the chang family......

last friday night we had a friend take some maternity photos of us at the gyeongbok palace in seoul. we tried for weeks to find a fairweather day when we could meet and in the end the weather and setting were perfect. thanks so much to chad for taking the photos and to teddy for being so willing to do this for me. i would have regretted not taking a set of maternity photos, so i'm very happy to have them. here are my favorites:

teddy shares some love with our baby girl..... in this next few photos i am having some cramping, which is soothed very quickly by teddy's massaging.
more massage.....

massage continues.....
.....and......relief! thanks teddy! he's gonna make a great birth companion.
......back to happy again! we are getting so excited for our beautiful gift to arrive and unwrap herself! we love her so much!

week 35! only about a month-5 weeks to go. my tank top keeps getting shorter and shorter. peanut keeps growing and getting stronger. this week she really discovered my ribs. before it was just the right side, but now she's discovred how to get both feet or knees under each side and go for it. one day in the 5 minute cool down time at yoga class she just went crazy! it has become a little less funny and a little more painful. but i just keep reminding myself that she's strong and healthy. gotta keep positive in these last few weeks!

so here we are at the 34th week. we had an appointment today. as with all other appointments, nothing to report. baby is good, fluid levels look good, i feel good. much to be thankful for, i guess. i always feel so happy to leave the clinic without anything negative to report. here's the latest growth photo.....

it's been a while since they printed out images of our sweet little girl, but today we got lucky. well.....sort of! the images aren't all that clear and the second one isn't that great at all. but it was nice to see her again on the monitor. i thought i'd share the images anyway.

here's the week 33 photo. there's nothing to report or really say this week so i added a second photo of peanut and i getting ready for yoga. we go to prenatal yoga on mondays, wednesdays and fridays at noon. i love it. i think peanut does too, 'cause she moves a lot during the class. it's probably all the deep breathing, giving her more oxygen and space.

hot and tired.....

and that's pretty much how i've been feeling this week.....hence the "sleeping" pose! i've been learning how to better handle my 15-30 minute braxton hicks(??). relax, breathe, relax, breathe, relax, breathe! the sooner i lay or sit down, close my eyes and practise my relaxation, the shorter they are becomming. we had an appointment this week. all is great. adequate amounts of fluid and (when the doctor was looking, anyway!), no more breech position! we just got our a/c fixed again so the apartment should be more comfortable. this is the most it has broken down and it just happens to be the summer i'm not going home (which is a lot cooler!) and the summer of my third trimester! hopefully it's been fixed for good this time.


this photo is more happy. i started laughing when teddy kept saying "biggie. biggie. biggie." as he was taking the photos. yes. i am big.....but it's mostly all belly still, so i'm ok with it. it's all for peanut!