Babies Update..

Just to update that there will be 2 baby boys and a baby girl by year-end. Heather's expecting a boy in Nov and Carol's having a girl in Dec:) Next year's Lunar New Year will be so interesting, with so many infants that the uncles and aunties can fuss around. Which means, 2 additional angpows that i need to pack! haha! I'm really looking forward to Lunar New Year, coz Bebe will be about 4 months old by then and it'll be our first Lunar New Year with him! Although Chee Meng is more excited that he will finally be able to 'recoup' the angpow money that we've been dishing out for the last 6 years! Haha! But a question arises - how will our mahjong arrangement be, since either one of us will have to take care of Bebe? The question is .... 'WHO' will be the one playing mahjong?!

Talking about next year, i've just worked out my leave arrangements.. my EDD is 10 Sep and i intend to take my maternity leave only on 8 Sep (I figured out that i might be a bit bored if i take leave too early and i want to spend a bit more time with Bebe). And with the maternity leave and my own leave, i will be away from the office till 6 March 09!! Woohoo!! And still have about 19 days of leave to spare for 2009!! Well, this is one of the perks of staying on in a job for such a long time (erm, 12 years to be exact)!

I've always toyed with the idea of being a 'Stay-At-Home-Mum' at least for the first 3 years of my child's life, way way before i got pregnant coz I think that the first 3 years of a child's life is the most important - to lay the proper foundation for his/her development. But practical realities of life - financial security (especially with rising inflation), personal/career development and the usual lament that 'you study so much just to become a housewife' made me think twice and reconsider my options. Chee Meng also advised me to continue working, so that i won't be isolated and ignorant of what's happening the world and become a 'yellow-faced auntie'. I think i enjoy working and do get a sense of satisfaction from my work. But i shall leave this on the back-burner and reconsider this issue during my maternity leave. Who knows, i may just decide to fulfill my desire to be a full-time mum:)

Let's see.