have done all the planning to make this day possible, Travis and Tristen Kor Kor also helped out (for a little while) besides playing!

Weilong who bought us breakfast and made several trips up and down to collect and deliver the helium balloons!

Eunice, Tida and Blossom for making such wonderful pastries and dessert bar set up! 

Jeremy came by earlier and helped a little as well! 

Chloe aka godma for all her efforts in decorating and setting up the candy bar and photobooth! Not forgetting the DIY piñata which the kids have so much fun beating it!

     

Bingcai aka godpa for making sure that all drinks, wines and beers are chilled for guests! Running so much errands and cleaning up the place when they party gets started and messy.

Ma-ma aka ah-ma and Ye-ye aka ah-gong for taking care of the birthday boy and carrying whenever he was rowdy and sleepy.

     

Hairul and Alan for volunteering and standing by at the BBQ pit to cook up a storm with cooked and delicious food for the guests! 

I don't have a picture of Alan in action! 

Hairul, Wenlong, Alan, Liang aka Yi-Zhang for clearing late and setting up the buffet line and getting up at 6am to send the stuff back to office! 

Aaron and Andrew aka gu-gu for helping around and running errands whenever required!

Shuxian and Amanda for staying around for the whole of 3 days to pick up little bits and pieces of errands! I wasn't around on the last day so most of the packing up effort will be yours! Ha-ha! 

As for the rest of the guests, your presence at the party is already a great gift to nephew Tiden!

4D Kakis~

I want FOOOOOOddddddd!!!

I need a beer too Mummy... 

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY Tiden Baby!