Sewing skills

My last sewing sessions were during secondary schools and at that time, I just love to sew. Sometimes I will try to dig my mom's cloth collections, stole some of the remainder cloths and start sewing a pillow or bolster case for my own. Luckily she didn't scold me for "stealing" those cloths. Hehe... Now, I got a mission to do, which is to sew a casing for Ashlynn's cot bumper and also her one set of pillow and bolsters case. I've not touched a sewing machine for so long and it took me about 10mins to figure out how to operate everything.

 

Bought this cloth from Nagoya, and I chose the cheapest cloth, RM2.50 per meter. Otherwise, the next cheapest could be RM9 per meter. So, what do you say? Since it's only a cot bumper casing... moreover, it will be fixed at babysitter's house, and not at home. Don't have to look really good right? We decided to fix the cot bumper on the baby's cot because sometimes, her legs got stuck in between rails and sometimes, she knocks her head on the rail. Ouchh.... I understand that it's not safe, but we got no choice.

This is how the cot bumper looks like, without the casing. Very nice color, but we decided to fix a casing on it, for washing sake.

The end product! =)

 

Next mission, to sew a set of pillow and bolsters casing for the sweetie. This time, we bought a slightly expensive cloth, since we will be using it at home and she will be sleeping on the pillow, so it is important to get a better quality of cloth. We bought this nice polka dot cloth which cost RM12.80 per meter with 20% discount per meter. Total of 1.5 meter cost us RM15.

Next mission, to sew casing for our beloved po-ang from Ikea. Just need some time to go Nagoya and get nice design of cloth again. I need time.... but where to find time? 

Chatime @ Lot10

You wouldn't believe me that this was my very first time I tasted Chatime!

I'm living in a nutshell.... =.=

I didn't know that all drinks do not come with the pearl.

And when I ordered hazelnut chocolate milk tea yesterday, the cashier did ask me if I want to add anything...

I said No. I thought all drinks already have pearls.. no need to add lah.

Aisehh.... ended up, it was not a real bubble tea drink for me because of the lack of pearls.

Not syok... one of the days must go again! Kekeke.... 

I've always been curious, why people can be so addicted to Chatime. They can have Chatime for breakfast, lunch and dinner..... and the queue is crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! As if Chatime gonna discontinued tomorrow.

I couldn't agree more, I got hooked! 

Ooopss..... am one of them!! 

I'm one of those people that I said crazy, addicted to Chatime like there's no tomorrow....

LOL!!

21 Weeks Old

Date : 22 February 2012

How far along : 21 weeks

Weight : 6.5kg

Height : 64cm

Sleep : Looks like she still does not have a stable sleep routine. Remember if few weeks ago I said she was able to sleep on her own without us doing anything, but this week... she was an alert baby. She was sleepy, rubbing her eyes and yawn and when we put her to sleep, she just hated it very much. She cried. She pushed her legs. She tossed her head left and right. In short, she didn't want to nap. So, we changed back her to the normal position and she was ok. Later on, the same thing happened again and the scene repeated. So, we decided to just give her some milk and surprisingly, she drank very fast as if the whole day she fast. At last, she fell asleep after the milk. This does not happen for one day.. but almost everyday we have to give her some milk before she would want to sleep. Her sleep patterns changes every week and we are not sure what will be the next scene.

Food : Nanny even agree with us that she gets hungry veryyyy fast. The current milk quantity is no longer sufficient to contain her lil petite stomach and it needs an increase. We just couldn't wait to get her on solid so that she won't get hungry that fast. Imagine a 6oz milk digest in 2 hours.

Best moment this week : She's going into 5 months! 6 more days ......... yeay!

I couldn't have asked for more......

because he's already the most perfect hub I could ever find.......

Sometimes I'm just so demanding, too demanding that I would want everything to be followed exactly the same from A to Z. If I found the socks on the floor, he would be in trouble for a good 2-3 mins of nag. A small issue, but I would make it so big. As if it hurts me a lot when the socks are on the floor. (just an example, he doesn't throw his socks on the floor anyway ;p )

Many times, I always think I can do better than others, or I could say I prefer to do everything on my own because I simply don't trust others to do it. I think I can wash the plates better without leaving any stain. I think I can hang the clothes better in a way that will dry faster. I think I can do better, and I put myself in a very heavy workload because I tapao everything in a bag and I carry it with me. At the end of the journey, my body tear apart. My arms break, my head spins, my legs hurt, my back breaks into half......I got fever. Sore throat will not go away. Swollen eyes every day.

Most of the times, I would want him to understand me, at least get some things done before I start to open up my mouth and point the fingers, do this and do that. In short, I want him to read my mind. I want him to be able to do things automatically and do it my way.

Today, I realized I have been too much! I gave him too much pressure... I gave him too much orders... I expected too much from him .... I've been squeezing him a lot, and yet he still stay soaked... soaked with love. I couldn't have asked for more..... a guy that has been squeezed dry all these while, but still remained soaked. It's all for the sake of his wife and baby.

I couldn't have asked for more ..... 

He's such a patience guy that I've ever known..... even when he reaches his limit, he never explodes but he has the control.

He's a guy that holds the mop, vacuum cleaner , dirty cloth and wipe away the dust...

He's a guy that steps into the kitchen and can cook really well....

He runs to the room when our baby cries.... and sometimes nearly slip his foot

Hurdles through the city jam and never fail to drop me at work and fetch me home. Even when sometimes he's busy at work, he will be fetching me to work and attending conf call at the same time.

He knows what to do when he sees that you are so tired..... he settles the unfinished house chores!

He's a guy that gets you what you want... you ask for a glass of water and he runs to get it. 

and I thank God for such a man! I'm weak and yet he is strong! That's what marriage for .... I've been too busy like a commander that I forgot about God. I try to change him my way instead of letting God to do His part. God created him and not me ... And who am I trying to change the original mould? What rights do I have to transform him to another person? Today, I surrender! I let God to intervene. Even at times the day is not shinning, but I give praise. I give thanks. And I let Him to do the restoration, overwriting from sadness to JOY. That we will dance in His glory, in His grace and in His blessedness... and we will be who we are that God created us to be! No one changes us, except God!

 
Love you!

20 Weeks Old

We had our 4 mths checkup at SDMC again on 11 Feb and due for the last pneumococcal & triple antigen vaccine. Her doc would always say "She's due for the next cucuk!" She kinda of knew it, thus.. look at her face. Anyway baby, you still have the last dose of Hep B vaccine nxt mth and that will be the last until you are 1 YO. Hoorrayyy.......... you're doing really great by just crying seconds, not minutes. All in all, you are our strong courageous Sweetie!

Date : 15 February 2012

How far along : 20 weeks

Weight : 6.5kg at 20 weeks checkup


Height : 64cm at 20 weeks checkup. When we were first called up to measure the weight and then height, the nurse took her measurement and went back to the desk to record in her development book. Later on, we heard A's name being called again and we were told to measure the height again. I knew something amiss and I asked the nurse why. She told us the measurement was the same as last month. Well, she tried to adjust a little, and she got 1cm difference. So... this lil baby grew 1cm in 1 month. It's normal according to the doc. Nothing to hype about since she's already quite tall.


Sleep : Not much changes on her sleeping pattern. She did really well and showing as if she was already a big baby that can fall asleep on her own. However, how long can this last? Check out my next post, 21 weeks, coming soon. 

Food : We checked with her doc how early we could start her on solid since some of my friends already started their 5mths bubs on puree. Answer : 6 mths. Lol, we knew that could be the answer and yet we try to hit the jackpot. Haaha!

Best moment this week :  We bought some toys with bell for her and she kinda of love it. But she gets pretty frustrated when the toy couldn't meet her demand and couldn't transform into the way that she wants it to be and when the toy couldn't fit it ALL in her petite mouth. So.... end up, she got really frustrated and she SCREAMED and bang her mouth with the toy. When we tried to remove the toy from her, she grabbed it even tighter, and we tried to move her fingers around or distract her, but none of it could work because she will end up crying loud. Yes, it's a pretty loud cry. Finally, we decided to just hide the toys away. We will try to get it on a video so that she could have fun looking at all her funny deeds when she's older... =D

My honeymoon ended in a glimpse of an eye....

It is finally announced that I have lost my privilege of working permanently on early shift. All back to the same old days, rotation of 7am-4.30pm and 8.30am-6pm work. Begging against the golden rule and willing to work extra hours if needed, but receive a disappointed answer. Maybe wu lang bo song kua, kuang wa ti ti zhou zha. So yi ma zhap zhap liam lo. Now, with baby Ashlynn around, the 8.30am work is really a not good shift.

10 reasons why I REALLY dislike 8.30am shift :

1) I have to wake up early but go back late. If you know the road condition at Jalan Ampang/Jalan Tun Razak after 7.30am, you will sigh and fuss along the way. So, to avoid the hassle bussle city jam, we usually leave home at 6.45am to drop Ashlynn at babysitter and then off to work, to avoid the crazy jam. If we leave home late, we will spend more petrol and time on the road, and makes no difference by leaving early or late. To leave home at 6.45am, I have to wake up as early as 5.30am latest to pump and prepare myself for work. So, my working look now is horrible, I seriously look like old aunty with my hair tied up, simple office wear, shirt and pants... all because I'm tired; I wake up early to pump and not to make up and with the only 10 mins left for me to quickly change before we head to work. Work ends at 6pm, 20mins walk to KLCC lrt, 20-30mins from KLCC to Sri Rampai including waiting time, 10-15 mins from train station to home by taxi. Finally, reach home at 7+pm. @.@

2) I have lesser sleep and rest... by the time I got home at 7+pm, I'm already super exhausted, I bath, have dinner (sometimes have to cook dinner), settle house works, pump, pray, get Ashlynn ready for bed and settle everything, it's already 12am. If unlucky, 1am. Sometimes in the middle of night, some small noise from Ashlynn will wake me up and I will have a peek on her.

3) I have so much lesser time with Ashlynn..... the timetable above explains it all! =(

4) If I'm unlucky and Justin got escalation in the morning, I have to send Ashlynn to babysitter -> Drive home to park back the car -> take taxi to LRT -> Sri Rampai to KLCC -> walk to office. 8.30am -6pm I WILL not drive, especially with the crazy jam and sometimes crazy unreasonable drivers and with me being scary cat only keep driving in one lane and don't dare to zig zag on the road. I was trapped in the crazy Jalan Ampang jam once for 2 hours due to rain. Conclusion, better take lrt if LRT does not have any technical issue. So, keep my fingers crossed, escalations only come in after we both reach office!

5) My fuses are extra short on this shift!

6) I look like zombie at work, and yawn most of the time and the head is heavy. Eyes can barely open, watery eyes. =.=

7) I have to walk to LRT with the pump, cooler bag, umbrella, etc..... it's not light. And keep the fingers crossed again, no RAIN!

8) No life... wake up early, reach home late, settle house works, then sleep...

9) Cannot fetch Ashlynn back from babysitter's house.

Lastly, I seriously hate the jam of the late shift, I hate to walk to the train station and also I hate it when I have lesser time with my family! I don't like! But I got no choice! 3 more years before my car loan ends and I have a lot of plans in mind what to do 3 years later. My honeymoon of going back early from work ended just like that, what a drastic change and I need to readjust to a new routine again, especially the lil one. The poor baby has to follow the unexpected schedule of her parents... And the lil girl can only see her momma after 7pm.... And the poor momma got a lesser time spend with the hub and baby.... Thus, the momma is very demotivated! The momma got no more enthusiasm for work! Can someone kindhearted offer this poor momma a work from home job? Can some good samaritan encourage and boost up the spirit of excellence in this sad momma?

19 Weeks Old

Date : 08 February 2012


How far along : 19 weeks

Weight : 5.8kg at 14 weeks checkup

Height : 63cm at 14 weeks checkup

Sleep : This sweetie has a new sleeping pattern. Usually she used to act in a crying-drama everytime she wants to nap but recently, she is a sweetie to us. She didn't cry before sleep, she didn't fuss, she's not cranky and she's so good! She fall asleep on her own! Thank you God! That's my girl ....... way to go baby! That's about her morning/afternoon nap.

When it comes to sleeping time at night, after her last feed, cleaned her, put her on her baby cot, and when it comes to the off lights moment, she started screaming. She hated the off-lights-moment when she's not sleepy and she still want some playtime. Looks like she's controlling us ehh? "I'm not sleepy and don't off the lights!" This cutie pie... how can we resist the pity look and scream? Off we go and switch on the lights and she continue with her playtime and few minutes later, she fall asleep on her own again, without us doing any effort! Not a single cry, not a single fuss, no pacifier, no white noise... nothing!

And here's another new sleeping routine tat we must do. She doesn't like her baby cot now, but she wants our king-size bed. She's sleepy and whenever we put her in her baby cot, she screams and struggles. We thought it is the hot weather that caused her to fuss, but even with the aircond on, she still screams and struggles everytime we place her in her baby cot. We decided to move her to our bed instead and......... the moment you carry her up, she gives you a hearty smile (tis lil baby, really knows how to play trick on us) and I put her on our bed. 1-2 minutes later, her eyes getting smaller and she fall asleep later on. So, what do you say with this? After she fall asleep on our bed, we will move her back to her baby cot. Hehe... sorry baby. Everytime when I think of all the cute funny things that she wants us to do, it makes me smile and miss her even more (especially when I'm at work). Despite all these, we love her more than words can say. She's always a cutie pie to us!

Food : 1.5 more months to go and I just can't wait to get her start on solid food! I've already thinking of what to buy and what to cook! Till then, it's still EBM for her.... =)

Best moment this week : She will be going for her 4 mths checkup this Sat (9 Feb) and we just can't wait for the good news on her weight, height and head circumference. The very best moment of this week is she fall asleep on her own without crying! Felt so relieved with this achievement in her because my heart ache every time she cries... Thank you Lord for answering our prayers!

17 Weeks Old

Date : 25 January 2012


How far along : 17 weeks

Weight : 5.8kg at 14 weeks checkup

Height : 63cm at 14 weeks checkup

Sleep : It was CNY week and baby was feeling the hype and she was excited, filled with energy and filled with enthusiasm what it is all about. Thus, her longest nap was 30 Minutes ONLY! Hoooyahh..... should I be happy or not happy? She joined in the crowd of preparing cookies, bombing of fireworks in the air, packing the red packets, packing clothes and etc. I had a quite hard time to put her to sleep because we traveled to three different destinations in one week and I think she was confused with the surroundings. Too many hands carried her and she was being pampered by aunties, grandmas, everyone! Everyone loves herr..... =)) We were quite afraid that she might not be able to sleep on the CNY eve because of the fireworks, we both said a word of prayer and Thank God, she was not awaken by any of the fireworks! Even I myself nearly got heart attack by one of those terrible bombs, but she was soundly asleep, not being disturbed by any single one!

Food : Ah Chor (my grandma) carried and tried to feed her milk, but she rejected.. She not used to the different people and sudden changed of environment and she fussed! So, daddy has to step in and takeover the feeding job..... This means she hit another milestone, she can recognize voices and smell! Gheeezzz............. =D

Best moment this week : Angpows!!!! Plenty!!! Abundant!!! And those that I received (yes, I'm married and I'm still eligible to collect angpow, kekeke) all goes to her piggie banking. She's one blessed child! Love you! It's for your University fund yea baby...

16 Weeks Old

Date : 18 January 2012


How far along : 16 weeks

Weight : 5.8kg at 14 weeks checkup

Height : 63cm at 14 weeks checkup

Sleep : She has been good in the morning and afternoon nap, but in the late evening nap, she needs to perform some drama before she could fall asleep. So, most of the time we failed to put her to sleep in the late evening nap, which drags her awake up to the last feed that her eyes could take it, which is about 9pm max...

Food : Doing pretty well and she loves MILK! =D 2 more months to go and we shall start on solid. It's gonna be so much of fun!

Best moment this week : ROLL! We were all so excited with her new skill, which is roll over from tummy to back! She did it successfully few times on her own, without any help when she positioned herself nicely on the tummy and then roll. Sometimes her legs got stuck, but sometimes she made it! Awww, our sweetie! The very first time we saw her roll over was on CNY eve (22 Jan 2012)..... ain't it a precious priceless moment to see how your baby grows day by day? She will definitely surprise you with her new new skills everyday! And yeah, lately her scream no longer sound like a cute baby scream, but it sounded more like a DON'T-YOU-EVER-DARE-TO-MESS-WITH-ME scream. Haha......... Anyway, she's always a sweetie to us! *kiss*