Time to give credit to our Lord!

As I pondered back all these months, the wonderful and miraculous things that the Lord has done, I felt compelled to blog my heartfelt thanks to Him. God, thanks for being there for me and Samuel. The journey is tough, the future is bleak and insecure, lot of anxieties and yet looking forward for Evangeline to arrive as she has been such joy and blessing in our life.

1) Thank God for guiding Samuel and his studies. Samuel has been struggling both his studies and finding time for family. Time is so limited, not much for himself to breathe or even to catch up with his friends and family. If it wasn't for God's grace and mercy, he wouldn't have even done well for his examinations, his papers and assignments. It is indeed a miracle that he can still be mentally and physically strong to handle all the pressure. All these come with a sacrifice too, sacrificing the quality time with family but I am glad he tries and makes effort all the time.

2)Thank God for my pregnancy. So far, my pregnancy has been smooth. No morning sickness, no cravings for particular food or having any signs of rejection for certain food. Normal appetite, eat as per normal and my lifestyle has not much been changed, still the same as before I was pregnant. Everyone says I am blessed and indeed, I am. My baby is also healthy and results for every check up and scans are normal, healthy and positive. Thanks be to God.

3) Thank God for ample time for mental, physical, emotional preparation for the arrival of Evangeline. Ever since I stopped working in March, I have been praying and trying to find a temporary job just for these few months till delivery to help in relieving the financial aspect of the household. Despite earnestly applying for tuition assignments and applying to be a relief teacher, doors were not opened for me. After a while, I understood why and I am glad that GOd knows what's best for me and Samuel. If I am working, I wouldn't be able to settle all the things needed for Evangeline. During these months, I am able to do research, read up about pregnancy, spend time taking care and helping Samuel whenever he needs help. I also have the opportunity to have a taste of how it is like to be a full time housewife which will prepares me to be a SAHM (stay at home mum).

4) Thank God for providence. Depending on one person's income is indeed challenging. We have to change our lifestyle, the way we spend our money, becoming very calculative and careful in the things we wanted to buy. We are thankful that by nature, in terms of the way we are brought up, we are able to live simply thus it was not tough changing our lifestyle and habits in such a short time. As we have one more member in the family soon. Expenses are extremely high as we need to buy things for baby. Thus God gave us wonderful ppl in our life to provide for us. Baby clothes, rocker, baby cot were all given by others..that really save us lots of money as those are expensive items. Now, we only need to spend on daily necessities like diapers, milk bottles etc.

5) Thank God for my parents especially my mum. I specially mentioned my mother because she is not a christian but yet show the characteristics and personalities of one. She is self-less, loving and willing to go extra mile in caring for others. All these months and years, she took good care of Samuel and I. During my pregnancy, she was the one who bought and cooked the tonic, bird nest and sometimes did marketing for us. Despite us wanting to pay for those items, she refused and told us to save that money up. Samuel and I feel very touched by her gestures and love. Those items are not cheap and she is not rich either, but she uses her hard-earned money to show such extention of love to me and baby, what a sacrificing love and heart she has! Thanks Mummy! You are the best and I love you lots!

6)Thank God for friends. I am glad to have friends to ask and seek support in my whole pregnancy journey. They gave me valuable advise, support, encouragements to help me curb my anxieties and insecurities. Without them, I am clueless and may even fumble when baby arrives. Thanks my friends who pray for us and being there when we needed help!

7) Thank God for bringing Samuel and I closer together thru this child. A lot have changed even since we have this child. Unknowingly, we became more patient, loving and understanding towards each other. We used to take lot of things and each other for granted. We quarrel, lose temper at one another and at times having cold wars to spite each other. But things are different now. We know that we needed to be role models, to set up the right environment for our baby. We wouldn't want baby to inherit certain negative traits from us and allow generation bondages to pass down to our children. Role and responsibilities as husband and wife, as father and mother were shown clearly to us thru God's words and we placed these commandments dearly in our hearts. We became more joyful as parents and as a couple. We learn to love each other more deeply and in special ways. Thank you God for such a change.

Continue to pray with us as we move on from one stage to another. May the Lord bless you abundantly in each of your lives just as how you have been a blessing to us!

Current Mood: Thankful

Prayer of the day

Time to keep us in prayer. :)

Prayer request for Samuel:

1) Pls pray for his Greek test today and that He is able to attempt and answer the questions. Pray for good concentration, focus and understanding.

2) Pray for his book review report to be handed up on Friday. Pray for wisdom and knowledge as he interprets, reflects on the writings and to present a well written report.

3) Pray for his health that GOd will sustain him. As work load is super duper heavy, sleep is being deprived each and everyday. Time is short with so many things to complete. Pray that the number of hours of sleep he has will be able to sustain him each and everyday in school.

4) Pray for good time management. Pray that Samuel is able to cope and seek balance between work and family. He longed to spent more time with his wife and to settle things for baby's arrival but time is limited. Pray for grace and time to be able to praticipate in the preparation work.

Prayer request for Evangeline:

1) Pray for the physical development of baby Evangeline to be healthy as she grows bigger and stronger in the womb each and everyday. Pray against birth defects, learning disabilities or any other birth problems away from Evangeline.

2) Pray for her character and personality development that she will be moulded in Christ-likeness. With characteristics of obedience, gentleness and the fruit of the Spirit to be in her.

3) Pray too that she will be able to respond to us as we pray and talk to her each and everyday. :) Pray for God's protection to be on her.

Prayer Request for Stephanie:

1) Pray for her back as she continues to feel strain off and on as her pregnancy progresses. Especially after the back sprain a month ago and also the increased in weight, she feels breathless easily and additional pressure on her back and legs. Pray for relief of pain.

2) Pray for her mental, emotional health that she will be well prepared for the arrival of Evangeline. Pray for strength too as she handles all the preparation work for the arrival of Evangeline as Samuel is too busy in his work. Pray for Steph to understand the contraints and difficulties of Samuel and her to depend on God more to guide her and strengthen her.

Thanks be to God!

Current Mood: Refreshed

Wonderful fellowship!

Yesterday, I brought J and her boyfriend to the bridal shop that I had engaged for my wedding two years ago and also to catch up on each other's life during lunch.

Amoy Street Food Centre is a must to go. This was my first time there and we were glad to be there early before lunch crowd. I was highly recommeded to try out the fish soup stall at second level but did not manage to try that as the queue was very long. Guessed must really queue up for about half an hour before I could get my food. Evangeline couldn't wait anymore as she was kicking to protest for food. Oh well, so I scurried off to another stall with a shorter queue for a plate of yummy Wan Tan noodles.

Hey hey hey, it was super duper delicious and value for money ($4). it's either $3 or $4 and I opted for the bigger one..no choice, double serving now leh. :) But I was dumbfounded. The noodles given was about two person servings, 6 fried wantans and a bowl of wan tan soup with further 12 non-fried wan tans in it. Eh, I couldn;t believe what I got for the price I was paying. I was not joking. It's true. Try it out if you ever have a chance..Seeing is believing.

After a full-filling lunch, we went to Flamingo Bridal to try out the gowns there. J was facinated by the wide choices of gowns she can choose from. She was totally clueless at the various cuts, empire cut, toga, halter, embrioderies, lace patch etc. In the end, she was so wearied after trying the gowns but at least have an idea what she wanted. Since Shirley, the designer and owner of the shop was not there, we make an appointment to meet her again on Sat. Hopefully, Shirley can come up with something unique for J.

Honestly speaking, I was very happy for J. It reminded me of my wedding day and how pretty I looked in those gowns. Those were the good old days. Now, I looked more like a bloated balloon. J, hope you like the gowns you have tried!

Yup, a great day of fellowship, but ended up with a night of painful leg cramps due to exhausted calves muscles after a long day of walking. Ah.....I am indeed getting super heavy for my poor legs to handle.

Current Mood: Weary but joyful

National Day Family Gathering

It was really fun catching up with Hubby's cousins at a family gathering on National Day. It was H.E's birthday and boy oh boy, isn't he tall. Managed to catch some parenting tips from one of the cousin's wife who is a SAHM. Another cousin also handed me some pregnancy books to read. Glad to have such supportive cousins to guide me thru this whole pregnancy process. I am truly blessed!

Current Mood: Tired

Big mistake I made

When I was posting on my blog, I realised that the publisher is under the name of Evangeline and not mine anymore. I pondered for a while and realised that when I set up Evangeline's blog, I used my account. So I had accidentally changed my profile to hers. Now I have a big problem. Under her blog, her profile is correct, but under my blog, my profile is hers. The best I can do is to remove the profile element under my blog and use the text element to replace the profile. To the best ability I can make, the publisher of my post in my blog is still Evangeline. sigh.

At least for now, I do not need to redo and change Evangeline's blog as the blog address will be totally different. Sigh! what a blunder. I should have created another blogger account for Evangeline.

Argh!!!!! oh well, nobody is IT savy and perfect.

Current mood: helpless

Pls Pray for Evangeline!

I am super duper worried..Evangeline has not been kicking much. Normally, she is very active at night but yesterday, she hardly kicked at all, less than 10 times a day. Today, I tried talking to her, tapping my tummy, trying to feel her, but silence is all I get.

Should I call my gynae? Should I see doc now? or should I wait and observe and not get panicky? Oh I am so worried. What should I do?

Just pray!

Current mood: Worried

An update of my pregnancy

Yup! Evangeline's blog is up! Who is Evangeline? My baby girl, our precious child. Took me one whole day to do up the blog for her. The whole pregnancy has been smooth except for a back sprain last month. One week of groans, pains and total bed rest. Thanks for the prayers of church members and my wonderful Mum who took good care of me that enabled me to recover speedily.

17 more weeks to go. Tummy's getting heavier, movements become more strenous and slow. Oh well, have to buck up in getting the baby stuff ready for Evangeline's arrival since hubby is super busy. So far still lots of things to settle like doing up the baby's room, buying baby's furniture and the necessities for myself.

COntinue to pray for us and Evangeline for good health and GOd's guidance and providence in our lives.

Evangeline's blog: http://preciousevangeline.blogspot.com

Current mood: hungry