Lavender Rain

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’m so blessed to have these two people in my life. I love you Josh and Zoe.

We spent our 3rd year anniversary at the mall and afterward we had another nice steak dinner. It was a good thing that he finished grilling before it rained again. I enjoy cooking with him. I can’t wait to be his wife! Just 4 more months to go!

Today is a holiday here — it’s Canada’s birthday today. I’m not sure what’s going on today with the rest of the family. I don’t know if I really want to go to the park to watch the fireworks, because it’s too hot. I really dislike this weather and I know that Zoe doesn’t appreciate it either. I guess I don’t mind just watching the fireworks from my house. The park is really close to where I live anyways, so I think it should be fine.

Zoe got to visit her daddy’s work yesterday. I didn’t want to stay at home yesterday because it was too hot inside, so I decided to take Zoe to West Edmonton Mall with my mom, sister, and my cousin. I had to pick up Zoe’s stroller from Josh’s work beforehand. I could tell Josh is really in love with his daughter. He loves to show off Zoe to everybody.

Josh and I enjoyed a wonderful steak dinner over the weekend. We’re both big fans of steak. He cooked the steak while I made the mashed potatoes and macaroni salad. It’s fun cooking together and just enjoying dinner together as a family. It was kind of a busy weekend for us. We were doing some wedding planning so a nice steak dinner was a nice treat indeed.

I really love being able to stay home to raise my baby, but I still don’t know what I’m going to do when I go back to school and work. People here expect you to go back to work after having a baby. The question people ask new moms is, “When are you going back to work?” Why do people assume that right after giving birth you are ready to go back to work? You are dealing with something big here, something life altering. From the emotional stresses to feeling incompetent, and worrying if you’re doing something wrong. I know any new mom can just go back to work after taking maternity leave and they have the option of hiring people to watch their child. But the idea of having somebody else watching my kid is scary to me. I just don’t want just anyone watching my baby. I don’t trust others and besides I might miss something. I don’t mind leaving her with family for a few hours, but I really don’t like the idea of getting a nanny or taking her to a daycare center, especially if I’m working full-time. I don’t like daycare centers, because the kids don’t get the undivided attention that they need, but at the same time your child will develop social skills as they learn to interact with other kids. But I also don’t like nannies or live-in caregivers, because I just don’t trust them! You don’t know who they are and you don’t know how they’ll be around your kid. Just the idea of having a stranger alone with my kid is frightening. Or am I just being paranoid and overprotective?

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So I purchased a new personal domain today. It’s called lavender-rain.net. It will be activated tomorrow I believe… I’ve yet to make a layout for that domain. Not quite sure what I’m gonna do with it yet. I think I’ll dedicate that domain to my family (me, Josh, and my baby). I’ve been so bored, that’s why I just had this urge to buy a new domain. I couldn’t really decide on a domain for myself… I mean, it’s supposed to be a personal domain so it had to be something that I wouldn’t get tired of quickly. I was gonna do pink-pleroma.net, but I didn’t really want the word pink to be there… But in the end, I decided to go with Lavender Rain, just ’cause it sounds more appealing to me. (By the way, that picture on the left is a picture of us before we got pregnant)

I was actually thinking of moving this blog to that new domain, but decided against it. It’s too much work! Even though I’ve already started backing up this blog… I just got lazy and didn’t want to go through the whole process. Okay, I honestly got frustrated with my FTP not working properly. I like to blog about random things anyways. With my new baby coming up, I’m sure I’m gonna have much more interesting stories to tell.

I’m always home everyday, doing random things like napping, reading, blogging, eating, etc…. There are tons of projects that I have to finish — like my Sims 2 Series Vanity High and a wedding video for Josh’s cousin, which I have no idea how to even begin since I haven’t done a wedding video/dvd before. Last night, I have been watching videos on Flash tutorials and such. I learned some basic stuff, enough to create a basic Flash site, but I’ll need more skills to make an impressive Flash site.

Anyways, I should get going…. I’m getting hungry (again).