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I wanna spend my life with you

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29th April 2006

The day we say “I do”

Happy wedding anniversary to my husband of SEVEN years and boyfriend of NINE long years!

The creative musician in him created some lovely memories during our church wedding reception.

p.s: He only took 2 introductory Mandarin courses in uni. *clap* *clap*

Dug out a really old & poor quality video of a young and handsome man some 7 years ago:

“I wanna spend my life with you””

The lyrics:

We stick together like the birds in the sky

with the feathers flown high with you

We stick together like the flour in the pie

like the apple strudel pie you like

I wanna spend my life with you

with you I won’t be blue

I love to hold your hands & walk thru’ this life till the day becomes night with you

我们像天空里的彩虹
它颜色合起来真的很奇妙
我们像文东记的鸡贩
没黑酱油味道会有点奇怪
我很想陪半你一生
永远在你身边
我喜欢看到你的笑容
请我天天来照顾你

I wanna spend my life with you

with you I won’t be blue

I had been waiting for this day & my life for the time you say I do

for the time you say I do.

But of course, it’s not all that rosy and cosy all the time. I like the following quote I stole off a friend’s FB status update: (how true! heh…)

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But dearie :) :

wedding photo

HAPPY 7th Wedding Anniversary Kim! *Love u*

What’s in a name

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Naming no. 2 proved to be slightly more challenging than no. 1 this round.
I meant – you probably already chose your favorite name for no. 1… So if no. 2 is of the same gender; it’s slightly tougher isn’t it?

But of course, no. 2 is no less loved than no. 1. So Kim & I cracked our brain juices & came up with the following.

We wanted to keep the first alphabet “E” since it’s already running in the family. But nice boys’ names with “E” seemed so hard to locate. Or rather I can’t find any which sparked my interest.

I always liked “Isaac”. The sound & meaning of it just resonates with me. “Isaac” = “Laughter”
Good to have a smiling, laughing & cheerful baby. :)

Kim had a brilliant idea while we were brain storming :

“Eizac” – pronounced the same way as “Isaac”.
Haaa… I know- It’s a little cheesy but the name grew on us.

As for the Chinese name: we decided to keep the 恩 which is in his older brother’s name: 希恩 。
We wanted a name which tells a story & inspires baby in the future.
We came up with 凯 (kai3) as in “凯旋归来”。meaning: “returning with victory”

& so baby no. 2 will be known as
“Eizac Chen Kai En” ＂曾凯恩＂.

Darling no. 2 – we pray for good health, wisdom, laughter, & victory in your life! :)

N.b: seemed like Eizac can’t wait to see the world. Updating this in the delivery suite now. Looks like we will be meeting our baby boy earlier than expected! Now… what’s new? It seemed to run in the family.

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Week 34– Rolling and Turning

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It’s amazing how we far we came till now.

From the “not-sure-if-baby-will-make-it-thru-first-trimester” stage to the final lap now, I am encouraged by his spins and kicks in my womb. Smile

The final trimester is also a stage which I have never experienced before (Xi En was born at Week 31 previously). It’s a whole new experience for me.

In summary, this is how I feel now (ha ha but so true!):

pregnancy cartoon

And of course I felt pregnant for the longest time… That is on top of feeling like an always-hungry big whale with lots of blubber.

Moving from a sitting/lying down position to a standing position requires much effort and I had to roll and turn myself with much awkwardness before I could pick myself up.

Please forgive this pregnant whale if you caught me fumbling around during this season.

Updates: We just had an ultrasound scan last week and the situation was still status-quo. It’s still placenta previa major and the placenta isn’t bungling much.

The good news is: no bleeding experienced thus far; which is always a good sign.

The not-so-good news is: It will definitely be another caesarean delivery for me (safest option). I am not against caesarean. It’s just the longer recovery process which puts me off. Further to that, my obstetrician explained that if the placenta is in front of the baby, she will need to cut through the placenta to reach the baby. This potentially will cause life-threatening haemorrhage and pose danger to both mother and child. If that happens, we will be whisked to ICU operating theatre in the midst of delivery. I really hope NOT! *__*

Thankfully, from the recent scan; the placenta is currently located at the back of the womb. i.e. the baby is in front. So hopefully, she can deliver the baby before the placenta pops out.

It’s scary hearing the potential risk from her. But she is encouraging and reassured that she will be doing her best to ensure safety to us all.

And so, we are going for the homestretch real soon. Till then, I will still be rolling and turning around pretty much. :)