Welcome Nolan Nianzu Yeh!!!

Our baby was due on March 12 but on February 16 I was pretty sure my water broke in the morning.  I had a doctor appointment that day so I waited until then to confirm with the doctor that it was my water breaking.  Sure enough, she confirmed it and sent me straight to the hospital to be induced.  At 7:13pm Singapore time, we welcomed Nolan Nianzu Yeh to our family weighing 6 pounds, 3 ounces and measuring 19 inches long.  Even though he was 3.5 weeks early, he is healthy and we are so in love with our baby boy!!

Family time and Baby Shower

My parents got to Singapore at the end of January to make sure they would be here when Yeh baby arrives.  Unfortunately, in the first 12 hours of being here, it was raining and my dad fell and fractured his arm.  It didn't require surgery but he will be in a sling for about 6 weeks.

The day after they arrived we went to Chinatown for lunch and walked around for a bit afterwards. Jimmy kept prolonging our outing and I was getting really mad at him for keeping his 8 months pregnant wife and injured father in law out in the heat so long.  He said he had one more thing to pick up and walked us through a mall and then we got to a hotel and I was pretty livid at this point.  I felt like a total idiot when I realized he was leading us to my surprise baby shower!  The girls had been planning it for awhile and I had absolutely no clue.  We had a really nice afternoon tea and played a few games, including pin the dummy on the baby (in the UK, they call pacifiers dummies).  It was such a lovely afternoon and a really nice surprise!

My parents were still able to go on the cruise they had booked for a week after their arrival which was good because Jimmy's cousins came to visit over Chinese New Year and we would have had trouble fitting everyone in the condo at the same time.  When Jimmy's cousins arrived we celebrated with hot pot which was delicious!  They spent a day at Legoland in Malaysia but I wasn't up to spending a whole day out so stayed at home.  We had lunch at Level33 which has a great view of Marina Bay Sands. Afterwards we walked around Gardens by the Bay. That night we went to the Night Safari which I've been wanting to check out since we moved here.  A perk of being pregnant was that we got to go to the front of the tram line instead of waiting!  We spent the next day just relaxing before they left.  It was great having family come visit!

My parents returned on Sunday from their cruise and now we're just waiting for Yeh baby to arrive!

Babymoon/Christmas in Langkawi

We wanted to get one last trip in while I could still fly so we decided to go to Langkawi, Malaysia for Christmas.  I wasn't able to do any long flights and this was only an hour away so it was perfect for a long weekend.  After landing at the airport, we got picked up by a BMW to take us to our hotel with a special screen welcoming us which we thought was pretty cool.

Our room was awesome - we got a private pool villa with direct access to the beach.  It had a kitchen, living area and bedroom so there was a ton of space.  On our patio area with the pool, there were loungers as well as a day bed with a fan which kept us cool all day.  The weather was perfect - it was high 80s and didn't rain so we sat outside pretty much all day every day.

When we first arrived, we ordered room service and just left the tray sitting outside.  We quickly learned that wasn't a good idea because monkeys hopped over the wall and went after the leftovers!

 

The hotel had a Christmas buffet with Christmas music which was nice.  They also delivered Christmas cookies to our room which was a nice touch.

 

On Christmas day, we treated ourselves to massages.  I got the Ultimate Pregnancy massage - it was interesting having to lay on my side for the massage since I can't lay on my belly.

Since we were in a private pool villa, we had the option to do a BBQ on our back patio.  They brought the grill and all the food and we cooked it ourselves.  It was a ton of food - we couldn't even finish all of it!  Everything was delicious - it was probably our favorite meal of the trip.

On the last morning, breakfast was being delivered and monkeys were at the front door as it was being dropped off.  As I was eating inside, I noticed they had moved to the back patio and were peering in the window.  Jimmy decided to toss some fruit out to them.  After that, they tried opening the door to get in!  That was definitely a unique experience!

The trip was fantastic and very relaxing.  We're glad we were able to get in one last trip in before the baby arrives - only 10 more weeks!

Hong Kong

We haven't been to Hong Kong since we've been living in Singapore so we wanted to get there once to see Jimmy's family and friends.  Jimmy has to travel for work the next 6 weeks and I don't really want to travel in 2016 since I'll be pretty far along so this was our last opportunity to get there.

We spent Saturday in Macau which is about an hour ferry ride from Hong Kong.  Macau is similar to Las Vegas - lots of big casinos.  Macau even has a different currency from Hong Kong and we had to go through immigration.  We were surprised in the casinos that the restaurants took the Macau currency but all of the games took Hong Kong currency so we ended up having to convert most of the Macau money we had taken out back to Hong Kong dollars.

On Sunday, we met up with Jimmy's cousin's family and had dim sum.  The restaurant had a great view.  From there we all went to Lantau Island.  To get to Lantau Island, you take a cable car but the line was nearly 2 hours long!  We ended up finding out that you could do a group tour which cost about $25 more a person but we would be able to avoid the lines which was awesome.  The tour also included a bus ride to Tai O Fishing village where we were taken on a boat ride and got to see pink dolphins.  The tour was well worth it!  After the fishing village, we went to see the Big Buddha. While walking toward the Big Buddha, there were cows wandering around!

 Jimmy's friend picked us up after we finished at Lantau Island and we went to have Roasted Goose for dinner - it was delicious!  It was similar to the Peking Duck we have in Singapore.

On Monday, we spent the day just walking around and eating before heading back to Singapore. We had a great trip but I also realized I can't spend hours walking around without getting tired.  Four more months until Yeh baby arrives!