A YARD AT LAST!

The landscape guys did our yard yesterday - no more mud! The inside is going pretty quickly now too. So Exciting!!!

HALF WAY DAY!

Today is 20 weeks - we only have 20 (or so) more to go until we meet our little man!

More Progress

Our house is looking even more like a house!

We have a closing date at last...on January 12th we will be the newest residents of Vintage Place - How exciting! They started painting today - so that means I can't go back into the house until next weekend.

What's In A Name?

鄭 義 龍

CHUNG EUI YONG

Well, our little man doesn't have an "American" name yet, but he has been honored with his Korean name already. Here is a neat little lesson in Korean culture...

Min's father's family has a record of all the men in the 32 previous generations. That makes our son 33rd generation and that is almost 1000 years! (I can go back - maybe...5 generations)

Traditionally, the paternal grandfather selects his son's children's names - so, in keeping with tradition, Min's dad has chosen his first grandson's name.

Korean names are based on corresponding Chinese characters for their meanings - so those are Chinese - not Korean characters above. The first character is the symbol for Chung. The second character, Eui, means "righteous." The Chinese character for Yong means "dragon" (but Dragon is the symbol for "King" in Korean culture). So his name means "Righteous King" - that's a big name to grow into, but we like it!

Apparently, a man came to Min's dad in a dream and told him this would be a good name...he didn't understand the meaning of the dream until we told him last week about his grandson! Dreams are a big deal in Korean culture and you can "buy" someone's good fortune dream from them. Dreaming about a snake on your roof means a boy is on the way. Go figure...

Now we need to come up with an American name for Eui Yong.....

Race For The Cure

Over the weekend Min ran in Austin's Race for the Cure along with 25,000 other folks. I couldn't manage it this year - but my sweet husband ran with a celebration sign for my mom. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and has been cancer free for two and a half years! Hurray!!!

Making Progress...

The house is looking more like a house now - we have a driveway, a garage door, WALLS!!!. Above is a shot of our future kitchen. It may not look like much now - but when it's done it will be my dream kitchen. Stay tuned...

The Schnauzer

AKA - Sophie Doodle, Sophalenie, Little Dog

Our little Sophie. She is in for the shock of her little puppy life in April when the baby will steal her thunder. Soph is used to being our baby and is more than a little spoiled. But - she is a love and a super smart dog. However, she does have a slight personality disorder - she's convinced she's a Rottweiler! But - I have to say, she is a great watch dog...she takes care of her people!

It's A Boy!

We went to my 16 week OB appointment yesterday and found out we have a little boy on the way! Dr. Seeker - our fantastic OB - is 100% sure it is a boy. Six more months and we'll get to meet our little man.