Caramel Macchiato....non fat, sugar free vanilla and light caramel. Thats my breakfast everyday. At times when I am sleepy, I would get the triple shot of this bugger. It is soooooooooooo good, no words could describe the goodness of it in the morning, especially when you're sleepy and tired in the morning.

Mak is leaving in 2 weeks, sob sob. She is already planning the dates of when she's coming back already. Wait wait, she's not gone yet, but shes already planning to come back. She says that she would like to bring home one of Suraya's pyjamas that she has worn so that mak could smell this little girl when shes thousands of miles away. I cannot mention about mak leaving to her cos she would get teary eyed. She surely will miss Suraya and Mas...forget me, I am just the surrogate mom hehehe.

Teary eyed, yes, I do get teary eyed when I think of mak leaving. Last week, I did not know what hit me but I cried all the way to work. I will miss my beloved mak....sigh.

In the meantime, I know that you never get enough of Suraya, here's a picture of her in the snow, trying to be a snow angel last weekend when we were at Reno visiting the mom in law.

My Little Einstein

Suraya had her '4 month old' check up last Friday. It gets more fun bringing her to places these days. Every outing is an exploration for her....especially the pediatrician's office where they have butterflies hanging on the celing and walls, strikingly colored wallpapers, wind chimes at the corner of the room and also cartoon characterized 'measuring sheet' where we put her on.

She is 15.12lbs now. The Dr asked what Suraya can do now. I said, the roll from tummy to back and back to tummy, eating solids and she would say the word 'Neng' when she wants milk. The Dr stopped writing and asked me 'Wait wait, what did she say when she wants milk?', I said 'She said Neng' and she asked me again...4 times to be sure and I answered 4 times as well. Firstly, she said that babies learn to roll onto her back from her tummy at age 5 months or so and babies surely do not say a syllable jabber like 'Neng' until they're 6-7 months. Then she said 'This baby is advanced Ely. I wonder what she can do at age 6 months when I see her'.

Well, to me, I did not feel the difference maybe cos she is my 3rd child. But hey, maybe Suraya is my little advanced Super Baby!!!

Kakak Mas was so happy when she heard that Suraya is 'advancing' pretty well. She said 'I told you that my little sister's a genius!'...my Little Einstein :)

Since I got back to work, my whole housekeeping duty has been a blur. Yes...a big blur! I do not even have time to do laundry, more even folding them. Why? I cannot explain why.

Most times when I am home, I have Suraya pelted on me. She would not want anyone with her except for me. When I try to fold the laundry and put her on the bed, sure, she would cooperate for a few minutes and then she would want me to sit next to her and entertain her.

So for the past weeks, my bedroom was filled with clothes. Work clothes, pajamas, socks, underwear, all in different corners of the room. Actually I am (or WAS???) very particular about laundry laying everywhere but lately, I get too tired to even touch any laundry. That I would just be happy laying in bed and fall asleep with Suraya right after dinner.

I can't stand my bedroom now, its like a pig sty to me. God forbid if anyone were to call to visit the baby. I would need ONE WEEK'S NOTICE in order to let my visitors in. Well, thanks to mak, at least the living room and kitchen is always clean.

But I have to tell myself to get up and start 'lipat-ing' the kain baju. I shall let you know if my intention succeeds, in a week's time. No...give me a few weeks okay.

In the meantime, Ely has been somewhat 'fixed' permanently. We did the procedure on Saturday. Its not tubal ligation but a new technique called 'Essure' (Google about it to know more). I was at the clinic at 8am on Saturday, bright and early. The nurse gave me 3 pills...2 Vicodine and 1 Valium (great, Ely will be so doped out, she thought). Then 20 minutes later, I was brought to the examination room and given a painkilling shot (yes, got such thing). Give Ely 20 more minutes and she became delirious. The husband was enjoying seeing me in half 'La La land' and talking nonsense. 10 minutes later, my OBGYN came in and gave me 2 more loooong needle shots in my uterus to numb it. Yes, more shots. Painful? Actually no, I could feel the pinch on the first shot and the second one was nothing at all.

Nope, it wasn't over yet. I was then moved to the surgery room. Great...1 OBGYN, 2 nurses, 1 Essure technician and the husband in the tiny room. I was doped up, I was happy to see everyone in there, with my legs on stirrups, draped with the blue surgery disposable garments, lights turned out and a camera scope in my womb. And then the second OBGYN came in...ahhh, I know her. Feeling my uterus flushed by the cold water, seeing the inside of my tubes via camera on tv, the Dr putting in the Essure on both sides of my fallopian tubes, she then said 'OK done! You're a great patient Ely, not a whimper out of you and you look great!' (remember, don't ever get caught with no make up haha!). The Essure even asked me to rate my pain from 1-10, being the most painful...I said 'No pain'. Was that abnormal?

Heh, but I was waaaaaaaaay dopey when I got back in the car. Got home, I was still dopey like a zombie but feeling the cramps when I carried the baby. But I didn't fight it. Suraya and I took 3 hour nap that day. Who's complaining, even the husband was glad that I was out for 3 hours.

I still feel bloated from that surgery. The girdle didn't work today. I still feel slight cramp especially when I carry Suraya. But I shall recover...enough to finish folding my laundry!

Stuffed cabbage

Mak did the sweetest thing last night. She cooked a Jewish meal for the husband...Stuffed Cabbage.

It was funny, I called mak at 4pm last night and asked her whats for dinner. Firstly, mak surprised me for even cooking dinner (cos usually I would cook dinner or she would wait for me to get home) and then she said that she prepared a 'surprise' dinner for the husband. She told me what it was and made me swear not to tell the husband.

In short, it was a WONDERFUL dinner. Mak moved me to tears. She said that she will go home with the recipe and serve her family and friends with this Jewish Delicacy.

I love you Mak!