Today could have been Eliana's birthday

Today is such a day to remember. It's Eliana's expected due date!! Indeed, Eliana has been with us for more than 2 weeks now. To us, these days were mixed with excitement and confusion, joy and pain, great satisfaction and tiresome nights.

Today, I wish to take this opportunity to count our blessings:

Thank God for a healthy, beautiful daughter. The delivery was safe despite of a little complication. The timing was amazing. If it were happened the night before, we would not be able to reach St. Paul Hospital due to the jam-packed road on a firework show evening. If it were happened during the day, we would be stuck too due to the downtown parade.

Thank God for giving Eliana a quiet soul. She is a sound sleeper, and only cries in 3 cases--when she is hungry, need a cuddle, or a soiled diaper. She's an automated alarm, reminding us to feed her every 2-3 hours.

Thank God for arranging a great midwife service for us. We've been well supported and cared by Heidi and Saras, whether before, during, and after the delivery.

Thank God for a completion of the intensive Greek course (the so-called 'Suicidal Greek') With the support from my teacher and commrades, I was able to finish it well.

Thank God for having my mom over to take care of our daily needs. Mom has helped a lot in Connie's quick recovery.

Thanks to all our friends and families for loving us, whether from Hong Kong, Vancouver, or other parts of the world. Thank you for the prayers, blessings, and gifts.

I invite you to celebrate with us. Enjoy Eliana's photo album.

BB 出世了

好消息！
BB 出世了！竟然是女！（之前看過Connie肚的形狀的人， 99%的都猜會是仔！） Connie 和我其實都好開心是女！她名字是鄭允兒--天父應允禱告而生的女兒，英文是Eliana，是希伯來名，意思也是God answers 。

八月二日晚六時許Connie便大大的感到作動，在midwife助產士到達時Connie的子宮頸已在很短的時間內開了九度！連助產士也嚇了一跳！，為安全起見我們不能再駕車去醫院而叫了救護車。經過了3小時的pushing後BB還未出到來，midwife和醫生認為是因為BB面向了天，令他出來有困難。醫生建議用forceps鉗子幫他轉身。就這樣，醫生一邊幫他轉身，Connie一邊push，在八月三日凌晨3:54，BB出世了！

感謝神，小B十分健康，出生時體重也有大概六磅半；她在出世的時候已長滿黑黑的頭髮，樣子又標致可愛，極像小時候的Connie。

因Connie的傷口較大而失了不少血，我們留了在醫院3日，到八月五日才回來。這幾天我們十分累，特別是因為那天晚上「通頂」了一晚，然後小B每2-3小時便會醒來吃奶一次，我們確實需要時間適應新的生活作息規律。感恩的是小B很乖，餓了才會哭，吃完奶後她便會安睡3小時，而我們也把握這個時段休息片刻。有趣的是她像一個活鬧鐘，很準時的便會醒來著我們餵她。另外，我媽媽從多倫多來幫助我們，為我們分擔了很多擔子，教我們不用擔心每天三餐外，更每天為我們炮製補身的湯水，我們實在是感激不盡的。

對Connie來說，休養好身體固然是重要，可是卻被各種挑戰包圍著。學習餵人奶的她由沒有奶到現在已「上奶」，但仍要承受乳頭及乳房的痛；另外生產時因用鉗子造成的 3rd degree tear 傷口；再加上身體的賀爾蒙轉變，她身心默默承受的痛畢竟不是我可以輕易明白的。我只願可以學習支持她、為她打氣。請大家亦在禱告中記念她。而我的暑期密集課還有一星期才完結，小B提早出世確實影響我原先的計劃，但沒法子了，that's life。希望可以快快的以新的讀書模式完成課程，成績未必會最理想，但我只願好好完成最後的階段。

回家後要記掛的不只小B，還有要顧及阿比家姐的適應。除了照顧小B，我和Connie當然沒有忘記阿比的需要，我們比平日更多的攬著她，與她傾談，我們相信無論是領養與否，有兩個小朋友的家庭都要處理爭寵的可能性，我們希望阿比知道我們十分愛她，沒有「大細超」！她在我們住院時有嬤嬤照顧，但分離確實對她的情緒有影響。我們回家的第一天她便嘗試多要我們的注意，我們亦讓她大哭了一場，她的情緒發出後我們便安慰她、堅定的向她說我們愛她。希望阿比時刻的體會我們的心意。其實阿比確實很愛護小B，時常嚷著要抱她、甚至她更掀起她的衣服說要餵她「奶奶」！她是個好家姐！

小B很可愛，尤其是在吃奶過後那安舒的神情最令我歡喜，我很享受抱她在懷中的那份感覺。我在網上也放了不少她的相片，有空也上來看看她啦！

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