Presenting....17th Great Grandchild, Cara Chan!

Lifeline broken

This little piece is what came off my little girl's belly button today.
(it tastes like beef jerky)





Just kidding.

Persephanie pics (#2)

Persephanie looks SO much different than she did from day#1!

Persephanie pics

This is a very familiar sight of me nowadays

I love this pic. My little monkey girl!!!! haha


You can see where her "hairy-ness" is from.. hehe

First Kiss




Getting ready to go home!


First ride home:


First nap in First Bed:


First Smile:
If there was ever a pic that made me cry.. this would be it. And I don't know why.

Quite the experience! Ran marathons before, but no where close to that kind of intensity of fatigue. 4 straight days without sleep!

Why 4 days? the first night was due to the "show". Also known as "the bloody show". This caught us off guard. Guess we weren't paying attention in class. A little detail that we really should've been looking out for. As we were panicking in the middle of the night.. we decided to just hop over to the hospital for some professional opinion. They laughed at us and sent us home. Second sleepness night was water breaking. Again drove to the hospital... they laughed at us and sent us home. Third sleepness night was the big contractions. At this point, we were afraid to get laughed at... but, we know this is the real deal... so we waited as long as we could. Too bad we couldn't sleep due to the pain. I didn't sleep because I needed to count everything. Fourth sleepness night was the baby. It's up to her to tell us when we could sleep now. (I guess that's for the next 6 months... *sigh*)

5 (seemingly) long hours of "early" labour before the doctor makes the call to go for the Caesarean. After we sign our waiver, it took all of 10 whole minutes to deliver! WHAT?!? Couldn't you have made that decision sooner?!?! Well, the experience, at least for me, could've been a simple blur... if I didn't get a chance to sneak in some photos!! haha Lina's experience WAS a blur... she was so hopped up on goof balls.

I have to say, the entire hospital stay was simply awesome. The staff at our maternity ward are the best. So kind and patient. (one of them, I swear, is a pornstar.. you know the one...the one with the nurse's outfit.) I don't know how they do it. Having to deal with frantic new parents all the time. It's quite stressful for new parents and they sure make it pleasant and provided us security and serenity. BC Women's hospital rocks! Not only that.. MSP rocks... they sent out a nurse to see if mom and baby is ok the next day too! With a bundle of stuff like books and DVDs and library cards. It's like a owners manual for the baby. Wonder if there's a return policy on her? haha.. just kidding. (And of course.... it's ALL FREE! I've said it before and I'll say it again... I love this country's medical plan!!!!!!) (Still hate the parking fees... $50 for 5 days... boo-urns)

Through the entire time, I keep having this feeling that what we're experiencing is unique. No one in the world has ever gone through what we have.. and no one would understand. So many things had to happen right. It was against all odds. Like all the stars in all the universes were aligned just for us. We ... ALONE.. did it. We made a human being. We thought we made a unique miracle. But, we're not unique. Everyone does it all the time... of ALL time. Now, THAT's a miracle.

I was so sure our baby was gonna be a freak of nature.
(yea.. I said it.)
I'm glad she turned out ... OK. Well, I think she looks like Yoda.

Lina said, ".... it's like a real life Tamagotchi!!..."

Lina and I gave her a life, but really, Persephanie gave us a new one.




EDIT: I have a really slow internet (wished our neighbor put his modem closer to our wall)... pics to come later..

Persephanie Raeleen Chan!!!

First family photo:
(we look tired!)


Cutting the cord:


Longest wait of my life:

No real time to blog right now.. got to go back to the hospital..

Please welcome the newest member of the Chan clan:
Persephanie Raeleen Chan was born Oct 20, 2007 @ BC Women's hospital

(by emergency C-section)
Weighing in at 6lbs 14oz.
Body length = 49cm
head diameter = 33cm

(She eats like a pig!)

There's more pics/videos.. (even some really grahic ones) ... I'll upload them when I get a chance to take a break again.

(we are EXHAUSTED!!!!!!!!!!!)

Water Broke!

4:12am this morning...

Just hanging out now... timing the contractions....blogging... 8D
Looks like its' gonna be 4 days early. Not bad overall.. seems everything's on schedule.

I'm exhausted! Lina seems to have alot of energy! She's been nesting for the last month. Making me shampoo the closet carpet 2am in the morning!

I think we'll go in an hour or so... hopefully traffic isn't too bad.

This may be the last time I blog as a non-father. Good bye! It was a good life. See you in the next!!!

Last weekend of our lives

Had to take advantage of the picturesque-ness of the day. Had a little drive through Stanley Park. It's been awhile.

But, where was the park?!? All the trees were blown down during a freak windstorm a few months back.

2nd last weekend of our lives

It was a postcard day Thanksgiving today. Simply beautiful.
Did we go out and enjoy it? nope.
Was it productive? You betcha.

I spend the entire weekend inside the nursery.. painting. Could've simply painted it one color and call it a day.. but, true to my nature.. I had to make it complicated. I could never let it go. Wanted something fun, stimulating but not too much, neutral yet playful, and something that will last. Thought of a mural.. but, that would definitely take too much time. (Still kind of want to though)

So we finally decided on a two-tone scheme. "Baby Roo" and "Acre Snowfall

Special thanks to Lili and Cat for helping move and cleanup all day Sunday!

Sorry, Mui! Your room officially became "the nursery"!









Well, your room actually just been moved over to Kirby's room.. .SEE!

Your bed is in there somewhere!

Sorry Kirb!! Well.. you have your own apartment anyways now.

I don't know nufin bout birfin no babies

Well, we officially did it now. We made a baby! It's been 37 weeks now and that means 'full term'. It's got all the goods (I hope)

Can't wait to meet it!

Baby Shower!

All my sisters and cousins gave me a baby shower! (the night also triple as a "Welcome Home Grandma & Lilllian" BBQ party)
I would like to thank all the sisters and cousins for the baby showers. Really appreciate all the hard work and presents!