Lavender Rain

I’m about 28 weeks along and it’s starting to get uncomfortable. Leg cramps, swollen legs and feet, I feel heavy. Even though I’m experiencing all this, I still decided to wear stilettos yesterday. yeah, I must be crazy, but those shoes were new and I was really excited to wear them yesterday. I’m getting really excited to have this baby, but I know it’s going to be really hard and we’re going to need to re-adjust again. I honestly just feel like I just started to adjust with my first baby and now I have to do it again. I always feel the need to put my feet up and just sit around. I really have no energy to do any housework. Seriously, look at our house right now, it’s not something I’m very proud of. Zoe’s toys are everywhere… dirty dishes are everywhere… and there’s the laundry that I left sitting for 2 days that I have to fold.

But I digress, tomorrow The Sims 3 is coming out and I’m definitely going to get it. I’ve been looking forward to it and I’m glad I could finally get my hands on it.

So today, I had my first ultrasound appointment for Baby #2. We found out the gender, but we decided to keep it between myself and husband. It’s just more fun that way. hehe So when this baby is born, everyone will be surprise! I’m due in August… and this time, I’m seriously considering not getting an epidural for the birth, but we’ll see… hehe…

*My sister Steph thinks that that long thing sticking out of the baby is the baby’s penis. She’s so convinced it’s going to be a boy, but that long thing the baby’s penis? I think it’s too big for the baby this size. My sister is only 14, so what does she know? Still, it made me LOL ^_^

Just thought I’d share some photos since I didn’t get to blog about it previously. I’ll be going to bed soon so I won’t writing much.

This first picture was taken on Zoe’s first birthday. It is a Korean tradition to wear the traditional Korean dress on your first birthday. Her dress is still slightly big for her as you can tell. Doesn’t she look adorable? Yes, Zoe is half-Korean and half-Filipino. There are times when she looks more Korean and there are also times when she looks more Filipino. But, I want her to learn both cultures because that’s who she is. Husband and I have decided that we will teach her 3 languages: English, Filipino and Korean.

We finished painting Zoe’s room. Husband did all the painting and caulking and sanding… while I did the artwork (if you can call it that). I haven’t handpainted anything at all in my life but I had fun doing Zoe’s room.

Above is a picture with Mickey Mouse when we visited Disneyland as a family. This was our first family trip, so it was really special… I can’t wait to go back there again. I’m so thankful to God and to my husband for giving us this opportunity to travel as a family.

And last but not least — it is one of my favorite pictures of daddy and Zoe. I asked husband to give her some blue jello as a snack (as a treat from mommy)… and this was the result. I love this picture, I want to frame it!

Well, that’s all for now. Goodnight everyone!

I am honestly getting worried about this pregnancy. Many people have noticed that I seem to be losing weight, that I appear thinner than usual… I can’t really check my weight because we don’t have a scale here. I feel bad for my baby because I haven’t been paying much attention to this pregnancy. I have been too busy taking care of Zoe and my husband to even take care of my health and my unborn baby’s health. I must admit that every time there is nothing to eat here at home but instant noodles or canned foods, I end up not eating… I find them to be disgusting. Sometimes when I try to eat, I don’t finish even if I’m hungry. Perhaps I’m a picky eater, but sometimes I feel like I’m gonna throw up if I eat something I don’t like. I never had this problem with my first pregnancy. When I was pregnant with Zoe, sure, I did lose weight rapidly from hyperemesis but I gained weight as soon as I recovered from that disease.

I have been praying more about this baby. I just want a healthy baby. I hope that I gain weight the way I’m supposed to. Losing weight during pregnancy is scaring me… and I’m already on my second trimester, so I’m supposed to really start gaining those pounds.

So I went to my doctor’s appointment today because my lab results came back. As I had suspected, I do have urinary tract infection again for this pregnancy, but what I wasn’t expecting was the result of my blood test. According to the doctor, my hemoglobin count was low… so I am anemic… He told me not to worry about it, but to just keep taking my prenatal vitamins to get my iron. I guess it’s not that dangerously low. I know that I do feel the symptoms of being anemic — I constantly suffer from shortness of breath that I could feel my heart pumping harder. I will also need to eat more iron-rich foods, but I can’t have liver.

My husband and I purchased our first blu-ray movie last night, Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. We bought our friend’s old PS3 for $250; the only thing is that it’s the model that has no backwards compatibility (doesn’t play PS2 games). Unfortunately, my husband just informed me last night that our PS2 is broken. I’m really sad about it, I dunno why. It’s rare for me to get attached to things like electronics… I guess I have a lot of memories with that PS2 because I did use to play a lot of video games with my siblings… I miss those days.

I have also been spending a lot of time making Wordpress themes, most of them I have made available for download here. I hope people will actually download it. I am still trying to figure out how to make a Live Demo… if you know how, give me a shout! Thank you! <3

I don’t really celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, but I have to come up with a title for this post. lol. Anyway, it’s been a while since I last posted. A lot has happened.

Zoe celebrated her first birthday last February with family and church friends. She also got to wear her traditional Korean dress for the first time. The dress is still a little too big for her, but she still looked so cute wearing it.

• We spent a week in LA to attend the World Financial Group convention. My husband just had to drag me along, but it was pretty interesting that they had all these big guest speakers there, like Ben Stein.
• We also just had to visit Disneyland in Anaheim. It was my second time there, but it was still fun, because I was with my family and it’s just fun to watch Zoe enjoy herself.
• I am also pregnant with my second child. I don’t know the gender of the baby yet. I will find out on my ultrasound appointment.

As I have previously announced, I got married in November and have been waiting for the professional photos to come in. Well, we received all our wedding pictures on a DVD and thought I’d share a few… These pictures were taken by the talented Lloyd Yoon of Night and Day Photography, along with his wife, Merry. These 2 are really awesome photographers and I’m glad that we had them as our wedding photographer. I can’t wait for our wedding album to come in.

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For more pictures from the wedding, click here.

(CHRISTMAS RECAP)

• We spent Christmas Eve at my parents’ house, where Zoe was showered with many Christmas gifts. It must be nice being a little baby, because you are so popular and everybody gives you a gift even if you aren’t even close to them. I miss being a kid again.
• We then spent our Christmas day at Josh’s parents, had dinner but we left early.
• I kinda want to set up our own Christmas tradition, but since we are just starting our family, I think it’s also important to spend time with our immediate family… but hopefully someday in the future, we can develop our own tradition.

(RANDOM NEWS)

• I find myself reading a lot of Wikipedia articles. I don’t know why. They’re not always accurate, but a lot of the stuff on there are interesting. Wikis are fun.
• Also when I am bored, why do I keep reading the questions and answers on Yahoo! Answers? They are all a good laugh, for sure, but a lot of those questions are so stupid it’s not even funny.
• I am so proud of my husband. He hasn’t smoked in a week. He tried many times to quit in the past but this time, he seems to be doing well. I hope that he keeps it up. Another thing that I am happy about is that he is finally worship leading in church. God has blessed him with his talent in music and I’m glad he is using it for God.
• I am still trying to come up with my goals for 2009. So far, I only came up with one. And that is to continue working on my unfinished project — aka Vanity High.

It’s been a while since I blogged. I just really didn’t know what to blog about lately. I could’ve blogged about how sick I have been feeling since December, but I won’t get into that. Okay, I have to admit that I have been feeling bored and lonely being the only adult to supervise my daughter Zoe most of the day. I especially feel this way more when my husband works until late at night. I am just so exhausted by the time he gets back home past 9. I hardly get time to myself… I really don’t mind being home to take care of our daughter, but hate it when I have to wait for my husband to come home at 9pm. There are also those days when I just don’t feel like doing anything at all… but I know I have responsibilities. There are also other reasons that contribute to this, but that is a private matter.

So hubby and I still need to write down realistic and achievable goals for 2009. I’m still trying to come up with my New Year’s Resolution — one that has to do spiritually and physically and another “selfish” type of resolution. I am thinking that I deserve to have a day to myself once in a while. It would be nice to not think about parenting for a day.