Ha Jyn Mabel Son (pictures at the bottom of the post)

Our Baby is finally here!

Ha Jyn Mabel Son was born

January 19, 2010 10:22 P.M.

She was 19 inches tall and weighed 7.12 lbs.

It all started on the 18th at 1:00 P.M.

They scheduled me to be induced.

When I got there they discovered that I had not dilated at all!
I could not believe it because we were already 4 days past her due date!

So they first tried using a pill to help me dilate.

The pill takes four hours to completely work, so we waited. By the end of four

hours I had gone to about a 4 (out of 10).

So it was decided that we would wait a little bit and see if my body would go into

natural labor. It did but it was painfully slow. So at about 4 in the morning the Dr.

came in and broke my water. We all thought that it would mean the baby would come soon...wrong. After they broke my water I stayed at the same 4 forever!

Finally we decided to start an IV drug pitocin to vamp up the contractions.

That stunk because that meant no more walking around outside because I had to be connected to the fetal monitors. After about five hours of that and still not getting past a 4 the pain got to be way to much so I decided to get an epidural. I was really against having one. I really hate

needles and the idea of not being able to feel my legs. But at this point I was way tired and knew I had a long ways to go so I decided that I should get it. When they put it in Boo was holding my hands, but almost fainted when he saw how big it was.

After that they upped the pitocin hoping to speed up the delivery. Baby Ha Jyn did not like the pitocin. So after every contraction I would have her heart rate would slow down. When they realized this they quickly shut off the pitocin and gave be oxygen. After about three tries of starting the pitocin they scheduled a c-section and did the paper work for it. In the mean time the nurses shift changed and I got a new nurse named Jennifer Lynn. The same name as my sister. This nurse was amazing first she talked to me for about 40 minutes and did a play by play of what happend durring a c-section. Than she told me that she was going to do everything she could to prevent me from having a c-section. She had me lay on my side, gave me more IV fluids, situated my legs in a certain way and upped my pitocin little by little. All of her tricks worked!

About an hour before I gave birth my epidural stopped working and kept making this buzzing noise. I started to panic and told them to just give me a c-section and get the baby out. She than checked me an told me I was at a 10 and the baby was 2 inches away from crowning.

She had the anesthesiologist come and give me another small dose which put me out for about 30 minutes. When I woke up I pushed for about 20 minutes and finally I got to meet our precious Ha Jyn.

She was so laid back, she would not cry. The Dr. had to pinch her foot to get her to start crying.

I was so relieved to see that she was healthy out of me!

She is a really good and extremely cute baby! (not that I am biased or anything)

Besides a few long nights she is a laid back and low maintenance baby. It feels so good to have her here with us in our family. Here are a few pictures with many many more to come!

After her first bath at home

It is tradition in Korea for new moms to eat

sea weed soup so Boo made me a big pot of it.

Just chillin

She loves to listen to music already

taking a nap

My mom called this her dork outfit.

I think she looks ridiculously cool!

Grandma with her favorite Grandchild

I think she looks sooo much like Boo here

One proud Papa

Enjoying her first bath

"yeah I am finally out!"

I like how she is waving

Me about 30 hours into labor

My mom relaxing in the hospital

Ha Jyn at her baby shower

Another baby shower pic

May I vent? Of couse I may! (You don't have to read this, I am not really "all there" right now with it being 5 in the morning amongst other things)

My head hurts,

my eyes hurt,

my throat hurts,

my hands hurt,

my tummy hurts,

my fingers hurt,

my brain hurts,

my legs hurt,

my feet hurt,

my pride hurts.

And now for my vent:

As many may know we are poor.

We are poor, but for a good reason Boo is getting his master's. In

his field of study a master's is the difference between a $7 an hour job

and a career. Some suggest he should drop out and "provide" for his family.

I think he is providing, providing us with a better future, with a better pay, which will ultimately provide a way for me to get my

master's and further improve our future.

As of now it sucks. I don't mind being poor, doing without, not spending money. All of that I can do but what I cannot stand is the health care that is available to people in my situation and in most cases in worse situations than me.

Many times waiting two hours to see a Dr. for five minutes. Durring that five minutes being belittled, unheard and overall frightened. Having legitimate questions and no answers. I have friends and family I can turn to, to help answer the questions the Doctors don't have time for. But what about all the woman who just moved here from other countries (also looking for a better future) and literally cannot communicate with the Dr? What about the young girls I see who look as scared as I feel? When the Doctors don't have time for them who do they turn to?

In the New Testament Jesus Christ gave equal health care to everyone. He showed the same compassion to the rich as he healed them as he did to the lepers, whom no one else would even touch. He did not corner all the untouchables and poor people into a small space and make them wait for a few seconds of his divine guidance. He knelt down with them, prayed with them and gave them relief.

I feel like a leper. I feel like because of my current finical situation I am casted out of quality care. Like I have been thrown into a crowded fighting ring with no protection. That would be okay, but my poor baby is being tossed around from one uncaring Dr. to another. It's not about what is best for her, it is about what fits into each Doctor's golf schedule.

I know if possible Jesus Christ would take time to heal and help every sick or in need person on this earth. And while that cannot happen now, as a christian, human, American or any other catagory you or I might fit in this kind of health care is just

UNEXCEPTABLE !!!!

My Bump, My Bump, My lovely 39 week Baby bump!

Thanks to my good friend Erin we were able to take some

baby bump pictures. Every time I look at these I get the Black Eye Peas song, "My Humps"stuck in my head.

So four more days. These days I am even more swollen than in these pictures.

Big Sister Juny Ju. She knows a change is coming, she always

wants to cuddle with me and won't eat enough food.

Like son-in-law like father-in-law

"My water just broke"

One handsome couple

I was not smart enough to figure out

the whole making a heart with your hands on your

belly thing.

My very favorite picture, check out Juny's

face.

A picture of my swollen feet for my Mom.

New Years= New Resolutions

For New Years Boo and I had Korean food with friends

and than went to a nice party.

The next day we met up with a dog group to celebrate the new

year with a walk on Carmel dog beach.

There were a lot of cute dogs there!

As for this year's resolutions...

1. Get this baby out of me!!!!!

2. Read 30 Minutes to the baby every day

(15 in English, 15 in Korean)

3. Boo and I have the same goal weight.

Only his is really easy to maintain and I may have to

cut off some of my limbs to get there.

But I will get there. I WILL I WILL I WILL

4. No more judging. I am sick of being judged so maybe if I stop,

people will stop judging me? Okay truce to the 3 people who read this! ha ha ha

5. Reading the Book of Mormon as a family everyday.

6. Be more involved in the community, current events, church, family, friends etc.

7. Be great parents and raise a kid who loves everyone and is beautifully intelligent!

A very Merry Christmas and a VERY missed Gramps!

This Christmas was great. My sister Jen and her fiance

Scott came to celebrate with us. I was really happy to spend time

with them. I think we would have felt really lonely without them there.

It was great to go to the beach on Christmas in a short-sleeved shirt.

These three pictures were from earlier this week.

Like Boo's new doo?

Mother nature with the Mother load

Boo with normal hair

A belly picture for mom. Oh my gosh! Sorry mom looks

like Jenny accidentally stood in front of me.

Oh well perhaps another day....

Juny celebrating Christmas with us

The day after christmas my Own Grandpa (My dad's dad)

passed away. He got to be around a lot of his family

and die with dignity in his own bed.

This was the last time I saw him over the summer.

He was a hilarious man. When I was a kid he use to drive his motor home

to our Colorado house and let me give tours of his motor home to my friends. Only if I charged them a quarter. He never said a mean or unkind word to anyone and knew how to make

a joke out of anything.

He gave me my nick name Cat.

The hardest thing is that I can't be there now to help

comfort my Grandma and to honor and celebrate his life.

I am just hoping that he will pass our Ha Jyn as he is going up and she is coming down

to land. Hopefully he can teach her a few quick things like the real words to Jesus

wants me for a sun beam and how to enjoy life under any circumstance like he did.

I miss you and love you Gramps!

At our Utah reception

Right after my mission

Ha ha and Gramps last Christmas

Gramps and I

My Grandma and Gramps. Born two days apart

and married 67 years I believe. I hope Boo and I get that

much time together.

Christmas Trees, babies and maternity leave

This year marks Boo and I's third married Christmas

together. I think that my favorite tree will always be our first one

when we lived in Hawaii.

Here is our second one when we lived in Changwon

And this year's tree. Classy huh?

I made the star and everything.

This year we don't have a lot of extra space so

it is nestled nicely on our bookshelves.

Tis the season to have babies!

There are a lot of people who are due close to the time

of Baby Ha Jyn's arrival. I guess she is next!

My half nephew once removed and replaced.

(that's what I call my relation to him)

He is my Nephew and Niece Alex and Emma's Half Brother

Silas.

And my second cousin Owen!

Congrats to their new beautiful babies!

This week was also my last week of work.

I will go back to my job at the middle school around the second week

of march. Unfortunately I won't be able to return to my respite services job.

I am going to miss working with my kids!

Their Christmas notes to me were thoughtful and made me smile so I

took pictures so I could remember them.

In other new one of the wonderful people at our church gave us their

rocking chair. So far Juny loves it!