and now there are two

When I had my 39 week appointment on Thursday morning, my doc said I was already dilated to 3. She offered to strip the membranes to get labor going if I wanted to - but since our project at work still hasn't officially finished, I told her I wanted to just wait. :)

Guess the intervention wasn't necessary anyway. I started having contractions after I got back to work. Not painful but they became more and more regular as the hours passed. I called Nick to tell him tonight might be it so he better get home from work early. :)

At around 7pm, I started timing the contractions and they were consistently coming in at 2,3, and 5 minutes apart. So we figured we should probably visit the hospital; they can always just make us go home. :)

At 7:45, we got to the check-in desk and I was sent in for triage. After getting checked by the nurse, we were admitted. Apparently when you are dilated at minimum to a 4, they don't let you go home. At 9:20, the doc manually broke my water to help speed things along. At around 1am, I was still just at 6, then an at 2am, apparently it just jumped to 10. :)

10 mins of pushing later, Kaia was born. 6 lbs 7oz and 19 inches long. She beat out her bro in both height and weight.

at least he tried...

trying to use a spoon 

"huh, the food didn't stay on..." 

back up plan 

PS: Are mannerisms hereditary? Guess which picture is totally reminiscent of Nick's habit.

the human mind is an amazing thing

It always amazes me whenever Kaylor displays a growing interest in learning. Especially when I watch him try to comprehend what I'm saying.

He usually has no patience for books and would mainly just try to flip pages as fast as he can. Today though he brought his Alphabet picture book to me and started pointing away. He would then carefully watch my lips as I said what each picture represented.

it should be interesting to see when he actually figures out how to talk (using words other than daddy or light :P)

incentives: food and tv

So close!


Success!


PS: I <3 the first 5 seconds of the 2nd video. hahahah.

Mama's boy no more?

Seems Kaylor associates the sound of the garage door opening to his dad. As soon as he heard it opening this evening, he yelps out "dai-dai!"

1st birthday

We went to Disneyland to celebrate Kaylor's birthday.

Some highlights:
It was amazing to see how he's more attentive and interactive now. Like for example, on the Winnie the Pooh ride, he previously only reacted to the neon colored room, but now he noticed the wind slightly blowing and the animatronics in every corner as they spoke.

He loved watching the fireworks and even started to dance (well, bounce up and down) when the nutcracker suite (Russian dance) started to play.

He readily sat on Santa's lap and was very curious about his long white beard. He didn't hesitate to pull it right away. :)

Nick introduced him to sugar by letting him eat a cupcake even before his 'official' birthday cake arrived, and then by letting him discover gummy worms.

From all the smiles and laughs, it looks like he had a blast.

(slideshow below)

And now we climb down...

It amuses me when he just figures things out...

Silent no more

We think he finally found his voice. After months of just observing our lips, he finally had something to say...

Though only he would know for sure what it all meant. :)

our child does not exist

...as Evan told Nick earlier.

After our doc visit yesterday, the stats for Kaylor are pretty abysmal. 7% on height, 0% on weight.

That's right - 0%. He gained a paltry 10oz in 3 months. I can only hope, as my friend suggested, that he has good metabolism so he just burns through calories.

There is no moment where he's not moving though. Even in his sleep he spins...

At least his head's getting bigger and meeting his milestones, so the doc's not too worried yet.

Oi.

he LOVES peaches

We had to take video of this meal. It is amusing to see him want the food so much...

Oh and we now learned to take off his shirt during meals, because it's just too messy.

mmm carrots

This pretty much sums up how it went. ha ha.

But it's a better reaction than rice cereal (puked) and bananas (tried at all costs to avoid the spoon).

Why crawl when you can do shortcuts to move faster

Seems the kiddo figured out how to do a real crawl today while we were in the midst of folding laundry. But it's not really his preferred method of movement as you can tell in the vid.

(oh and if you couldn't tell... that 'thwap' at the end of the clip, he smacked his head against the lens ha ha).

Standing up

(the tv was loud and obnoxious so dubbed over the audio).

puke inducing rice cereal

Tried solids again.

We really think there's something about the flavor of rice cereal that just isn't appealing. We started out with mushed up 'real' rice and Kaylor didn't mind it. But after we swapped it out with rice cereal he started making faces.


Guess we're going to have to avoid store-bought food mush if we're going to get him used to solids. :P

sitting up

I'm still continually amazed how babies just figure out how to move and reach physical milestones.

So Kayl finally learned how to sit today. It's been nice for me since he'll stay in one spot for extended periods while he tests his balance and sees how he can get out of the sitting position without bonking his head.


...which the odds are more than he appreciates. lol.

Line upon line I guess.

6 mo checkup

official counts:
height: grew 2.25 inches (26.25)
weight: gained 1lb .5 oz (ha ha). 14 pounds even.

He was quite sociable during the checkup, smiling and playing with everyone he got in contact with. He did freak out when he saw the poster for respiration and saw this guy...

(freaky...)

but the rest of the time he was cheery.

However, his mood completely went downhill (albeit gradual) after he got his shots. He didn't cry for very long at the pediatrician. He even smiled back at the receptionist when we left. We even survived the long wait at the local brake shop. But once we got home, he was miserable. He hardly slept and just wanted to be held.

He cheered up though when he saw his dad...

fliers are doomed

I gotta hand it to this child. He is quite persistent and determined (traits he seems to have gotten from his dad). Despite a week of frustration caused by multiple face plants and arms that stayed put even though his legs wanted to go-go-go, he just kept going at it.

I can only imagine what shenanigans he'll get into once he really learns to go mobile. yikes.

So is it time to baby proof yet?

He's not crawling, but he sure can figure out how to navigate a room now. *sigh*

Combine scooting, rolling, and rocking on all fours, and we now have a child that is determined to discover the world outside of his toys.


(yeah, I had to put the garbage can on top of the box now too haha).



Any ideas on how to baby-proof extension cords, and other random cables?

the beach!

Our free flights kicked in this weekend so we took a quick 1 day trip back to SoCal to hit the beach and sneak in a few hours of Disneyland.

Nick loves the beaches there; I think it's too cold, but now that I'm outscored 2-1, it looks like we'll definitely keep coming back there. Yup, baby's first time at the beach, and he enjoyed it...

He LOVED the sand. I think the moment he felt it run through his fingers, he was hooked.


He proved it multiple times too. He usually doesn't scoot. But he did today. He kept trying to leave the towel area to go back to the sand.


And the taste of it didn't faze him.

Oh, he made a face when he first got some in his mouth, but didn't mind it the rest of the time when the sand that kept sticking to his fingers made it to his mouth. haha. At least he's not allergic to it. :D


He liked the water...

even when it got knee deep. (yeah, the pic's at ankle high; the big one already hit, ha ha).


He actually didn't want to leave. He got so upset when we picked him up...


Guess we're going to have to come back another day...

First ball game

Nick got us tickets to see a Giants game yesterday (sweet club level seats for cheap!). It was fun, especially for Nick since the Giants actually had a chance of winning ha ha. The baby could care less, but he enjoyed the attention everyone was giving him. With his oversized bright orange onesie, it was hard for people not to miss him and not know who he was rooting for.

We got him a hat to match too (on sale for $5!), but it's sized for a toddler, so it kept falling off his head.

We were able to stick around until the bottom of the 5th inning. By then, Kayl's patience had gone exceedingly thin, since he was ready to crash. At least the Giant's were up and they ended up winning the game 6-3.



Go Giants!