The little one is 35 weeks old in my womb now. My stomach is huge and the stretch marks can be seen. I still do not know its gender yet but the Filipina who gave me a pre-natal massage on Monday insisted that it is a boy. I asked her why and she said she has four boys herself and she knows how a mother expecting a boy looks like. Some elders have also indicated that it is very likely to be a boy but I guess we will only be sure of its gender when we hold it in our arms. Anyway, boy or girl, it does not really matter. What's most important is that it is healthy and that its delivery is smooth and God willing, it will not be our only child. At 35 weeks, I can still do some things like drive myself to work, cook, do light gardening, do some housework...etc. Due to my baby bump, I can't really pick things up from the floor these days. I can't do too much laundry or squat. People say I walk pretty fast for someone of my condition but i do experience shortness of breath each time I walk up the stairs at work. Some male colleagues have advised me to use the lift but I still use the stairs as a form of exercise. Of course I have to be extra cautious so that I do not fall.

I am still able to sleep reasonably well at night, my feet does not really swell but my fingers experience joints pain especially when I sleep. I feel warm most of the time and sweat a lot more than usual hence the increase in our laundry. I am seriously thinking of cutting my hair short yet I am worried that I would look terrible as I've always had difficulty managing my hair when it is short. But then again, i cannot stand having sweat dripping down my hair especially during the afternoons when the weather is warm.

We have started to shop for the baby's items but I have to admit that compared to others, we have not spent much. Being willing to accept hand me downs actually saves a lot of money. Our latest collection of hand me downs are an electric milk pump (from my cousin), a nursing pillow and a bottle of DOM (from Janice and Alvin), a baby hammock (from a BEC member), baby clothes (from Uncle Lim's Grandson), Baby cot, Napkins, Baptism clothes, CD's, Toys (from Shawn) and so on. We still need to shop for milk bottles and sterilizer, bathing tub, baby car seat (someone is also offering a hand me down) and a little bit of this and that.

Advent this year is indeed special for the both of us as we are literally waiting in anticipation for the birth if our own child. It would be even more interesting if the baby decides to come on Christmas day itself.