happy mother's day

Never thought I'll share this cheeks of my little milk monster - but she's too cute not to share.

It's very hard to imagine that this holiday now also applies to me. Mother's Day was always for my mom, but now me too?? That just sounds so surreal. I might be taking care of this little milk monster 24/7 for the last 4 months but I sure feel more like a servant than a mom. 😂 Maybe one day when I start receiving her handwritten cards, it'll finally hit me.

Somehow the word motherhood doesn't seem appropriate to describe my last 4 months. Pregnancy felt like a burden and the delivery process was just a pain (pun intended). Maybe one day I'll share my delivery/labor story.  When I think of motherhood I used to think of love and nurture, while I don't think I did any less than that, motherhood means a whole lot more and different. Breastfeeding, cleaning bottles, pumping, sleepless nights, tending to each of her whines and whimpers, and just plain worrying about her. And so many endless questions and doubts - am I feeding her enough? Am I feeding her too much? Is that her hungry cry - does she need to eat? Does she need to sleep? Do I rock her? Do I let her self soothe? When do I do tummy time? Is that gassiness or reflux?  So many endless questions for the almighty Google - though unfortunately sometimes it leads to more questions than answers.

Wishing all mamas out there a truly Happy Mother's Day - because each and everyone of you have done so much more than love and nurture your babies.

Mother's Day came and went and my dear husband (let's introduce you guys to Big C for now) made sure I receive all the little tidbits. From flowers to chocolate to a little cute signed card from the Little C.

From card to cookies to chocolate covered strawberries - look at that Little C

That pretty little box of vibrant colorful glassy balls are actually chocolate from this little shop Stick With Me. Wish I can capture the chocolate better, each one was too beautiful to eat (but still ended up in my tummy 😋 . We spent it having a nice little lunch at a nearby Malaysian restaurant with my parents.  Not too bad for a 1st Mother's Day. I hope you all had a wonderful Sunday!

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