36 Weeks

According to my EDD, there's only ONE more month to go! But as rumor has it, firstborns are always late and only 5% of women deliver on their actual due date. So we'll see... we're hoping that Peanut arrives once I hit full term (next week) just to make life easier for both of us (for various reasons).

With the D.D. being so unbelievable close now, what's left to take care of now?

- Wash everything? Check!

- Install car seat? Check!

- Pack hospital bag? Uncheck...

It all comes down to the dreadful waiting game now. Since I'm on my self-proclaimed maternity leave, I'm thinking the nesting phase will be next. There's two closets I plan to organize while I have extra time in the afternoons. However, we'll see if I ever get around to it.

And here I am (picture on right), the first day of my 36 week pregnancy with my protruding belly at what could be our last wedding before Peanut makes his debut into this world!

Family Portraits

Come on Peanut... let's make this a party of four!

Preparing for D-Day

Summer's just around the corner and I am probably more anxious than any kid out there for summer to come. As each day passes by, it's a constant reminder that I am one step closer to becoming a mother, which is both scary and exciting!

Before things are completely wrapped up and I'm in summer "maternity leave" mode, I had to wrap up my piano teaching with what is probably my last recital for a while. (I usually host one recital a year circa May time.) Despite my laziness, it's actually really fun teaching when I actually get off my lazy butt and move my big lion seal self into the car to teach. I'm going to miss the kids I have to drop due to Peanut and the far drive. So until mid-August, I'm piano-free and am going to lounge around like an elephant seal at Pier 39!

SERIOUSLY?!

That's what I would say when someone does/says something stupid.

Take a close look at this picture... one may think it was due to a drunk driver or something. But this was taken during prime work hours and at one of the many Apple parking lots. And guess what? The driver wasn't drunk... no, the driver was worse... it turns out to be an Asian woman trying to back out of her spot. How in the world did she manage to hit not only one... but FOUR parked cars? Oh Asian woman, you make all of us look bad.

You must've really been gunning something down there to be able to get that high on those two cars.

The Last Date

Most people take a short babymoon before baby's born. We didn't really have a chance to do that, so instead, we used the ONLY free weekend in May to go on a little outing in S.F. It turned out to be an eating extravaganza - breakfast @ Stacks, lunch @ San Tung and dinner @ Il Postale. I had a list of places to go to and we pretty much went everywhere on the list.

Stacks!

Dottie's first time @ Lands End

She was a trooper and walked ~2 miles.

If only there was a tad bit of sun...

Family picture at Lands End

Poor Little Dottie is exhausted after the hike.

Waiting on the passenger's side of her Mommy's ride, looking for her Daddy to come back

Ja Jiang Myun (San Tung)

Dried Fried Chicken Wings (my fave!)

... so, I guess this is it. Now we're just waiting for the waiting game to start.

FNL

Okay, I'm an indian once again and have joined the bandwagon of watching Friday Night Lights! This is actually a good thing for D because we can finally agree on something to watch together again. We're taking a break from doing our own thing at night and spending some "quality family time" together watching this show.

In fact, even Dot likes watching it. I can't seem to capture it on camera, but she's actually staring at the t.v. with ears perked up when the football scenes are showing. Usually she just snuggles up next to me or licks her daddy's hand like crazy. But nope, this crazy girl was actually watching with us! And there's a lot of movement from within my belly too, so I'm assuming Peanut enjoys hearing it too... yup, my future quarterback (I hope he inherits his mama's strong throwing arm).

For those with nothing to do at night, go watch FNL! haha...

And Then There Were 8

... which actually means two months (ACK!).

As the EDD is getting closer and closer, I'm getting more and more uncomfortable. The shoulders and back are hurting like no other. I'm afraid to stretch out my legs in the morning due to Charley Horse cramps. The horror of labor, well, it simply freaks me out! I've also seen my share of not-so-cute babies and pray to God that our little Peanut will not look like a Benjamin Button or anything as equally morbid (yes, I'm mean).

It's crazy to think that our first real ultrasound happened when Peanut was just 8 weeks old and now, we only have 8 weeks left!

I wonder what Peanut looks like, now that he's 32 weeks.

As first time parents, D and I really don't know how else to prepare for the arrival of this little dude... all we know is that we're going to do the best we can with no professional training.