Chamu's First Trip to LA

Chamu just got back from one wonderful week in LA. It was his 16th week and Mami is certainly feeling better even with the 30-hour total air travel time and the long immigration and security wait. I ate almost non-stop during the trip since it has been a while that I get to eat Mom's homecooking food and food is available always at home. Chamu had his first Inn-n-out burger and he loved it (yum yum). He also loved Taiwanese Mayou Chicken and Minced Pork...
Granny is not quite ready to accept her elevated status (because it makes her feel old) but she was constantly feeding her daughter and made sure that I would not go hungry even for one minute (man, my doctor will lecture me again when she sees my weight gain).
We did a lot of shopping: maternity clothes and baby goods. It is amazing how many products have been invented to scam the parents-to-be. It is like planning for a wedding again where there is no limit when it comes to spending budget (except this time you feel guilty when you opt out something). Everything seems to be an item of necessity, yet most of them were not even available to babies born 15 years ago. Anyways, we filled up two big suitcases but only managed to get not even one quarter of things on the to-buy list.
Chamu also met aunties and uncles from the Cham side for the first time. They so patiently accompanied JoJomami to shop for maternity clothes (so she can regain her self-confidence again). Chamu also met aunties from Berkeley. We have not seen each other for a long long time and it was so great to have 10 of us there along with their significant others. Chamu would certainly love to have more playmates from the Bears circle so pick up your baby-making pace Bears!
JoJomami was constantly hungry (like every two hours) but she was so happy to have regained her energy and have caught up with her friends and family... I still have two more trips planned for the US in the next two months... After February, it will be a long time before Jaime and I can travel again...