Week 29, I cannot believe that is FINALLY here. Every week feels like such an achievement. I feel great these days. Every Tuesday, I experience a flashback to weeks 6-7-8, and I cringe. During those weeks, I honestly didn’t know how I was going to get through. I always knew that pregnancy induced fatigue wasn’t going to faze me, and it hasn’t. I always knew I could deal with any back pain thrown my way. What I did know that I couldn’t handle, and I indeed can’t, is nausea. At week 5, I felt ok, heartburn (whatever), fatigue (ok), constant peeing (a slight nuisance), but by week 6, my world had turned upside down. It was quite clear that we weren’t going to be able to hide the pregnancy very long. I was, literally, bed ridden. Before my OB prescribed doxylamine for the morning sickness, I once threw up from seeing a dizzyingly patterned green bed spread on HGTV. I wasn’t even watching television with the sound above a whisper. I am amazed, and utterly relieved to be in the state I am in today. So what state am I in? A rather big one…
As for Sophie, her energy is surging, thanks to the formation of white fat deposits beneath the skin, and I can really feel it. She has been kicking more than ever! I can finally see her little foot making a bump on my tummy when she kicks extra hard. She’s settling into fairly clear sleep and waking cycles, though, they don’t necessarily coincide with my own. All of her five senses are finally functional and her brain and nervous system are going through major developments. I’m considering myself fairly lucky right now as she hasn’t been waking me up in the middle of the night quite just yet. I’m still getting a full night’s rest. She is now the size of squash, measuring 15.2 to 16.7 inches long, and weighing in at a healthy 2.5 to 3.8 pounds.
Oh, and if you’re wondering if week 28’s recap is missing, you are correct. Last week was hectic, exhausting and rewarding. I’ve spent the past 14 days finishing up the planning of a late May wedding, meeting with the catering department, doing a linen meeting, met up with an old friend and now new client, had an OB appointment (Sophie is doing great), went to Los Angeles (both to source things for a couple of weddings I’m doing and to deck out Sophie’s nursery), went to a seamstress fitting with a bride, did a floral planning meeting, went to an agonizingly boring and redundant baby care basics class, spent 4.5 hours haggling for Kevin’s new car, went shopping for Mother’s day and attended two Mother’s day celebrations! Phew, I get exhausted all over again just typing about it. Sorry folks, we really tried to sit down and write our weekly post, but it just never happened.
Some exciting things did happen during the past two weeks. Meeting up with an old friend and, now, a new client, I was able to book an amazing wedding. We really clicked at our meeting and I just knew that her wedding, she and her fiancé would be a dream to work with. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to make her vision come to life. It is such a rewarding feeling when you make someone happy simply by understanding what it is they want and are picturing in their mind. It is also an absolute plus that she her wedding will be taking place at one of Southern California’s most gorgeous venues and one of my faves, Pelican Hill.
As for Sophie’s OB appointment, it was mostly ups. Her heart was beating stronger than ever, and I’m measuring up and weighing in well. However, despite all other indicators being negative, my OB is sending me for the gestational diabetes test. It is a pain in the butt blood test that I have to fast for 10 hours for, then I have to drink an apparently disgusting orange liquid, then have my blood drawn. Whoopee. Thanks Aunt #2. She has type II diabetes, thus necessitating that I take the test.
Grandpa Ly has made amazing progress with Sophie’s nursery. The walls are painted, the flooring is in, the closet hardware is assembled and there’s even a bed. Grandma Ngo and I decided that it was time for us to go shopping for fabric to start customizing her room. I had a business trip I needed to make to LA so we killed two birds with one stone. We found some awesome deals! Her floor length drapes will be made of two layers and the total cost in fabric was only $20.00 at $1.00/yard. We also got an excellent deal on fabric to slip cover the glider. It is actually identical to the fabric the manufacturers used, except it is cream instead of blue. The upholstery fabric shop wanted $20.00/yard. We needed 7 yards! I was not about to spend more than 50% of the cost of the glider on fabric to slip cover it. Luckily, it makes Grandma Ngo very uncomfortable when I haggle and she makes a face. The face was absolute perfection for my intended haggling technique. I played nice with the sales person, and got them down to $10/yard. Then I would turn to Grandma Ngo and speak to her in Vietnamese. I would look back at the salesman with a regretful face and say, I’m sorry, but she’s absolutely not willing to pay a penny more than $50.00 for all of the fabric we need. I looked back at her (she’s still making that face). The salesman looks at her, and he’s like, ohhhhhh alright, fine, fine, $50.00, but only for you. Success, we were happy as clams after that. We will definitely post photos as soon as Grandma Ngo is done slip covering.
As for Kevin’s car, long story short, car sales people suck ass. Four and a half hours! I am pregnant, hungry and cranky. The last thing I want to do is wait 4.5 hours for a car! They tried to pull every scam in the book, but we walked out of there with a brand new white Camry LE at the price we were promised with an APR of 1.9%. I’m sure Kevin will be giving his new car “Cammy” a photo shoot very soon.
Until next week, or perhaps sooner, Kevin, Baby Sophie and I are signing off.
But not before I got my hands on 3 skirts, 2 pairs of pants and a soft comfy t shirt! I didn’t know they could make maternity clothing that is so chic and comfortable. I’ve been suffering in too tight maternity jeans, empire waist jersey dresses and sweat pants! I am still wearing some of my non maternity shirts though. Kevin insists they no longer fit, but I just can’t let go quite just yet!
