Bye January, Hello February

January comes and goes. It will be February soon. The month of love where flowers, chocolates, and restaurants booking will be overcharge and expensive. Good thing we didn't celebrate Valentine ;) but the lovey dovey vibe is so infectious. On the day itself the 14th Feb, i'll be minding my company's booth at Green Build Asia Conference at KL Convention Centre. It will be a 3 days event. If you happen to be there, come and say hello ;)

Anyway i have started to buy baby stuffs on impulse. I know I should have made a list instead of entering Mothercare and get blindsided with all the cute gorgeous baby clothes. I should have stick to the list IF I HAVE ONE but i haven't even started making a list so i just bought whatever i think baby will need. My mom was telling me not to buy anything until the third trimester BUT have you guys freaking see the price tags on baby's necessities yet???? They are freaking expensive and if i didn't buy bit by bit each month, i'll be flat broke the last 2 months before delivery -_-".

So things that we already have:

• Stroller
• Car seat
• Mattress
• A white cots just like i wanted
• Soft pink Bed Sheets
• Soft pink/ White Hooded towels
• Some newborn bodysuits
• Soft pink Blanket

Well that's about it. So sikit rightttt but already left a huge hole in the wallet. So many baby's essentials i have not buy yet. Takpa next month aiming for more.

What i wanted:

• A neutral colour baby bath and changing mat ( just in case there's a boy in the future)

Need to stop buying things for me and start saving for baby. No more crazy splurges.

BUT i just splurge on these:

I have really dry lips so these supposedly nourishes, protects, and plumps the lips. Well, let just wait and see ;)

Some recent vain photos of yours truly;

XOXO,
Mummy-to-be.

You will be loved eternally

Updating through iPhone is such a hassle as there's something wrong with wifi connection at the moment. Anyway just wanna have a quick update. On baby's progress as for now I'm in my 24th week Of pregnancy. Baby is currently 500g of weight and lately very very active especially at night. I read that at this stage baby can hear noises means lil ones will hear my voice or songs and can react to it. You can actually see physical movement on my tummy as opposed to me feeling butterflies. It's quiet a surreal experience and one not to be missed. Alhamdullilah we women are lucky to be having this special bond with our babies. I didn't have the latest scan. Should have ask the doctor to print it. Still haven't decided on which hospital to deliver. Still have not shop for lil munchkin. A lot mOre to do which will be done in my last trimester. I think that's the best time to buy everything. Three more months. Yikes!!!! Anyway, I wanted the gender to be a surPrise but not 5 minutes after knowing it, hubby practically broadcast the news in Facebook -_-" so it's kinda a moot point to keep it a secret. In 3 months time, I"ll be having ........... *drumrolls*.......... A Baby GIRL!!!!!!! ;)

Romantic beds

Lately i have a thing for four poster beds or canopy beds especially when they are in whites. They look oh-so-serene and romantic. Trying to recreate that hotel-style bedroom with one of these babies. Hubby was telling me that once we have the perfect bed and  more importantly the perfect sheets/pillows/duvet with the right colour scheme and theme, we will never leave the bed. Sleeping in it will be heaven. Now let see if we can pull this off.

Adding this for wishful thinking; white baby cot oh-so-beautiful. A good combination with our bed ;)



An end to an eventful year

Just a quick and short update on the last day of 2011. It just dawned on me it is the last day of the year and everybody is celebrating new year's eve tonight and I don't even have any plan for tonight. Anyway time flies so fast in a blink of an eye we are entering a new year. 2011 has been an eventful year for me. More good than bad Alhamdulliah.

2011 to me ;

• A working lady
•  Wedding preparations
• A great hens party
• I got married to the love of my life
• Went for our first vacation together ever in 7 years. Honeymoon in bali ( pictures still not posted)
• Learned that I got myself knocked up 2 months later ( before that secretly bought and test so many pregnancy tests with negative results)
• Took unpaid leave. Had the most unpleasant 2 months of morning-till-night 24/7 sickness. Never have I vomit so much in my life.
• The most thinnest i've ever been. Nobody would have guess I'm pregnant ( a fact that i'm a bit sad when taking LRT. Nobody offer me a seat ;p and also the fact that guys still lingers with their wandering eyes looking at me when they are supposed to notice that i'm a mom-to-be. Tak suka rasa macam anak dara kene ngorat lagi. Ok saya perasan ;p)
• And now started working again after a long break.

What am looking forward to in 2012 and what am expecting:

• To finally see my little munchkin. Hopefully the Dr will be able to confirm the sex next month. I wanna buy baby stuff soon please.
• To be able to finally decide what's the next course in my life. Continue study?
• To be more frugal in spending. This is definitely a must as I foresee a lot of financial commitment in the next few months. You girls yang tak kahwin and living with parents and takda commitment with your money....... I'M SO JEALOUS!!!! ;P
• To work hard as I realised money doesn't grow on trees and you have to actually prove yourself proffesionally to achieve the highest reward..... hence the decision about continue studying.
• To learn how to cook like a proffesional. If we are going to be independent without a maid ( Oh kak asiah, i'm gonna miss you ), I need to be able to feed my husband on regular basis with consistent result.
• To be a good multi-tasker and a pro at time management ( Oh kenapa sgt susah )
• To be a better daughter to my parents.
• A better wife

Let just say 2012 will see an adult version of me. Yes, you have to finally grow up Aneesa and be more independent. Baby- steps.

Today is also my sister-in-law's engagement. The theme is black, white and red. Amy did everything herself from the mini dais to the candy buffet and it was marvelous and beautiful. The food was so delicious. Nyum Nyum..

A little sneak-peak before I go;

 Hubby and I with Amy

 The pretty fiancee

 Cupcakes

Flowers at mini dais

Mundane Ranting

December is coming to an end. How time flies. I'm pretty excited to welcome 2012.

Please do not proceed reading this post as this is just an occasional rant of mundane things happening in my life.

Last week, Hubby took me, his sister and mother to Singapore for a short vacation. Just for the sake of going shopping before I started working. We were actually tagging along his uncle and wife so they are the ones who made all the plans. Where we are going and where to eat etc etc. I was so excited as this will be my second short holiday with hubs after Bali. First day was fine and dandy. We entered Singapore on Friday and had a walk around Orchard Road before going to their zoo for a Night Safari. Interesting zoo indeed. Sadly i couldn't really enjoy it as i was getting unwell with blocked nose and flu. Must be their chilly night air. Nevertheless I still feel fine enough because we decided to come back the next day for more shopping trips.

Went back to his uncle's place in Johor and discovered i had high fever. It's not helping that i need to pee every 2 hours. I keep on waking up in the middle of the night when everybody was asleep and the bathroom was ice cold. You know when u had a high fever everything is supercold to you. I was shivering madly throughout the night and because i know my body temp is so hot, i can actually feel the baby moving throughout the night. Poor baby, must be uncomfortable being in an oven. In the morning, after taking my bath and panadol, i feel so much better. I was actually telling myself over and over that i'm fine because i don't want to miss going back to Singapore. A sensible person should just stay and rest and see a doctor. I was not sensible.

Day 2 was the most tiring experience ever. We walked everywhere, taking the bus and MRT. I think somehow i got sick even worse after that because I was so tired. Can you imagine a pregnant woman like me walking from Marina Bay to Esplanade. We WALKED under HOT SUN. Not our choice though. The uncle said it was close by so they insist on walking. I don't wanna make a fuss so i just follow but the whole time, i was close to crying because i was so tired and having a high fever and pinggang nak tercabut and there and then all the shopping mood evaporate so all I did whole day was finding a place to sit. Hubs was trying to help by saying he would carry me. Excuse me, you would expect me to be carried in front of everybody the whole time. Serious malu kot. The family has also decided that next time we would go on a holiday on our own with our own itenary and our choices of transportation as walking is a big NO NO. If it was our choices, we would take a taxi everywhere.

Everybody did shopped to their heart content. And me? Well I was finding a place to sit and i told them " Ok, i wait here until we are ready to go " and they left me for almost an hour. I siap tidur2 lagi. Unsatisfactory experience ever. The same night hubby decided to go back to KL straight as my fever has worsen and we reached KL around 5am. He took me to a clinic in Melawati and the lady doctor was so unfriendly. I told her i wanted a scan as I couldn't feel the baby moved whole day and she made me feel stupid by saying " 5 bulan baby tak gerak lagi and what u feel is not the baby moving" but she did scanned me and i was relieved to see the heartbeat. She gave me some meds but the next day when i showed the meds to my mom, my mom terus tak bagi i makan some of it as they make me drowsy and it's not good for a pregnant woman. I was baffled. Doesn't a doctor supposed to know what's good and bad for a pregnant lady?

My mom who used to work in a hospital is very particular on what type of meds i'm taking so she insisted that i went to the GH for a check up. That night my mom took me and the doctor put on a drip on me as she said my heartrate was quite high. Oh my god how i hate needles. PAINFULLLLL!!!!! But because we went a bit late, the doctor doesn't even wait for the drip to be finished because she wants to go home. By then i was shivering like mad and my temp was about 38-39 degress. And when we went to pick up the meds, the doctor gave me some meds that ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR PREGNANT WOMAN. My mom was asking the pharmacist and they in turn hesitated in giving me the meds and when they try to call the doctor, she has already left. My mom well you could say was quite angry and disappointed. Again, i ask you, shouldn't a doctor knows better???

Early the next morning, as i was sleeping over because my mom told me so ( she wanted to take care of me), she woke me up and told me we are going to see a gynae " jumpa pakar terus, jangan jumpa doktor2 biasa nie dah" and as she was taking Rafael to see a paed because apparently common doctors didn't gave suitable meds for him because after days Rafael still isn't well. Rafael has this red dots all over his body and is quite disgusting to see so this time around my mom told us " from now on we are only going to see paed and gynae. " Yes we have to pay more but at least we are confident with the experience of these doctors.

We went to Naluri near my house. The nurse took my weight and i've gained 2 kgs since last check-up but still i have the feeling that i'm underweight for a pregnant woman. I am merely 47kgs. The doctor then did a scan and this time around i can see the whole body of the baby. Dah cukup sifat and she showed me the baby's spine, legs and hands and even told me the sex of the baby but she's not that sure because the position of the baby makes it hard to see the sex properly. Nevertheless, i truly truly think she's right ;). Can't wait for next month check-up to make sure of the sex.. Wheeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

This time around she gave me a bunch of vitamins and meds. They were so many but rest assure everything is safe for consumption ;). My fever has subside now but unfortunately because of the coughing i lost my voice.

I started working yesterday and the first day at work my collegues asked me to go home because i was coughing non-stop. I went back to see my gynae for MCs and discovered since last week i lost 1 kg. Oh my god, how can i be pregnant and weight 46kgs? Seriously baby why are you so small????? Nobody will believe i'm at my 5th months because i don't look pregnant at all. I can still fit into all my clothes. Well as long as I still feel the baby moves, i hope everything will be okay. 4 more months till I see you baby ;)

Well, didn't I say this is a boring post? Now some pictures.

Hello December

I'm starting work soon. I figured might as well i work for the remainder 5 months while waiting for the baby because i am just bored doing nothing. And yes my work will be demanding, nothing surprises here. So i expect days when i don't sleep chasing deadlines. That's life being an engineering consultant. Come May, i'll be working for 2 years for the same company. How time flies. Then we'll see what will happen to my professional life. ;)

Hubs was telling me to work at first, months before because i keep on getting on his case when he's busy with his sports. The reason he told me is because i have nothing to do so i fixated on him a lot.Haha!! Now that it's official i'll be starting work in 2 weeks time, he's being apprehensive about the whole thing. Worried about me driving, worried about me having no time for him, worried about me getting home late from work and whole other bunch of stuff THEN he said "tak payahlah keje".. Amboi amboi suka hati dia je kan... Other reason that i needed work is because i need to be independent and have my own money to SHOP or else he would scrutinised every purchase i made with HIS money and i hate when he questioned my online shopping habits. That's why i usually don't tell him until the parcels arrived at home or when he saw me with new clothes. Hehe!!! Then the magic question " How much is this??? " and i'm trying to avoid that question. ;P
Recently when he knows I spent RMX amount on clothes, even more than he ever spend on himself ( so not fair, guys don't shop for clothes and i'm getting bigger so i need new ones to fit into) he was all like " ok, gimme your account, i'm controlling it" Eeeeeekkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!

Oh boy, i seriously need my own money. And evenmore now that i'm getting rambang mata seeing all this baby clothes that i'm itching to buy but am waiting till I know the sex of the baby. I'm ticking the list in my head * stroller, carseat, breast pump,bed, bunch of clothes,mitten and socks, and lots more* and it's good that i keep track of past B2B blogs as they are now becoming mummies and writing about all these things too.

I.C.A.N.N.O.T.W.A.I.T.T.O.S.E.E.M.Y.B.A.B.Y !!!!!

Oh, we are going for a short getaway next week before i start working. Holiday yayyyyy!!!

Nyna's Engagement

Last 2 weeks on 19th Nov 2011, Nyna my SIL(sis-in-law) got engaged to her better half whom she has been seeing for the past 3 years. She did everything herself from finding the vendors for her dais to candy buffet and other little little details. We ordered the fresh flowers for the hantaran a week before the actual engagement date and the day before she picked them up around 9-ish pm. I was out having dinner with my bestie and reached home around 12am and my MIL and SIL were still doing the hantaran and arranging the fresh flowers as they see fit. I helped around and we only slept around 5-6ish am and this is crazy as the engagement ceremony was scheduled around 2pm and Nyna had to wake up and be ready as early as 8am for last minute preparation. Nevertheless everything went well and the happy couple are finally engaged and now the wedding preps are starting. Oh My God, thinking about my own preps was exhausting enough. Thank God i'm done with all those things.

Anyway, here are some pictures on the day itself. The theme is Black and White.

Hubby and I pun berangan je dekat dais tu. Old-married-couple. ;)