{An Illini in a Desert State}

He's here.

We are THRILLED to introduce:
Ethan Pearson Truong.
8 pounds, 1 ounce (I mistakenly thought it was 9 ounces. LOL It was .09)
21 inches long
born at 5:02pm on 7/10/09

The Truong family is doing fine. Here is our first picture:

We had great friends that came to the hospital bearing dinner (Giang and I hadn't eaten since 9am) last night and we toasted (mmmmmmmm. champagne) and ate chocolate cake. :)  Then I sent the 2 big boys home, sent Ethan to the nursery, and proceeded to lay here wide awake. LOL 

The boys came back this morning, laptop for mommy in tow. :)  I HAD to post some pics you know!

Here are some more:

My 3 boys:

And a new favorite:

More pics to come soon. :)

Still nothing.

I have a feeling this one will be late. Apparently he's perfectly content to reside in my tummy. I would be perfectly content to get.him.out.  Giang has worked at home all week on the chance I go into labor, so he's not 30 miles away, but I have a feeling as soon as he DOES go into work-that's when it will happen. I should have sent him in yesterday. HA.

Nothing yet.

Still here. Still with baby.

Hoping for labor tomorrow. Then the birthdate would be 07/08/09. Not easily forgettable then, huh? LOL I just need to figure out how to make it happen. :)  But now that I've put it out there, it won't happen. HA.

I've actually had some sleep the past few nights, and have a burst of energy this morning, so I am trying to do some organizing of Christopher's old baby clothes, and I might have convinced Giang to help me in the garage and get out the huge tubs that hold the swing and high chair. I am sure I packed other baby stuff in there with them, and want to see what might be there.

Ck came home from daycare yesterday and asked if the baby was here yet. I just looked at him, pointed at my stomach, and asked, "Does it look like the baby is here?" He nodded. LOL  Thanks kiddo. I guess my tummy has been this big for so long, he forgets what it looks like without a baby? LOL  Crazy kid.

And speaking of CK, here is a shot of him enjoying the inflatable waterslide at our friend Cindy's house on the 4th. It took him awhile, but he was finally brave enough to go down it, and then we had a fight getting him off. :) 

Keep your fingers crossed for tomorrow!

Boring Baby

We've been in a bit of nostalgia mode this weekend. We realize it's getting WAY close to baby time, and we are really trying to make Christopher understand what it might be like. All afternoon and evening we have gone through our home movies (it was good b/c NONE of the tapes were actually marked with dates, so now that is done) and laughed and remembered.

Christopher lost interest in the early stuff, surprise, surprise. LOL He was interested when he was old enough to play with toys, then kept asking where a particular toy was, b/c he wanted us to get it out so he can play with whatever caught his eye. Crazy child. And then REALLY liked watching it when he was 2 and 3. We realized we haven't done much in the last few years with the video camera. Whoops. Well, we'll get him now, right? LOL 

We've also been going through old pictures.  Mostly because Giang caught this on Friday night:

and we remembered that we had a similar one from when he was a baby. 

I guess some things never change? LOL

Happy week!

Under 2 weeks left

and still pregnant.

What should you not do at 38 weeks pregnant?  Watch episodes of TLC's 'A baby story' where the mother has declined to take any pain medication and screams at the top of her lungs during labor. That just makes me want to run to the hospital and give birth-let me tell you. (no, not really)

I'd really like to get through the holiday weekend before going into labor. I had a talk with the baby boy and he seems to be listening for the moment. :)

Nothing new here-just trying to spend as much time with Christopher as possible. washing and putting away baby clothes. spending time at Babies R Us getting bottles (when did they get so freaking expensive?) and buying everything frog-related in sight (can you guess who was with me?)

Speaking of frog items, I've been to 4 of the Targets in my immediate area looking for another one of these stuffed frogs (it almost made me wish I was still at work on the other side of town-I could have been looking at the Targets over there too). If you happen to spot one at yours (it's in the baby section with the 'Just one year' items made by Carter's, about $8) will you let me know?  Someone doesn't want to give the one we have up. :) And almost had a meltdown the other evening when we couldn't find it. LOL  I would really appreciate it!

The picture again:

Happy 4th!