Hi Boyboy,
Have sort of decided on your Chinese name already. Both your Ah Gong and Ah Ma came up with it independently and it was one of our choices, so it was an easy decision. However, your Ang Moh name is proving to be a tougher choice. Your "uncles", aka your Daddy's good brothers have been offering suggestions and some have been pretty good. We'll keep on shortlisting; maybe you can help by doing what Daddy did when I was in your Ah Ma's tummy - give a strong hard kick to mummy when you hear a name that you like.
Mummy says that you have been very active recently, which is very unlike Daddy, who only kicked once throughout the pregnancy. The other day you even kicked my face! Just don't do that when you come out ok?
Grow up healthy ok!
Daddy
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
24th week checkup
Hi Boy Boy!
Everything went well today at Dr H's office today. It is always fun to hear your heartbeat on the Doppler, although Mommy always gets teased by Dr H for wearing so many layers. I guess us tropical folks just don't have the functional fats to survive in this kind of cold winter weather.
Anyhow, spring comes in about two months! And soon after that, it will be your arrival!
Daddy and Mommy finally succumbed to temptation and bought your first piece of clothing. The winter clothes at Gymboree were on sale, so Daddy picked out a winter jacket for you. Hopefully it will be the right size for you next winter. Your grandparents (we still cannot decide if it should be ah-ma and ah-gong, or ye-ye and nai-nai) also sent a baby sleeper with adorable paw prints. See how lucky you are! Already so loved, even before you are born. :)
On the logistics side of things, we are grateful that our Medicaid application has been approved. That will really help to save us a lot of money. Daddy and Mommy have also started going for baby/pregnancy classes at the nearby LifeCare services, which is run by volunteers. We really appreciate all their time and effort for conducting all these classes for free. The Baby Bucks which we "earn" from going for the classes can be "spent" on items in their baby boutique, which has a lot of good stuff. We have also been receiving cheques from WIC which allows us to get some free groceries from supermarkets. So thankful. :)
Everything went well today at Dr H's office today. It is always fun to hear your heartbeat on the Doppler, although Mommy always gets teased by Dr H for wearing so many layers. I guess us tropical folks just don't have the functional fats to survive in this kind of cold winter weather.
Anyhow, spring comes in about two months! And soon after that, it will be your arrival!
Daddy and Mommy finally succumbed to temptation and bought your first piece of clothing. The winter clothes at Gymboree were on sale, so Daddy picked out a winter jacket for you. Hopefully it will be the right size for you next winter. Your grandparents (we still cannot decide if it should be ah-ma and ah-gong, or ye-ye and nai-nai) also sent a baby sleeper with adorable paw prints. See how lucky you are! Already so loved, even before you are born. :)
On the logistics side of things, we are grateful that our Medicaid application has been approved. That will really help to save us a lot of money. Daddy and Mommy have also started going for baby/pregnancy classes at the nearby LifeCare services, which is run by volunteers. We really appreciate all their time and effort for conducting all these classes for free. The Baby Bucks which we "earn" from going for the classes can be "spent" on items in their baby boutique, which has a lot of good stuff. We have also been receiving cheques from WIC which allows us to get some free groceries from supermarkets. So thankful. :)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Busy baby...
Hey Boy Boy!
Are you very busy? You've been moving around so much! Or are you protesting because of the spicy sambal chilli that Mommy just had? It's good stuff okay... I am sure you will learn to appreciate it in time to come.
Last week, Mommy had to put on the fetal monitor (shaped as a round disc) on my tummy for a while, to make sure that you are doing okay. You gave the poor nurse such a hard time! Wherever she placed the round disc, you kicked it in the exact same spot and she couldn't get a reading. It is not a football okay! After shifting the disc all over Mommy's tummy for ten minutes, she finally found a sweet spot (which was really low... heh maybe it was a blind spot which you can't reach?) and quickly took the readings she needed. Boy Boy, you better be more cooperative next time okay? And that includes staying in until Mommy's exams are over. Pretty please?
Are you very busy? You've been moving around so much! Or are you protesting because of the spicy sambal chilli that Mommy just had? It's good stuff okay... I am sure you will learn to appreciate it in time to come.
Last week, Mommy had to put on the fetal monitor (shaped as a round disc) on my tummy for a while, to make sure that you are doing okay. You gave the poor nurse such a hard time! Wherever she placed the round disc, you kicked it in the exact same spot and she couldn't get a reading. It is not a football okay! After shifting the disc all over Mommy's tummy for ten minutes, she finally found a sweet spot (which was really low... heh maybe it was a blind spot which you can't reach?) and quickly took the readings she needed. Boy Boy, you better be more cooperative next time okay? And that includes staying in until Mommy's exams are over. Pretty please?
***
As for your name... Well, we don't really have a lot of options for your Chinese name, because we have quite a few, erm, guidelines to follow. But it sort of makes things easier for us too -- we only have to think of half a character! As for your English name, we are still deciding if we will give you one (since neither of us has one). It will be convenient to have one when we register your birth over here in the US. But Mommy's quite ambivalent about boy names (girl names are much prettier!) Maybe one day we will all sit down together and run through a list of boy names with you, and if you like it, give us an indication, like a kick or something. That will save us a lot of trouble...
luff,
Mommy
luff,
Mommy
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Baby knits and kicks
Hey there Boy Boy!
Last week your Daddy had to go for a conference in Qatar, so it was just you and me at home. Thankfully, we had very nice neighbours! Auntie XJ and Uncle W asked Mommy over for dinner almost every night. Since Auntie XJ also has her little angel inside her, Uncle W had to take care of both pregnant mommies at the same time! (Yup, so all the nice food that you had was cooked by Uncle W...) It was fun talking about baby stuff with them. Saw their little girl's ultrasound photos too, which were really clear! Can see the face, hands and feet... so amazing... The both of you may have really close birthdays, or even on the same day!
This is a little hat that I knitted during the break. At that time, we still didn't know whether Auntie XJ's baby (or you, for that matter) was going to be a boy or a girl. So Mommy used this neutral-coloured yarn to knit a little baby hat for your future potential playmate! Reminds me of a 包, don't you think?
Mommy has lots of ideas on what to knit for you as well, but judging from how the first week of school went, Mommy's beginning to wonder if she is going to have any spare time left at all! The amount of readings for each week is quite substantial -- this week, I had to read almost 300 pages for one class! (Of course I didn't manage to finish it...) Now I wish I had paid attention during those speed-reading classes we were made to take back in secondary school...
Daddy's been really excited about feeling your little kicks as well, but you have been really cheeky! You stop kicking every time Daddy puts his hand on Mommy's tummy! Makes me feel like the boy who cried wolf. I don't know if you have can hear your Daddy's voice yet, but he is the one who keeps telling you to "Kick Mommy! Kick Mommy!" He even went to the extent of pointing a fan remote control at Mommy's tummy and pretended that there is a "kick" button on it to activate your movements! Hahaha...
Also, you seem to be more active at night, which is okay for now, but probably not-so-ideal (for us) once you are born... But then again, whoever has heard of parents who have enough sleep when their baby is born... I guess we will just be grateful to have a happy healthy baby like you!
luff,
Mommy
Last week your Daddy had to go for a conference in Qatar, so it was just you and me at home. Thankfully, we had very nice neighbours! Auntie XJ and Uncle W asked Mommy over for dinner almost every night. Since Auntie XJ also has her little angel inside her, Uncle W had to take care of both pregnant mommies at the same time! (Yup, so all the nice food that you had was cooked by Uncle W...) It was fun talking about baby stuff with them. Saw their little girl's ultrasound photos too, which were really clear! Can see the face, hands and feet... so amazing... The both of you may have really close birthdays, or even on the same day!
This is a little hat that I knitted during the break. At that time, we still didn't know whether Auntie XJ's baby (or you, for that matter) was going to be a boy or a girl. So Mommy used this neutral-coloured yarn to knit a little baby hat for your future potential playmate! Reminds me of a 包, don't you think?
Mommy has lots of ideas on what to knit for you as well, but judging from how the first week of school went, Mommy's beginning to wonder if she is going to have any spare time left at all! The amount of readings for each week is quite substantial -- this week, I had to read almost 300 pages for one class! (Of course I didn't manage to finish it...) Now I wish I had paid attention during those speed-reading classes we were made to take back in secondary school...
Daddy's been really excited about feeling your little kicks as well, but you have been really cheeky! You stop kicking every time Daddy puts his hand on Mommy's tummy! Makes me feel like the boy who cried wolf. I don't know if you have can hear your Daddy's voice yet, but he is the one who keeps telling you to "Kick Mommy! Kick Mommy!" He even went to the extent of pointing a fan remote control at Mommy's tummy and pretended that there is a "kick" button on it to activate your movements! Hahaha...
Also, you seem to be more active at night, which is okay for now, but probably not-so-ideal (for us) once you are born... But then again, whoever has heard of parents who have enough sleep when their baby is born... I guess we will just be grateful to have a happy healthy baby like you!
luff,
Mommy
Thursday, January 7, 2010
If you use a bit of imagination....
... you will probably be able to see that this is indeed a baby...
I hope the annotations help! (I think the hands look like doraemon's...)
I hope the annotations help! (I think the hands look like doraemon's...)
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Hello Boy Boy!
Hello Ah Boy,
Today we finally got to see you again. Did the ultrasound in the morning and everything looks very good, in fact you may even be due a week earlier than expected. However, you were not in a good position(head was too low) and we could not get a good look at your face. In the end, we could not take a nice 4D ultrasound picture of you like last time. At least we could tell that you are a baby boy. Now we just have to decide on a name for you. Mommy's thinking of names of characters from books and such and was throwing names like ****** (Censored) around....... Hopefully, by the time you arrive, we would have decided on a nice name you. So in the mean time, you would just have to make do with Ah Boy.
P.S Dr H hinted that he may do another ultrasound for us just to take a picture of you, if it happens, please be nice and cooperate.
Daddy
Today we finally got to see you again. Did the ultrasound in the morning and everything looks very good, in fact you may even be due a week earlier than expected. However, you were not in a good position(head was too low) and we could not get a good look at your face. In the end, we could not take a nice 4D ultrasound picture of you like last time. At least we could tell that you are a baby boy. Now we just have to decide on a name for you. Mommy's thinking of names of characters from books and such and was throwing names like ****** (Censored) around....... Hopefully, by the time you arrive, we would have decided on a nice name you. So in the mean time, you would just have to make do with Ah Boy.
P.S Dr H hinted that he may do another ultrasound for us just to take a picture of you, if it happens, please be nice and cooperate.
Daddy
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Baby crib!
After gathering the valuable advice from many experienced friends and relatives, we decided that we will buy a crib for you, baby! We thought now is a good time to buy, since we had the time to drive around (holidays!), and before Mommy becomes too immobile. Besides, we wouldn't want to lug a crib from car to house in the thick of winter!
We actually tried out co-sleeping one night, by pretending that one of the pillows was you, and trying not to squish the pillow the whole night. It wasn't easy, given that our bed is not too big, and very, very soft, so even any slight movements from us (e.g. turning over) will probably feel like a big earthquake to you.
So for your sake (and of course our sleep's sake as well), we thought a crib will be a better idea.
It was fun shopping for your crib! We finally decided on Gulliver from Ikea. We drove 3h to Boilingbrook to get this. Thankfully it fitted inside the car... phew!
As we were about to begin the assembly process, Mommy had this nagging feeling that something felt amiss. Turns out that the width of the crib is wider than our bedroom door!
So we moved the pieces into our room, and spent the next few hours clearing up a space for the crib. Daddy spent a lot of time re-wiring everything because the space the crib is taking up was actually Mommy's study table space.
In the evening, we finally re-started the assembly process. Daddy was very quick. The crib was ready in no time!
We actually tried out co-sleeping one night, by pretending that one of the pillows was you, and trying not to squish the pillow the whole night. It wasn't easy, given that our bed is not too big, and very, very soft, so even any slight movements from us (e.g. turning over) will probably feel like a big earthquake to you.
So for your sake (and of course our sleep's sake as well), we thought a crib will be a better idea.
It was fun shopping for your crib! We finally decided on Gulliver from Ikea. We drove 3h to Boilingbrook to get this. Thankfully it fitted inside the car... phew!
Daddy excitedly opened the package and systematically took out all the parts in the living room.
As we were about to begin the assembly process, Mommy had this nagging feeling that something felt amiss. Turns out that the width of the crib is wider than our bedroom door!
So we moved the pieces into our room, and spent the next few hours clearing up a space for the crib. Daddy spent a lot of time re-wiring everything because the space the crib is taking up was actually Mommy's study table space.
In the evening, we finally re-started the assembly process. Daddy was very quick. The crib was ready in no time!
Daddy feeling tired after a hard day's work!
***
We can't wait to find out if you are a boy or a girl! But many people have wagered their guesses! Some say you are a girl (coz of Mommy's good complexion, and I guess the rounded shape of the belly), while others say you are a boy (heart rate, the line on Mommy's belly, and according to a Chinese website for predicting baby's gender... I didn't even know there are such things!) We will see which of these methods are accurate in a few day! :)
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