29 Weeks 4 days update

Each day is a test of its own because I really don't know how I will feel that day until I wake up and start moving around a bit.
For example, today, I had a bout of vomiting (puked up all of my lunch, which wasn't much to begin with) and extremely bad round ligament pain, and now there is so much pressure build up on my pelvis, it's pretty difficult to move around.

HOWEVER-
all this pain, agony, fatigue, misery gets completely eradicated by the thought of meeting baby D soon! It's like counting down to Christmas :]

So this is what my dear husband and I (mostly the dear husband) have been doing-
The nursery is slowly coming together- it's almost complete- the pictures are mid stage pictures. I will post up the complete picture once the nursery is finished.

The lamp- oh the lamp.

Purchased at Land of Nod. 

Husband wanted an ORANGE shade lamp. EW. So we compromised to the white shade- if we decide to move out to the suburbs eventually, we can leave the lamp with our condo. 

So the story behind this lamp is that the husband was so confident that he could install it himself without the help of a professional. Me being the worrywort that I am, strongly advised him to just call someone to do it for us since it can be very hazardous. Do husbands listen to wives? NO most of the time they get a bunch of "I told you sos" but until then, they will flex their macho gusto and say it's not a biggie, he got it, how hard can it be..... OK...

So he did install it, and it worked, BUT the recessed lighting that is part of the room didn't. I even heard him yell out in pain because, get this, he electrocuted himself. 0_0 Seriously husband. Call someone. 

We ended up calling an electrician, and thankfully, the dimmer switch was burnt out, and all we had to do was replace that, and voila, the lamp AND the recessed lighting works! 

The lamp itself cost $250 but after all that fiasco, it ended up being $600.....
But we love it, so it was worth the pain (for the husband)and the money :]

The rug

Rug tile purchased from Flor

We already have these tiles around our house, and we loved how you can customize the size and the color, so we decided that we want baby D's nursery to have it too. 

We didn't get the most plush one, because it shed so much fuzz and dust. We got the medium plush, and husband and I took a good hour to choose the colors. After we got it, the husband laid it out, and we decided which 'random' order we wanted the tiles laid. Then we waited until we set our furniture the way we wanted it, and he finally attached it together with the adhesive that comes with the tiles. We love it!

This is the nursery in its very rough state. It's gotten better since this picture, but we are still waiting for the nursing chair/rocker to come in, the wall decal to come in, so when all of that comes in, and the husband finishes arranging and decorating, I will post up finalized pic! 

So far this room is worth $4000, excluding all the other baby stuff we got him. WOW we are so spoiling baby D, but anything for our little man :]

Oh and here is a short video clip of Derrick kicking and moving around in my tummy- we were watching one of our favorite shows- FRIENDS- and he was kicking up a storm. This is just a very tiny fraction of his action. 

To Baby D: 

Every time you swish around and kick, your daddy still can't get over the fact you are in mommy's tummy. He gets freaked out a bit :] 

We love feeling and seeing you kick. Even though you wake mommy up every night, every hour with your kicks, mommy loves the way you move, little one. 

Mommy and daddy want nothing more than you being healthy and happy when you come meet us! 

Take your time in there, and come meet us when you are ready! (Mommy is secretly praying that God will bring you to us exactly on your due date!)

Mommy has been reading bible verses to you and mommy and daddy want you to love God and live according to the bible. Here are some of mommy's favorite bible verses and this is mommy's prayer for you baby D.

These are the happenings of this week! Until next time, please keep us in your prayers!

The Nursery Preparation

We are now 26 weeks and 3 days into our pregnancy with Baby Derrick, which gives us only one week more in 2nd trimester, and we will be finally entering our last trimester! MY HOW TIME FLIES!

Many things have happened since the last post, which was actually two weeks ago, so this may turn out to be a long post :]

Two weeks ago, hubby started to clean out our office for Baby Derrick's nursery. 

I helped with little things here and there, but he did most of the heavy work... Bye Bye office space, and hello nursery!

Then Grandma and Grandpa Kim from Korea were visiting, and they helped paint the nursery. I believe the color is Lemon Green from Behr. We were at Home Depot picking out paint colors, and one random lady said, get bunch of sample paint, and choose one after, because it looks different with the flooring and the lighting at our house. She was right! It took us at least four different samples.

Of course Guinness our dog and I stayed clear from the room, with the fumes and all. But huge thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Kim and of course my dear husband. 

First we tried the samples on the wall- as you can see from the picture above- then, they lined the floor with paper to catch any falling paint when the walls are painted.

Then the base boards and all the outlets were taped with painter's tape, so we won't get any paint over them, and let the painting begin! Grandma Kim rolled up her sleeves to paint!

Husband was on a roll! Derrick's Daddy instincts kicked in I guess? :] put a smile on my face.

Even Grandpa Kim got on the ladder to get working! :]

After HOURS of hard work, the nursery looked amazing.

And we love it: hopefully, Baby Derrick loves it too :]

Grandma and Grandpa Kim also bought us an adorable holiday keepsake!

 Also, Grandma and Grandpa Kim from Chicago are funding our nursery preparation; we have a $6000 limit! We feel so blessed and thankful that the two Grandma Kims and Grandpa Kims are well and can help us out.We can't thank them enough.

The husband has been behind all the furniture-baby necessities-electronics shopping, so I had really no idea what we purchased until they started arriving one by one! Here are the products that have arrived so far. One side note, all the products were purchased through diapers.com;  apparently husband liked this site because it had great reviews from parents around the nation, and you can get discounts. 

Baby Stuff #1: ergobaby organic bundle of joy baby carrier

Husband says this had the best reviews for the infant carriers. So it looks really small out of the box, but it has an infant insert that looks like a tiny cocoon, with a sturdy head rest, and it seems like a little swaddling bundle, and it fits snuggly inside the carrier. Once the baby grows a bit the insert can be taken out, and the baby can be carried just in the carrier. However, the baby probably will grow out of it by month 6 at most. 

Baby Stuff #2: motorola baby monitor system

Talk about high-tech! This baby monitor can be maneuvered to see the baby at all angles, the screen has the controls for moving and controlling the camera angles. The screen shows the image in color, and it also has a sound receiver, but also sound transmitter. So when the baby cries, we can turn the mic on, transmit the sound, and soothe the baby, until one of us gets to the nursery. Also, it has calming lullaby function, so you can play the song. It is just really awesome and loaded with all the techy stuff, but also really safe and of course this also had the highest rating of all the baby monitors, according to the husband. 

Baby Stuff #3: Adapter for Peg Perego car seats (for our bugaboo stroller)

Since husband wanted a bugaboo stroller, we needed to buy the adapter for the car seat that would fit into the stroller. The car seat he had purchased, which is the peg perego brand, is according to him, the safest and easiest to use, so all we have to have is the adapter, and it'll click in our bugaboo stroller. OK, I don't know what he's saying until I see it done, but I trust his judgment!

So these are some of the 'big' baby stuff that have come our way. We still have 'bigger' baby stuff coming our way, but the 'small' stuff such as onesies, socks, hats, and clothes, we will put on our registry and hopefully our guests for the baby shower will buy them for us :]

Husband is getting more excited than me, but I love how involved he is. He is always looking at reviews of products and such-I could really care less. I'm more into buying books right now, we already have 12 books- Classic Dr Seuss, Shel Silverstein, Sendak, Munsch.. I am still looking into buying 365 days Bible story book. But first I want to go check out my local library and see if they have it and read it before I purchase it :] Anyway, I love how we balance each other like this, safety of the products is just as important as education and brain development :] 

This is the end of the two week journey! Next week will be busy as well, what with Christmas and the next OB appointment coming up. We ask that you continue to keep us in your prayers, and the Kim family wish you a Happy and Merry Christmas!