Lila Chae Rin Kim

She's here, she's actually here! I was induced on Wednesday, 11/26/08, at 12:00PM, and pushed her out at 3:48PM. Yes...only took about 4 hours! Thank you LORD!

Lila was 8 pounds, 20 in long and born with lots of hair! Hubs and my mom were in the delivery room. I was hesitant about having my mom in there because she's a Labor and Delivery Nurse, so I assumed she would take over and become the "nurse" rather than be my "mom". But all went well, and Won and I were actually glad she was in the room with us. BTW, I got the epidural! After my doc manually broke my water, my contractions became twice as strong. I'm weak sauce!!

Motherhood is awesome in every way. It's definitely draining and extremely hard the first few days, but it's true when mommies say it gets easier as time progresses. She sleeps well at night and wakes up for her feedings without crying too much. The only thing is she falls asleep in my arms when I feed her! We get a wet towel and brush it on her ear/neck, do a fake change of a diaper, undress her, etc...it gets to be tiring because night feedings will take me almost 45 minutes! Day time is pretty low key. When she's awake, I'll put her in the bouncer or I've started doing tummy time.

We are moving in 2 days! Good-bye Valley, Hello OC!

Six pounds and counting...

I am SO incredibly happy today! Today is my last day of work, and I officially start maternity leave. I’m also grinning ear to ear because my doctor’s visit was a good one. She said Lila is estimated to be 6 pounds right now! I have three more weeks to go, so by the time I give birth she might be around 7.5. Not bad, right? I say not bad because everyone and their moms have been telling me that I’ll probably have a big baby because I was a 10 pounder. I honestly don’t know how my mom did it, but I was a ghastly 10 pounds. I’ll have to scan a picture of my baby picture and well as Won’s baby pic so you can see what a big chubs I was.

I know these are all estimates, and I can potentially have a bigger/smaller baby than expected. I’m just happy to know she didn’t estimate me at more!

I haven’t dropped at all either, and my doc said it won’t happen for awhile. The way things are looking now, maybe I’ll have my baby probably on time or even later. Sooo…does that mean I can go to the Splendid/Ella Moss sale next week without worrying that my water is going to break????

Still contemplating that one!

Money doesn't grow on trees

I've heard that phrase from my mom 100x. Money doesn't grow on trees, you think money grows from trees, money doesn't just fall of trees...etc. You get the point. So many variations, and I've heard them all.

I'm starting to understand exactly what that means. I knew having a baby was going to be expensive, and I'm definitely starting to feel the pinch esp the past few weekends because we made our first big purchases for Lila.

We bought a moses basket/bassinet in one for Lila's first "bed" before she transitions to the crib. I can roll the bassinet from one place to another, and it fits right next to my side of the bed...BARELY! Whew!



Wish I could have taken a pic with the bedding, but my sis reminded me that I have to wash it in "special" baby detergent versus Tide...something else I'll need to buy.

We also bought a Dutailier glider. Why are gliders so expensive? I was so disappointed because I had a 20% coupon for Babies R Us, and I was going to use it to buy my glider, but the sales clerk told me it would take 4-6 months for the chair to be made!!! What??? It's just a chair...no? We left without making the purchase and good thing we did because we bought one for $300 off the normal price at Baby Town in Reseda.

The crib and the dresser will be handed down from my sis among other things she has vacuumed sealed in bags for me. Couldn't be more grateful. I'm sure Samantha will recognize a lot of things that her cousin will be wearing :-)

What's in a name?

We decided on the baby’s name awhile ago, but I didn’t want to blog about it because Won kept going back and forth with it. For example, during the Olympics, he wanted desperately to name her Nastia after the US Gymnastics Blonde Phenom. Nastia and then "Nas" for short...good thing it was just a phase. He also liked Logan after a female volleyball player. I guess he has a thing for female athletes.

We’re 99% sure we are naming her Lila Kim. I fell in love with that name after watching Friday Night Lights…terrible huh? Normally parents have these wonderful stories about naming their child after someone special in their lives or something meaningful that has happened, but we’re naming her after watching that football show with “Lila Garrity” as the cheerleader played by Minka Kelly who once dated John Mayer but has now been seen with Derek Jeter. BTW, I love celebrity gossip. She does play a cheerleader on the show…there’s some sort of connection with me?

According to www.babynames.com:
The meaning of the name Lila is Lilac Tree

The origin of the name Lila is Persian

Also a Hebrew name, meaning 'you are mine'.

I’ll leave ya with some pics of Lilacs…my new favorite flower!