Damn you P&G and your damn mom commercials. Blubbering baby every time!!!!
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Today
I actually feel like I have a belly. Albeit small, and more gut-like, it's starting!
Need to keep up the stretch mark cream.
Need to keep up the stretch mark cream.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
Ponytail
Sometimes I can get the hair out of her face by saying its a "ponytail just like mommy!"
It looks terrible bc I have to do it with the quickness or she's over it and will run away without one.
I can't wait till her bangs finally grow out and we can tuck them behind her ears.
It looks terrible bc I have to do it with the quickness or she's over it and will run away without one.
I can't wait till her bangs finally grow out and we can tuck them behind her ears.
12 Weeks
I had my screen for Downs and Trisomy at the Genetics and IVF Institute this past week. We had a lengthy sonogram and watched the little peanut chill on it's back and move it's limbs. Got my results yesterday. My risk factor is 1/10,000 so that's fantastic news!
I also had a 12 week appointment with the OBGYN and listened to its heart beat. I enjoy sonograms and the heart monitoring because it makes it more real. On the day-to-day, I just feel tired and ill. I don't have a belly and I can't feel any movements, so it's almost surreal that I'm going to have another baby. I look at Olivia and remember her as an infant and I'm so excited to do that over again. I can't wait to hold a little one. Here's hoping that since it's the second time around, I know what I'm doing.
Definitely, I'm more scared than last time. While pregnant with Olivia, it was very dreamy and all, "this is going to be so perfect!" But I know what it's really like and how much worse it could be. Looking back, Olivia was a pretty easy baby. No colic, no major illnesses. She hit all her milestones on time. The only hard part was the non-breastfeeding but even pumping became second nature. I almost think that pumping was easier in comparison to constantly whipping out the boob. At least with pumping, it's a scheduled feeding? I don't know.
I'm scared to death of another c-section too. If it's scheduled, I'm hoping my body won't be as wiped out since I won't be laboring for 20 hours like last time. But at the same time, I hate all the drugs they give you. It IS major surgery. And it definitely impacts how quickly your milk comes in. PLUS the recovery is so much harder than a vaginal birth. The doctors say I can consider a VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section), but it really is just physics with me. Olivia didn't fit. What are the chances of this one "fiitting." Olivia was even early so if she was full term, she would've been even bigger than she was. The doctor asked me what size shoe I wore and said there was a midwives rumor that your foot size is correlated to your pelvic opening so NO WONDER my baby didn't fit. I have ELFIN feet!
So I'm totally rambling because I am totes nervous.
I also had a 12 week appointment with the OBGYN and listened to its heart beat. I enjoy sonograms and the heart monitoring because it makes it more real. On the day-to-day, I just feel tired and ill. I don't have a belly and I can't feel any movements, so it's almost surreal that I'm going to have another baby. I look at Olivia and remember her as an infant and I'm so excited to do that over again. I can't wait to hold a little one. Here's hoping that since it's the second time around, I know what I'm doing.
Definitely, I'm more scared than last time. While pregnant with Olivia, it was very dreamy and all, "this is going to be so perfect!" But I know what it's really like and how much worse it could be. Looking back, Olivia was a pretty easy baby. No colic, no major illnesses. She hit all her milestones on time. The only hard part was the non-breastfeeding but even pumping became second nature. I almost think that pumping was easier in comparison to constantly whipping out the boob. At least with pumping, it's a scheduled feeding? I don't know.
I'm scared to death of another c-section too. If it's scheduled, I'm hoping my body won't be as wiped out since I won't be laboring for 20 hours like last time. But at the same time, I hate all the drugs they give you. It IS major surgery. And it definitely impacts how quickly your milk comes in. PLUS the recovery is so much harder than a vaginal birth. The doctors say I can consider a VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section), but it really is just physics with me. Olivia didn't fit. What are the chances of this one "fiitting." Olivia was even early so if she was full term, she would've been even bigger than she was. The doctor asked me what size shoe I wore and said there was a midwives rumor that your foot size is correlated to your pelvic opening so NO WONDER my baby didn't fit. I have ELFIN feet!
So I'm totally rambling because I am totes nervous.
Breakfast
Mr. Ho brought it home. It made me
miss the McD breakfast in Hawaii with the Portuguese sausage! So good.
O loves some hash browns.
miss the McD breakfast in Hawaii with the Portuguese sausage! So good.
O loves some hash browns.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Things That Made Me Cry
The gymnastics Olympic trial results. I was so happy for the winners and thinking how proud their moms were of them.
Watching the Circle of Life song with Olivia on YouTube.
I know. These hormones are OOC.
Watching the Circle of Life song with Olivia on YouTube.
I know. These hormones are OOC.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Bean 2
I'm so happy to announce that we are expecting baby #2! I've been pretty MIA on the blog because I haven't really had anything else to say other than I've been battling some nasty morning sickness. Well, more like night sickness. I start off the day ok and then I just get progressively worse throughout and then puke at night. It's a lot of fun.
No, it's not. And it's enough for me to think that I am so done after this one. But I guess, never say never... Actually, if I get baby fever after baby #2, someone slap me and remind of how bad everything smells - especially the refrigerator. And how I get excess spit build-up and have to constantly spit. Or how I think I'm craving something, eat it, and then puke my brains out. Or how a shower completely drains me and then I have to puke some more. Or how Olivia's diapers make me gag, and they never used to.
Olive has been pretty cute about everything. Everytime I race to the bathroom, she says, "Umma's baby hurt." And Mr. Ho has been amazing. Cleaning, cooking, occupying Olivia while I lay useless on the couch.
12 weeks today. Praying for a healthy pregnancy. And hoping for this nausea to stop soon.
Yay! Baby Ho 2!
No, it's not. And it's enough for me to think that I am so done after this one. But I guess, never say never... Actually, if I get baby fever after baby #2, someone slap me and remind of how bad everything smells - especially the refrigerator. And how I get excess spit build-up and have to constantly spit. Or how I think I'm craving something, eat it, and then puke my brains out. Or how a shower completely drains me and then I have to puke some more. Or how Olivia's diapers make me gag, and they never used to.
Olive has been pretty cute about everything. Everytime I race to the bathroom, she says, "Umma's baby hurt." And Mr. Ho has been amazing. Cleaning, cooking, occupying Olivia while I lay useless on the couch.
12 weeks today. Praying for a healthy pregnancy. And hoping for this nausea to stop soon.
Yay! Baby Ho 2!
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Grin
How cute is she?!!
Her grandfather took her out for ice cream and then went to their house. Notice the random clip in her hair? Oli refuses barrettes and my MIL is obsessed with getting her hair back someway somehow.
When my FIL texted me the picture, he prefaced it with "I did not put the clip in her hair." lol
Her grandfather took her out for ice cream and then went to their house. Notice the random clip in her hair? Oli refuses barrettes and my MIL is obsessed with getting her hair back someway somehow.
When my FIL texted me the picture, he prefaced it with "I did not put the clip in her hair." lol
Friday, July 13, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Identity
Mr. Ho is showing O clips of Mulan and he said, "you like it bc you're both asian."
O replied, "Appa, I not asian!!"
Hearing that in her baby voice was so funny!!!
O replied, "Appa, I not asian!!"
Hearing that in her baby voice was so funny!!!
Friday, July 6, 2012
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Monday, July 2, 2012
Aftermath
I hope everyone got through the derecho unscathed. We just had a brief power outage but hours of no Internet or cable. No Internet made me panicy. Felt so cut off from everything.
Here's a pic of my girl taking over our bed the night of the storm.
Here's a pic of my girl taking over our bed the night of the storm.
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