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KLCC Petrosains 10th August 2011

2011-10-12T15:25:00.009+08:00

Our first time in Petrosains Center, during the Ramadan Month with buy 1 free 1 promo.

Isaac playing ski simulation game, very funny seeing him moving left and right to balance.

Jumbo lego, kids spent the longest time in this section.

Space simulation game.

Doing DNA extract experiment in the lab.

We love to visit science center, simply because kids can touch and play with anything inside.

MIA

2011-08-24T15:39:00.003+08:00

Had been absent from my blog for more than half a year! What am I busy with? Well, I have no idea ....

We had many field trips for this year, we went to Beryl Chocolate Factory, Polar Ice Cream Factory, PSN, Petrosains centre, zoo, ostrich farm, balai bomba, etc....

I shall blog about the trip in detail if time allowed!

Annabelle and Isaac are doing well, Annabelle getting more and more mature and she is very good jie jie to her little brother :) Isaac is a super talkative 2yo boy, he can talk very well and with a very logic mind, he always out talk me!

Pic taken at Swiss Garden Damai Laut lobby.

My Family 10th Jan 2011

2011-01-27T14:58:00.002+08:00

In the morning, after breakfast, Anna called me :

" Mom, I draw my family"
" Show me, I cant wait to see it." ( busy washing dishes in the kitchen)

This is my energy booster to homeschool my kids :)

Anna had grown so much, she is just 3+ years old, but she is very mature. There is one afternoon, Isaac making fuss during lunch time, and I am quit angry with him, Anna saw the situation and take over the bowl from me and feed him voluntary.

Result : Isaac finished his lunch :)

My best helper !

Stamping with Fruit Netting 3 Jan 2011

2011-01-17T14:31:00.003+08:00

Inspired by Shannon, this is Anna's masterpiece.

Tanjung Harapan - Christmas 2010

2011-01-03T13:06:00.013+08:00

Kids have a short time to check out the presents in the morning before we headed to Tanjung Harapan, Klang.

These are the presents for everyone in the family, including my doggies :)

Isaac LOVE this kitchen, the tool set meant for him is now Anna's property.

After getting the kids ready, we start our journey to Tanjung Harapan,Klang. It took us about 45 minutes with a super smooth traffic. We park our car next to the walkway, and have a pleasant walk around the area. Anna & Isaac were so attracted by this big ship, I have to study more about the ship structure and hopefully next time I can give them a better answer when they ask : Mom, what is this? What is that for? Why is so tall? Etc etc ...

There are many people fishing there, we were so lucky to able to see this man catch a sting ray. We saw how he cut the sting and how he took out the hook. A very good opportunity for Anna to learn something new :)

We brought a kite, but the place was too rocky, Anna was quit disappointed about this. After spending a good 30 minutes, we headed to the other side of Tanjung Harapan to look for Port Village Restaurant for lunch.
Once we were in the restaurant, we spotted this cute pink boat in the middle of the sea :)

When we looked down, we saw a lot of fishes crawling out from the sands, do you know what is these called?

We ordered Sweet and Sour crab(very fresh), Lala meehoon, Spinach soup(very yummy), Steam Prawn and Salted Egg"Hay Gor"

The following picture, all taken by Anna :)

Anna and Isaac knock off in the car instantly, too tire. Anna first time holding a champagne glass :)

We had a very good outing, is time to plan for the next one.

Christmas Eve 2010

2010-12-31T15:20:00.002+08:00

We spent our first half day in Mid Valley. Me and Anna went for movie, Rapunzel, daddy and Isaac went for last minute shopping. Anna and I enjoyed the movie so much, and Anna was so sad when Eugine cut Rapunzel's hair, she almost cry.

After movie, we had a quick lunch at Sweet Chat and we heading home after that cause the mall was pack with people and very crowded.

Kids took their nap in the car, when we reached home, they both were filled with Christmas spirit and refuse to go to sleep anymore.

We were invited to our neighbor house for dinner on Christmas Eve, such a blessing to me that I do not need to crack my head to think what to cook on this special day :) Many many thank to Yanti, muak muak!

Kids playing around

Anna, Austin & Isaac

Anna's new friend, Jasmine

We had a really great time there, Yanti's SIL is very talented in cooking, love her Mango Salad, bake rib, pasta and everything else! We left earlier cause Isaac was so tire after a fun filled day !

Christmas Party 21 Dec 2010

2010-12-28T15:38:00.007+08:00

I host a small Christmas party for my kids this year, kids and moms had so much fun on that day, kids playing , mommies chatting :)

Christmas cookies for kids

I received 1 pack of this Happiness Kits at the Christmas Party in my sister's church, I found this is so meaningful, I made few for other mommies :)

Happiness Kit

Play, play, play

Fried Rice, Homemade mushroom soup, chicken sausages, mashed potatoes, Roasted drumsticks

Presents exchange time!

Happy Faces :)

Cutest Twins

After presents exchange, Isaac was so tire, he walk up the stair and look at me saying "ngoi ngoi", I put him in his cot, he falls asleep instantly!

At night, when we put Anna to sleep, she gave me a big hug and said " Mommy, thank you for having this party, I had so much fun." She is the mommy's sweetest girl ever!

Cookies Deco 18 Dec 2010

2010-12-27T15:28:00.006+08:00

My dearest sister baked some yummy cookies for Anna to do icing decoration, she sent us home with a lot cookies decoration stuff and all of us having so much fun decorating the Christmas Cookies, even Daddy!

Posting for me to take picture :)

Final products.

I put 4 cookies in 1 bag and ready to give away to our guests on the Christmas party, 21st Dec 2010, stay tune for the update :)

FRIM 14 Dec 2010

2010-12-27T13:50:00.009+08:00

This is my first field trip with Anna, is a very good outing and both of us learnt so much from the nature, many thanks to Shannon who organised it :)

Anna checking on the snails

Inside museum, showing various type of fishing tools, boats and woods.

On our way to Ethnobotanic Garden, you need a approval letter to enter this garden

Kids checking out the herbs nursery

"I cant look down, too scary " :P

Making foot print

Anna new friends, JW, very cute and adorable :)

Giant bamboo, it grow 20cm a day!

Playing London bridge while waiting to begin our nature trail

Our tour guide, very friendly and passionate about nature

Checking out the working ants, as big as adult thumb

Roots look like an elephant

Amazing view, this is called Kapur tree, leaves can use to make "tiger palm"

beginning part she was a bit scared to go into the forest, she asked me a lot questions: What if we see a tiger, what if there is a witch live in the forest, What if a wolf come and catch me away,etc. Took me a while to comfort her, and I carry her at the beginning of the trail. Later on when she get warm up , she complete the trail by herself with very little help from me.

I am very proud of Anna, is her first time so close to the nature and the trail is not easy for a 3+ years kid. We definitely will make another trip to FRIM, to discover more things and have more fun :)

Cherating Trip 27 Aug- 30 Aug 2010

2010-10-07T14:13:00.005+08:00

We had a family trip to Kuantan, Cheration, this is a trip that requested by Anna :) We had a great time there and plan to go again at end of the year.

Posting at the hotel lobby

After shower

Finger sucking time....while waiting for everyone to get ready

Both monkeying each other on the bed

Breakfast time

3 most important persons in my LIFE

Genting Trip

2010-05-03T14:35:00.005+08:00

We went to Genting Highland on 23rd April, Anna's actual birthday :) We had a great family time together :)

Isaac was very sleepy after his breakfast, he ate 5 big piece potatoes wedges!

My stylo girl

Anna went on this ride for more than 10 times! Her favourite!

Caught them sleep like this after a full day filled with fun!

April 2010

2010-04-28T14:43:00.004+08:00

April is a very exciting month for us. Both Anna and Isaac were April baby, and my baby Isaac turn 1, how time flies ...

We celebrated his first birthday in McDonald, Anna cannot be left out, so this party is for both of them :)

Dress up nicely and ready for PAAAARTY

Enjoying her birthday present in MCD

Isaac got a rocking horse

Group Pic

2 birthday cakes

Her favourite presents

Birthday boy too tire...

Presents presents presents

Daddy mommy wish both of you always in good health, we love you!

Coming up, Isaac's first Genting trip :)

Our 8th Anniversary

2010-03-25T15:26:00.006+08:00

Yesterday was our 8th anniversary, we have know each other for 1 decade, 2 years dating + 8 years married. We had a romantic dinner at Porto Romano at TTDI, and it is a table for 2, no baby chair!

Hubby got me flowers too :)

Special Chillies Sauce-Taste good, go well with appetiser that we ordered.

Drinks

Wine List

Chef's Recommendation

Calamari rings with Italian herbs and lemon-yummy

Onion Soup, so so only

Spicy seafood soup-yummy!

Seafood spaghetti-Thumb up!

Salmon spaghetti-Good!

Tiramitsu-yum yum!

The place and food are nice, and not too pricey. If interested you can go to their website to find out more details.

Christmas 2009

2009-12-28T14:52:00.008+08:00

As usual, I host a Christmas party at my house. All the foods were prepared by my SIL, she is the second best cook in my family.(Bestest cook ofcoz is my mom) She cook a pot of very yummy curry chicken, special homemade pork ball, chicken wings and fried mee hoon. I bought satays as well.We had a presents exchange section after dinner. All of us having a really good time . I wish to have more family gathering, is really nice to eat, chat, laugh together.

My pretty Anna posting in front of the Christmas Tree

Eat, eat, eat

Food, food, food

Waiting for presents exchange

This year, hubby bought me a Nokia E75 handphone, it had a lot of advance feature, I am still playing with it :) I got him a very nice Braun Buffel wallet :)

Anna and Isaac's presents. 2 Jigsaws books (Anna very good in playing puzzle, she can fix 60 pieces puzzle in just 10 minutes) books, fishing set, tunnel and tent set, Barney stationary set, Fisher Price learning phone, hammering bench and some clothes which is not in pic but in washing machine now.

Anna and daddy playing the fishing set

Isaac look so blur when I put him inside the tent

Anna crawling in and out countless time

Puzzle book from kai ma

Puzzle book from Yee Ma

Do they look a like?

Reusable bag

2009-10-29T17:38:00.005+08:00

This is how I do my weekly PLASTIC BAG FREE marketing at traditional wet market. What you need are :

2 large reusable bag

Empty container, various sizes, depend what you plan to buy.

I separated the reusable bag, those empty container in one bag, after i bought something from the stall, I will give them a empty container to store it, then this container go to the other bag.

In this way all my chicken, meat, fishes are all store in the container. When I reach home, I just need to give it a quick rinse then I can store all of it inside my fridge. Quick, simple and environmental!

No single plastic bag used!

Fish, pork, mince meat all in container

Breakfast for me and Hubby

I sent all this pic to the contest that held by Tiny Tapir, hopefully I can win a set of Onya bag that I wanted so much!

Pre-Loved stuffs to let go

2009-08-28T13:46:00.009+08:00

1.My Lovely Closet reversable pouch,M sizw, navy blue and pink, bought at RM 45, letting go at RM 20

2.Little Pods Pouch, turqoise, M size, bought at RM 80, selling at RM 50

Both are still in very good condition, Little Pods come wth the original packing and instruction manual, take both at RM 60

Reason letting go : I bought it while Anna was 3-4 months, coz she was super clingy, I have to carry her like 24/7 LOL, Luckyly Isaac was an easy baby, he prefer to stay in stroller. So I am letting it go to clear some space in my closet :)

Gently used Bumwear one size diaper(with 1 bumwear microterry insert), bought at RM 80, letting go at RM 60. Choose design A or B. Take both free 1 gently used fitted diaper. Both are as good as new, used less than 5 times each

Reason: prefered AIO than pocket.

Design A

Design B

All items come with free shipping.

Please email me at shiryne0202 at yahoo dot com if you have anything to clarify.

Update on Isaac

2009-08-10T10:49:00.004+08:00

I have not blog about Isaac for sometime, here some update about my little darling :)

1st month - I think he knew mommy been thru a very difficult labour , so he behave very well to compesate mommy, His daily activity was eat, sleep, eat, sleep... First time go to church :)

2nd month - He managed to turn over his body at 8th weeks, much more fastest than Anna, Anna only able to do so on 4th months old. He smile a lot when people talk to him :)

3rd Month - I put him on bamboo chair, he enjoyed a lot. He can laugh now :)

Being a Sarung addict, he can spent very long in his sarong, this give me some times to blog and update my e-store

I think this will be his last time wearing this paw print S size diaper, he had been "upgrated" to M size last week :)

He will be four months young in another 2 days, Isaac, mommy wish you always stay in good health and be nice to your mommy ya, no more mid night feeding please ....

Surprise!

2009-08-04T14:46:00.003+08:00

Usually every Monday I will be staying at home with Anna & Isaac. Last Monday, as usual, I am working on my computer, Anna and Isaac having their afternoon nap, some one press on my door bell.

I go to the window to check it out, I saw a middle age Taxi Driver holding a bouquet of flowers in front of my gate. I was quit shock, thinking is he at the right address, is the flower for me? If for me who will be the person who sending it over ( My husband is not a romantic person in my mind) He always said the money better spend on food or present rather than on flowers.

I went out and sign on the D.O, and I cant wait to open the card.

Tata ..... the person sending me the flower is ........... My hubby :)

Why he send me flowers? Coz I had been complaining to him too many times that he had not give me any surprise for the pass 3 years(I will know exactly what he will buy for me for birthday, christmas or anniversary, he didnt ask what i want, but every time i can guess it right)

So, this time he really surprise me!

Thank you dear for this beautiful flowers :)

Passion Mommy boutique Online Sales

2009-07-30T09:20:00.002+08:00

Passion Mommy Boutique having the first Mega Sales!

Cloth Diaper from RM 60.

Baby Leg Warmer - RM 30

Wipes - 5 for RM 28

Hurry, check it out, not many stock left :)

Anna attented Play School

2009-07-16T16:51:00.002+08:00

Before I gave birth to Isaac, I had been searching high and low for playschool that take in kids at Anna's age (mostly i found are for 3 and above). Finally I found one in Mahkota Cheras, quit near by my house.

This playschool was organized by a church, once a week. Anna had so much fun at each session, every day she will ask me whether today go to playschool or "yee ma" (my sister) house . She skipped one session coz she having running nose. The following week when we go in to the school, she told me " Belle Belle soooooo happy " :)

The class start at 9.30am, kids will have free play till 10.15am, after that they will have a singing session follow by a snack time. After snack time, is a story telling, then kids will sing goodby song and go home (Now every night we have to sing goodbye song, holding hand and turn in a circle before send Anna to bed, bleh).

Anna was having so much fun there, and her sociallisation skill also getting better.

I really wish they will have one more session in a week. Is such a great joy seeing my little madam enjoying her class so much.

NEWSZAPPED - Isaac

2009-07-01T08:30:00.001+08:00

NEWSZAPPED - Isaac

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Father's Day Contest - Newszapped

2009-06-18T07:50:00.003+08:00

As mom, we able to spend more time with our kids compare to daddy, and daddy sometime will miss the special things that our kid do. Few days ago, Isaac did something very funny, he talked to a soft toy next to him, I able to catch this special moment, and shared it instantly with my hubby :) How i do this?

I found a cool website few days ago, www.newszapped.com

It is a mobile to web site. You can record a video in your mobile phone and it will instantly publish on the website, cool ? You need to have a 3G phone to do this and it currently available for Maxis user only.

To start : you need to activate your phone number either on the site or you can send "ON NZ NOW" to 32233.

After this step, you can start record your video and share it with anyone you like. What you need to do is just dial *32233 (video call), then the user manual will guide you what to do next, once you end the call, the video that you recorded in your mobile will be posted on the site instantly, and your family and friends will be able to view it instantly.

Best, the charger is only normal phone call charger, 30 cents per minute. I really love this site :)

Last Tuesday, Anna went to play school for the first time, I used the same way to update daddy and also Anna's grandparents what Anna doing in the playschool. We all were so excited, especially daddy, he dont feel that he miss the special milestone, he able to see the instant update on the web :)

A minute ago, i click into the site again, and found out their runing a father's day contest with prizes. Friends, quicly sign up and try your luck :)

This is a non paying post.

Anna & Isaac

2009-06-04T06:53:00.004+08:00

Anna was really cheeky, whenever I open a new toy for Isaac, she will tell me that she want to try the toy instead of she want the toy, see how happy she was while "trying" new things.

Do they have the sister brother look?

Anna was "trying" the pacifier, she put it in her mouth for half a day. Whenever she talk/play, the pacifier come out from her mouth, and she will pick it up and put it in her mouth again. After few times, she decided to give it back to me and ask me to give to Isaac. LOL

Isaac was addicted to the sarong, he can spend few hour in it (is an electrical cradle, i do not need to swing him) I am glad that Anna is not keen to try on it, she found it very scarry when I try to put her in it thinking that she want to try this too. She still find sofa and cot is the best place to sleep :) Same manufacturer, but diffrent personality. Oh, I really found they both are totally diffrent, Anna is a hot temper, impatient and cheeky, while Isaac is a very calm baby, even he is hungry, his cry was soft and he can wait till i get my things done, not like Anna, while Anna need to be feed at this age, she will cry her lung out, screaming, bawling, she cant wait even just 30 seconds.

Breast Milk Booster

2009-06-01T14:02:00.003+08:00

I had been using this spices when i breastfed Anna, i found it is so efficient. My Aunt, she is the owner of the Radiant Whole Food, she told me that funugreek seed is very good and efficient to boost my milk supply. I took her advise and try it. The reult, i managed to express 5 oz of milk in every 2 hours after taking it for 1 day.

This round, breastfeeding getting easier. But i still use funugreek seeds to boost my milk supply.

How to use it : 2 spoonful funugreek seeds, simmer in hot water. Drink it while it still warm. You can put hot water in it again and again till it is tasteless.

How it taste : It smell like indian style curry, taste a bit bitter.

Isaac's Full Moon Party

2009-05-18T13:23:00.007+08:00

This is a back dated post, we host a full moon party for Isaac on 9th May, is a buffet style dinner at my house. We invited all our family members, friends and neighbour. Total turn out was about 130 people, totally out of my expectation. We had a great time together but I totally forgotten to take down any picture due to too busy entertaining guests. We are so bleesed, we received so many gifts and ang pau :)

Chicco Liteway stroller

Playmat

When i open the playmat for Isaac, Anna so cheeky, she came and told me that she would like to "try"first. Now she using this term whenever I open a new toys for Isaac LOL

Clothes

Books (Noticed the small little bear? It was handmade by a friend, is so meaningful to me :)

Various types of hampers and pampers

Isaac is 5 weeks old now, he is a easier baby compare to Anna. He daily schedule is EAT, SLEEP, EAT, SLEEP, PLAY, EAT, SLEEP ......

New Stock - KM Baby Socks

2009-05-08T16:52:00.005+08:00

Passion Mommy had been appointed as sole agent in KL and Selangor for KM Baby Socks. Here are some of the design, will try to update my website asap :)

My Confinement Food

2009-05-05T17:53:00.004+08:00

My confinement lady is very good in cooking, she made me diffrent dishes for lunch and dinner, below is some of the food that she cooked for me, is really yummy :) Ginger Steam Egg

Fish, pork, pork leg with peanut soup and frog (tin kai)

Fry Rice, stir fry vege and dong gui soup

Garlic Butter rice with Salt baked herbs chicken and stir fry vege

Pan Mee with fry ikan bilis

Whole Salt Baked Chicken

My confinement month will end by next Monday, for sure I will miss her cooking when I cook maggie mee for myself ......

Anna's 2nd Birthday

2009-04-24T10:10:00.003+08:00

Yesterday, 23rd April was Anna 2nd birthday. Daddy bought her a slice of chocolate banana cake from Secret Recipe. We will host a small party this Sunday for her, we will give her presents on that day. I bought her a ABC jigsaw from www.mytoysandbooks.com. Hubby was thinking to buy her some vehichle toys, Anna favourite. So far, she never demand us to buy her soft toys or masak , she will hug Barney and said Bye Bye when we are leaving, but when she see train set, bus, lorry or any other vehichle toys, she will hold it and bring it to cashier.

Anna, Mommy wish you Happy Birthday, and may God bless you abundantly in your life.

Easther Baby

2009-04-17T16:26:00.004+08:00

Finally, Isaac was born on 12nd April, Easther Day at 8.25pm.

I had suffered a long labour pain, i was admitted to the hospital on Sunday at 1 am. By that time my contraction is 5 min a part. When the mid wife examine me, my cervix only dilated 1cm. So I was place in a waiting room before they transfer me to labour room. By that time, they also notice my BP start rising up. My Gynae prescribe some drowsy medicine for me to rest and also to bring down my BP.

After that I am so drowsy, i really dont know what happened. I woke up in between due to the very strong contraction. My husband was with me all time. In the afternoon, i cant bear the pain anymore and request epidural. The nurses help me to call the dr over, but due to heavy rain, when he reached the hospital, already an hour later. By that time, I really cry and scream due to the strong contraction. But, when the mid wife check me again, I am only 2 cm dliated. My Gynae decided to broke my water bag and hopefully by then will speed up the process.

After that, I slept again. In the evening, my husband went home to take a shower. The hospital called him and told him that my gynae had something to discuss with him. That statement really shock him, and he quickly hurry back to the hospital.

The reason my gynae called was due to Isaac heart beat rising up to 190-200/minute. And my gynae decided not to take the risk and perform emergency C-Sec. By that time I am so terrify of loosing my baby, I keep screaming to my gynae and ask her to take my baby out now. For some reason, the epidural doesnt work on me anymore, I can feel the pain again. They try to fix it, but due to I am too scare of loosing Isaac, i request them to put me on gas.

The next moment when I am awake, first question I asked was " where is my baby?" The nurses surrounding keep comforting me that everything is OK, baby is healthy. But some how I dont really trust them till i see my hubby again. He showed me the pic and assured me everything is OK.

Isaac weight at 3.8kg and 55cm long, really fei chai.

Thank you for your prayer :) Really appreciate it.

Good Friday's Baby

2009-04-10T08:29:00.004+08:00

My contraction getting stronger since this morning around 4 am, guess today will be Isaac's birthday. I am still hanging around in the house, walking a lot as advise by the midwife over the phone.

Yesterday when i called to the hospital, a very nice midwife answered my call. She said I can stay at home till either of this situation happened:

1. My water broke

2. My bleeding getting heavier

3. Contraction is 10 min a part.

I am still waiting for either of it happened. Last night I cant sleep well, Anna woke up at 12am++ (she normally sleep thru the night, guess she know that the major changer is coming...) We both stay in the living room till 2am++ then only she willing go back to her bed.

After that, my contraction getting stronger but still 30-45 min apart. I can still get some sleep in between. I woke up around 7am this morning coz the contraction is too strong and now is around 20-25 min apart.

Hopefully this is my last post for this pregnancy and you will see Isaac picture in my next coming post :)

For my Christian's friends, please pray for me ya. God bless.

Will Isaac Born on Good Friday?

2009-04-09T15:19:00.002+08:00

I had show since early this morning around 2.30am, after that I cant go back to sleep, think due to excitment :) But the regular constraction still not coming yet, I only felt the constraction like once in every hour, and is not really strong, guess I still have to wait.

Will Isaac born on Good Friday? I wish he will .....

My Website Down!!!

2009-04-01T15:34:00.003+08:00

I had a batch of new stock, AIO and wetbags arrived last week. But, unfortunatly my website was down for almost a week. You can still visit website, but some of the picture will be missing. I cant log into my CMS (Content Management System) to update my product catalogue. I had complaint many times to the hosting company, they told me their upgrading their server to provide better service. Well, before i can enjoy a better service, my site was stuck for a week!

They promised me the problem will be solve by today. Lets wait and see...

Another 2 weeks ......

2009-03-27T07:44:00.004+08:00

My due date getting closer and closer, another 2 weeks from now. I prayed daily that baby Isaac will only be born after 6th April, cause my 2nd sister (she help me to babysit Anna whenever I need to go out) will be going to Shanghai from 30th March till 6th April. If Isaac come out during this period, for sure daddy and me will be very kelam kabut.

I will have my coming check up on this Saturday, previous check up, which is on 36th week, Dr already comment that Baby Isaac is a fatty boy, his weight already at 3kg. Hopefully he wont growth too big and give me a hard time to push him out :P

I am quit nervous about the delivery process, Anna was born thru a C-section due to my BP. This time I plan to go for natural birth and without epidural. I really want to experience the whole process. (Well, i might change my mind and scream for epidural if i cant tahan the pain anymore LOL)

My braxton hit getting more and more frequent, my belly was thight most of the time. I think this is the sign that baby Isaac would like to say Hi to me, daddy and Cheh Cheh soon....

Count Down - Another 4 weeks to go ....

2009-03-11T12:10:00.003+08:00

I am close to my due date. My estimated due date on 14th April, which is about 4 weeks from now. From history, Anna came out 2 weeks before EDD, if Isaac like her cheh cheh, meaning I had another 2 weeks only, phew ......

There is a list of things need to be done :

1. Pack my hospital bag (I cant remember what to bring, Moms, any idea? )

2. Get the baby cot ready.

3. Buy a new set of cloth for Isaac so he can wear it when we check out from the hospital.

4. Sign up a package wth Sterm Life.

5. Stock up my fridge(herbs, meat)

6. Get my supplier send out the stock from US by this week.

7. Finalize my other order details.

8. Buy Anna some presents, this is for friends who visit me, sure they will bring Isaac gift, I will ready a small present for my friends to give to Anna, hopefully she wont jelous her little brother.

9. Etc, etc .....

I noticed Anna getting more and more clingy to me, could it be she know a big changes coming soon? When she is at home with me, I hardly can get my things done. She is turning 2 in another 2 months, I am not sure whether she understanding about the changes. We bring her along to all my monthly check up, when she see the screen, she will said "di di, baby" I really wonder how she react when she can see her lovely brother face to face :)

New Baby Stuffs Arrived Today!

2009-03-02T15:29:00.005+08:00

I had waited almost 3 weeks for the stock that I had ordered from USA, finally it arrived at my door step today :)

There are some pocket diaper, fitted diaper and baby leg warmer. A lot of moms had been asking about this, and glad that finally the products are here before I go for my delivery (which is another 6 weeks from now ).

I cant access my website due to some technical issue in the data center (this is what the hosting company told me). But I will upload some of the pic here for you to take a look first. Hopefully my website will be "alive" soon.

Pocket Diapers :

Fitted Diapers :

Baby Leg Warmer (always sell like a hot cake!)

I will try to update my website as soon as it goes online again, cant wait to share this excitement with other Moms & Dads.

Pregnancy and Delivery Tag

2009-03-02T08:35:00.012+08:00

Got this tag from Natalia.

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Yes.

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Yes.

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?

Jumping up and down, cant believe the blue line!

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
NO!

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
I was 29.

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?

By using the pregnancy test kit to confirm. I bought the cheapest brand that i can find in pharmacy, but the next day I bought the most expensive brand to comfirm I am really pregnant, heheheheh......

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
Mr. Wong, the one made me pregnant, who else?

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
Yes, definitely.

9. DUE DATE?
5th May 2008.

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
Yes! Infact, is a whole day sickness. I cant eat or drink, felt nausea all the time.

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?
I craved for durina, Haagen Daaz Ice Cream, bread .

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
I can't stand the pork's smell, either cook or raw.

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD SEX?
Princess

14.DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE YOU WERE GETTING?

Hmmmm....We dont really mind about the sex, as long as the baby healthy.

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?

I gained 22kg!!!!

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?

Nope, but a fullmoon dinner with friends and family.

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
We planned it.

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
Oh Yes! I had high blood -140/90. The high blood attack when I were 34 weeks,under medication and luckily my BP well control.

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Taman Desa Medical Center.

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?

Emergency C-sec. Due to my high blood out of control at 38 weeks, doc suggested an emergency C-section.

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?

Mr. Wong

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Mr.Wong , my gynae, anaethestic doctor, 2 nurses.

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
C-section.

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
Epidural.

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
3.0kg.

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?
23rd April 2007.

30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Annabelle Joyce Wong Cheok Yan

31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
She is 22 months old.

Valentine Dinner

2009-02-20T15:06:00.005+08:00

Hubby asked me where to celebrate this year Valentine, after thinking that we will need to bring Anna along no matter where we go, we decided to do this at home :)

The dinner was prepared and cooked by me, ready in 30 minutes:)

I grilled a boneless chicken (marinated with oyster sauce and onion for 2 days), steam a sweet corn and brocoli and some french fries. It is a simple yet very yummy, the chicken really turn out well, juicy, tender and taste reallygood.

This is the dinner's bill :

1.Marrinated Boneless Chicken - RM 15

2.Premium Sweet Corn - RM 3

3.Brocolli - RM 2

4.French Fries - RM 2

5. Sparkling Juice - RM 4.90

6. Love and Labor - PRICELESS!!!

During dinner time, I turned on Barney cd for Anna, so she can watched her favourite show, so me and hubby can have our candle light dinner peacefully. Me and hubby"found out "we actually know each other for 9 years and married for 7 years! This fact really surprise us, times fly! I am so glad that we still in love with each other very much, and we are blessed with Anna and baby Isaac in our marriage.

Just want to tell my hubby again, I love you :)

My Super Lazy Maid!

2009-02-17T09:50:00.002+08:00

Finally, we decided to send my maid home after all the nonsense things that she did, she really challenged me till my maximum limit! When I asked her to bring the washed floor mat to upstairs and hang it at the balcony, she brought it up and hangs it on sofa!!! Yet, when I asked her, she said "sudah jemur luar"(I can hear from downstairs whether she open the glass door and the gate or not). When I walked up, and confront her, she gives me an ignorance look and said"Sini pun boleh kering"! Vomit blood or not??!!

She also refused to wash her own clothes; she kept her dirty clothes in her room, and wears it again and again without washing it. When I tell her that she MUST wash her clothes daily, she answered me " Tak apalah, saya boleh pakai macam ini". She even used my house phone without approval and she had told us many many stories to cover all her lies. Deep in my heart, I really can’t trust her anymore. I don’t even want her to wash Anna's bottles. So ended up, I had a maid at home and I still doing most of the house work.

I always tell my husband we had hired a rich women work for us, why I said so? Coz she can finish 1 bottle sunlight dishwasher in a week, 1 little floor cleaner in 10 days and her toothbrush need to be change every 2 weeks!

After we have talked to her so many times about her working attitudes, and there is still no improvement and it even go worst, we made out our mind and decided to send her back on Sunday after church service. I only ask her to pack her luggage 15 minutes before we left the house. I don’t want to give her any chance to do anything awful, and I know if she had the chance she will! We don’t want to talk to her about this anymore, we just keep remind her we need to leave the house in 15 minutes time, and ask her make sure she take all her belonging.

Finally, I am maidless again, but yet I rather to do all the house works compare to have a bad attitude maid staying with me.

Anna, Milk Bottle & Formula

2009-02-06T16:24:00.005+08:00

I had successfully breastfeed Anna till she is 13 months, but I had a very challenging time to wean her from breast milk. My first challenge was, Anna refuse to suck from bottle. I had many different type and brand of teats and bottle at my house, Avent, Nuk, Medela...None of it she takes. Finally she choose Pigeon bottle! (Slap my forehead!)

So, the first issue settled. Second, I had to find the right formula for her. Again, I had to ask around in the supermarket for free sample. Enfa, S26, Nespray, Dutch Lady ...Anna spilled out every single sip! Finally, I got her soy base formula, Isomil. This is the last brand that available in the market and yet had not been rejected by Ms Fussy. Thanks God, she accept it and finish the 8oz of milk for the first time. The weaning process took nearly a month!

After 2-3 months, I changed her to Mamil Gold, and glad that she just takes it and didn’t notice the changes.

My little madam never hold her own bottle. She wants me to hold her in my arm and feed her. But out of sudden, yesterday she took the bottle from me, and go up the sofa and finished her milk. Me and daddy praise her and give her a big hug. Guess she know her little brother is on his way, so she behave more like a jie jie now :)

I have a KSN (Kek Sei Ngor) maid!

2009-01-30T11:56:00.006+08:00

My new maid arrived 1 week before CNY, till todate, she had been working for me for about 3 weeks. This morning, she manage to raise my fire, and for the 1st time I had to raise my voice to her (which I really hate to do so!)

We had been running around for the past few days, visiting, dinner, dim sum, etc etc. We brought her along to all the places. She will just sit on her chair, eat her meal peacefully and never help me to look after Anna. I am fine with it, casue my intention to get a house helper is to manage my housework, I will still take care my own kids, I just dont have the peace of mind letting outsider taking care of my kids.

Today, finally we have time at home in the morning. I asked her to wash my car. This super clever maid, took out a kitchen towel and Gif multipurpose cleanser. I stopped her and ask her where is the microfibre wipes that I gave her, and told her specifically this is for car wash used only. Her answer make my fire shoot up! " kakak, sudah buang lah, kotor sangat!" This microfiber towel is new, if not mistaken, she only used it for twice. I raised my voice, and really give her good lecture. She anwered me back, that is very dirty, cannot be wash, she had tried for many many times .....Really KSN(Kek Sei Ngor). I stopped her, and told her if she throw anything without my approval, I will buy it back with her salary!

The next KSN thing was, she intented to use Zip multipurpose cleanser to wash my car! When i ask her, she said " Tuan cakap guna ini" Again, i think my BP was shooting up. Without arguing with her further, I gave her the car wash detergent, and told her when Tuan balik, I will check with Tuan, if is true, then is fine. If not, I will let Tuan to talk to her. I think she is very afraid of my husband, after 10 min, she came and apologise, said she lupa!

The above KSN issues only for this morning, if i want to list down what she did for the pass 2 weeks, i think my post will be really long. BTW, this is what she broke for the pass 2 weeks :

1. Many pieces of hanger. (Dont ask me, i dont know why all the hanger will break once is under her hand)

2.My coffee press. This really break my heart. I had been using this coffee press for the pass 5 years, it still look very new.

3. Used soy sauce bottle. We will keep all the glass bottle and send it to recycle center. My maid broke 2-3 of it already.

I am very tire and sick of her attitude, I will discuss with my husband see what can we do about this. Either to keep or to send her back .......

Home Cook Food

2009-01-15T15:27:00.007+08:00

I am not a very heath conscious mom, but for Anna's daily meal, I will give her home cook food as much as I can. But sometime, due to very pack schedule, I will give her instant cereal. This is what I normally feed Anna:

Macaroni with ABC Soup and Steam Fish:

Macaroni with Ikan Bilis Stock and Egg:

Mashed steam pumpkin with plain porridge:

Porridge cook with Ikan Bilis Stok with Carrot and Dry Scallop:

Porridge cook with Chicken Stok and Tofu:

When I am too busy, this is what I will feed Anna. She finished many pack of instant cereal during my first trimester with baby Isaac, I had a very very bad morning sickness during that time.

Anna Hair Cut's Day

2009-01-15T08:45:00.004+08:00

Yesterday I was staying home with Anna, after I fed her morning milk and breakfast, I brought her out to get her hair cut. This is her second time going to this saloon near by my house. The first time, she is fine, smiling all the way and really co-operative with the hair dresser. So, I thought this time will be the same ........

BUT.......This is what happened :

She cried from the begining till her hair cut done!

This is her new hair style :)

Sleeping Beauty

2009-01-08T14:55:00.003+08:00

This is a back dated post.

Today when I open my photo album in my laptop, I found these 3 cute pictures. I think Anna was around 7-8 months old by that time. This picture taken when we having dinner at home, she was a bit fussy and refuse to sit on the high chair by herself. But me and my hubby were discussing something at that time and both of didn’t bother her much. After while, we both notice Anna was too quite, we turn our head and look at her, she was dozed off on her high chair! We let her sleep there till we finished our dinner :)

This is the second incident; Anna was in her walker playing around the house. She came to kitchen and look for me. By that time, she was very fussy and keeps raising her hand and wants me to carry her. But I am busy and with a pair of wet and oily hand. If not mistaken, I am preparing her dinner by that time. I just keep asking her to wait for a while knowing that she is very sleepy. I keep singing to her and try to get the things done ASAP. Finally I am done and ready to bring her to her bed (which I think is just like 5-10 min), and notice she already dozed off in her walker! I took her out gently from the walker, and put her in her cot. She slept soundly for about 1 hour in the evening.

Anna's Morning

2009-01-07T05:18:00.008+08:00

When Anna wakes up in the morning, this is how she looks like :

Blur and lazy:

She will be sitting on the couch till i give her morning milk, then bread. This is what I normally feed her in the morning, wholemeal bread with butter or jam.
After her breakfast, she will be finally awake, and start running in the house. She will request me to turn on her favorite Barney show. She will bring the CD to me and said "Barney Barney, pis (please).....Normally I wont turn her down, but let her watch about 30 minutes or till her bathing time. At the same time I can have my breakfast peacefully.

Bathing time:

Steamboat

2009-01-05T11:44:00.011+08:00

My best friend, also Anna "Kai Ma Ma" invited us to her house on Saturday for a steamboat dinner. The steamboat ingredients that she prepared were awesome, almost every thing are fresh from the morning market. She had spent her whole Saturday on washing, cutting, boiling, cooking, chopping, cleaning etc....

We reached her house around 7pm, by that time, she were cleaning and chopping the crab to pieces! I am so amazed that she can manage a live crab! I love crab, but in my lifetime, i had never clean or chop a live moving crab. I had to admit she is a super women!

She had also prepared fresh squeeze orange and pineapple juice. As for desert, we had homemade ice blended red bean with ice cream. Anna and I were crazy about the desert and forgotten to take a pic of it.

We really enjoy the dinner, Thanks Whitney!

Here is some of the pic taken on that day.

Individual cutlery set:

Fresh meat crab, mussel, pork kidney, fresh prawn, and dry tofu:

Homemade fry onion, Ikan Bawal, chicken fillet:

Fresh mushroom, seafood tofu, "fu zhok", meatball:

Spinach, sweat corn and winter melon:

Japanesse Tofu, very very soft and nice!

Pork ball:

Fresh LaLa:

The mess .....

Anna Counting 123

2008-12-31T12:06:00.003+08:00

Anna surprised me daily. She always shows me something new. This morning, when I am inside bathroom, Anna walked in and gives me her morning hug. Then she look at my pajamas, is a BIG-T with 3 kitty cats print. She points at the cat, and start counting 1...2....3..... I am soooo surprise; daddy and I quickly give her a big clap.

Guess she learned this from Barney CD :)

Christmas Day

2008-12-28T16:26:00.004+08:00

We went to Glad Tithing Church, Klang on Christmas Day. My brother in law was preaching on that day. He preached a great message and accepted well by the congregation Anna was very good girl on that day, she seems enjoying the service too :)

After the service, the church provide buffet lunch at a club house. The foods were very good. We reached home around 3pm, and everyone was so tire. We all took an afternoon nap.

At night, around 9pm, we were heading to KLIA to send my BIL off. This is his first time flying with Qatar Airline. Qatar Airline allowed 40kg luggage allowance. I filled his bag full with foods. 20 pieces of "zong", a lot of instant noodles, junk food, luncheon meat, "yok gon", etc. I am sure my sister and nieces will be very happy when they open his luggage :)

Christmas Presents

2008-12-26T12:26:00.006+08:00

We had our Christmas Eve dinner at Bubba Gump. I brought my camera along, but when the food come, we just busy eating and totally forgotten about taking the pic :P For Christmas eve, they only served set menu, no ala carte order. The set was price at RM 69.90++ and RM 79.90++. The set consist of appetizer, main course and desert. The food was not bad, and the portion was huge. We ordered 2 sets and shared among 3 of us (me, hubby and my brother in law) My brother in law, Tony, was in KL for the pass 2 weeks for some church meeting and staying in my house, this is his first Christmas without his family for the pass 15 years. After he married my sister, both of them went to Nairobi, Kenya as missionary. You can read more about their ministry here.

We opened our presents when we reach home, before 12am :)

Anna was so blessed; she received a lot of presents from her uncles and aunties:

Tigger from Uncle Tony:

Dress from Whitney Kai Ma, Disney's Shirt from Kao Mo, Mothercare shirt and Miki Jean from Mommy.

Barney bag from Mommy again, car set from Daddy, Plastic Table with 2 chairs from Yeh Yeh, Ma Ma and Uncle.

Anna love the car set very much, she can spend long hour on the floor watching the cars running on the track.

Hubby Christmas Presents:

A Dilmah Tea Hamper from business partner.
A pajamas set from his lovely wife, chocolate from my sisters.

My Christmas presents :

Mitten, mask, sewing kits, paper clip from the present's exchange, and a Swatch Watch from my Honey :)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you !

Shopping In Mid Valley

2008-12-23T18:23:00.003+08:00

Today after sending Anna to my sister place (my 2nd sister help me to baby sit Anna whenever I need to go out), I went to Mid Valley meeting my best friend for lunch. We had a "Dim Sum" lunch at Spring Garden. The food was quit good and fresh, we had a great chit chat time together.

After lunch, I went for shopping. I am looking for some maternity cloth. I love one of the blue strips blouse in Mother Club, but they were running out of my size, the sales person was very helpful, she help me to order it from their head office and I can collect it by this Friday.

I am actually looking for a pair of maternity jeans pants. I had been looking around for it for quit some time. Finally today I found it at Miki Mom in Isetan, with 50% discount! I bought a pair of jean and a pink blouse from there.

I am so glad that my belly is not too big for this pregnancy, I can shop around for few hours without taking a rest. Today shopping trip is a fruitful trip. But guess hubby will show me his "surprise face" when he receive his month end credit card statement ;)

Christmas Party II

2008-12-22T12:08:00.009+08:00

We had a great family time on last Saturday. Anna was so happy that she can play with her little coursin. My nephew is 5 years old, but they dont see have any age gap problem. They were running the house and Anna took out all her toys to share with her little "ko ko".

During the presents exchange, i got kitchen mitten, sewing kits, eye mask and paper clip. My sister put all of it in a box to make up a RM 20 gift. Hubby got a box of Ferrero Rocher chocalate. Other than this, we also received some personal gift from family.

Anna, the youngest in my family for the moment, received a lot of presents from all her uncle and aunties. We still have not open the presents yet, we will keep till Christmas.

BTW, my sister bought a chocalate banana cake from Secret Recipe, and she was in hurry, so she decided not to put any wording on the cake. When we open the cake, we have a good laugh about it. It look so weird.

Hubby plan to bring us out on Christmas Eve for dinner, we might be going to Bubba Gump at The Curve.

Where will you celebrate your Christmas?

Christmas Party

2008-12-20T15:53:00.001+08:00

Today i will host a small Christmas BBQ party at my house, i only invited my family members. We will have a present exchange too. I had prepared 1kg of BBQ Honey Sausage, 1 kg BBQ Cheese Sausage, 1kg BBQ cocktail, 6 bottles of homecoke herbal tea, potatoes and sweet potatoes. My eldest sister will bring chicken wings, pork chop and "tong yuen" as desert. My other sister will bring some jelly and a Banana Chocolate cake from Secret Recipe. I think the food should be more than enough for total of 15 of us, including kids.

Christmas Tree and presents !

Hubby busy assembling new BBQ stove, is a free gift from CitiBank.

Hope tonight will not rain, or else everyone have to come into the house.

Annabelle's Birth Story

2008-12-19T13:55:00.001+08:00

This is my first post on my blog, and it will be a back dated post.

Annabelle is my first and long wanted child, we had waited more than 4 years for our first baby. I had been through 2 miscarriage and 2 IUI sections. None of the treatment work for us and we had been thru many stressful test. After covered by a lot of prayers from family and friends Anna was conceived in a natural way.

I experienced terrible morning sickness for from 8 weeks till 14 weeks, instead of gaining weight, i lost 3 kg in first trimester. ( Well, by end of the pregnancy, i gained 2okg!!!!)

Anna was born through a C-Section due to my BP. My BP shoot up and even medication cant control it. My BP was 140/110 and my gynae decided not to take any risk, so Anna was born 2 weeks earlier than her actual due date.

Anna birth weight is 3.00 kg and 52 cm length.

23th April 2007 is the happiest day in my life :)