Since the arrival of Izzie, I felt like “I have lost my life”. I could not longer do anything continuous for more than 3 hours without interruption. I couldn’t even watch a whole church service online. Even during “dates” with Soo Chee, we ended up buying baby essential stuff. The very first time I went out by myself without Izzie or hubby was a dinner date with Marina. Then I went for some personal grooming: Facial and hair cut/color. Last Monday, I went out with Joanna to get me some new clothes and a bag!! Yay!! It feels good to finally buy something for myself after many many months. As it was a PH last Friday, we went to Orchard with my MIL and Izzie. I bought CNY clothes for Izzie and a pair of boots for myself. :))) Normalcy is coming back to me.

Today I washed Izzie’s clothes, gro bag and her bed sheet. I vacuumed and mopped the house floor. I washed all the floor mats.

I washed her playpen mattress sheet two days ago. The house window blinds were washed last week. I felt accomplished and I am happy that the house is clean. The recent project, cleaning and tidying the house have helped me “worked” out of my post natal blues. Yes, I have the blues though I thought I would never have it and have never ever mentioned to people other than a few close ones. That itself is another long post. I shall take a break here.

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I am going back to work on 1 Nov. When my maternity and confinement started, I got so bored I couldn’t wait to get OUT or get back to work. I started enjoying my alone time with Izzie at home mid Sept and now that I am going back to work, I think I am so going to miss Izzie.

This is just a little photo I did up today for the little champ.

One more 🙂

I am starting a new project this week and I need the sun’s help. Read on.

One of the little things that distressed me during my confinement was how messy my soft toys were.

It has always been like that. We have tried looking for storage shelves but the dimensions and the space we have did not match. After some discussion with Soo Chee, we decided to engage Joseph Yew to custom-build a display unit for me to put the soft toys nicely.

Measurements were taken and we endorsed the quotation. The unit was finally installed on Monday.

We have sent “Andrew” for a bath 2 weeks ago. On Sunday, we sent our bridal car bears for a bath. We are sending 3 bears (Samson, Koko and my graduation FF bear) to Penang for a bath. Why Penang? Coz my MIL said it is cheaper to dryclean in Penang. As for the rest of the bears, I would be bathing them bit by bit. 🙂

Day 1: Trial with small white bears

Day 2: Orange bears

I am excited about this project of decorating up my soft toys display unit. Cleaning and organizing my favourite things make me a very happy girl. Can’t wait for it to be completed! 🙂

Tonight I went for a walk alone after dinner. It was a good time for me. I talked to God and realized that I miss Him.

Things have been dramatic for me since June this year and there are so many transitions that I face that I didn’t have time to prepare myself. Yet beyond all the things, God has been always there for me and I am grateful that His grace is more than sufficient for me. In every victory let it be said of me my source of strength my source of hope is Christ alone.

I want to know Him more and I want to love Him more. I pray that I will be a better wife, a better mother, a better daughter, a better daughter in law, a better sister and a better friend. Let me decrease and Him increase in my life. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

This is a late post. Soo Chee and I went for a mini date on Tuesday. Ok since being promoted to parents, our dates seem to have include shopping for household and baby stuff. That aside, I am glad we had a little time out to enjoy what I used to enjoy before getting pregnant. Caramel macchiato and blueberry muffin treat is simply lovely!

Finally after 9 months, I could dye my hair again!!

Today I went out to the salon to cut, color and do treatment on my hair. What a treat!

I am still not v pleased with my haircut. I wonder what can I do to my hair? Shall do some research on hairstyles later.

Next: A visit to the dentist
I went for facial on Monday. It was the first time I went out alone since two months ago. What a luxury!