On Holidays

All 3 of us are off to Perth today! It will be Annabel's first flight and first time away from home! The husband is MC to a wedding we are to attend (tomorrow) and we are planning on staying on till the farewells. With the baby. Should be interesting....

See ya when we get back.

Can't wait! Wweeeeee!!

*big wide smile*

Talk about mood swings....

And all in a span of 5 mins. I kid u not....

My baby daughter Annabel

An absence of nearly 7 months makes it hard to fill in the gaps of all the exciting and sometime overwhelming experiences I had the joy of living through past months. One major change in my life is obviously motherhood. A change I believe no one could ever be prepared or be ready for. It is all exhilerating, new and liberating. And also confusing, scary and oh so foreign all at the same time. Even now, I am finding it hard to pen down what I am feeling day by day. It is conflicting, yet enriching. So satisfying, yet overwhelming. All I can say for certain is that I have never felt this blessed.

Truth be told. I did not quite know what to expect. Will it be love at first sight, or will it be, (I later learnt) like so many other first time mums, be a love that grows with time. Annabel is the first person I think of when I wake. The last before I sleep. When she coos and smiles at me, I realise I often tear. I love watching her sleep. I enjoy breathing her in. I had memorized all her cute little not-so-in-sync movements. She has become my angel. My darling. My baby.

Close friends will know that motherhood somewhat terrifies me. I never thought I was maternal. Impatience is perhaps sadly one of my biggest flaw. And the thought of me having to stop or slow my life for this little person dumbfounded me. But looking at her now with her drooling smiles and brilliantly bright eye looks, I never knew why it took us this long. I am absolutely head over heels and couldn't imagine life without my dribbling little wriggling angel.

So there you have it. There really is nothing much to fill in after all. Just silly old me falling in love all over again.

Current lust

Dogstar Origami Jacket

Gimme Gimme Gimme!!

Play Dough Babies

I was doing some much needed house keeping on my laptop when I came across these. I had hosted and been to a few showers but these were the most interesting baby play dough creations I have seen thus far.






























Ok... This is just wrong.....




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The proud offenders.

The then pregnant me

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18th week in

24th
28th
29th

30th

and 36th

Annabel was born on the 40th. But by the 37th week, I was in NO mood whatsoever to take any photos.

M.I.A.

So. It has been 7 months since I last blogged. So much had happened since. All good and wonderful stuff that should have flooded my electronic canvas. I suppose the main reason for the absence is because I had lost the habit. Many a times I had wanted to get back into it but time and the lack of motivation prevented me from doing so.

But, as I said, so much exciting and wonderful stuff has happened since, so today is perhaps a good time to rekindle this little hobby of mine.... simply because..

I have become a mummy!!

About 9 weeks ago we were blessed with a little girl. And we named her Annabel.

Suddenly there are so many stories to tell. So many things to say. So MANY pictures to share!

I was toying with the idea of changing this blog into a complete parental blog. But decided against it as really, besides being a mum, I'll still be me. So this space will continue to house my usual babbers. However now, seasoned with an endless doze of unbearable bubbie cutieness.

And with that, I shall end with just that. My little angel.

Just 2 days old.

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11th day old.

I'm soooOOooOooo in love.