Stroller World

After months of procrastination (and also because I was waiting for the $), we finally made our way to Stroller World in Puchong. They used to be in IOI Mall Puchong but moved to this new place just recently.

We test drove 2 types of Maclaren strollers (I've set my eyes on them for months and didn't even look at other brands). First the Triumph and then the other one was Quest. Triumph was retailing at RM699 (original price RM899) while Quest was at RM799 (original price RM1299). Both were light and easy to maneuver but Quest was the winner for sure because it had a smoother ride.

We also bought the Maclaren organiser at RM89 (cannot remember if this was before or after discount) since there is no space to place water bottles or the baby's stuff. All in all am quite happy with the purchase and we're sooooo glad we change to this light and space saving stroller. No need to change to an MPV now...mwhahaha.. 

The deets on Stroller World is as below. Use GPS if you're not familiar with Puchong..we used Waze and it led us spot on to the store.

What am I going to do with the Graco stroller? I don't know yet but I don't think we'll be using it for much longer.

Maclaren Quest in Coffee/deepwater colour. Another reason we chose this is because of the extra leg room for the baby as compared to the Triumph below.

Pic from Google, Maclaren Tiumph. Our organiser is the same as in the picture above.

The row of strollers at Stroller World. 

Carseats and other accessories are also sold here

Stroller World Details:

Phone	:	+603 8070 7716 / +603 8070 3716
Biz Hour	:	11:00 am - 9:00 pm
Biz Day	:	Monday - Sunday (Includes Public Holidays)
Address1	:	31-G, Jalan Kenari 12, Bandar Puchong Jaya, 47170 Puchong, Selangor

Majlis berendoi Lana Adelea - part deux

The berendoi set at RM400. I bought the stool from Ikea coz I know I would not be able to sit on the floor and get up gracefully after the event's done.

Baby L giving the swing a test drive :)

During the ceremony. Should have sat in front but was blocked so nasib got some space behind the swing.

Some of my relatives giving honey to Baby L. I didn't do the cukur jambul because i didn't want to shave off all her hair again.

Budak dah penat

On top - the cupcakes from Kindees Desserts at RM2.50 per piece.  I ordered 200 pcs but I think I should have just ordered 150pcs.
The fancy bottles containing sweets were made by SIL. Pretty lil thang. She's always good in this crafty stuff.
And finally some of the gifts from relatives and friends. Angpows? Keeping them safe with me. Still need to open a Yippie account for her.

Memang grateful sangat sebab ramai friends and sedara datang memeriahkan majlis. Thank you makcik pakcik ali, angah izham and kak ngah siti, pak wan, mak itam semua datang dari kampung. Alia and baby yang dalam pantang pun datang :). Cik Tin and family, Uteh, Babai, Mamat, Kak Ana and family, friends and of course my sisters. We love love you all :)

Majlis Berendoi Lana Adelea

Alhamdulillah..on Saturday 14 December recently, we managed to hold the berendoi ceremony for Baby L.
The theme was pink and lilac. Nearly of our invited guests came to the event and I have to say we were very happy and felt that it was very meriah.

I initially had some doorgift crisis when the baker that should have supplied my cupcakes contacted me on Friday afternoon ( a day before the event) to say that she had some problems with the cuppies. To cut the story short, I had to forego doing business with her and called Shikin from Kindee Desserts for help. With less that 24 hours to do 200 cupcakes for me, she said she could only do the basic vanilla/choc cuppies with buttercream frosting. I was okay with that asalkan it looks good and was good to eat as well.

That night the berendoi deco people also came quite late..11.30pm at night! i was already fuming mad tapi tahan jelah ngantuk. I think the end result was good. All went well. The doorgift (additional ones made by my SIL) also came in handy..the kids liked them. Will share the pics sooooooon... meanwhile, this was how much I spent on the event. Can use this as a guide or basis if you are planning to do one soon. It's for 120 pax.

Katerer - Manisa Catering

Berendoi set - Azrin Dais (cannot remember the official name though)

Cuppies - Kindees Dessert

Kenduri total cost = RM5582.2
     
                Qty   RM RM

Caterer 120 15 1800
bubur
Teh tarik
Khemah 370
Doorgift:
cupcakes 200 2.5 500

Kuih talam    2 30 60
Karipap 200 0.5 100
Baju baby
Berendoi 400
sticker tkasih 2.2
                          3232.2

Miscellaneous expenses
RM
Sofa                     1970
Electrician - lampu 120
Cleaner 2 days        130
Helper 14/12 - 8hrs 130
                          2350

Grand total           5582.2

*tak masuk harga kambing lagi RM1200

PS: this also does not include the cost of the Marhaban team. FIL sponsored. Maybe can estimate RM400-500 for the cost.

The bling ring

When i was pregnant, I did not have any cravings..not so muchla. But the one thing that I wanted was to buy a gold ring..yellow gold to be exact. That to me, was a funny thing because I've never fancied wearing gold...tak minat. 

Finally, before I came back to work, we went balik kampung and it was a spur of the moment decision that I wanted to buy a ring at the kampung's goldsmith. And so we went with one of my aunties to one of the shops... it was a quick and easy purchase because I knew what I wanted. Just a simple ring with one stone. The owner knows my mum and my aunties from when they were young... small business kat kampung kan so i guess it's easier to remember the repeat customers.

Anyway, haggled a bit with the salesperson and managed to get it for RM150 lesser than the selling price. Btw, Kuala Pilah is known for its cheaper than the market price gold.. so if you're into gold, bolehla singgah my kampung and shop till you drop! 

I'm a happy mommy!

The bling ring.

Heartbreak...

So heartbreaking to be sending baby L to the nursery every morning and leave her there. I wonder how those with more than 1 child cope with this. Maybe it's separation anxiety for the moment... maybe it won't be so bad later on. Sometimes she would make the cutest face as I lay her down in the playpen at the nursery... sometimes she will still be asleep and she'd be awakened when I lift her to put her in the carseat and all.
I think this is what most mommies would say. 'If I had all the money in the world, I'd quit my job and be with you little girl'. ok maybe OTT la if all the money in the world.. maybe if we have sufficient income to maintain the monthly commitments and still live comfortably, then mommy would gladly be all yours as well as an LOL (lady of leisure :) )

the steamer and blender combined into one

by the by, starting to research on what to feed baby L when she reaches 6 months old. First and foremost, I need to buy this thing that will be a lot of help later.. the avent food steamer and blender to make fruits and veggies puree. Have not researched on the price.. hope it's not too expensive. 

Apple(s) of my eye

When she is in her diva mode..she likes a wee bit more of tender, love & care :)

Recalculating my finances

Such a boring and dull subject but I guess I just have to jot this down so that I won't forget. Now that we have baby Lana, we've to adjust our finances to include

Car - 540
Electricity & water bills - 180
Insurance - 250
Tngo - 250
Petrol - 300
MBB - 300
Work - 300
Phone bills - 120
Shopping - 500
Lana's savings - xxx
Mine - xxx
Nursery - 500 including overtime fee 
house installment - 1000
buffer into CIMB - 400
Miscellaneous i.e car service, cleaning lady, ironing at the laundry bla bla bla - 400

Susu, diapers semua suruh the daddy budget for it..hehehe.. oklah tu, my shopping amount includes any baju that i might need to buy for her which I don't think i need to buy any in the near future. :) Nak yahoo yahoo tunggu bonus jelah ye.. itupun kalau bonus yahoo jugak. :p

Oh and I have to start saving for her kenduri that we plan to do in December. And I also need to save some $ to buy another stroller. Have seen the maclaren techno XLT, it's a bit big for me. I think I'll go for either maclaren triumph or maclaren quest. But since I'm budgeting for a stroller that is not more than RM700 then I think the triumph would be the best choice. have to go and see what it looks like and have a test run.

Why Buy Me:

• Ultra lightweight (5.2kg) and agile with lockable front swivel wheels and soft foam handles
• Suitable from 6 months with a strap operated multi-position padded seat
• Super quick 5 second one-hand fold with handy carry strap

Features & Benefits:

• Weighing just 5.2kg the Triumph is suitable from 6 months and features a comfy, padded seat with a convenient multi-position strap recline. Other features include:
• Lockable front swivel wheels and linked brakes
• 5 point safety buckle and height adjustable shoulder harness
• Soft foam handles and a handy carry strap for ease of use
• Super quick 5 second one-hand fold.
• Co-ordinates with accessories available separately including reversible seat liners, footmuff, parasol, universal organiser, carry bag and buggy blanket

Includes: 

• Includes hood, raincover and shopping basket
• Guaranteed for life with the Maclaren Sovereign Lifetime Warranty

Age Suitability:

• From 6 months

there's one in red.. looks nice eh? But maybe I'll go for the blue one below if they have it in stock. 

FINALLY the little sunshine is out of the oven!

She is going to be one month old tomorrow and this is the first entry I'm doing about her. After 5 years of marriage, we finally received out bundle of joy at 6.30pm on Monday, 22 July 2013, 2 days shy of her EDD.
I went to the labour room at University Malaya Specialist Centre on Monday morning without realising that the doctor would want me to deliver the baby that very day. After having some sandwiches for breakfast (padahal it was Ramadhan..hehe..well, I gotta have some energy uknow), the doctor recommended to induce me (don't know how to use the term correctly in a sentence.. :) ) because the blood pressure was high and my feet were so very swollen at that time.
They induced me from 9am via the iv thing..and i started feeling the excruciating contractions from 11am. Asked for an epidural at around 1pm which the doctor asked to give it 2 more hours to see the development of the opening. Asked for the epi again at 4pm to which the doctor again said to give it 2 more hours to see if the opening is good enough to start pushing. GRRRR!!! tipu tau doctor ni, saje taknak bagi epidural (but then again I don't regret not taking it..)
The laughing gas.. i tell you, it didn't make me laugh...AT ALL! it didn't relieve the pain not even one bit. Ke gas tank tu rosak? I just didn't feel the effect of the gas at all... all I could remember was the non-stop pain.
Well, after 9.5 hours of labour pain...out came the baby girl (had to use the vaccuum coz I just could not push her head out). I lost quite a bit of blood in the process and even heard the doctor spoke to the nurses..they sounded worried at that time. they even called out my name a few times because i think i nearly passed out.
All in all....everything was so surreal. Can't believe that we have her now.. in our arms. Her aunties love her so much..asyik je nak kacau cium cium. Just that our baby likes to cry a lot (which they say is totally like me when i was a baby) and farter! Her fart mengalahkan orang besar.. malu mummy :p

In total, normal delivery with 2 days 1 night stay at UMSC, plus paeditrician's charges for the baby, the bill came up to RM3800. Alhamdulillah, all is covered by the company. 

Baby's name
After thinking it over and over and over again between Adelea Nur and Lana Adelea..we chose to name her LANA ADELEA. Mummy and daddy and the whole family love you loads baby.. we pray that you will always be a healthy and happy baby. Muah muah..
here are some pictures of our little baby Lana :)

Baby Lana fresh from the oven. 

Little angel sleeping next to mummy

This is her after taking a bath..

Her lips are small...like mine :)

Ni daddy punya kerja. Facial session pakai bedak sejuk. (she had rashes on her face and neck so the bedak sejuk is supposed to help ease the rash)

IBS Kordial..slurp slurp untuk Raya!

Yoohooo! just nak bagitau nak raya raya ni..sesiapa nak order kordial yang banyak ke sikit ke.. silalah call my FIL ok. IBS Kordial memang yummy yum yum.. 

Haji Rahim 017-637 3387. Tapi kalau nak order banyak banyak tak kira la lepas raya ke untuk raya ke boleh je.. :-). I suggest beli botol yang 4 liter je terus sebab mesti cepat habis punya. My favourite flavour apple, strawberry, sirap ros & rutbir..tapi ada banyakkkkk lagi flavour lain. So kalau nak beli banyak sila-sila contact bapak mertuaku dia atas sana itu ya.

Gambar yang dah recycle berkali-kali. IBS kordial keluaran bumiputera..hehe.. available dalam 2 liter and 4 liter. 

Anyhow, lamaaaaaaaaaa tak update blog..sebab tak banyak masa and lazy for sure. 
Dah masuk hari keempat puasa today. Alhamdulillah I managed to fast up to today at 38 weeks of pregnancy. Hopefully dapat full 2 weeks sebelum deliver the baby boo boo boo. Happy that my gal pal dah jadi mommy to a cute lil baby girl! 

Snail's pace of getting things done

Ok, I'm starting to scramble right now. Have not gone to recce the taskas or daycare centre for baby girl yet. Have not signed up for the ante-natal class yet. Have not purchased the breast pump.. I don't even know what breast pump I want to buy.

I wonder how it feels to break away from the baby and resume work while your 2 month plus baby is placed at a daycare centre everyday. Tiba-tiba out of topic. Uhuk uhuk! I'll cross the bridge when I reach it I think. Too early to be experiencing separation anxiety. Anyhoo, I keep on forgetting that we need to search for a daycare centre at our residential area. I stupidly did not book the spot at the office daycare centre thinking that later nanti ada space. All FULL. I'm on the waiting list.. which means, silalah cari taska lain ye madam! The only reason it's best to send the kiddo to the office daycare centre is so that if I go home late, I can bring her to the office (the centre closes around 6.30pm or so I think).

Have to make sure we find one before I explode. Really. We should.

Ante-natal class? I think I'll just register with DEMC for the class end of May. Too lazy to look around for others. Just want somewhere near to the house :)

I think I've become such a lazy bum these days. Boo hoo! Shopping pun tak suka apa kes? Luckily I've gotten baby girl some clothes for daily use and a few for jalan-jalan. My limit is - a dress or a pair of baju jalan should not be more than RM35. Kalau sampai RM40,50,60 tu memang I won't buy la. She's our first one but we need to budget for other expenses, i.e.: daycare, her monthly baby toiletteries, education fund (ececeh..education fund sungguh..jangan masuk mama's shopping fund cukup) etc.

RM60 for the pink dress and the purple dress (dont know what it's called). RM22 for the tshirt and pants. All for  3 months and above although I do think the pink dress is way too big even for a 6month old baby. 

No shopping fever..still?

We're probably the most laidback parents-to-be as we have not really completed 70% of things to buy for the baby. Have not even prepped the baby's room. Okay, might not even use the room since we're probably gonna spend more time downstairs or in our bedroom.

But we've bought a cot that can be used till her junior years. Bought it at Setia City Mall, at the store opposite of Mothercare. Can't remember the name. Priced at RM400 if I'm not mistaken. I didn't pay for it..daddy did, that's whyla tak ingat langsung harga.

The big investments tinggal:

Electric breastpump (I'll be working long hours in Oct..I wonder how I'm gonna cope with pumping and all..hmm..)
Playpen for downstairs
Cupboard for baby stuff
Car seat 
Baby carrier

Yang lain tu kecik-kecik tapi when you tabulate the cost mesti jadi mahal jugak. Think once we get all the above rasa dah okay kot. Like i said, the most laid back parents...hehe.. asyik kata nanti je..

Btw, this is what i have at my PC now.  

and here is my so adorbs niece Zara.. think the flower is bigger than her. hehehe...

blankness

Yeah, that's how blank my mind is right now. Have said this 1000 times and it's a basi excuse again. Really have not had the mood (now it's more like no time) to update this blog. It's not like anyone is reading it anyway..Lol.

About 4 more months to go. I have not been recording the 'journey' in this blog at all. So malas, plain and simple.. haha..I just have to find the right time and mood to do it.

By the by, we went to Sepang Goldcoast a few weeks back - it's a really nice resort and of course the price was 'nice' too! Will share the pictures and review (no promises though) soooooon.

Till then, toodles!

Car insurance renewal..so what's new?

Oh boy. It's the time of the year again where I need to empty my purse and pay for my car insurance and roadtax. Bestnya kalau tak payah bayar insurance..lagi best if I don't have to pay my monthly installment.. Hehe.. anyone wants to volunteer paying for me? Please, please with icing on top? 

Then again, if you get everything for free then you won't know how to appreciate the value of having to fend for yourself. The feeling of being independent... priceless. tapi suka je sebenarnya kalau ada orang nak bayarkan..siapa tak nak right? :) 

Eventhough it's a myvi (so the insurance and roadtax is not superexpensive) but still, I always need to budget these things in. So January ni kena berjimat sikit.. i.e.: no spending on impulse. Well, I haven't done that lately anyway. More important things to think about now. 

Need to make sure that I have an xx amount of money by July 2013. At least that would be a comfortable level for me before.... anyway, I've started to shop at Jusco again. And my fave would be the one at 1Utama.. the clothes are sold at a bargain there. And the only reason I haven't gone there in a long time is just because I don't like to go to 1U and Bukit Raja. Anyhoo.. finally I renewed my Jusco card, both his and mine for only RM12. Our cards expired in 2008. Yes, that shows  how long I have not been to Jusco. Hardly went there. But it's back to being one of our must go places now. 

Okay, back to calculating the rest of my budget for this month. The important debts dah bayar dulu..phew! and I'm proud to say I've paid my Indah Water bill..woohoo! :)

RUN! There's a hungry monster!

Yeah and the hungry monster is me, myself and I. Nowadays I get hungry so fast.. for instance I'll have breakfast at 8am and then have some fruits in between and then have an early lunch around 12.30pm. But before I can even go out for lunch, my tummy starts making its own rock and roll song by 11.30am or so. 

And if that's not enough, I have to make sure I buy some food to eat in the office after lunch. The tummy needs a feedin' by about 4pm or so. How can? How can? I really feel like a monster. LOL.
Well, like my friends say, I should not be complaining. At least I can eat whenever I want without feeling guilty. Ye ke tak guilty? Boo hoo!

Anyhow, I have a very Melayu tekak nowadays..well memang orang melayu pun but normally I like to eat western food at chilis ke ape ke.. but I don't really care for those type of food now.  Spicy food is the bomb! and not so much of a chicken person now. I can even eat simple food such as telur goreng kicap with cili padi and ikan kembung goreng kunyit. That's how laid back I am now. Phew!  My SIL says tekak kampung betul.. tet! (might be sensitive to some people so please don't continue reading if you are..it's just a thang between us sistahs) memang betul pun, lagi best if dapat makan lunch at my kampung kuala pilah tu.. my aunts make the best kampung food man! Ikan sembilang salai masak gulai kucing kuning (siapa nak makan kucing pulak ni?) cili padi.. ikan sembilang goreng sambal ke, pucuk ubi masak lemak ke, kobis masak lemak putih ke..aiyooyoo.. I am salivating thinking of them food. Gasp!

Okay okay.. enough talking about food already. Hah! An entry specifically on food.. classic me.

Red baby Red!

Finally, the red one is here. Got it before the Xmas holidays.. hehe.. All I can say, I like the bag although I think I should have gotten the biggest size.

One of the cons of having using this bag is - there are no compartments. So for the time being there is a pile of stuff in my bag.. and it's a bit hard to find my car keys and house keys.. i have to rummage through my stuff to get to i.e.: my car keys or my house keys. Urghhh.. I know I can use a bag organiser but I don't think that'll work for me.

Anyhow, here's my baby.. RED HOT and awesome :)

Oh no. Darn it. I can't upload from this PC. Don't know why. Oh well.

The pic in google is a bit different from seeing it in real life. So you just have to imagine how nice it looks..hehe..

Till then, toodles!

Finally, managed to post up some pics. This is once I opened the box from the seller.

Tadaa!!! Again, should have bought the biggest size. Still, love the colour. :)