Thanksgiving Weekend Update

Well I had every intention of coming back to the post from Thanksgiving evening to put up pictures but somehow time got away from me and now the weekend is almost over.  And it was an awesome weekend at that!  Allen, Esme and I spent a lot of quality time together and I barely remembered that I was on-call the whole time.  We even snuck in a quick day trip to Portland on Saturday to see some family and Esme handled the day so well.  During the drive down there she snacked, slept and kept herself entertained with a bunch of doggie hand puppets that she's named after all the dogs she knows.  We even made time for the Portland Children's Museum which was AMAZING!  Esme was so happy to play and see all the other kids and it helped to break up all the driving and visiting with family that we were doing.  We timed our drive home just right with her bedtime and thanks to a yummy and filling dinner she slept the entire way. 

Today we're busy rearranging the living room in order to make room for the Christmas tree.  Esme had fun playing with the furniture in the new configuration.  We're slowly trying to teach her about Santa, christmas trees, lights, etc. 

I'm 18 weeks pregnant this week and the nausea is definitely gone however I'm still a little particular about what I eat.  The insomnia is getting better and hopefully fading itself out.  As for the dizziness, I just move slower to avoid anymore problems.  I think this Thanksgiving weekend has helped my appetite and I'm almost back to my pre-pregnancy weight after losing so much in the first trimester from barely eating.  No maternity clothes yet but the time is coming soon.  Now I'm just waiting to feel the baby move!  Next appointment with our midwife is at 20 weeks and we'll have our ultrasound at that time.  We're going to keep the sex of the baby a secret again because it's so fun :)

Playing with cousin Tabitha last week

The cheeser smile might be back!

    Enjoying the rearranged furniture

Happy Thanksgiving!

I was on-call this weekend and have been in a major nesting mode so I didn't feel like doing anything big for Thanksgiving.  We spent the morning at Greenlake feeding the ducks and walking around the lake, and checking out all the other families preparing for their feasts later in the day ;)  Once we got home we had a late lunch with the usual Thanksgiving spread and then some.  Esme quickly decided that ham and cauliflower were her favorite dishes and that's about all she ate.  While we missed our family and friends, it really was a perfect day for just the three of us. 

Pics to come later!

Happy Birthday Baba!

Esme was excited to show us her birthday singing skills tonight to help celebrate Allen's birthday.  We were surprised at how well she knows the song in both Mandarin and English but we figure they sing it at least once a month at daycare with all the birthdays there.  She even helped blow out the candles and was requesting her cake right afterwards.  Again we were surprised because it's not like she has cake all the time with us.  

 

For the past month or so Esme has been obsessed with her socks.  She always asks for them and at night she even requests a pair of socks under her footed sleeper and then another pair over the feet on her sleeper.  So basically she has three layers on her feet at night.  She's recently found some new obsessions to take over for the socks though - pockets and hoods.  Can you tell we live in the mainland?  Ha ha!  She always looks for pockets whenever you put her clothes on and then puts her hands in them like it's a secret compartment.  The love of hoods just came about in the last 2 days and she wants to wear them in the house too.  Silly girl!  

 

The owls on her jacket are actually pockets

 

Today I had my 16 week pre-natal visit with the midwives that delivered Esme.  Allen had to work so Esme accompanied me to the visit and did really well.  She even got up on the exam table and laid down next to me when they listened to my belly for the baby's heartbeat.  Everything checked out fine and I also had some blood work done today.  Again Esme just sat in my lap and watched intently as the phlebotomist drew my blood.  So far this pregnancy has been pretty similar to the symptoms that I had with Esme.  Extreme nausea, loss of appetite, fatigue and weight loss in the first trimester and then insomnia and horrible dizziness when I stand up so far this trimester.  I take Benadryl to help me sleep on the nights I have to work and then try to just get by on the nights that I'm off.  My belly really popped out this week so it seems more apparent that I'm pregnant.  We keep talking about it all to Esme but we have no idea what she's thinking :)       

Parenthood

Happy Anniversary to us!  Yes, today was Allen and my anniversary so we decided to go out for sushi so I didn't have to cook dinner.  Well Esme had different plans and as soon as I picked her up from daycare she seemed a little off.  I just thought it was because I don't normally pick her up so she was out of her routine but I was wrong.  As soon as we got to the restaurant and ordered our food Esme puked all over the table.  It was a good thing there was no food on it yet!  We were still shocked cause she's not normally a puker.  We quickly cleaned up and got our food to go and went home.  Luckily we did cause she ended up puking in the car too even though we were less than a mile from our house.  She was definitely out of it by this time and when we were getting her bath ready she just put her head down on the bathroom floor like she was ready to curl up and go to bed.  It was so sad!  We got her all clean and in her pj's and then she puked again.  Needless to say we had lots of laundry to do tonight.  Allen and I finally got to our take-out awhile later but we were exhausted by this time so it was an early night for all of us.  Esme will stay home from school tomorrow and hopefully she's better by then.  Our poor little sick girl!