“Happy Wife – Happy Life”

That’s right – you gotta make your wife happy in order to have a happy life. LOL. This year will be our four years together. These past four years has been the best time of my life. Never do I regret being with him – never was I unhappy. I could share absolutely anything with him – my frustration, my heartaches, my happiness, my everything. I never met a men as understanding as he is. I love how patient he is, I love how he respects everyone and absolutely everyone around him, I love his humor, I love his everything. “When you love someone – you love everything around him.” – sometimes it’s not true but sometimes it’s true. I grew to love the people around him.

There’s never a time he would miss a kiss and tells me he loves me in the morning before he heads out for work. I really can’t ask for a better partner.

My Labour Experience

Not going to have much pictures in this post because I wasn’t expecting labour so early.

I remember the night of my contraction. Hubby and I had to go for our last 2 prenatal classes and we had Harvey’s after. The night went by smooth and Hubby slept around 1 in the morning!  Right when he fell asleep – that’s when my contraction started. I thought it was just something small because it didn’t hurt much. But the point was I kept going to the washroom so often. I thought it was nothing and continued watching my TV in bed. I woke Hubby up after 3 to 4 hours of my contraction. I still felt like it was false contraction because it wasn’t painful at all. I felt like it was just period cramps. Till I saw brownish liquid coming out down there. At this point – the pain was bearable. I took a warm bath before I called the hospital. I got dressed and took my hospital bag.

As I wasn’t expecting it to be “real” contraction – I didn’t even bother bringing my camera nor my phone charger with me. I should of though!

During my car ride to the hospital – my contraction got a lot stronger. To the point it really did hurt. It was about 2 minutes apart. I didn’t forget – it was an icy night driving down to the hospital – very cold too. Hub drop me off at the emergency doors and parked. After he parked – we walked to the baby center. At this point – the contraction was insane! We arrived to the hospital around 4:30AM in the morning.

The nurse checked me up and told me I was “3 centimeter dilated”. I asked her “What does that mean? Does that mean I’ll be giving birth today???”. I was beyond scared at this point and her answer was “Yes”! Than I told her “I’m not ready for this yet…………………”. She gave me a funny reply “ready or not hear it comes ”. Than she sent Hubby and I out to sit till the nurses got the room ready for us. When she sent us out to sit – that was the worst contraction feeling! No lies – it was hurting bad. I couldn’t sit nor stand. I didn’t know what I could do at that time – contraction was every two minutes apart.

Twenty minutes later – I was finally given a room. Told me to change into a gown and the epidural doctor was right there for me. When the epidural doctor was preparing his needle – I kept saying “I’m soooooo scared – I’m sooooo scared”. The nurses tried to calm me down and Hubby was holding my hand. After the needle – I was shaking so bad because it felt so cold. I shake for about a couple hours. The epidural worked like magic – I stopped feeling the pain after like 5 minutes! Everything got back to normal – I just waited and went on my phone to update news on Facebook. I was pretty much relaxed by than.Nurses told me that I was dilating really quick and my cervix is thin – so its easy for munchkin to come out.

By the afternoon – the in-laws came to visit. Munchkin wasn’t out yet – we were still waiting. But I did start pushing here and there. So much energy is required in order to push this baby out. I didn’t even eat anything. I ended up puking a lot of water out while I was trying to push.

My last push was at 3 in the afternoon. How did I do it? Well – the doctor threatened to use the kiwi vacuum to take the baby out because I couldn’t push. So I gave it my ONE last push – than there it is. My munchkin came out very slimy but with no blood on him. He didn’t cry much though. Too bad I didn’t have my camera with me! Or else I would of snapped a lot of photos of him while still slimy! He came out weighting 6lbs and 2oz.

My labour experience? Not a tough one I must say. Why? Because I heard worst! Way worst – like those women going through 24hours of pain. Or the baby wasn’t co-operating and needed a c-section. Yep – I was only in pain for a very short period of time – thank god! I have to say – no more than an hour of “real” pain. Really got to thank God for an easy and fast labour experience!

Would I do it again? I doubt it. This one wasn’t as painful but who knows if the second one would be painful right? I’m so not good with pain!!!

Munchkin’s One Month Celebration with family

That’s our cutie pie! We celebrated his one month with family at Casa Imperial about a month ago. We had an yummlicious dinner along with “red eggs”. There’s a meaning to “red eggs” but I’m not too sure what the meaning is. I just know that it’s because the baby is one month. Do anyone know why? He behaved quite well and took pictures with everyone. I wanted to hire a photographer for this event but the photographer was quite busy and couldn’t make it. Too bad – it would be nice to have family portrait with both families. We don’t get together often – I guess the next time will have to be someone else s wedding.

It took us awhile to think of which restaurant to have his celebration at. We had our wedding celebration at Casa Victoria and thought it would be meaningful to have it at Casa Imperial. Both restaurant has a very Victorian-style to it. I love love love the table settings in this restaurant. Unlike other restaurants – they use rustic dining table.

Ending this post off with a family photo. Happy one month my munchkin. There’s many many other celebrations ahead of you! Mama and Papa loves you ! *smooch*

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.

My Work Station

I’m still blogging and working online! So here it is – my work station and taking care of a newborn at the same time! Sometimes he wants to be hold and sometimes he’s alright sitting on that cradle. But the thing is – I can never sit for a good two hours of work. It’s either he’s crying, he’s hungry, he needs a diaper change or I need to pump milk. That’s my life now and I know I will only get busier when the munchkin knows how to move around. Than I’ll be doing my blogging/online work during the night while he sleeps or when hubby is home from work. The sacrifices of taking care of a kid eh? Joy or what?

Monthly Pampering

I say – the hardest job is being a “mom” because you are constantly worrying about this and that. I’ve gotten my husband into getting a massage bi-weekly now and he loves it. He used to be very reluctant to go for a massage because of pain but after the first time – there’s no saying “no” anymore. How can you resist a massage when it feels so good afterwards right? I enjoy massage since I was at a young age and it’s just a type of pampering. Being at home with a newborn and at the same time getting my blogging work done can get overwhelming too. But I never forget to pamper myself at the end of the week by getting a massage or facial done. It’s just part of life – you gotta pamper yourself to reboot your energy right? Don’t forget to treat yourself to something nice after a long week of work!

Planning ahead with 2012

Have you planned ahead with your schedule yet? 2012 already and it’s MARCH! 1/4 of the year just flew by like a blink of an eye. I cannot imagine how 2013 will be like for us. Or will there ever be 2013? LOL – do you believe in 2012 end of the world? Well – I mean – if it’s going to happen – it will right? I’m not too afraid of it because I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot already in the past couple of years. But no matter what happens – life still goes on. This year is another fast year that’s going by – 2011 was crazy fast. Will time ever slow down for us? Or am I just planning too far up ahead?

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

Valentine’s day plans

Do you have any Valentine’s Day plans in mind with your special someone yet? I’ve thought about it ever since January and I was/am planning to make the husband dinner at home but I seriously don’t know how I would feel like that day. I can’t stand for too long these days because of the extra weight. Sometimes I’m more tired and lazy. I know making dinner at home is more thoughtful but I don’t think I can do it this year. We’ll probably go out for a romantic candle light dinner and just enjoy the day. I’ll make him something special next year. But if I feel like it – I’ll add baking a cake for this year. What’s your plans? Share with me!

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.