My Mommy Life

Our Munchkin is now two months old. I feel like these two months has been one of the busiest time of my life and time is flying by twice as fast than before. Overall – it’s a joy taking care of my little munchkin. The one thing I want to slow down is his growth – WHY do babies grow so quick? He’s now two months and is weighting about 9 pounds. I wish newborns can stay  small for a longer period of time because I won’t be holding another newborn.

Remember how I was so determined that we’re ONLY having ONE kid while everyone says – that’s not going to happen. I do have second thoughts because labour wasn’t as bad and painful. But to be honest – I do want to stick to what we planned out. A kid is a lifetime commitment – there’s no taking a break. When their here – their here forever. Hub and I are not really spending enough alone time together already and with two kids? We gotta say goodbye to our alone time. There’s just so much in raising a kid. We’re always worried about this and that. I do want another one but there’s too much to handle. I never imagine us having two. Maybe one is enough?

How “mommy life” like these days? I’m enjoying it now before he knows how to crawl and walk. He’s a sleeper like his mama and sleeps a lot. Which is a good thing because I get to sleep a lot too and wake up in between to feed him and pump milk. We sleep around 1 in the morning and wake up around 1 to 2 in the afternoon. Yes – I still try to sleep as much as I can. *hehehehe* Can’t help it – I love my sleep too much.

My Mornings or you can call it afternoon – my schedule is according to the time he wakes up in the afternoon. Right when I wake up – there’s a billion things to do. Feed him, change him, pump milk, make the bed, brush my teeth, collect all the bottles, wash bottles, and than I can finally make my lunch and eat it. Yes – I come last now! Even if I’m deadly hungry – I gotta do all that before I eat. That’s my life as a mother – but at the end it’s all worth it. It may seem busy now but it will get more busy when he sleeps less and knows how to crawl and walk around. Than my eyes will be on him 24/7 instead of sitting here doing my online stuff or socializing with friends.

Munchkin’s One Month Celebration with family & relatives

It’s been such a busy month for us planning the munchkin’s one month celebrations with family and another one with friends. Hub and I finally decided on a Chinese restaurant to celebrate with family and relatives. When it comes down to Chinese restaurants – I’m more looking into quality of food and the interior because I do want to take some pretty photos with him. He’s almost 2 months soon – time is flying by way too quick! Please slow down time!

Feburary 2012 is coming to an end

With a blink of an eye – February is ending already. Time is just flying by without us knowing. Sometimes I wish time will slow down a little bit – I don’t want our little Jayden to grow up too quick! I want him to be a baby for a longer period of time – so I can enjoy holding hi.m. I won’t be holding another newborn baby for awhile – so I want to treasure it while I can. Which is really not going to happen because I know babies grow every week and without us knowing – he’s going to know how to sit and walk. *sigh* That’s just part of life right? I’m just going to be sad when he doesn’t give me kisses, hugs, or even let me hold him anymore.

Anyways, it’s been an eventful February for us with Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, and attending Prenatal classes every Wednesday. Let’s hope March will slow down a little bit – so I can enjoy my sleep and work.

Chinese New Year Red Pockets 2012

Here’s all the red pocket Hub & I collected. I didn’t know we get Red Pockets too even if we are married. Well – I guess only from relatives right? On Chinese New Years morning – I went to visit his grandparents place to “bai leen” – it’s actually my very first time “bai leen” since I don’t have any relatives here. It was pretty interesting – I was suppose to bring some kind of treat to their house to “bai leen” – which I didn’t know. If I knew – I think I would be more creative. Maybe I’ll save that for next year! Hub didn’t get to go because he had work – hopefully next year he gets the day off!

What do I do with my time?

I get asked this question a lot because people only assume I stay home and live a relaxing but yet boring life. I actually have a ton of things to do during Monday to Sunday. Though – I do spend half my day sleeping. I sleep around 10 to 12 hours a day (yes that’s half a day gone) and I enjoy my sleep a lot. It’s the only beauty sleep I’ll be getting for the next 6 weeks – so I gotta make the best out of it.

What do I do with the rest of my half a day? Well – I do have a ton of online stuff to do during weekdays. I only allow myself to work on weekdays – so on the weekend I’m free to do whatever my husband wants and just relax. I go through a lot of emails a day – I don’t have to but if I don’t stay on top of my e-mail it’ll be flooded to the point that I can’t go through it anymore. That’s what I do from Monday to Friday when waking up from my beauty sleep. After that – I make my own breakfast/brunch/lunch (whatever you call it) while watching TVB drama. After my first meal of the day – my online work starts till my husband comes back from work. So yes – I do sit in front of the computer for a good 4-5 hours before he comes home for dinner. Sometimes I continue after dinner or sometimes I leave it for the next day. My online stuff is actually not so busy but since Little Jayden will be arriving very soon – I know I gotta work ahead with my schedule – so when he arrives I won’t have to stress about my online stuff. It’s just all about planning ahead.

Along with my online stuff, if I’m really bored – I have scrap booking, organizing, dusting, vacuuming, plannings, and etc. There’s actually a lot for me to do at home – I feel like I’m more busier working from home than working out. I don’t like wasting my precious time. If I have nothing to do – I work ahead with my schedule – so I’m productive every day. At times I could be lazy and not feel like doing anything but I don’t allow myself not to do anything that day if I’m lazy. I don’t have much time left to waste really. I want to still be earning money and still be able to take care of a baby at the same time. I’m grateful to have been given such an opportunity to be making money at home. So nope – I don’t live a glamorous life where I have nothing to do and shopping is my number one thing on the list.

Pregnancy Photo shoots

I’ve been wanting to get pregnancy photo shoot done and we finally did on the day of our baby shower! I can’t bare looking at my chubby cheeks! I did gain a lot of weight with this pregnancy and I hope I can loose the fat on my cheeks – which will be quite hard. That’s the sacrifices of having a kid right? There’s a lot of sacrifices – don’t forget the extra weight on your body, the stretch marks, the nausea illness, and the etc. Yes – this is like the hardest thing I’ve been through in my life. Labor is coming very soon and I’m not ready for it. Who is ready for labor? HELPPP!

Baby Shower for Baby Boys

Baby shower is finally over! After months of preparation and planning – it was pretty successful! I love planning events like this with a theme. I’ve been looking forward to this date for so long. Thank goodness I can cross this out on my list of “to do’s” now and focus on other things ahead. It was so nice seeing everyone again – some I see a couple times a year – so it was nice catching up. I wasn’t too busy and thank goodness there were a photographer taking photos for us – or else I’ll be a bit busy capturing memories instead of chatting. It’s so convenient having a photographer in each special events. I think I’m getting too used to it now. Now that the baby shower is over – I can focus on the prenatal classes and the arrival of our little one! WOOHOO!

The Chinese Martyrs Catholic Church

Two days before the wedding – we had our rehearsal at the church. That hit me a bit because I wasn’t as organized with the program as I would like it to be. I started freaking out when things were missing and I am  new to the Catholic religion and don’t really know the steps of the ceremony. But after the rehearsal – everything was so much clearer to me. Phew~

I wasn’t expecting a large amount of people showing up to church that day because not everyone was Catholic. So I had quite a calm morning till I peak into the window and saw the HUGE amount of people that I didn’t expect. I started to freak out – lol. I gotta admit – I was pretty nervous walking down the aisle. But after the long walk – it was a relief because everyone was behind me – I didn’t have to look at them. HAHAHA.

Overall – it was a really meaningful day. Something that I wouldn’t forget. I’m blessed and grateful to find someone that loves and cares about me unconditionally. That plans our future together – that supports me from every decision I make. Almost three years being together – we’ve never gotten in any serious fight, never bitching or yelling at each other, never disrespected each other, and the list goes on. I’m proud to say – I’ve found someone that will walk the rest of this life long roads with me.

August already?

August already? I was talking to a friend on BBM just yesterday and told her how time flies by so quick. She disagree with me because her summer was quite long. Well – I wasn’t that busy with the wedding preparation stuff this year. I was more busy on planning different events with friends and seeing different groups of people this year.

If you follow my blog – you would know that Winter is a season to hibernate for me. So all I do is probably go to the mall and pick up a couple things and have small dinners. That’s about what I do in the winter. But when Spring/Summer hits – those are the seasons I start planning events because it’s warm enough. I’m weird huh?

But yes – August already! I have a lot planned out during this month before everyone gets back to school/work mode. Every weekend there’s a special event or just hanging out here and there. Although – I’m married and all that. My other half doesn’t give me restrictions on what to do or not to do. Our relationship is based on trust and that’s how it works. I’m happy to be where I am and have people there supporting us! Life is just wonderful at this point.

Do you have a busy August?

Toronto Beach

I haven’t been to the beach for quite sometime now. It was extremely hot the day we went – I was melting after half an hour already. I wanted to leave when we got there but it would be such a waste if we didn’t stay for an hour or so. I was worried that I’ll be tanned – I’m not the kind of girl that likes to be tanned – I like my original skin color better. All in all – I had a lot of fun that day. It was packed with a lot of people.