Alexis sick baby

We stayed home today .. Poor baby is still sick .. She eats well, she sleeps like a pig but no energy to jump or cry ...



New toy from Karen .. Dora's keyboard ..



Present from Mum.. I bought it on my birthday for her.. She loves it :)


She was so hungry tonight.. Ate all @.@

Carmen :)

My 31st birthday

Happy birthday to ME!! Honestly after having Alexis, all the "used to be" very special days become totally forgettable... I only remember how old is Alexis , when she needs to go to doctor, what food we need to prepare for tomorrow etc...

Since Christmas ... Our life have changed .. Everything becomes "the first time" .. Even going to Gold Coast !! Everything seems special with Alexis :)

As turning 31 (half way of my life??)... I realize I am a very lucky girl ... I found the person that I love and he loves me too. We have our own family now with little Alexis.. Hopefully we will have more in the future ... :)
Both our parents love and care about us, we have great brothers and sisters (Adrian, Gabriel and Karen) ... My dream was always becoming a policewoman which I now work in the police force even I am not what I want to be .. I have been able to visit some of the great places around the world .. Especially visiting UK and watched Man Utd...

I am grateful I have lots of caring friends around me, supports me always. I do miss HK, especially my family and best friends ... Hopefully I can see them very soon ..

Anyways I am very happy with my current life .. Even I am getting less and less sleep and I don't really have my personally time as Alexis is like a 24/7 koala to me :) but I cherish every single moment with her.. Seeing her growing day by day makes Simon and I love her more and more .... Also Simon has been 150% supportive as I have been really "crazy" after Alexis' born and thanks for being understanding and I love u always :)



Babies are Angels when they are asleep :p

Carmen :)

Final countdown...

Aaaarggghhhhh......less than 1 week to go... Simon and I are both excited... But I am the nervous one of course.. His daily sentence to me is "is the BB coming out now ???" then I will reply ... "not yet!!" >_<"

A bit of summary after I started my maternity leave...
Had a nice and funny dinner with Zvina, Andy, Val, Kitty and Eunice...thanks for the presents :)


The bottom two photos are proudly handmade by me2design.. My colleague at work deliberately made it for BB and me.. Soooo gorgeous .. Thanks Heidi :)

On the 5th Dec, sister in law Karen organized a wonderful baby shower for me... Usually I am the organizing stuff but being the mother to be.. I am so lucky to do "nothing" and enjoy the yummy high tea with my dear friends.. and of course I have to say Thank you for all the presents for BB.... Photos are posted on FB...



More presents for BB.... Left hand corner is all the way from UK.. My dearest Mao Darn... I wish I was able to go back HK and spend more quality time with her and Man... The right hand corner is from Jenny and Tony... Jenny was back in Brissy for 1 week.. Had a lovely home style Korean BBQ... Left bottom corner is from lovely Florence and Leo ...花膠....very precious present after birth.. And last photos are maternity clothes from Karen... Loved them.. She picked for my maternity shots later...Thanks everyone :)


Just for fun.. asked Simon to take a 360 degree photo shot of how I look... Doctor said I gained approximate 7-8kg throughout the whole pregnancy...which she is very happy about it...


On 7th Dec...mum arrival !!!
Very Delicious and "FULL" meal everyday!!!!


And of course .. The main dish cooked by Mum that I would need to eat after giving birth... "Ginger Vinegar Egg Pork Leg"...one of the Chinese tradition :)


Also.. More presents from HK family and friends... :)


Thank you to 2gor 2so for the special France bib.... Gorgeous baby toys and blanket from Maggie (2nd sister) and different baby feeding sets from auntie Tracy and god brother David, very very soft blanket from auntie Cecilia... Loved them ALL!!!


Shopping at Reject shop one day.. Came across these cutest wall stickers ever (and not expensive)... Had to buy and stick it in the room ... Aren't they gorgeous... Especially the dinosaurs ... Loved it!!!


What else have I been doing???
Drinking steamed milk at coffee shops with 2 mums... Grocery shoppings at Inala...making this year's Christmas cards which I have finally finished sending them off... And admiring both our swollen feet after walking / shopping for the whole day :p left is me, right is Simon's...


Last thing to finish off this blog is my favorite 39 weeks pregnancy shots .. Two words "loved it".. Thanks to Karen ... again.. She actually took one week leave to standby at home this week just in case I need to give birth suddenly ... She is just too adorable :) More photos on FB...




Ok... Time to have a nap.... Simon will inform everyone once the baby pops out !!! Can't wait .. Can't wait...

Carmen :)

Less than a month....

A very good friend Joanne (piggie) fm Singapore visited us ... We had a great time ... Two dinners and one brunch ... We wish we had more time .. She's another happy angel in our lives .. Simon and I really like her a lot.. She makes you laugh and happy all the time , we'll miss ya .. See u soon :) thanks for the pressie :)







Had a very special dinner at Gold Coast Teppanyaki at Benihana to celebrate fathers in law birthday .. Food was yummy and very FULL!!!




All about eating now... Last month I kinda can eat anything... Of course still no sashimi and oysters ... But had really great time hang out with close friends...The Cube Hot Pot and Moo Moo...










Received another Parcel from Mum... Pressie bought from Ping and Dai Gor has arrived ... Sooo happy :)




Again.. Baby is being loved... I had been receiving pressie from work as well .. Thanks Lynn and Claire...






How do I look like now ??!!
Simon is a very good photographer.. I look very Slim!!! Haha not in real life...








How's Simon doing???
He actually injured his knee (old injury) and had skin allergic to it .. Poor him... But he is fine :) seeing physio and acupuncture at the same time...









How does BB going ??
She is healthy ... Doctor is happy with her "performance" ... Just have to wait for her arrival .. She is in good position .. Enough fluid... Good size.. Everything is GOOD!!!! That's why we love you so much ....
Your bed and changing table is ready to go :)





Today is actually my official last day at work ... Mixed feeling .. Gonna be a full time wife and mum to be... Excited n nervous..
Had a lovely lunch with colleagues .. Thanks you all !!!









Actually I think I have more to write ... Will try and update more frequent since I no longer need to work .... But trying to sleep as much as I can before BB arrives....

Carmen :)

Nice weekend..

Thursday nite - Simon had to attend a meeting at the Aust Post Delivery Centre ... Soooo interesting when we went there... Just like Santa is trying to sort presents for the whole world :)



Friday nite- Simon went to watch saw 3D with kitty n felix...even I really wanted to watch... But I can't !! After being with Simon ... I have accompanied him to watch the whole series of SAW.. And now the ending is out ... But I can't see .. How disappointing !! But Simon said it wasn't that good.. So I feel a bit better ...



Sat - went to pramwarehouse and bought two things for BB .. Her bath and change table and an extra mattress for her bassinet...then dinner with Zoe n Jacky.. I wish I can eat the things below soooooonnnnnn......


Sun- finally Sea World .. We had this free tickets since last year December and always wanted to find an opportunity to go... Just happened to be some excuse and we kept on postpone the trip ... Finally .. We are here @ sea world :) possibly would be the last one day trip to Gold Coast before BB born .... Thanks Simon .. We watched all the shows and kinda walked through the whole park .. Very tired :) we both admit we no longer teenagers .... @.@












Carmen :)

Counting down..

Not long to go now... I am now in week 33.. Everyone says my tummy doesn't look like week 33.. Wonder it's a good thing or not ...

Baby has been moving vigorously .. Unbelievable constant moving... I am a bit worried that she might wanna come out early which I am not prepared !!!! At the same time I really like the fact she does move as I know she is active inside ... For record .. I have gained 4kg from week 20 to week 30 ... Not bad not bad :)



@home .. I sleep pretty early now ... Just very tired .. Haven't really packed the "emergency bag" as yet .. I know I know I should.... Just lazy and ignoring the fact that she might really come early... We have picked all the clothes that we need for washing as baby clothes have to wash separately.... Will need to clean up the house as well.. Mum should be arriving on the 11th... Can't wait for cookings :) and thanks for her present for BB :) technically I don't have to buy clothes for BB....


@work... I do feel a bit tired after lunch... Not enough oxygen in the Brain I suppose ... Also I am a bit sad... Why !??? Becoz' after around 10ish working days .. I will begin my ONE year maternity leave ... I know I am crazy but since high school I have been working part time/full time.... I haven't tried "not" working for such a long time... I know taking care of the baby will be even tougher ... But its different.. I just like working environment I suppose ...colleagues have been supportive and nice ... I am gonna miss them for sure..


@life...people kept telling me Christmas coming ... Reminding me when's my baby coming ... Again I try not to think too much... But actually we have been thinking a lot ... Natural or Cs birth... Whether we should buy A pillow for BB or not etc... Lots of ??? floating in our minds and time seems running out ...

I made a change ... Had a hair cut and I am pretty sure this is the shortest haircut I ever had in Brisbane... Love it...
Sister in law is organising a baby shower for me... How nice !!!


Others: Mao Mao's bday celebration ... And we realize during Christmas Mao Mao and Wileen and William is heading back HK.....they will have to visit BB after they come back la :)


Carmen :)

Happy Anniversary 10272010

This year's celebration is special to both of us... Three years ago we decided to get married... This year we are going to be "Parents" !!! What a change !! Time definitely 'flies' but Simon and I are enjoying it day by day :)

Morning time I cooked breaky... Nothing special ... Yummy indeed



Lunch we went to Mount Cootha Summit Restaurant as Sis in law bought these 2 for 1 voucher deal... Thanks Karen .. The food was really good and of course we enjoyed the environment as well :)



Then we went to the Sir Thomas Brisbane planetarium at Mt
Coot-tha...watched the Cosmic Collisions in the skydome :) Simon was way too comfortable and slept during the show + snore ...@.@



Dinner time we went to SouthBank- Nice authentic Jap food and scary Wheel of Brisbane ride.. Not sure if it's becoz of my pregnancy .. I was a bit panic up there... But we both enjoyed our relaxing and romantic day off and that's the most important thing... Many years to come :)






Btw.. Simon wrote his first entry in this blog this year!! So touched and happy ... Love u always :)

Carmen :)