@ 16 weeks

Tomorrow is the present

On some days, I get up thinking "What have I done to deserve all these in my life"

I am not kidding.

We are still on the hunt for a new place.
We are still short of cash, as always.
I haven't bought my Mulberry.
I am still living away from my beloved family.
Airasia actually stops flying direct to Singapore this May and I am left with an expensive choice, i.e. Singapore very own boutique airline.

The list is non-exhaustive.

Still, I am full of contentment and I welcome each new day with wide opened arms. As tomorrow will be a better day.

He is the boss

And we are his human pillow

Sunday feast

For dinner this evening, we had Japanese curry rice with miso soup and P's homemade green tea ice-cream for dessert.

Both looked unflattering in the photos with the ice-cream in a weird shade of green but they were both good. P has found his master cook book for homemade ice-cream.

Our trip to Lampang

Took a 2.5 hours ride to a neighboring province for a close to nature experience at the National Park on Saturday. In the end, I survived a mega stomach churning ride after stopping over for a relief (i.e. vomiting my brekkie) and got turned away from the Park because DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED. Unbelievable Thailand. And so, instead of leaving our buddy who was with us on his first road trip at a shabby looking cage at the guards' temporary care, we took an unanimous decision and left. 5 hours spent on the road with 3 short stop-overs: one for puking, one for lunching at the back of our car in this community park and one at a local garden to walk the dog.

And here are some photos of Buddy taking over the wheel and P looking happy before getting turned away

On our way up north!

The worst inconvenience travelling pregnant is not the bump but the improper functioning of your digestive system.

Fiber doesn't do it's magic to a mum-to-be.

And here we are stopping on the way to Chiang Rai

Officially into the second trimester

I will be entering my second trimester tomorrow, meaning that more physically changes are expected. For the past few months, I have been keeping my fingers crossed as I reminded myself the high chances of miscarriage in early pregnancy. Not saying that I am safe now and can go sky diving, it is nevertheless a huge consolation that I have made it past the first milestone. I am not sure if all mums to be feel the same, but there I am constantly experiencing a morbid fear of losing Mini Us. And so, I have been extra careful and so has P in making sure I am at comfort.

I have half doubt if P has the patience for kids as he has never been a kid person and been over passionate about them, and I am pleasantly surprised by the extra efforts he put in to make sure that I am having the right food (i.e. giving constant reminders that I should avoid caffeine, MSG etc.), that I am well fed (i.e. offering to grab me food at night) and that I have good rest. I am getting more attention from him than ever in the 7 years we had spent together.

This is good.

Week 12

Dear Mini Us

At 5.4cm and with hands and legs well developed, Papa and Mama were amazed to see how much you've grown in the past 4 weeks. We were amused to see so much movements as you flipped and tossed. Dr Cathreeya said your hands moved like you were waving, trying to give us a big hello. Papa and Mama are so glad you are growing up healthily. Mama is waiting for the first flutter.

See you again in 4 weeks.

Yours truly,
Mama

P.S. It's starting to feel real