Another chapter....2013!

Chapter #1:
Sara is now 2 yrs and 9 months plus. She is definitely growing i.e in terms of physical growth and mental growth.

At this current moment she is now between 15-16kg (!) and stands at 95-96cm tall. Indeed, everyone says she is tall for her age.

Mentally, just a few months settling down here in a span of 5 months, she has certainly matured. In her child-like thinking, her logical and witty mind and quick-to-response/ impromptu minds. There were many times when hubby and I get so surprised with her actions, her response and her wittiness that I am not able to put everything in writing. But this is quite a classic which must be put into writing.

Daddy was driving the car a little fast:
S: Daddy, why are you driving like a crazy man? Later the policeman will come and catch you, ya know.
Lol!

Growing too fast, she is now venturing into the phase of "Whys". :D

Leaving you with a little picture of my little Miss, after Sunday school, not too long ago. :)

And.. another chapter of our life is about to be added in! (This explains the long absence from my blog updates)


Presenting to you, Baby! Scan shows at 8weeks into the pregnancy. 2cm long and heartbeat was seen clearly. Sara managed to catch a glimpse of this and of course, it followed with a trail of, "What's this?", Whys", etc...

Me, at almost 9 weeks pregnant. Those are fats from the 1st pregnancy, not bump!

Hehehe. How's the feeling like being pregnant all over again? Contrary to my first pregnancy, I had no forms of severe nausea or vomitting throughout my first trimester till now... Okok. I'm only 11weeks and 2 days pregnant as I blog this post.. But previously, I was having terrible vomitting at week 6 during my 1st pregnancy. It was that bad.

For this time around, besides the tiredness/ lethargicness during the first few weeks (I slept when Sara slept), it's better right now. At least I could stay up from 9pm to 11pm now. Hehehe.

Other than that, tummy now feels bloated after meal. Terrible feeling. Appetite? Quite ok, though some days I can't stand the smell of fish, or anchovies or all those fishy smell. And as usual, I need to eat spicy stuffs just the same as previously to keep down my nausea. I also noticed more headaches this time around. It took me almost 2 weeks to be totally ok to keep off my tea every mornings or once a day habit.

Trying to keep my diet as healthy as possible, and not to overeat like the previous pregnancy. Target to only put on 10kg for this pregnancy. Possible? I suppose so, if I can continue to keep away from sweet stuffs like cakes, ice-cream and DURIANS! (oh no!).

And yes, we've decided to give birth here in the lion city. So the headache continues in search of confinement lady, the logistics, and nanny of course!

Chapter #3:

Our nest. Yes, tentatively, we can only get our keys on 14th March. And only then we can deal more with contractors and all. So far, nothing firm planned on the renovations yet. Sigh. But all the same, am excited to move to our own place.. a place we can call home. And in future, Sara won't have to refer her house to Sara's house in Malacca, but she will also have a house in Spore. Yay!

Settling In..

It's gonne be 4 weeks since we moved here. It was a bit messy and also rushed for us.

At the 2nd week: It has suddenly dawned on Sara that she misses Malacca. Each morning when she doesn't want to go to school, she would say she wants to go to Kimpoh's house, or Mama's house. :( Very sad. However, she is doing well in school, despite her cries (which are pretty normal to us because she behaves this way in Malacca too).

And also, Sara was down with cough, flu and fever in just 2 weeks here. I am glad, she managed to recover quickly and is back to her active self again.

We went back last weekend, with in laws as they came to fetch and send us back to Spore. We still have not gotten our ride yet. Thanks to them, but I somehow felt very tired too. My flu became worse on Wed and on Friday, I took MC again. In total, I was on MC for three days last week.

As I'm writing, I'm still not fully recovered yet. Sigh. The whole week, hubs has been doing car-hunting. Qiute tiring for him too. He is also adjusting to the workload that is given to him.

All in all, Sara's routine for this week (it gets pretty much better everyday, in her sense her tantrums):

*Mornings (7am++): Once Daddy and Mummy is ready, we will wake her up. Sometimes she wakes up on her own, wanting Mummy to carry.

*We then quickly pick her up and go off. (if there is time, will change her, or if she poos, will clean her and etc). We catch a bus outside the place. About 7 minutes to the MRT station. There, we wait for the company provided bus at 7.37am.

*We hop on the bus and we reach company by 7.50am. Usually we have breakfast in the cafeteria first before sending Sara to school which is just opposite the cafeteria. But these 2 days, we drop her off at school first before eating else she always make a fuss of not wanting to go to school as she can see it from the cafeteria. :)

*We have 2 buses with 2 pick up timings. So as much as I want to always pick her up on the 5.40pm bus, it's pretty rushed for me, so we take the 6.10pm. I pick her up before 6pm usually. I hope this can continue. Else, I can't bear to pick her up later than this. If we take the 5.40pm bus, we will take the train back after they drop us at MRT. Sometimes, not easy task to balance a 14kg toddler in your arms and 2 bags on you in a train. But I've mastered it. Muahaha. We should reach by 6 to 6.05pm. Else, if later, will be by 6.30pm.

*Then I quickly feed Sara her dinner, she has some fruits, watch some tvs or play with the Ipad, and I usually off the lights between 8.30-9pm. Most of the time, she will snooze before 9pm. :)

As time passes by, so far for this week, her tantrums and crankiness before bed time was much better. No cries or screaming or shouting. A vast difference between this week and last week. Mummy's proud of you gal.

And yes, good news, we just confirmed our ride! Hoping to get it by this weekend. Till, then, Happy Malaysia Day, everyone!

A New Chapter of Life

Sorry for the long absence, but it's due to a lot of arrangements, moving up and down as we were actually moving...

Back to the Lion City. Why? I think it's because of many reasons and also God given and timely opportunities.

And so here we are, blessed to be in the same company and also Sara's daycare is in the same company's premises, but in the other plant.

Here are some of the pictures that we took prior to moving back here:

 

Having brekkie with Jess and lil Ellie who is back from Oz-land!

 

Getting a haircut before we left... :)

 

Finally! A stroller that Mummy wanted. Lightweight. :)

 

Following Mummy on her first day of work, taking the company's bus!

 

Her first day of school - full day! (22-Aug-2012)

 

In just a week, Daddy bought her two sets of puzzles cause she practically memorized the pieces!

 She just loves to spell!

 

 Happy at the swing!