April pictures

Outside our home at the start of Spring. My flowers started to bloom and nice breeze was blowing our Hawaii Flag. We love Spring weather!
Gramma Suzi came to visit for a few days. Just in time to see MJ's first game of the season.
MJ in action. This is from his first game . Mike and I are totally enjoying being soccer Mom and Dad. So it's not Halloween but our little Nyle is into pretending that he is a super hero. Somedays he is Superman, somedays Batman and somedays he is Mr. Incredible. Mommy and the boys. I love being their Mom. Sometimes I wish that they don't love me so much because they're all over me all the time :). So I'm almost 20 weeks pregnant. My belly looks like I'm 28 weeks though. I'm feeling great and just excited that I'm cooking again. Yep, for those who don't know, that's how I relax, I cook or bake in my kitchen.
I wish I have a picture of Mike from his softball game. He is playing in a league right now. He plays with the Brigham Bombers team along with some of his good friends . So now that I'm back to my normal activities or energy, he gets to do sports and he resumed schooling for his MPA. We're looking forward to a growing belly, preparing for baby girl and enjoying the rest of Spring time.

Naia in the belly

So this is the result of my OB ultrasound this morning:

It's a girl! As the technician said, 90% sure that it's a girl. The 3 lines that the arrow points to indicates that we're having a girl. Mike and I do know how it looks like in the ultrasound if you're having a boy:).

This is Naia's first profile pic. FYI the thing sticking out from the belly is the umbilical cord.

Naika's feelings and thoughts: Great! When can I start shopping for girl stuff!

Mike's thoughts and feelings: mix emotions. wow, I finally have a baby girl!... but what if the ultrasound is not accurate . When baby comes out it's gonna be a boy :(. Can I name the baby Bruce Lee :)?

MJ said: Yeah! Now like Abby, Tessa and Michael Herndon I will have a baby sister too.

Nyle said: Baby?

March Madness

We're finally experiencing some nice Spring weather. March was a little crazy for Mike. Aside from taking care of his sick pregnant wife, he was preparing for his promotion test. Add to that ofcourse he was doing "mommy" duties like cooking, cleaning , taking care of the laundry which by the way he has been doing since end of January when I started getting sick. He did a great job and we're very proud of our daddy! MJ started his second season for soccer. He is the youngest and the smallest in his team. We admire his determination to listen , learn and act. He does everything his coach tells him to do. We can't wait for the games to begin. In school he is doing great. He was student of the month. He loves doing school work . He respects his teachers and plays really well with his classmates. At home he is a great helper. Especially when both Mike and I were sick. Mike had the flu really bad in February. MJ stepped it up. Nyle can't wait to do soccer. He wont be old enough to join the soccer clinic until Fall. He loves and admires his big brother . He wants to do everything that MJ does . He loves to wrestle with his dad. The moment Nyle sees daddy coming in the door, he lifts his shirt up and asks, " wanna fight?". Since Spring started That means bad allergy time for Nyle. We had to make a trip to the doctor. 3 days of steroids and constant Ventolin puffs helped him feel a lot better. Potty training??!! We're trying. It was hard for me to be consistent when I was very sick. Mike tried to let him sit in the potty the other day. He was cooperating by trying his best to squeeze something out, only shi-shi came out. After a minute of waiting Nyle declared, "dad, it's not working!". So hopefully we'll have some success soon, he turns 3 in May. As for me, I'm feeling much better. I still throw up from time to time. I'm finally craving for food. So far it it has been boiled eggs, avocados and Califonia rolls. My next pre-natal appointment will be 2 weeks from now. The baby is doing great and we're starting to feel movements now. Hopefully we'll find out our baby's gender by the end of this month. MJ is so sure that he is having a baby sister. Nyle points to his belly and says that he has a baby too because he has a big belly like mommy. Whatever Heavenly Father blessed us with we're grateful that we're having another addition in our family. So until next blog!