happy valentines day!

I was talking with a co-worker yesterday and we were talking about Valentines Day and I counted and realized this is Will and my 9th Valentines Day together! That's a lot! I'm remembering our first Valentines back in '99, my freshman year, and I was still working at Yogurt Park in Berkeley. Will showed up with a dozen red roses - and what did I do? I forgot and left them there at work when I got off. what a waste! But in general, I'm not much of a flower person - they're pretty to look at but they die so quickly! Give me a realistic fake vase of tulips and I'll be happy.

last night Will and I headed to our favorite Prime Rib restaurant down here - Five Crowns in Corona del Mar. We seriously go there way too much - even the waitress remembered us. I'm thinking it has something to do the fact that there aren't very many Asians that go there, so maybe we stick out. I love prime rib! I main craving during my first trimester was prime rib. no joke. I've always loved prime rib and it was ridiculous how much I wanted it. At my last doctors appointment, my doctor told me that she would recommend against eating meat that isn't fully cooked. I BALKED! no prime rib!?! No more coffee, soda, alcohol, sushi, etc... fine. But prime rib?! I convinced myself that maybe she is worried that we'll go to a sub-par restaurant and get bad prime rib. Five Crowns is top of the line! But anyway, I decided that last night would be my last Prime Rib for this pregnancy - and BOY did I enjoy it. YUM!

Here's our heart shaped lobster ravioli that we had before our Prime Rib. yum! (doh! we grabbed the wrong camera yesterday, this is from our old Sony Cybershot!).
Things have been hectic lately - we've been looking at lots of property down in Irvine. I know Irvine is expensive, but sometimes I forget how ridiculously expensive it is. We seriously saw like 15+ houses on Sunday. The whole 'feng shui' thing is really frustrating - why is it that so many houses that I like are facing the wrong direction or the end of a street? Ahh!! oh well, we'll just keep looking.

Guess what! Will FINALLY scanned in photos from my level II ultrasound back in January! I was bugging him to do it since my next level II is in 2-3 weeks and I wanted to have some sort of comparison by then! I am starting my 19th week this week - how crazy is that! November 7th doesn't seem that long ago when we were finding out we were pregnant! I've been feeling pretty good - listening to my belly alot! I find myself rubbing my stomach inadvertently too, its strange. I finally caved in and bought some maternity dress pants - I just need to accept that the baby is GROWING! Plus my uterus is totally getting higher! I know that sounds weird right? I have a home doppler that I listen to the baby's heartbeat every couple of days and usually he's below my stomach on my left side, above my pelvic area though. On Sunday, I was listening (usually I find it immediately) but this time I couldn't find it! I started getting minorly freaked out. Of course, calm Will looked for me and found it on my right side right below my belly button! I was like woah! What are you doing up there! :) Ahh the baby is getting bigger and moving higher. :)

I have my 4 week checkup next week - although those are usually pretty quick so I doubt I will learn anything new. 20 weeks, wow!

Here are the pictures from ~15 weeks. Look at our little baby! Look at his forearm and his little fingers! I actually thought it looked kind of like a frog leg at first, and then he closed his fist! It was so crazy to watch it so clearly! See the one with with his little hand next to his head? During the video, it looked like he was scratching his head! :) and then we watched him kicking his legs too!
And of course, an updated BOY picture! :) The technician even showed where the blood flow was to be sure it wasn't the umbilical cord. The arrow is pointing at his you know what. :) I did mention before that the doctor said our baby was quite well endowed, right? :)