chocolates

as mentioned in my previous posts, earlier this month hubby went for business trip to Batam.... and the only request that i have for him to bring home is chocolate... didn't expect that he will buy three different type of my favourite dark chocolates....all Hershey's...... well, he bought it at the KLIA.... not from Batam..... hehehe... look forward for him to go for his next business trip so that he can buy more dark chocolates for me :)

my two babies

as i were preparing to leave for work this morning, both my "babies" Mr Lam and Junior Lam is sleeping soundly on the bed... hehehe

it is so cute to see them both lying beside each other.... plus daniel baby is the look-alike of his daddy... so, imagine two of them with the same look but different body size sleeping side by side...

i wish i am at home now.... to laze beside both of them...but NO... i am at work now...sigh

i miss them both.... can't wait to go home.....

finally

yesterday i finally bathe daniel for the first time.... he's 2 mths+ old now......

end result: i sweated like mad.. there is so much preparations..... but it's worth all the sweat as daniel enjoys his bath time so much

bonding time

since hubby & i are both working parents, the only time that we get to spend with daniel is before his bedtime (if hubby is back from work early) and on weekends only....

and this "talkative" bb of mine, loves ppl to chat with him especially his daddy

chung wei @27 months

my nephew had grown into a cheeky boy.... but he is still so cute......

Happy Fathers' Day

Today is father's day... but i yet to wish my hubby.... though it is the first fathers' day for him but we are not celebrating it coz daniel is still a baby.. perhaps next year?

anyway, happy fathers' day to all the dads out there!

daniel's gift from uncle melvin + auntie kar lai

daniel is the first grandchild for my parents.... means he get pampered a lot from them... not forgetting my brother melvin too.... he loves to buy something for little daniel...

baby gifts from company

the place i'm working at have a monthly gathering for staff birthdays, newly married and newborns..... 3 years ago i got a vacuum cleaner as a wedding gift

and this year, i got this for Daniel:

daniel & i

i love to take many pictures of daniel but very rare that i have a photo of him with me

took this photo last mth when daniel was 3 weeks old

american idol '08 winner- David Cook - Always Be My Baby

daniel's full moon party

this is a very backdated post.... we had a simple full moon dinner party for daniel on may 3rd, saturday at our own home... here are some of the pics

my dream

two weeks ago, i dreamt daniel hv grown up to be a few years old and he has his complete set of teeth.... dunno what happen then he loose one tooth... yeah... his baby tooth... too bad i can't see his face at that age... wonder how he looks like..... will he still hv his daddy looks? or look more like me? hehehe

petrol price increase

just rcv news that the petrol price will increase to RM 2.70 per litre effective this midnite... dunno how true is it?

if it is really true, means more expenses for many other daily essentials e.g. food, transportation, BLR etc.....

yeah....

higher petrol price= higher cost of living

sigh...

where is my dear hubby now?

this morning my dear hubby left for a short business trip to Batam Island... just for 3days & 2 nites onli.... actually he went there last week and this time it is a follow-up trip... it was his first time to the island... nothing much to do or to see there... he onli travels between the aiport, hotel & supplier's place... "makan" oso at the hotel onli... so boring-nya..

this time i don't miss hubby as much as last time.. maybe becoz it is a short trip or maybe becoz i hv daniel to accompany me... muahahaha...

it's like this one... when u hv a newborn bb, automatically hubby's status fall down from 1st to 2nd place in our heart... agree? hehehe

dunno what's wrong with blogger & ME

been trying to upload some of daniel's pic but cannot do so... until today then i decide to use slide.com instead.... or else dunno how... wonder if anyone else is experiencing the same problem as me.... if yes, how to solve it? i remembered it happen before but i forgot how to solve it oledi...

i am so the FORGETFUL.... i really mean it when i say that i am forgetful... must be because i hv been staying at home for so long(almost 10 weeks).... been lazing so much oso lor....

next monday i will go back to work after my 60 days maternity... i am so the LAZY...

japanese meal at Sushi Zanmai

last week, my MIL, my mummy & I brought daniel out for some "shopping"... we headed to The Gardens & MidValley City.... actually it's us adults who wanna go for a walk... hehehe... for lunch, we managed to meet up with my dad and had lunch at Sushi Zanmai at The Gardens... the food not bad... so long that i never blog & post some food photos.... after giving birth to daniel, this is the first time that i had such a lovely lunch... hehehe

daniel with my parents & sis

bottles!
ever wonder how many milk bottles are there in my house now for little daniel? the pic shows the exact amount! no prize for guessing correctly...

HaPpY MotHerS' DAy

yeah... i know it should be happy belated mothers' day..... for the first time this year, i carry the title of MOTHER... sometimes i forgot that i am now a mother to my son.... hehehe...

daniel is onli one month plus... of course i won't be getting greetings from him for at least another one/ two year(s) plus....

but i was surprised when i got few SMS-es wishing me a Happy Mothers' Day... at first i was, "oops... i am a mother now hor" coz i thought they sent me wrong SMS..... silly me!

anyway, to all the mothers, mothers-to-be & future mothers..... may all of us have many many more happy days to spend with our loved ones....

TIME!

Ever since we bring home my newborn darling bb, all of us (me, hubby, MIL & mummy) who takes turn to bottle feed him with milk will definitely have to look at the clock each time we feed him as we need to estimate the next feeding time....

never in my life that I check the TIME for so so so many times in a day... not even when I'm at work.... if you're a mummy, you'll get what i mean...

daniel in deep thinking
my darling bb seems to be always in deep thinking.... for a while(sometimes up to 15 minutes), he will be either staring blankly or his eyes focusing on certain subjects and then when he is done, he will make some noises as in to let us know "OK, I am done with my thinking. I need attention now"

daniel in la la land
daniel sleeps in his baby cot at nite(which is in my room)... and during daytime if the weather is too hot, he will stay in my room too for some air-cond feel..... he looks like a little prince rite?

no worries... no stress... just ZZzzzzz..... and milk milk milk.....

don't u wish u r a baby now? i do...

daniel's hairstyle
this is the side view of daniel's hairstyle.... many ppl hv commented that he look much older than his weeks old age becoz of the amount of hair on his head..... and oso he doesn't look much like a new born.. becoz of his weight of birth oso which makes him slightly bigger size than most new borns

daniel was born that way with so much of hair.... same like hubby & i when we were babies.... hehehe

daniel's full nameon apr 22nd, hubby finally went to register for daniel's birth certificate & MyKid..... the last day to register FOC or else a RM 5 will be penalized for late registration after two weeks born...

our little darling bb is now known as Daniel Lam Ka Yeung (family sunshine- Jia Yang)

my labor story

it all happened early morning of apr 8th, 2008 (tuesday)...... hubby & i decided to induce my labor as my due date was actually apr 5th...... counting down to the EDD, i hv very very very mild contractions which can passed off as normal stomachache.....

so, around 6.40am hubby & i arrived at Hospital Bersalin Razif, Klang...... the nite b4, me didn't really sleep well coz bb moved so much in my tummy...... after i check-in to the private room Wad Perdana 10 at 1st floor..... the nurse then got me prepared before i am send to the labor room....

i changed to their clothings, shitted after they pump something on to my anus...... and then i was wheel-chaired to the labor room at 2nd floor.... they insisted that i am wheel-chaired though i say i can walk on my own... whatever lah... i just sat on it and was sent to the labor room no. 3 around 7.50am while hubby went to pay for car parking first.....

there were a total of 4 labor rooms as i check with the auntie who wheel-chaired me there..... and some ladies were there earlier preparing to give birth liao...

the young midwife Syahfinaz then strapped CTG to my tummy to monitor bb's heartbeat throughout the labor process...... at around 8.25am, my gyane Dr Madhulika arrived to check on my condition... she checked my dilation... onli 4 cm..... so, she first broke my water bag & then i was put on drip to induce the labor by making stronger contractions for me.....

just then..... hubby arrived and we both just stayed in the labor room....... it was a boring wait.... first of all, i can onli lay down on the bed doing nothing... chatted a while with hubby... still no contractions..... hubby even occupied himself by walking around the labor room... examining their equipments... the CTG monitor...... the drip... everything lah.... then hubby play games on his mobile phone.... i feel sleepy on off.....just closed my eyes and lay down on the bed onli

as i lay down there so long, i heard dr madhu in other labor rooms asking the mothers to PUSH, TARIK NAFAS, LEPAS, PUSH etc..... then can hear babies crying liao..... yeah... all this can be heard as all labor rooms are near to each other....

once a while the midwife came to check bb's heartbeat and asked if i feel any contractions... i said NO feeling at all... but as she lay her hand on my tummy, she can sensed strong contractions.... in normal case, other ppl will ask for Epidural liao

before going to labor, my heart is 50-50 whether to get epidural..... before we came to hospital, hubby & i decide not to have epidural first unless i am so much in pain........

every hour or so, dr madhu came to check my contractions & dilation..... according to her, my dilation is slow... it was 6 cm at around 11am...... and bb's head still high up..... i was so sad to hear that...... coz it just means higher chance to go for c-section... which of course all first time mummy esp wanna avoid

so, there were we.... hubby & i stayed in the labor room..... dr madhu came to see me one last time before she changed shift with another gynae.... my dilation is 7cm after 6 hours in labor.... luckily i was not in much pain or else i sure need the epidural liao.......

she advised me not to wait long for more dilation as water bag has been broke & bb's head still high up....and she said do no try for natural by vacuuming due to bb's head position still high up....

until about 2.45pm, another gyane Dr Nor Aziah came to check on me... she asked if me still wanna wait for dilation... she gave me the same advice as dr madhu.... to go for c-section... i asked for hubby's opinion and he agreed....... i was almost in tears when they tell me i cannot go for natural birth..... i wanna feel the labor pain... i don't even feel contractions though i was having strong ones according to the midwife & doctors....

i was then asked to sign a consent letter for c-section... hubby was asked to wait for me in our private room.... he's not allowed to accompany me in the operating room as it was a last minute c-section....

as i entered the operating room, i was asked if i want the "ubat bius" for half body(which will last for about 2 hrs) or i want to be totally sleeping through out the procedure.... i opted for half body as i wanna see my baby once he is born....

i was then given spinal block and in less than 5 seconds, i can't feel anything for the lower part of my body......

then in just minutes, doctor said "ur bb is on the way out"..... i was like OK.... i don't feel anything at all as they operated on me......

suddenly they carried bb to me & told me it's a boy........ and carried him away in seconds... i was blur blur... i onli remember seeing a bb boy covered with lots of blood but no crying

i asked doc why is my bb not crying... the answer was like he need to suck something first......

in a matter of time, i was then sent back to my private room... with hubby waiting there... time flies so fast that soon, my parents-in-law, my mum & sis arrived to visit me.... later that nite, my bro came with his wife and hubby's sis came with her family too...

dunno why i was not worried about bb at all... i mean i don't hv the feeling to look for him to carry him in my arms.... maybe i was tired without me realising....

and when they told me my bb was born at a whopping 4.13kg, i can understand now why i can't go for natural birth.... becoz of his size lor.....

after 3 nites stay at the hospital, i was allowed to go home...... the after c-section feeling is no good at all..... especially after 24 hours bed rest.... and when i wanna come down from the bed for the first time, it KILLS me! it was painful.... it makes me feel useless as my legs were weak...

i was lucky that hubby accompanied me at the hospital for the all the 3 nites...helping me to get in & out of the bed... making sure i feel comfy & enuf food to eat..... snapping bb's pictures for me to see as i cannot walk to the nursery rite after the c-section..... and he even tried bottle-feeding bb for the first time.... hubby was there to encourage me to get down from the bed to walk around to ease the pain for the first few days..... thanks hubby! love u so much.......

and i must praise the service by all the staffs at hospital razif... they treated me well... all of them.. the doctors, nurses, midwives, cleaners, admin staff etc........

this labor experience will forever be in my mind.... looking at bb daniel, it onli seems like yday i gave birth to him........ he is now my little prince.....

baby daniel lam

yeah... finally my bb is born 3 days due after his EDD.... introducing the new addition to my family DANIEL LAM (still deciding on his chinese name)

D.O.B.: April 8th, 2008
Time of Birth : 3.17pm
Sex : Male
Weight : 4.13kg
Height : 59cm
Head Circumference : 37cm

* fresh into this world, welcome daniel boy *
* his birth info *
* the proud daddy with his son *
* me looking so the tired rite? while my darling bb is sleeping so soundly *
* with his first ang pow from my nephew's paternal grandfather *

a day before....

finally my bb is due last week saturday but until today, he is still so comfy in my tummy....

apr 5th was due date.....dr madhu finally let me induce... she suggested today or tomorrow...

after discussing with hubby, we choose tomorrow apr 8th....tuesday... reason being: hubby wanna clear some of his office work before starting his paternity leaves..

fine with me.. just a day difference.. means i got another extra 24 hours to get prepared

yday hubby set-up the babycot in our bedroom... i got so much mix feelings now.....it finally dawn on me that the day is nearer... so much nearer that i start to feel "kan cheong"

and at the same time, i'm looking forward to see my bb....

so, tomolo hubby will drive me to the hospital... check-in time will be 6.30am..... hope that all goes well...

i wish for a short, safe, natural delivery and may bb in the best of health

no sign yet

after tuesday's check-up, i am now still waiting at home for my little bb... and dear hubby still goes to work as usual....

doc said i should be delivering between 24-72 hours after the check-up..... which means tomolo will be the calculated due date....

what if there is still no sign of labor? must induce liao... coz it's 40 weeeks..... i am so impatient...
though until now, my gynae don't really recommend me to induce..... she just asked me to wait for the sign....

i am so "kan cheong"... u know-lah.. being first time pregnant... don't really know what to expect... so many diff labor stories that i hv heard........

and so many concern family members, relatives, frens & colleagues hv been asking me the same question

"haven't deliver yet ah?"

still waiting

i started my leave to stay at home for a good rest.. or should i say, i am so lazy to go to work with my big and heavy tummy......

my due date is only next week saturday but everyday i have keep on telling bb to pop out earlier..... i guess bb is just too comfy in my tummy that he prefer to come out onli when he feels he wants to....

i will have my check-up appointment tomolo with my gynae... will get her advice if i should be induced earlier.....

my legs are swollen like elephants.... walk oso like a penguin...... sleep like a pig (nowadays i sleep more during daytime coz at nite keep waking up)

whatever it is, BB.... WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU.....

heartburn

when i was in my first trimester, i always wake up middle of the nite feeling hungry... i will then have a small packet of milk/ MILO.... but once a while, i need to drink up to 3 packets in 6 hours time which means waking up every 2 hours..........

and now in my final trimester, this hungriness problem is back.... this time, it is actually heartburn--> acid indigestion

since two weeks ago, every nite my dear MIL will prepare a flusk of hot porridge for me
and most nites, i will hv the porridge at 2am and 5am......sometimes in between, i still need to have packet of drink too.....

sigh..... this constant waking up middle of the nite is tiring.... very tiring....

week 36

when i first blog about my pregnancy, i was 19 weeks pregnant.... and now i am in my final trimester, week 36....

due date is apr 5th but my feelings tell me that bb wll be out earlier than that date.... don't ask me why... it's just a feeling i have as my due date is nearer

nearer to due date = feeling "heavy" with my big round tummy...

i am so lazy these days to go to work...so, what i do is apply a day of leave for each working week...

for example yday i was on AL... thought wanna sleep sleep sleep.... but ended up slept half day and the other half day, fold cloth napkins, packed my maternity bag, prepared bb's cabinets of clothings etc.....

so, am i ready to welcome my little bb to this world? both YES and NO

YES--> material things are ready

NO --> taking care of him since this is first child

but emotionally, we are ready.... hubby & i can't wait for his arrival (but it will comes with lack of sleep for us with bb's constant crying middle of the nite for milk/ wet diapers)...

with my MIL's and my mummy's help, i hope to go through my confinement without much complain from me coz i know i can't wash my hair for the first 12days after delivery.... i got to eat lots of ginger which is not my fav type of food.....

whatever it is..... BB, when you are ready to "pop" out to see this world, we will welcome you

updates on SKYthis pet dog of my family likes to bark... A LOT... when strangers walk past my parents home, you can be sure he will bark bark bark.... but still, SKY is our beloved pet dog....

chung wei @ 21 months

my handsome nephew is now 21 months... another few months he will turn 2..... how time flies....

japanese food at Midvalley..

nov 24th.... hubby & i dined at NINJA JONES, NorthPoint Midvalley.... the following sunday, my parents, sis, her bf & I dined at the YUZU, The Gardens, Midvalley... and here are the food pics....

NINJA JONES

** hubby's order- soba, udon & tempura set *

** baked seafood in papaya **

YUZU

** sis's order- tempura & sushi set **

** my order- chicken & tempura set **

** the table was full of food as all set meals come with different accompanying side dishes e.g. chawanmushi, miso soup, unagi roll, tea soup, puddings, salad, fruits etc... **

Verdict: NINJA JONES- quality japanese food

YUZU- value for money set meals

birthday cakes...

today i decided to do some backdated posts....... took so many photos but was too super lazy to blog about it until now.... here are the cakes that my family and i had in october.... yup... so many birthdays in one month... almost had one cake a week for the whole month...ooh la la... ** oct 2nd... my mummy's birthday ** chocolate ice-cream cake **

** oct 10th... my birthday ** chocolate cheesecake **

** oct 23rd... my younger sis Joyce's birthday ** chocolate vanilla ice-cream cake **

** oct 29th... my MIL's birthday ** fruitty cake **

joo yee @ 19 mths...

this beautiful baby has grown so much... she is going to be 2 years old next mth... the photo that i uploaded here was actually taken during our makan2 at mr ha's house on national day, 31st aug.... that explains the title of this post....

1st baby toy

SIL # 1 (hubby's elder sister) bought a gift for our baby..... it's an educational toy which can be used from birth to 6month +... so thoughtful of her... thanks sis!

a burger a day....

yes... definitely it is late now... at least for me... the time now is 11.15pm.. on normal days i will be sleeping...... or should i say, i am asleep from 10pm onwards.....

but today, i am still awake... surfing net... msn-ing... blogging and the best part is, i just had one RAMLY burger ayam... before pregnant, i rarely eat this RAMLY burgers... it is very yummylicious .... just simple and nice.....

normally it will be McD fillet-o-fish... but where to find a McD outlet near my new home? currently McD still do not cater for delivery service to our new housing area..... takde..... and not forgetting to mention DOMINO's, Pizza Hut oso takde delivery service....

so, hubby willingly walked to a nearby kopitiam which has a burger stall but unfortunately, it is not open (maybe becoz of the rain)........ what hubby do instead is he drove all the way to Klang town in search of the RAMLY burger for me.....

i love you so much dear....... for the burger... for ur effort... for ur thoughtfulness (he scare i wake him up middle of the nite craving for a RAMLY burger)..... hehehe

THANKS DEAR!!!

happy news for the FOONG family...

my BB will be due in april '08

my elder cousin bro's wife bb will also be due in april '08

and the latest news, my younger cousin sis's bb will be due in july '08

three little mickey/ minnie mouses for us FOONG family next year

imagine a gathering of three little ones at family function....it will be fun! i hope....

hmmm... maybe more good news to come from other FOONG family members as well.... hehehe

i wish our paternal grandma still around...... she would then be very happy to see her three great grandchildren.. may she rest in peace....

dec 9th

today dec 9th '07 mark the first year that my PIL, hubby and I moved in to our home at Setia Alam.... our home is just a normal and simple home.. with no major renovation..... no interior design... but yet, i still love my new home here... it's comfortable..... a place that i look forward to go home too after a hard day at work....

another reason of course will be the walking distance to my parents' home which is just one road away... which means i get the best of both world... alternating between my own home and my parents home as and when i feel to.... i feel blessed.....

and not forgetting, i wanna wish two couples.... mr & mrs ha and mr & mrs leong on their 1st year wedding anniversary today... yup.. both couples got married on the same day..... i can stil remember hubby and i rushing to attend mr & mrs ha wedding dinner in KL on the same day we moved to our new home..... it was a tiring day moving house but it was a happy occasion for all of us to see the newly weds....

"happy anniversary to all of us"