California Adventure

We checked out at Flamingo on May 17. We went to 99 Ranch to see if there's anything to buy. There were there about closed to 11 and not many places were opened. We ended up buying some Chinese breads for breakfast.

I think we arrived at Candy Cane Inn around 4:30 or so. After we checked in, we went over to Cheesecake Factory to have dinner. Then we went over to California Adventure. We went on few rides and saw few minutes of World of Colors.

After that we went to 7 Eleven to buy snacks and drinks.

Pictures - Disneyland/California Adventure - May 17, 2011
Pictures - Disneyland/California Adventure - May 18, 2011
Pictures - Disneyland/California Adventure - May 19, 2011

First Family Vacation

We haven't had a vacation since I was pregnant in 2006. Daddy finally has PTO, so we decided to take a vacation. We left San Diego to Vegas on Sunday morning. We stopped by 99 Ranch to get bread for breakfast. We left there closed to 12. We arrived at Vegas around 4 pm.

We checked in first then walked to Paris Casino to line up for dinner. We stayed at Flamingo and if you stay there for more than 2 nights, you get two 1 day passes to Buffet of Buffets (kids younger than 4 are free :) ). After dinner, we walked on the strip toward M&M. Ethan and Wyatt wanted to get some M&M chocolate and pillows (too expensive so we didn't get). We bought them M&M chocolate and Reese's Pieces from CVS (I also bought lotion since I forgot to bring it). Then we walked back toward Flamingo. On the way back, we saw water show at Bellagio. We bought two blinking light wands for the kids ($5 each). While I was in the shower, one blinking light wand already broke (cuz Ethan pushed Wyatt and Wyatt landed on it and it cracked...how cheap).

Ethan and Wyatt both wanted to sleep with mommy. I put Wyatt to sleep first and then laid down with Ethan. The next day, Ethan and I woke up early so I took him downstairs to eat breakfast. Ethan took pink cotton candy to go hehe. We went upstairs to wake Daddy and Wyatt up :P After they got ready, we went downstairs again to eat breakfast. We took another 2 bags of pink cotton candy to go :P

After that we drove over to Venetian. We took some pictures there and walked around. Then both Ethan and Wyatt fell asleep. While they were napping, I had a small Hazelnut Ice Blended Coffee from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and Daddy had margarita drink from Lime Ice Frozen Bar.

After Ethan and Wyatt woke up, we drove over to Planet Hollywood to line up for Spice Market Buffet.

Pictures - Las Vegas, May 15, 2011
Pictures - Las Vegas, May 16, 2011

Baby's Movements

I felt baby's movements around 20 weeks. He moves a lot after midnight. May be it's because I sleep late?

Coughing

Wyatt's fever lasts about 2 days, then he started to cough and have running nose. Then Ethan started to cough on Sunday. =/

Legoland and Sea World

Daddy got Friday off and got 3 free Legoland tickets from a coworker. We thought people would be at work but there were tons of people at Legoland around 12 or 1 pm. We told Ethan we would come back next time because there were too many people and he wouldn't get to play much.

Then we headed to Sea World. There were tons of people at Sea World too...gosh. Ethan only climbed up on the net and walked around in the arcade area. We didn't sit on any rides.

Daddy bought vanilla ice cream with rainbow sprinkles in a Shamu bowl for Ethan and Wyatt. Then we went to Pho Fusion for dinner. It was our 1st time there and food tasted good. Boba drink with an entree was only $1 and service was good.

Wyatt napped 3 times (on the way to Legoland, on the way to Sea World, and on the way to Costco). Ethan only napped once on the way to Costco.

Fever

Wyatt had a fever around 12 midnight.

Baby's Gender

The ultrasound technician said it's probably a boy since she sees there's something in between the legs. She also added ultrasound is not 100% correct. It's most likely we are having another boy (Eric's boy sperms swam too fast -__- ).

I asked doctor if San Diego has doctor that does gender selection. She was going to give me the phone number and I said I'm just asking, I don't want it now hahaha.

She told me she needs to monitor the baby and may be she'll induce me (because I bled a lot when I had Wyatt...vaginal wall ruptured). She also suggested to get epidural so I will have more control when it's time to push.

Laguna Mountain

This was the first time we've seen so much snow. It snowed about 26 inches up in Laguna Mountain. We planned to eat buffet at Viejas but there were tons of people, so we ate at Rubios instead. We waited about 1 hour or so to get to Laguna Mountain. Some people just parked on the sides and played.

We paid $5 for the day pass (what a rip off, we didn't have to pay the first time we went there, I guess they tried to earn money whenever there were tons of people). We just stopped by a place so Ethan and Wyatt can play. It's a restricted area but people were playing there, so we went in there too hehe. Some areas when I stepped on it, I sunk almost to my knees.

I almost fainted (blocking out). It was a scary feeling. At first, I felt funny, and then eyes began to get blurry, like water painting. I stood there still and kept blinking my eyes to see if I could see clear again. Then my ears couldn't hear clearly. I started to think if I fainted what would happen to Eric, what was he going to do with me and the kids. Then, I started to feel better again and I told Eric I wanted to go back to the car and rest. First he told Ethan to go back to the car together (so Wyatt and I could rest in the car) and then he would take him back to play. But Ethan decided he wanted to go home.

Pictures - Laguna Mountain

Shower With Daddy

Ethan showered with daddy. He pointed at daddy's and said, "Big little brother", and pointed at his own and said, "Small little brother" hahaha.

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.