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This week is Peanut week  ya’all

My baby might be only 2.5 months and still in the womb but she already has an extensive amount of clothes

We went to Mother Care and Parkson and almost had a heart attack when we saw baby clothes going for RM40-70 each which is absolutely insane for something that the baby will outgrow in 1-2 months!! Sure there are local brands that we can consider but the quality was absolutely rubbish that I can’t imagine having my baby wear it.

 This is why I’m thankful that half of my baby shopping got done in Manila

 Shopping for myself took a back seat in Manila because in true selfless mommy style, I shopped for my unborn baby and went from one baby department to another! Shopping for baby clothes the Philippines is simply awesome, not only is it MUCH cheaper and value for money than stinky over-priced KL, here you get clothes of quality and they have a HUGE selection guaranteed to drive any mummy nuts!

 I wasn’t too sure if peanut will be a girl or boy so I had to carefully select gender neutral clothing and resist any urge to buy anything loud and pink which wasn’t an easy task given how gorgeous the baby girl clothes were! There’s just something about shopping for little people’s clothes. It gives you a sense of happiness and calm. It’s unexplainable.  My husband absolutely can’t believe how tiny these clothes or the baby will be

 So here’s what this crazy mama bought for her baby.

 It is recommended to get at least 5 bodysuits for a baby.

The blue one says Property of Mom – FOREVER, haha

I couldn’t resist the sweet pink rompers and I just LOVE the garfield bodysuit

Am so in love with this two piece set as well :)

Then there’s some typical infant clothing

I call this the trucker baby outfit for its rugged-ness and breathable material

I only have about 2 full sleeping suits, need to get more next trip

You know, I tried REALLY hard not to get the pink but I couldn’t resist it

Got this sweet little pink dress too, which was going for half price!!It comes with matching shorts and a cute sash tie back, too cute I tell you.

If the baby ends up being a boy, then oh well, too bad, he’s still going to wear it proudly

Another one of my favs - a white hoodie for those cold nights. The most expensive item @ RM30, haha

Of course, bought some booties, mittens, caps and bibs too

Pack of 3 bibs

In daddy mode:

 This is how my hand luggage looked like before coming home.

ALL BABY STUFF. With that amount, one would think I was about to pop out anytime soon or something. All in, we paid nothing more than RM200. The hubby will be going back every month until August so I’m hoping he’ll be able to pick more clothes out, although my only concern is I don’t trust that man’s taste. He kept picking out trucker like clothes for the baby so hmm…..

Also shopping for my baby has made me realize, besides loving to shop for baby clothes,  I have no qualms forgoing things for myself.  I remember picking up a bottle of pricey shampoo and asked myself if I REALLY needed it, did some random calculation and told myself that money would be better off spent on peanut’s necessity.

At that very same time ‘wait till you have your own kids, then you’ll know…..’ line come to mind. A line that my mom was so famous for back when we were growing up because she had the tendency of ogling something in the store and would put it back without buying it. Of course my sis and I would make fun of her and tell her to indulge herself  once in a while.  She would always have the same answer about how that money would be better off spent on her precious monkeys

 YES MA, mothers do gladly make sacrifices for their young ones.

 So yes I put the shampoo back down and have no regrets, lol. Peanut is slowing creeping her way into my no 1 priority list.

But that still didn’t stop me from shopping for some perfumes! Although I would have LOVED to buy some clothes and the usual stuff, I indulgenced in these for myself coz it’s so cheap.

Told ya I LOVE perfumes

Dear Peanut,

This week you’re 10 weeks and 4 days, according to your OBYGYN Dato Dr Siti in SJMC. Mommy went for her second checkup yesterday and found out that she’s put on 2.3 kgs from her first visit thanks to all that craving. Your favorite food at the moment: Nasi Lemak and anything spicy! How Malaysian can my baby be

The doctor did an ultra sound and boy, have you grown beautifully from when I first saw you three weeks ago! You’re about 30mm now although most baby books say you should be 25mm in the length. Don’t worry coz just like your parents, you’re going to be a tall one Your estimated date of arrival now has changed from 15th of September to 19th of September though mommy is secretly hoping you’d be an October baby, just like her
 
Mommy has a few blemishes on her face thanks to you but it’s a small price to pay considering how you don’t make mommy throw up at all! Life at this point of time is the same as it was before finding out I was pregnant with you because you’ve made the journey a smooth enjoyable one. However, I do get tired very easily and it clearly shows in mommy’s face.
 
There is a slightttt baby bump if you stare properly but right now, I think most people would not be able to say mommy’s pregnant. Maybe only comment that I’ve put on weight or have a big tummy Beewbies aka your future milk bar are getting bigger and it will get much bigger according to a friend who recently gave birth but thankfully most of mommy’s clothes still fits me well

At 10 weeks, most of your joints are formed now – elbow, wrist, knee, shoulder, and ankle as well as the hands, fingers, feet and toes! Your doctor did an ultra sound and mommy and daddy got a shock to see your hands move around! The doctor said we should bug you more so the more she pressed the ultrasound on mommy’s stomach, the more you protested by kicking your little hands and legs in the air. It was astonishing to see such movement because I never knew a baby your age could do so much. I asked around other colleagues with babies and they never saw their littles ones active at that age! It almost felt like you were doing a little dance for us, to put your hands up for detroit song :)) Well at least that song was going through your crazy mother’s head when she saw your little hands and feet dancing around. I might have shed a proud tear or two for your little feat

If your mom was in the same denial state she was the day she found out she was pregnant with you, I’m sure after seeing that I would have changed my mind and fall in love with you immediately because from that scan, mummy has realized you’re so full of life even at this small age!! You’re such a feisty one

Can you spot your little head and hands? At this point, it’s normal for your head to be bigger than your body!

Mommy swears that you have your daddy’s sharp nose but everyone is saying I’m deluded so guess we’ll have to wait and see eh?

The doctor also loaded me up with tons of vitamins to take for your well being and development.

The next appointment is scheduled in 6 weeks time so hope to see you all grown up in the next ultrasound! And we’re hoping the doctor would be able to tell your gender by then too

Till then, this is your crazy mother signing off

9^th February 2010 – 16 February 2010

We stayed at the classy five star (read:  snooty rich uppity infestation) Peninsula Hotel in Makati City. I took some pictures of the room but because my camera does no justice, just check out the room and hotel here.

It’s  close to RM1k a night and a place we’d NEVER EVER stay (or rather can’t afford to!) if it wasn’t on the company tab.  As much as I love 5 star hotels, I do feel out of place esp when you see these rich people walking around all made up and dressed up early morning and I’m in a simple blouse or t-shirt, Aladdin pants or  jeans with slippers, lol. Sometimes even when the hubby asks me to tag along for early b’fast before he goes to work, I am shy to go down (sans makeup and under dressed) coz I fear I might get mistaken for his maid or  village ‘keep’, haha. Yes, I’m weird that way!!

Two words to sum this trip: Lots of SLEEPING & SHOPPING. Three if I count eating too

Every day consisted of waking up around 9a.m to send the hubby to work (note: as in walk him a few steps to the hotel room door to kiss him goodbye, lol), before l attempt to go back to sleep (but not without watching tv for a bit) and having a light breakfast for peanut’s sake! Then it’s off to sleep until 1pm or so before I get ready to go to the mall. Which even then I still contemplate if I really want to go coz I’ve been the laziest during the entire trip! Then it’s a quiet lunch alone at some quaint cafe, shop shop shop for about 2 hours or so, back to the hotel, watch more tv, nap a little and wait for the hubby to come back with some tea and snack (tea time ok!) before we get ready to go out for dinner.

 Shit, this is the life to lead and it’s something I could probably get accustomed to. Or at least this worked for poor me for a week,  hahaha.

Here’s a glimpse of CNY in Manila

And some of the restaurants we went to:

Casa Armas @ Greenbelt

Spanish food, yums!

MAX BRENNER!!

And that goes right to your hips boy!

 My favourite Figaro Café  *hearts* and yes it’s lunch for one Or should I say one and a half, two?

Cibos which I also heart so much

Polu Kai Hawaiian Restaurant @ The Fort

I”ll have that one and peanut will have that….

Just ignore the attention seeker

OK RANDOM!

Thai Restaurant! You can’t take the 25% Thai out of me

A satisfied face

Dessert at Bizu!

And Zunni’s, an Italian Restaurant that should have been the place for V-day, but whatever.

Also got to do a little bit of clubbing coz hey just because you’re knocked up it doesn’t mean you can’t go to a club

Hard Rock Café

Bed

*points at Vodka Mudshake* – don’t tell anyone, I took a sip and it was mad awesome! 7 more months to go….

They were having some pre-Valentine’s Day celebration with Durex as the sponsor, hah.

Yea we got some free condoms and I reckon I would have been a great poster girl for that coz…..

WELL ITS TOO LATE FOR THAT NOW ISNT IT!

 Bastards, try to ridicule me.

I got bored

What else, oh I am SO done shopping for my baby’s clothes already I know, I never once denied being a nut case but more on that in a different post.

1 more day before the hubby gets back!

Mabuhay! I”m back from my one week vacation. Peanut’s daddy is still there for work, back this weekend and has been there for 3 weeks already. But more on my trip and what I bought later ok.

This year Valentine’s Day was spent in Makati. I don’t remember doing anything special for V-day last year or the year before that. I only remember the fight we had once when we dated because someone did not make any reservations whatsoever. Looking back I don’t understand why I made that an issue.

So this time around, I wasn’t expecting anything at all (honest!) but someone took the liberty of making reservations at a Spanish Restaurant called Gaudi located at The Fort. This area is the place for a romantic dinner and if you’re lucky enough, a place to bump into famous pinoy celebs.

We’re off to wine and dine the pregnant missus, haha :)

We get there and the restaurant was fairly decent! Wasn’t the most romantic looking one but the food is supposed to be good, promised the other half.  I did mention to him that the restaurant we went the night before was a 100 times better looking than this one and we should have celebrated it there instead. Yes no one said I was easy going

A heart shaped bread

He then excused himself to the bathroom and I did think it was odd that he took a bit longer than usual :) Peanut’s daddy then reappears and puts down this little boxed gift on my plate…. 

I had a quick look at it, recognized the color of the box and wondered if it was what I thought it was. Granted I’m not so big on accessories, I can still tell the difference and recognize brands la.

Like an eager 16 year old he tells me to open it:

It has both our names engraved on it, 4ever And when the baby comes I’ll add her name on the other side. It’s a simple braclet (like me, heh) and I LOVE it to bits!

 I have no idea what prompted him get me this but it sure is nice to receive a lovely gift, more so when you least expect of it. The things a man will do when you’re carrying his baby I tell you…..

Guess he was right afterall too because the food was delicious.

 We then decided to stroll around The Fort for a romantic walk and to look for a nice place for dessert. I love this place because they have this huge park where you can bring your dogs for meet up sessions. It’s such a nice place to take long slow walks and see the world go by.

Ended up in this little quaint cafe called Xocolate that serves orgasmic chocolate drinks.

Nah, 3 photos that subtly show off my new braclet, hehe.

And one more together with the most-awesome-chocolate-drink-in-the-whole-wide-world. Pinoy food might suck big time but NO ONE does desserts better than them.

NO ONE.

Here’s a photo of the proud parents to be back at the hotel after our date

Couldn’t ask for a better Valentine’s Day and of course Husband

When I first found out the news, I drafted a dark entry about it but never got to publish it. Looking back at the entry, I was then confused, angry, scared, worried mixed with anything and everything negative as I was not prepared with had been laid forth for me. I sulked for a whole week and cried myself silly alot. What was supposed to be a trip filled with nights clubbing and getting tipsy on my favorite drink and bungee jumping immediately took a more calmer and different turn.
 
I think all it took was for my instincts to kick (at a much later pace) because I’ve always been slow like that.
 
Everyone else around me saw the joy and the excitment,  everyone but me for I sat there crying my heart out on various occasions not understanding why/what/how/when it had to happen to me when I had other plans in store. This is literally a plan brought forward by 1-2 years too early. I guess this is the testament that not everything goes your way at times in life and no matter how careful you are, fate and GOD always has another route set for you.

 
2 weeks has passed by since the day I found out and I slowly now see the joy too.  It may not be in a full on recognition but I say its progress. Although I am still scared with what awaits for me 7 months down the road, I am ready to take on this challenge and be the very best at it. Life wouldn’t need to change drastically like how I’ve always thought it would. In any case, it would be a new adventure, for both of us. Travel plans and goals to achieve before I hit 30 shall remain the same :))
 
For now, I’ve accepted that I am a 2 months pregnant soon to be yummy mummy and have been fondly calling my soon to be baby peanut! A term coined by my sis because if you compare my size to what’s in me, it’s really that tiny and fragile.
 
Everyone say HI PEANUT!

 
The doctor almost gave the husband a heart attack when she thought I might be carrying double troubles twins.
 
But alas it’s just one baby for now :) And we’re hoping it’s going to be a girl!
 
Peanut so far has been an absolute doll. I guess maybe somehow she suspects that I’ve not been so welcoming at this that she’s going all out to make sure I don’t even throw up. At 2 months, I’ve yet to even encounter any sort of morning sickness. Not many women are this lucky so I’m glad peanut knows not to make her mama sick ;)  I do however get the nausea feeling if I don’t eat pronto. Hence I am constantly hungry and don’t have a choice but to have a healthy breakfast and rice for lunch to make sure I don’t go hungry.
 
I get tired very very very easily too, like I can just get to work in the morning, sit myself in front of the pc and feel tired already! 

I am sometimes irritated by the sight of my husband and boy did he get hell for that 1 week after I found out I was knocked up. The sight of him irritated me to no end and even when he pranced around naked (dont ask, someone’s been going to the gym and saw the need to show off), I felt nothing. In any case I may have said one or two things that might have hurt him. It was such an odd period. Very odd.
 
I blame the hormones
 
My husband on the other hand is the happiest man alive which has everything to do with him wanting a baby ever since last year! To be honest, I still can’t picture him or us being parents at all. But whatever it is, this baby is going to be one lucky brat.
 

As said by BabySis the week I was sulking: “The baby is gonna have a good life ok so stop sulking and feel blessed”. So much truth in it me thinks.
 
The only concern right now is our OZ move. So many questions on whether if we want the baby to be born here and if we did move who would help take care of the baby etc – something we’re in a proces of carefully deliberating.
 
Who would have thought this year would see me being a Mommy? HAH. 
 
Incase you’re wondering how this all happened, well I’ll save that for another post
 
P.s: I”ll be away for the entire week starting tomorrow night. This might be too early but please accept this as a personal greetings from me and Peanut -Wishing you all a Happy Chinese New Year. I swear the Year of the Tiger has more pregnant women than ever!! ROAR!