Outside / Kuei after Baby
May 12, 2007 | Filed Under Kuei, Keane, Family | 2 Comments
Seeing how Keane reached his two-month mark, we thought it would be a good idea to take him outside for a walk. Now, he’s been to checkups and stuff like that, so he has been outside, but that doesn’t really count. Yes, we are bit paranoid about our new baby getting sick. Probably because our experience with Brighton is that he catches everything, it seems, regularly. We’re hoping that by the time he’s older, that’ll mean Brighton has a stronger immune system. We’ll see.
With Keane, we are playing it safe too. It doesn’t help that while we live downtown, there is a lot of construction at the moment, and noise and smells and all that floating around. But we decided we’d get the stroller out, and go to a stretch of green space, and take a walk with Keane anyway. It was nice to see his face looking up at the trees and sky. It was warm outside, no need for a jacket, and there was a breeze, so it was nice. By the time we headed back home, little Keane was snoozing. As always, you can see photos in our ‘Lately’ Set: HERE on Flickr.
Kuei is doing good too. Tired, of course, but doing all right. She got a new haircut a few days ago, with some color. When we were in Taiwan, she had these cool red/purple lights added, but this time around she went for more of a brown/orange accent. She had wanted to cut it pretty short for a while now too. A fresh look after baby and all that. A side note, on her way out the door, I asked her what look she was going for, and she said “Kinda like Sandra Bullock in The Lake House.” (It is one of our favorite movies). About that, the flim is cheesy at times, but we identify with it a bit with the architect and the idea of an urban retreat out there (in case your wondering, I don’t like the house in the film much, with all the stilts, but I do love the glass).
Last-minute preparations & waiting
March 12, 2007 | Filed Under Kuei, Family | Leave a Comment
So we are pretty much just waiting, getting things all ready here for when the baby decides to come. The ward put on a nice baby shower for both Kuei and Nicole a few weeks back (as they are both expecting around the same time) and that has helped a lot, as far as preparations go. Our ward is great by the way.
We wanted to paint a wall or two in the room a cool apple green color or something like that, but that will have to wait till much, much later. Things have just happened so quickly and it is hard to believe that by the next time I post something, it will likely be the announcement of our new baby. Kuei and I are still a bit awestruck over how smooth the pregnancy has been. Still, it is very much new for us, even though we’ve been through this once before.
I’m reminded of that verse in Proverbs that talks about not knowing what a day can bring…very true.
We have the crib ready and all that. Kuei has a “go to the hospital NOW!” bag. It includes a CD with a mix of some of her favorite relaxation music…stuff with Mozart and a few tracks from some of her yoga CDs (ocean waves and stuff like that).
She has the digital camera in there too, but I will probably have to bring along my MacBook to download the photos, as our memory card isn’t large enough (and it’s a bit late in the game to shop online for a cheap 1-2GB card in time).
Met with the doctor the other day and everything is a go. Kuei’s already at 40 weeks. Tonight she had some more contractions but they’re irregular. We are just waiting, but feel that we won’t be waiting too much longer…
Almost time…
March 4, 2007 | Filed Under Kuei, Family | 1 Comment
It’s getting really, really close. We have been guessing which day it will be. March 6, maybe on lucky number 7? Or will the new baby come around the 15th, according to the “official” date? Brighton came about a week early. Kuei acts as though the baby might come early too. Her doctor also thinks that is a big possibility after last week’s visit. We have a name or two we’re toying with. Nothing concrete though. We will have to wait until baby arrives for that definative “yes that is your name” moment.
Stay tuned.