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Sometimes I tend to wonder how my life would be if I didn’t get pregnant. Minus the nappy duties, everyday chaos of looking after a baby, restrictions on outings, the lack of sleep, I sometimes stop briefly to wonder, what if we were still without a baby? How would life be?

My cousins would sometimes come over and spontaneously plan for an outing.  Naturally the hubby and I would have to step back and tell them to go ahead because we need to look after the baby. Things no doubt have changed.  Being spontaneous is no longer a word we are familiar with. Most events/occasions takes planning though I have to say I’m starting to love doing so

This is why I love my facebook account (and blog too). Although I don’t necessarily update my status(es) from time to time, I have a penchant of uploading my photos for keep sake. Because as I flip though my albums one by one, I’ve realized each photo and album has a story to say. It is a constant reminder to myself that we’ve had our share of fun (from clubbing, boozing, chilling out with friends and travelling) and it’s just time to move into a different phase of life. It is a natural cycle of life indeed like it or not and most deifnitely requires a bit of time adjusting to it.

I  remember the time when I got married. I was one of the first among my friends to be married. I was only 25 (okay about to turn 26). While others were busy being wined and dined in the company of men, I was already moving onto a new phase of just one man and starting my married journey with a commitment that would be with me for LIFE, lol. At that point of time, I had that same feeling telling me this-is-too-soon-this-is-too-soon, while you’re being married, see how others are enjoying their life. Years later, it’s safe to say everyone else also jumped into the marriage wagon, one by one making us all be in the same phase of life: Marriagehood

Then I got pregnant. Also the first among my friends. Then one by one, these married couples also started having a baby bringing us to the next phase of life: Parenthood. Obviously there are MAJOR changes. We become more reponsible, we worry about finances, we look for jobs that can pay us more so we can provide better, we just want to give and buy the best of things for our little one, we don’t club anymore, we don’t go on holidays often, we watch what we spend our money on, we just change. For the better.

They say change is the only thing that is constant in life. We can either choose to go with the flow or resist it.  With a new phase of life, comes changes. Good ones. It is also an indicator of ageing. Growing up. Gaining more life experiences - bitter and sweet ones. Without which, there won’t be an advancement to a new phase. How long can one go on partying, how long can you live life without a care in the world. At some point, it stops. And you grow up.

So what next after the baby phase. Baby no 2 phase of life? Hmm, not too sure about that yet.  Although something tells me we’ll still be the first one among our friends, again, lol.

But one thing for sure I miss our random little holidays. I loved that part to bits and I miss it from time to time. However, I am positively sure it will resume once the little one is a bit bigger. Now that’s a change and most certainly a phase I look forward to – to watch my baby girl’s delight and curiousity as we explore new places with her cute lil PINK back pack on :D

SO, I obviously wasn’t going to let the husband gloat in the near future (yes I unnecessarily love to think about the future) on how he paid for the Pumpkin Patch dress. Never mind that the mother picked it out, never mind that the mother was the one who went all the way to the mall to get it, when that time comes, I am almost 110% sure that the husband would go around telling people that HE was the one who bought it for her (and conveniently leave out the other bits) IF someone ever paid the dress a compliment

Don’t you just hate it when people give compliments and credits to the WRONG person and this person does nothing whatsoever to rectify it?

Okay fine I”m reading too much into this.

Anyway, I have been eyeing this red dress for a few weeks now. Pauline added me on FB and I was flipping through the photos when my heart skipped a bit at the sight of this lovely deep red dress decked with angels. The tag said 2-3 years and I was thoroughly disappointed. Fast forward a few weeks later, I wondered if the dress could be altered to suit a one year old, but no, it’s best not to mess around with a smocked dress I was told. I was given another dress option by her daughter Val but I had my eyes set on the Angel dress. I was absolutely freaking sure that this baby is most definitely ONE of a kind.

So how?

It will be another 1.5 years before my baby can even fit into it. Buy or not to buy? If I want to get it later, it might be gone and that would just CONSUME me!!   After much thought, I decided the heart wants what it wants. Or rather the heart will haunt you till you give in and get it. True shopaholic disease.

That’s when I made the decision to just buy it.

(Val was kind enough to wrap it up, felt like it was my Sairah’s birthday)

Angel dress for my angel The dress is SIMPLY gorgeous. There are no words to describe it. There’s just something that evokes a happy feeling when I see this dress.  It’s a master piece and I LOVE it to bits.

Val assured me it’s of high quality – American cotton. And it’s an original design with one piece only and that her mother went through great lengths at designing it and doing the smocked part.

Honestly I wouldn’t really appreciate these little details but ever since working on my baby’s headband I now know how much of sweat and hard work goes into designing one of a kind pieces. Esp clothes. But I’m still not accustomed to paying an arm and a leg for it la.  

Total damage: RM150 for it. Making this Sairah’s most expensive dress to date. WOOHOO. 

Now eat that Sairah’s dad!!

On a different note, Sairah’s Subang Grandma recently got her this cute lil jumper from Pumpkin Patch during her trip to Melbourne.  It’s  WAY to big for her now (tagged at 12-18 months) so I can’t wait for the day where she’ll be able to fit into the angel dress AND jumper.

Ma, I”m obviously SWIMMING in it. Get it off.

Love the inner material design.

Ah well since she’s growing up so fast, she’ll be wearing these two in no time.

To view more awesome dresses do visit: http://missynmumsy.blogspot.com/ 

Thanks for the free delivery Val, appreciate it!

Baby Sairah started her solids one day before she turned 6 months about 3 weeks ago. It was on a Sunday when she had her first meal (technically she turned 6 months on Monday but I wanted to be the FIRST to feed her, coz I’m calculative like that).

I had A LOT of advices and nags from people urging me to start her solids earlier, some advised as early as 4 months!! She will sleep better with a full tummy apparently, why are you starving her, she’s a growing child she needs solids, you’re doing it wrong, you’re a horrible mother (okay I just made that one up but who knows what is being said behind my back hmmm) yada yada yada, but end of the day, I’m GLAD I waited it out and followed what her pediatrician said. Maybe I’m just a sucker for rules but I really believe that a ped is a ped for a reason (years of studying and years of experience hello.) Babies today are not like babies of years ago, and given Sairah’s colic phase during her first-two months, I wanted to make sure we thread very very carefully when it comes to her.

Deep down I knew her little tummy and digestive system would not be ready for solids at an early stage so thanks for all the advices, but no thanks, really :D  I will do what I think is right for MY baby. And I’ve realized this husband of mine can be influenced easily (damn lalang never use brains sometimes) but luckily I always straighten him out before it gets worse

Anyho, we were all eager that day, all ready to fill up her pink lil plate with my baby’s first solids and see her reaction but then as dinner time approached, the little one just decided to sleep! For an hour or so. So we just waited and waited, and I was ever ready to run into the kitchen the minute she wakes up as she usually demands her meals immediately.

30 mins passed by, still asleep, 45 mins passed by, still asleep, and this baby is usually not known to nap this long!! And then she finally wakes up from her slumber looking very much in the daze. It didn’t help that we had everyone circling around her cheering her on, lol.

The bland bland rice cereal with apple. Been hunting high and lo for Heinz rice cereal (highly recommend by her baby doctor but a real bitch to find but for the sake of my baby so help me god I will hunt it down till I get it) so we settled for Gerber, bought from the supermarket in Empire Mall. Also a very good brand to consider.

Excuse her bed-head look, lol, I know I should have at least combed her hair but I was more concerned (and nervous) about feeding her. I’m a horrible mother, haha

Sairah being extremely cautious, hmm what the heck are you shoving in mah mouth?

OH GOD, it’s sooo bland!

Guess I”ll eat it anyway coz I’m hungry!

Good god here comes more!

HELP pls, this is tortuous!

Okay think I’m slowllyyy getting the hang of this.

Eww.

Even daddy got a taste of her food

So that was her first time. She even cried a little towards the end, guess it was all very overwhelming for her, lol. It’s been almost a month since her first solid and she just LOVES it now. Feeding her is EXTREMELY easy I have to admit it. Dont have to do no flying aeroplane motion to cox her to eat, she gulps it down easily and happily. We’ve just increased her meal to twice a day now with apple juice in between too. Exciting exciting.

And to think next Thursday my precious will all of 7 months!! Goodness, where is all that time going to?

My baby girl in her love-me mode

Bonjour, je’maple Sairah bear and my daddy is taking me to Paris next year! Wheeee!

My favorite photo * hearts*

Ya maaann, I think I can pull diz rasta look off maan.

Winnie the whoo?

Sairah Bunny

*flicks tears* She’s growing up so fast.

The apartment is about 70% complete at this point. Which also means this would be the final update on our apartment renovation before we reveal the end product :D   Hopefully all will be done and settled by end April. There’s still alot of little details that needs to be looked into, like the deco and basically putting furnitures in. And also buying some. I still don’t have a dressing table and God forbid we move in before getting one!!

On Sunday we spent sometime unpacking our kitchen items. Had to give it a good clean wash coz of the dust.

I present you our kitchen:

A before photo of the dingy looking place

And now an after photo *drumroll pleaseeee*

What do you think? It definitely looks much lively and cozy now.

Only tiles we changed were these:

And of course the mosaic tiles but I have to say it actually brightens up the kitchen. The husband also bought new kitchen appliances so wohoo to cooking and baking soon. For the record I’ve not cooked or baked in the past 6 months. I *hope* I remember how to cook

OVEN – mmm I’m thinking baked pasta, brownies, baked chicken ooo baby the possibilities are endless!

I LOVE the spice rack from Ikea. It’s much more organized now and I can easily reach out for it instead of fumbling to look for it.

And now for my pride and joy’s room.

This is how it looked like when we first got the keys to the apartment:

It gets A+++ for a gloomy look. Honestly can’t bear the thought of my baby staying in this room.

Anyway, since I was in charge of the room, I wanted it to be a HAPPY girly place. In a few years time when she’s older and invites her little friends over to play, I want them to open her door and go ‘waaah your room so niceee la Sairah’, lol. And then she can say it’s thanks to her mother’s brilliant idea.

SO, the first step was to put in a cute chandelier. Walked into a few shops  before stumbling upon this one. It was the cheapest we could find as well. Priced at RM300 before I begged the taukeh to  give us a small discount. Final price was RM280. SCORE!

Next were the walls. We were mulling over which type of pink to choose – should we go with a bright one or dark shade? We finally picked a very light pink based on the color chart, but after painting, it seemed like it was almost cotton-candy color. Bright! My dad thinks it’s way too out there but I totally fell in love with it after seeing it.

It’s EXACTLY what I wanted. SCORE!

It’s not really reflected well in my stupid camera but rest assured I will get some professional photos taken and will put it up soon (Wylane, please chop Jove for this special project, heeh).

Next up, I initially wanted to hack out the stupid brown cupboard and book shelf. After thinking it through, figured we could do with the extra closet space (for baby Sairah’s growing wardrobe of course!) BUT on one condition. That the said cupboard and bookshelf gets transformed to a WHITE one.

Dunno what my dad is pointing at but he managed to get someone to do this special job Oh it’s so gorgeous now!

The almost finished book shelf just screaming for some decorative stuff on it:

Again, please excuse my camera, it’s much more gorgeous in person. Even my sis and mom said so when they saw it yesterday. AND Baby Sairah tagged along too and I have to say, she was all smiles in that particular room. I guess she’s EXTREMELY happy with it. It’s a happy place that’s why (people with BAD stinky chi and heart are not allowed in this room, period)! There’s still ALOT more to be done to her room before it gets transformed into my dream nursery for Sairah

Just to show you how much of dust was looming around her room. I had to sweep FOUR times and every time I would find this much of dust. Eww.

And for the record, we just got these tiles replaced with wooden flooring yesterday It’s much more cozy and definitely gives the place a whole different look altogether.

More photos revealed soon so that’s a good reason to come back to this blog, tee hee

I had a pretty eventful weekend so thought I’d share it on my blog.

Friday:

Got an exclusive invite from Nicole to celebrate her 30th birthday at Nero Fico in Damansara Heights. The food was good, esp the cod fish, the ambiance was even better since it was very romantically set in a private room, and the birthday girl made turning 30 very desirable. 30 is the new 20 folks.

Said cod fish:

Said romantic settings:

Said Birthday Girl:

Me and Nicole with her PINK (and I might add, VERY expensive) Herve Leger dress. God knows I wouldn’t be able to fit even half a leg into one of those, hehe.

I actually got the husband to babysit Sairah (actually I’m guessing mom probably would have done more babysitting) at home while I stole a few hours away from them. I would have chilled out with Nicole and her friends longer but what do you know, mama-duty calls.

Sat:

It was my very FIRST time taking Baby Sairah out alone with my friends. Surprisingly I managed just fine though the little one was a tad cranky hence I had to walk in and out of the restaurant to keep her entertained. And Wylane actually almost toppled the empty stroller while we were taking the escalator, LOL. Don’t know why I ever bothered bringing the stroller when I was carrying her the entire time. Sorry Wylane but that made good practice for you :p  I don’t blame her, I’m not very good at handling the stroller myself.

Had to pick Siew Chen and Little Vera up. And folks, toddlers aren’t usually suppose to sit in the front seat. But we didn’t have a choice coz there were TWO babies in the car (three if you count the husband) and the back passenger seats and boot were FULL of baby stuff. The husband after dropping us jetted off for a 2 hour massage, lucky bugger!

Maaaaaaaa why is there a Chinese kid in front with daddy???!

 LOL she looks genuinely concerned and worried.

Lunch was of course in Canoodling in Bangsar Village. Again They have really good noodles. Cheep cheep too!

Sairah wears:

Pink baby tee with matching skirt that screams ELLE on butt: Elle From Bangkok (Thanks to my aunt aka affectionately called Sairah’s Subang Grandma)

Pink princess headband: Lovely Lace

Deer caught in the headlight look: Model’s own thanks to Wylane forgetting to turn off the flash, lol

Shoe-like socks: From Manila

Vera with her mama

Sairah with Vera’s mama

Sairah with her mama

And Wylane the Nanny for the day with her camera, hehehe

@ Coffeebean with the little one having her eyes on my pure vanilla blended drink, yums

Grumples up from her nap. See the dagger look? She got it from  her mammaa……don’t mess yo.

Trying hard to make her smile

Little ms grumpy managing a half-baked smile

Sunday:

Had a quick catch up with Madhu and Kavin (not pictured, forgot to take photo of the anneh) @ Papa Rich near Madhu’s place.

Guess someone will be carrying her OWN come end April

The little one wears:

Onesie: Disney Winnie The Pooh, shipped from US.

The onesie was rather boy-ish looking with its brown and orange combo. So to make her look feminine, I made her wear a netural colored headband for a girly girl touch.

Headband: Lovely Lace

Now I look like a girl Ma.

A neutral white socks with frills (bought from Malacca me thinks) to complement her earth look

Pretty long coverage about my weekend, so that only goes to show my social life and weekends are slowllyyy (but surely) getting back into order. Wohooo.