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Leela

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Leela was born on 5/21/17 at 1:35 pm at Kaiser Anaheim. She weighed 7 lbs 6 oz and measured 20 3/4 inches. So cute!!

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I’m so excited to meet the newest family member this coming weekend.  We fly down on Friday morning.

We’re home!

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Here’s Peanut’s going home outfit – picked out by his big sister.

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We got a photo taken as we were leaving the hospital.  I’m so happy we did this because I regretted not doing this with KK.IMG_8395We settled in nicely and KK was so sweet to her baby brother.  Let the new adventure begin!!!

Siblings

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My family is now complete.  I’ve loved having a little brother and I think KK is going to love being a big sister.  IMG_8301Look at these two munchkins.  Makes my heart melt.

Family BBQ

IMG_6734On our way home from Monterey, we stopped in Redwood City to BBQ and Jes helped Jason install an AC unit in the twins’ room.

IMG_6686It really melts my heart to see how sweet and attentive KK has been with the babies this weekend.  Here is a picture of her playing with Toni on Saturday night at the hotel.

IMG_6742And here she is with Toni again on Sunday night.  We’re gonna have to find a rocker for Peanut so that she can be the official baby soother in the house.  She’s got the rocking and shushing mastered already.

Last Day of Work

IMG_6551I’ll be 35 weeks tomorrow and today was my last day of work before maternity leave starts.  In the morning, everyone threw me a baby breakfast in our usual awesome potluck style.  They also pooled their money together and gave me a $200 gift card for Amazon.  So sweet!IMG_6550It was also Teresa’s birthday today so it was nice to have something else to celebrate too.

I worked a full day and it was not too busy but not too slow either.  I managed to get all my paperwork done and tidied up my desk all in time to leave by 4:30 (the usual quitting time).

IMG_6552I took this picture with Teresa (picture above) because it was I took a similar one with her the first time I left for maternity leave in 2012 (picture below).

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I’ll miss everyone but so relieved that I don’t have to endure another work day of climbing stairs, lifting patients, and scurrying around the floors of the hospital working while trying to find time to rest, drink plenty of fluids, and pee.  I didn’t actually feel relieved until after I picked KK up from school (also her last day) and was driving home across the bridge one last official time for the year.  All other trips across the Bay Bridge this year will be for fun. 🙂  Hooray for Maternity Leave!!  I’ll be off through the end of the year – it’s surreal to think I won’t have to work for the next 6 months but it’ll probably fly by once Peanut arrives.

Here are some gifts that I received today:
IMG_6562This came in the mail from Cousin Ishya.  So thoughtful!IMG_6563I found a small gift in my mailbox at work and it contained this inside.  Unfortunately, it was not labeled so I don’t know who it’s from!

IMG_6564I received this book from Lisa, a co-worker.IMG_6565And this book came from Shelley, another co-worker of mine.

Tomorrow will start my 5-week waiting period for Peanut’s arrival.  I have lots of stuff to take care of before he arrives and hopefully he will cook all the way.  Hopefully, I’ll get some rest while spending some quality time with my first-born.  It’s hard to believe that we’ll be a family of 4 in just a few weeks.