First is supposed to be bad, second is supposed to be the best and third is supposed to be bad again. Now that I was past my first trimester wherein I had very little nausea and the clot that had threatened my pregnancy was far away from my babies who had now grown bigger than the clot, I was looking forward to the day when my babies would be in my arms. It was still too early to find out whether we were having a boy or a girl or one of each. Like all multiples pregnancies, I had a series of appointments with the perinatologist and the OBGYN seeing me every alternate week which meant that I had one appointment every week. The ultrasounds were super exciting - just giving me the reassurance that everything was ok. An unspoken fear lurking in the recesses of my mind that something had happened to my babies between the last appointment until the current one. Always blown away by the swooshing heartbeats and the movements on the screen during the ultrasounds. With Somnath gone during the week, we would try and have my u/s appts on Fridays when he would be working from Seattle. We eagerly captured the images on a DVD. To be honest initially we could make out the babies heads, legs, hands etc and as they got bigger, we couldnt make out which was the head and which was the stomach ;-) Reason being that as they grew bigger, the u/s technicians would zoom up to do their measurements. We have tons of footage that we have not seen except for the first few weeks. But someday, we will see it again - I can bet on it :)
Chiang Mai Dec 18th, 2023 - A walk through a paradise of flowers, an immersive Thai culinary journey and the Sunday Night Market
We had a wonderful buffet breakfast at The Grand Napat and were ready to start the day. Somnath had booked a half day Thai cooking class and a van pickup from our hotel at 3pm. That meant we had the morning and early afternoon for sight-seeing. I had read about the beautiful flower gardens in Mueang Kaeo, Chiang Mai and even though the main flower season is in February, there were a couple of farms that still had flowers. What is the big deal with the Flower farms? The entry fee includes different props like wide brimmed hats, colorful umbrellas, baskets with artificial flowers and a couple of other things. The fields also have additional props that can be used while posing like a white piano, a swing, an English Red Telephone Booth! We saw many ladies dressed in beautiful dresses and lots of patient husbands with their best cameras clicking thousands of pictures. It is a photographer's as well as model's paradise. It was really tough to choose which farm to go to. Some revi...