Beck Mandu's First Attempts at Motherhood: Tight end...

I truly love the holidays. Starting with Halloween and the time change, I like the nip in the air at nights, the smell of firewood burning in people's homes, all the decorations and lights, the carols...I could go on and on! It's because I love it so much that I'm so happy that I'll start my maternity leave now a week earlier from what I initially planned and start next Wednesday! I will be a free woman until Baby A comes to wander the shopping malls and really get into the holiday spirit. Puhahahaha...

I know Korean women say that the best time is when the baby's in your belly, but saying that to a 34 week preggo with humungo everything is not comforting. I'm not loving how my uterus is situated since I think it's really really high up and I can't breathe or even take a sip of water without feeling uncomfortable and tight. I'm scared that if someone pricked me with a needle, my stomach would burst. Needless to say, I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ready for her to vacate my premises. Yes, yes...I know the real work will begin then, but at least I can go back to sleeping on my back, eating and drinking comfortably, having a big pooch instead of a ginormo pooch...you know, things like that.

Last night was HB's first ever participation in a Christmas musical performance. She usually has some stage fright so I was expecting a frozen HB on stage, but I think she felt comfortable surrounded by her cohorts that she did relatively well...

Apparently HB was criticizing my sister's main tree so much that my sister got so sick of hearing it that she got her, her own mini tree. Dunno if I should commend her for being so opinionated or for being such a bully!