Reflection

Its the last day of the year 2008. Now usually by this time i will be on my celebration mode, planning where i would be during the countdown,who i will be with and how am i going to welcome the new year. Not to say that i am not busy preparing for the countdown this time round but preparation seems to be on the mellow side.. We welcomed 2008 with my family last year and this time round we will welcome new year over at Anjai's house. I look forward to spending the time with my new family.. hehe

Looking back on how 2008 has been for me, for us.. We spent the first half of the year busily preparing for our wedding which alhamdulilah went well despite a couple of hiccups along the way.. The hiccups has made the wedding day even more sweeter and i shed some tears everytime i think about it. The wedding day was one of the happiest day of my life. Soon after the wedding we were pleasantly surprised yet again to find out that i am with child. The news swept us off our feet and i flush everytime i remember the joy i felt at that time. And now we spend the last half of the year preparing to be parents. As you can see, 2008 has been a good year for me and i hope 2009 will be even better!

With that, i end this post with warm wishes to all my readers.. Have a happy happy new year and may you have a great year ahead of you.

xoxo

Faith, Anjai & Baby

Selamat Menyambut Awal Tahun Hijrah

Assalamualaikum and olaaa peeps! May we take this opportunity to wish everyone 'Selamat Menyambut Awal Tahun Hijrah'.

So its another monday and this week baby turns 28 weeks! hehe Which means we have another 12 weeks to go and as usual below is the weekly development for baby.. hehe

I wrote a couple of weeks ago that i have made up my mind and decided to get the Medela BP as opposed to the Philips Avent. So i placed an order through H and it has finally arrived! tee heee.. And it was very fortunate that i went ahead and placed the order cos the Avent that i wanted is now available in Mothercare and WOW! was i surprised when i saw how much it cost! We went to pick it up this afternoon and boy was i excited to open it up! It was like opening a present! It came with a tote bag and also storage bag and ice pack which makes it much much more convienent for me to bring around esp when i go back to work.. Anjai took some pics of the moment.. hehehe

 

Me happily exploring the box..

Me happily walking towards the house.. 

We also had a visit this morning from Shopaholic and Gamerholic and they came bearing gifts! hehehe Thanks guys.. We really appreciate it.. and Enjoy your trip! hehe

The holics with thier gifts.. tee hee

oh my back!

We have had 3 mini trips for the past week, 2 of which was in Miri and 1 for a visit in Limbang and all i have to say for now is i am done with it.. My back can bear no more as it aches like mad!! *looks over to Anjai and hoping i can get more of those massages that helps ease the pain*

We finally went out and bought baby stuff. As advised by many, we didn't buy a lot of clothes. We kept to the neutral color of white as we still don't know what the gender is yet and also avoided the yellow, as advised by Anjai's aunty.. We bought a couple of body suits (like 6 kali), 3 sets of booties and mittens and one hat. So how do i know if that is enough, for now? Mcm should i buy supply enough for 3 days or a week? And so far we bought bodysuits saja, do we need to buy the two piece type? 

We also went out and bought the Cot today!! hehe now time to make space for baby before the delivery people comes in.. hehe

X-mas Trip

As mentioned in yesterday's post, we went over to Anjai grandmother's place in Limbang and below are some photos taken during our trip..

The queue

Facebook-ing while waiting..

I was so happy when i saw this sign. At least i knew that the post was 600m away as opposed to Anjai saying 'Inda jauh lagi.. banarr' haha

After 2.5 hrs of queue, we finally arrived at the border 

And after 15 mins of journey after the immigration post, we finally reached our destination. Yadu's (grandmother) place.

Yadu, Anjai's Grandmother

Bibi

Joel, Anjai's cousin

Can't remember their names but look at how festive they look with the Santa hats

Cousin, Martha with Yadu

X-mas decoration

With the aunties

Uncle Jack with his wife

Giving chocolates to the kids

And the adults.. haha

at the end of the day, i was tired tidak terkata but happy that we managed to make our way there and see the family. 

Merry merry X-mas

Its that time of the year again where santa makes his round on his sleigh, going down the chimney and giving gifts to kids around the world.. Merry X-mas peeps and may we eish you a great and fantastic holiday esp for those who celebrate this holiday. And for those who don't, enjoy the day off.. hehe

We are currently on the way (well actually staying stationary in the queue) to go over to Anjai's grandmother's place in Limbang.. Been here for about an hour and 30 mins now and as much as Anjai say that 'inda lagi jauh' i have a feeling that it is STILL jauh.. haha (looks over to Anjai :P).  Its ok, we have to 'redah' saja as we are determined to see the family. 

I am thankful though cos Anjai is very thoughtful... He bought the newspaper for me this morning and packed the laptop and modem for me to keep me distracted. Whereas i merely packed a bag of chips, some chocolate biscuits, 2 packets of air tebu and 2 bottles of mineral water.. perut perut perut.. hahaha 

Ok i see the selekoh and Anjai say inda lagi lama ni.. hehehe oh thank god! honestly i was tempted to turn around about 30 mins ago but since we have already been in queue for an hour, whats another hour right? I hope baby will be able to tahan this journey and waiting around.. hehe

Oh Shopaholic joined us on our Road Trip to Miri yesterday and it we really enjoyed the trip.. B, upload pics plssss... hehehehe

Logistics

Anjai and I have been debating on where i will give birth. At the beginning we had 3 options, JPMC, Tutong Hospital and RIPAS hospital but soon enough we threw out JPMC pasal should there be any problems kana antar ke RIPAS jua.. So now we are down to Tutong or RIPAS. After much discussions and debates with my aunties and some friends, Anjai has decided that once i start to contract, he will drive me down to RIPAS. *ERK!* 

Ok lets draw down why i prefer Tutong to RIPAS..

1. Toilets are not exactly clean

2. Heard about the queue of expecting mothers waiting to enter into the labour room and give  birth

3. Heard some horror stories about how some midwives/doctors who tend to be cuai as they have a hoard of mothers and babies waiting to be delivered

4. Also heard some was even left in the labour room post labour and had to wait for a bed as disana VERY crowded

as you can see i have heard a lot of horror stories and how true i am not sure.

Why i prefer Tutong

1. Toilets are clean

2. Less people hence the nurses/midwives will pay attention to us more. 

But theeenn.. (nya my aunty jua..) If i face any problems they will need to send me to RIPAS as Tutong lacks the specialty.. So peeps i am down to 'am i willing to risk a 30 min drive should i face any problems?'

Anjai is determined on going to RIPAS cos the risk is too high for him to face so lets hope all goes well for me and the horror stories are not true and should it be true, lets all pray for my sake that it will NOT happen to me! 

Nauzubillahhh..

oh on a nicer note I found an article which lists out the things that mothers should bring to the hospital when giving birth for both baby AND mummy.. Will post it soon.. hehehe

h.o.l.i.d.a.y

I woke up this morning with a smile on my face which rarely happens when i know its monday. And yeap you guessed why that grin was on my face.. Our holiday has BEGUN! *yippie* Well actually our last day of work was last friday but it has been such a hectic weekend with a BBQ last Thursday, a berbedak on Friday, Wedding reception on saturday and Sunday, that we haven't had a decent rest yet.. 

Baby turns 27 week today.. Usually i would upload the development calendar but its taken longer than usual so will try again later or tomorrow.. 

I take this opportunity to congratulate Carol & Nobel on their wedding on Saturday 20th Dec 2008. It was truly a beautiful wedding and I/we are extremely happy for the both of you. I was soo teary throughout the whole thing especially when i saw her in the bridal room and during the exchange of vows! Congratulations Boo! And also Congratulations to my cousin, Ernina & Emil on thier wedding day on Saturday, 20 Dec 2008. Sorry i couldn't attend the ambil-ambilan, Mummy and Baby was uber tired and slept the whole night through! My mum said you looked gorgeous and i can't wait to see the pictures.. hehe