Our Monster is One Month Old!

It's still hard to fathom that exactly one month ago, everything changed at 5:15am. But like they say, "change is good" (it just gets some getting used to). The first month has been crazy and there's been lots of adjustments with our way of living, but we survived!

I always thought it'll be cool to keep a virtual and (old school) paper account of what goes on in our little monster's life (if you can't tell by now, that's what we like to call him). It's taking a while to upload, but I just finished his one month old video. Note to self: take more videos next time to keep things more interesting. While looking back at all the pictures, it's crazy to see how much this little dude has changed week by week. I know I sound biased here, but each day he gets cuter and cuter. And as each day goes by, we love that little dude more and more.

first family pic

Posterous!

For my push gift, the husband got me the top of the line ipad2, which means I finally have the camera feature on the iPad (awesome!). Because of this, I decided to give posterous another try... So here goes: Shinnanigans. A tribute to my cute son and family.

Sorry for the lack of interesting posts, parenthood has taken a toll on my blogs and picture updates.

We Met Jeremy Lin!

Thanks to a Facebook invite, we were able to meet Golden State Warrior's Jeremy Lin at a church in San Jose. It's been a while since those high school/college evangelical nights, but it felt like that's what it sort of was. Jeremy Lin came up and shared his testimony (primarily focusing on his rookie year in the NBA and the struggles he had). There was a Q&A with him and a meet&greet where the three of us (Shinn's + my brother) were able to get his autograph and take a picture with him.

We regretted not really bringing anything autographable (yes, I know, not a real word). If turning back time was possible, the #1 Fan Warriors finger would've been brought and perhaps a ticket stub as well. After clicking on all these clips with interviews of him, it was nice to actually sit in the front row (the closest we've ever sat in a church sanctuary by choice!) and hear him speak live. It turns out that Jeremy's a pretty cool and down-to-earth guy with a not so bad sense of humor.

So there you have it! Another life goal completed... and all this done before Peanut's born too!

2 Weeks To Go...

I know due dates are anything but accurate and that you can pop anytime from 37 - 42 weeks (They should seriously change it to birth month!). Week 37 has already come and gone, so much for a super early full term birth! I'm still hoping for an earlier arrival rather than a later one and have had pep talks with little Peanut while rubbing my belly to tell him to hurry up and leave the womb so he can see the real world! I'm trying to convince him to come out since the outside world is so much nicer than my nasty dark womb. I'm pretty sure he's just as uncomfortable as me since he's all scrunched up in that fetal position with nowhere to go.

It's week 38 now... we'll see if he finally wants to make his debut this week. And I know y'all are anxiously waiting to find out what his name is. So stay tuned...

My Babies

My baby sitting on top of my baby taken by my baby.

36 Weeks

According to my EDD, there's only ONE more month to go! But as rumor has it, firstborns are always late and only 5% of women deliver on their actual due date. So we'll see... we're hoping that Peanut arrives once I hit full term (next week) just to make life easier for both of us (for various reasons).

With the D.D. being so unbelievable close now, what's left to take care of now?

- Wash everything? Check!

- Install car seat? Check!

- Pack hospital bag? Uncheck...

It all comes down to the dreadful waiting game now. Since I'm on my self-proclaimed maternity leave, I'm thinking the nesting phase will be next. There's two closets I plan to organize while I have extra time in the afternoons. However, we'll see if I ever get around to it.

And here I am (picture on right), the first day of my 36 week pregnancy with my protruding belly at what could be our last wedding before Peanut makes his debut into this world!

Family Portraits

Come on Peanut... let's make this a party of four!