Bedtime whispering with Aaron

Aaron: When I grow bigger, I'll make you your favorite garlic toast.

Mom: And a cup of coffee.

Aaron: Sure! Yes!

Mom: (⺣◡⺣)♡*

Think

By the age of 3 years and 11 months old. My lovely son, Aaron, feeds himself independently, sleeps alone at night with his favorite turtle light, goes to potty without any accident, loves to read and of course, loves his mommy the best!

Kids are far more capable than we thought. Here is a snap picture of what he read to me today with only few incorrect words (see, thoughout, nebulae and eventually). Mommy feels so proud and decided to write it down in case I forget about this great moment.

Almost there!

Crib is ready. Stroller is ready. Car seat is ready. Diapers are ready. Grandma is coming! And dada and mama are almost ready...
So, my dear baby, whenever you are ready : )

Fears

I'm in the third trimester of pregnancy now, which means I'm almost there, and I am nervous about giving birth... Should I try to give birth without painless drug? But it's a crazy idea because I won't be able to handle the pain. But, I have whole lot of concerns... But! It's gonna be extremely painful! better to have an epidural... Or can I ask for an episiotomy? I don't want my birth wound tear apart to anus >_<

Although I've observed vaginal and C-section delivery and helped take care of numerous postpartum women, I still have lots of worries even some worries that I shouldn't have, such as " Am I going to produce enough milk?" Gosh! I've told my patients thousands of times not worry about this, because newborn babies don't need that much milk in the first few days, just keep feeding babies to create demand, your breasts will produce more milk supply. But when things come to yourself, you just can not handle them easily like this way. I am worried!! Sigh... I hope this is so called mood swing... I need to tell myself to relax and start to think like a professional. No big deal! Everything will be just fine! Hopefully...

One more thing! Today is our eight-year anniversary! My husband and I have been together for eight years since 2003. Congratulations! We passed "the seven year itch". :D

Countdown 100

100 days left to read through these books.

I Wish you Handsome like Daddy

This month was filled with surprise and excitement. First, I felt the first kick. Second, it's a baby boy. Third, he is a vary active boy! And I was very impressed by my husband, never knew how thoughtful and nice he could be during this time. Well, he's thoughtful before, but now he's just nicER than he already is :) and I appreciate that.
Another thing I want to mention is a website I usually go to called babycenter.com. It provides many useful and important info, and you can sign up to receive weekly email updates about how your baby's growing and how your life's changing. And I remember this month it recommended me to start a diary about my pregnancy or write letters to my unborn baby in order to record every moment and show your baby how much you love him. I thought about it... hmmm... maybe... I should do that... but later on, I decided not to, because this fancy lovely diary thing is totally not my style. I'm not that kind of person always saying how much I love you, how much I miss you or how important you are! Of course I love you very much and you sure know. Even though you don't or you couldn't tell, I'll still love you no matter what :)
I guess I've said enough. To sum up, I am a happy pregnant woman with a big smile ^_____^

Bun In The Oven

I've been waiting this moment for a while, but since I knew this news it didn't bring me excitement but endless worries... Am I ready for this?... How is my baby doing in my belly?... Am I having a healthy diet?... Can I eat this? Can I eat that?... Gotta find a job in order to give my baby a better life... but who is gonna take care my baby?... So many things I need to worry about but so less I could do... no wonder everyone says pregnant women always worried throughout her pregnancy. However, I believe this can make me become a real mommy gradually :D. Time to be a grown-up after I sadly turned thirty (oh... no...)

After three years of honeymoon marriage, soon we will start our new family-of-three... in six months!
And happy birthday to my younger sister! miss you ;) Happy luner new year to my mom and dad! love you! And welcome the year of the rabbit!
Mommy loves you, my rabbit baby ♥

Note

LOWEST MERCURY

Eat 2-3 servings a week (pregnant women and small children should not eat more than 12 ounces, 2 servings):

• Anchovies
  
• Catfish
• Clam
  
• Crab
  
• Crawfish
  
• Flounder
  
• Haddock
  
• Herring
  
• Mackerel
  
• Mullet
  
• Oyster
  
• Perch
  
• Pollock
  
• Salmon
  
• Sardine
  
• Scallop
  
• Shrimp
  
• Sole
  
• Squid
  
• Tilapia
  
• Trout
  
• Whitefish

MODERATE MERCURY

Eat six servings or fewer per month (pregnant women and small children should avoid these):

• Bass
• Carp
• Cod
• Halibut
• Lobster
• Mahi Mahi
• Monkfish
• Perch
• Snapper
• Tuna (Canned Chunk light)

HIGH MERCURY

Eat three servings or less per month (pregnant women and small children should avoid these):

• Bluefish
• Grouper
• Sea Bass
• Tuna (Canned Albacore, Yellowfin)

HIGHEST MERCURY

Avoid eating (everyone):

• Marlin
• Orange Roughy
• Shark
• Swordfish
• Tilefish
• Tuna (Ahi)

TABLE 1. Fish and Shellfish With Much Lower Levels of Mercury

SPECIES	MEAN (PPM)	RANGE (PPM)
Tuna (canned)	0.118	ND - 0.852
Pollock	0.041	ND - 0.78
Trout Seawater	0.256	ND - 0.744
Sablefish	0.220	ND - 0.700
Trout Freshwater	0.072	ND - 0.678
Crab (Blue, King, and Snow)	0.060	ND- 0.610
Cod	0.095	ND - 0.420
Squid	0.070	ND - 0.400
Anchovies	0.043	ND - 0.340
Catfish	0.049	ND - 0.314
Carp	0.14	0.01 - 0.27
Oysters	0.013	ND - 0.250
Scallop	0.050	ND - 0.22
Salmon (Fresh or frozen)	0.014	ND - 0.190
Herring	0.044	ND - 0.135
Tilapia	0.010	ND - 0.070
Crawfish	0.033	ND - 0.051
Clam	ND	ND
Shrimp	ND	ND
Salmon (Canned)	ND	ND
Clam	ND	ND

TABLE 2. Large Fish That Can Contain High Levels of Methylmercury

SPECIES	MEAN (PPM)	RANGE (PPM)
Shark	0.988	ND - 4.54
Tilefish (Gulf of Mexico)	1.45	0.65-3.73
Swordfish	0.976	ND - 3.22
King mackerel	0.73	0.23 - 1.67

TABLE 3. Fish or Shellfish That May at Times Contain High Levels of Mercury

SPECIES	MEAN (PPM)	RANGE (PPM)
Bass (Chilean)	0.386	0.085 - 2.180
Mackerel Spanish (Gulf of Mexico)	0.454	0.070 - 1.560
Halibut	0.252	ND -1.520
Snapper	0.189	ND - 1.366
Lobster Northern (American)	0.31	0.05 - 1.31
Tuna all (Fresh or frozen)	0.383	ND - 1.30
Grouper (All species)	0.465	0.053 - 1.205
Monkfish	0.180	0.020 - 1.020
Bass (Sea bass/ Striped Bass/ Rockfish)	0.219	ND - 0.960
Orange Roughy	0.554	0.296 - 0.855

PPM=parts per million
ND=Not detectable - mercury concentration below detection level (Level of Detection (LOD)=0.01ppm)

Consumption of Fish and Seafood During Pregnancy

Bye, 2010

This year, 2010, begins with a terrified experience, and ends with a unforgettable memory. And I understand that you are not alone when you are thousands miles away from your hometown because you have friends around! Hopefully my friend will get well soon. Moreover, because of her, I went inside of ICU for the first time. Shameful... I was a nurse but I've never been to ICU. I hope that's because I'm just lucky... I think ICU in USA is pretty similar to ICU in Taiwan, but RN only have two patients at a time and they work 12 hour shift which is pretty long I think... but with one or two weeks training, I believe every Taiwanese nurse can handle that. We just need to prepare lots of small talks in English XD... I think it's the most difficult part.
Alright! I guess this is it! two more days, we are going to say goodbye to 2010. The clock is ticking toward a bright new year. Wish everyone a very happy 2011!

A very fun night

I have no holiday spirit... but still had a lot of fun last weekend. It feels good hanging out with friends, talking nonsense or doing something stupid.XD Maybe I should quit my favorite habits ( staying at home, lying on couch, reading weekly ads etc...XD) Geez... What kind of person am I !?

Chloe

It begins with a "surprise" birthday party...
Chloe, a prostitute, and Catherine, a gynaecologist. They meet in the bathroom of a fancy restaurant. Catherine is angry at her husband after he flirted with a waitress. Her husband is a smart, gentle, humorous, tall and attractive college professor who has a great relationship with his students and always chats with them on Internet (Oh...really?), and he failed to make it back for his "surprise" birthday party... Here it comes. She found a suggestive text message from one of his students on his phone and suspected he is having an affair with his student. Therefore, a crazy idea came, she hired Chloe to seduce her husband, to see how far he’ll go. That was it, the biggest mistake...

I cried... I can't believe I did... When Catherine delivered this line when she realized the truth,
"You become more beautiful every year. Every grey hair, every line, everything that happens to you makes you so much more desirable and I feel like if you would blow on me, I'd vanish, I'd disappear. I felt so invisible, so old."

That might be what I will be thinking in ten years when I look into the mirror and look at my husband... sigh...

Letters to Juliet

This was adorable, and my favorite part, of course! The balcony! and the quote that Sophie and Charlie recite when they're laying down looking at the stars...

"Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love."
William Shakespeare (Hamlet)

Last but not least, Sophie's reply.

Dear Claire,
"What" and "If" are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them together side-by-side and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life: "What if?" What if? What if?... I don't know how your story ended but if what you felt then was true love, then it's never too late. If it was true then, why wouldn't it be true now? You need only the courage to follow your heart. I don't know what a love like Juliet's feels like - love to leave loved ones for, love to cross oceans for but I'd like to believe if I ever were to feel it, that I will have the courage to seize it. And, Claire, if you didn't, I hope one day that you will.

All my love,
Juliet

No owners means - no heartbreak!

When I first know that Pixar 2010 film is about Andy’s old toys, I was Like... What?! Toy Story THREE?? Really!?? But! After watching this movie, I have to say..."Toy Story 3" is amazing!

I feel sad about Lotso's story. Lotso had his heart broken. After that, he stopped believing in the power of love. He turned himself a evil bear, hiding behind a mask he created, so he wouldn't ever get hurt again. I can feel Lotso’s pain..the kind of things happen everywhere. Someone’s being hurt by the people they love, or being replaced by new toys, new friends and new lovers.
Near the end of the movie, it is painful to see that he still wouldn’t give love or himself a second chance when he faced a choice to start trusting people again and save him from his old broken self ...

Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear: When the kids get old, new ones come in. When they get old, new ones replace them. You'll never be outgrown, or neglected. Never abandoned or forgotten. No owners means - no heartbreak!

The Meadow

From The Twilight Saga: New Moon by Alexandre Desplat


Perfect With Breaking Dawn.
I know I said that I'm not going to read Breaking Dawn... but... still wanna know what the hell is going on... Why is this freaking creepy imprinting thing happening to my Jacob...

New Moon (Score) - Dreamcatcher

Twihard

Like my friend said, I fell into Twilight trap. Seriously, I'm in love with Jacob Black after watching Eclipse! I really love Taylor Lautner's acting. He totally brings Jacob alive! He is so cute! call me the wolf girl! gosh I'm obsessed with him!!... *cough cough* Alright! back on topic. So, I decided to take a look at the original novel. Once I picked up the book, oh jeez! I couldn't stop reading it. I had to force myself go to bed so I wouldn't up all night for the book. But it's just a love story for you to kill some time, you can't really learn anything from it. And I don't get it, Meyer spent two books( book2 and book3) to build up and develop the heat and relationship between Jacob and Bella, and sent several hints about the negative things of becoming immortality and the positive sides of being a human, in the end... still... end up with... a ridiculous happy ending. What a pity! I refuse to read Breaking Dawn! can't bear to look at it! >_< height="250" width="400">
Taylor Lautner doing Martial Arts on SNL

Taylor Lautner playing Team Edward girl on SNL

The June Brides

J&B Wedding in Philly
It's the end of June, but these two lovely couples just started the wonderful new chapter in their lives. Congratulations!

R&A Wedding in San Francisco

I can't believe June's flew away...!

Since when?

May, this month means a lot to me, but this time, my head filled with other thoughts. The year is almost half way over. Almost HALF WAY people! Geez! Time passes without a trace... Tick tock, Tick tock! Never stop! Time dose fly...
Over the last few months I have sent a couple of resumes but not received any call. It made me thinking about the resume black hole. Where did they go? Nobody responded, not even a sound... or maybe my resume looks like a joke, "sponsorship needed"... Well, no wonder...

sigh...
Will you break down these walls and pull me through?

everybody's fine

I love you, and I miss you. :)

Vertigo

Faye Wong has been my favorite singer since I was in junior high. It's so sad that she hasn't had any new album released after her last one and we rarely get to see her performance in public...
But! Surprise me! She finally showed herself in CCTV Spring Festival Gala! Gosh! I miss her so much!! and now my head is filled with so many her songs!
can't get "迷魂記" out of my head!!

this song was written by 謝霆鋒, they used to be a couple... but then... now, I have a broken heart after listening to this song over and over again...T_T

Another perfect normal day

This year, 2010, begins with a terrified experience. On the other hand, it makes this trip remarkable... but not in a good way... I hope my friend can recover from his injury very soon... but probably... it'll take a couple of months... sigh... hope it will not delay his schedule too much...
Thus, I stayed home with my lovely Mr. W and celebrated new year and my birthday. He made a nice office room for me, now I have a better place to do nothing XDDD...
We enjoyed a quiet and peaceful time which is wonderful. Nothing is better than being together, heathy and safe! So, my new year's resolution and bday wish is... everyone stay healthy and safe... no illness, no injury.