Guess what? She’s here! Meet the newest member of our family, Kaylie. She was born Sunday, February 17th at 2:07pm. Her weight was 3318g and 49.5cm, a much bigger baby compared to E. We were discharged from the hospital yesterday after a 4 day stay so we’re still adjusting to the changes to everything. More about her birth later. For now it’s time to feed her…again.  Read More →

37 weeks. I’ve finally hit full term this week and it has not been the smoothest trip so far. I’ve spent the past two weeks sick with a cold I caught from E. Getting sick this late in the pregnancy can do a lot of things to the body. A lot of unpleasant things, which is why I haven’t had the energy to blog or do much on the internet. I’m still quite out of it these days. Still trying to recover from being sick as well as struggling through all the uncomfortable bits of being at full term. And the wait…It’s really starting toRead More →

For the next few weeks, just call me Ms. Crankypants. Ok, I’m not really *that* bad. Just occasionally, I’d get into a weird mood that would make me easily irritable. Plus, I feel heavy (because I’m pregnant) and I’m tired (because I’m pregnant) and I’m always hungry (probably also because I’m pregnant). This past week or two has been a serious test of my resolve to just “go with the flow” of things. In fact, maybe I should just change my word of the year to “chill” because I think I need to chill out over everything. I didn’t plan on venting on my blogRead More →

Ah, the third trimester. Oh how I've forgotten how miserable you can make me feel… It's hard to believe just how big I've gotten in these past 3 months. Here I am at the beginning of November And here I am at the beginning of December And this is me now (yes, I got a haircut) These past few weeks, I feel like I suddenly popped out a lot and its been uncomfortable. Everything I do feels cumbersome. Even sleeping has been difficult since I can't toss and turn as easily without feeling the baby's weight shift from side to side. Daily chores like cleaningRead More →

It’s amazing how fast time passes you by when you’re busy with stuff. I’ve been so preoccupied with this whole PTA thing and working that I managed to not notice I’ve passed that halfway point of my current pregnancy. Plus, I’ve been a bit worn out from doing so much that I just don’t have the energy to blog at the end of the day. So here’s a bit of update on how next child is doing… I know I haven’t talked much about next child. I think a part of me is paranoid about sharing too much and then having to write another griefRead More →

Last week, I had a miscarriage. There. I said it. I have been trying to avoid writing this post this past week because I just couldn’t bring myself to write the words and the feelings that came with it. I thought I was ready. I have been thinking about what to say these past few days but for the life of me, everything is so jumbled up and muddled in my head that I can’t remember what I had wanted to say. So how am I feeling right now? Tired. Exhausted. A little bit numb. Last week, though, I was a bit of a mess.Read More →

“Bed rest”. “Threatened miscarriage”. “Cannot find a heartbeat”. Those were all things said to me today by a doctor at a hospital. This morning, when I woke up to some cramping and a little spotting, I knew something wasn’t right. As the morning dragged on, I began to bleeding heavily so I left work and went to the local hospital with Jason to get it checked out. I’ve been hoping all morning that this was just a fluke but when the doctor looked at the sonogram and tried to find a heartbeat, he couldn’t find one. He did say that the cervix isn’t dilated soRead More →

Well now, it looks like my secret wasn’t so much a secret huh? I should have known better than to try to fool my smart blog friends and family 🙂 I’d like you guys to meet 2nd child. Yea, were not good at making up nicknames so we’re just sticking with calling him/her “2nd child” for now. I’m currently at about 6 weeks, which is still pretty early in the pregnancy. According to the doctor, the baby is still too small for her to see a heartbeat but from the look of things, 2nd child is doing well. Due date is estimated to be OctoberRead More →