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[Poppy Kitchen] Condensed Milk Bread with Raisins and Almonds Topping

July 10, 2014

I started my leave on 9 Jul, 3 days before my EDD, to prepare myself mentally and physically for Laurent’s arrival 🙂 I thought I would be resting a lot at home – slacking, reading, watching TV… But on my first day of leave, I was up at my usual weekday timing, went to the gym, blogged, pottered around the house cleaning, packing, ...

Love

1.5 Years Anniversary

July 9, 2014

My gynae check-ups have even scheduled on Mondays for the month and one of the Mondays happened to be 30 June, our 1.5 year wedding anniversary. We are not really big on the anniversary celebrations, maybe just a nice meal or 2 (as what we did for our 1 year wedding anniversary), but Wayne has been really supportive and sweet throughout the ...

Laurent, Parenting, Pregnancy, Reflection

Name Reveal – Baby Laurent

June 28, 2014

Today I’m going to share a little about Baby L’s name – Laurent 🙂 When people hear his name, they’ll first ask me how to spell it, then most of them will ask me why this name because it is rather uncommon. Laurent is a French name so the pronunciation is a little different from the typical way we pronounce English names. As many (or ...

Reflection

Quiet Mornings

June 24, 2014

I haven’t been sleeping through the night for quite some time now, but last night was a little worse because I’m down with food poisoning. My stomach has been on the weaker side this year, I’m not sure why. And just as the sky starts to brighten, I was hit by hunger pang before I could fall back to sleep. Likely because I do ...

Home & Living, Laurent, Parenting, Pregnancy

Baby L – Baby Room Set-up

June 12, 2014

We are officially 1 month away from Baby L’s EDD of 12 July! Almost everyone has been asking me if we are ready for his arrival… I guess one can never say that they are really prepared for the arrival of their little one, no matter how much preparation they have done! But at least, we’ve set up the cot and washed his little bedding set ...

Kitchen

[Poppy Kitchen] Lemon Cupcakes with Meringue Frosting

June 7, 2014

Father’s Day is round the corner again! In case you’re looking for inspiration to bake something for daddy or as a treat for the whole family , I’m sharing the recipe I used for the lemon cupcakes with meringue frosting which I baked on Mother’s Day. The recipe I used is from BakingMad.com. Although it says for 12 serving, I only made ...

Beauty & Fashion, Laurent, Pregnancy, Reflection

Baby L – Week 34

May 31, 2014

Baby L will be in his 34th week in another 2 days’ time and we just went for his latest check-up yesterday 🙂 I gained another KG over these 2 weeks and half of the weight went to him. He is now close to 2.4kg. Hope he’ll keep up with the growth! Toilet runs have been getting more frequent these days, especially during the night. And no matter ...

Laurent, Pregnancy, Reflection

Baby L – Week 32

May 24, 2014

No photos accompanying this post because I just want to put some thoughts into words before my slumber, which is getting a little tough with the little dude on his usual nocturnal hyperactive mode. I’m at the tail end of Week 32 now and it still amazes me, everytime I look at my bulging baby bump in the mirror, that it now houses a ...

Hand Lettering & DIY

How to Create a DIY Hand-tied Bouquet

May 17, 2014

I’m not a huge fan of store-bought bouquets, but I adore fresh-cut flowers. When we first moved into the apartment, I’d make it a point to buy some fresh-cuts for the house every week 🙂 It is rather convenient as we have a floral market right next to our house. When I first started, I’d just buy a single type of flower and stick the bunch into ...

Kitchen

[Poppy Kitchen] Vanilla Cinnamon French Toast

May 9, 2014

A non baby-related post for a change! This time we’re going back to the kitchen 🙂 Saw my bottle of maple syrup in the kitchen cupboard last week and decided to make French Toast for a quick, simple breakfast. My mum used to make them at home too. Just a few eggs, some sugar and a whole loaf of bread (my mum has this habit of cooking for a ...

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