IT'S A BOY!!!!
Yes, Stan and Annie are now parents... eek!
Ryan Robert Kwong has arrived...
Birthday: 7/24/00
Weight: 8 lbs 2.5 oz.
Length: 21 in (L)
Stan testimonial....
It has been a long day today so if the mail rambles a little bit...get on me later...like 18 years from now when I have time....er.....maybe 18 is too soon
So what happened? - To start off, I am in COMPLETE awe about childbirth process. A lot of respect goes out to anyone who mothers a child because Annie was having contractions for a couple of weeks and was in hard (contraction type) labor for over 17 hours. Hell, I don't even do things that I like for 17 hours. Annie started having hard contractions between Saturday night and Sunday morning so we went to the hospital. Annie measured 4 cm dilated (10 cm is considered fully dilated so that mothers can push.) Annie started pushing at 4pm on Sunday and pushed for about 7 hours before the doctors contemplated a Cesarean section. This is the part that I will always remember because a C-Section was the last option on our Birth Plan. Maybe it was from watching too much Baby Story on Lifetime but Annie said, "the best option is a C-Section so that the baby won't suffer anymore." This had nothing to do with exhaustion or the worry that this was major surgery....it was because she loved our little "Bubba". I am extremely proud of her. Many tears were shed at 12:22 am on 7/24/00 as the Doctors and I yelled, "It's a boy." The doctors continued to work on Annie while a different team worked on the typical birthing procedures. The doctors let me cut part of the cord then they showed Baby Ryan to Annie. Both Annie and the baby were admitted to her room a little bit after 2:00 am. Dad went home.
On Annie - I must say that Annie did a great job with the whole process. Everything from the nursery and clothes to contractions to the birth of our son was the most amazing thing that I have ever witnessed. You can see that Annie is going to be a great Mom. The way she is with Ryan is really something to see. Annie is recovering well from her surgery as she is already slowly walking around. If you see her.....ummmm.....tell her that she just had a major operation less than 24 hours ago and she should sit down. :)
On being a Parent - Right now I am so happy that I feel a little dizzy. It is such an awesome feeling that Annie and I (mostly Annie) were able to bring a healthy baby boy to the world. I hear a saying a while ago that said, "...being a parent is having the ability to watch you heart run around outside of you." If that isn't it, sue me I'm on limited sleep. At any rate, I am extremely happy that both of the important people in the Kwong Dynasty are ok. I am looking forward to teaching my son good values and maybe some baseball. This is where you come in. For all intensive purposes, I'd like to consider you all Aunties and Uncles. As Aunts and Uncles, I would like you to help us raise Ryan as a good boy with some of your knowledge, values, time, etc. This is by far my only wish at this moment as the commitment to raise the best boy that I can extends to our Family and Friends.
So what now? - If you are nearby, stop by the hospital, Kaiser Hayward room 205 (visiting hours 11am -1pm and 6-8 pm.) or call 510-732-3205 until Thursday when Annie gets released. I am assuming that Annie and I are not going to have a lot of extra time and/or sleep so we might have to rely on you to check out the joy that we named Ryan but also to keep our relationship strong. Annie is schedule to come home on Thursday. I am not sure how Annie, Ryan or myself will deal with the transition so if you are planning to come over, please call before you come. I might insist on a smallish number until we get into a semi-routine. Please don't view this as a polite don't come over type on thing, I just want to allow enough time for Annie to recover. The truth of the matter is that our great Family and Friends is one of the most positive things that we have.
If you are interested, Annie is planning to upload pictures and whatnot to the website. Log on to: http://www.geocities.com/
Love always,
Stan, Annie and Ryan
PS Giving your time is more important than money. Unless you are a Yahooligan! and want to offer Ryan a job as a baby consultant or some strange position like that. hahahaha :)
PSS Attached are 2 pictures: one of them is Ryan Robert and the other is Ryan Robert being first introduced to Mom. I'd send out a Mom and Baby but I don't want Annie saying, "you sent that picture out?!!?!" It'll keep out marriage happier. :)
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