Busy but fun weekend!

This weekend was a fairly busy one for us! We had some friends up for a visit. It surely was an insight to how it could be when the little one is here.....Our friends have 2 lovely boys aged 3+ and 1+..... Miks was all over them and wanted to do just about everything for them! Which at some point does get quite scary.....since she is not that big herself...she tries to lift the little one to heights that she herself has difficulties in!!!

Our friends arrived on Thursday nite and Miks was so excited, she did not want to sleep...but she had no choice as Friday was a school day for her.....so she only managed to see them brieflyon Friday morning before heading out to school....after school, all she could talk about was when the boys were going to be home!!! And when they did arrive home, all she would do was play with them and did nothing much of her own! Then on Saturday, Aberdeen had an Open Day whereby we could go and visit some sights in town for free and also places in town otherwise not open to the general public. So we decided to visit the Fire Station. It was a big hit amongst us.....All of us enjoyed looking at the fire trucks up close and personal....some of us managed to climb in to pretend to drive one as well. Miks also managed to slide down a fireman's pole with some help. Although she did it only halfway! Mike did a try but not too successful, in my opinion anyways!!! Then Sunday was church. We then met up again with our friends for lunch at Woodbank and thereafter headed to the playground there for about an hour+... then it was time for our friends to head back down south:( ...so we said our goodbyes and see ya laters..... and headed home ourselves!

It was in all a fun and tiring weekend!!!

Being pregnant!

Well, am now offcially very very pregnant!!! Am now 34 weeks heading to 35 weeks....it has been exciting times for us all! Just back tracking a few weeks of this pregnancy..... we came back from M'sian vacation when we were already 28weeks excpecting! Wow! time has flown by!!! This baby has been great!! Behaves really well and gives mommy no reason to complain about being pregnant! I have had none or very little problems! This little one allows me to sleep well at night and does not keep me awake! I say to the little one before i go to bed at night good nite and that's it, we both settle into comfortable positions and we are both asleep for most of the night until i got to get up for a pee! Which is not bad considering i fall back asleep right after!

This bump has been growing great and slightly different from when i had my daughter before! I am what they say carrying all the way out front and have not gained much weight anywhere else! Whereas with my daughter before, i gained weight all over but also carried out front and fairly low! So lots of ppl have looked at my bump and asked, Girl or Boy? Do you know? I get lots of comments for it being a boy and a few of it being a girl! One good thing is that Miks does not mind what we get, as long as the baby is healthy and mommy is healthy too! So i have turned around and said to these ppl who are busy guessing, i am taking bets! if anyone is interested! Since for me its a win-win situation!!!

Anyways, a few weeks ago i bought this little one's car seat. We had been thinking of using Miks' old one but because of the design of the seat in my car, it was not so practical so we bought a smaller one that is specifically for infants only and not a combi one! So the combi one will be kept and put away until this little one is old enough for it! The stroller/buggy is not yet bought but i have a reason for that.... as i wont be able to do much for about a month after the little one is here, i will be placing my order for that during that time!!! At least i wont be so bored at home!!!

We have a crib/cotbed all set up! that is a hand me down from Miks....so no need for a new one! What is nice is the fact that i have not have had to get too much new stuff! Most of the big items we still have from when Miks was a baby! And Miks is more than glad to share her stuff with the baby! We even swapped Miks dresser out for the baby!!! She has not complained!! All she wants now is to have the baby in her room when it is old enough and sleeps through....but i have said to her, that is probably not going to be! But she certainly will get loads of opportunities to care for the baby!

Still here! Update on vacation!

Hello!! Wow! Looking back i had realised that i have not been on here for ages now!!!

Well, have been keeping really well! We had a great trip back home but then again at the end i was ready to come home! I was wishing for my bed! And of course it does not help that i have been busy growing a baby and expanding my bump! Things were just getting that tad bit uncomfortable at some points!

However, here is a rundown of our break back home!

We left Aberdeen quite eventfully! This was coz we had to evacuate the airport about 5 mins before we were supposed to board our flight for bound for London...there was a fire alarm that went off..... humff.....as if that was not enough, they made us wait outside the back of the terminal building and then made us get in line to get back back into the departure hall...the line was massive!!!! People were trying to cut the queue everywhere possible! Not fun!!! But anyhows, we all made it back to the departure hall in good time and the second time we went through security was funny, Miks had gone through it the 1st time uneventfully ie: no beeping of sensors...so she thought she'd be fine the 2nd time, but, she was not that successful that time coz she set off the sensors and had to be searched!!! Imagine the sight of an 8yr old getting searched / body checked by security at the airport! Shame as i did not managed to get a picture of it!!! Rather a funny sight!!! The look on her face was priceless!!! Anyways, all was well in the end! We managed to get on our plane in good time for our transit time in Heathrow! Gosh! Heathrow was another story! There were so many people about that airport, it is easy to lose each other from sight if we are not careful especially when Miks likes to wander about around! But anyways, we managed to get some dinner there before boarding our flight bound for Singapore! It was Miks 1st try at sushi and did she like it? Yup she did!!!

This was her enjoying little bowls of sushi and a bowl of udon noodles!

After that we did some walking around in the airport but i found it hard to maneuver around so many people. So what i did was to have Miks follow her daddy and i went into the duty free shops to have a look at stuff to buy. I ended up buying 2 bots of perfume for gifts. At least it was a successful shop! Soon after it was time for us to go to the departure hall where we were again met with loads of people! And all this ppl were also going to get on the A380 bound for S'pore! All the excitement!!

! Unfortunately i did not manage to take any pix

prior to boarding...was just too tired at that point!!! Flight was great to say the least for a 24 week pregnant woman! Was not too uncomfortable....and was able to walk around a fair bit!! Food on the flight was alright as well! Arriving in Changi was pretty fun! Only thing was we did not have enough time to browse around at the airport due to tight connection time! Finally we arrived in KL at about 9pm that evening. The first thing we all wanted to do was eat!! And the thing we had wanted to eat most was roti canai! And that we did! The moment we arrived a

t mom's place, we went to the 24 hr mamak shop that had roti canai! That was yummy!!!

This picture was take a day or two after arrival in KL. Also, whilst we were there, we had an opportunity to meet up with Pas. lynda and family. too bad Pas. Daniel was out of town. but he was really really kind coz he knew i liked durians, he called all the way from Cameron highlands to someone and had durians delivered to their home so we can enjoy them after dinner! The durians i have to say were absolutely delicious!!!!

Jet lag never seem to have left us, i think it stayed with us almost all throughout our break! So none of us was sleeping early or waking up early! It was always a late nite with late mornings!!!

After a few days of resting we headed for Mike's home! When we arrived in Sibu, the thing we had wanted to eat there was the local kampua noodles! (again forgot pictures, just too hungry to eat it right away!) That was again of course delicious!!!

Was there for a couple of weeks, then we went on and drove to Miri. Miks will say at this point, this is where she was born. At least that is what she can be proud of!!! Hardly lived there much! This trip was an eye opener to Miri coz having not lived there for a good few years, much has changed! They now have a flyover albeit a really short one!! Traffic congestion in Miri has not gotten better but in fact has gotten worse! However, Miri was an eventful trip as well. We managed to meet up with some friends whom we have not seen for a couple of years! And then on top of that the car/taxi (brother in law's taxi) got into an accident! Well, he got hit by a mercedes i hear them say....i was not there at the scene! That was not fun!!! But what was kinda alright was that we got to stay another night in Miri! So got a chance to meet up more people! Then it was back to Sibu for us and thereafter back to KL for a few more days. In the last few days we spent in Malaysia, Mike got sick! We all got quite worried as with the swine flu still rampant, we decided that since he was not getting any better, we would go and see a doctor! So we did and thankfully, it was not the dreaded flu but an upper respiratory infection! So meds did its job. But this was a downer for Mike as he was not able to enjoy all the good food around in KL.....too bad for him! But for me, i still enjoyed all of my eatings!!! YUMMY!!! Thinking about it makes me hungry!!

Then it was time for us to return to Aberdeen! Our return trip was pretty good with all things considered, we had a great trip home!!!