Mother's Day 2012

My first Mother's Day has come and gone, but there are many more to come so I'm just absolutely looking forward to that!:D

Started the day off waking up to Lihai and the babygirl in bed. Lihai and I nuah-ed in bed and spent the time looking at Kaitlin wake up from her sleep and being all blur and exploring her surroundings. She is just so UTTERLY CUTE when she just wakes up and doesn't cry, but is all blur and just wonders..Love mornings like this, when we get to spend quality bonding time with Kaitlin. Sometimes, I do that too on weekdays with Kaitlin (when she doesn't wake up cranky!). Lihai offered to shower the baby, but I told him it's fine cos I didn't want her to end up crying. Kaitlin has been having a habit of crying during her morning showers. Like she just wants to be carried and have her shower but that's impossible..

Anyway, the husband cooked me breakfast! His first attempt at sunny side up eggs! Though they weren't perfect cos the egg yolk broke, I thought it was absolutely delicious. I mean, how wrong can a fried egg go? Plus, it was cooked with love! :D So it was eggs + ham + cheese + toast with honey! He even helped me make milo <3 Too sweet! Especially coming from a guy who doesn't really cook, nor is cooking one of his hobbies or interest, this was really nice of him!

Before we headed out, I decided to have the cake Lihai bought for me on Saturday! He was gonna order an Awfully Chocolate cake, but I told him their dark chocolate truffles (TO DIE FOR!) would do and later on that day, I saw a cake I liked at Flor Patisserie (they recently opened an outlet at Taka!) and he bought it for me as part of my Mother's Day present as well :) Yes, it is not a whole cake, but seriously I would have died from cake overdose if it was and I am very thankful for all his tiny sweet gestures <3 Plus, with their new outlet at Taka, I can totally go there everyday for fresh cakes! What's more, they recommend you to consume their cakes on the day itself. After having the cakes Karyan bought for us on her birthday to try, I really couldn't wait to try the cake Lihai bought, and it totally didn't disappoint! 

Early Grey Chocolat

I loved how the chocolate and cream did not overwhelm the tea taste. Super nice! 

We headed out for lunch and ended up at Skinny Pizza. I was being really fickle minded but Lihai said it's okay cos it's Mother's Day #reasonswhyIlovemothersday so YAYY! Finally got to have my sweet potato nibblets again! Skipped the truffle fries cos that would have been too much.

It was actually rather annoying cos Kaitlin fell asleep on our walk out from home to town, so she was still sleeping when we arrived at Skinny Pizza but she woke up soon after cos it was too noisy. Seriously, the place was worse than a coffee shop. The noise level kinda annoyed me tbh, but I guess it is the place to go if you have kids cos you don't have to be afraid if your kid makes noise cos the noise would be drowned out. 

While waiting for our food...of course, it's camwhore time!

Kaitlin was quite a good girl during lunch *pats shoulder* and the food was good! Gotta try the squid ink pizza! After lunch, we spent the rest of our day doing things on my Mother's Day list. Basically, it was things I wanted to do/get like buying Koi, and getting Kaitlin her sunblock lotion and teething gel. Lihai was like "Why are you buying Kaitlin's things on Mother's Day?" then I was like..."just cos"..haha! We failed to take a neoprint together with Kaitlin cos she fell asleep so we ended up wandering Orchard Road like we used to. In my opinion, it was still a day well spent! Gotta love the husband and the babygirl <3 Mother's Day wouldn't have been perfect/complete without them. Like I told Lihai, this was the first Mother's Day where I don't feel sad, and feel truly happy (I told him that when we were heading out from home! So you could imagine how happy I was already!) Though, midway through, we encountered an unsightly creature, which kinda spoilt my mood a little, but still..AWESOME!:)

Thank you Lihai for being an awesome husband and father and Kaitlin for being such a wonderful daughter! She left me with a present that night..she bit me on the shoulder with her first tooth! -.- Still love her all the same! <3 Like I told her in the morning, and I will continue to tell her that every other Mother's Day, "with no you, there's no me!" Really! Without babygirl, I wouldn't be a mother at the age of 20, learning and experiencing the highs and lows of motherhood and having such a great family.  <3 I hope this makes all you women want to have babies!

Shall blog about our first year anniversary soon!:)

First Mother's Day!

Tomorrow's Mother's Day, and boy do I feel excited! Though there are no Mother's Day plans for me/us, I'm still pretty excited to be having my first Mother's Day! Sure, Kaitlin can't say "Happy Mother's Day", neither will she know what day it is, but it just feels kinda nice inside. 

Earlier on, before I put Kaitlin to bed, I hugged her and told her it's Mother's Day tomorrow, and that mommy held her in my womb for 9 months..and if she remembers. Of course, she was up to her usual climbing and stuff, but it just felt so good hugging her..and that led to me, typing this post and looking through the photos of her when I just gave birth to her..

I still remember so clearly, how I held that tiny little body of hers in my arms. It was a feeling that can't really be described in words. I was happy, and yet emotional at the same time. When I first held her, for a split second, I was afraid. Afraid if I was up to it. Up to this new role I had. Being a mother.  When I held her, it dawned onto me, that this is real. It dawned onto me that I brought a new life into this world. I realised this child's life is now in my hands, and now I have a greater responsibility. It was a different feeling of love. At that moment, I just felt like I would be able to do anything and everything for her. I guess, that's what they call "a mother's love". It really is a love like no other. 

To be frank, I don't think I have done much for Kaitlin in the past 7 months since she was born, or even during the 9 months she was in my womb, but I'm sure many mothers out there, have done much much more and I really take my hats off to them. Many other mothers out there have sacrificed so much for their children, and showered their kids with all the love they've got, to the point of neglecting their own self. 

To all the mothers out there, you deserve a pat on the shoulder, you deserve a hug from your family, and you deserve a big fat "Thank You!" I think for all that a mother has done, a cake meal, or even a present really can't amount to the amount of time, love, effort, care, concern, sleep, blood, sweat and tears they've put in for their children, and their family. Yet, these small little gestures, can make their day and make them feel appreciated. Even without all this, I'm pretty sure, every mother out there really doesn't expect much in return because that's just how big a mother's love is. 

To all the mothers out there, you deserve this day! In actual fact, you deserved to be appreciated every other day! Happy Mother's Day and I hope all the mothers out there have a great Sunday with their families tomorrow :)