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[/caption] I handled yesterday very poorly—literally crying over spilt milk, ruining dinner by messing up the pastry crust for the leek and bacon pie I planned to make, and flying into a rage the moment one of the kids…  

I was going to blog on Tuesday—exactly a week after my mom passed away—about how things were different, my emotions, how much I missed her, and how my family was coping. Then my servant decided it would be a good time to run…  

We have baby number 3 on the way. My family knows. Mom knew. At yesterday’s checkup the doctor reckons that baby is due on Labour Day next year (1st May 2010), and he/she is around 8 weeks old now. I guess this explains…  

Baby 2 at 14 weeks and 3 days, now about 8cm long, estimated due date 11th July 2008. I thought I felt the tiniest fidget 2 nights ago… That was nice. Boy or girl?  

Just got back from Pantai Medical Centre after admitting Michelle into the delivery ward. Her contractions started this morning at about 3am and cervix is now dilated to about 4cm. Contractions has tapered off and slowed down when I left, which is…  

Brandon’s cot which we bought 2 weekends ago for RM599 at a little shop in DJ. Quinny Zapp frame (RM1,199)…  

Stepping onto the bathroom scale just now, I saw that I’d finally touched the magic number… 70 kilos! Suddenly shedding all that extra weight doesn’t seem quite as easy as I previously thought.  

The beginning of many more, I reckon. Han very ingeniously propped me up in bed with a sofa cushion, my normal pillow and another small one. It made my sleeping posture a lot easier to bear with. These days I’m not meant…  

We attended our first antenatal class yesterday afternoon at Pantai Medical Centre. No prizes for guessing what the topic was. The speaker was a wonderfully candid and down to earth staff midwife, Sister Elizabeth. She’s the one whom all of…  

My mom came by my office about an hour ago to deliver a thermos full of home-cooked pork and oyster porridge with pumpkin. And muffins. And a bunch of grapes. Both baby and I are enjoying the food immensely. How not to, when…