171112 Baby Dedication

Today is Izzie’s baby dedication. Pastor Aries, Pastor Yong and Pastor Audrey prayed for the miracle baby, Isabel. Soo Chee and I were so touched by them. When Pastor Audrey prayed, tears welled up my eyes because I could sense a strong anointing. Pastor Audrey had been my zone pastor for many years before I went over to TV1. She told us to believe in Izzie’s total healing just as she believes in total healing for Tyler. Pastor Audrey touched me in a special way…a gentle touch…a soft answer…a loving gaze…a genuine reach out…

“Isabel will be a great child and a testimony for God” ~ Pastor Audrey

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I am thankful to God for bringing healthy growth to Izzie and for His forever goodness in our lives. I am thankful for family & friends who pray with us and encourage us to always hang on to the promises of God.

Playtime

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I had a little playtime with Izzie on Thursday afternoon. Izzie likes the movements and sounds of the rattle and she is intrigued by her own reflection. Her attention span is slightly longer now and she kept tracking the movements of the rattle. Yay!

Delightful squeaks

Tonight after a feed, Izzie cried. I went to her and carried her to calm her down. Then she gave me 3 delightful smiles cum squeaks! Haha right there and then, everything felt okay although there was a turmoil of emotions inside me for a while now. I hope that was Izzie’s attempt at expressing herself in the presence of her mommy. 🙂 How sweet!

I was reminded to be thankful this morning for Izzie’s growth for the past 3 months. Only God could bring forth growth.

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Izzie likes to be in a sitting position now. Heh she could only stay in this position by herself for max 2 sec before falling left or falling right.

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How sweet the sleep

Long weekend

We have a long weekend because Deepavali falls on Tuesday. I am grateful for some family moments and I got to spend some good time with a good friend.

My parents came over on Sunday to see Izzie. I think this is such a beautiful picture of my dad with Izzie. My dad has never enjoyed taking photos and he seldom smiles for the camera. I really like this candid photo that I took of him and Izzie.

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Dinner at Fish and Co on Sunday

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Lunch at Tea Cosy with Wendy on Monday
I was so upset with myself for forgetting to take a photo with Wendy. I really enjoyed myself fellowshipping with Wendy and I especially like the sofa there coz Izzie gets to lie on it comfortably. 🙂 Of cos, I so satisfied my craving of baked mushrooms and smoked salmon toasties.

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Lunch at Toby’s on Tuesday
Quite a tasty and affordable lunch!

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We ended the day by going to my parents’ for dinner. Yay!! So grateful for the chance to spend quality time with loved ones. Looking forward to more of such precious moments.

Ending my post here with two faves for today.
I still love my bub bub despite the mess she makes. Hehehe…

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Finding my bearing…

When I was single, I think that being attached would take up a lot of my personal time but I was very willing to share my time with someone whom I think could potentially be my husband.

When I was attached, I enjoyed the courtship process a lot. I think it could be financially challenging to hold a wedding and own a house.

When I got married and owned a house, I think household chores take up a lot of a married couple’s time. Off days on Monday were spent cleaning up the house. I cannot imagine how I could cope when I have children.

When I have a baby, the household chores and things to do for a baby become so much that I have to set priorities of which tasks are more urgent to do and do them first. I cannot imagine how I could cope when I have another child.

First times with Izzie:

On Friday, Soo Chee took half day off. He went for a haircut while I took Izzie bub on a shopping trip. It was the first time I carried her on ergo baby and still had to push her stroller (with baby bag) around. I conquered Tampines Mall and Century Square in an hour and Soo Chee was still not done. Then I went to The Box and came out with two new tops for myself. Hehe so proud of myself. Indeed I am not ‘paralyzed’ even when I have Izzie around. She was happily sleeping in ergo baby.

Today Soo Chee had to work a whole day. I did the morning chores and then changed Izzie’s diaper and fed her when she woke up. Then I brought her to the market to buy my breakfast and lunch. Yay another alone time with Izzie and a success. Hooray to new mommy, me. After my breakfast, I bathed Izzie and washed her clothes. 🙂 It is a beautiful day!

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1 Nov: Back to work

I went back to work today. I already started missing Izzie since yesterday. It was a heavy little morning apart from Izzie. I had enjoyed spending time with Izzie all these while.

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Izzie: Mommy, please don’t go back to work

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Izzie turns 3 months today. Oh look at how she has grown!

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Angel Jus delivered toffee nut latte to my house yesterday, the last day of my maternity

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Today, Jus gave me a self made welcome lunch. I felt so loved and so blessed to have a friend like her.

When I came home from work, the grandmas who took care of Izzie told me that Izzie did not nap all day. The most she napped was for 10 mins. My mom said Izzie was waiting for me to come home. How sweet. Haha I chose to believe. When I carried Izzie in my arms, she fell asleep shortly.

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I miss Izzie. Oh God, make my heart strong.

Sleeping on stomach

Izzie slept through the night for two weeks and then for the entire week last week, she kept wanting night feeds all over again. It became very tiring for Soo Chee and me because we got used to sleeping through the night. Haha. God, give us grace.

Izzie couldn’t sleep well because she startled herself awake a lot of times so we tried to let her sleep on her stomach with supervision. She slept for 5 continuous hours yesterday afternoon and did not drink milk for almost 7 hours. Amazing. It seems like sleeping on her stomach gives her security…

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I, me and myself (plus Izzie)

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.

Delighted Debbie

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.

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One more 🙂

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