Kicking Peanut
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This second baby is very active. I suppose that’s expected from a boy. This afternoon while I was trying to rest during KK’s tea party, he was squirming around like crazy.
Family BBQ
On our way home from Monterey, we stopped in Redwood City to BBQ and Jes helped Jason install an AC unit in the twins’ room.
It really melts my heart to see how sweet and attentive KK has been with the babies this weekend. Here is a picture of her playing with Toni on Saturday night at the hotel.
And here she is with Toni again on Sunday night. We’re gonna have to find a rocker for Peanut so that she can be the official baby soother in the house. She’s got the rocking and shushing mastered already.
KK-moon in Monterey
On Friday night, we decided to go take KK to Monterey as our version of a Babymoon but more appropriately called a KK-moon. We booked a room at our favorite hotel, Monterey Plaza Hotel, and stayed overnight on Saturday night.
With the start of my maternity leave this weekend, we thought it would be a good time to take this mini vacation with our first born. 
It could very well be the last real trip that we take as a family of 3.
We lucked out with gorgeous weather there. It was sunny and just the right temperature outside.
Of course, we visited the aquarium and saw some favorites and some new things too.
We took our little girl to the beach nearby and she had a wonderful time collecting rocks and playing in the water.
KK was so excited to play at the beach, which she kept calling “Hawaii”. And our “Monterey House” was the “Manta Ray House” to her.
Jia and Jason also decided to take an epic drive down to meet us for dinner. It was their first big outing with the twins. It’s definitely a new experience for all of us with so many kids now. Here’s Jia squished in a booth between the two sleeping babies at dinner.
Toni (above) and Thomas (below) were very well-behaved and slept through most of dinner.
During dessert, they both needed to eat so Jes kept Thomas company as he was waiting to be fed.
We’re so glad they came out and I think they were surprised that it wasn’t as scary/painful as it initially seemed when we invited them.
We had a really nice weekend together and look forward to meeting Peanut. Vacations will never be the same with 2 kids in tow but we’re ready for that next adventure!!
Last Day of Work
I’ll be 35 weeks tomorrow and today was my last day of work before maternity leave starts. In the morning, everyone threw me a baby breakfast in our usual awesome potluck style. They also pooled their money together and gave me a $200 gift card for Amazon. So sweet!
It was also Teresa’s birthday today so it was nice to have something else to celebrate too.
I worked a full day and it was not too busy but not too slow either. I managed to get all my paperwork done and tidied up my desk all in time to leave by 4:30 (the usual quitting time).
I took this picture with Teresa (picture above) because it was I took a similar one with her the first time I left for maternity leave in 2012 (picture below).
I’ll miss everyone but so relieved that I don’t have to endure another work day of climbing stairs, lifting patients, and scurrying around the floors of the hospital working while trying to find time to rest, drink plenty of fluids, and pee. I didn’t actually feel relieved until after I picked KK up from school (also her last day) and was driving home across the bridge one last official time for the year. All other trips across the Bay Bridge this year will be for fun. 🙂 Hooray for Maternity Leave!! I’ll be off through the end of the year – it’s surreal to think I won’t have to work for the next 6 months but it’ll probably fly by once Peanut arrives.
Here are some gifts that I received today:
This came in the mail from Cousin Ishya. So thoughtful!
I found a small gift in my mailbox at work and it contained this inside. Unfortunately, it was not labeled so I don’t know who it’s from!
I received this book from Lisa, a co-worker.
And this book came from Shelley, another co-worker of mine.
Tomorrow will start my 5-week waiting period for Peanut’s arrival. I have lots of stuff to take care of before he arrives and hopefully he will cook all the way. Hopefully, I’ll get some rest while spending some quality time with my first-born. It’s hard to believe that we’ll be a family of 4 in just a few weeks.
Avia’s Family
Back in 2013, when Sophie turned 18 months, I did a photoshoot for Ranee and family. Now that they have a second one, they wanted to get another photoshoot done for her 1st birthday. We went back to Chrissy Field but had to move up to the beach because there were cranes in the background of the grassy area where we were last time. Luckily the sand dunes worked out just fine and I managed to get a few good shots of their party of 4. 
Here’s a shot from 2013…
And here’s the new one with Avia included…
Click here for the rest of the album.
34 weeks
On Thursday evening, we went on a tour of the new UCSF Mission Bay Hospital. It just opened in February of this year and it would be where I will be delivering Peanut. I got this picture from their website since the room we were in was stuffed with at least 12 couples that night. It’s the Labor and Delivery Room. Not too shabby! The hospital is also a mile away from home. That’ll be perfect for when KK wants to come visit with my mom.
This is me on Friday with one of my co-workers, MaryAnn, who is due 10 days before me. She is also having a boy and had her last day of maternity leave and mine is coming up pretty soon.
So far, I’ve been feeling ok but the demands of work are really taking a toll on my body lately. I’ve forced myself to take the elevator instead of the stairs and try to take it easy when I can but sometimes I just can’t. I emailed my nurse practitioner for some advice and because I’ve been having so many Braxton-Hicks contractions throughout the day, she recommended that I end work a week early. That means my last day may be this coming Friday. Yikes!
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