Today is 8 Weeks!

Today is 8 weeks, and it's about the size of a kidney bean! According to BabyCenter, its fingers and toes are poking out and its eyelids practically covers its eyes. Is it gonna be alien toes and 'single eye lids'? Its knee joints have formed, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of its body. In its brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. We're sure the baby is gonna be very smart!

Kathy's still very tired during the day and her legs are still itching with dry skins. She has to apply a lot of moisturizer and even baby oil continuously. She's not as moody like before, or is it that I'm getting used to it? ha!

Kathy received a call from the Doctor confirming a booking at St Teresa's Hospital in Kowloon. It's really crazy to have to book well in advance.

To add to Kathy's shopping list this week, here's the Ferragamo Varina flat shoes she's eyeing on... well, I might have to sacrifice buying a Canon 500D (for baby photoshooting, comes with 1080p HD video shooting as well!) for 2 pairs of these...

Pre-Natal Exercise Courses

Doing research for good pre-natal exercise courses in HK. Found these ones:

http://www.isofit.com.hk/pre_post__natal_program.html
http://www.matilda.org/eng/healthedu/fitness.php
http://www.pure-yoga.com/en/hongkong/schedules/class_types_revamp.php
http://www.bbcare.hk/bb_course.php

Seems the Iso Fit is the best one according to many blogs and GeoBabies. But still need to find out when's the best time to start the exercises and which one best fits our schedule and location. Any recommendations?

Start Shopping?

Kathy sent me a link - http://www.jshoppers.com/shohin.asp?Shocd=ND961902&PageNo=1&bunrui1=3&bunrui2=1&bunrui3=1

and when I thought she's really looking for baby clothes well in advanced, she told me Fei and she were shopping for leggings, and just saw they have baby clothes too.

-__-''

Thanks Fei...

haha

Is It Safe to Do Hair Coloring?

Kathy asked the question today since she's having a haircut tonight and she wanted to color her hair too. According to her own words,
"my grey hair is sticking out..
but i dun like my color now..."

Well, just today we got the weekly newsletter from BabyCenter and it has the exact quick tip on the topic. So according to the experts:

Ann Linden, certified nurse-midwife
The limited evidence that's available suggests that it's probably safe to dye your hair during pregnancy. The Organization of Teratology Information Services (OTIS), which provides information on potential reproductive risks, says that animal studies are reassuring and that there are no reports of hair dye causing changes in human pregnancies, despite the fact that many women have colored their hair during pregnancy. What's more, OTIS points out that very little of the chemicals in hair dye are actually absorbed into your system.

But then if we're still concerned, she can color her hair until the second trimester, when her developing baby is less vulnerable.

Congrats from Kathy's Big Boss

Kathy told her big boss Bob today and this was their conversation. It's good to have the support from your boss and colleagues too.

Bought a New Book

Today Andy bought a book as recommended by Fei - "What to Expect When You're Expecting". It's supposed to be like a bible for pregnant women. Will try our best to read it.

Baby Name

We've been thinking of the baby's name already (since we don't want it to be really called Little Curly :)

Chinese:

Boy - 黃嘉臻

Girl - 黃嘉萃

English:

Boy - Joseph, Jacob, Nathan, Elliott

Girl - Elizabeth, Isabelle

Still need to think think...

Sam (Hoyan) Wong's Reaction

Kathy told Sam (Hoyan) today via MSN about the news:

Samuela* says: ohoh!!!! REALLY!!!!
Samuela* says: BEAUTIFUL!!!
Samuela* says: i wanna scream!!!!
Samuela* says: i wanna kiss u now!

Brian's Facebook Status

After telling Brian the news, he was so happy for us and he changed his facebook status too (although he's not allowed to tell anyone else except Crystal):

Brian Kam 真好估唔倒, 超爆開心

First Doctor Visit

We visited the Doctor (Dr Helen Ko, referred by Andy's cousin Dr Ho) today and confirmed our pregnancy! It's 7 weeks and 1 day old, 10.9mm long, like the size of a blueberry, and the EDD is Apr 11, 2010! Wow, very soon!! We're both super excited, especially looking at our first ultrasound seeing its heart beating so fast. Yes a little life is inside Kathy, growing and can't wait to come out to this world after another 33 weeks!

We immediately called our parents, our brother and sisters to deliver the great news. They were all happy for us. Kathy's Dad even replied saying "Thank you God". Yes it's really a blessing.

Delivering the Good News

As soon as we came back to Hong Kong, we delivered the good news to both of our parents. They were all so happy for us. As usual, Kathy's parents were filled with of happy tears. It was such a touching moment.

Little Curly's First Gift

Today as we walked pass Town Hall area in Sydney, we saw a pair of lovely baby ballet shoes through the shop window and we immediately went in and bought it! It's for baby girl, so if Little Curly is a boy we'll save this for his baby sister in the future :)

Little Curly is Here!

Today, marks the day! Today is Aug 18, 2009, and we are in Sydney, Australia, where we learned Kathy's pregnancy!!! We're high up in the sky right now!!!