Cali's first week of life in review

So far life has been pretty easy on little Cali; lots eating, sleeping, and pooping. She likes to pee on Daddy when he changes her diaper. Just the other day she manged to pee out the side of her diaper on me while I was feeding her. She is one talented little girl! She has also managed to wrap everyone in sight around her tiny finger. Grammie and Grandpa are gaga over her and when Ed's Mom caught sight of her it was the same story.

So this week Cali had some visitors, went to the doctor for the first time, had her first bath with Daddy, went to church for the first time, and did lots of other cute baby things that deserved pictures. So please lay back and enjoy the following slide show of Cali's first week of life. As before just click on the picture below to get started!

Oh yeah and if you would like to stop in and visit please don't hesitate! Just give us a quick call beforehand. We love showing off our little girl!!!

Cali Adventures

The New Yu Edition

Sorry I haven't posted anything up here for a while but I think that I have a pretty good excuse, I had a baby! Yes, Calista Jean Yu joined our family at 11:34am on Thursday May 10th at High River Hospital. She weighed a hefty 6lbs 1oz and measured 19 inches long. After she was born I thought that I had the wrong baby; she didn't look Chinese at all! But now with everyday that passes she looks more and more like her Daddy, just as I had hoped!

Our little family is doing well now thanks to Grammie (my Mom) coming to stay with us for a few days. Ed is a excellent Daddy just as I knew he was going to be. Every diaper change is going smoother and faster. He loves his special time alone with Cali as you can tell from the pictures.

As for me everyday my bum feels a bit better and the breastfeeding is coming too. The nurses at the heath unit here are awesome and have already come out to see Cali and me three times! As for the birth experience I honestly can't complain, I was only in active labour for about 6 hours and once I had dilated I only pushed for 10 minutes. Yep, Cali was out in three contractions! I was pretty happy that I was able to do the entire thing without any medications... but believe me towards the end I was wondering what I was thinking! I have to thank Ed, I couldn't have gone through it without his help.

Anyway here are some pictures of our beautiful little girl. Enjoy! Come back to look often as I am sure that there is more to come! To see the entire album just click on the picture of Cali below.

Oh and just in case you are interested Cali was named after her great Grandmother Jean Brogan and great Aunt Jean Mills.

Little Cali Baby

It's a Girl!

On May 9th I had a huge burst of energy! I cleaned and organized the entire house. When Ed came home from work he couldn’t believe his eyes as I have been pretty much lying on the couch vomiting for the past 9 months. I called Mom to brag about the work that I had accomplished and she said that the baby would be coming soon; but I didn’t believe her.


That night around 10:30pm I started to have contractions. This was my first time in labour so I wasn’t exactly sure what was happening but I had a good idea. It felt like period cramps occurring every three minutes. I told Ed what was going on, his reply was “snore”. I knew that things weren’t too far along so I didn’t bother to really wake him up.

The contractions continued then around midnight I got up the bathroom and realized that I had passed my mucous plug. This was the real thing, my contractions remained three minutes apart so I decided to really wake up Ed and tell him the news. So we decided to go to Mom and Dad’s house since we had chosen High River Hospital as the baby’s birthplace. Ed was very excited and nervous; just like me. I asked him to give me a priesthood blessing. In the blessing I was assured that the baby would be healthy.

We got to Mom and Dad’s house and Mom was so excited that the baby was on the way. She was a little scared that my contractions were so close together that she sent us to the hospital. Sure enough they checked me and sent me home again. When we got back I sat in the bathtub for a very long time, the contractions seemed eased in there.

The pain became worse and caused me to vomit, so I knew then it was time to go back to the hospital, this was around 9:30am. At the hospital I sat in the shower; the pain became so much that I felt I needed something to relieve it. The nurse suggested that she check me before we tried the gas. I was 10cm! Time to start pushing!

Just then I had another contraction and with it my water broke. I heard the nurse say that there was meconium in it and I got a little scared but I remembered the words of the blessing. Three contractions and ten minutes later Cali was born at 11:34am on May 10th 2007, weighing 6lbs 1oz and measuring 19.5 inches. Her first APGAR score was 8 so everything was fine. We had a healthy little girl just as we were told.