My thoughts...

It is 1.15am now . Been reading about my regular blogger Mummies and their kids. Haven't been blog hopping for awhile now already. Interesting.

Humid and hot.

Sweating. My back feels clammy.

Decided to write something before going to bed.

Need to go to the loo. Soon.

Ever since being pregnant, my bladder needs to be emptied so frequently. Eventhough i don't drink a lot of water.

Can't really feel the baby kicking yet. There are ripples and little thuds sometimes. I cant remember when we actually start to feel the baby's elbow poking or when the baby is turning??? Perhaps when the baby gets bigger. Now at almost 7 months, I suppose still has room to move around.

Tomorrow is April's Fool day. Actually today is already the 1st. Time flies so quickly.
Hubby came back late today. Was worried for Ryan that he would get bored as I had to cook dinner from 6.30pm - 7.30pm. Wanted to take him out to ride his bicycle... but he refused.
Aiyah! That boy sure is not sporty or atheletic. Kind of worried. Don't want him to be just a bookworm.

I ate a chocolate today. Pregnant can eat ah? In moderation okay rite?

Too hot. Can't bear it already. Need to go to the air-cond room now.

Good night.

My Tummy

This is how i look at 5 months pregnant.

Looks pretty small, yah? Everyone from my family to my customers at the pharmacy to the makcik at the nasi campur stall exclaims that my stomach is small. Some say I don't look pregnant at all!

But from the scans, the baby is growing according to the months when measured.

Now, at 6 months, I feel it is very round and protruding now. I am tired of my old pregnant clothes and want to get some more. Then again,I will only be wearing them for another 3 months more only.

My diet has been very bad the past few weeks. I ate ham! I know I shouldn't but cannot tahan already. Just a few slices! Bad Mummy!

My Birthday Boy

Beginner in Baking

Since December, I got a new Elba electric oven. It is about 36L i think. Didn't want one that was too small or too big. Just a basic one that could roast, grill and bake.

What have I cooked/baked with that oven so far?

First attempt ever in baking...Chocolate chip cookies. I got the recipe from the internet. I wanted something simple and didn't require too many complicated ingredients.
Outcome: Eeerr, it did smell abit burn and brown. And sweet too. But hubby said OK. As long as it is edible. Gave some to my colleagues too. Their feedback was it was too sweet too.

One month later, I wanted to try cupcakes. So I made just a simple butter cupcake recipe where I improvised and added raisins. Ryan loves raisins!


It was rather exhilirating putting the ingredients together and mixing them in the bowl.
Fun to see the cupcakes starting to rise too.

The finished product...

I know. They look 'small' and 'oily'. Actually, they were. I don't know why they were so oily. I didn't add much butter. Why they didn't feel the whole paper cup and rise to the top... I didn't know how much these cupcakes would rise...so I only filled them half way. Beginner!

Last week, I had craving for marble chocolate cupcake.

I must admit that I didn't follow the recipe closely. And had a few blunders along the way. So, the cupcake was a disaster. It looked like a volcano erupting and the chocolate at the outside started to crack. But they tasted rather nice actually.

What shall be my next project?

Valentine's present

Haha. Hubby finally gave me a Valentine's Day gift after like... 6 years of marriage!

Miracles do happen!!!

It has been an unsaid agreement that we will not celebrate V day as it is rather commercialized and everything is marked up on that day.

Surprise! Surprise! After having our Valentine Dinner ala Bak Kut Teh at our regular place in Subang Jaya ( with Ryan), we had ice cream at McD. I do enjoy all these simple indulgence. I had craving for Choco top ice-cream from McD's for the longest time. It was sheer pleasure just sitting there and sharing my ice-cream with Ryan and hubby had one to himself. Ryan needs to learn how to lick by the way. The way he licks is hilarious!

Anyway, went back home ... and hubby gives me this...

He said he got it the day before. Honestly, I didn't expect him to do anything at all. Well, it's the simple gestures that means the most.