Monthly Archives: September 2008

Train wreck!

Posted by Misty Mom on 28/09/2008 6 comments

I was just reminiscing the moments during *shivers* and after Arianna was born. Just trying to remember what it was like, how I felt and how I dealt with it all and omg, I realised that unlike some *lucky* people, I remembered clearly that I looked like a blardy train wreck after the birth!! *lol* I kinda felt like I was in one too.

A friend from FB looked as if she just took a walk in the park and Vien, humph…the woman looked amazing!! Not fair!!!!! I had like broken blood vessel around the eyes that made it all puffy and red, and my eye balls itself were the same too. I looked deranged. If I wasn’t in hospital giving birth, the social services would have been banging down my door to take Ted down for violent physical abuse!! Geez, makes you think of the amount of exertion you really put into pushing bub out…..

I really wonder if it’s going to as bad or worst this time….I am definitely keeping my fingers/toes/eyes crossed that it will be slightly easier 2nd time around. Or at least that is what Ted keeps telling me as his way of assuring and comforting me. *lol*

On the road to independance

Posted by Misty Mom on 26/09/2008 3 comments

I was getting mighty worried that Arianna wasn’t showing any signs of wanting to stand or pull herself up despite being a super crawler of course. But yesterday, she sent my fears flying out the window.

My baby girl stood up for the first time for a mere few seconds BUT she still did it!! She pulled herself up unto her walker because I had toys tied to it. Omg, I felt so proud and happy and everything rolled into one! I managed to get a couple of shots and when she tried again, I took a vid. Once I have converted it to MPG, I’ll upload it.

Wow, so happy!! But at the same time, I know what coming next…..aiyo!!

Wicked wicked-ling

Posted by Misty Mom on 25/09/2008 7 comments

Arianna has always behaved well in public especially in restaurants but I think this has gone out the window and it will be awhile before we have dinner/lunch outside again!

Last night, we went out for my birthday dinner. We had decided to go for Thai food which would be a change since it was always Italian coz I just love pasta. Sadly, the restaurant we picked didn’t have any baby chairs available. It was weird. I didn’t think that they wouldn’t have one then again, I guess it was a blessing in disguise. I wouldn’t say that it was a posh place but it was certainly not really a baby-friendly environment with the dim lighting and candles all around.

So we walked around Parramatta a bit but surprisingly there were no other Thai place around. Another bizarre thing because when you’re not looking for one, they seem to pop up everywhere. Anyway, with none in sight, we decided to go for seafood as I had the hankering for a seafood basket and ended up in an Italian place afterall. *lol*

But the seafood basket was just SO expensive and I ended up getting a penne bascaiola which also happened to be on special. My entree was BBQ squids which I absolutely love but it wasn’t as nice as I expected it to be coz I was comparing it to this fish n chips place where I used to get them when we lived in Parra. Anyway, the serving was so large even for an entree! And it was then that the monster in Arianna came out. She was all over the place, hands everywhere! Although she ate her dinner, she was very vocal and it was just not her to be that way. Shrieking and really creating a scene. I did find it a little stressful but what can you do? Ted tried to ‘discipline’ her by firmly saying ‘No’ when she tried to grab at his prawn salad and beer but that only made her shriek louder. So we gave in and let her have her bottle of water which she just kept drinking and not really eating. As long as she was eating something, she was fine but the thing is, she already had a fair bit and I didn’t want to keep giving her food until she puked.

So we pretty much rushed through our food. And what made it worst was that the table was small for 2 adults and a baby in a highchair plus before we were done with our entree, the mains came! So another big mess on the table. Although the waitress apologized for bringing out the mains too early, the damage was done, right? Although the food was nice and it was rather baby friendly since the waitresses came by to play with Arianna and all, we should have sat at a bigger table. Then again, that would mean seating right at the front of the shop. Not a good idea since it was a narrow and long lot. O well, we will drop by again someday but definitely not anytime soon.

The thing is I don’t know what has caused Arianna to be such a ‘monster’ that day. It was just not her at all as I mentioned she has always been well behaved. Perhaps she was overstimulated, I don’t know and I also don’t know how to correct it when she does behave ‘badly’. After all, she is too young to know that we were actually trying to discipline her by saying ‘No’ firmly. Any baby discipline ideas?

Cravings

Posted by Misty Mom on 24/09/2008 None comments

Written on 18/8/08

Was just thinking about the differences between Arianna and Pacman and I realised that I never had much cravings with Arianna but with Pacman, I can’t stop thinking of french fries and not just any french fries, I only want McD’s. Nothing else comes to close its taste or texture. They are indeed the world’s BEST fries, EVER. And I doubt there’s anything out there that can match it. At this present moment, I think I can eat that 24/7. I’m absolutely nuts over it.

And somehow, Ted seem to have caved in a bit too. Since we didn’t give in much to my cravings the last time around, it was really nice that he offered to grab some fries for me on the way home from work although it was very late at night, like 11.30pm or so. But heck, I wasn’t about to turn down THAT offer!! *lol* No way, hosey….so we had a late snack of fries and Sundae, and I went to bed a very happy, pregnant Mummy. Of course, Daddy was ‘happy’ too. :P

I don’t have much cravings for things that are sour which was different again with Arianna where all I could think was asam, asam, asam. Apparently I’m leaning towards the salty foods. I have to keep tab though, wouldn’t want to get in trouble with high blood pressure and all that. Will be scheduling my 11 weeks blood test soon and then we will have to book our labour/maternity room by 14 weeks. Talk about rushing! O well, at least it will give us a chance have a sneak peak at where we’ll be at in a couple of months from now.

As it is, I’m already stressing out about what to do with Arianna when the time comes. Haiz, hopefully she will be old enough to hang out with Grandma during the drama la. Or if my Mum comes in time and bonds with her well, then less worry for me as well. We can but hope that Pacman doesn’t surprise us like Arianna did and come 9 days early!! *lol*

Bathroom lighting

Posted by Misty Mom on 23/09/2008 None comments

When the light in the bathroom blew the other day, I was just thinking how wonderful it would be to get a set of brand new bathroom lighting for our bathroom. It would make it the perfect bathroom. As it is, it already has a tub and a separate shower which is great since it would be messy to have a shower IN the bath so a separate one is something I really like about it. But what bothers me is that the lighting in there really sucks. It just goes to show that the previous occupant didn’t quite bother about the upkeep of the lights especially. Some of the lights around the house are missing the shade which is a real bummer. In any case, this is all wishful thinking for now as we really have to be saving up for our up and coming vacation back to Malaysia!

Getting rid of acne

Posted by Misty Mom on 23/09/2008 1 comments

All through my teenage years, I was plagued with acne. I can honestly say that those years were very tough on me but there was never that one method that worked for me. I have been told many ways on how to get rid of acne but more often than not, it always backfired on me. I found it stressful but was very glad that I’ve since passed that stage in my life. But if I were asked what tips I had used to control my skin problem, it was to drink a lot of water, eats lots of vegetables and be sure to get yourself a suitable acne treatment done. It should be customed to your skin type.

Club 2 under 2

Posted by Misty Mom on 23/09/2008 4 comments

Written on 16/8.

We finally met Pacman today. :) It is official – I AM PREGNANT again. *lol* And so we start again, doing the things we used to do when we found out we were pregnant the first time around. It started with my first checkup today with my new obstetrician, Dr. Gregory Jenkins. When I was given his name, my first thought was “House”. I got me my very own ‘House’ although deep down inside I was hoping that he would be nothing like House coz that would be hazardous to one and all.

The check up was good, bub and mum doing fine and we are currently at 9 weeks. I can’t explain the feeling that ran through me when I saw that flickering heartbeat on the screen. The ultrasound wasn’t that clear but it was clear enough for me to see the beating heart and to hear it was even better. It certainly gave me peace of mind to see the heart beating. We got the printout too but rather blur however I will certainly put it up for all to see. :)

Since its too early to find out the gender [D'oh!], we’ve decided to call it ‘Pacman’ and once the gender is confirmed and yes, I want to find out. I decided that I don’t like these kind of baby gender surprises, just too stressful thinking about things like that, we will start calling him/her with the name we have chosen. We already decided on a couple of girls names although we are having a tough time with boys names!! We only got one at the moment and man, who would have thought it’d be this tough to pick a name we both like???

Anyway, looks like we’re heading into the 2 under 2′s club too. I think we should form a group! *lol* Aida and Vien are definitely in – who else wanna join? ;)

New news

Posted by Misty Mom on 22/09/2008 4 comments

Some backdated posts will be on from now on. This was written on 9/9/2008.

Due to some family issues, we decided to tell the family about Pacman and not wait until I was 12 weeks on as planned. I had told my mum on Saturday and she was excited about it but the first question that came from her was, ‘Aiyo, how are u going to take care of the both of them??’. *lol* I thought it was really funny because the first person that came to mind was Aida and keeping in mind that she lives in the middle of no where and is doing great, I told mum that other people can do it, I’m sure I will learn to do the same too. Mums are such worry warts that way eh? :) So she has been notified and will be keeping April/May/June 09 free for me.

As for Ted’s family, we told them on Sunday and I wasn’t too sure if there was a reaction or not! After we told them, no one said anything. So it’s either that they were shocked or just simply lost for words. I know I may be a little to sensitive here but I was rather upset that no one said anything at all. Not a single congrats or anything like that at all. I mean, come on! We were going to have a new baby and no one was excited. I didn’t take that well at all although I didn’t show it. I did mention it to Ted and he was just as surprised as me too and said not to worry about it. But how could I forget right?

I was in before Arianna got her jabs at the clinic so although we only did the pregnancy kit test on our own, I still had to get my ante-natal blood test done together with a urine sample. I’ll have to call up and find out what’s going on today. After we got home, Ted called MIL and told her that all went well with Arianna and it was only then that MIL congratulated us. Although it was nice of her to do so, on my part, it was far too late. I still feel the hurt there and somehow, there’s nothing anyone could do to take that away. Sad, isn’t it?

(guess what).

Posted by Misty Mom on 22/09/2008 3 comments

It’s my birthday!

O, and say hello to Pacman!!

Pacman confirmed on 18/8
We are 10 weeks and 1 day today. :) Yay!!

Now if you’re wondering, ‘Why Pacman?’ – well, to be honest, I don’t really know why. *lol* When we found out that another bub was on the way, we were thinking of nicknames until we find out the gender so we were tossing around some names and it was either Pacman or Bubbles. But when I mentioned Bubbles, all Ted said was, ‘I hear farts’. So that was that. As of now, Pacman it is and when we do find out if it’s a boy or girl, we’ll start calling him/her by the name we’ve picked for him/her. We already have a couple of girls names but only ONE boys name. Aiyo….hate this!!! Why boys names so difficult wan???

Any ideas? :)

Flash memory

Posted by Misty Mom on 20/09/2008 None comments

If I didn’t know better, I would not have associated this with a thumbdrive or a SD card since its the one I use in my camera. But apparently these products are what we call flash memory. We used to have 2 thumbs drives and several SD memory cards but somehow, one of the SD card got spoilt when we tried to access it from my in-laws card reader, hence, Ted got me a brand new one for my birthday. And seeing that he used his thumbdrive a lot as well, I decided to get him a new 2GB thumbdrive so he didn’t have to constantly clean out the tiny 256MB one that he previously had. :) I’m so good!