What's Alan doing during all these time?

When you read the blogs, because it's mainly written by me, you'll probably find more news about me. So, I'm going to create one for Alan just because i think he's been doing a great job in the background being my water-boy, laptop setup tech, patient listener in my breastfeeding class and of course the proud dad of our baby.

Two weeks ago, he even attended Daddy Boot Camp just to make sure he can be better prepared. Now, at least one of us knows how to change diapers(it's not me)!!!

While he was dissapointed that our baby hasn't arrived this past weekend(he put Oct 20th in the baby arrival pool), he soon got over it and went shopping with me(again) at Babies R US and bought his first toy for his son. Here's a picture of it :

In Alan's words : "It's cute!"

In the meantime, he is keeping fit by running nearly everyday and playing badminton at least twice a week.

Belly Pics at week 39

11 days and counting down fast. But apparently i can't be impatient until i'm past my due date... and i don't think the pictures do my belly justice. I should get one when it's all lopsided next. It's actually quite funny.

Week 39 - Final stretch... literally

Well, it's been another uneventful week in the baby delivering scenario although my doctor was hinting rather strongly it was super imminent *wink wink* like sorta thing. I even went for eggplant parmagiana to encourage it because it's "supposed" to help. So, I think that's another myth down the drain.

Anyways, i've been getting lots of questions like "are you having your baby now", "did you have your baby yet" etc. So let's get this straight. I doubt I'll be calling ANYONE when i'm in labor or the next few days after that, no matter how good a friend you are to me.

But here's a few signs to look for:
1) you call my cell and it goes straight to voice mail
2) you get email from Alan either announcing a birth or labor progress
3) you come to my blog and find pictures of some baby that you've never seen before!!!

Visitors and 4th Harvest Party

This weekend, one of my best friends Terry and his wife came over to visit from San Diego. It was lovely to see them after so long and they had a good time laughing at my huge belly. Carine is a wonderful cook and they made me some yummy Malaysian food throughout the weekend. It's not often i give up my kitchen, but this was one of the rare moments. Man, i was in food heaven.

While they were here, I also had my annual Harvest Party. However, due to my constant need to use the bathroom at this stage, i opted to stay home and finish up cooking while the others go have fun at Anderson Farms. After a few hours of roaming in the corn maze and pumpkin patch, the gang came back to the house for some food and drinks before getting on with the pumpkin carving competition part of the night.

With tarp laid on the kitchen floor and furniture pushed aside, the group went to work. Pumpkin carving virgins were given a few helpful tips while the pros went off to create their time consuming designs. Anyways, here are some of the designs from this year and a picture of the group. For more pictures, visit http://www.siewgin.com/

Sabrina won the Pumpkin Carving competition with her intricate Cat design and Terry came in a close second with his house design.

The group then sang Karaoke into the night before threatening to play Taboo at 11:30 pm, which by then i was ready to pass out of exhaustion.

As always, i had fun during my annual Harvest Party and hope that the rest of the group did too. Till next year...

3 cm dilated? What does it really mean?

So, on last Friday which is nearly a week ago, i went in for a doctor's appointment and got the verdict that i was already 3 cm dilated. The doctor looked a little impressed while i stared at her and said "What do you mean? I can't go into labor. I have a Harvest Party to hold tomorrow!"

She then said, "Well, nothing to get too excited about, coz you could stay this way for 2 weeks"

Anyways, maybe she's right. It's nearly a week and other than extreme paranoia on my part and Alan's frequent calling me at work asking how my contractions are coming along, nothing really has happened.

So, what does it really mean? Apparently not very much..... now i've probably jinxed myself and go into labor tonight!! *gulp*

Pro-shoot belly pics

After 3 weeks of anticipation and very patient on my part, we finally got the proofs to our professional photoshoot. Woo hoo!! After going thru about 285 pictures, I decided that we did like the pictures. Here's a small sample of it:

Preggo Pics from Veronica

Ooh, on Friday, Alan called me up and informed me that my friend Veronica, despite her very imminent due date, had sent us the pictures we took about 3 weeks ago. I was estatic! If you didn't read my previous blogs, Veronica and I went up to Chautauqua to get some of belly pictures taken by her husband(Adam). I thought it turned out quite nice.

Here are some more samples:

Warning : Scary images of belly button. May not be suitable for the faint-hearted.