Then and Now (Part 1)

I figured there'll be quite a lot of posts entitled "Then and Now"; here's the first installment.

Mae, a few days ago.

Chubbs, three years ago.

Mae's Here!

Mae (for the purpose of this blog), fresh from the womb.

Born: 11 Oct 2011.

Kor-kor visits and sees her for the first time.

Daddy's girl.

Kor-kor tightening the screws on her cot.

Kor-kor giving Mae the gift he picked for her; Dee Dee the pink dragon.

Dee Dee keeps her company as she naps.

And she loves playing with it.

My kids!

Very Hungry Caterpillars

Caterpillars have been devouring our plants, and quite frankly, our entire garden. I loathe them, because they eat the greenest, freshest leaves off my basil plants, and leave nothing but tonnes of poop behind. Fuzzy decided to catch some fat, green ones, who were feeding on our lime plants, and let Chubbs keep them as pets until they become butterflies.

My hubby lovingly plucked leaves to feed to our three very hungry caterpillars daily, who binged and pigged out non-stop for a week or so. Then the cocoons were formed and they stayed that way for around two weeks.

One day, we found a butterfly fluttering around in the jar that was their home. It was beautiful, with black wings that bore yellow and white patterns.

Chubbs insisted on releasing it immediately, so that it could look for his friends.

The next day, when Chubbs and I returned from school, I was excited to find that the other two pupa had turned into butterflies. They looked similar to the previous butterfly, but had bolder yellow and white colours on them. Chubbs again asked me to let them fly away, but I told him that we had to let Daddy see them first. That evening, they too fluttered happily away.

She's Almost Here!

Went for a gynea appointment today, and turns out, the little bulb is turned head down, lodged low in my pelvis and ready for her big meet and greet. I'm just 36 weeks preggers, and I'm aiming to keep her in for at least another week, until she is full term at 37 weeks. Hang in there, and just chill out, my little one.

Meanwhile, Chubbs is surprisingly doing very well with Mei-mei's pending arrival. He falls asleep with one hand on my tummy every night, his way of hugging baby. Plus, he has "gotten" her a birthday gift to welcome her into the family. He asked me tonight before sleeping, why Mei-mei has no clothes on, and whether Mei-mei will be able to spin toys (he loves spinning his toys like tops), and if she can create drumbeats like he can. Endless cute questions, that make me just smile lovingly at him, and give him the biggest hug possible.

Despite my whale-like girth now, I've been trying to keep up with daily responsibilities like supermarketing, driving to and from school, bringing Chubbs out and about, running errands, cooking, baking, feeding him, etc. But I'm reminding myself to slow down now, that baby's ready to pop out any moment, and try to put my feet up as much as possible, because there'll be lack of sleep and fatigue to the point of hallucination once she arrives.

I'm also kept up with the fun dates with Chubbs. More often that not, we head out for an afternoon treat of ice-cream. He loves these times spent with Mommy, and it's especially sweet when he gets a whole scoop and waffle cone to himself, and very regularly, part of my share too.

Enjoying his Cookie Monster from Daily Scoop.

So guys, it's anytime now; a new addition to the Woos. Watch this space.