Surprise!

We hit our 36 week mark on Friday, Oct 2... with just one more week to go before the baby was full term we knew we had to have most things ready. so in the last couple of weeks we've sorted through clothes, toys, baby stuff; stocked up on diapers, desitin, wipes, etc; and set up the pack and play, car seat, etc. THANK YOU to everyone who have shared so generously with us - we wouldn't have half the stuff without you!! All of your generosity and grace continue to amaze us!

So we had a quiet night at home and celebrated 3 years of marriage with a nice dinner at home and a movie. Went to bed around 11PM. Then around 12:20AM, I thought I felt liquid coming out (pretty much I thought I was wetting the bed) so I rush to the bathroom but I'm too late. By the time I get there, my underwear is soaked. I wake Leo up and say I think my water broke or I wet the bed and I'm really embarrassed. We just had a session with our doctor and she said if your water breaks you need to call immediately and head to the hospital. If we were unsure then to change to a clean pair of underwear and walk around for a couple of hours. If it's wet again, then you broke your water and need to go to the hospital.

I change my underwear and within 10 minutes it's a little wet. I proceed to call Oli and ask her is she thinks my water broke - she says... Yes, call your doctor. So we call Dr. Wu and leave a message with her answering service. We had been planning on packing our overnight bag a couple of days ago but hadn't gotten around to it. So while we waited for the doctor to call, we start packing. In the middle of packing, i have another gush of water - by this time, we are sure my water broke.

So Dr. Wu tells us to get to the hospital as soon as possible. We get there - they check to see if the baby is still breached. Unfortunately, she has not dropped and is still breach - we will be having a c-section. We think it'll be in the morning when they do the operation. BUT after about 30 minutes in the room, the anesthegiologist comes in and explains the anesthesia procedure. then says, we'll start in about 10 minutes. I was like - huh? what? now?.... i look at leo and say - are you ready? we're going to be parents in about an hour...

After about an hour of prep in the OR, leo joins us. 15 minutes later we hear the doctor say they see the baby's butt. next thing we know - we hear our baby girl cry and leo gets to go and take pictures of her. So a month early, we welcome our precious blessing Kaitlyn, Born on Sept 5 at 301AM, 5lbs 7 oz, 18 inches with a full head of dark black hair.
We thank God for his faithfulness to us, to our family and friends for all the calls and prayers, and our community here in NYC for taking care of us, visiting and providing for our needs. We are so blessed by all of you and love you all dearly!

Here's some pics of her first day!! Enjoy!
(for more pics: http://peggyandleo.smugmug.com/Family/Kaitlyn/9535911_NUqPx#641001206_eq6bU)