Lazy Saturday

Today was a lazy saturday, just bumming it at home... luckily the renovation upstairs wasn't noisy at all! thank goodness, so that was really quite nice. We had some things done to the flat today- shelves installed, touch-ups to the spider cracks, nothing too major. it's been nice too, now that we have screens on the windows. :) no bugs!

Daddy also set up your crib today! It's nice... I don't think i'm going to wash everything yet though since it will get dusty since you're going to sleep in the playard bassinet for the first few months... but i think we're just about really ready little Sofia!

Maybe tomorrow? ;)

big hugs & kisses, love mommy & daddy

i heart being pregnant.

really i do. :)

haha. ahhh my little girl...

Yesterday we went to see dr.tsai... being 41 weeks now, we have to be a bit careful since you are "late" according to the 'LMP' of 2/5/09. I think you're fine, and on your own timeline... so mommy isn't worrying. But there is an expiration date of the placenta, so we do need to be careful the dr says. Usually about 2 wks is the "threshold".

So yesterday's appointment was okay, nothing out of the ordinary. You still look good and healthy! But the dr did say your head is not yet engaged-- meaning that you're still floating around and your head isn't in mommy's pelvis yet. We also did do a non-stress test, just to be sure. That was interesting. We went up to the maternity ward and mommy and you were monitored for 1/2 hr... to check your heartbeat and to see when you're moving or if it got faster, if your heartbeat did the same. So everything is okay! But we did need to come up with a "plan"... if you decide that you're still quite comfy inside as of next week...

Sooooooo. if by Tuesday you still have decided mommy's tummy is good and cozy, we might need to look into inducing you. Of course mommy doesn't really want to use the pitocin to make you come out, but that doesn't guarantee you will. Pitocin mimmicks the act of natural labor, with the contractions, but if your head does or doesn't move into mommy's pelvis is another story. I think you will be okay, and eventually when your day is here, then you will... it's just a matter of time. I do hope though in the next few days so we don't need to go through all that trouble!

Otherwise, if by next wed/thurs the pitocin doesn't work, we might have to just do a c section, which is the last last resort... mommy prefers a natural birth, but i guess if it doesn't work it doesn't work. As long as you're healthy, that's most important!

Grandma Tsang said to massage the pinky toes- since this correlates to the uterus in re: accupressure points. We did that the past two nights and it seems to be working, with some more mild cramping... so we'll continue to do that tonight and tmrw... until you are here. :) I don't particularly feel like we're in a rush, though there are MANY many people waiting for you! I know that whatever day you decide on little Sofia, will be the right day for you- your birthday.

Speaking of birthdays...

yesterday was actually grandma wong's birthday and great grandma wong's lunar birthday so we went to yan to heen at the intercon to celebrate. It was yummy, as usual. :) We had eggplant, since mommy read somewhere that eggplant parmesean helps with labor- missing the italian portion of the parmesean, but yummy nonetheless. Mommy actually never ate eggplant until she met daddy.

Then today was grandma wong's lunar birthday so we went to have dinner at Mistral. Eggplant parmesean- Score! it was yummy too. We also had 4 cheese pizza but didn't finish. That's for tmrw lunch. :)

Mommy also took a 1 hr walk this afternoon and also had tofufa. So hopefully *something* of the above will help prepare for you to come out! We'll also soak our feet tonight and massage our pinky toes. I do feel more contractions and cramping today too... so hopefully we're getting close!

Mommy & Daddy love you... gonna go for a walk now to see if that helps. plus it's not as cold today and there's a bit of sunshine... just like you. our sunshine. :)

hugs & kisses all around.

love mommy & daddy.

"What're we going to do tonight Brain?"

"... what we do every night Pinky... try to take over the world!"

This reminds me a bit of what we're doing now... waiting... everyday, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow. but the same thing... for the past week+? haha. well, tomorrow will be 41 weeks! That means that little Sofia, you will be 1 week late (unless you decide to come out today, 11/18, being 40w+6d). Though tmrw is your grandma's birthday and also your great grandmothers birthday (based on lunar calendar for g-gma)... maybe you want to wait till then? Though I was hoping you'd have your own birthday... For sure now though, you will be a scorpio-sagittarius cusp, which is nice, since Sagittariuses are fun, firey, and mommy's best gf from college is actually a Sag. so we'll see.

Last night mommy couldn't sleep so well, even though I took an earlier nap- noon-3pm... still couldn't fall asleep till about 2am. My tummy is hurting too, and today feels quite stretching, like "jeurng"... i wonder if you're still growing, or if it's hopefully getting closer and closer. Only time will tell i guess. Patience, if anything, is the first lesson mommy is learning from you, and I'm sure there will be a lifetime more things and lessons you will teach both mommy and daddy. :)

Anyhow, the weather is getting colder here in HK... it's about 11 degrees today which is about 50; doesn't sound too cold, but it is gloomy. no sun. and wind. So it feels more like 40. but it's ok, as long as we don't get sick! B/c the crisp air and cold weather is a wonderful change from the hot and humid summer here. So i'd take this weather anyday... just need to bundle up some more and wear more layers! :)

Daddy cleaned up the box that was sitting in your crib area finally last night too... I think he found a lot of stuff and threw it out, kept it, whatever... but i think it was nice for him to go through, keepsakes. He found a journal he wrote from his post grad HS trip to europe, which basically was him high the entire time. I don't think you should read it until you grow up but it's quite funny.

Hopefully we can make your crib by this weekend... hopefully you too, decide to come out by this weekend! We know you will choose your day wisely... and a happy day it will surely be.

we love you little girl... hope you're staying healthy, happy, strong, and beautiful...

big hugs and kisses love mommy & daddy

40weeks + 3 days... & counting.

Mommy woke up this morning with some cramping... I thought it was a good sign, being that it was 3 more medium cramping feelings, which all came it seemed like in waves. But then I had to wake up to go to the bathroom, and then they stopped. oops. Oh well.

Aside from the semi excitement of the more medium cramping, this morning didn't start off so good... USC lost, and lost horribly to Stanford. What a football season it's been. blah... 3 losses this season... so much for Pac-10 this year!

Anyhow, we went to see Dr. Chow this morning. Unfortunately she won't help deliver you since Dr. Tsai it back. Bummer. I see why though, of course. But as we said, at least we got to meet a new doctor, a lady- and willl definitely see her for your little brother/sister next time. :) It's too bad b/c I really did quite like her! Anyhow, she was surprised to see us, as she said "oh i thought you knew dr. tsai is back", and of course, i did. but oh well.

So your legs aren't growing anymore, but your tummy is! the ultrasound is showing you are 8lbs 6-9oz! that is big little girl! i hope that u/s is wrong! but mommy will still be brave, and you should be too-- we're going to get through this together... just like you know mommy will always be here for you, and we'll get through everything together, as a family. :)

I read that when a baby enters into the world, it produces more stress chemicals than any other time in life... no wonder you don't want to come out. When you finally get big enough though we'll get you some cortitrol, which should help! (something grandma tsang will tell you ALL about!)

But yes, we had fatburger today after visiting the dr's. yummy. and then went to buy a heater since mommy thinks the winter is going to be quite cold this year... and then we went to intercon with the family & had dim sum after that haha. But mommy was very tired, so we ended up coming home and sleeping from like 3:30-7:30pm! daddy was playing FIFA 10 all afternoon....

then we went to eat dinner.... japanese on the other side of meifoo. it's nice to walk, but there's fuzzy rain tonight, but still nothing too hard where we couldn't walk.

So i guess we're still playing the waiting game... mommy hopes you're a scorpio/sagitarius cusp... since cusp kids are great (of course mommy is biased), plus mommy gets along with sagitarius'es... like auntie kimmy!

But most importantly, no matter when you decide to come meet us finally, we hope you are healthy, happy, and beautiful.

We love you little Sofia Michael.

mommy & daddy