Old School

Sorry for the late updates.  Taking care of a newborn is time consuming!  I've been meaning to post some of our old baby pictures for a while now.  We had fun looking through our old photo albums to see who Alistair resembles.  I think he looks a little bit like each one of us...or maybe all Asian babies look the same!

Alistair - 1 day old

David

Me

Priscilla (David's sister)

Andy (my bro)

Old school pictures are great.  Everyone looks so young and fresh.  Especially my dad.  Haha!!

Mom, Dad and Andy

Dad and Andy (Alistair looks like Andy in this picture!)

David and Priscilla

David and his Mom

David's Mom and Priscilla

David (cutest kid on the block)

Alistair is growing and changing everyday.  Last week we had Alistair's 2 month appointment.  It's hard seeing your baby go through immunization shots.  He cried a bit, but overall he did great.  Here are some recent pictures...love it when he smiles!

Poops and Smiles

Busy busy busy.  Alistair eats, sleeps, poops, and smiles.  Two months old next week!

My favorite picture so far

Thanks Po Po for the sunglasses!

My Boys


The past couple of days have been really great.  Alistair is finally learning to laugh and smile and it melts my heart.  

Watching babies poop is the most entertaining thing ever.  He's not constipated, he's just learning how it all works!  Turn up the volume.  A special treat at 43 seconds. 

Babymoon with the Baby

Three weeks before Baby Choi was born, David and I took a "babymoon" to Vail.  On Wednesday, David and I decided to relive the babymoon, but this time with the baby.  It was nice to get away from the scorching heat for a day and enjoy the cool weather in Frisco/Breckenridge.

Good thing Alistair loves his car seat.  He pretty much slept the whole day.

Next time you're in Frisco, stop by the Lost Cajun.  A little restaurant with delicious food.

Fried Catfish

Shrimp Po Boy

I can't believe Alistair is 6 weeks old.  I'm halfway through with my maternity leave.  Time is flying by and soon I'll have to go back to work and leave my little man :( 

Breastfeeding Haiku

Public breastfeeding:

Don't want to, but I have to

My son is hungry.

Father and Son

This Father's Day is extra special for obvious reasons.  Happy Father's Day to David J.  I knew you'd be great. 

He cooks, he cleans, he wakes up to change Alistair's poopy diaper.  He deserves the #1 Dad award!  
 

Post Diarrhea



Multitasking

David is so good at calming Alistair down.  The hospital gave us a useful pamphlet titled "How to Calm a Crying Baby".  Most useful tip ever: stand up, hold the baby close, and repeatedly bend at your knees.

 

3 weeks old!

I can't believe Alistair is already 3 weeks old.  Last week we went in for our 2 week check-up.  Alistair is in the 50th percentile for head circumference (14 cm) and weight (8 lbs 4 oz) and 90th percentile for height (22 in)!  Minus the occasional fussy moments and the huge diarrhea diapers, he's been a great baby so far.  He even lets us sleep four consecutive hours at night.  A real treat!

He loves his bath time :)

First Bath!

Third Bath!

Alistair looks different every day.  Sometimes he looks like David.  Sometimes he looks like David's grandpa.  Sometimes he looks like David's sister.  I think he looks a little like my brother in this picture...

Happy Baby <3

We truly have the best family and friends.  Everyone has been really helpful and we (especially me) couldn't have gotten through these past couple of weeks without them.

Reading with Auntie Bob

It's a BOY!

Hello again everyone!  Sorry for the late post.  These past couple of days have flown by and Baby Choi  is already 1 week old!

Here's our birth story...

If you recall from the last post, our May 16th due date came and went with no baby in sight.  I tried everything to naturally induce labor.  I even tried the Blazing Hot Sauce at Buffalo Wild Wings.  Twas a huge mistake...instantly irritated the bowels and still no baby.  On Sunday night (May 22nd), I started feeling sporadic contractions stronger than usual and by 4:00 am Monday morning I thought I was going into labor.  I calmly woke David and told him it was time to go.  Here's the goodbye video we shot...

When we arrived at the Advista Adventist Hospital, we were admitted into the triage to make sure I really was in labor.  Sadly, all the contractions I felt Sunday into Monday meant nothing because it turns out I was still only 2-3 cm dilated and 80% effaced!  For those of you who don't know what that means, you're ready to go into labor when your cervix has opened to 10 cm and and when your cervix has thinned to 100%.  We walked around the hospital for an hour and the nurse re-checked me.  Still no progress, so we packed up and decided to go home.  Judging from my calmness in the video, I should have known I wasn't really in labor.  How naive of me because when I truly went into labor, I could barely walk or talk. 

After coming home from the hospital I felt defeated and I was preparing myself for medical induction  (something David and I wanted to avoid).  However, at around 7:00 pm Monday night, I started feeling a lot of back pain and pressure in my butt.  I figured this was a result of my cracked tailbone.  At around 8:00 pm I got into the tub and tried my best to tough it out.  Later that night around 11:00 pm, I couldn't stand it any longer.  David called the doctor and she suggested coming into the hospital to get a morphine drip so I could rest through the night and induce in the morning.  I definitely didn't want to take this route for the safety of the baby.  David suggested we still go into the hospital to get checked.  Although I didn't want to make another trip to the hospital, I agreed. 

My contractions were exactly 5 minutes apart during the car ride and when we arrived at the hospital (around 11:45 pm) I was already 5-6 cm dilated!  Even though the pain was unlike anything I've ever felt, I still wanted to have a natural labor so I declined the epidural.  I labored in the tub for about an hour and by the time I got back into the room, I was 9 cm!  I pushed for 30 minutes and at 2:46 am on Tuesday May 24th, Alistair Eaton Choi was born.  He weighed 7 lbs 15 oz and measured 21 inches long.  Some babies are ugly, but I think he's the cutest thing in the whole world.  

One day old!

Going home on Thursday May 26th!

Surprisingly he looks just like the ultrasound photo!  For those of you who couldn't make out his face, hope these pictures side-by-side help!  Also, he loves sleeping with one arm up, probably because that's the way he slept in my belly.

David and I are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.  We've had so many visitors and our refrigerator is the fullest it's ever been!  I have hundreds of pictures to share, eventually I'll download them!

Just like in utero, he hiccups often.  Enjoy :)

6 days old :)