Pantry Set up for Babies

I never thought about having a pantry place for the little man till my mother-in-law suggested it. Than that hit me – because this little guy does have a lot of things that needs to be put in the kitchen. So here it is – all organized for him. The only thing I need to do left is sterilize and clean everything before he arrives. A baby consists of more room than an adult eh? When I moved in – I didn’t need a place in the pantry or anything. Soon he’ll be taking over the family room with his bouncer/swing sets/play pan and you name it. What a baby!

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.

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.

Planning a kids future

As I’m counting down each day for his arrival – I’m really counting down for a lifetime commitment. Having a kid is a lifetime commitment – even if they’re in their 20s – 30s – 40s you constantly worry about them. It’s just part of being parenthood right? I didn’t understand this when I was a teen but since being pregnant for 8 months – I’ve realized a lot. A lot – so much of what parents are worried about. Parenthood doesn’t stop when they graduate, when they get a full time job nor does it stop when they are married. Being a parent is a life time thing – it never ends.

We’ve been planning a lot of things for this little one. Being a mom – I never had the things his father had. I want this little one to appreciate what was given to him and live a happy and normal life with lots of love and care from the both of us. When I plan – I plan far far ahead. It’s just very satisfying to me to know what is up ahead in life for all of us. I don’t like the “unknown”.

As of now – were holding off on the music part of his life. I don’t want to push this little one into doing something he doesn’t enjoy or like. We do have a list of instruments in mind though – piano, takamine, violin, flute, and etc. But this is all up to him. I just believe that if I push a kid into doing something he doesn’t want or enjoy – he’s just wasting your money. Like my husband – he was asked to learn piano when he was a kid but he didn’t enjoy it. Piano lessons ain’t cheap these days eh! So when he’s old enough to know what he likes – he will eventually tell us.

Winnie the Pooh theme for Nurseries/Baby Room

I feel like I’m one picky-annoying woman when it comes down to colors and themes. I wonder if other people are like me – so far non of my friends are like that. Maybe I’ll discover someone just like me later on in life eh? *haha* Anyways – the little man’s room is almost complete except the diaper/changer table. It took us a month to finally get everything together – there’s so much into a complete baby room. Been going to Babies R Us every week but the good thing about it is – when you order some of the stuff online – they have free shipping. So yep – I’ve been getting packages delivered to me every week now. I feel like online shopping is more exciting then purchasing the items in store. It’s just that feeling. That reminds me that I need to place an order of enzo angiolini shoes online as a gift. Shopping online can make life so much easier instead of running around looking for it.

Everything is well-organized and prepared for the little one. I just need to open the boxes up and figure out how to use the sterilizer, bottle warmer, and breast bump soon. So I don’t have to know everything last minute. That reminds me – I gotta pack my hospital bag soon. Not only my stuff but with Hubby’s stuff too since we upgraded our hospital room to a private room – he can stay over night with us.

To be honest – he’s much more excited to meet his little son than I am. I’m just more fearing about the pain right now. I cannot imagine how painful it is! Well – I watched it on TV and everything. I have a feeling that I’ll be screaming like a witch! YES – WITCH! So it’s best not to have people I know around when I’m giving labor. *hahahha*

Working in my Home Office

I’ve been keeping myself busy ever since January hit – no more laziness around here and time to start making some money. I’ve been quite lazy last year and never really focus on my work and just doing everything so last minute. Pregnancy is an excuse to be lazy? Well – let’s just say I took a couple months of break off. Now that I’m finally feeling a bit better and not much time left – I’m taking things more serious. I’ve done a lot of research these days and one of them is unsecured business loans – there’s actually a lot into borrowing a loan for business and you gotta be careful on the policies and regulations eh! So don’t just go for any loan companies – find one that’s trustworthy.

Even though I’m more busy at home now. I feel like each day past by really fast and without knowing – I’ll be due with this baby. I just want to get a lot of things done before he arrives. It’s good to be productive and build up for my future. I’m just very blessed that I can work from home and not have to travel to go to work.

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!

Switching Phones & Phone Plans?

I’m still waiting for my 3 year contract to be over and done with. I’m not a fan of Roger’s because of their expensive prices. Not only that – they always make mistakes on their billings. So if you don’t check your bills correctly – they might of charged you extra. So do check your bills. So unreliable eh? I’ve been with this company for years and yet – they make mistakes like this.

I’ve been wanting to change and get the htc desire hd phone for my other half. There’s so many new phone companies out there right now that has unlimited minutes, data, and text message for half the price I’m paying for. Can you believe this or not?

When my contract is up – I’m definitely changing phone companies and probably save a lot. I mean – I really don’t need to be paying $60-$70 a month for one phone bill when I’ll be home more with the kid right? I don’t mind paying half the price for unlimited everything. Roger’s really gotta work on their game plan here!

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!

Labor in 2 months!

No joke – I’m telling my hubby every day that I’m scared and worried. I’m not a fan of pain and I can’t take pain. It’s been 3 years that I’m still debating if I should take my wisdom teeth out or not because of pain. I don’t know what got me into having a baby. Don’t get me wrong – we always planned on having a baby but the pain?? I’m seriously not ready to go in labor and deal with this pain. I’ve heard that labor is the #1 painful-est thing to do in this world. It frightens me. A lot of people told me to take it easy and it’s not that bad. BUT how can I take it easy when it’s so soon?? *sigh* I just hope this little guy won’t take too long to come out. I don’t wanna do c-section because I don’t want a scar on my belly. So please little man – come out quick and fast. Treat your mama good!!