OK, I've been so unbelievably behind in updating this blog. Let's now manage expectations because safe to say, this is probably how it will be from now on :P Got so much going on and my days are filled with work, taking care of Gibs, taking care of my pregnancy and everything else. Anyway, here goes...
I'm now 14 weeks pregnant, and it's a baby girl!!!! We found out extra early because we did the blood test that checks for congenital disorders and its side benefit is finding out the gender. We're so excited! It was so nice to find out and be validated that it's indeed a girl - I've had that feeling since the start of this pregnancy because it's been so different from my first one. I had extra sensitivity to smells, especially food that's still being cooked- and I had strange night-time nausea that held me back from eating full meals at night. My skin is also extra dry and I've been uncharacteristically kikay lately. So yeah, it'll be a shobe! So psyched :)
Also, we purchased Unit 9F already and the mortgage has just been freshly approved. We're just finalizing the last few steps with the seller, i.e. contract to sell, etc. then we can start planning the renovations. We can't actually renovate until next year though, because Chinese superstition says no renovating and no moving of the mom's bed while she's pregnant. Then, since we plan to be at my mom's house anyway during my 1 month confinement, we figured, might as well offer 9-E to Dennis' auntie who is visiting in Jan-Mar 2019 to stay there for free. Which means we'll only get to start renovation work in March, and give it about 6 months - means we're moving in around Sept/Oct of 2019. More than a year away :p Not too bad too if you think about it - gives us more breathing room with expenses, and it's easy for us to stay with my mom anyway.
My bosses at work have also been extra generous and offered to let me take an extended maternity leave of 6 months! I was so happy to hear that, because I had been debating with myself if I should ask for a longer leave, since I had 7 months off with Gibs the first time around. Happy it sorted itself out, just like it did with Noel back in 2015. SSK really looks out for me. Thank You!
We've also been blessed financially - it's been a good couple of months, and I am so grateful. While our expenses have also piled up, with the IVF round and the doctors' visits and Griffin's big school tuition fees (and some traveling we've been doing!), I was starting to worry about our finances when some big blessings came in. So grateful! Just goes to show, don't stress over the 'small' things. It'll all work out, as long as you're also responsible.
Griffin will start at big school in a few weeks! We chose to try out Laren School, which is a Montessori near my office. We also decided to put him there already rather than put him in the toddler school for another year, because now that yaya has left, it will be a good transition to make for him. No yayas allowed in this new school, and it's a school that some neighbor-kids will also go to, so hopefully the familiar faces will help him acclimatize. We'll see. Hope all goes well.
That's pretty much it! Excited to see how the rest of the year goes, before we reach December and we welcome our little baby girl :)
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