Back on track

Much has caught up with me apart from the pregnancy these past months. I really wish I had the spare time to do things like this on the side, but end of the day, it’s consoling to know I had my priorities set straight.

I have just sat for a qualifying exam. Actually, ‘re-sit’ is the word, as I didn’t quite make it the first time a few months back. Hopefully, I had done better this time around, as it would not only bring me back on track with my career, but also help our family with our growing financial needs. Now that that’s out of the way, we could revert our attention again to preparing for the advent of parenthood.

The baby preparation had been going slow at the start since I wanted to be more focused with the review and all. But just as I was fearing I was running out of time to get everything I think we need before the bub’s arrival, hand-me-down clothes, furniture, and accessories started pouring in. Receiving all these has now actually put in more time in our hands for a stress-free (or less stress?) wait. How lucky!

My family overseas have been ranting about the lack of evidential photos of my pregnancy. Hehehe. I had envisioned before that with all the excitement of this first bub, I’d be wrapped up in all those fetishes about immortalising the moments on an obsessive-compulsive kind of way. Sadly, laziness had been part of the cravings, emotional rollercoasters, restlessness, and what-have-you’s of pregnancy. But now, with the exam finally behind us, I think I had better start making up for all the missed chances.

Let's start with a view from the top... :P

Footy or ballet?

So this explains all that kicking inside. Hehehe. :P

Hubby and I went for our first ultrasound yesterday in the city. It was quite a wait behind four other mums in line, but it sure was worth every minute of it. The anticipation and excitement for our turn was growing with every mum leaving the clinic. During our turn, watching our bub was nothing short of overwhelming. Neither of us could properly catch our breath throughout the show, and just as when we were recovering from seeming hyperventilation, the bill took our breath away again. :)

Oh, well. No one said parenthood came without a price.

Alleluia!

Hmm. Been a while since I've really done anything on this blog-- or any other things lately, for that matter. It would be great to just post everything up here and save ourselves from individual emails to family and friends. However, time is of essence always on other matters, which put off this blog updating way below our list of priorities. So, please bear with us.

Just to fill in what has been... Since our last entry, hubby and I have been quite busy wih work and pretty much with everything else. The pharmacy I had been working for had been bought over by new owners, but they were happy to have me and the other shop assistant keep our jobs. Yeah, so technically, I'm still working at the same place (now under a sllightly different name), but the transition has kept us with workload up to the neck. A month or so after that, the other assistant left, leaving just me to cover all hours with the pharmacist. Hubby, on the other hand, was inundated with functions of all sorts, and with the holidays coming, was flooded a bit more. By the end of the year, both of us were screaming for holidays, which of course, at the time, was only but a dream.

The new year started with a few job shifting for hubby, which landed him jobs in the city and finally back to where he started. That time, my workplace had eased up a bit with the employment of a second assistant a few months before Christmas. But the pharmacy still wasn't settled as it should be, as the other owners kept rearranging sections every two weeks.

Outside work, hubby and I had our hands full arranging other matters. We looked forward to getting his citizenship and my permanent residency status, going back to school, sitting for a major exam, preparing for a relative's arrival (who'll temporarily stay with us), and getting in our first pieces of lounge furniture. After all that was over, we were about to exhale as the anti-climax became imminent, but it seems we're up for another ride. We found ourselves pregnant.

Ok. I guess, we'll leave it at that. Still catching our breath...