My very first iMovie video, a montage of Cam dancing.

Smile for the camera, little guy

We had our ultrasound test today to determine the gender of the new baby, and as predicted by the ever-reliable Chinese Gender Calendar, it's a boy.  Sorry mom!

It was quite anti-climactic when we found out, and though I was very excited to see the new little guy moving during the ultrasound, it was not the life-altering moment the way the first baby was.  There's definitely less attention/fanfare the second time around.

The ultrasound tech was much better this time round, explaining to us what exactly we were looking at.  The baby was actually doing a lot of mouth movements and it turns out it was swallowing amniotic fluid, which led to us seeing his stomach very clearly in the ultrasounds.  Pretty amazing.  We also very clearly saw his little feet and toes, very cute even though they're probably not yet fully developed.

Sara thinks the baby looks a lot like me, way more than Cam did.  I really can't tell - based on a skeletal/ghostly scan, how can one see a resemblance?  Take a look at the photos.

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Cam fell out of bed last night, this is probably his fifth time falling out of our bed.  He had a bleeding nose this time, which is terrible but is nowhere as bad as last time when he completely busted his lip open.  He looked like Frankenstein for a few days.  I was too concerned to take a photo at the time, but now I wish I had - it looked really, really bad.  Anyways, Cam cried it out for maybe 15 seconds before falling back asleep.  Tough kid, that one.

We went shopping for bed rails today, but in the end I decided that he'll be transitioning to his own bed soon and it'll be much lower so if he does fall out he won't cause any damage.  For now, I've surrounded the bed with our dining room chairs.  I know, I know, that's pretty lame.  But this is just temporary, and better than letting him fall out of bed a sixth time.

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Cam is starting to say "nice!" now.  We are in the midst of packing for our Mexico trip, and he'll climb up onto the luggage, look at us with a big grin, and say "nice!"  We were also at a Babies'R'Us and I let him sit on a toddler couch and he patted the arm and said "nice!".  It's very cute.  We can't get him to say it on demand yet, so it's a big treat when he says it.  I'll try to catch a video of it.

Speaking of videos, I'll be posting one shortly.  Cam has turned into an awesome/crazy dancer and I've put together a little video, will be posting it later.

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And speaking of Mexico, we've canceled our trip next week due to the Swine flu outbreak.  I'm pretty bummed out, I was looking forward to the trip with Jeff/Sonja/Sophie and Brian/Sooji/Haiden/Jordan.  It woulda been a ton of fun, not to mention relaxing.  If it was just the adults going I woud have proceeded, but I don't want to put the kids at risk unnecessarily.  Oh well, hopefully we'll all be able to head to a tropical destination some time...

A little tummy is starting to sprout

Yes, kids - that's not a typo.  Sara's preggo!  Due date is Sept 27.  Cam was born on September 19, so they'll be almost exactly 2 years apart.  It's too early to tell the sex of the baby, but both Sara and I are okay with either a boy or a girl - it'd be nice to have a girl as a change, but I think it'll also be nice for Cam to have a little brother.  I may be biased, but I think it's just cooler to have a little brother than sister.  ;)

Sara's now 14 weeks along and a little bump is starting to show.  I've started up an album to track Sara's progress/growth. 

Sara felt a lot more nauseous this time than with Cameron.  My mom, who has four grandsons and desperately wants a granddaughter, is openly hoping that this is a sign that it'll be a girl rather than a boy.  I told my mom that the very reliable Chinese gender calendar predicts a boy, but she's clinging onto hope: "well it's not always 100% correct, there's still a chance you'll have a girl!"  I sorta hope we have a girl for my mom, but at the same time I also sorta hope we have a boy, again for my mom.  :)  I'm a bad son, I know.

We've had ultrasounds and the new baby already looks different than Cameron.  The new baby has a much flatter face but is also a ton bigger.  This does not bode well for Sara, who was giganto the first time round.  She was looking at pics of her first pregnancy and she said "OH MY GOD.  I don't wanna be pregnant!!  Why didn't I look at these pictures before I got pregnant again??  I was sooooo fat!!"

Hahahahhaa... too late now!

I've had a couple videos that I've been meaning to post for awhile now, finally had a chance to upload and post.   more »