Getting ready for the baby

Of course there is no way one will ever be totally ready for a new baby, but we are, at least in the preparation department, getting close. This week, the beautiful dresser Haraboji and Halmoni bought for bun 2 arrived. Once that was in - the crib arrived more than a month ago - I got busy with decorating the walls and making it all nursery like. I also got around to ordering other necessities like a shower tub (the old one of Zoe's got moldy) and a new diaper changing pad. Today, we picked up a bag of newborn baby diapers and placed it next to the burp clothes (retrieved from Zoe's room), receiving blankets, and bibs. We have an appointment with the police station to help us install the baby car seat next Wednesday. Once the infant car seat is in, we would basically be ready to receive the baby.


Here, the "we" I mean refers to Dennis and I. Though we talked to Zoe about it, read books about babies and new siblings to Zoe, we won't know how ready Zoe is for Bun 2 till he arrives home. I'm not even sure how well (or I should say badly) Zoe will take to my not being home for a few days. Just a couple of days ago, Dennis and I went out to a movie in the evening. We thought we would let Uncle Ben put her to bed, just so she gets used to the idea of being put to bed by someone other than us. She couldn't sleep till we came home. She waited. Ben said she looked like she was in tears. Later, she told us that "she missed us."

Despite the worry that Zoe will have a hard time, we are excited about Bun 2. We still don't have any names (English nor Korean/Chinese). Dennis and I can't seem to find one we both love in unison. Zoe has been trying to help with many of her own suggestions. Names like "Fit Kim!" "Peanut Butter Kim!" She laughs and laughs at her own joke too!

It's a....

Boy! We went in for our scheduled Amniocentesis yesterday morning. Right before it, we - baby and I - received a thorough ultrasound check up. And there, after a few minutes of looking at the vital organs, backbone, bone structure and so on and so forth, the technician asked us if we were interested in baby's gender. We said "yes!" She maneuvered the - whatever that thing is called - to the baby's genital area and we saw quite clearly that bun 2 is going to be a boy! Even though Dennis and I didn't really have a preference, we were both overjoyed to hear that bun 2 is going to be a boy (subject to the results confirming this of course). A girl and a boy we would have. What happy news. Zoe is going to have a little brother, and Dennis and I are going to be parents to a boy too.

Expanding Family

Soon, if all things go well, we'd have to change the title of this blog to the "The Adventures & Misadventures of Dennis, Jackie, Zoe and Bun 2." Yep, we are expecting. :)

I hope we are not plain old crazy to want to do this again. Well, too late now!