Thank You!

Thank you everyone, for your words of blessings and congratulations. It's been a great journey so far!

FYI, the picture in the announcement (with the question mark) is Karl :)

It was fun to tell our families, especially Karl's mom, Betty. This coming Chinese New Year is the year of the pig; "pig" in Cantonese is the same word as "Chu." We wrapped up a pig stuffed animal and gave it to Betty in a gift bag. Karl said, in Cantonese, "Mom, here's a baby Chu [pig] for you!" As she was opening it, and she responded, in Cantonese "Now I want a real baby Chu for Chinese New Year!" So Karl said, "Okay, we're giving you a real baby Chu too!" The conversation was a bit lengthier, as Karl convinced his mom that he really meant, yes, a real baby. He said, "We need another red envelope this year!" and she laughed. With a wink, she said if we have two babies we could have two more red envelopes this year, so we said we would see what we could do about that!

I gave my mom a "Grandparents Magazine" that she had given me as a joke before our wedding. I still had the same copy, it was funny to give it to her dated Nov/Dec 2003.

We're not sure of the gender or the exact due date as yet, but Karl had an interesting dream a couple of years ago... we will see if it comes true!

I was pondering whether to start a new blog for baby stuff. I was thinking... is our current blog going to become a "baby blog?" and then thought, well, our current life is going to become a "baby life," so we may as well start here!

So, the first Chu baby gender contest... will baby Chu be a boy or a girl?
There's huge prizes at stake here...
which means I need to narrow the pool of winners...
Okay: Gender, birth date, and weight
your answers will all be here in virtual black & white... the closest guess wins
Dinner for two in Tuscany*!
(*Tuscany Valley Green that is... travel costs not included...date negotiable)