Almost there

We are now at Week 36, baybeh... Popo came up to help out with things here and there. Pa and Ma managed to go for a performance entitled The Kitchen last Friday in conjunction with the Georgetown Festival. It has been awhile since we did things like these. We also booked ourselves a night's stay at Lone Pine in Batu Ferringhi leaving CheChe and KorKor in the good hands of Popo. It was really really good. Such a leisurely time we had enjoying each others company. Unrushed meals. Slow strolls. Bliss. Very grateful to Popo. We have also engaged a temporary helper who will be arriving on 1 September. She will mainly help out with the household chores the next few months. Praying that she will be trustworthy, able to do her job well and of good help to us! We will be catering confinement food for myself. Praying that all will work out well. Meanwhile, you are now lying very low. So I have more frequent toilet visits. Also difficult to sit too long at times. I have been feeling a lot of tightening below the abdomen. Today even more. Kinda scary. It was quite frequent and that made me wonder if they were contractions! You are not that eager to be out, are you? On one hand, we are really eager to meet you. On the other, we are still not ready! Other than that: Need to go pack my hospital bag. Need to go wash your clothes! Pelvic Girdle Pain getting more severe. Just Sunday, two strangers asked if I was carrying a boy. Funny how they can figure that out. Continue to pray for our good health and that you continue to develop and grow well, my little bubba. Also for a smooth and safe and fast and painless delivery! Stay strong!

Week 35

Dr Ng says you are 35+2 weeks old now. My tummy only measures 32. And the computer says you are 34. You weigh 2.4kg now an increase of 800g whilst I put on about 500g to 68kg as of today. All seems well with you and we continue to thank God for the past 35 weeks that you have been growing and developing well and ask that He watches over you the remaining 5 weeks in my tummy. Love you, Brendan Max Lee Din Din. 

Potential Footballer

Can't remember if I wrote a post on this year's FIFA World Cup as one of the 2014 highlights. You are our only child born on in a year the World Cup is held. This year it was held in Brazil. We jokingly said that we will name you after the Golden Boot player. So you should be James Lee after James Rodriguez. But I think we are sticking to Brendan for now. Brendan as in Brendan Rogers, Papa's Liverpool FC's current manager. 

I also noticed that you will be kicking away when we watch the matches. You are very active mostly at night and sometimes it is quite impossible to sleep with you practicing your dribbles in the middle of the night. Papa is just chuffed that he has another son to kick the ball with.

Feeling accomplished

After five years and almost four months, Papa and I finally have a room to ourselves. Yes, tonight is the first night we moved Che Che and Kor Kor into their own room to make way for your arrival in 5 weeks' time.

Since we have decided not to move into our new house in Batu Maung, I have started to slowly pack and purge what qe have accumulated the last four years staying here. We also finally got some furniture. We have never bought any as we always thought that we are only temporary here. So in July when we were in KL, we bought drawers and a desk from IKEA along with a changing table. Glad Che Che now has a proper work station and Kor Kor had a good height bench to play nearby. Also very glad to have a changing table for when you arrive as changing a thousand newborn nappies a day can really be back breaking from past two experiences.

Managed to also pack away our winter clothings and stuffs from our trip to Germany a year ago! As mentioned, we had plans to move earlier so everything was just left as is till now.

There's still lots to do. Need to wash your clothes and pack my hospital bag. Also would like to clear the studio as well before I'm too busy again. And get more old clothes of mine out to be donated. Don't know if I have the energy though as I've been very tired lately. Don't have help from the cleaners anymore so have been cleaning the house myself too despite having lots of Braxton Hicks and pelvic pain. Will take one day at a time.... 

R.I.P. Robin Williams

Seems like each year of birth for the three of you, an icon dies. In 2009, the year Che Che was born, the King of Pop Michael Jackson died of a cardiac arrest. Then the year Kor Kor wad born, 2011, Steve Jobs, the mastermind and CEO of Apple succumbed to pancreatic cancer. And today, a great comedian,  Robin Williams was found dead in his home, possibly from a suicide at the age of 63. He was reported to be struggling from depression and recovering from substance abuse. He brought so many smiles to so many of us on screen. I remember him most of all in the movie Patch Adams as a selfless Dr. Sigh.... There goes another icon.... but always remembered for his works!

May you R.I.P.

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Ladies' Night

The ladies in our Young Family Cell Group gather once in a while for some fellowship. Tonight is another night and I'm typing this post while waiting for my ride. We were supposed to be at the burger joint at 7 but it's already 7.25pm. I was thinking if I should grab a bite first but realised I've been getting better with hunger pangs. The first trimester was the worst. If I don't eat the minute I'm hungry, I'd feel nauseous. 2nd trimester I was always hungry! 3rd was also not good especially when diagnosed with gestational diabetes and had to control diet and portion. No fun being pregnant and not being able to eat what I want when I want to! Thank God it's more managed now and I have relaxed more with my food intake. And I'm also able to wait longer for food even though hungry. Nevertheless, I still wonder if you'd have the appetite of your Kor Kor later!

7 weeks to go!

You have been squirming so much inside.  There's still so much to do before your arrival. I'm in the midst of clearing the 2nd room for Che Che and Kor Kor so thay we can move them into this room and move your cot into our room.

Also packing away all the baby clothes. Have not even taken out relevant ones to be washed yet for you. Maybe next week.

Managed to also finally packed away our winter clothes from last year's trip to Perth and Germany at long last! They have been left there for months as I thought we would be moving into our new house in Batu Maung. Since we are not, (that's another story altogether...) and we are in the midst of clearing and decluttering to make way for you... (yes, you.... The little being which has so much priority in our lives now!), it's time to put things in order.

There's also the studio which needs to be sorted. One at a time... One at a time.... just hope we can settle all before you arrive. Especially since I don't have plans to get the part time maid in anymore till the monthly one arrives. Which means more effort to keep the house clean too.

Meanwhile, here's proof that I've been working hard.

My peeling knees. From all the kneeling to pick up things etc. since I can't squat these days...

Gotta go do more although it's already 1 am and everyone else is asleep!

Good night baby! I love you!