2 more weeks...

A few quick updates and thanksgiving:

#1. Girl-girl weighs 2.9kg at 38 weeks, a whooping increase of 700g in 1 week! She looks fleshier in this scan, as compared to the one a week ago.

Gynae says her head is not engaged yet, which means she won't be arriving this week. *phew*
Actually, we have been counting down with her everyday. We will tell her the date for that day, how many more days left before she will be born, and that she must continue to be active inside my tummy, so that we know that she is healthy and well.


#2. My mother-in-law went to Malaysia to visit her sisters over the weekend, and see what she had brought back!

1 whole luggage of Goo.n diapers samples, courtesy of her sister! According to hubby, his aunt sells diapers in Malaysia, so she gave these samples to us. We did a count - 57 packets, each packet has 2 pieces, so that's a total of 114 diapers, ranging from newborn to L size. And Goo.n is a good brand from Japan. 真是谢谢阿姨的厚爱！


#3. I am really really thankful to God and people around who have blessed Girl-girl thus far. We have gotten many free things (be it new or hand-me-downs) from many people. Let's take a look:
- many many many clothes, cot bumper sets, toys, breast milk containers, swaddles etc etc from my bro and sis-in-law.
- Diaper samples from aunt-in-law.
- Baby car seat from our G12 leaders.
- New clothes and hand-sewn mattress cover sets from mother-in-law.
- Clothes from Australia from hubby's bro and sis-in-law.
- Milk powder, bibs and what-nots from parenting seminars and talks.
- Bird's nest from cousin.
- Mum for cooking bird's nest almost every weekend.
We had gotten a clothes drawer and baby cot from our pastors and church friends originally too, but we made a serious mistake by painting them with a smelly paint (that was recommended by the paint shop - and that made me really upset. Aren't they supposed to know better what paint to recommend??). In the end, we had to discard these 2 items and purchase new ones. Sigh! Wasted efforts and felt apologetic to our kind friends.

We also had some good bargains while buying some stuff:
- Algo storage boxes as clothes drawers, washing detergents and bottom balm etc. Fairprice was having 20% discount on many many items that week. We were unaware until we looked at the receipt after payment. Nice surprise!
- Baby stroller at one of the major baby fairs. (Read here if you have missed it earlier).
- Korean play mat at Baby Spa. Hubby redeemed a $100 Baby Spa voucher from the NS45 (or don't know what you call it lah), and we only needed to top up $40 (the play mat was $140) to get a nice big play mat.
- Cheap clothes at baby fairs, neighbourhood shops, overseas , and many good buys from Qoo10 and motherhood forums.


#4. Also thankful for the concern and understanding and grace shown by colleagues and friends around. I am not able to count them one by one, but I know that at the point in time, I was really thankful for their love.

Till the next update! :)