The beginning...

On April 4, 2008 - Raymond & Paulina sets out to record the details of raising their kids, hence little-Trinhs...

Paulina is now about 28 weeks pregnant. Her current symptoms are heavy tummy, spontaneous tiredness, variety of moods, heavy breathing, swollen limbs and everywhere else. She goes to bed around 9PM and awakes at 6AM. Her worries are picking a name, deciding on what to eat the next hour, labor pains, work schedule/day care and having a hyper child.

Raymond seems to have no worries at all, ignorant of all the stresses that comes from being a father. Except, maybe the occasional mood swings the wife is hurling. He massages then gets tired. Tries to help her decide on baby stuff but really have no preference therefore causing her to be even more upset for not caring. The wife reads everything she can find on baby stuff while he reads some and discard others.

We have a routine called, "Baby lotion time!" where Raymond helps apply cocoa butter lotion on Paulina to help with itchy skin and hopefully reduce stretch marks. It seems to be quite enjoyable for both parties as we yell out in a high pitch tone, "Baby lotion time!!!"

Baby boy (no name yet) is constantly rolling and kicking. He kicks when there is food coming in and kicks when fluids are coming out. (Eating and peeing) He tends to be more active at night. One time at the doctor's office, it took fifteen minutes to hear a heartbeat because he was rolling around so much.

Having an active boy is good news considering our fears in the first trimester where Paulina's HCG hormone levels were fluctuating hinting a possible miscarriage. Praise God for this active boy and keep him active. We pray that we know how to properly train him to use his energy in the right direction.

- PaPa Trinh