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Snug as a bug.

Here's lookin at you kid!

My aunt Heesy loves me so much,

That's right, I'm irrisistable...

Lost in the animal kingdom

Hmm.... which is my favorite???

Trevader!

Hmmm, should I wear a Sith outfit or a Trooper outfit...
Bah, Sithy is more fun.

















Where's my meditation chamber??


















ARRRG! I'm Popeye the Sithy Lord...

Family Shots- First 3 Weeks

These are family shots of the first three weeks and Trevor. He's definately a busy boy!

1st time proud Grandma! (2nd week)















We went to see Grandpa for the first time. Lotsa firsts!
(2nd week)

































Dea Grandma is having a grand time too :)
(2nd week)












Aunt Nancy... Rockin away! (2nd Week)













Aunt Bethie - gettin some practice in... (3rd Week)

TaterTot Arrives!

Well, the Tatertot was launched into this world August 10th ! Yep, he came early. Much to our surprise, Mommy only had 1/2 hour hard labor! And pooper trooper Trevor Tate was 7lbs 1 oz amd 20 inches long. So, he's a Star Wars fan already, and we couldn't leave the hospital without the appropriate attire :)

Thanks to all the baby shower gifts of love, Mommy and Daddy have less of a hard time trying to get through post partum. Whew! Proud papa Tater and Momma Tater are very overjoyed and doing well.

One More month countdown milestone

Welp, Tatertot is going to try to meet the world soon. He actually might come early. They estimated his weight from the size of his Tater head and his leg bones and guestimated that he's around 6 lbs., 6 oz's. The first words from the doc were, "Wow, he's low!" So, Tatertot might sprout sometime sooner than his due date. So many people love him already. We had 3 baby showers. And the Winne the Pooh themed nursery is almost done. One shower from family and family friends, one from mommy's workplace, , and one from the best Star Wars groups around-- that us nutty parents belong to, the Old Line Garrison . So many thanks to all of those who gave him baby stuff. Tatertot already beats rhythmically treating mommy like a drum, probably because of mommy's piano teaching. Lots of firsts for baby and mommy and Daddy at this point. Daddy and mommy are counting down the days of freedom - the illustrious times that we've spent without the 100% increased responsibilty and attention that an infant requires. Then we'll be starting a calendar of new life with our little spud.

The biggest question is-- will Tatertot receive a real name?
Could it be, Star Wars like? Could it be a Chinese name? Biblical? Funky- and just throw everything off? or, will he be like Indiana Jones, a JUNIOR (said with a Sean Connery voice)?

Stay tuned :)

Baby Room

Finally, we painted the baby room!

Pic from the net
While looking on the net, we found the mural that we wanted to paint. We did some alterations though. Can you tell the differences?









Our Mural
We used the projector method. Thank God for Aunt Beth (providing the projector) and Doug who helped paint the doors and trim. The mural took at least 17 hours straight. (Jim did most of the mural ;) I did the tree, and some of the bottom characters.) What a relief to finally to have finished it.









Can't wait to seal that mural, so we don't get the sign "Who flung Pooh" on the walls instead...

The Baby Registry

Yeap, what a change from Star Wars-- We decided for on a wholesome theme for Tatertot, so that he could be well rounded on various American Pop Culture themes-- We chose Winnie the Pooh, so that he had an outlet if he decided to go against the fanaticism of his parents. (wink wink... I think Jim will ultimately sway him to the Star Wars side...)


And, we can't get away from down to earth potty jokes--
Jim said, "They need a shirt where in the front, it says 'Winnie' and in the back, it says 'Pooh.'

Then of course, we caught the "Disney" Winnie the Pooh theme with the more vivid colors.




Wow, we didn't know it was going to be so time consuming and all the products scream, "You probably need this..."

So, we went to two places to register... Wow little tikes sure need alot!

Babies R Us

Walmart

Baby's First Pics (Sonograms)

April 6th
We found out Tatertot is a BOY!
We were so excited to see him kick, I looked at the sonogram and said, "I felt that!"

The side views showed him already treating mommy like a soccer ball.

At 19 1/2 weeks pregnant, this sonogram was kinda spooky and skeletor lookin, but the sonogram isn't 4-D; but rather just a slice of what his face would look like

May 6, 2005
The technician couldn't get a good shot of Tatertot's back and spine so, lucky us! We got some more baby pics :)

This is the side view of Tatertot. He's got his daddy's nose already :)




We thought we had lost the first set of pics, so I asked the technician to give us another pic as "proof" so there was no question as to the gender of our little spud. He's definately a HE.

Bah, edited this blog page, cause... well some people had issues with it.

The Tatertot Story Begins

Well, to our surprise, we were told I had to wait 9 months before having my second eye surgery...I was like "whaaat?"

Nurse: You are pregnant my dear.
Me: (Jaw Drops)
Nurse: Do you want me to tell your husband or do you?
Me: (Hands In "Home Alone" position around face) Oh my God! I will tell him.
Nurse: Ok, he's in the waiting room, I will bring him in.
In walks Jim
Me: Umm... Honey? (Big quirky smile on my face)
Jim: (Points to me then his stomach)
Me: (Nods)

Jim already knew, and I didn't have to say a word.

So thus begins the story of Tatertot

First person told: Hee Sung-she was visiting from Cali and voila came to eat lunch with us thinking I had surgery.