Well, after “Hi”, we thought it would be a good time to give Lorelai some tummy time in order for her to exercise her chubby neck.  She responded by balling on top of her lungs and crying her head off… After 5 mins of extremely high-pitched crying, she finally gave up…

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Greetings from Lorelai to everyone!  I am in a growth spurt and no one can stop me!

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Appearantly we are in one of these periods where she needs to eat like crazy and Jeannie & I (ok, mostly Jeannie) are getting even less sleep… During a growth spurt, breastfed babies nurse more often than usual (sometimes as often as every hour) and often act fussier than usual. Common times for growth spurts [...]

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Thanks to Lorelai’s uncle Henry, who drove down from NorCal today for 7.5 hours mostly to just see Lorelai!  I am sure Henry will turn out to be one of Lorelai’s favor uncles since he’s such a caring and funny cool guy!  Lorelai was kinda sleepy when Henry got here, but she promises that the [...]

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We went to the docs today for Lorelai’s 2-Week checkup. In a blink of an eye it’s been 2 weeks since she was born, and she’s been changing everyday! Most newborns lose some weight (up to 10%) right after birth, and the docs expect them to get back to their original birth weights by the [...]

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Lorelai has been changing almost everyday right before our tiring puffy eyes, and it’s pretty amazing to see the changes in her day after day. We have been told by many that she looks more and more like her Grandpa, my dad, Max. I certainly hope not, since my dad will make a really poor-looking [...]

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Appearantly a lot of people are having trouble pronouncing her name, so just to clarify, it sounds like “lore-a-lie”.  But to make things easier, she will be happy with Lori too. Her Chinese name has also be decided, and it’s 林詩佳.  It’s a pretty name matched with the time of her birth that will hopefully [...]

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A special sneak peak for our blog readers:

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Here are some pictures that we took of our baby girl during her stay at the hospital. As you can see, we got lots of time on our hands. The stay was rather boring and the room was really hot, and their cable sucks. Oh, and no WiFi.

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Thanks to family & friends who took the time out of their busy schedules to visit us at the hospital. Here are some of them (sorry I don’t have all the pictures, thanks to all the extended Chen families, James, UnHae, Joyce, Paul, Tia, & Stephanie, also people who called, emailed, SMSed, and messaged their [...]

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