I've been feeling the fluttering sensations in my uterus since month two and it's been a lovely reassurance knowing baby is growing strong inside me. However, this morning baby's movements grew much stronger. I actually felt my uterus tense as baby moved inside, with the butterfly flutterings feeling more like an almost kick. Baby is the size of an apple and our last sonogram showed baby with ten fingers and ten toes, beautiful limbs, and a huge head so I know I didn't imagine his movement!
And before you, dear readers, get all too excited that Gian's going to have a baby brother, I'm calling baby a he because my intuition believes baby to be a boy. Allan and I agreed to be surprised again so we won't know baby's sex until he pops out. Christine is hoping I'm having a little girl so Maile has a playmate but she, too, suspects I'm having a boy. Honestly, I don't really care what baby is as long as baby is born healthy, intelligent, and loves God. Well, the loving God part is my responsibility and I've already been working on that!
I'm still nauseated throughout the day; some days are worse than others but for the most part the nausea has been a standard in my pregnancy. It's been hard - as Christine notes when I come to the house looking all exhausted and emotional - because Gian's pregnancy was smooth sailing, but maybe my mama is right: Gian was an easy pregnancy but challenging baby; baby 02 is a hard pregnancy but will produce an easy baby. Let's hope you're right, mama.
In other news, keep praying for dad. He's trying to see if he can fly home in two weeks. Mama paid for the medical insurance and if Dr. Bikdeli, dad's primary care doctor at Kaiser, approves his condition, mama and dad will have a free upgrade to first class so he can recline during the entire flight. Mama's on a tight budget and cannot afford to upgrade out of her pocket, so family, please pray that God will answer our prayers with a Yes. However, please pray that no matter what happens it will be HIS WILL that is carried out. God knows what's best and we must follow Him.
And because posts are way more fun with photos, here's a video Gian made this morning. He's currently obsessed with taking Photobooth pictures and videos... it's cute. I hope you like them, Chelsey and Celeste. Ha!
And before you, dear readers, get all too excited that Gian's going to have a baby brother, I'm calling baby a he because my intuition believes baby to be a boy. Allan and I agreed to be surprised again so we won't know baby's sex until he pops out. Christine is hoping I'm having a little girl so Maile has a playmate but she, too, suspects I'm having a boy. Honestly, I don't really care what baby is as long as baby is born healthy, intelligent, and loves God. Well, the loving God part is my responsibility and I've already been working on that!
I'm still nauseated throughout the day; some days are worse than others but for the most part the nausea has been a standard in my pregnancy. It's been hard - as Christine notes when I come to the house looking all exhausted and emotional - because Gian's pregnancy was smooth sailing, but maybe my mama is right: Gian was an easy pregnancy but challenging baby; baby 02 is a hard pregnancy but will produce an easy baby. Let's hope you're right, mama.
In other news, keep praying for dad. He's trying to see if he can fly home in two weeks. Mama paid for the medical insurance and if Dr. Bikdeli, dad's primary care doctor at Kaiser, approves his condition, mama and dad will have a free upgrade to first class so he can recline during the entire flight. Mama's on a tight budget and cannot afford to upgrade out of her pocket, so family, please pray that God will answer our prayers with a Yes. However, please pray that no matter what happens it will be HIS WILL that is carried out. God knows what's best and we must follow Him.
And because posts are way more fun with photos, here's a video Gian made this morning. He's currently obsessed with taking Photobooth pictures and videos... it's cute. I hope you like them, Chelsey and Celeste. Ha!
