We’ve really enjoyed hearing stories from our family (Ray’s mom, Ray’s dad, Aunt Diana, my mom, my grandfather, etc) about the day each of us was born. The facts are very interesting, and we always find the personal accounts very funny! Even my dad loves telling the story over and over about how “full” my face was (so full my eyes were slanted) and how dark my hair was. Everyone seems to tell us their story like it occurred yesterday. Recalling what seeing us for the first time was like or finding out that we were okay still seems like such a fond memory to them. I know that time will pass quickly for us too. As a matter of fact, last night, Ray said, “One day, our son will be older – like on his graduation night and we’ll think back to a day like today when we were waiting for him and planning for his arrival”.
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Since Ray and I have been noticeably pregnant, we’ve realized how talkative cashiers can be. A few days ago, a Target cashier said, “When are you due?” I said, “February 17th.” She smiled and said, “It looks like it could be any day now.” :) I remember when my mom and I were in a store when I was about 20 weeks along when a cashier said, “You’re having a boy, huh?” I said, “Yeah, I sure am.” She said, “I can tell because you’re carrying so low.” But now that I think about it, before we even knew what we were having, LeAnna guessed a boy after seeing an early pregnancy photo of me! At that point, she said I was carrying low. Now THAT is impressive! :)

We are still taking predictions. Today, my mom looked at our pregnancy countdown clock and said, “25 days OR LESS!” I said, “Yep. I can’t wait until our February 5th appointment. On that day, we’ll have a better idea of what is going on.” She said, “If you even make that appointment. I say you won’t…” At about the same time, Ray and I both said, “Re-ally?!” :)
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Then on Saturday morning, Ray and I got word that his cousin and his wife who were expecting along with us were in labor! Of course, the first thing we felt was excitement! We were so happy for them! We knew that they would be meeting their baby girl by nighttime. :)

The next thing we felt was anxiousness! They were due on February 4th but ended up going into labor and having their baby a little over 2 weeks early. I started thinking about how we too could go early. I think it was a wake-up call for Ray though. I’ve been telling him all along that babies don’t necessarily wait until Week 40 to be born.

He also heard our OB say that at our last doctor visit. I just don’t think it sunk in until we heard Alan and Erina’s news! I remember Ray having the funniest look on his face. I said, “What’s wrong?” He smiled and said, “Nothing”. I said, “Yeah right. What’s wrong?” He said, “I’m nervous.” I smiled and said, “Are you really?” He said, “Yeah. Our bags are in the car, right?!” My mom and I couldn’t help but laugh!

In his defense, I’m pretty nervous too. But because I am getting more and more uncomfortable, I have become more ready than nervous.

Last night, Baby Tse kept kicking and punching about. Finally, I said, “Boy, you just can’t be still, can you? If you’re so uncomfortable in there, come out.” Ray looked up with an odd look on his face and said, “He doesn’t want to come out yet. He’s just trying to get comfortable.” I said, “How do you know he doesn’t want to come out?” Ray said, “Well, he doesn’t want to come out tonight!” I said, “You don’t know…he just might!” Ray hesitated for a second and said, “Yeah, I guess you’re right.” I said, “You know he can come at any time now. He could come tonight, this weekend, or 2 weeks from now. Who knows? We can’t tell him when to come out.” Ray looked down at my tummy and said, “Let’s see – can you come on Tuesday because I have a lot of meetings I don’t want to go to?” We both laughed! :)

~T.T.