Kiddies

One day, while Hubs was doing some yard work, the kids were sitting outside on a blanket.
Here Puppy catches sight of a lollipop. And he lunges for it.
Lamb moves forward trying to hide the lollipop from Puppy but Puppy can't take his eyes off the lollipop. he wants it.
He tries to lift lamb's head. I found this so funny.
lamb runs away and here Bunny is trying to keep him away from Lamb.
It's so hard to have all three children looking at the camera when the picture is taken.

Puppy Turns One!

Puppy turned one on Sunday. I can't believe how quickly his first year flew by. I feel like I've been pregnant for so long but yet his first year went by so quickly. It probably has to do with me getting pregnant soon after he was born. Well, we had a very low key celebration. We were deciding on having many people to celebrate with us via a DOL celebration either at our home or at a restaurant but it's hard when when my side of the family is not here and it would be impossible to make it and hubs family is Caucasian. It's a Korean tradition for a huge celebratory for a 1st birthday and we thought that since hubs side is busy with a wedding and graduation that we'd just keep it low key. It's funny, for Bunny (our first) we had a huge celebration at a korean restaurant and with Lamb we cut down on the guest list and had it at our house and Puppy just had us. He won't remember and with all the money and energy that goes out in planning a party, I was glad to have it low key. However Bunny was initially disappointed.

Me: Bunny, we are going to have Puppy's party today.
Bunny: oh, yeah! Who's coming?
Me: no one.. it's just us..
Bunny: Oh man! That's boring!
Me: what !? are you saying we're Boring?
Bunny: (thinking) no, I mean. Me and Lamb will be there, right?
Me: of Course
Bunny: then it'll be fun! (then she runs off)

Good save that girl. She never wants to hurt my feelings.

Bunny was excited to dress in the hanbok and take pictures with Puppy. Lamb fell in love with her hanbok. She kept saying how beautiful she was and twirled around. They both really love their brother. It's amazing how well they play all together. Puppy loves his sisters. He's always trying to copy them and just be around them. When they both go to school, Puppy would look over the house looking and calling for them. It's hard for me because he's always pointing at the door to go outside and look for them.

We did the dol jabi. He bee lined for the paint brush so an artist, it is.

Puppy is taking steps on his own constantly and he can walk across a large room unsteadily but he gets there. He'll be running soon and I'll have to run after him. oh!!! I hope that it won't be too soon.

Oh, do you like my Ghetto dol table? my mom was adamant that I take pictures with a Dol table set up. How do you do that ? Just pile fruit on the table... what... this was my attempt. Ghetto, no?

Screamer

So the latest form of communication that Puppy does is.... scream. Not any ordinary scream, it's the kind that pierces the ears and makes you cringe. I realize that he found it most effective to get our attention especially when he's competing for attention with the girls. It's so easy to ignore a baby when you have 2 talking girls in your face. So because it's so effective in getting our attention, he does it all the time. When we tell him no whenever he screams, he cries and screams. So we are trying to be attentive but he does it when he wants something and it's hard when we can't give it to him. How to deal.... hmmmm

Happy Mother's Day

This is a post, I've been writing but kept getting interrupted. Ever since, I got pregnant for the 4th time, hubs has really been spoiling me. There are some issues, I don't feel very comfortable sharing on the world wide web but it's been a tough time for us as well. Through God's grace, we are doing so well. We are connecting and we both have grown spiritually. As my belly grows, I have been really relying on him a whole lot. He tries to let me nap during the day and he'll take 3 kids all over town. He'll let me sleep in so that he'll drop off and even pick up the kids at school. He's really MR. Mom. He's coming home about his chats with the other moms. I laugh at the thought of him chatting it up with all these mothers. "They must think you are my sugar momma!"

So last week, he had to work overnights from Monday to Thursday. So he was no good to me during the day. I was miserable. I acted like a spoiled brat and when the stress got to much, I took it out on him. So he'd try really hard to stay up and help me so he's running on 2 to 4 hours of sleep. It was so messy.

I realized... how selfish I am. Well, spoiled... When Mother's Day came, he'd want to do special thing for me to show his appreciation but all I wanted to do was SLEEP. When I couldn't even get that, I was a bit of a sour puss.

I see some of my friends who husbands don't have a flexible schedule and work more than 60 hours a week and even travel and they don't miss a beat and can handle the home and children all alone. I keep telling myself that I'm feeling this way because I'm pregnant. But it is so hard to take over the home when hubs manages so well with out me. But I know he gets tired and I should pick it up on my end but I just get so overwhelmed and tired. When I do a little bit more, I so want to be recognized for it and when I don't, I get mean. Why is that? What is wrong with me?

Have I not learned anything from "the excellent wife"? Well, all I know is that I'm worried that when times gets really tough, I won't be able to suck it up and be diligent without complaining. I'm grateful for my hubs... he tries very hard. And I need to watch myself as not to break his spirits. Once I have my body back, I will need to really give back and truly deserve a nice Mother's Day.

It's A Girl!

It's seems this is the year for girls... We went to get an ultrasound today and it's a girl. 3d/4d is awesome. It's amazing how much you can see in the womb and more than just the skeleton. I can already tell she has hubs lips and maybe nose. The nose kept showing up blurry b/c the technician said there was something in front of it. Thanks to JL, I went to the same place she went and I was so happy with the ambiance and service. Now, I can get rid of the boy clothes...