School Days...

Kay's school sent home pictures from her school year (we only have four more days until summer!).  Kay is often in the newsletter that they send home telling the parents what they did in school that week.  I am sure you can tell in the pictures that she really enjoys school.  She went Monday through Friday morning from 8:30 am - 11:30 am.  Half of the morning her lessons are in Mandarin and the other half English.  Kay loved show and tell.  Each week there was a letter discussed.  The children brought items that began with that letter.  They all took turns telling the class about the item. Her school is a Montessori school so Kay is one of the youngest in her class. We took Kay to school on a public green mini bus.  She enjoyed telling the bus driver when it was time to stop.  The school has a roof top play area as well as an indoor play area for when the weather is bad.  

Father's Day...

Kay's school had a very sweet father's day event. Kay loved that Craig came to visit her there. The kids sang songs and gave their dad's picture frames. Kay glued sparkles all over hers. There was a very sweet picture of Craig reading all the kids a book in the weekly newsletter.

Kay is 3!!!

Wow!  I can't believe I just typed that!  Our little girl has grown up so much.  We asked what she wanted to do with mommy and daddy to celebrate her birthday.  She said she wanted a pizza party.  Things are so different here.  At home, we would have made pizza and cupcakes.  Here, we let her pick out her own cupcakes and went out to Stanley for pizza.  We picked Stanley because it has a great beach front area filled with restaurants.  We also had to take a bus there which would allow Kay to use her favorite birthday gift- Octopus card.  Children have to start paying for public transportation here at age 3.  We knew Kay was going to LOVE this so we decided to wrap it up and give it as a gift.  She proudly wore her wallet around her neck all day.  The other hi-lights were getting her own umbrella, pom poms and dance uniform, a book from nana and pops, a mini mouse shirt (she has been asking for one for a long time now!), getting to paint her finger nails (also, something she has been asking a long time for), and getting her very own "chop" or stamp made.  

Peanut Butter...

We asked Kay the other day what we should name the baby.  "Peanut Butter" was her very excited answer. Kay has now been practicing with her friends that have baby brother's and sisters.  She has been putting her dolls to "nap", and she is constantly asking to rub or kiss "peanut butter".  When she wakes up she runs into the room asking if she can kiss peanut butter because she missed the baby over night.  Very sweet...

BIG SIS!

I found out I was pregnant on my 30th birthday.  Jokingly I told Craig a few days before "wouldn't it be a great birthday present if I was pregnant?"  Well, I took a pregnancy test right before jumping on the plane to head to New Zealand and it was positive.  I don't think Craig was fully convinced so two more tests in NZ later and we felt confident it was true!  We re-routed our trip a little (to avoid the wineries we had planned on visiting) and had a fabulous trip together as a family.

We told Kay over the weekend that she was going to be a big sister.  She is VERY excited.  We decided to wait until I was 16 weeks to make sure everything looked good before we told her.  The doctor had some concerns early on so I have spent about 7 weeks on bed rest.  We had our 16 week ultra sound on Friday and the little baby is happy as can be.  After telling Kay the baby has received numerous kisses from Kay.  Every night before bed and when Kay wakes up she wants to kiss the baby.

We are really enjoying the healthcare here.  The doctor has been fabulous and the healthcare system is run great.   We feel very fortunate that we are in good hands!  I tour the hospital that I am supposed to deliver at on Wednesday.  I am looking forward to seeing how different it is from the US.

We are going to find out the gender this time.  We are doing this pregnancy the "Hong Kong way".  The doctor said well over 90% of the people in Hong Kong find out the gender.  Here, you get an ultrasound at every appointment so it is hard not to know.  Plus, we have a closet full of little girl clothes in the US that we need to know if we need to bring to Hong Kong or not!  We will know in a few weeks so place your bets!

We are excited to meet our "Year of the Dragon" baby in November.  The official due date is Nov 23, 2012. Pray that this little one will decide to stay in a little longer than Kay did!!

Breakfast with Mickey!

When I asked Kay what she wanted for her birthday she said she wanted to play with her friends (so sweet...).  My friend had the idea of taking the girls to brunch with Mickey and all other characters.  Kay and Harper were REALLY excited.  They both wore their princess dresses to the special breakfast.  Unfortunately, we had a similar reaction to Mickey as she did to Santa.  She talks about Mickey all the time so she is definitely a fan of his.  We tried to prep her saying Mickey would be very big like daddy, but was very nice.  She keeps talking about how much fun she had at breakfast.  Good thing the tears did not leave a lasting impression!

I also had to post the picture of the waiter standing behind Craig.  This is another thing I cannot get used to here.  You have to flag down the waiters to bring the bill.  Once they bring it, they do not leave your side until you have paid.  It doesn't matter how slow you are, they won't budge!

Cooking...Princess Style...

Ever since Kay received her princess dress as a birthday present she wears it EVERYWHERE.  Here she is helping Craig make scones in her dress.  She still loves to cook.  I am so glad she got that from her dad!