and then there was me...: 18 weeks and food galore

Monday, April 30, 2012

18 weeks and food galore

So we finally know the gender of our baby!!! were having a girl!!!- and none was happier then moi, and my mum in law who was rooting for a girl coz after having 2 rowdy boys- she wanted a better life for me- haha!! Ive been itching to buy cute lil baby outfits since we found out i was expecting but i had to hold myself back coz i wasnt sure what i was carrying. I had a strong instinct that i was carrying a girl but jj brushed it off saying i was being paranoid and biased- which of course i wasnt! it wasnt just that it was only baby girl clothes that appealed to me evrywhr we went, or the numerous dreams i had of actually birthing a baby girl. It was more then that. It was just a strong feeling of knowing that this baby inside me is a girl. Like evrytime i imagined myself with my child- its a girl!! call it a mothers hunch if u may but whatever it is- I won dinner fair and square :)

Ive wanted to try out this thai place for quite some time now. jj was expecting me to pick some pricey place for dinner- haih, he clearly thinks very highly of me- phishhh!! but i didnt! Thai sabye sabye is a veyr down to earth, family eatery and we both loved it. The best item we ordered that night was the salted egg soft shell crab- it was so so sooooooooooooo good!!! i could actually feel it permanently parking itself on my already humungous thighs- but i decided it was worth it. We probably ordered way too much for 2 people but hey- its my winning dinner! lemme!!

Then lastnight we decided to have mama n ariff's bday dinner. for once we decided to cook instead of going out. by we i mean kak in. I only agreed coz she promised i wouldnt have to do anything but the appetizer. which worked for me. She made baked siakap fish with gorgeous butter sauce and wud not stop calling it baked barramundi- which earned her endless mocking by all of us. and 2 roast chickens and some veg. Then she made this reconstucted piped cheesecake with blackberry and apple filling- which was delish!- i hate cheesecakes by the way bt this was awesome! lazy me made prawn cocktail salad which was essentially just blanched prawns eaten with fresh salad and i made a simple cocktail sauce. i even had bibik shell the prawns for me so all i did was just blanch n shucked them in the fridge. but dinner was good! it was nice to be among family, eating good food with ur hands and laughing with and at one another.