Baby Announcement

20 minute old

12 hour old


It was a long and exhausted day yesterday, then our tiny miracle finally arrived 25 minutes into the next day. Our prayers have been answered. God has blessed us with His precious gift.

Please join us in welcoming Jacob Goh (吳禛毅), born at 12:25 am on Mar 31, weighing 8 lbs. 15 oz. at Queensway Hospital, Ottawa. Both mum and baby are doing great.

Note 1: Click above photos to see larger image.
Note 2: We need assistance to write "禛" in Simplified Chinese character. Please kindly let us know the answer.

D-Day and H-Hour

"The terms D-Day and H-Hour are used for the day and hour on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. They designate the day and hour of the operation when the day and hour have not yet been determined...."

I guess I just have to borrow the military term "D-Day" for our Delivery Day. Our "operation" will be initiated tomorrow at 8am. Hopefully it won't take long to induce the labour, but the timing is in our God's hand.

Once again I pray that we will enjoy our sweet dream tonight, and we will wake up tomorrow with a recharged energy and refreshed spirit to face our big day.

Due Date

"Despite medical advances, there's still no way to know for sure when a woman will go into labor ... even with reliable dating, some women still have prolonged pregnancies, and experts don't really understand why."

Yeah... Today is the due date. Our baby still enjoys his little room in mummy's tummy. Everyday, dd leans her belly on the baby crib, and tells him how big his crib is going to be, and assures him that he is going to love it.

We went to see our obstretecian this morning, Dr Anderson said dd's blood pressure was high and if our boy doesn't come out by Friday, then we will induce the labor on Friday morning. We pray that both mum and baby will have safe delivery.

The Marks of Disciple

Things are sliding down on my side. Stresses, worries and changes mix altogether in such a short time frame, creating an uneasy atmosphere at times. The coming of mother-in-law, the job changing at work, the excitement but yet anxiety one on the coming of baby. I guess those pieces just have to blend into our life to make this moment even a beautiful and unforgettable one.

It was a great sermon on 2 Timothy 2:2-7 today. It reminds me to be a good disciple no matter what and how things are changing around me. It encourages me to live like a soldier to endure hardship, to act like an athlete to discipline, and to live like a farmer to do the hardwork and to wait in patience for growth and harvest.

As Soldier

• Endure hardship
• Submission to please commander

As Athlete

• Discipline life & training
• Compete according to the rules

As Farmer

• Hardworking
• Dependence or God for provision
• Patience in waiting for growth and harvest
  

Disney On Ice

Six more days to go. Mum, dd and I went to watch the Disney On Ice at Scotiabank Place this evening. It was a good show to them, and only an "OK" show to me.

可怜的手

那细长的手那里去了? 几周前结婚戒指还戴得上去，现在只能戴上一半，变成臃肿的手了...

还有七天，孕妇加油!! 宝宝加油!!

Next Stage Of Life

Last night, dd and I spent our time together (just 2 of us) for the last time. We bought a live Tilapia fish from Superstore, and cooked our dinner together. We just enjoyed our night.

Today, dd will work at church for the last time. It was God's mercy that dd had this job when we were struggling with our financial, and it is also God's grace that dd has the opportunity to serve Him the way He wanted us to be.

Tonight, dd's mum will be arriving at Toronto airport. Our best friend Ben will help to fetch mum from Toronto to Ottawa. We are just too lucky to have Ben to help out, that dd wants me to be around as baby will come out anytime after week 37. At first, we thought we can drive to Toronto together to fetch mum, but our obstetrician Dr. Anderson thinks that is a bad idea. Therefore here comes our Superman. :)

Tomorrow early morning, mum will arrive at our home in Ottawa. Mum will be here in the next 3 months to help out. Thanks mum, thanks for coming!

For now on, we are moving into the next stage of our life. As our lives go on and as we are growing older, we are praying that we will all keep our faith in Him no matter what stages of life we are on. David reminds us in Psalm 37: "I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken" (Psalm 37:25).

Memories at Camp Fortune

Very good experience with Camp Fortune's ski class. Time pass, and now I am done with the total of 9 ski lessons. We had 7 students in our class, led by our instructor Heather. Heather is a good instructor, and she demonstrated to us that skiing is fun. Not to mention the parallel skiing we learned in her class, she also taught us 360 degree turn, etc. In our last class, she also led us to go down the double black diamond trail. Bravo!