Fever

Ethan had a fever on Tuesday night. His temperature was about 100 on Wednesday. He doesn't have good appetite these past few days. Daddy thinks may be lack of sleep made him have fever.

Mommy's Doctor Appointment

Jackie called me on Monday (1/17) and said Dr. Chang wants to see me back on Wednesday. I started to worry about the baby. When you don't know what's going on, it makes you worry. I was nervous waiting to see Dr. Chang. She did v-ultrasound again. This time baby was 21 mm and about 8 weeks and 5 days. We also see baby's heart beat too. She said sometimes blood tests can't tell you everything and as long as we see baby is growing and see the heart beat, it should be ok. She scheduled me to see her back in 4 weeks. She also wanted me to take more blood tests (regular pregnancy blood tests).

I went to Labcorp for my blood tests. The lady handed me a cup. I didn't know I had to pee but good thing I can always go pee hehe. When I saw the computer monitor, I said, "wow, so many!". I didn't know I have to withdrawn 5 tubes (3 big ones, 2 little ones).

Blood Test

I woke up early to go and take blood test. On the way back, I stopped by Ly's Garden (they were closed, so I didn't get any noodles), Vien Dong (they didn't have the dessert I was looking for), and Miss Donut (bought a dozen of donut holes for Ethan).

Progesterone Level

Jackie called me and said my progesterone level was low so Dr. Chang wanted me to take another blood test on Friday. She told me Dr. Chang wanted me to start taking progesterone pills right away. When I went to pick up my medicine, I thought the lady said it's $9 something. I thought to myself, "wow, that's cheap!". When I saw the number on the register, it was actually $92 something. I asked how much would it be with insurance. She told me to go to another window. After that I only saved about $10 with insurance. This medicine is so expensive!

Lake Arrowhead

After my doctor's appointment, we headed to Lake Arrowhead. We were hoping there's still snow so Ethan and Wyatt can play. When we got there, there was only frozen snow. We didn't want to drive about another hour to Big Bear so we just let them play with whatever that's left on the ground. Even though there wasn't too much snow on the ground, they still had fun hehe.

After that we changed their pants because they sat down on the ground and got wet. Then we ate chicken nuggets and apple pies at McDonald. Then we drove over to Josephine mom's house in Corona. We haven't seen each other over 10 years. We saw 4 new puppies. Ethan and Wyatt were playing with the dogs. We had udong and chives pan cake thinging. We stayed there about 1 hour or so and drove back to San Diego.

Mommy's First Pregnancy Check Up

I had my first pregnancy check up today. Dr. Chang did v-ultrasound and printed out two pictures of my baby. Baby was only 9 mm which was about 6 weeks and 6 days old. She told me to take blood test to find out my hormone level.

Sleep Through the Night

Wyatt slept with daddy for 3 nights. When he finally slept with me, he cried and asked for nene. It took him awhile to fall back to sleep. I thought he would never stop crying. Finally, the second night ( 1/11), he slept through the night. I was shocked! He didn't struggle when I told him to sleep and he didn't wake up at all. YEAH! After 18 months he finally slept through the night!

18 Months Check Up

Wyatt didn't get any shots today. Ethan and I waited in the car while Eric took Wyatt to doctor's appointment.

Cold Turkey

We decided to make Wyatt quit breast feeding after we found out I was pregnant. He slept with daddy on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night. He woke up few times crying. The first night was the hardest. After that he cried less and less.

Laguna Mountain

Daddy wanted to take us to see snow up in the mountain. Daddy ordered snow cables online. We also went to Burlington Coat Factory, Target, Ross, and TJ Maxx to look for snow pants, boots, beanies, and gloves for Ethan and Wyatt.

We weren't sure if there was snow in Laguna Mountain but it did snow on Wednesday. We didn't want to drive all the way to Big Bear, so we tried Laguna Mountain. Luckily, there was still snow. We arrived around 2pm and let them played about 1 hour. Ethan and Wyatt had fun. Wyatt couldn't walk with his snow boots, he kept felling. Ethan threw snow at Wyatt a few times. He kept asking us to make snow balls for him.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ethan.wyatt.pic10/LagunaMountain#

Pregnancy Test

I did a pregnancy test on 12/14 but it was negative. After we shopped at Burlington Coat Factory (we were looking for snow pants, snow boots, beanies, and gloves for Ethan and Wyatt), I wanted to stop by 99 Cents Store and pick up another pregnancy test. I was about to buy two since I didn't think it would be positive. I took the test right away after I got home. Eric was asking me, "What does two lines mean?".

Buns

I saw many recipes online and wanted to try and make them. I have made 5 different kinds so far ( buns with taro fillings 芋泥饅頭, plain buns 饅頭, buns with meat fillings 包子, buns with green onions 蔥花包, buns with two colors 巧克力饅頭).

My first one was buns with taro fillings 芋泥饅頭. They weren't as soft as I expected but still tasted good. Yesterday, I made buns with meat fillings 包子 and they did came out soft. Today, I made buns with meat fillings 包子, buns with green onions 蔥花包, and buns with two colors 巧克力饅頭.

9th Tooth

Wyatt's 9th tooth finally came out (uppper left).

Pizza and Alfredo Sauce

I made pizza dough on Tuesday. Eric found "cpk" pizza dough recipe online. I made Hawaiian pizza. It tasted pretty good, but a little bit too yeasty. The dough was soft. Next time I'll try to put sugar.

Eric even bought a cast iron pizza pan. We wanted to make pizza because Eric likes the pizza we ate at Grace's birthday party which was held at CPK. He said the pizza dough was soft and sweet. Ethan and Wyatt finished a personal pizza.

Last night, I made alfredo sauce I found online using cream cheese. We have tons of cream cheese left, so I tried making it. I used rotini pasta. I made the sauce first, then cooked the chicken, added vegetables, and then finally put sauce back into the pot.

You can find pizza dough and alfredo sauce recipes on my website.