Legacy 2008

I haven't posted in awhile and before too much more time passes I should take the opportunity to inform you all that I was the official Legacy champion this year. When I was growing up me and the other guys in the neighborhood would compete in a tournament dubbed Legacy by splitting off into two teams and playing a game of basketball. That led to Legacy Mario Kart and other events. Its been a few years since we got enough of us together to do the tournament. This year most of us were able to reunite and compete in Legacy Wii Bowling. I survived the preliminary rounds and ultimately won the tournament. Here are some pix so you can bask in the awesomeness.

One Year Anniversary

Today is the one year anniversary...of what you ask? It was one year ago today that Darwin and I found out that we were pregnant. I remember it clearly (well, as clear as I can remember things now a days...most days, I can't seem to remember whether or not I closed the garage door when leaving in the morning...but I digress). It was one of many pregnancy tests taken over the months. Although I was late, I figured it would be like every other month with a negative test. But, we stuck with our ritual and waited the 5 minutes for the test to process and walked into the bathroom together. For the first time, there was a second pink line. I was so confused and didn't want to get my hopes up, so I dug out the directions to make sure it meant what I hoped it meant. We were pregnant! I was so excited, but surprisingly did not cry (although I tend to cry at the drop of a dime, I haven't cried at major life events where you would expect me to cry, like our wedding). I think Darwin was excited too, but to be honest, I don't remember his reaction-Darwin, do you care to comment and add to this? I called to get my doctor's appointment right away (although they didn't see me for three more weeks).

Even more difficult-we didn't tell anyone (which you know was killing me inside). We didn't even tell our parents and siblings for almost two weeks. Our works didn't find out until after the first doctor's appointment. And the rest of our family and friends didn't find out until we were through the first trimester. Whew! That is probably the biggest secret I have ever kept.

Anyway, as you know by now, all is well that end's well, and our little OP (I don't remember the exact date we coined that term, but it was pretty early on) was born happy and healthy almost 9 months after we found out we were pregnant. And for some reason, I didn't cry then either.

More Ginny Pics!

Here are some of the pics from Ginny's 3rd month of life (through aapx. Dec 27). Enjoy!

3 Months Old

Ginny turned 3 months old today...and what an exciting month is has been! She had her first Christmas and New Years and her first two trips to Disneyland! She seemed to love the few rides we took her on (she cried when they were over). I went back to work last week, and she seems to be adjusting well to her new daycare, but I still can't wait to get home and see her every night. She has started bringing her hands together and is starting to grasp on to toys. She continues to sit up and stand up (with support) and loves to do so and look around her world!

We will try to post some pictures of her this weekend.

Ginny is Famous!

Word has gotten out about Ginny-and she is getting the props and rewards that she deserves! Check out this exclusive news story:

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2 Months Old!

Ginny is 2 months old today. To celebrate (and in keeping with the season), she got her very first Christmas tree. She even put up the very first ornament! This weekend, she met Dr. Peter and Shirley and our neighbors, Lolly and Gary. She also went to Horton Plaza with Mommy and Aunt Sarah, and went to her first December Nights and her second museum (San Diego Museum of Art) with Mommy, Daddy, Aunt Sarah and Aunt Emilee!

Miss Virginia

It has been two weeks since I've last posted, and what an exciting two weeks it has been! Ginny had more visitors (Jon and Sheona), went to the Wild Animal Park again (this time, she got to see the elephants), went to Sea World for the first time, went to Dad's work and met the people there (except Ana), went to Mom's work and met the people there and went out to lunch with them, mastered rolling over, had two Thanksgivings, met Jeff and his brother Sean, went to the mall for the first time with us, went to the first restaurant with just the 3 of us, and she and I also went to the outlet mall by ourselves (very exciting/scary-I had no backup if she got fussy in a store).

Ginny is now a pro at rolling over-last Tuesday (as in two days before Thanksgiving), she rolled over NINE times by herself. We even managed to catch a couple on video (although the computer is not seeing my video camera, so I can't upload the video yet). Since then, she has been off and rolling (when she feels like it). Now that she has a taste of rolling over, when she is done with her tummy time and wants to roll over, she can! (Except sometimes she can't get her arm in the correct position, which gets her frustrated and starts to cry-then she gets an assisted roll over).

We started playing a new game (to further strengthen her neck muscles), where I pull her into a sitting position on my ankle (i.e., she uses my ankle as a seat)-she loves it! She loves being able to look around the room from her sitting position. Yesterday, while her hands were holding onto my thumbs as I pulled her into the sitting position, she continued to pull herself up into a standing position! It was so cool!

I think we also found a daycare provider for Ginny. We met her yesterday and like her and the environment. So, unless we win the lottery in the very near future, it looks like this person will be taking care of Ginny come January :(