Ray is a great singer. I love hearing him sing! As a matter of fact, he better start tuning those cords of his because he’ll need them soon. I definitely plan on him singing to me while I’m in labor. His voice calms me. I have no doubt that the pain will overpower his voice a lot of the time, but I know his voice will help take the edge off. :)

I, on the other hand, cannot carry a tune to save my life! I don’t sing in public or anything. I would not ever sing karaoke in front of a lot of people. But when I’m by myself or with Ray, I have no qualms about belting it out! Maybe our little one will be a better singer than me!

Something else Ray is pretty good at is dancing! I haven’t ever been a dancer. I never went out dancing as a teenager or anything. It isn’t really that I can’t. I just lack confidence. I think I look weird. For the longest time, Ray never saw me dance! I still don’t dance often, but I am not embarrassed to bust a move now…when inspired by the right music, of course! Ray and I have a good time dancing around the house together. We always joke about how we think it will be a surefire way to get our little one to laugh! If I can have little coordination and still be an okay dancer, our son should be able to dance if he chooses to.

Even though our son has not yet been born, I have a feeling he’ll be more coordinated than his mom. One thing I know he can do is MOVE! He is doing a great job at this very moment, as a matter of fact! ;) Ya know how a shark sticks its fin up out of the water like so?

Well, that is what our boy does to me. He sticks out a limb (not sure which one) and runs it across my belly. It feels so strange. And if I am lucky enough to catch it, it looks weird too! So, we have coined this “Baby Tse’s shark move”! When he does it, I say, “Ray, your son is doing his shark move!” He smiles and often says, “Go boy!” :)

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Ray and I recently talked about how we haven’t dreamed of our son much. The only time I specifically remember dreaming about him was a few weeks ago. In my nightmare, people were breaking in our house in effort to kidnap him. It was horrible! Anyway, besides that, I don’t think either one of us has dreamed of him. My thought on it is simply that Ray and I are both waiting to meet him, rather than trying to imagine what he looks like.

Both Ray and I have recorded details about our pregnancy both written and verbal. We have awesome pictures, thoughts, stories, etc. for our son to enjoy one day. We’re really excited about sharing them all! Last night, I actually did dream about Baby Tse. But like always, I don’t remember details – how his voice sounded, how he looked, etc. And to make this story even more interesting, our son was an adult! Ray and I were showing him pictures taken of us during the 9 months we were waiting for him. I told him stories of how I felt. We told him stories of how active he was inside of me. It was a very low key, feel good type of dream. And the ONE thing I remember is the beautiful, genuine smile on our son’s face as we shared the details of that exciting time in our lives. It was awesome, a great way to wake up on the first day of 2007.

On that note,

We are VERY excited about rolling into a new year! We have no doubt that 2007 will be a an awesome year for us, full of good times, memorable moments, and new experiences! :)

~T.T.