25th week updates

again, there were just sooo many things happening around me that i will just load this post with snippets...

* on mom's special day
we celebrated mom's birthday last week, just the 3 of us. dad prepared his special carbonara and bbq ribs. i enjoyed the food with them of course. and as always, i obliged when dad told me to greet mom a very happy birthday by giving her a good kick. teehee.

* on mom's pregnant belly
last thursday, when mom was about to prepare for work, she stopped at the mirror, called dad and asked "are these stretch marks or bed marks???". she was pointing at the lower left portion of her belly, where there are some reddish little lines. they both concluded that they're just bed marks. but the next day came and the marks didn't even move, so yeah, they're stretch marks. ugh. it seems like that expensive stretch mark prevention lotion didn't work at all... or did it? since the lines were just few and can still be counted? hmmm... well, mom calls these "red lines of bliss" anyway, so i guess she's fine :)

* on my baptism
eventhough they haven't finalized my name yet nor my godparents, my parents were already inquiring about baptism schedules in our parish. since my lolo dadi and lola mami (and hopefully tito ruprup) will be coming to visit me in september, and won't be able to stay really long, they had to schedule the baptism when my lolo and lola are still here. and since the parish only does baptism every 4th weekend of each month, they already informed the parish secretary that they will have me baptized on that last week of sept. so there! soon, they willbe attending the seminar, and hopefully before i'm born, i already have my own name :)

* on my nursery room
with mom's nesting instinct finally kicking in (mostly because of dad coz it came through to him a lot earlier, heehee), dad and mom were finally starting my room. dad actually started buying modular shelves and drawers for the built-in closet and began to plan further for it. he also borrowed a book from the library and had been surfing the web about nursery rooms. they actually had a solid idea of what my room would look like. they kinda had a theme already. but when they visited lowe's today and that wallpaper specialty store to look at borders and sample designs, they just acquired more ideas. hopefully, they'll finish putting borders and paint on the walls before they get the crib and bigger furniture in. exciting!

alrighty! i hope you all had a great long weekend!

the "moves"!

24 weeks and 3 days old. that's how old i am today... and as always i am getting plumpier... well, bigger :) as for my latest updates...

my movements are really stronger now that if you touch mom's belly you'd already feel my light calisthenics. these acrobatics would sometimes wake mom up (well, aside from the uber active bladder) in the middle of her deep slumber. most often, when mom wakes up to pee, she'd have a hard time falling back to sleep coz i would move almost nonstop when she's awake at dawn. i know, i know, it's such a bad time to choose to play.. but i just want to play with her ;). i'm sure she doesn't mind. she always tells me to move coz that soothes her (yep, call mom a masochist coz she'd rather have me kick her hard, even if it causes some pain sometimes, rather than not do anything at all).

there was this one instance when she woke up at around 4am and couldn't sleep anymore (yeah, coz of me) coz she felt hungry as i was playing inside her tummy. worried that i was hungry too (coz i really moved non-stop), she went downstairs and braved the dark just to get us a peanut butter sandwich and a glass of milk. dad was still in deep sleep and she didn't want to wake him up. dad told her afterwards though that she should've asked him instead so that we wouldn't need to go downstairs anymore... well, next time dad, and of course i'd be happier if you'd eat with us too :D.

also, the night of mother's day, before dad started reading to me, he told me to greet mom by kicking her hard. i'm a proud daddy's girl remember? so i obliged and kicked mom so hard that both of them saw it. dad was ecstatic! he then cheered on me and kissed me right away. as his lips were on my mom's tummy, i kissed him back... well, alright, i kicked him hard too that he really felt me on his lips. if i just kissed him back, he wouldn't feel it and he wouldn't be as happy as he were when i did that, hahaha.

oh, there's another proof that i'm getting really big (or is mom getting big? teehee)... dad cuts mom's toenails now. yeah, she couldn't bend down that much anymore. so my ever loving dad, does that for her now. how sweet! :)

that's all folks! ... i just hope that tonight my parents would be successful in hearing my heartbeat through the bebe sound "microphone" (stethoscope-like thingamagig) that tito kim and tita hiyas lend them. thanks tito and tita!

mom(-to-be)'s day

and who says moms-to-be can't celebrate with all the mothers today?! mothers became mothers since day one of our conception. so go ahead and greet all moms and moms-to-be on this special day! :)

mom was really pleased and touched with all the greetings that she got from families and friends. when mom called lola mami yesterday to greet her, lola mami didn't even say hello when she picked up to answer. the first words she said was, "happy mother's day" even before mom was able to greet her. mom almost cried but was able to hold back since they're both kenkoy. she also received a cute mom-to-be mother's day card from tita love and lots of glittery graphics and comments from her friends at friendster as well. (thanks so much!)

at mass today, all moms were also blessed by our parish priest. yep, including my mommy. and dad greeted her as well and treated her specially during their mother's day lunch date at goodwood today. i just love it when mom's this happy!

mom at 23 weeks
"happy mother's day mommy!"
... and happy mother's day to all the moms and preggy moms out there!

yet another weird dream

mom had another weird dream about me a couple of nights ago. it's actually composed of two parts. in part 1, i was already born (and it seems that we just went home from the hospital that day, but she has no recollection of giving birth), but she hasn't seen me yet since she had to fight two witches (she was also a witch on her dream) who were planning on snatching me from them when i turned 18. she was able to drive them away though.

she then went to the family room where i was sleeping, then dad went upstairs to get some sleep. she's surprised to see me really big. i could actually sit up (i was as big as a one year old). then lola mami told her that i was 14 lbs at birth (yeah, 2x the weight of a normal newborn) and delivered normally (mom definitely couldn't imagine giving birth to a 14 pounder!). she then nursed me (she told dad by the way, that she really felt me sucking as though everything's real). she initially thought that no milk was coming out til she saw some, dripping, so she felt relieved that she has milk and that i can eat despite the fact that they haven't attended their breastfeeding class yet. then she had to wake up coz her bladder's knocking :)

her dream kinda continued though. but in part 2, i really am small. like a regular newborn. in her dream, she just came home from somewhee (not from work, but she couldn't remember where) and found me being held and fed (with formula! -- my parents planned on breastfeeding me fully by the way, so starting with formula is a no no for them) by a neighbor. she then got me from her, thanked her and sent her home. she started nursing me but unintentionally slept while doing it. she then woke up with my dad supporting me while i nurse from her and got scared, when she saw my face all covered with milk. she wiped me immediately and the dream ended.

my mom's probably still paranoid that her milk won't come out that's why she's having these kinds of weird dreams. haha

random updates

23weeks and counting! ... i'll just fill you up with random updates since my last post...

** we went to see dr. bouchard today for our monthly appointment. as usual, mom asked quite a number of questions (most of them are just out of paranoia,haha). and as usual, the doctor told them that everything's fine. my heart rate today was measured at 148-151bpm which is great according to her. and she also measured mom's uterus. from the pubic bone to the fundus, it's 23ish cm. so right on spot for my age. by next month's visit, a diabetes test will be done on mom. and before we left, they scheduled our 3wk appointment after next, three 2week appointments, and a series of weekly ones til i come out ;)

** mom thinks that she's too big. she sent some preggy pics to her family and while lolo dadi called her a "butete", my tita tokti was telling her that they both have the same belly size (and she's already due next month). and with a 2-lb weight gain from last week, she got worried. dr. bouchard assured her though that her weight is right on track. alrighty then!

** dad already saw me! finally! hooray! the first time he did was at church last sunday. during the liturgy of the word, mom felt me and told dad right away (yeah, i'm also active at church). and boy was he happy when he saw mom's belly protruding! he can see me more often now though, specially when i have the hiccups! i'm glad i'm making dad happier even with just a few little hiccups here and there. oh, and tito john had a funny question about hiccups. he asked why babies in the tummy still get hiccups when we can swallow lots of amniotic fluid to prevent it! ...makes sense? haha

** we won!!! i am now a proud owner of this. we went to the library last saturday and saw a booth from babies r' us. mom giddily signed up for free coupons and raffle. they didn't expect that they'd win though. they actually don't know if i finally am bringing them luck on raffles/contests (coz i certainly didn't when it comes to winning powerball, haha) or they were the only ones who signed up. haha. so they picked up the price at the store on sunday... refer to the next update then.

** my folks finally stormed babies r' us on sunday. it's another haven for them (but more pricey compared to burlington). they got to see lots of baby stuff and i think that's where they're getting my travel system from coz there were lots to choose from.

but you know what my mom likes about these baby stores? ... the expectant mothers parking space! she longed to park on these spaces one day. so finally, her dreams came true! haha

daddy's girl

i'm proud to say i am! :)

it just soothes me to hear his voice (my mom wonders why when he doesn't posess the nicest voice in the world,haha). whenever he reads to me, i just stay still and listen intently. sometimes i'd fall asleep. (mom said that it could be the soft music at the background that makes me sleep, and not his voice). haha.

but last night, he was reading the name choices that they had to me. he gave me 30 seconds to kick or move for each of the name that he'll say, if i like it. so he was just there. his face so close to me (though it super tickles my mom). but again, since his voice was sooo soothing to me, i just stayed still. mom said that i moved when he mentioned the last name. but that's mom's top choice. besides, the movement according to her is too soft. not very like me :)... so he'll do it again next time.

dad was watching bringing home baby from tlc yesterday morning. to mom's surprise, he really watched til the end of the episode. talk about an excited dad preparing for dad-life! haha. he's still too scared of carrying and holding newborns though. they all seem fragile, he said. anyway, this show just got him all the more excited that he watched another one this morning (and he's looking at the directv schedule to see when the next episodes are, heehee).

ahhhh, can't wait to be held by you dad! :)

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thanks tito by and tita nova for giving me more new stuff! they gave me a winnie the pooh crib set (pooh is for girls according to them, haha), avent breast milk storage kit and a 2-in-1 head rest. cool! kuya garbriel wasn't able to use them so my parents would make sure to put them into good use :)