lauren had her two week appointment today.  little girl’s been doing some good growing- she’s now 6 lbs 11 oz and 18 1/2 inches long.  not bad considering she was only 5 1/2 lbs when we left the hospital.  yesterday was her due date.  which makes me wonder how big she would have been if she hadn’t come sixteen days early. but we are so glad she’s here and growing well- sleeping great, eating great, and pooping great! and here is her birth story: so like i posted earlier, we headed for the hospital on friday.  phil was post-call that morning and called on his way home to see how i was…

time flies when you’re sleep deprived!  heh heh.  here are some more pics from the hospital… waiting around in triage for contractions to get serious…   shot of the private birthing suite:   she’s here!   checking out the newest tsai:   joanna, johnny, jeremiah, and my dad all came to visit (thanks for the in-n-out! )   i told the kids the baby would have presents for them in the hospital– allie got a play purse and mikey got a lightning mcqueen remote control car.   bonding with daddy:   phil ended up spending a good amount of time sleeping and recovering from a bout of dizziness while we were in…

lauren kara tsai born on july 12, 2008 at 11:54 am.  right on time to make daddy miss his test. her stats:  6 lbs 1 oz, 18 inches long   so far little lauren’s been a great baby who feeds well (phil says she’s the best nurser of the bunch!  though i’m not quite sure how he’d know that), sleeps like a dream (five-hour stretches at night), and is pretty mellow and quiet when she is awake.  so far.  i’m anticipating that she’ll start changing as she gets a bit bigger and is less sleepy all the time. both mikey and allie are in love with their little sister.  they…

and we’re off to the hospital! but, just might stop over at the movies first.  a friend gave us free tickets and who knows when we’ll get to use them if not now??

from my clinic visit today, it turns out that i am 2 cm dilated, 50-60% effaced, and baby’s head is engaged.  so it looks like baby #3 will make an early appearance.  though i was this far along with allie and managed two more weeks before she was born.  phil is hoping against hope that the baby will be born this saturday to get him out of a test he’s not feeling ready for.  i told him i’d do my best!  all this talk about the new baby definitely hasn’t escaped mikey’s attention.  thankfully, he seems mostly excited about the baby, knows it’s a girl, knows what we’re planning to…