Pictures Taken in December

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my xmas onesis

First Picture With Santa

We took him to Parkway Plaza to take picture with Santa. We bought this outfit at Babies R US when it's on sale!

Baby Food

I think Ethan started to eat baby food on December 2. He doesn't like rice or barley cereal. We gave him green beans, peas, and squash. He loves to eat baby food. If he doesn't have enough or you feed him too slow, he'll complaint :P

First Cold

On November 29, he had a little bit of fever at night and in the morning of November 30. We took him to the doctor on December 1 and doctor said babies normally get their first cold around 4 or 5 months old and there's no medicine for cold. He said all we can do is to turn on humidifier and put vapor rub on his chests. Poor Ethan was coughing and coughing and lost his voice.

Ah...

On November 23, Ethan discovered his voice. He started to make "ah sound", like screaming sound.

Thanksgiving Day

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I don't remember what we did on Thanksgiving Day. We slept over at in laws' place and then in the afternoon we went over to my mom's.

Daddy bought this seat at Babies R US. Ethan loves to sit. It seems like he couldn't realy fit in it cuz of his chubby legs hehe.

Ethan doesn't have much hair on the top cuz of his cradle cap.

Second Well Check Up (4 months)

Ethan loves to talk. His new vocab for today is "Ah-Ya!". Sometimes sounds like he is saying "Ah-gu, god, I don't know, help..." so funny.

Ethan had his 4 months check up on November 15. Nurse said to him, "You are getting bigger. Next time, you'll be carrying mommy." Then he said, "I will!" Isn't he cute!? He had a little bit of fever on Friday. He weighsed 17 lbs and 11 oz. (90-95%), 25 inches tall (50%), 42.5 cm (head, 50%).

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Halloween

I picked out 3 costumes from Target (peas in the pod, tiger, and pumpkin) cuz I couldn't decide which one is better. We ended up with the pumpkin outfit.

We took him to trick or treating on Halloween with my friend Tina and her sons Nick and Kyler. They all dressed in pumpkin. I was surprised he didn't fell asleep. He was looking around and we got a bag of candies for him.

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We took him to take pictures at JC Penny on Nov. 3.

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He is teething already. You can see two bumps on his lower gum.

Size 2-3 Diaper

Ethan starts to giggle when you play with him...so cute!

On 10/27, he's upgraded to size 2-3 diaper.

First Well Check Up

It supposed to be 2 months check up, but we couldn't get an earlier appointment.

Ethan had his first well check up at Scripps Clinic with Dr. Remba. He weighed 14 lbs and 13 oz (75-90%), 23 3/4 long (50%), and head size is 40 cm (25%). We thought his head was pretty big, but it's under average :P

He got a little fever on Monday and Tuesday. He only cried for few seconds..he's a tough baby. He was smiling as he was leaving the place.

Something funny happened...his eyes went wacko for a minute or two...like crossed eyes....it's like he couldn't control them. After his well check up, we went to visit my work place.

Pictures Taken in September

One of his specialties is to have 1 eye open and 1 eye close. About the week of Sept 10 or Sept 17, Ethan started to put his hands in his mouth and rubbing his eyes when he's sleepy.

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Ethan's First Studio Pictures

We bought this outfit at Babies R US. These pictures were taken at Kiddie Kandids.

Size 2 Diaper

Ethan started to wear size 2 diaper on Sept. 11. Ethan smiles more now. He'll smile and make cute sounds when you talk to him (as if he's talking back to you).

About the week of Sept 10 or Sept 17, Ethan started to put his hands in his mouth and rubbing his eyes when he's sleepy.

Pictures Taken in August

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Chubby Hands and Feet

One month makes a big difference as you can see from the pictures! Mommy fed me well!

Birthmarks

Ethan has strawberry birthmarks on his left ear and a tiny one on his back. They didn't appeared til he was few days old.

One Month Old

Great Grandpa came to visit, but he didn't know Ethan turned 1 month old today hehe.

see, I got hong bao from Great Grandpa, Grandpa, and Grandma.

Tiny Feet and Hands

12 days old

Different Ways of Burping

See how tiny Ethan was...it seems like daddy was strangling him

this way is relaxing

Umbilical Cord Fell Off

It finally came off today.

Jaundice

On Sunday July 15, we took him to see urgent care cuz we noticed on Saturday that he's kinda yellow...jaundice. They withdrawn blood from his heels...poor baby. His bilirubum level was 18.

Then, we went to doctor's again on Monday July 16 as schedule when we left the hospital. They withdrawn blood from his tiny arm...poor baby. His bilirubum level went down to 16.1 I think.

Then doctor wanted to see him again on Tuesday July 17 cuz he hadn't gained weight. He told us to give him 1 oz of formula so he can get calories, gain weight. On Tuesday, a nurse from "Welcome Home Baby" came to visit and he weigh 6 lbs and 8 oz...gained 4 oz!!! that's with diaper on. When we went to the doctor, he weighed 6 lbs 7 oz...so he gained 3 oz (without diaper). Doctor wants us to go back on Monday July 23rd to see if he gains all his birth weight back. I hope he does or else doctor will keep telling us to go back or do blood test on him

Not Gaining Weight

Ethan loves to sleep...like a pig. It takes me a long time to wake him up. He rather sleeps, but I have to wake him up to feed or else he won't gain weight. First, he didn't pee or poo for over 12 hrs so we were concerned. When nurse checked him, his diaper was dry, but when doctor came, sure enough, he pee and poo (on Thursday, his weight was 6 lbs and 4 oz). His birth weight was 6 lbs 12 oz.

Pictures Taken in July

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Ethan loves to make all kinds of faces, loves to stretch a lot!

Welcome Home Ethan!

We only stayed at the hospital for 1 night. We came home around 9 PM. Ethan's going home outfit was way too big for him although it said it's for newborn.

Small and cute foot!


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Pictures Taken at the Hospital

Don't cry baby. As soon as Ethan came out, he was crying. Oh poor baby...don't cry..mommy loves you.

Daddy thought Ethan looked like him at first....like this picture.

I said to daddy, "daddy, we did good" (which means baby looks cute :D ) Baby has a lot of hair, 10 fingers, 10 toes, cute nose, cute mouth, cute ears hehehe.

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Ethan is Finally Here!

I checked into the hospital around 1:20 A.M. on July 10th. Nurse comfirmed that my water did break. I had no clue, I only knew my underwear was wet (I thought I couldn't hold my pee). Nurse checked me and told me I was 3 cm dilated. It was sooooooo painful when her fingers were inside of me!!! ARGH! I jumped! She told me not to jump because she had to check @_@ She asked me how's my pain from 1-10. I think I said 2 or 3.



I felt my contractions closer and closer. Althought they weren't painful, I hate the tightness feeling. I think the 2nd time nurse checked me again, I was about 5 cm dilated. The 3rd time she checked me, I was 7 cm dilated. Every time I felt contraction, I told Eric to hit my lower back. I said, "HIT ME!!!". Hitting my back really helps.



The 3rd time when nurse checked me, she asked how's my pain from 1-10. I said, "I guess, may be 5". She asked me if I needed something to feel better. I said, "sure!". Oh yeah, she told me to lay on my left side because baby's heart rates dropped. She also gave me oxygen mask. She said because my water broke, I need to give baby more oxygen. I didn't like the oxygen mask cuz it smelled like tires. It was hard for me to lay on my left side cuz my tummy was big and there's no body pillow and besides hospital bed is not comfortable.

Not too long after that I asked her if I could use the restroom, I felt like pooping. She checked me again and said I was 7 cm dilated, but can stretch to 9 cm. She started to prep stuffs and then asked me to push. Before she asked me to push, I felt the urge to poo so I actually push twice (I think that's why I tared a little). I pushed about 5-10 minutes before doctor came. I push may be about another 15-20 minutes before Ethan came out.

Funny thing is I cheated a few times when nurse wasn't looking at the monitor. Every time when contraction came, she'll asked me to push. I had to push for 10 seconds and each contraction I had to do 3 sets of pushing. There were a few times she wasn't looking so I just tried to act I wasn't feel any contractions at all so I could rest for few seconds. :P

Right before Ethan came out I heard "snip snip". My doctor cut me :( , but good thing I didn't feel anything. The only time I felt something was when she stitched me up. Ethan came out at 4:19 AM!!! He was 6 lbs 12 oz and 19 inches long. When doctor put Ethan on my tummy, I was shocked cuz my labor went really quick and quite painless. I didn't get epidural yeah!!! My total labor was only about 3 hours!!!

My Last Doctor's Visit Before Meeting Ethan

I had a dr's visit on Monday, July 9th. Doctor asked me if I felt any contractions at all. I said no. She said because I was already 2 cm dilated. I told her I didn't feel contractions, I just felt the braxton hicks every few hours. She said those are contractions. I said, "Oh". This was my first time being pregnant, so I had no idea. She checked baby's heart rates and it was kinda low, so she wanted me to schedule an appointment at 5 am the next day to deliver my baby. I called work to request for time off right away. We were so excited that baby's coming out soon! I kept telling baby to come out on July 7 (so his bday would be 7/7/07). I was supposed to take maternity leave starting on July 16th.

So, we went to sleep around 11 pm on July 9th. We both were excited, so we couldn't sleep. We woke up around 11:55. I was sitting on the sofa and I started to feel contraction again and again, so I timed it. Then I felt wetness (I thought I pee), so I went to the bath room to pee. After that I told my husband, urm I feel contractions about every 5 minutes. Eric said, "Ok, I think it's time to go". We packed our bags and headed toward hospital. On the way there, I called the hospital, and the nurse told me I should wait about an hour to check into the hospital. I told her my contractions are 5 minutes apart. She said they usually recommend patients to wait an hour or two, but if I want to check in now, I can." After I hang up, I was thinking, is she crazy?

Baby's 3D / 4D Ultrasound

Although I did an ultrasound at the hospital on March 9th when I was around 21 weeks pregnant, I didn't get to see my baby. I had to drink at least 24 oz of water at least an hour before my appointment. The lady didn't show me anything. She just measured this and that and then asked my husband to come in after she's done. She kinda showed him, here is baby's private part, here is the spine... but DH couldn't even tell. She didn't even give us a print out either because the printer was broken. We found out we are having a boy! Everyone else was guessing baby was a girl.

So I decided to go to a private place to do 3D/4D ultrasound on March 24. Baby was smiling, yawning, and kicking. He's so cute! http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=uoyup4x.6h2bp7ed&Uy=-umri10&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0