you can't keep a good girl down

We (all 3 of us) went for our first outing together yesterday! I had a gynae appointment in the morning, while Cherise had to go see the paediatrician to clear some mucus in her nose. So after we had seen our respective doctors at the hospital, we headed off to United Square for some shopping therapy!

Here are some pics:

Cherise sleeping in her car seat - mouth wide open!


All snuggled up in the car seat..


Pretty in pink!


She looks so small...


Yesterday was a good day for me. I was really happy - not just because I finally got a chance to get out of the flat. Let's see, Cherise's doctor said she was gaining lots of weight. Healthy baby! Cherise now weighs 3.92kg - 900g more than when she was born 3 weeks ago! This reassures me a lot - at least I know I'm producing enough milk to nourish my baby... And she's filling out really nicely. A couple of ladies at United Square said, "Oh look at the baby, so cute!" Sweetest words I heard the whole day...

I'm also making progress in other areas (besides the usual feeding/diaper changing). I've learnt how to use the sling (thanks Noe for helping me out!) - and this has helped free up my hands so I can do other things... like scrap! And housework, of course. Ahem.

The sling..


Baby in the sling! She loves to be in it.. whenever she's fussy and having trouble sleeping, I pop her in and she nods off almost instantaneously!


And here's what this busy mommy has been up to..

A mini album I scrapped for baby. It's supposed to be like a brag book - something for Adrian to take to work and show his colleagues.


Pages of the album..


An ongoing project - little booklets for our friends. I'll be giving these away come this weekend - baby's first month! I've completed five already - I don't really have a quota, just going to see how many I can complete by Sunday. :)


So, all in all, there's some semblance of normality in my life now. Baby's fitting in fine - it's not like those first few days when everything had to revolve around her and there was no time, no energy left for anything else. My body's getting used to having sleep in bits and pieces instead of one long stretch, and feeding Cherise is getting easier and easier as I get accustomed to it. I'm glad - we're all adjusting to each other just fine. :)