| I can't believe it's been 4 months since i last updated. It's impossible to find time to sit down and write. Actually I don't even have to sit down and reflect or think so updating xanga is out of question. I'm already into my third trimester and starting to feel UNcomfortable. I keep telling Steve to remind me how much it sucks to be pregnant if I ever want to have more babies in the future. My back has been killing me lately and it doesn't help that my job consists of taking care of little children. All day long I have to lift, bend, squat, chase around... o the joy of being a daycare teacher. :)
I need a vacation. Nothing fancy. Just being away for a couple of days with my husband and being able to wake up past 7am and do... nothing. Finding out that I can't go on a cruise because I'm too pregnant was almost devastating. Now I have to find an alternative that is affordable...
As much as I would like to take a short break from "mommy duty" I must say Kaylie is the reason for my being and what keeps me going day after day. I love that girl so much! She's starting to talk a lot these days and surprising me by saying things that I never knew she could say. She's always asking me, "What are you doing?" "What is that?" and asking me for things by saying "XX joo sae yo" ("give to me" in korean). The other day she said "Go away" which was funny and sad at the same time. Steve and I are always cracking up at new random things she does... like when she was watching Tarzan with Steve earlier she got a bit frightened during the jaguar/gorilla fight scene and said, "Sohn. Sohn." (hand) Then she held Steve's hand and kept watching the movie. It was so darn cute!
Okay. That's enough writing for me. I need to go lie down and rest my back. Just 3 more months... O wait, then it gets harder.
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| I finally got to see the doctor yesterday. I've been so busy with the daycare and the new house that I didn't get a chance to go in for my first prenatal check up until week 11. I was expecting to see a lima bean (which was what I saw during kaylie's first sonogram) on the screen, but surprise surprise! I saw the head, body, arms, legs, hands and feet... it was incredible! Everything up to this point has been less dramatic compared to my first pregnancy, so I wasn't expecting to get emotional. But when I saw my baby on the screen bouncing around inside of me I started tearing up a bit. :*)
I think Kaylie will enjoy having a little brother/sister because she loves the little ones at the daycare. She's always chasing the younger kids around, trying to hold their hands, caressing them, hugging them, and rubbing her face against them. She doesn't care much for kids who are older than her, but she is seriously obsessed with all the dongsengs.
Steve has been a super sweet and helpful husband so far, always thanking me for working so hard and doing most of the chores around the house. All I do at home these days is lounge around and watch the olympics. I just don't have the strength to do anything else but be stuck to the floor until it's time to squirm into bed. Sometimes I feel bad watching him come home from work, make dinner, do the dishes, straighten up the place, etc. But for now... I'm just too tired... I love you, honey! 
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| coooooooooompletely exhausted. The longest week of my life. |
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| Kaylie went pee in the potty for the very first time today. Even though it was totally unintentional, I was soooooooo proud of her. :)
After dinner, we were just playing in the living room when I heard her rip one really loud.
K: *FART*
me: Kaylie, do you have to go poopoo?
K: Eung (with a nod)
me: Okay. Let's go to the potty!
Kaylie quickly walked over to the potty and I pulled her diaper off. We've been going through the motion for about a week now (asking her if she has to go pee, bringing her to the potty, kaylie sitting on it without actually going, me squatting in front of her making all sorts of pee and poo noise to cheer her on). But today right when I started grunting and saying "push" she actually peed!! I hugged her, kissed her, and even gave her a sticker. Steve wasn't impressed because it was an accident. Oh well! I'm still proud of my baby. :)
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| Thanks to Yun_bug's entry, I found out about Babies R Us's voluntary recall on these items.
I took kaylie's used avent bottles to the Babies R Us in Colma and exchanged them (without receipt) for brand new Born Free ones. I hear some stores even give you store credit for them. Apparently, the corporate office told each store to set their own policy. So if you have any used dr.brown or avent bottles and feel uncomfortable about using them, trade them in now!
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