All done

Have you ever had one of those days where you simply felt like completing something that no matter what, you just want to see to it that it's done?

I had that urge today.

Stacks of receipts, papers waiting to be sorted out and filed away, junk mails needed to be thrown out -- they are all done. I've accomplished my task for the day. I'm pretty much a happy and satisfied customer. Nothing beats a clean desk and shelf. I'm not sure if it's too early but I seemed to have that nesting dial turned on lately. I just feel like cleaning and cleaning and making sure that everything is clean.

Now that I've gotten that out of the way - what's next? Honestly...I'm not sure. This nesting mode is kind of freakish if you ask me -- I'll know it when I know...

Bonus shot : Just me and lil' Ash

Ahh..one of the sacred few of my babe and I.

Since I am the one who's always behind the camera, there are very little opportunities to capture a mother and daughter image. But, I think I should...have more...since they grow up so fast.

It's Friday, and we have yet another long weekend with hubby off from work on Monday. We'll be having some friends over tomorrow for what will be to celebrate the tail-end of the new year. Besides, I still have plenty of cookies left :-)

Till then, have a relaxing weekend with your family.

Some random thoughts

I'm still pretty much in the celebrative mood. After all, it's still CNY.

We added a beach front to our itinerary this year. We were there with family for a couple of hours in the evening and stayed for dinner. No need for our brand new Samsonite luggage since it's not that far away and we wanted do to something a little something different from the norm. Besides, we had plenty of time to kill since everyone was on holiday. So, we thought it'd be the perfect place for the kids to fly their kites.

So, things have pretty much returned to normalcy (more or less). Hubby's back at work and I'm still pregnant. Oh, I'm almost 7 months...almost, I think. I've seriously lost count. Ash will be celebrating her 2nd birthday soon -- next month to be precise. And, she'll be getting a bike..LOL...

I've been thinking a lot about the coming months. Focusing mostly on the birth and if I've gotten everything I need. Plus, how lil' Ash will react, you know, to us having to pay more attention to the baby, etc...I sort of did a trial run...to test the waters and see how Ash would react. I held our friends' 4 month old daughter. Ash was ok at first but then, she started to whinge a little. I actually thought she'd start bawling straight-away but she didn't.

I'm not too sure if it worked. I mean, I don't expect her to accept the sudden change so willingly and not throw up a fuss. So, I was actually prepared for her to go all AWOL on me. But she totally surprised me by not acting up;which is why I am thinking that it might have worked. On the other hand, it's not reasonable to deduce anything from that because firstly, she was probably also distracted by the other 2 toddlers whom she was playing with and wasn't fully concentrating on me or what I was doing. Secondly, I only held the baby for a while (in truth, I'm not supposed to -- old folks' tale) and wasn't long enough for her to have any serious reaction whatsoever.

I guess, we'll have to wait and see. It'll be a challenge no doubt. I can't possibly imagine what it'll be like so I am expecting the worst and hoping for the best. When you think about it, that's all I can do.

about Moms

My mom and Ash

“God could not be everywhere and therefore He made mothers”..

I can't help but to agree with it -- wholeheartedly.

You can read the rest of the article here. I snitched it from our local daily :-D