Easter Fun

This year's Easter projects. All bunnied out.

We had a fun weekend, filled with all the usual Easter activities.

Easter egg decorating:

I am obsessed with eggs - both eating them and playing with them. I play with those plastic eggs all year round so coloring the real eggs is always one of my favorite projects.

So proud of my eggs I had to take a picture with my iPhone.

Egg hunt:

We went to the annual Easter egg hunt at Washington Park. It was pretty crowded and the 3-4 year age group was especially crazy. The whole thing was over in less than five minutes. I didn't get as many chocolate eggs as last year, but some kids didn't get any at all, so I can't complain. In hindsight, I should have used Colin and gone with the 0-1 year age group, since a lot of kids were helping out their younger siblings. He was too busy sleeping though.

Easter Bunny visit:

The Easter Bunny came overnight and filled my basket with small toys and goodies. I had made it clear that I didn't want him coming into our house (he's too scary), so I agreed to leave the basket outside our front door instead.

He left treats for Brady too, but I had to help him find them. I enjoyed another egg hunt in our backyard, and Brady enjoyed gobbling up all the treats that were inside.

Look how intently he is looking at those treat-stuffed eggs!

Brady and I really enjoyed the new bubble maker that the Easter Bunny left me.

Spring Time!

We enjoyed some sunny weather and fun activities at a spring picnic hosted by San Mateo Mother's Club. There was an Easter egg hunt, face painting, cookie decorating, and a visit from the Easter Bunny.

I picked up plenty of eggs, only to find that they were empty inside. We ended up trading them in for a goodie bag.

Me, Lidia, and Wylie counting our empty eggs.

I decorated this cookie and promptly ate it afterward.

Colin met the Easter Bunny for the first time. I, however, wanted nothing to do with the Easter Bunny so I just watched from nearby.

Then, we tired ourselves out chasing bubbles, running to see the ducks, and playing on the grass. It was a good time!

Hello!

Hello everybodee! It's about time I introduced myself! My name is Colin and I'm the newest member of the Ng family. It's been a crazy first few weeks of life, but I'm glad to be here. Aside from sleeping and eating, I've been getting to know my new family.

I have a proud big sister who loves to hold me.

And a pet dog. He's not sure what to think of me yet, but whenever I start screaming, he runs away.

Brady meets me for the first time.

I'm still very tiny but growing very fast. 

This is just the beginning. I'm sure there's a lot more in store for me and I look forward to sharing my adventures with y'all!

Pizookie!

Kaitlyn's first Pizookie!

It was actually my first Pizookie too. Can you believe I've never had one until now?

We had totally hyped up this special treat for Kaitlyn, and I remember sitting anxiously through dinner hoping that I wouldn't go into labor before dessert came. Thankfully, nothing happened and we got our Pizookie. Later that night, a few hours later, Colin was born!

Colin's Birth Day

Baby Colin arrived two weeks early with very little notice. It was Saturday just after midnight, and I had just gotten into bed when my water broke.  Good thing we live three minutes from the hospital. And thankfully, the Chiu's live across the street from us so Gigi was able to come over in the middle of the night to stay with Kaitlyn. Within half an hour, I was checked into triage, 4cm dilated, experiencing strong contractions, and begging for the epidural. After what seemed like forever, I was finally assigned to a delivery room. Two short hours and two pushes later, Colin was born! 

Prentice got to assist with the delivery and catch Colin when he came out. It was a pretty cool moment when the gender of our baby was finally revealed and he called it out, and it made all those months of not knowing totally worth it.

He was born with a whole lotta hair on his head

Kaitlyn was super excited to meet her baby brother for the first time and came to the hospital the next morning. She was very gentle and sweet with him. After that, she just enjoyed hanging out in the room with us since she got to watch cartoons on TV, eat jello, and visit the nourishment rooms for juice and snacks.

First picture as a family of four!

Since Colin was born early in the morning on Saturday, we had to spend two full days and nights in the hospital. It was nice having the nurses around to take care of us, but I recovered pretty quickly and was anxious to go home by the last day. There really wasn't much to do but take tons of photos.

Taking the newborn hearing test.

Big sister gift from Colin. Kaitlyn had been asking for this dragon Stuffie after watching the commercials on TV.

Colin smiling for the camera!

Finally going home!

Introducing my Baby Brother!

Meet Colin Thomas Ng, born on March 15, 2014 at 3:39am! He weighed 7 lbs, 6 oz and was 18.75 inches long.

Welcome to the world baby Colin! I hope you like dogs. And bossy big sisters. 

More photos to come.