More pictures...

" Four of us"

Minah with very excited big sister and very tired mom

Life is good...

Getting dressed to come home

Minah with happy big sister and tired mom

Curious big sister

You just can't win

For those of you who were fortunate enough to see my first post (probably gone by now)...Hyesoo was not too please. So, here is my second (and most likely last) post.

My first blogging attempt

Hyesoo has asked me to post some pictures for you to enjoy. Realizing this is my first posting (I didn't even realize we had a blog until a few weeks ago), please excuse any blogging infractions. - Younguk

My best side!

Now you know why Younguk did not know about us having a blog... Hyesoo

IT'S A GIRL!

Minzie & Minah

Minah Grace Choi arrived to meet everybody
on Monday, December 15 at 1:56 PM
She weighs 9 lbs 5 oz and 19.5" long.
Younguk and I were surprised for:
1. How big she was (again!)... after our last ultra sound, the doctor told us that the baby shouldn't be no more than 8 lbs or so if I get induced earlier. What do you know!!!
2. How much she looks like Minzie when she was born. As soon as they put Minah on my tummy right after she was born, I looked at her and said, "hey! you are little Minzie!" You know what that means! She looks just like Younguk, AGAIN!

Minzie is being a wonderful big sister- so much better than we had expected and it is cute to watch her telling everyone that walks into the room to be quiet because "little Minah is sleeping".

Nope! No baby yet!

When Younguk called the hospital this morning around 6, the head nurse told us that they had too many "emergency deliveries" between last night & early this morning and asked him to call them back in couple of hours. My bags were packed and I was ready to go out the door to deliver this baby TODAY. So we set around, waited and waited. Younguk called them back again but couldn't get hold of the head nurse and had to hang up the phone with very unsure promise of the head nurse would call us back "as soon as she is available".
Another hour passed. Phone rang. She told us that we don't have to call her but she would be calling us around noon to see where they are at and let us know if I could come in or not. WHAT? But I am ready to have this baby TODAY! Good thing Younguk was handling these calls because I was not a very pleasant person to be around and would definitely not had handle those calls as Younguk did. Anyway, we sat around, waited and waited. Phone rang again little bit after noon. The head nurse said that they were so busy and they didn't have even a room for me to come in today. WHAT? But I am really ready to have this baby TODAY!
So, what do I do? Can I be rescheduled for tomorrow?
"Well, I cannot promise you that either." she said. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! You know the breath in and breath out thing to calm you down... I learned today that it actually works. She told me to call tomorrow at 6 o'clock to see IF I could come in. And do it all over again.

So, here we are... We are still "three of us"...

"Three of us"

Just few more hours to go- then it will become "four of us"!

I am supposed to call tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock to make sure that everything is set up for the day and need to go in by 7:30. It is exactly what we did with Minzie (calling, going in early in the morning....do bunch of things until the labor starts....) but now I know what to expect, it makes me bit nervous. I think it is better not knowing than knowing exactly what will be happening sometimes and I believe this might be one of them (just because I am terrible, I mean TERRIBLE at dealing with physical pains). I probably will be somewhere in the middle of labor while everyone else is at the Sunday morning meeting and I am pretty sure my spirit would be ALOT different than the ones at the meeting....

Couple of days ago, Younguk said how this weekend would be the last weekend for Minzie as a "only child" and three of us should do something fun and memorable before the baby gets here. What did we end up doing...? Well, my very creative husband had all these great ideas but they required too much of walking (I am in no shape of walking around these days... I would say I am just wabbling around) so we ended up having breakfast at Panera Bread as we usually do on Saturday mornings, went to Target , came home, took a nap and went to Costco to stack up on the diapers. What an exciting day!!!

We got a package from Youngin this afternoon and finally got to see a very beautiful dress that she kniteed for the baby. Thank you so very much-Cannot wait to try the dress on her. ": )

Will be back as "four of us"!

Some pictures... Yes, I found the software! : )

A Cookie Monster?!
It started to snow last night so we decided to open up the blinds and watch the "snowman" coming down. And while we were doing that, three of us had a little cookie party in the livingroom... of course, one of us didn't get to have too many of them because two of us were hugging all the cookies....

A Pretty Red Dress

Mom sent baby clothes last week and she sent this red dress along for Minzie so that she would not feel left out. She tried it on for Sunday and she said "Mommy, I LOVE my pretty red dress..." Thanks, mom!! (After I took this picture, I realized that it is about the time for me to clean the fireplace glass... Oops!)

Daddy's girl

"Mommy, snowman came down!"

Minzie was pretty excited this morning when we opened up the blinds to look outside, realized that we had couple inches of snow. And she claimed that it was "snowman" that came down. Thought for a very brief second about telling her it was snow that came down then realized that it sounds cuter when she calls it snowman.... She might become a very confused child but didn't want to take that creativity away from her, I guess. Speaking of creativity... last night, I brought the Boppy from downstairs and put it with the bag that I will be taking to the hopital. When she saw it this morning, she asked me what that was. Hmmmm... how do you explain what the Boppy is to 2 year-old kid? Anyway, when I left and came back to the room, she was sitting on top of it. I asked her what she was doing and she said "Mama, I am at the waterpark with grandma and grandpa. I am riding the boat!"... We went up to the Dells about a month ago with Younguk's parents and stayed at the water park. The Boppy must have reminded her of the tube that she rode on the lazy river at the water park. Manytimes, I wonder what she has in her little brain and if there is any limit to her imagination.
Well, I did take pictures of Minzie playing in the snow but software for the new camera needs to be downloaded first... But before I can download it, I need to find it first... : S

13 days to go

December 14th, it is! Had an appointment this morning and told Dr. Stoffel that we have decided on the 14th to be induced for the baby #2. After the check up, Dr. Stoffel said "Baby is well on her way out." Does that mean she might come out sooner???? Anyway, I packed the bag (it has been packed for last couple of months...) Am I forgetting anything???

• baby clothes, diapers, blanket- checked
• Boppy- checked
• a book to read- checked: I should know better that I would not be able to read anything, but just incase... ha!
• bathroom stuff - checked
• Robe, slippers and stuff- checked
• car seat- checked
• camera- checked
• baby sitting arrangement for Minzie- checked

According to "the book" I should take an object to use as a focal point during labor... Younguk had a great idea of taking a very cute pair of shoes when I had Minzie. The idea behind it was that I would be able to deal with the pain, knowing that the baby (Minzie) will be wearing those cute shoes once she comes... Great idea, huh? But it wasn't that great of idea while I had to deliver almost 10 lbs baby. So, I learned from the experience. I am not taking anything this time....

Almost 12 days to go, now...