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!

Hubby is a proud Papa

You really don’t need to hear my hubby saying “he’s proud” because it’s planted on his forehead already. Hubby’s been really supportive and helpful when he comes home from work – can’t ask for a better hubby. I take care of the munchkin during the day and night. When hub is back from work – he take cares of the munchkin till he sleeps. So far – this schedule is working pretty well with us. On his work day – I’m the one waking up in the middle of the night – so he won’t be too exhausted at work. I actually don’t mind waking up in the middle of the night because I’ve been an night owl for so many years BUT mornings is what kills me. I wonder how am I ever going to fix this sleeping schedule eh?

Our Memories

Collage is finally put together and hung on the wall last month! Took me quite sometime to get my bum moving and to put collage like this on the wall. I’m pretty proud of my work here. It took me about an hour to put pictures together. It’s not only about putting them together – taking the time to pick out the pictures was quite hard too. These collage only has pictures of us. The first one is the pre-wedding phtoos, second is wedding day morning and church, third is wedding reception, and fourth is the past 3 years of us only.

I’m planning to get more of these frames for the future – so in our future home we’ll be having more hung up with little Jayden in them. It’s going to be neat

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!

Birthday Roses for Stepmother

Didn’t know what to get my stepmother for her birthday – so Hub and I went out to get her two dozens of roses. She always says she doesn’t receive flowers for special occasions. Well – I do get her flowers for Mother’s Day but I guess I should start getting her flowers for her birthday too? Every women deserves pretty flowers right? Since I got my stepmother flowers for her birthday – my stepsister asked me where’s her birthday present? I know she wanted a new guitar – so I told her to find some easy songs for guitar to practice for now. Guitars these days ain’t cheap – I’m going to make her earn it first. What an evil stepsister I am eh?

Owning a Home in Toronto

Oh – how I wish I can have a washroom like this in my future home – probably in my dreams.

Anyways – over the weekend Hub & I went out to look at an open house near where we live. Boy – you would not want to know the price of it. I was sort of expecting it to be at a price that we wouldn’t really like. I do want to live closer to families and friends. But sometimes what do you sacrifice? Would we want to sacrifice the distance or the stressfulness of mortgaging a home in the future? It’s not what I want – it’s the best for our family. Of course it’s much more convenient to get to places, see people, and run errands if we live closer but if we live further – the pro is – we get a bigger piece of land at a more affordable price. There’s pros and cons for both situation. Both is hard and I don’t even want to think about it right now – it will only add stress. Who knows what three years will bring right? Maybe Hub will double his salary? Maybe our investment will be doing fairly well? Maybe my online work will get to where I want it to be? Maybe the house market will go down?

Although – I’m such a planner and I like to plan things ahead. We seriously wouldn’t know how three years later would be like. I’m just very grateful to have a lovely place to live right now and that we can call home. Plus the little one can spend some quality time with his grandparents till he enters pre-school. I can stay at home and watch his growth while Hub goes to work.

Cute Red Pockets

This year would be our very first year handing out red pockets to relatives and kids. Well – we don’t know a lot of friends with kids – so not really kids. Mainly relatives. Of course the wife takes care of the red pockets – I’ve put together a bunch of red pockets a month ago. Yep – plan ahead right? Hub didn’t get to go “Bai Leen” this year with his relatives because of work. So I had to be the only one handing them out. Though – I wish he was there with me to enjoy the process because it is his first time too. But it’s alright – next time he’ll be there to “Bai Leen” with his son!

Aren’t these red pockets cute? Yep – I bought enough for a good two years. I can’t help it when I see cute and cartoon-ish red pockets lah. If I was in China – I think I would of gone a lot more crazier than this because in China – they have a ton of choices. Unlike here – just a few.

Can’t forget the cute Winnie the Pooh! Yep – using all of these for next and probably next next years Chinese New Year. I just can’t resist from cute stuff. Before when I receive red pockets – I usually save the cute envelopes and throw out the boring ones. It’s like a collective thing! Are you like me too or it’s just me that’s weird? LOL

Magic Baby Bullet Reviews

This is by far the best Christmas present I’ve received! Although it’s not for hubby or I – but I’m so happy to receive this and start using this half a year later!  This is very useful for making baby food and storing them. I was debating if I should get this or not – since we do have the original Magic Bullet at home. Why get another set right? But what’s different with this is that – it has 6 mini cups – so I can store them in the fridge or freezer for a later date. Plus – they are very cute and small. Do any of you mama use this? Any good reviews? I can’t wait to open this package and start making food in this!!!