Another C-section

This morning I left early to go to Chung Shan Hospital where another sister was having a C-section. This baby came out to be 4.649 kilos! The mother came out of the surgery looking very tired and felt a lot more pain.

It was strange to witness two C-sections in one week and to see such a difference.

Ariel had her C-section on Monday and was walking by Tuesday. But Shelly's recovery might be longer. I'm praying for a miracle as she has a four year old to take care of!

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Driving 633

Alan took me to the River Park and forced me to get behind the wheel of 633 so that I can get used to driving it!

I still like Lightning a lot better.

But Alan loves this car!

I think it's harder to steer and much bigger.

Alan thinks it turns better and is roomier.

It's all a matter of perspective!

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Must Be Driving Soon

Thursdays are my usual days when I go and  drop off the kids at the MRT station, but I didn't want to drive the new Wish!  So, Alan took them this morning.

BUT he will take me to the park tomorrow to practice as I will need to be driving soon! I can't keep asking him to drive the car! Especially this summer when he won't be here. But I'm thinking maybe I can just ride my scooter to do the shopping at Costco. I can't keep postponing the inevitable!

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Picked Up & It Fits!

Alan is very happy.

He loves driving. And now he loves driving even more.

He drove all the way DOWNTOWN to pick Isaiah up! He could have ridden the scooter, but now... with his "new" WISH, he would rather drive even with the traffic... It's true.

I will take a few pictures and update this tomorrow.

Isaiah, our sweet son, helped Alan change all the screen choices into English so that Alan can figure out what all the options are.

It doesn't have the new car smell... but it has the new car FEEL.

And it fits in our mechanical parking space. That's a miracle. The car's height is 159cm. And our space is 160cm!

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New Class & Baby AOK!

Today I started a new class at the NSB. Most of the students were ex-bodyguards for the president and the vice president. We had a lot of fun, chatting about 'things'!

And the baby is AOK! I went to visit him after a long day of teaching. It was just so fun to wrap him up like a dumpling and put him in his little bed as they wheeled him back to the nursery.

But today was a very exhausting day!  God indeed was my strength!

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Ariel Had Her Baby

Today was a tremendous fulfilling day.

I went with Robert and Ariel to the clinic as they were scheduled for a check up. If the ultra sound shows that the baby has not turned properly, then Ariel will have to go for a C-section.

Without even checking, they said, "Yes, she's going to have a C-section."

The baby was born at 12:55!

He is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hung around until Ariel was back in the recovery room and we checked into their room upstairs.

So, I got home at 4:15!

To get to the hospital, I had to ride Robert's BIG scooter!  I fell once! It's a very heavy scooter and while stopping at a stoplight, I stepped on a cement block that was wobbly and the scooter tipped. The people behind me must have wondered what happened!  It took a lot of strength to pull it back up again!

Anyhow, it was a great day. I enjoyed riding the big scooter. And it was so beautiful to welcome Caleb!

Pray for him as he seems to have water in his lungs and has to have 'oxygen' for at least this first 24 hours.

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License Plate

Our new car's license plate starts with AAF.

I told Abby, "That stands for Alan Alagata Forever."

And Abby said, "No, it stands for Awesome Alagata Family."

How creative my sweet Abby is!

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