Much needed holiday

Anglesey..here we come!

Body Issue

I lost count on how many times have I purchased a piece of clothing and then have it returned to store shortly after either for a size changed or refund. The common and obvious reasons are 'sorry...its not the right size', 'too small for my bumps' etc...

As much I am so in denial that I am now a lot heavier and much bigger than I used to be I realise I have to wake up to this reality. Hanging on to my old clothes is no good so I have now packed up most of my size 8/10 tops and blouses, petite work trousers and jeans and have made arrangement to hand them over to my two much slender sisters. Which means I now would have to completely overhaul my wardrobe but then again I do not want to stay in this size forever so I guess I will still keep that pair of a size 8 skinny jeans as an incentive to get back to my glorious days.

The total culprit behind all this is me, myself and me again. Having family around really does something to the appetite but this is not an excuse to over eat. The merrier the dining table is, the lesser is the care about how much food you gobble. Since May this year I have been eating like a pig at every opportunity, so go figure…

I have also stopped breastfeeding completely so I guess that has also contributed to my high and alarming rate of weight gaining and waist expanding.

The in-laws will be leaving soon, I will surely miss the home cooked food. But above all, it’s their company that will be missed most….

1st Birthday recall...17th August 2008

It all went all right last Sunday. Tiring but was all worth it. Mya was so happy though she was a bit shy and scared at first not being used to larger crowds but soon after she was all running around and playing with the other kids.

Main menus were Sarawak laksa for adults and fried rice for the kids. Usu made roasted chicken wings as well as some fried hot dogs wrapped with kulit popiah....yummyyy. We also served a special Melanau delicacy ‘Umai’, thanks to my father in-law who was working very hard preparing it. We were a bit apprehensive at first due to its nature (raw fish – just like sushi) but apparently it was the most popular dish that day with almost zero leftover.

The birthday cake was a joint effort. It was a carrot cake which I baked the night before and Ween was in charged of decorating it. It was a success because the cake looked so pretty and it tasted good too. Well I kind of took the short cut by using the ready mixed cake mixture and all I did was whisking it with some eggs, oil and water and then straight into the oven. Then 1 ½ hour later…voila!

The only thing was...I was (and still) gutted because there were no descent photos of Mya….lots were taken but they were all blurry and fuzzy…damned the camera, apparently it was the wrong setting and because I was so busy preparing food and stuff etc I’ve forgotten to check it before hand.

Looking back the past 12 months, it has been an incredible journey for both Mya and me. I am still learning to be the best mommy to my baby and I know there is so much fun and discoveries on the road ahead and I look forward to unraveling them with my gorgeous one…Happy 1st Birthday again my little cup cake…you made mommy so proud...mommy loves you so so much …muaaahhsssss!

Happy 1st Birthday Mya Ku Sayang

Wow....it has been a year. Mommy so so very proud of you Mya!

You are simply my world and my joy. Happy 1st Birthday my darling....muahhhhh!!!

Ps.I wanted to write more but am so bloddy knackered..

My darling...

Shibden Park, Halifax

Copycat

She likes to hold her daddy’s hand phone and put it around her ear pretending to speak to somebody on the other side.

Her usu once callout ‘Aaapak…..!’ and then she said exactly the same word with the right intonation.

Now that she can walk on her own she likes to follow me around the house and babbling gibberish.

She likes to read and when ever she sees her book lying around, she would pick it up, hand it to me and demand me to read it for her. Sometime she pretends to read them out loud.

She now sleeps in between me and her daddy and sometimes in the morning when she first wakes up before anyone else she would give us both a kiss in the hope that it would wake us up. So charming…

When we ask “sai good girl sai?” which means who is the good girl? She would put her hands up and shout ‘ yaa yaaaa…!”...

She is now officially a copycat. She can be so entertaining sometime and it is such a good fun watching her…

Wonderful..annoying

Somebody 'wonderful' sneakily managed to get into my blogspot account and cheekily changed my layout and profile...it is slightly 'annoying' but I guess this is what I have to live with for the rest of my life...*sigh*.

I so love you!

These photos were actually when she was 10 months plus. I just simply like them.

She now has her own dancing move, am hoping to be able to capture it in video soon..