Hallo, Baby!
Gosh, it's been more than a month already! Time flies so fast, and school, chores, and life can really take over one's life. Janet and baby are doing well, she is at 25 weeks and 3 days with no sickness or anything adverse. They say that baby is about 1 lb 9 oz now, and is in great shape. Baby likes to let his/her presence be known, and gives Jane some pretty big kicks (I'm kinda not looking forward to Janet at 36+ weeks; two people in one body can definitely get crowded). She actually perplexes me sometimes, because when baby isn't kicking she taps her belly to make baby kick. I tell her that she should enjoy the calm times, cause baby chooses some exotic times to kick, like 3AM!
We started getting baby stuff in the past couple weeks, and it really gets us excited that soon they will be used by and for our child! We got a crib...let's talk about the crib. We saw this crib while shopping in IKEA. It was a really nice, sturdy, Dr. Seuss-looking crib, and we both liked the design. The only issue with this crib was that it came in two colors: baby-periwinkle, and blind-me pink. So one can say we were a little hesitant in buying one immediately seeing as we wanted the gender to be a surprise. We decided to wait until May/June to get a blue one and paint/decorate it so that it could work for either boy or girl. Turns out that was a good plan since they decided to discontinue the pink. One week later, we are back at IKEA and we decide to look through the "as is" section, and we find a bunch of pink cribs - unsold in their original boxes with no defects - for 63% off the original price. Really? Long story short, we bring home a blind-me pink Dr. Seuss crib (it sounded cooler when it was a blue Dr. Seuss crib). Anyone who would be willing to paint this crib another color, gimme a call.
Janet shared with me the quote of the year, and the honor goes to my mother-in-law. Turns out in Chinese culture there are many things pregnant women cannot eat for the sake and safety of the baby, some of which are founded in superstition. Like Janet can't eat lamb, because it could give the baby epilepsy; or frog, because it will give baby bulgy eyes. I'm waiting for a report on these before I make a conclusion. Anyway, so Jane is hanging out with her mother and her mother's friends, and mom-in-law is complaining to her friends about all the things Janet has the nerve to eat, like mango and pineapple among things. Then she says something along the lines of "...and you know what else she dares to eat? CHOCOLATE! Next thing you know the baby's going to come out black!" *Insert foot in mouth* Really mom, chocolate might make the baby black? Take that, biology! We had a really big laugh out of that one, and so did mom when she realized that I may have had a role in determining the color of our child.
Life may be a little hectic trying to take care of our current lives and preparing for the new one that will be joining us shortly, but God has blessed us with help from our family and friends, a peace that passes all understanding, and the joy that comes with marriage and the prospect of becoming parents! There's some more to talk about, but I'll save that for the next post, which will be soon. God bless!
