UPDATE: PREGO'S BELLY BUTTON

My 35-week belly button

Remember my belly button at 21 weeks? Hehehe, I'm here to document its changes over the past 3.5 months.

LITTLE KID INSIDE OF HIM

Have you ever heard the phrase: "There's a little kid inside all of us?"  I'm sure you have.  Well, I have a recent story to share with you about that.

GROWTH SPURT?

I'm still hauling a "precious cargo" and 35 weeks along today.  This "precious cargo" is, I believe, experiencing a growth spurt at the moment.

PREGNANCY STRETCH MARKS

Side view of my 34-week belly.  See those stretch marks in the bottom right corner?

I'm 34-almost-35 weeks now.  My belly has grown very significantly in the past 6 weeks.  It grew 6cm in "diameter."  I've been enjoying my pregnancy so far. I actually LOVE being pregnant.  It grows the woman in me through every step of the way.  Pregnancy is definitely one of my favorite life experiences.

One of the things I've been looking forward to experiencing with the pregnancy is STRETCH MARKS.

CLOTH DIAPERING STARTER KIT

How exciting!!!  The cloth diapers finally arrived earlier this week.

Marcel calls these mushroom diapers cause they look like mushrooms upside down

As the starting point and after much research and "interviewing" mommy friends who have been cloth diapering their babies, Marcel and I decided to get a dozen of bumGenius 4.0 (links at the bottom).


bumGenius 4.0 comes in two fastener options: "hook and loop" or "snap".  The "snap" closing is the one with the snap buttons to adjust the waist line.  The "hook and loop" is the one with the velcro just like the disposable diapers.  We got the "hook and loop" to start with because we feel like it's easier to put on and adjust than the "snap" one.  But I guess we will see how it fits us when the baby comes.  :-)


How exciting!!!!  I think I will blog more about my experience in cloth diapering once I get my feet wet on it.  For now, I can't wait to put these on Manny ... can't wait for him to pee and poo on them :-)


Exciting exciting!!!

DIAPER CAKE

Apart from the Indonesian cheese cake, another of our favorite cake is the Diaper Cake hehehe.


For our baby Manny, Ci Kiki kindly made a special one.  Thank you, Ci Kiki, for the lovely cake.  They will be useful for Manny and encouraging for me and Marcel.  Thank you for the thoughtful gift.

Cutely wrapped diaper cake 

Couldn't wait to unwrap it

Some of them have the encouraging and humbling verses needed by every new parent!!!  Can't wait to put these on Manny.  I wish I can sew the Bible verses on Manny's cloth diapers too.  :-)  Maybe my next next next nesting project?  Hmmmm....

Feeling so loved to love,


Yanny

NESTING: BABY DRESSER AND CRIB

Another productive weekend for our nesting projects.


We finally got a dresser that is of a perfect height for diaper changing station.  Since it's the floor sample one, the dresser was 25% off.  YAYYY!!!  We love bargains!!!  Not only that we can use this for diaper changing station, we can also store baby clothes in here.  LOVE the multi-functional items.

The dresser filled with baby items from Cici Bao Zhu, Cici Chloe Kecil, Koko Nathan and Koko Ryan as well as from the baby shower by lots of loving Aunties.  Thank you, Cicis, Kokos and Aunties.

Baby items are organized by size and type so to make it easier for us to store and grab while changing the baby clothes on-the-go and on sleepy nights in the future.  We got the dresser dividers from the Container Store.  They are so functional and easy to use.

The handed-down diaper pad from Cici Amy.  We place the water-proof rubber pad over it to avoid it being soiled too often.  Thank you, Cici Amy and Cici Jojo.

The handed-down crib set from Koko Ryan.  We secured the drop bar and  turned that side against the wall so to avoid injuries.  And for now, we install the crib bumper unless the baby does not need it and/or we find it more secure without it.  Thank you, Koko Ryan, for sharing your full-of-love and full-of-pee-pee crib.  :-)

What a blessed pregnancy and baby we have!!!  Thank you, Lord, for the extended families who love and care for us and our not-yet-born baby.


Unto the next nesting project: the hospital bag!!!  Uh-hu!!!!