The new Lee residence!

Observation #13: Moving takes longer than you anticipate...

So our big move was on Saturday and now we are living in the chaos of boxes, not-yet-placed furniture, sawdust and paint cans. Our hope is that we'll exit our chaos by Wednesday. But like K said right before falling off to sleep last night, "I'm so happy... I couldn't be happier." I agree. It's a blessing to be starting off our family in a home we can dream of making our own (still a long to-do list of renovations ahead of us) over the next 5, 10 years.

So, moving. We decided to have movers come in to do the move, as Kevin was unbelievably busy with dealing with contractors for our kitchen the past week and would have to be at home on-site on the day of, and I am of course pregnant and therefore not much use with lifting anything. We figured that the 4-hours we allotted to professional movers would be sufficient, since we thought we don't have too much stuff. I still don't think we have that much stuff, but long story short, the move took twice that amount of time. Maybe it was too many smoke breaks those guys went on... I don't know. I wonder what our next move will be like, with so much more stuff I'm sure we'll accumulate in the years to come.

As crazy as my house is right now, I can't wait to go home today! 1.5 hours left... Time, fly please.

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By the way, we found out last week, it's a girl! Chloe Joowon Lee... Can't wait to see her pretty face.

Boy or girl?

As I mentioned in yesterday's blog, I was scheduled for my second ultrasound yesterday. We had big hopes to find out if our baby was a boy or a girl and..............

(drum roll please)

.....we don't know yet.

Our baby apparently had the umbilical cord between its legs so we couldn't determine if there was something else there or not... The technician says to us, "Seeing that there's just a line here, I think it might be a girl. I'd say there's a 50% chance it's a girl." Ummm... no duh. I could have told you that myself!

So Kevin and I left feeling pretty disappointed, but happy to hear that the baby looks healthy so far. I'm just passing the half-way mark now, so so far so good!

He/she's been kicking quite actively lately, so that's been an awesome experience. Kevin was able to feel a kick with his hand for the first time last night. Big smile on his face. :)

2010, here we come!

What a year 2009 was! I think by any standard it was an overwhelmingly eventful year. It included: planning a wedding, getting married, getting pregnant, selling our condo, buying a house and all the other fun stuff in between.

I can't imagine 2010 being any crazier, but then again, I've never been a new parent before. I'm sure giving birth and raising a child with my husband will be full of surprises and unexpected situations/emotions. But like I said, here we come! I'm excited for all the upcoming events...

Today Kevin and I will be getting the anatomical ultrasound for our baby. Hopefully we can find out today whether it's a boy or a girl. We've been looking forward to today all holiday long, so I'm just counting down the hours!

Wishing everyone a truly happy, crazy 2010!