I've had complaints that I haven't blogged in a few days.
Sorry!
I've not been 100% health-wise, so it made juggling everything more tiring than usual.
All I have to say is this though:
I'm happy. Morgan is happy. HSS seems to be happy as well.
21st May 2012 - Happy times :D
On Saturday evening, Morgan slept over at my grandma's house. HSS and I went out to celebrate a friend's birthday - didn't stay out late though as we were both pretty tired. On Sunday, we grabbed brunch at Mint - whereby HSS's tastebuds were deflowered by means of the infamous Orgasmic Brownie. After noms, we were going for a walk when I found a couple missed calls from my sis. I called her back and she asked me to go buy nappies and Bebegel for Morgan as she had been restless all morning due to bellyache.
Off we went to the airport's pharmacy! It was the first of undoubtedly many Parental Emergencies to happen - and I'm glad I wasn't alone in this. Once the goods were acquired, we went over at my grandma's to attend to Morgan's needs. Eventually, Morgan and I came back home and HSS left for work.
Monday found us all in a pretty good mood, as can be testified via the above picture. That is the first photo of the three of us. One photo I very much cherish. We played and cuddled all day!
Today is now Tuesday - and Morgan's Paternal Granny has arrived on the island! Her plane should have landed a minute ago. I'm not in tip top shape as I have a very sore and swollen throat. I think I had fever earlier, which is why Morgan is staying at my mum's for the night. Will give me some time to try and recover as the days to come are going to be quite on the sociable side!
Morgan is teething at the moment which makes her uber drooly. She is becoming more sociable than ever and more vocal too. Today I kept imitating her sounds and that seemed to please her. She is also using her hands more efficiently and holds her head up straight for longer periods of time. She still loves music and will get restless if there is no music on. She turned 4 months old today! Can't believe time is going by so quickly!!
Morgan is starting to focus more on what she does - she is discovering her abilities from a new perspective! This means she ends up going cross-eyed on a daily basis when trying to observe her dummy or her hands.
She is now pretty much wearing just her onesies all the time as the weather is getting too warm to wear layers.
Things are going well for me at the moment - HSS is a Godssend [yes, I'm aware I typed two s's there.] and I couldn't be happier. Seems like I may have found my Not-that-white Knight and his loyal [Honda] Steed. I know, I know. Bad pun. I've been giggling over it all afternoon the moment it dawned on me as I was walking with Morgan to go meet my mum for coffeetimes. It is unusual, but very pleasant, to have someone to help me out and to share things with and for a change, to be looked after. I've been doing things on my own for such a long time, I forgot what this feels like. Actually, I don't think I've ever felt this way before. *grin*
I got her "two" new books - and I say "two" purely because the one with the Rainbow-winged Fairy on it is actually a pack of 4 pop-up books written by the awesome John Patience. Morgan has got another 2 books by the same author.
Today I finally heard back from my workplace. I've got a meeting on Friday morning to discuss my working hours and what training I'll need to refresh my memory and learn new things. Fingers crossed!!
Morgan's Paternal Granny shall soon be coming over! Can't wait!
Also, in June, my very good friend Kathryn will also be coming over - it will be way exciting to introduce Morgan to her!! My Partner in Crime [PIC] Laura should also be visiting us soon - that'll be interesting and fun!
Today was THE DAY- i.e. the day when I get to take Morgan to hospital and get the results of her Genetic Profiling - meaning I would find out if she's a Down's Baby or not. Before getting to the big revelation, I'll give you a background of what a day from hell it has been.
At about 3am, I gave Morgan her bottle and changed her nappy, and then went to the kitchen to prepare her next feeds and to enjoy a middle-of-the-night snack and hot beverage. Yes, I just heard the words 'hot beverage' being spoken in my head by The Big Bang Theory's Dr Sheldon Cooper. Oops - there we go again.
A thunder-cum-hailstorm broke loose out of nowhere. And then it happened. It was 4am. One moment I'm doing a Word Search, the next, a loud POP! was heard and the lights went out.
"FuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckFUCK!" I thought to myself. Hugh, my laptop, was on standby, plugged in. I ran to unplug it, whilst hoping it will still work once I give it a shot, to prevent any other possible damages. I checked on Morgan, and told my mum there was a blackout. Upon checking the circuit breaker, it turned out the issue must be related to the Electricity Main Thingy. Great.
My grandma woke up and herself, my mum and I ended up bickering over what could be the issue. Because you know, each one of us is a Certified Electrician, right? Anyway. Everyone went back to sleep and I nodded off for about an hour until it was time to wake up.
I got Morgan fed and changed and cleaned up, then got ready myself. It was soon after that hell broke loose over how on Earth I was meant to get to hospital. Due to the sudden weather change, bussing it was out of the question, and the taxi service I called was unavailable. After a while, my brother managed to pick us up and drive us there.
A brief struggle to install the car seat and a mostly traffic-free drive later, and we were there. My mum accompanied us to help me carry the car seat + Morgan as they are bloody heavy! The Doc we had the appointment with hadn't arrived yet, so we sat in the waiting room, and did just that - we waited.
The wait was rather nerve-wrecking. In the meanwhile, I received a message via Facebook from Morgan's Paternal Granny to say that Morgan's Paternal Great-granddad had passed away earlier this morning. Yet another death that has affected someone close to me this year - brings the toll up to 5 in total. It is rather sad that Morgan will now never have the opportunity to meet him, but I'm told that he was shown her photos and that made him smile. So at least, there's that. Now, we wait to see if this will impact her Paternal Granny's visit or not. If the visit has to be rescheduled, then so be it. It is a matter of prioritising after all. If everything stays the same though, it would mean that we get Morgan's Paternal Granny over here on Saturday! Exciting stuff!
I was looking around me, observing other babies and children. There was one colicky baby, who went bright red and just wouldn't stop crying. Soon after, another baby joined in and started wailing as well. I smiled, a bit smugly, I admit, at Morgan - who was asleep - and told her "Good girl, not to give in to peer pressure!" This provoked a quizzical look and some chuckles from my mum.
I then was observing a boy - who was perhaps 10 years old - who seemed to have some disability. I didn't realise this until I heard him speak. That is when I looked at Morgan, a bit choked up and thought to myself how easy it is for a disability to stay hidden from the world, and how anxious I was to get the results. I kept hoping and hoping that everything would be fine. Given the day's start though, I wasn't hopeful, to be honest.
Then, the Doc walked in and soon after we were summoned.
Doc said she was still waiting for Morgan's notes, and after a few moments, she broke the news.
Does Morgan seem Down to you?
No?
THAT IS BECAUSE SHE IS NOT A DOWN'S BABY!
The tests came back perfectly fine! I was overjoyed to hear this, albeit it was a delayed reaction since I think I was somewhat shocked. I had been preparing myself for the worst, just in case, so it was a bit of a dream-like situation.
Doc then weighed and measured Morgan - She now weighs 4.09kg [9lbs] and is 52.7cm [20.7inches] tall. She'll be 5 weeks old tomorrow. Quite impressive, at least to me!
Whatever else goes wrong throughout the day won't matter. I know Morgan is well, and that is all that matters to me.
I am shocked. For the first time since I started the blog, a day went by without me writing anything!
The reason for that is the fact that yesterday was a Day From Hell, which started at 4:15am with a meganappy that required an outfit change for Morgan, followed by feeding Morgan as well as an argument between myself, my mum and my grandma. The argument was prompted by their wanting to help, to be honest. My mum was meant to babysit whilst I ran a couple of errands, but that was no longer possible.
The morning continued with cooking lunch at 6am, then showing my younger sis how to change a nappy - which led to yet another outfit change - and how to give Morgan her bottle.
Omnomnomnom
Whilst Morgan was being fed, I got everything ready for our trip over to my place. Obviously even the walk there had a number of irritating occurrences - starting from the fact that the closest ATM was unavailable due to some work being done in the lobby. My frustration then flew in the faces of the idiots who give permits for people to build a doorstep that takes up half of the already narrow pavement, and the assholes who park their car on a double yellow line on the corner, thus blocking access to the ramp I needed to use to push the pram off the sidewalk. Not to forget the inconsiderate twats who dump their garbage bags on the corner, thus also blocking said ramps. And to finish, the local councils for either letting the pavements deteriorate enough to be ridden with potholes worse than those drivers have to face on a daily basis, or else for building pavements so narrow you'd have to walk in a single file with your back against the wall in order not to fall off them.
In other words, Indiana Jones should envy us for making it there and back unscathed.
Home sweet home!
We finally arrived at my place, and soon after my landlady arrived. We had a brief chat, she oohed and aahed over Morgan, and left. I packed my laptop and we started the journey back home. We made a quick stop at the post office where we picked up a parcel sent to Morgan from my good, bearded friend Cris.
Morgan is now the proud owner of a really cute blanket, and her very own Elder God!
See? :D
Not even 10 minutes after arriving back home, a workmate of mine came over for lunch and to meet Morgan. She gave Morgan this awesome handknitted outfit her mum made, and also brought one of the most amazing apple pies ever.
After my workmate left, I attended to Morgan and had to change her outfit yet again. Once she was clothed and fed, another friend of mine who is currently pregnant came over with her son and we chatted a bit as her 5(?) year old son hovered around Morgan, examining her attentively. I think he was trying to decide whether he likes the idea of a sibling or not.
My friend and I then tried to explain to him that girls don't have a penis and don't need one in order to pee. He was not convinced and seemed to think we were grossly mistaken and pretty delusional. I'm sure he'll figure it out eventually.
The day carried on being hectic until late at night. It did end on a positive note though! Morgan's Other Granny - the paternal one - confirmed her dates. She'll be visiting for a week soon! I'm excited about it since we never met but she has been immensely supportive throughout the pregnancy and this first month of Morgan's life. I'm also excited for her as well as for Morgan - I know how excited my mum was upon holding Morgan for the first time. I can't imagine what it will be like for his mum.. Having to wait for so long and yet still see and read about the daily changes Morgan goes through via pictures I post and the blogs I write - it must be difficult. I can somewhat empathise due to having lived a long distance relationship. It is not the same though.
So yes - Morgan is now a month old! She is growing up so quickly! There are clothes that are already fitting her a bit too snugly and that will have to be cast aside. Her foot is now longer than my middle finger. I ought to get an inch tape and measure her properly! She is also pulling out the dummy by tugging on the strappy-thingy that is joined with the Bear's Head Clip that secures it to her clothes. She is also holding her head up by herself for a few long seconds, and following moving objects for longer periods of time.
Notice her hand tugging on the strappy-thingy!
I hope I will have more time to write tomorrow as I tend to forget details which I would otherwise share. Besides from keeping you lot updated, this blog also serves as a journal for me, and later on for her, to remind me of those brief moments which can make or break one's day but unless a record is kept of them, they end up being forgotten.
