Category Archives: Pregnancy
Dragon Punch & Kicks!
When I first felt babyDragon move, it was on December 23, 2011, I was 15 weeks and 3 days into my pregnancy. The best way to describe it was like a little bubble surfacing, like a big “bloop!” I was at work at the time when it happened, and after it did, I just sat there and froze with my hand on my belly thinking, could it be you baby? Exciting was my next emotional and I was just so thrilled that babyDragon said hi to me! I cannot stress how amazing this whole experience is, and I’m so glad that as the time goes by, babyDragon’s punches and kicks get that much stronger. Last week, Khoa felt babyDragon for the first time!!! We were so excited because that was around the 17 wk mark and that’s quite early for the daddy to feel the baby, so we were just in awe with babyDragon’s strength and eagerness to say hi to his/her daddy! =) So now Khoa always puts his hand on my belly whenever he can, to feel babyDragon as much as possible. We also started belly talking since babyDragon can hear us now! We love you so much already baby, and we eagerly await your arrival!
Love at First Sight!
Our first look at our baby dragon and it truly is love at first sight!!! Head to butt measures 6cms long! I can stare at this picture allll day long! I’m so in love!!!
Also, here’s a video that Khoa took of our precious baby as well! Heart beats at 164 beats per minute, and you don’t see it here since Khoa paused in between recordings but babyDragon moves quite a bit! At the end of the video, she quickly falls to sleep though. What a life, our sleeping angel! =)
Baby Announcement!
We have a special message from someone really special to us and we wanted to share it with all of you!
“I do not have a face to see,
Or put inside a frame.
I do not have soft cheeks to kiss.
I don’t yet have a name.
Not yet can you hold my tiny hands,
Nor whisper in my ear.
It’s still too soon to sing a song,
Or cuddle me so near.
But all that will change come this June 12, 2012;
When they say I am due.
I am your newest baby in the family;
And I can’t wait until I meet you!
All I ask between now and then
Is your love for me to grow.
I promise I’ll be worth the wait;
Just think of all the joy we’ll know!
So as you’re waiting patiently,
Please pray lots of prayers for me.
I cannot wait to be a part
Of this wonderful family!”
As you figured out by now, that message is from our little bun in the oven, and we are super excited to share the news with all of you! Since we don’t know the gender, we refer to the little one as our little baby dragon (since 2012 is the year of the dragon!) =)
With much love ,
Khoackie + babyDragon
Dragon Beats!
Even though we knew we were pregnant and that there’s a little tiny baby growing inside me, it doesn’t really hit you until you hear the precious little (yet FAST) heartbeat for the first time! When the nurse waved the microphone over my belly and we heard the rhythmic whooshing noises for the very first time, it was the most amazing thing we have ever heard in our lives! It felt so surreal and the reality of “wow, there’s a living baby right there!” finally hits you! A warm loving feeling swept over me and I was just soooo happy! Of course, we recorded the precious heart beat, betting at 155 beats per minute with this recording, here is our first listen to our little baby dragon’s heart beat!
Click below to hear the dragon beats!
Telling the New Daddy!
Did someone say baby???? My husband Khoa and I have been married for over 2 years, and the next step in our life together is of course, the wonderful gift of life, a baby! We have been so blessed and fortunate and most of all LUCKY to have the awesome life we have, so when I found out we were going to bring a little bundle of joy into our lives, I really wanted to tell Khoa the great news in a special and memorable way.
So I found out the great new late on a sunday night while Khoa was out. So I didn’t have much time to come up with a elaborate grand scheme so I had to make the most of what I have and so I decided to present Khoa the news with a message on some cupcakes! I had the cupcakes baked, but I still had to make the decorations and the frosting, and by then Khoa already got home. So he asked if there’s anything he can help me with since it was getting late. So I asked him to cut out some fondant scalloped circles for me. I had baked a dozen cupcakes, but I asked him to cut out 18 circles haha. He didn’t really think anything of it even though he knew I only baked a dozen cupcakes, and knowing he knows I have reasons for my requests, he just happily went to work no questions asked! So once he finished cutting the circles, he went to the living room and relaxed on the couch. I decided to write the words “Soon to be world’s BEST dad!” on the cupcakes by hand since personal handwriting seem more personal to me (plus it’s a lot faster than cutting out fondant letters). Things were going so great so far and all I had to do now was place the decorations on the cupcakes, plate them, stick them in the oven for him to find, and then show him the great news!
Too bad the rest of the story didn’t go like that haha. Once I got the decorations on the cupcakes, Khoa decides to check up on me and see how I was doing with the cupcakes! So instantly I panic, and when I’m in panic mode, my common sense shuts down and havoc breaks loose!!! So Khoa was getting close and I didn’t get to plate the cupcakes yet so in the spur of the moment I shoved him away from the kitchen! Immediately he was like “huh?? what the?” and continued to walk towards the kitchen, and so once again I shoved him away! He asked what’s up and I could not formulate an audible sentence. All I can say was “UUhhh…LUNA (our maltese doggie)…LUNA wants…to…THROW SOMETHING!” I immediately regretted my words…why would a dog throw something??? Luckily Khoa corrected me and asked “you want to throw something?” Relieved that it made more sense than my previous statement, is shouted YES!! Khoa looks are my very confused and puzzled, and decides to humor me and asks “Ok…what do you want to throw?” So now I panic once again, and spot Luna’s toy rope on the floor of the living room, and I point to it! Khoa hesitantly walks over to the toy and picks it up, I hands it to me. Once again, I’m stuck, what am I going to do with this rope?!?!? haha. So I just toss it on the floor, and Khoa says “Satisfied?” haha.
I shrug since I don’t know what else to do and I hope he would just sit back down on the couch. Of course, he does NOT do that, and walks to towards the kitchen again, and I shout NO! I proceed to tell him that some of my cupcake decorations got ruined and messed up somehow and so he can’t see it! Curiousity stirs inside him and so he replies “Oh no!! What happened??? Let me see!!” AHHH! NO!!! I then make up some bogus reasoning saying that I’ll manage somehow and maybe I’ll just turn up the oven super high and hope the decorations “bake dry” like in ceramics…I know that’s not the terminology and there’s no such thing as this method of fondant repair, but I know Khoa wouldn’t know what I’m talking about but I was desperate! So he just looks at me very concerned, and so I asked him to walk Luna. FINALLY, something sensible came out of my mouth!!
Once he was out the door to walk our doggie, I quickly plated the cupcakes, and stuck them in the oven and set a timer while the oven heat remained OFF! When he got back inside, the timer finally went off a couple mins later, and he gets up from the couch and heads over the kitchen. I can see the curiousity in his eyes and he eagerly waits to see what on earth I just did and what I have been up to. So trying to keep a VERY straight face, I told him to check my cupcakes for me. So he goes to the oven, and opens the doors. He starts to read the message out loud “Soon to be…wait, who’s this for?” and then looks up at me, at this point, tears are streaming down my face, and instantly he finally got it and says “WAIT, REALLY???? You mean…US??? NO WAY!!!” I nod my head and said yes with all these happy tears on my face, and he gives me a great big hug and we literally jump for joy for several minutes!
I know it wasn’t the smoothest of smooth operations, but it definitely was memorable and special. We are so happy to announce that we will be having a baby, projected birth day to be on June 12, 2012 =). Loving life more than ever!
