was on leave on 30th june and 1st july... well, as the title suggests, to celebrate my 2nd wedding anniversary.

it has been an amazing 2nd year. bore some storms together this year and am happy that our relationship and love is just growing stronger and stronger each day.

it's so exciting to be starting our 3rd year. and soon, with a new addition to the family.

so this will be the last year where we'll be celebrating our wedding anniversary with just the two of us. i think the next time this happens is gonna be 21 yrs later when our kids grow up and decide that they can have a life of their own. haha.

anyway, the celebration of our anniversary was really a blessing.

i started out taking only a day's leave on 30th june coz hubby told me he has a meeting he has to attend to on the 1st of july, our actual wedding day. and on the morning of the 30th, hubby suggested us going back to the hotel we got married in and stayed a night. and much to our delight, the room that we stayed in, with a supposed paranomic view of the south china sea, was on discount! sweet.... so without hesitation, i called my office to apply for another day's leave and off we went to rasa sentosa.

before we went, i had to go to the hospital to do another detailed scan of the baby to measure the length of its neck. strange right? i have no idea why that is necessary. anyway, it was so cool to see baby now. it's already 5cm plus and the nurse told me that my baby's pretty big for its age. hehe. praise the Lord! we heard its heart beat but it's still too young for us to tell the gender.

then off we went to sentosa. we checked in a little late... lazed around a little and then went for dinner. we decided not to have dinner within the hotel but at a cafe by the beach. there was this cafe that class 95 kept promoting a while ago, called cafe del mar, and we decided to settle for food there. guess what? much to our delight, again, there was a hsbc credit card promotion! 1-for-1 main course. sweet..... so we had a lot of food, and drinks and then walked back to the hotel.

we skipped the musical fountain show. had wanted to catch that only to find out it was $8 per entry. gosh. it used to be free. decided that it wouldn't be worth the money. on a monday night, i'd rather be spending that money on a $7.50 movie ticket. oh well...

1st of july was just breakfast and swimming by the pool and then we had to check out.

short but sweet retreat. a nice place to be back to and surprisingly, thankfully, no phone calls from the office or anyone else. totally undisturbed.

words cannot express how much hubby means to me and how deep the love we share. as we shared our meal and our lives, we can only turn back to God and give thanks for how He has provided for us, deepened our love for one another as we deepen our love for Him and then make a fresh commitment to Him again, to remember to be thankful.

received a devtional over the last few days in my email too. talks abt obstacles and difficulties. God didn't promise us a life of smooth sailing. but He did promise that He'd be with us every step of the way. expect difficulties, also expect God to be there.

{ Wednesday, July 2 }