House Moving - Prelude

This coming Friday our family is moving out of our current apartment into our new house. It was a long and tedious process renovating our new place, and it took us close to 4 months' time to see the end result. It probably still needs couple of touching up here and there, but we are glad that it is finally in a 'live-in' condition and thus we are moving in this weekend.

My mood is a mixture of excitement and sadness. Excited over our new home but also feeling a little bit sad that we have to say goodbye to our current place. We we first moved back from Hong Kong two years ago, we needed a rented place to settle down as we didnt have our own house then. So we spent two days house hunting in the east and viewed more than 10 apartments. Our current place was one of the last few we viewed, but I vividly remember how we felt when we stepped in. It was love at first sight. Both my husband and I both knew that this was it, we have found our ideal place. And so very soon we shifted in. Everything was great. We had a wonderful two years here... Julian was born here and I can tell he loves this place too. He had lots of fun at the wading pool, tennis court, the lawn, the playgrounds, and even the park opposite our house. For me, I will difinitely going to miss the olympic size swimming pool ( which i love swimming in, even till the last trimester of carrying Julian) , the million-dollars sea view, the convenience of having the laundry shop, mini-mart, cafe, and private clinic just right downstairs at my lift lobby.





So farewell, Makena ... thanks for the wonderful memories.

On a brighter note, I am happy that we now finally have a place we can call our own.

My first acquaintance with Baby No.2

I saw my baby no2 for the first time today at the clinic through the ultrasound scan. I said this is first because the last time I had a scan, I only managed to see the yolk sac. Over the last two weeks, the yolk sac has developed into a tiny little foetus, at 1.32cm. It has a head, and it's body is slightly curled up. I could see it's heartbeat too. This is amazing. Looking at the picture from the ultrasound scan, I can't help but wonder how this little fella will be like when born? What kind of temperament, characters, features it will bear? Well, it's too early to tell for now. I could probably get the gender figured out soon though, at around 16 weeks. I am hoping for a girl this time, but we shall see! Here's a picture of the ultrasound scan.

This pregnancy has been a little bit different from my last. I had morning sickness for both pregnancies, but compared to the last time, I had much less appetite for food this round and I practically have no cravings at all. But one good sign is I have not vomitted so far. Hopefully things will remain managable and this morning sickness will soon go away after the first trimester.

Although I am feeling lousy and tired with the morning sickness bugging me most of the time, I can always turn to Julian for some distraction and relief. He has been a good boy lately and has been very sweet to me. It just melts my heart whenever he come voluntarily to me and give me a big bear hug. Having such a lovely son makes all those pregnancy woes I went through all worth while. So I hope it's gonna be the same for this one too!

I am pregnant

I always wanted to have two kids, but I just didn't know when will be a good time to have the second one after having Julian. Being a typical boy, he has been quite a handful. My mum's advise to me was to wait till Julian gets older, maybe about 3. I personally felt that it is too wide an age gap. I prefer to have my kids closer in age, so that they could learn and play together. Julian is now 21 months, and in a few months time he will be turning 2. It seems to be about right to have my no.2 now. Further more, I am always reading about friends giving birth, or getting pregnant with their no.2 kid, and frankly speaking, I am full of envious. Thomas and I didnt delibrately plan for the timing of our second kid. In fact, this isn't the most ideal time for me to be pregnant. We are in the mist of some heavy renovation to our new residence, and I have been busy checking on the work site's progress and sourcing for home furnishing details. I found out about our no.2 on the day of the moon-cake festival. I was excited but at the same time feeling a little bit worried. Will it be a smooth sailing pregnancy? Will I have severe morning sickness? We are moving house in a month's time, and I need to be at my fittest in terms of my physical. Well, looks like its not going to be the case now. I am starting to feel the morning sickness kicking in and it makes me feeling nausea and tired all day through. I have not visited the work site for the whole of this week. That will be Thomas's job from now. I know it's still a long way to go before I get to carry this bundle of joy in my arms, but I will defintely hang in there. It's a good thing to be blessed with kids. I am thankful and will treasure every moment of it.

Hello Everyone!

This is my first posting to this newly created blog. I envision myself filling this blog with stories about the men in my life, ie my hubby Thomas and my son Julian, my feelings and thoughts about my second pregnancy and any other little things that I enjoy, for example food! Do drop in often for a visit!