Nothing to do, so I ramble

Both kids are down for their naps. I know I should nap but I don’t really feel like it. Actually, I don’t feel like doing anything. I don’t want to cook, I don’t want to clean, I don’t want to nap. I think I’ve entered that stage of pregnancy where I am just eager to get to the end. This pregnancy has been much more difficult than my previous two. I am already aching and tired. I have horrible acid indigestion. My pants are getting tighter by the day. The pants part disturbs me only because um, they are sweat pants.

I wonder about this baby. I wonder how he/she will be accepted by my two children. I already feel like I give more attention to my older girl than the boy. He’s had such the second child shaft. Luckily, he’s a relatively easy going and happy kid, so he probably doesn’t even notice. Also, I’m a middle child and I turned out fine. Heh. Sure…

We’ve been contemplating when to start preschool for E. She turns 4 this fall and I know she’s ready and could use some time outside the house with other children. I’m just not sure if I’m ready. I feel like I just got the opportunity to quit my job and spend these formative years with them. I know preschool is only 3 hours a day, twice a week but just the thought that she’d be away from me for that time makes me a little sad. Now, I’m sure I’ll feel differently when I have three kids to worry about day in and day out, but right now I like having her home with me. She’s like my little assistant - she gets the diapers when it’s time to change O, loves to help me in the kitchen and just keeps me company with her constant chatter and laughter. Also, the kids play really well together most of the time so it allows me to just sit back and relax once in a while.

However, on the flip side I do see the need to spend some quality alone time with O. Once in a while he’ll wake up from his nap earlier than his sister and so we get some quiet time to ourselves. I sit back and observe how much he enjoys just having my full atention on him rather than sharing the spotlight with his sister. I don’t think he really minds because he just adores his big sister, but it nice to have that bonding time without someone else jostling for my attention. He is definitely the less jealous of the two… so far.

 

 

Hello again

*Ahem*

Hello. It’s been so long I had to blow the dust off this blog, good lord!

For a while, I’ve been debating whether or not to continue this blog or just leave it be. I’m not sure what possessed me to log in (once I remembered my password - heh) but here I am. A lot has happened in my life since the last time I posted. Where to start, where to start. I suppose I shall write a list. Lists are my new favorite thing these days - grocery lists, cleaning lists, cooking lists. Wow, could I sound more like June Cleaver Kim or what.

Ok, here goes

* My MIL was with us again for five months but left in the beginning of April. I am almost rid of the pas/menthol and kimchi smell. Almost.

* When she left, I quit my job of 7 years to stay home with my kids. My husband and I were pretty much up sh*t creek with finding new childcare and we couldn’t afford a daycare center for two kids.  So here I am, at home with my children and enjoying every moment. Oh, and before this, he was a SAHD for about a year.

* My husband got a new job. It doesn’t pay as much as his previous job, so we’re a little tighter with finances esp since I stopped working. But we’re very happy. Funny how that happens.

* I’m pregnant with our third child. We’re going blind on this one and didn’t find out the gender at the ultrasound. How very patient of me. I forgot just how stressful it is to be pregnant. The tests, the aches, pains and the peeing. For the love, the PEEING. Seriously.

Anyways, I guess this is just a general update as to what’s been going on with me. I am so out of the loop with everything. I still read my favorites but not very regularly. A lot has changed in blog world it seems. I have been noticing the increasing attention being paid to blogs in the media, which is pretty cool.

Ok, I have no point and no way to cleanly end this post, so this is it for now.

Peace.

 

 

Hey, it’s only been four months

Dayam gina, how long has it been?!?!

Oh… that long? Whoops.

Anyways, I interrupt this blogging silence to bring you this excellent MSN article

 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20121799/site/newsweek/

All I can say to this is AMEN. It’s about time women got over themselves about this topic already.

 

You know it’s neglect when you can’t even remember your password to WordPress. SHEESH.

Ok, random funny story

went to a baby shower on Sunday and took only the baby.  My husband dropped us off and decided he’d take E to the putting green. He even bought her a mini putter.

But apparently? E had other ideas. She ended up having to poop at the range and so J sat on a bench for 30 minutes waiting for her to finish.

Then he realized that he only had a single diaper left.

aaaaand

3 partially dried wipes

AWESOME

He somehow managed to successfully change her diaper but then realized, huh… there is not a garbage can in sight.

So, he did what any logical and desperate parent would do.

He left the diaper under the car and peeled outta there.

 

I should probably blog once in a while, huh?

I am a very inept blogger. Where do people, who are much busier than I, have the time to blog? Not only on one blog, but multiple blogs. Sheesh.

 So far, 30 has been quite uneventful. Many friends have told me metabolisms screech to a dead halt and the wrinkles, they keep a comin’. I’ve been lucky up to this point but then again, it’s only been 35 days. Heh.

My MIL is going back to Korea on Wednesday. She does 6 month stints in the US and in Korea, so she can help us out with the kids but mostly so she can continue to collect her SS. She became an American citizen about 7 years ago. I remember the day she came out of the swearing in ceremony, waving her tiny American flag and greeting us with a big smile.

I’m ready for her to go but part of me will miss her company. Sure, she talks incessantly and our house always smells like Viet Huang fish sauce, but she was free childcare, babysitting and cook, all in one. Now I’m going to have to make dinner every night. You know, like a normal person.

For the next six months, my husband is going to be a Work at Home Dad. He’s mostly excited and happy to spend some quality time with the kids but I know he’s worried that he won’t be able to get any work done during the day. We’re just going to have to sacrifice a bit of family time during the evenings so he can bang out some work. The transition will be tough but it’s definitely worth it to have him home with them. Besides, we could never afford daycare for two. How do people do that, anyways?!