Hello From Umma

I always tell my husband he never tells it from my point of view, and what better way to get my pov across than to blog about life as a pregnant lady myself.

current cravings : chipotle - my usual...fajita bowl, barbacoa, pinto beans, corn, hot salsa, tomatoe salsa, lettuce, cheese, and a little sour cream...why not throw in an order of chips and guac too.
(i was secretly hoping that writing about it would maybe gross me out, but no...sigh) I'd go get it..but its 90 degrees out and the closest chipotle is 3 metro stops away...im hoping I can hold off til dinner.

my.life.revolves.around.food.

early on i craved korean spicy soups: soontufu, yukaejang - i had my mom make a HUGE vat of yukaejang and ate it every meal..then i threw up and i never wanted to touch it again...we froze the left overs and my good-sport husband has been defrosting and eating it.

i loooved asparagus for awhile..we bought a costco size bushel (what do you call it) and I roasted it with salt, pepper, and olive oil...and ate it for breakfast, lunch and dinner...then threw up..and now i never want to smell nor see..eat it ever again.

sigh. The morning sickness isnt as bad as of week 12...but I still have my off days. It sucks feeling crappy. But I know and knew early on that we're and are blessed, I am blessed. To have this human growing inside of me, with all the scares in the beginning and me being a realist I knew that there is always a chance of a miscarriage. But even with the nights of hugging the toilet and asking my husband to set up a makeshift bed in the bathroom so I dont have to go back and forth from bed-->toilet. Every time i look at the baby's sono I can't but help fall more in love and feel lucky to have this little person growing inside of me. I'm sure all mothers feel this way.

ok so thats life thus far...lets see if Husband wants to make another date night trip to Buy Buy Baby for the 3rd weekend in a row...

Hello World!

Today we got to see the baby when it actually looks like a baby and not a little bean or a blob. This was the first time for me seeing the baby after the very first sonogram. It's pretty ridiculous how much the baby has grown in just 14 weeks. It was exciting to see the baby moving its arms and legs and wiggling around all over the place. If you look at the picture above you can see a white splotch above his belly which is the baby's hand waving at us in the picture. Jee commented that the baby looks like it might have a big head like everyone warned her about. The baby seemed really active and moved a lot during the whole appointment. We still aren't sure what the sex of the baby is yet since its only 14 weeks, but the Doctor told us that our due date might actually be a bit sooner than the 12/22 that we were told. Looks like the baby should be coming 12/17, 5 days earlier. In this second picture it kinda looks like the baby is playing the saxophone with both hands. Maybe it'll be a musician of some sort, who knows.

Anyway, there's a look see for all you people out there. Can't believe its already been 3.5 months and we are in the 2nd trimester. Time flies by so fast.

1week till the iphone comes out. 2 weeks till I finish clinical. 2 weeks till Korea. 2.5 months till school starts. 6 months till the baby comes.

Decisions Decisions

Who knew deciding what products to get for the baby would be so difficult. For example, a baby stroller. Who knew there would be like 800 different ones out there and they can range from 50 to 1000 dollars! There are a butt load of different brands too like Bugaboo, Maclaren, Graco, Peg Perego, Baby Jogger and much more. Out of all the reviews and websites I've seen the Peg Perego Pliko P3 stands out the most. Pictured below

The stats are that it's easy to use, very light, folds up like an umbrella stroller, fits from birth to 45 lbs and you can let your kid stand on the back of it cause it has a foot board to stand on. Plus its very fashionable. HOWEVER, the stinking thing cost $300+!! But from the reviews and what people have said its a very safe and durable stroller that can be used for a long time. There's another stroller that we looked at that only get my attention because of how easily it can fold up just by using one hand. It's the Baby Jogger City Mini. Pictured below.



Not the prettiest of strollers. Resembles an actual jogging stroller. The best thing about it is that you just grab a strap in the street and it folds up! That's it. However a lot of the reviewers don't seem to think its a 100% great stroller.

Baby Monitors were another thing I've started to look at. First we have to decide if we want an audio monitor or a video monitor. The video monitors are basically webcams for watching your baby while your resting or doing something else while the baby sleeps. I'm kinda leaning towards a video baby monitor but is it really worth it? (recommendations from the readers would be great) The best rated and the most sold has the been the Summer Infant Day and Night Handheld Video Monitor. People on Amazon have been giving it basically all 5 stars.
However the company has also just come out with a new model, the Slim and Secure Video Monitor. The carry around piece actually looks kinda like a blackberry.
Who knows what we will go with but there are just so many options out there. Jee has been reading up and blogs and has been getting ideas on what she wants and what people have recommended. Well anyway this blog is getting too long. Anyone have suggestions please leave a comment. Thanks!

Oh yeah! We are going in on Thursday to hopefully get a nuchal test done and get a sonogram. Wish us luck and hopefully a new picture of the little guy, or girl up soon.

Beginning of Summer Happenings

It's been a while since I've been on here. Let's see what's been going on. Memorial weekend was pretty uneventful except fishing with Suk and him not catching anything and me catching 2 nasty catfish at Burke lake. Him not getting really burnt and me getting lobster red.

Also now I am about half way through my clinical for the summer. It's been a good learning experience and I think I am getting used to how the clinic runs and actually working with patients. I've been getting a large range of patients from neuro to geri, young and old, smelly country to pretty well established in suburbia.

In terms of wife and the baby, we are over the first trimester hump! We go from a 60% chance of miscarriage to a 5% chance! Hopefully the wife's morning sickness goes away soon. One day she was putting dishes away in the dishwashers and all I hear is "HOY! HELP!" So I come downstairs to find that she threw up while loading the dishwasher. So there was throw up in the dishwasher. Ended up running it twice to make sure it was clean. We were supposed to go and have a check up Monday but because the wife changed jobs the insurance hadn't gone through yet. So the check up is next week now so we still haven't fully had confirmation that everything is OK. Hopefully by next week we will have a better picture to post of the baby and confirmation that all is going well. Jee actually posted on Facebook that we are preggos so now the whole world will know. We have been looking around for baby stuff online and at the store here and there. Didn't realize how expensive and how many different types of strollers there are! Spent one whole night looking and videos and reviews of different types of strollers. We are definitely looking a for a lightweight, easily folded, very durable stroller. Peg Perego, Bugaboo, Graco, Baby Jogger. So many different companies. Right now I kinda like the Peg Perego Plika P3. BLAH! I sound like a nerd. Anyway, any suggestions?

Yea it's been a crazy first half the summer so far. 4 days till the start of the World Cup. 16 days till the new IPhone 4 comes out. 3 weeks till we leave for Korea. 3 months till I start school again. And roughly 7 months till the baby comes.