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My OB told me the preliminary test result came back "apparently normal FISH screen".  Well, normal is good right?

On top of that, I am also having a BOY!  Oh-boy~  I was really looking forward to have a little girl.  After-all, shopping would be way more fun.  >.<  My in-laws seem happy.  They are like the OLD OLD OLD fashion Chinese people.  Sometimes, I feel like women in many ways, are measure by their abilities to have MALE offspring.  These people DO KNOW that the sex of our babies are not up to us, right?

I am officially at the end of my 18th week.  I started to feel the baby moving right around last week.  I was worried, upset, and extremely angry at my husband for days, until the result came back.  Now, I told him he is not to leave me for China until the baby is born.  (>.< )

Duke is now 4 1/2.  He knows he is having a baby brother.  He seems excited.  The other day, when I was arguing with my husband, he came up to me and said, "Mommy!  Shhhhhhhh~ The baby is sleeping!"  I was so happy at my son's sensitivity to other people's need, I sobbed.  [[My husband is "yuck yuck yuck"  <--too much Boston Legal.]]

I think I am going to name this new baby BEN.  It's easy to pronounce.  I want my parents, my in-laws to feel comfortable calling my kids.  I can't fathom the fact that many Chinese grandparents simply couldn't pronouce their grand-children's name.  It's not their fault!  Everyone has an accent in the U.S., but NOT the parents too!  When you name your kids, think about your parents!  They love YOU, don't make it hard for them to call-out your children. 

These are some of the names I've heard on the playground, called out by the kid's parents, grandparents.

Andrew--> An-Jew

Valerie-->Well-well-wee

Jordan-->Zhoa-den

William-->We-lee-yum