Baby Apple

Apple, I mean Sara Joy Phan was born today at 8:24am. She weighed 7 lbs and 15 oz and measured 19 inches. Mommy is doing great. Daddy changed his first diaper today.

Sorry for the short post. All I have is my cellphone. I’ll post pictures when I get a chance.

So Apple will be here in 3 days YAY! I can’t believe it! It seems like I’ve been pregnant forever especially since I was on bed rest for a while.  She will be a Garden Rat (just like her daddy) and a Capricorn like a lot of people that I know. We can’t wait to meet her Very soon! We will update you all sometime on Friday. If you’re on Facebook, Gabe said he will be updating that too so stay tuned. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. Thanks all and hope to see you all soon!

We just got back from the doctor’s and Apple is still breeched so it looks like we’re still on for next Friday. I can’t believe she’ll be here in a week!  We can’t wait to meet her and see what she looks like. Thank you everyone for your guesses on Apple’s weight. We’ll see who the big winner is on Friday. 

I have to share a funny story from yesterday because it’s too good not to. So I woke up yesterday morning and discovered that I lost my mucus plug. I was trying to wake Gabe up and tell him what happened and he was still half asleep when I said, “Good morning baby, I think I lost my mucus plug.”  So Gabe replied, “Where did you lose it? Do you need help finding it?”  I was laughing my head off. It was freakin hilarious. I decided to wait until he was fully awake to tell him again and then he finally got it.

So I guess she can come before Friday but if not then Friday’s the BIG day! Please continue to keep us in your prayers. Happy New Year 2009 everyone!  Hope everyone had a safe and wonderful new year’s day! Here’s to a happy, healthy, prosperous 2009 filled with lots of love, laughter, happiness, joy, and endless blessings!  We’ll see you all soon!

So the countdown begins, 10 more days (or less) until baby Apple gets here.  So far we are still scheduled for our C-section.  This Friday we have an ultrasound to see if she has moved but I feel like she is still lying sideways.  I think she’s trying to move but got stuck since there’s not much room now.  Gabe and I are anxiously awaiting her arrival.

Hope everyone had a Happy Christmas.  Have a Wonderful and Blessed 2009 everyone!  We’ll see you all in the New Year! Cheers!

So one of the first times I really hung out with Gabe was 7 years ago when we went to decorate a Rose Parade float for Disney since Monica worked there.   I met Gabe a couple times before but we never really talked, I just knew he liked to take lots of pictures. We ended up decorating the Bob’s Big Boy float and it was a lot of fun.  I had no idea that I would end up marrying this guy who liked to take all these pictures.  Looking back I’m so glad that he did because he was able to capture the moment.  Good times! Happy New Year’s everyone!

Season’s Greetings! Christmas is this week and I’m excited that the holidays are finally here.  I’m 37 weeks now and a lot of people were saying that Apple would be here already.  Who knows she can come this week.

Her actual due date is January 12th.  At our doctor’s appointment last week Apple was still breeched and she weighed in at approximately 7 lbs. Yikes! The doctor said if Apple doesn’t turn and if I don’t go into labor then I’m going to have to have a C-section. Or they can try and turn the baby  (which didn’t sound too pleasant) but  she might be too big to push out even if she does turn. So our C-section is scheduled for Friday, 01/09/09.  Please keep us in your prayers. I am very anxious, nervous, and excited all at the same time!  I’m sure Gabe is as well.

Since we pretty much know her due date (unless she comes earlier), I’m taking a poll to see how BIG everyone thinks Apple will be. If you’d like to take a guess, please leave a comment on this post.  Whoever comes closest to Apple’s weight and length will get a little prize from Apple mailed to them after she gets here.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season so far.  Wishing all of you and yours a Very Merry Christmas! Hope to see you all soon!

I’m a little slow in updating everyone but Apple’s room is done.  I actually finished 2 weeks ago but I haven’t had time to post it on the blog.

Since the last update, I put in some closet organizers in to organize all those stuff everyone gave Apple.  We got a lot of stuff from the baby show.  Next I put in the baseboards.  I bought some unfinished wood baseboards and painted them white.  Oh, I got to buy a new tool.  I bought an air compressor to use with the nail gun.  You got to have to right tool to do the job.  Anyways, John came over and helped me installed baseboards.

We bought a new dresser that matches pretty good with the rest of the furniture in the room.  After that I put in the finishing touches like the paintings, some shelves, coat rack, etc.

The room turned out really nice.  I think Apple is going to love it.  You can see some more pictures on our photo gallery.

I wanted to give some thanks to some of the people who helped.

John – For helping with all the construction.  I know I couldn’t have done it by myself.  At least not as professional as what John can do.

Matt and Patty – For the awesome wall paintings.  They make the room look great and adds a person touch.

Jenn – For helping where she can.

Cynthia – For loaning us the rocker chair, crib and John.

Andre – Buying us a lot of the accessories in the room.

4 more weeks!  Or sooner!  Apple, your room is done!

On Sunday, Gabe and I had a little Christmas maternity photo shoot at Fashion Island in Newport Beach.  I wanted some cute pictures for our Christmas cards this year so I asked Kim if she could take our pictures since she has an artsy style and Gabe likes her pictures.  So Kim, Andre, Gabe and I headed down to fashion island around noon. It was a beautiful sunny day and we were able to get some great shots.  Here’s a couple pictures from the shoot:

Kim edited some of the pictures for us.  The ones above and more of her favorites are located here.

Pictures of the whole photo shoot are on our gallery. 

Thank you Kim and Andre for taking our cute Christmas pictures, we love them and had so much fun! Now the hard part is picking one for our Christmas cards. Hopefully we’ll get them out before Apple gets here. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Happy December – 6 more weeks and counting down!

I’m 32 weeks and counting! We had a growth ultrasound on Friday. Baby Apple is now 4 lbs and if I go full term will approximately be 8lbs when she’s born, yikes! Hopefully she’ll be a little under that. She wasn’t too active during the ultrasound so we didn’t see too much going on but we did get to see her feet and she has mommy’s funny toes. I have funny toes where the 2nd toe is longer than the big toe and Apple’s toes were like that in the ultrasound. I think her cousin Kaylee has those toes too. I got them from my dad. I guess it’s hereditary on the Anotado side. We saw a picture of her nose too and I think she has my Filipino nose. I’ll try to post a couple ultrasound pictures later on this week.

My doctor put me off of work until I deliver so I’m officially on leave, yay! I really didn’t want to go back to work anyways. Now at least I don’t feel like I’m left hanging not knowing whether or not I’m going back to work or not. My doctor said everything looks good but since my family tends to deliver a little early she just put me out just in case. We have so much stuff to do before little Apple arrives. Gabe is busy working on closet organizers for Apple’s closet so that we can put all her diapers, clothes, toys, books, etc.. away. I can’t wait until the nursery is done. I think I’ll feel a little better once it’s ready for her. Hopefully she won’t come before the nursery is done.

I can’t believe Thanksgiving is already next week. This year just flew by. I want to take a little maternity shoot sometime soon for our Christmas cards so hopefully we’ll be able to do that before things get really busy.

I hope everyone and their families and friends are safe from all those fires. Hopefully the brave firefighters will be able to put them all out soon. My thoughts and prayers go out to all the families that were affected.

Alright everyone have a great week and a very Happy and safe Thanksgiving. Till next time!

On Saturday, our families and friends threw us one huge baby shower. We just wanted one shower for both sides and it was pretty big. There were about 100 people that showed up on a hot November day. I guess it’s better than rain.

Everything turned out great from the invitations, to the decorations, giveaways, yummy food, and desserts. We got everything we need and then some. Everyone was so generous. We had a diaper raffle and received over 1800 diapers, yikes! We’re still receiving gifts in the mail this week and our diaper count is now over 2000!!! I wonder how long that’s going to last. Gabe is working on organizing the closet this weekend so that we can put away all the diapers and baby gear. We feel so loved! Here are some pictures from the shower:

Thank you Cynthia for the awesome invitations!

Thank you to my mom, Gabe’s mom, and Tita Beth for all the yummy food!

Thank you Mon and Laura for the Portos desserts and to Ellaine for the red velvet cupcakes!

Thank you Gabe and John for setting everything up and for bbqing the tons of meat for 3.5 hours!!!

Thank you Kay for the candy apple favors and for the fun games and prizes!

Thank you Ellaine, Ed, and Tita Cel for the candy lei, cute decorations, and beautiful centerpieces!!!

Anotado cousins, Kuya and Kaylee Jo, Annie, Lucas, & Jayden in the bounce house

The Dang cousins and the Tran cousins

Phans, Trans, & friends, the homies – Villaverts, Yangs, Millers, Trains, Ruizs, & Kanamoris

The Yus, Treanors, & Sheybanis

Mey & Tiff, Cindy & Chloe, Kevin & Arlou

My coworkers (thanks Dana for the tents), and Gabe’s coworkers the Newlyweds (2 weeks) Dennis & Loraine, and the Lopez’s

Four generations of Camus (my mom’s side) Kay, Kaylee, me, Apple, Mom, & Lola, (Auntie Faye got in the picture too)

Playing the string game (Esther’s was my favorite since it was the shortest), the match the baby to the star game, Lucas & Tim competing for the clothespin game.

Opening presents and counting all the diapers

The kiddos taking a break from the bounce house watching us open presents and having a snack

Thank you everyone for spending the day with us, for the generous gifts and diapers, and for helping us prepare for Apple’s arrival! Apple can’t wait to meet all of you very soon!!!

Love, Gabe, Jenn, & Apple