The Final Trimester

self portrait at 7 months 

Sometimes, i still feel all of these pregnancy experiences is just a dream.
I can't believe in one and half month i'm going to become a mother. Well, actually i feel already like one, since i love to talk to my baby all the time :).
I already pass my best time in second trimester, move on and let go all of my favourite raw food, let go my hobby such as coloring hair, and let the 'scary numbers' on my scale I'd never seen before in my whole life.
That's all just for my baby girl.

But, there are many good things too. 

• a healthier lifestyle 

          I eat a lot of fruits these days, really a lot! I never eat fruits more than 5 times a day. I eat apple, pear,     banana, fruit salad, and keep looking everything that fresh for my meal. 

still hang around with my besties at 6 months :)

• more luscious hair

          when you're pregnant, actually you're not growing hair more than usual, but fewer hair fall than usual. Oh, the nails is growing so fast too.

• never alone

          I never feel lonely because of this cute baby keep kicking, punching, and do some weird stuff, such as this one lol

I was laying straight on my bed, and suddenly her head pops out on my belly ^o^ maybe she's bored and wants to go out hahah.. btw it's a huge belly, isn't it? it's my 8 months baby bump :)

• new habits

          such as taking tons of vitamins, doing pilates, and become an 'oily human' everyday Lols. Thanks to my sister-in-law, i really concern about skin these days. She keep reminds me about how important to moisture your skin to prevent stretch marks. So, i have some new best friends since the 5th day of my pregnancy: Palmer's Cocoa Butter, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and all of high-moisture lotion and oils, they're always with me all the time. 

Here's my 4D Ultrasound of my baby at 7 months ^^

Actually, she blinks her eyes couple times, but I didn't get the captured when she did that. 

Well, I'm 8 months pregnant now and gained about 7kgs, and my baby weigh almost 2kgs, we're hoping and wishing for the best for the labor. I hope i can giving birth smoothly just like Kourtney Kardashian :)

Thank you for those who praying for us too, 

GBU

xoxo, bee ❤

Wedding 101

Hey guys, Cary’s here. It’s been a while since the last time I write. Well, bee is so excited with her pregnancy. I remember the first time she tells us about the news, we’re on a blackberry group chat and she was like giving us this blushed face emoticon and making us wondered what happen. HAHA! But anyway, we’re so excited for Bee and hope for the very best for her and the little baby^^

As you know I got married last June. I was waiting 'til I got all my wedding photos and I’m running down options of what I will write, not gonna blab around my whole wedding details since it might get a little overdue by now. LOL. So, I’m gonna write down some tips for you beautiful bride-to-be's since we got all the stress from planning a wedding!

At the beginning of my wedding planning process, I spent so much time on researching about wedding, the traditional wedding, the modern day, etc just to get a basic idea. I mean we ‘re all been to a wedding but it is the first time that we’re actually getting married, doh! So I wanna know more. It may be good for you to actually have a basic understanding of the tradition especially if you or you partner come from a traditional background.

Tips #1. Let’s talk.

Sit with your partner and talk about what you like your wedding to be. What you and your partner’s family expected on the wedding, is there any kind of tradition of what you need/must/mustn’t do at the wedding. Let’s make everything clear so both party will live happily ever after.

Tips #2. Money & Budget.

Well, by now you should have decide who will pay for the wedding. Is it the grooms family, both families, or the bride&groom themselves. But either way, you need to have a budget planning on your wedding. It’s a good idea to write down every details of your wedding. Ie, venue, decoration, bridal, etc. and put down your budget for each, if you have no idea how much the usual price, have a quick research on how much each item should cost and decide are you going to pay lower or higher. You don’t want to overbudget yourself, coz if you don’t have the budget in writing you will think you can add everything and at the end of the day you’re paying too much. Well, unless if you have tree that produces money and you're swimming in diamonds and golds.

Tips #3. Don’t over think it!

As the bride-to-be, I understand you will spend hours and hours on internet or magazine flicking through wedding photos, details, etc. DON'T THINK TOO MUCH! Everything will look good, will look pretty, page by page it will look prettier than what you chose yesterday. It happened! I stressed myself out because of this. I choose how my wedding dress looks like, I love the design so I took it to the designer and ask her to design similar for me.  I regret it the next day, coz I saw a better design T^T that happen to every detail of my wedding, so my tips is. Don’t think too much, everything will look better than what you choose! It’s just the stressed before the wedding. So breathe in, breathe out. RELAX. You already know what you want back in your head, so don’t poison your brain by thinking too much. If it's happen, stop whatever you're doing stop looking at the wedding magazine and internet. Seeing too much can add more stress, pictures can be deceiving. 

Tips #4. You can’t always have what you want.

This is how budgeting helps, as the bride we usually want something out of the ordinary. We want our wedding to be magical, unforgettable, better than our friends. But we just can’t have it all! So please be reasonable. You can have a beautiful wedding without paying unreasonable amount of money by ordering some costume design bejewelled wedding shoes from Iceland (this is random, but Iceland kinda pop-up when I write this. LOL)

Tips #5. It’s your BIG day, Smile and enjoy the ride.

This it, after months of planning your wedding day is arrived. Things can go wrong! But whatever happens on the big day of yours! SMILE! Enjoy it, you’re the king and queen of the day! This is the happiest day of your life! Whatever happen, be happy. You don’t want to ruin your wedding photo. Relax and enjoy the ride! It’s not about the big beautiful wedding, it’s about the life after this. You will go through so much after this day, make a beautiful story. Perfect wedding celebration does not mean a perfect marriage life. Even if you have the simplest wedding, you can always have a happiest marriage from here after.

Hope this simple tips will help you to relax. Share your worries to your partner/best friends/maid-of-honor, it will help you relax a bit. One more thing, Men are designed not-to fussed about the whole wedding thing, so if you keep on nagging them about wedding wedding wedding they’re not gonna like it - just fyi. So go out with your besties, have a chat and you’ll be find it’s not the end of the world if you can’t have those wedding shoes or the wedding ring is over your budget or you're dream wedding venue is over booked! It’s not always about that, it’s about living a life together from this day forward for better or worse, through tears and joy, through sickness and in health. Til death do you part.

So, cheers to a new life as husband and wife! I put some of my wedding photos, hope you enjoy. This is the Holy Matrimony Part and a simple dinner reception in Bali, we will be having another reception in Bandung this December :)

THANK GOD for the beautiful weather on our wedding day!

The wedding cake designed to look like our invitation (oh! should have put them up. will upload the invitation later *wink*)

Noah's Ark Chapel

Vivi as my maid-of-honor ;)

where's my Groom!!

pretty Vivi

view from the bedroom villa

how cute is my husband's nephew holding my mom-in-law dress, he's afraid that it gets dirty >.<

Dad's walk me down the aisle *teary eyes*

you may kiss the bride :-*

my Pandora world (from Avatar. LOL)

this is the only picture I took with Bee that day. Sorry bee :(

My dearest friends who come all the way from Perth to attend my wedding. xoxo

awkward first dance. hahah

Fireworks!

our WO, thank you for making our wedding wonderful :)

the Mr & Mrs.

Hope you enjoy and have a nice day. xxo

Love ♥

Cary

My Cheerful Trimester!

self portrait at 20 weeks 

I’ve just entered 21 weeks ( 5 months) and this is totally one of my magical moment in my life ^o^!  The first trimester (as you all know) was exhausting — the changes in my body were uncomfortable and I was trying to navigate the best way to adapt. 

Especially in my third month, my hot pants started not comfortable my bloated belly and I didn’t even have a baby bump at that point. The baby was only the size of kiwi or something. This was just bloat! Sometimes even i had to unbutton and unzip just to get into my car or sit down Lols. And everybody said i didn't look pregnant at all (which was worrying because i'm afraid people thought if i ate too much if they look at my stomach).

Finally i entered my second trimester! I didn’t feel sick anymore and had more energy. My bloated belly turned into a baby bump and I definitely looked pregnant. In my 4th month i already gained 2kgs, which is for me who is body-conscious, that's a lot gain, but my friends said that it's a very little gain.

 happy face

4 months pregnant

with my besties ^^

Oh, my husband loving the extra weight, even he always worry that my belly won't growing because i just gained 2 kgs. (it's a lot, OMG)  He's so funny, love him! ;)

In the 5th month my bra size hasn't gone up at all, even i start to feel it's kinda tight, but i haven't plan to buy the new size. I already gained 3 kgs now -_-. Btw, i can feel my baby! It's so amazing, and magical, finally i can feel my baby first kick, and since then i always feel the baby all the time! Even the baby likes to play with us ^^

 5 months pregnant

I still feel very nervous about the third trimester and the labor, i hope everything will be okay and God will always surround us.

xoxo, bee ❤

A Wonderful Joy

Hello, my friends! It's bee here :*

It's been a while since my last post because I had some tough times during my first pregnancy. What?? Yes, I'm 3 months pregnant now, and so happy to tell the world ^o^


Well, since things are getting better, I really want to blog again and want to share my thoughts about my pregnancy. My life style just changed extremely, escpecially about food, stamina, energy, and it's kinda hard to get a good sleep. And, the mostIy I really miss is my cappuccino!! But, it's alright, for my baby i will do everything ^^


Oh, how about my body?? I actually really scared about it, but honestly until today, i haven't gain any weight at all. Just yesterday, I gained 1kg, but it loss again because of my nausea -__-
And, my flat and concave stomach is gone, but everybody says my body still look the same.


Here's the proof 


2 months pregnant 

everybody said i still look the same, i agree on this one

 hmmm... this..

Aha! this one below 

Me (on the right) with baby bump

3 months pregnant

 another baby bump

And, because i was freakin' out about how I will get dressed with the next few months, i do some googling about pregnancy celebrities, and i found out my favourite ones, the Victoria Secret's Angels! Just because you're pregnant doesn't mean you should be careless about your appearance, right? lol

1. Adriana Lima

This one is totally my top favourite one! She looks happy and glowing, and sooooo beautiful!

2. Alessandra Ambrosio

She look gorgeous with the body-fit dress 

3. Miranda Kerr

Miranda is a perfect angel with a beautiful white dress.

4. Kristin Cavallari

She's not from Victoria's Secret, but people adore her chic pregancy style with blazer, tanktop and purple-pink flowered skinny jeans and even with sky-high Christian Louboutin heels. 


okay, see ya next time 


xoxo, bee ❤