Retail therapy for ME

Was telling my colleagues that I have not really shopped for myself at this year's GSS. With baby on the way, the only things I seem to be buying are stuffs for Sophie. Pram, cot, clothes, toys for Sophie, and all seems to revolve around her. Not complaining coz I'm really excited buying pink, girly stuffs for her. Oh have you seem the rompers and dresses they have for little girls? So cute!

Oh and the thrill of shopping online for Sophie, or rather ordering form sprees and having the excitement when the package gets delivered in your mailbox. Be it clothes, socks or even just bibs! I know, how silly :P

And after getting pregnant, I have not really shopped in Orchard until yesterday when I made my debut trip to ION Orchard. The latest swanky shopping mall along Orchard Road. Found it a bit hard to navigate around the mall with escalators that runs everywhere.



But that didn't stop me from indulging in a bit of shopping for myself. So I bought myself some post-pregnancy stuffs, like this stripped wedge that will be perfect for the weekends...in the near future. No heels for me now ever since I nearly tripped when I was 3 months pregnant wearing my 3 inch heels. Now I only wear my scholls sandals, how unglam. Boo hoo :(



Oh and I love love my cup cake t-shirt. It's got glitter okay. Haha. Hope I wasn't too confident and bought a size too small. We shall see, we shall see. And a pretty cardigan which I just liked coz of it's frills.

Not sure when I can start wearing these clothes or even fit into my old wardrobe. Maybe I should take the opportunity to revamp my wardrobe when I get back to work after my maternity leave too. Husband will surely not be too happy about it.








Dinner at a DIY Teppanyaki restaurant, Shu Teppan. Not much different from Pepper Lunch in my opinion.


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Some indulgence first... or not?

The idea of having food craving sounded like the perfect excuse to indulge in all my favorite delicacies during my pregnancy. But alas, my dear husband was spared of this seemingly unavoidable pregnancy symptom because I had none of it... Or at least only had them in the mildest form. So no excuse to make him drive out in the middle of the night with char kuay teow, hokkien mee, roti prata...

The furthest I went was just to crave for spicy food. And what proved to be comforting was mee siam, tom yum, where spicy meet sour. Perfect combination :) Wonder if Sophie will have spicy taste buds too?

And now that my pregnancy journey is coming to an end soon, I wished I had eaten lesser. Easier to lose the weight that I have put on over the past 8 months. Blame it on my gyne who told me I was not eating enough as I was putting on less than 1 kg per month initially. So I let down my defenses in my bid to follow doctor's instructions. Then came the frequent tea breaks, or rather regular tea breaks. Which also mean I got chided by my colleagues for "choi-ing" them along.


Unfortunately,that also meant I over compensated and put on more weight than I needed to subsequently. *faints* And now at 8 months, I over did it as I still have another 3 more weeks to go... meaning I'm still likely to put on more weight till Sophie is born.

And at this point,I have a last craving for crabs!!!


I have heard of horror stories of pregnant woman eatig crabs only to have their kids behaving like crabs. You know being all busy with their hands! At least that's what my sister-in-law claims with my niece! But still that does not put me off.

One last indulgence, CRABS.
Pepper crab, chilli crab, butter crab...
Dreaming of crabs tonight...

Last leg more to go

The last leg of the pregnancy is certainly taking a toil on my body. More aches, more swollen feet, ankles and I suspect even puffy eyes too. Oh yes and the dreaded stretch marks which have started to appear ferociously that even my l'occitane mom & babe balm is no match for it!
And without saying, sleeping has become harder as well with Sophie getting in the way. Now I have to hold my stomach to get into a comfortable position when I turn from side to side. Oh and have I not mentioned about getting up at least once to pee cause of the weight of her on my bladder.

Woes of being a mother ... and yes I hear mothers telling me, "Wait till you're in the delivery room"...

One more month, one more month...

The countdown to Sophie's arrival

In just another 4 weeks or more accurately 32 days more to go, our princess Sophie will be born. What a wait this has been for our baby.

The last few weeks have been more tiring with Sophie betting bigger and a lot more active. Did I mention that she gets very active after I eat and especially in the nights! So to help me sleep, I play classical music so that ether she gets knocked out first or me!Her movements are so obvious now that you can see the skin of my tummy in a wavelight manner when she moves about. And my little one knows when it's time for mummy to go to work coz she'll start kicking me when the alarm goes off in the morning.



Whenever Sophie gets too rough, I'll keep reminding her to be a gentle baby. One strategy is to keep her tightly swaddled after she's born. Some mummies tell me they miss the feeling of baby's movements in them after baby is delivered... I'll let you know after Sophie's born... Prob not :)

Just the other day I asked Alexis what we want our home values to be.

• Crying will not get you your way and it's something Daddy reminds Mummy too :)
• To teach Sophie that a person of character is more important than a person of success.
• That God gives us an area where to excel in and it need not necessarily be academically.
• It's important to try before giving up.

We will probably discover more about raising a family as we go along...as we grow along.