Welcome to Ethan's nursery

 I decided on a convertible crib that converts into a full bed. Hopefully this will last him until college :)

 This beautiful crib was made by Aunt Alice by hand. The precision was just immaculate. She just picked the color without seeing my nursery, and the color scheme just fits perfectly.

We saw these Monkeez and Friends soft toys in Art cafe Hemingway in Kauai when I was pregnant with Ethan. I was inspired by them to create a tree decal with shelfs to display them. The nursing chair rocking and recliner is very comfy and excellent to feed and sleep on, since I am writing this post partum I can say glad I made this purchase.

Lynn and Jack's baby shower

We feel so incredibly blessed to have so many good friends and family around us. Yesterday we were reminded once again with the best baby shower that we could possibly imagine hosted by Pei Sun, Jocelyn and Susan. We feel so grateful to Pei Sun for spending those sleepless nights planning to makes sure every detail was so coordinated from fresh flowers, custom hand made decorations to hosting the event in their home. Thank you Jocelyn and Susan for all the planning of games, making and setting up the decorations, Susan for baking those fantastic macaroons till wee hours in the morning and Jocelyn for the mac&cheese. Thanks to my dad, mom and aunt that helped with the setup and clean up, it would not be possible without your help.

Diaper cake from Pei Sun & Choon

The shower was made even more memorable when all our poker girl friends chipped in and made side dishes that were unique and special to complement the event. Thank you all so much for all the lost of sleep leading up to the party, we are very grateful for the gift of your friendship which we will always treasure. Baby Ethan Wu is a lucky fella to be able to grow up around you and all your children...how FUN!

Organizers and their supportive spouse

Thanks You Pei Sun, Jocelyn and Susan for planning this event. I am so honored and you guys have truly gone above and beyond!!

The FLOP family, parents and aunt

                                                       

To the FLOP family, my aunt and parents. Thank you all for all the help, desserts and side dishes. You have made this event more special in with your contributions. Love you all ...

Happy parents to be

Center piece and cherries by Pei Sun

Amazing stroller fruit bowl by Sin Vong

Rose and Lemon macaroons by Susan Lin 

Mama, Papa, baby and Bailey Wu Onigiri by Ribeka Hui

Wu family onigiri "totemo kawaii ne" by Ribeka Hui

Nasi Kuning with beef rendang and fried chicken

Hainanese chicken rice

Assam fish

Cupcakes

Ladies & Everest chilling on the picnic blankets

Daddy to be & Vince in the bottle drinking competition

Find the safety pin mixed in a bowl of rice

This game is really harder than you think. With your eyes closed try and find as many safety pins from a bowl of rice. Everyone was surprised at how well they did :)

Newlyn trying to cheat 

Rebecca and Darlene were the winners with the most number of safety pins. I think the girls seem to do better at this game.

Darlene painting a beach for the little dragon to swim in

Joscelyn painting tahoe's paw prints

We would like to thank you all for your generous gifts to Ethan. 

My aunt and uncle for the portable video monitor.

Betty and Jason for the booster seat and bouncer.

Brandon and Darlene for the bottle sterilizer and grass drying rack.

Jeff and Brent for the Diaper genie

Josephine and Erik for the Sooth n Grove mobile, swaddle blanket and sleep sack.

Horace and Robin for the Amazon gift card

Carol and Rich for the Amazon gift card

Jackie and Paul for the swaddle.

Sharon and Kevin for the boppy playgym, changing pad cover, bath towels, sheets, sea horse toy and lots of goodies.

Shoo Mei and Phil for the bottle sanitizer.
















Zainab and Hasnain for the cool urban clothing. Ethan officially has his first pair of jeans.

Tahera and Arif for the bathtub and body suit.

Jae and Jeff for the high chair cover and bib.

Tammy and Brian for the nursing cover and picture frame.

Jocelyn and Albert for the Leap Frog education toy.
















Susan and Daniel for the Sheet, pacifier grip, body suit and romper clothing.

Xin and Shwe for the boppy.

Ribeka, Newlyn, Sin and Henry for the breast pump.

Rachel & Frank,
Cindy & Will,
Joscelyn & Vincent,
Ann & Anthony,
Priyanka & Chaitanya,
Carmen & Ray,
Alice & Dung
for the Uppababy Cruz stroller.
We love this stroller.

Pei Sun & Choon for the diaper cake, Taiwan Goomi kids sweater and offering to host the event in their lovely home.

Aunt Alice have been working tirelessly for the past 3 months on making Ethan the most beautiful quilt. Since Ethan is not here yet to use it yet, mommy decided that she will display it in Ethan's nursery for everyone to admire. Thanks Aunt Alice for this amazing gift and the knitted blanket and Uncle Sammy, for the lost of attention from Aunt Alice for the past 3 months :) . Ethan will enjoy this for the many years ahead.

 

View all the pictures from the event here: https://plus.google.com/photos/102780212568205283784/albums/5765726807652530769

OB-Gyn

We decided to go with Julie's recommendation for OB-gyn Dr Ruth Ann Crystal who delivered Lisa. We made the decision because we wanted to have an OB that will deliver the baby instead of a random doctor on rotation. The only drawback seems to be the bad reviews on Yelp that Stanford Hospital is not the greatest place to deliver a baby. I don't really know why since it is probably the best place to be if god forbid there are some complications. First appointment scheduled for Jan 18th. Excited about the first visit but really not looking forward to all the blood work that is expected throughout the whole pregnancy.

Made in Newport with love

Our short vacation to Newport Beach, CA on Dec 9th has become very memorable time for both Jack and I . Without much planning, except to relax and enjoy the company of each other; a little baby was made. I was very pleased that Jack has finally warmed up to the idea of potentially having a family. That is all that I can ask for. For some odd reason, I almost know that something amazing was happening after that night. I started developing some weird symptoms shortly after like vomiting after watching MI4 with the Hui, headaches and breast tenderness. I was suspicious but I kept it to myself.

On Dec 29th, the date of my expected period my suspicions was confirmed after 4 home pregnancy test :).

Jack and I was happy with the news but as Jack puts it CATF = Can't accept the fact that this was really happening. We are well on our way on this 9 month journey together.