Helpful Little Sweetie ..

Yesterday, the weekend maid that I engaged was supposed to come clean up the house, however she did not turn up. So I decided to do some light cleaning on my own instead of waiting for her.

I told Emily I will be busy that afternoon and she has to help me picked up all her toys and stacked them properly. Surprisingly, after clearing up her own things, she offered to help me vacuum the floor too.. Isn't that sweet ? I pulled out the vacuum cleaner and there she was vacuuming the floor of one of our rooms.

Baby in my tummy too..

The other night, while preparing for bedtime, Emily came near my big tummy and started chatting with ti-ti. She was very curious with the amount of movements made by the little one and I had to convince her that ti-ti loves her and wanted to have some fun with her.

Then she kissed mummy good night and lied down on bed. The next thing I noticed her tummy was moving, just the way mine was. She was pretending a baby is also in her tummy and doing all the different somersaults as what she observed from mine .... Wish I had a video camcorder to record those moments and share them with daddy .....

36 weeks into my pregnancy

Today marks the 36th week of my 2nd pregnancy. During the last visit to my gynea which was 2 weeks back, I had gained another 1 kilo. I noticed that weight had been consistently increasing, at the rate of 1 kilo each month since the 2nd month. However it started to increase by 1 kilo after 2 weeks when I had my most recent check-up. Guess this is expected at this stage since baby is also growing into full term.

Baby is very active, performing somersaults every now and then. I noticed that whenever baby kicked and if I stroked my tummy, the kicks will stop.. probably wanting attention from mummy..

Lately when I visited my gynea, the first question he would asked me "Is your baby active ?". It is common that baby is active at this stage and will slowly reduce towards due date.

Technology is getting very advance now with the availability of 4D scans. I remember in my 1st pregnancy 5 years ago, my gynea only had a 2D scanning machine in his clinic, in each of the check-up, he will scanned our baby and gave us a photo. Both hubby and me were very excited looking at the 2D image. This time he has a 3D scanning machine, where the 4D scans further adds the 4th dimension of time giving you a moving 3D image of your baby. I could see clearly the shape of my baby's face including the lips. I even saw him opening and closing the mouth in one of the scans. Truely amazing ....

Have brought Emily along during one of the check-ups. She was very excited when my gynea showed her the baby scanned images explaining the different body parts to her. When she came back, she told daddy that the gynea said baby has "birdie".

Food wise, am glad I don't have any preference, everything looks delicious to me, similar to my 1st pregnancy. In the earlier months, I was always hungry and was eating more than my hubby :) Thankfully that phase has passed coz it felt really terrible feeling so hungry especially when halfway attending meetings in office. I guess what I miss the most now is drinking carbonated drinks (coke) as I try to restraint from taking those during pregnancy.

I am starting to feel uncomfortable moving around with my big tummy. Having to do house chores and driving around to send my daughter to all her activities at this stage can be taxing at times. Am glad hubby will be back from his 6 months relocation next week.. Hooray...

Ciku ..... Sapodilla

2 weeks ago, Emily came to me and asked, what is "ciku" called in english ? Argh!! I was speechless coz I did not have an answer to her question. I was so used to saying ciku that it never strike me to find out the actual word in english... So I told her I will check it out in the dictionary.
However due to the busy schedule, I totally forgot about it til..... last Sunday Emily said, Mummy, I know what is ciku called in English, it is Sapodilla. I was amazed to hear what she just told me, doubting it, I went in to wikipedia to look for this word. Indeed Sapodilla is ciku.........
Digging further, I found out that she learned this word from her kindy. Am glad she is learning more new words and still remembering them ...
Lesson learnt, Never doubt your child's abilities :)

Stepping into the World of Blogging

Thumbs up! I finally have the courage to set up my own blog, inspired by other moms out there who kept great blogs about their children and family. Took me awhile to have the guts to publish a post due to the reason that I am not good in writing nor expressing myself.

Wondering what triggered me to finally post something ? Hmmm.. I just lost my job after working for 13 years in the automation field due to the current economy crisis, I decided I now have time to spend blogging some of the sweet memories Emily has given to me and my hubby. If I don't keep these memories in writing, they will soon fade off ... amidst the busy work schedule and juggling to be a good wife and mom.