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Where'd my blog go?

2012-07-26T16:42:00.001+08:00

Xian's birth

2012-02-07T16:21:00.003+08:00

I was on my 38th week of gestation and couldn't imagine waking up the next day still pregnant. I gained 40 lbs in this pregnancy, way overweight. Good thing I'm healthy and the baby's healthy, complications should be rare. I was already getting more and more impatient. On my 35th week, I noticed reduced fetal movement. I drove myself up to the hospital emergency room for a non-stress test. This,

2011

2012-01-04T16:41:00.001+08:00

Before 2011 started, I mentally listed down the things I want accomplished before the year ends. To wit: 1. Get pregnant, have a baby, hopefully a boy this time. Oh yes, this was planned. 2. Learn how to drive because if and when I get pregnant, I don't want to go through the unmentionable experience of riding a smelly cab when my hormones are all spiked and morning sickness was a bitch. I want

Whoever said parenting is easy?

2011-11-22T10:17:00.001+08:00

Somewhere along the line, I may have lost the connection. From a very short meeting with her teacher, I learned that Xofi had hit two of her classmates in two different occasions. When teacher called for her attention, she'd stick her tongue out and cross her arms in defiance. She also learned to purse her lips and roll her eyes for additional emotional effect. That very day, the moment I came

Much ado about a name

2011-11-09T16:00:00.000+08:00

And rightly so. The name that we'd give our son will stay with him for the rest of his life. It's just right that we spend most of our time thinking about it. With Xofia, I already knew the moment I learned that we're having a girl. Xofia Enia are modern and shortened versions of my grandmothers' names. With this second baby, it wasn't as easy. Even if I passed the naming responsibility/burden on

To delete or store in a CD

2011-10-20T22:26:00.000+08:00