Second Trimester - by Janette

After an easy, relatively symptom-free first trimester, second trimester greeted me with:

- heartburn, which sometimes leads to nighttime throw up
- sensitive gag reflex that coughing/brushing teeth/strong smells lead to vomiting
- morning sickness and painful dry heaving
- sick nausea feeling leading to loss of appetite (had a very healthy appetite so far)

I am 14 weeks this week, and barely feel Baby move. :0

Hope s/he is still alive, and just a very very very sleepy baby. (:

7 Years in the Making - by Janette

Dear Baby #3,

Baba and Mommy celebrated 7 happy years of marriage with ZJ and you in tow.

Praise God for His faithfulness!

Gilroy Gardens, Part II - by Janette

Dear Baby #3,

We visited Gilroy Gardens again, this time with Baba.

Gilroy Gardens - by Janette

Hi Baby #3,

For my birthday, we took you 3 kids to Gilroy Gardens with my family. :P Your brothers have not stopped asking to visit again.

You are starting to show!

Your First Concert - by Janette

Dear Baby #3,

YeeYee, you, and I went to listen to John Mayer tonight. I had not been to a concert in years! He was awesome.

Dear Baby #3 - by Janette

Dear Baby #3,

This afternoon, I could visibly see your kicks from my stomach (Week 13).

Your brothers are enamored with you already. They regularly ask if you have come out of my tummy. They cannot wait to hold you and snuggle you.

We are busy re-arranging the entire house. We unexpectedly received 2 cute + nearly brand-new toddler beds for free from NextDoor, so we will move the toddler beds into Z's room, and have both boys share Z's room! Their dream!

Today, we also learned that dear friends from church are also expecting within a few days of us. Their due dates are 2/22 and 2/24, and yours is 2/27. I am the largest of all, and will probably deliver first.

Keep growing, sweet Baby - may God continue to protect and nurture you!

Love,
Mommy

Third Wheel - by Janette

Hi Baby #3,

You were the third wheel to our date to Land's End today before a friend's wedding.

Happy 2nd Birthday, J - by Janette

Hi Baby #3,

We celebrated J's 2nd birthday today with construction trucks, sand/rock pits, and cake.

Thrilled - by Janette

ZJ are thrilled (by no exaggeration) for a new baby.

Z cannot stop thinking and talking about the baby: how it arrives, when it arrives, how our family will prepare for the baby, etc.

- Z loves to feed me things, or put things to my belly so the baby can have it.
- Z asks to touch the baby, and will tenderly pat my tummy.
- The second after Z woke from his nap, asked us to make a shopping list for baby: Crib, diapers, gun gun [lovey], toys just for baby.
- Today, Z knocked a chair into me. He gasped and said, "Sorry, Mommy! Is the baby ok?!"
- First thing Z said to me when he saw me during closing circle time was, "I want to see Baby".
- ZJ keep asking if the baby has come out yet.

But of course, there is also the hilarious:

- Z asking if the baby is in my butt.
- J saying that when Baby comes out, s/he will say "Hi Dai Dai."

Baby #3! - by Janette

A faint second line -- we are expecting our third!

Praise the Lord (:

Black Plum Sibling - by Janette

Z: Dai Dai, do you want a mui mui or another dai dai?

J: (Thinks about it) Want black plum.  (Throws head back and laughs with delight.) Black plum! Black plum!

Z: (Shrieks in laughter)