BabyPlus: Day 119 / False alarm

Michelle felt so much pain tonight just before we're about to sleep. I thought she was about to give birth to our baby. It was a contraction every 5 minutes but it disappeared after 30 minutes. She was able to sleep after that. It was just a false alarm.

BabyPlus: Day 118 / Almost there

Both of us are not sleepy today because we slept early last night. Michelle tummy seems to be getting lower. Her mom noticed it after not seeing her for several days. Michelle also feels that its getting heavier and something seems to be down there waiting to explode.

Later this afternoon while we are resting, Michelle tickles her tummy so that I can feel Justin's movement, instead of feeling it, I heard a sound. At first Michelle though that it was my stomach who produces the sound. But it's not. Then after few minutes, I heard the sound again. Don't know if it's really a sound from our baby or not. But it's really different.

Tonight after dinner, we went down to our basketball court and have a walk while Michelle played babyplus. We walked for about almost 30 minutes. Then we sleep early again tonight.

BabyPlus: Day 117 / An experience at Sofitel

Today we had our breakfast at Sofitel Philippine Plaza. My membership card was about to expire and we have to use it and claim our free birthday cake. The buffet breakfast was great. It was the best breakfast we have ever eaten so far. Justin is very active while Michelle is eating. Maybe because she ate a lot. We are so full and we had a walk in the bay side. I was shocked that the bay was black. I never knew that our manila bay is so dirty.

Babyplus was played at 11:00am already for we finished eating at 10:30.

BabyPlus: Day 116 / 37th week check-up day

Michelle is already 37 weeks pregnant and she can give birth anytime. She considered full term already. We had a check-up today and for the first time we are the first patient. After Dra. Letty Chua IEed Michelle she told me that "bye bye muna, hindi pa open ang cervix ni Michelle". With the frequent Braxton Hicks contraction Michelle felt for the past week, her cervix is still not open. Knowing that she won't be admitted yet, it was a relieve for Michelle. She was advice to walk a lot now as she can give birth anytime.

We went to several places today like manila and S&R. Still feeling the braxton hicks, Michelle was not scared anymore compared to last week. Her mind is already set that the feeling is normal and there is nothing to worry about.

BabyPlus: Day 115 / Am I giving birth soon?

Michelle is kinda nervous because she is feeling differently. Justin became heavier and the feeling is really different. She doesn't want to move a lot for she is afraid to give birth. Tomorrow will be our check-up day and Michelle is afraid that the doctor might let her stay in the hospital for delivery.

Lets just see what will happen tomorrow.

Justin Maven Lee

The boy's name Justin \j(u)-stin, jus-tin\ is pronounced JUS-tin. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "just, upright, righteous"

Maven \ma·ven\ also ma·vin (mvn) n.
A person who has special knowledge or experience; an expert.

A just and righteous person which is also an expert with special knowlege, that's Justin Maven Lee. And thats the name of our baby. Here's the story behind the name. At first when we thought of the name Justin, we both liked it. No question asked. His name will be justin. While thinking of a name which starts with the letter M has a story behind it. Our choices were Maverick, Mackenzie, Milton, Maven, Mason, Maynard, Mackaine and Matthew. At first I like Matthiew most but Michelle said that it's the same name as her cousin's son. We also included Mason in our choices but this time it was my cousin's son name. We also rule out Maverick because it's almost the same sound as seddrick.

Last July 30, 2008 I got a text from Michelle,

Michelle: Pili ka, justin maverick lee. Justin mackaine lee, Justin matthew lee. Jusitn maynard lee. Justin maven lee. Justin mackenzie lee
Jonathan: Gusto ko Matthew. Maven parang ok din
Michelle: Unique ang Maven diba?
Jonathan: Saan mo ba nakuha yan Maven na yan?
Michelle: Dba ang maven isang bird yun?
Jonathan: Huh? bird? Dba yun bird is Raven hinde Maven?
Michelle: Ah ganun ba? akala ko kasi Maven un bird e. Hahaha
Jonathan: Hahaha cute naman e. Cge Maven nalang.

Then that was it. Our babies name is Justin Maven Lee. It was unique and has a nice meaning. I hope our baby will like it when he grows up.

BabyPlus: Day 114 / Justin's comming

Today while in the office Michelle felt that something very heavy is trying to go down her tummy. She just walked a very very short distance from one table to the other maybe around 5 steps only but she felt several contractions. She feels that baby is about to come out.

When I got home today, I pack up may bag and get ready just in case Michelle give birth to our Baby Justin anytime soon.

I never mentioned in my blog about our baby's name. We'll this is the first time. I'll be creating a separate blog regarding our baby Justin's name.

BabyPlus: Day 113 / Bottles have arrived

Finally our baby bottles have arrived from Canada. After almost 3 months of waiting. Hehe We thought we won't be able to receive it on time. Thanks to uncle Robert and auntie Amelia.

Today is the first day for babyplus lesson 15. 1 more week to go and we will finish the entire babyplus lesson. Though we are unsure if baby can finish it. Because Michelle's tummy has been very heavy lately and we think she's about to give birth.

BabyPlus: Day 112 / I'm sick

I have colds today. I cannot go near Michelle to much because she might get my virus. I hope I'll get well very soon.

Our baby keeps on moving a lot more each day. Michelle also felt our baby at the lower part of her tummy. I really think that our baby is about to come out soon. I need to prepare may bag already.

BabyPlus: Day 111 / Awake at midnight

I was awaken by Michelle's shout for pain at 1:30 am today. Michelle felt so much pain because baby keeps on moving . I thought she is about to give birth. I comforted her and by 2:00 am she was already asleep. We're both late today for work because we woke up 6:45am already. Hurriedly took a bath and did not eat breakfast.

Today the whole day baby moves a lot. He seems to be awake the whole day.

BabyPlus: Day 110 / Wag malikot baby!

It's a Sunday once again. But today we did not go to church. We went to s&r because there is a sale and we need to go there early so that we don't have a hard time in the cashier. We arrived there 8:30am already. There are lots of people shopping which were earlier that us.

Played babyplus late again at 10:30am. It seems that baby has been played late the whole week. Sorry baby, will make it up to you next week. Baby keeps moving earlier when Michelle haven't played babyplus. He must be looking for it.

We had dinner at Omakasee located at Tomas Morato. The food was good but it is expensive. There are lots of different varieties of maki. Surely we will go back there some other time.

BabyPlus: Day 109 / Happy Birthday Honey

Happy Birthday Honey!!!

Today is the birthday of Michelle. We woke up a bit late because we have a checkup. Dra. Letty Chua said that our baby is already in birthing position. His head is already down and we are just waiting for the cervix to open. She gave us an admittance sleep already for the hospital just in case anytime from now Michelle will give birth. Though she said that it's best that Michelle give birth next week onwards so that our baby would not need to stay in the incubator. Michelle weighs 160lbs today.

Michelle had mixed emotions upon hearing what the doctor said. She is afraid on the pain that she might feel in giving birth and also she is excited to see our baby. On my part I'm very excited. I can't imagine that soon someone will be calling me daddy. I know there are many challenges in being a parent, but I'm sure together we will do it and overcome all obstacles. After the checkup we went to New World Laboratory for a chest xray for our yaya. It's a good thing that everything is normal and her lungs is clear.

This afternoon we attended an exhibit on printer. Looking for something to earn. Hope this will be a start for something.

We had dinner today with Michelle's family at tender bob promenade. The dinner was good and we got home 10:30pm already. Michelle played babyplus late again today. Hope our baby won't get mad. hehe

I did surprise Michelle again today. I planned this with my sister. We placed a cake on the table in our room and played Happy Birthday music in my PC. As soon as we entered the room Michelle was surprised. It was a Little Twin Star cake which is her favorite. I love you baby! Happy 29 Birthday.

Here are some pictures for today.

BabyPlus: Day 108 / Busy day

Today is baby's 36th week. He is now exactly 9 months old. I believe our baby could come out anytime soon from now.

We both had a half day at work today because we went to LTO to renew Michelle's drivers license. Her license is about to expire tomorrow. We first when to SM the block to have it renewed, but they did not accept it because Michelle wants to have her last name changed. They said we need to go to their main branch like the one in east ave. We rushed to LTO east ave to have it renewed. My sister go with us. When we arrived there it was already 4:00pm and they will be closing at 5:00pm. They asked for our original marriage certificate, unfortunately we did not have it at the moment. The guy we talked to was very helpful. He said I can go home and get it while they are processing the medical and drug test. They did have a long walk but Michelle could not walk fast because she is pregnant. When I got back from home, it was already 4:45pm. We're lucky that my sister went with us to accompany Michelle. We got the license the same day. God is really good. He always provides.

BabyPlus: Day 107 / Baby went down

Michelle has been very stressful lately at work. Her boss gives her a lot of things to do because she is about to go on a maternity leave. When she is stressed, she would normally feel a lot of contractions. Later this afternoon, she felt something went down near her butt, not sure if it is the baby or not, but she felt something like that.

We had dinner at Bubba Gump greenbelt. This time it was Michelle's treat. An advance birthday celebration for September 20. The food was good though it's kinda expensive.

BabyPlus: Day 106 / Cannot sleep

Michelle can hardly sleep at night. Our baby keeps on moving which cause her lots of pain. She starts to feel a lot of pain lately. I think she really about to give birth to our baby.

Played babyplus today because we got home at around 9:30 already. We had dinner at Tender Bob which was the birthday treat of my sister who is celebating her birthday.

BabyPlus: Day 105

First day of babyplus lesson 14.
Michelle can harly sleep at night because baby is so "malikot" she can't turn from left to right. She also feels a lot of contraction specially if she in at work.

We had a dice game today at Michelle's house. Michelle won "chiong guan". She was so lucky because she is pregnant. haha!

BabyPlus: Day 104 / Black and White pattern project

Today is the last day for babyplus lesson 13. So far Michelle was able to use it diligently and on time. Baby is still very active and Michelle feels a lot of braxton hicks lately.

I started my Black and White pattern project today for Justin. I was able to find a lot of pattern on the Internet which I'll be printing and put on a thick illustration board. They said that black and white patterns are good viewing point for baby because they can only see black, white and red color.

BabyPlus: Day 103 / Mooncake Festival

Today is mooncake festival. We woke up early to go to church. After the mass we attended a birthday party at Emerald garden. The party was fun. There are lots of prizes for the kids. They even have balloon decorated all over the place with sesame street characters. I manage to get 1 balloon with Elmo stuff toy on it. I'll be giving this to my baby. After the party, when we got home, we played dice game. I'm so lucky this year to win the top prize. It's a big plastic box which I'm also planning to buy to put my baby's things. Here are some pictures.

BabyPlus: Day 102 / Fixing baby's room

It's Saturday! My rest day finally. But instead of resting, I spend the whole morning fixing baby's room. Removed all my old things and toys in preparation for our baby. All drawers and cabinets were now empty. Everything is clean. 2 weeks left and Michelle will be full term. Yes, it's 2 weeks and I'm very excited.

BabyPlus: Day 101 / Active baby

Today our baby is very active. The whole day he keeps on moving. Non stop! He's been very active lately. Today is Michelle's 35th week of pregnancy. Her tummy seems to grow a lot bigger again. It's almost her due date and this is the only time that we start noticing her tummy grow.

Here's some pictures of today.

BabyPlus: Day 100 / The West Side Story

Today we watched the west side story at meralco theater. The musical play was sponsored by Meralco. The musical play started at 8:00pm and ended at 11:00pm. It was already very late when we got home. Michelle played babyplus at around 11:30pm already. She just slept with the babyplus playing. During the show, her back is aching. But we had no choice but to tolerate the pain. While watching I tried to massage her back.

BabyPlus: Day 99 / Traffic Jam

Today was a very tyring day because of the heavy rain. I left the office at 5:15 and was suppose to fetch Michelle at Manila. At 7:00 PM I'm still at Osmeña stuck in traffic. I just texted Michelle to go home with his brother. I just fetched her in their house. We got home at around 8:00 PM already. I really hate traffics but there are heavy flood in Makati.

I talk and sang to my baby again tonight. While I was talking to him, he moves a lot. I think he misses my voice. hehe I sang Twinkle twinkle little star and Incy wincy spider.

BabyPlus: Day 98

We sleep early today. We need to catch up on our sleep and be ready for our baby. It's nice that the My Girl has already ended and we don't what other tv shows anymore.

BabyPlus: Day 97 / Packing bags

Our yaya was able to wash our baby's cloths already. Last night, we pack the bag of baby already. All the lampin's were ready and some shirts. We are waiting for the others to come like socks, mittens, etc.

Today is the first day of babyplus lesson number 13. 3 more weeks to go and we are complete.

BabyPlus: Day 96 / Baby shower

Today is the big surprise day. We woke up at around 7:30 am and went to church. After attending todays mass. Michelle slept the whole morning because she was so sleepy. I did not bother to woke her up until our guest for her surprise baby shower is complete. At 12:00 pm I woke her up to prepare. Since everybody had already arrived and the setup of the place is complete. At this point Michelle is totally clueless on what's going to happen. All she knew was we are going to attend my friends party.

On the way to Terriyaki Boy, Michelle keeps on insisting me to buy something for my friend. When we arrived at the place, I don't know where the function room is. We first when to the wrong function room. When we entered our room, they surprised us with a greeting of "surprise". Michelle's friend are there with her friends.

The party started by opening the gift given to her for our baby. We received a lot of presents. They are so nice. Now all our things for our baby to use are complete.

I was indeed a tyring day but the fun, memories and experience will definitely last a lifetime.

BabyPlus Update:
Today is the last day of lesson 12. Few more lessons to go and few more weeks left for Michelle before she gives birth. Hope that we can finish all the 16 lessons.

BabyPlus: Day 95 / Monthly Check-up

We had our monthly check-up today. The doctor said that Michelle's ultrasound result yesterday was great. Everything seems to be normal. Michelle gained 3 pounds which makes her 158lbs already. Her weight gain has been very consistent which is very good. Dra. Letty Chua said that she can give birth starting September 25. After telling Michelle that, her blood pressure became 130/80. Hehe! Michelle was really afraid of giving birth. We'll be going back to see our OB on September 20. (Michelle's Birthday)

Tonight we got home late already because Michelle attended Jacq's bridal shower at Don Henricos Pedro Gil. While waiting for her, me and my sister watched a movie. We got home at around 11PM already. We're so tired and sleepy.

BabyPlus: Day 94 / Biophysical Ultrasound

We had our biophysical ultrasound today. Our baby's score is a perfect 8/8. It's good that everything is normal. Our baby weighs 5 pounds and 6oz. Amniotic fluid is 11.11 which is also normal. Michelle is in the home stretch in giving birth, hopefully everything will be normal.

Tonight we had our yaya. She came tonight at around 6:30pm. She seems to be ok, I hope that she won't have any conflicts with the other maids.

BabyPlus: Day 93

Nothing special happened today.

BabyPlus: Day 92 / Finally, a yaya!

Finally, we are able to get a yaya. Yesterday we interviewed her at my cousins house (alex). The yaya seems to be ok. She previously worked at Guam, taking care of a new born child too. She had 2 children which lived at Iloilo. Her name is Otchi, but she wants to be called tita otchi. She looks like very "bibo". But I do hope she will listen to us even if she is already 51 years old.

BabyPlus: Day 91 / Almost slipped again

We went home late today because we went to trinoma before going home. I was able to sell my Toshiba 2gb memory card. After I meet up with the buyer, We went to grocery to purchase some necessary items when Michelle gave birth.
We got home around 9pm already. While preparing for dinner, Michelle almost slipped. The floor in the kitchen was wet. She was able to hold on the table to avoid the slip. I was not there when it happen. It's a good thing that nothing bad happened to her.

BabyPlus: Day 90 / Baby's strong movement

Michelle felt very itchy today in her tummy. Baby was moving the whole afternoon. He was very restless. Though according to Michelle the movement is was smooth and it doesn't hurt.
Tonight, I was holding Michelle's tummy and I felt my baby's movement. It was different from before. Before, when i feel the movement of my baby, the shape is something round. But now, it is different. I don't know if its his foot, butt or tummy. One thing for sure, I'm so excited to see my baby.