Just me and my new hair...oh and Clumsy! : P

I Drew a Map

Finally, my map that has kept me busy (and company) is done!

How did I come to draw this Taiwan Baseball Museum Map? 

Well, it's kind of long story... Long story, short was that I got a phone call from a lady

who is in charge of one of Taiwan's most important museums in Taipei. She told me she was impressed with the hand-drawn Highway 11 map (which I used to do every six months back when we still did the magazine). She wanted to know if I could do something like that, except drawing some places and themes that I was not familiar with at all. Impulsively, I said: "Yes!" Then two weeks later I found out I was pregnant! Hurray! I was then working on this map with pictures they sent me and meeting on-line and trying to meet the deadline...

I guess I can't really mke a long story short....anyhow.

Turned out I finished it just in time (kinda), and they all like my map very much! So, just like that I got myself into drawing maps, and Aven (lady who hired me) said "There are more to come in the future!"

And just like that, my first trimester is over. All the late night drawing, erasing and barfy feelings are gone, too! 

Thank you map, thank you Aven, I wonder what is next for me. : )

My Horror-mone

I have heard that hormone changes in a pregnant woman can do funny and wicked things. Little did I know what it would really do to me until I became a mom-to-be. 

Let's talk about bright side first:
*I can light up a bright smile just seeing a baby passing by me, people holding doors for others...
*I think my husband is the best in the world when he runs, teaches and holds my hand while falling asleep...
*I think Ginger is world's best girl dog when she goes to her own room to bed every night....
*And my husband loves my enormous breasts.
*I started listening to and appreciating natural sounds, such as ocean waves, rain falling with thunder and birds chirping!

Dark side:
*I cry like a baby every 15 minutes. I cry when I see a sad commercial on TV, I cry when a soft song comes on the radio, I cry when I listen to podcast interviews...
*I get so frustrated so freakin' easily, and the feeling of annoyance makes me wanna yell and break things... then I cry.
*I become short-tempered with everyone who says wrong things, and they are just being themselves...
*I become a horrible person when I lost my patience with things, I start saying really mean stuff to people.
*I hate punk music even more than ever!
* I hate FOOD, mostly meat!
*OK, my mood swings...to be exact though... I'm only in a bad mood most of time anyways (according to Ryan)
* YOU NAME IT...

So...I heard this song on the way home today and started bawling....... Bare with me please.

Baby socks

I was at Poya (Taiwanese Shopper's Drug Mart, just a bit neater) today, and I saw these...

Well...
I couldn't help, even though there are still months away before the baby arrives.  : P

Week 13

So today we went for our second checkup. Everything looked great and our baby was kicking up a storm. This little one would rather jump than sit, or sit than lay down and sleep...It's so much fun seeing this little one moving. I can never get tired of watching it move! : )

Anyways, here is the video. Say "hi!"

                                                                                 

This was me+1 at week 4 day 3 : )

And...


This is me +1 today at week 11d 7, tomorrow I will be 12 weeks pregnant! ; P

Worry is the Work of Pregnancy

OK, I admit. I worry a lot.

Since becoming pregnant, my worries have piled up and stuffed in my brain. There are just so many checkups a mom-to-be has to do and many challenges to pass, one by one, alone the way. To me, it feels like a slow bowling game, with an extremely slow bowling ball going down the lane to knock down the pins, one followed by another.

One of my dear friends sent me a book about pregnancy, and inside I found this chapter called "Worry is the Work of Pregnancy." Ha! Ain't that the truth? ; ) Believe me, if you are trying to get pregnant, try to drink more wine now and chill cuz you won't have that luxury later...

Anyways, as I was doing my research about my countless worries, I found this lovely video to calm my nerves and make me feel peaceful.

This is a video of a dad giving a bath to his newborn baby...