Waiting for Amelia

T-minus 4 days.

July 1.

The day that will change everything. Well, technically, everything changed when I asked, "Will you go steady with me?", but this milestone is arguably much bigger than that. For one, I will lose much more sleep in this case. For another, my video game time will decrease significantly. Sad, in either case.

So, 2 questions you may have:

1) Do people still ask to go steady?
2) Who is Amelia?

Well, let me answer the easy one first. No, I actually didn't ask to go steady with Leslie when we first started dating. In fact, I don't know if there was any specific moment when we were "official". We just started dating and seeing each other more often. We didn't drive each other crazy, so we just went with the flow. I just used this as an example for dramatization purposes only.

(Come to think of it, I don't know how 2 people make it official anymore. I guess they ask if they want to be exclusive? Hmm, sounds weird. I do know that I asked a girl once, "Will you be my gf?" but that was a little awkward-sounding. And this was when I was in college.)

Second question, who is Amelia?

So, if you haven't guessed already, Amelia will be the name of our "coming-soon" newborn girl. Yes, Amelia, as in Amelia Earhart or Amelia Bedelia (as referred to by my 5-yr old nephew). The name has actually grown on me, but my first choice was Jordan...I always liked that name because of my bball hero, it sounds cool for a girl, and it's a strong name for an athlete type.

But when it came down to it, after many months of name deliberation, it was Amelia...although several factors include:

- My chinese parents being able to properly pronounce the name without slurring or short-cutting
- An overall litmus test voting among friends (60-40% for Amelia over Jordan)
- Les's bestest friend, Steph, addressed a baby gift to Amelia (which is cheating)

So, Amelia Wong, she shall be. In case you were wondering, 3rd place voting goes to my bro Allen's suggestion: Megatron, which beat out many others.


Middle name is undetermined as of now, but it will be Japanese since her last name will be chinese (at least until she's married). Les's parents have provided a few nice options, so we'll pick one soon. I, personally, like an unofficial submission, Samurai.

As of now, I am effectively on pager duty since she can arrive any day now. I think we have everything ready: baby room with crib, baby seat, clothes, books, diapers, video games, etc. We're feeling a little unprepared, having never done this before, and maybe even a little worried since we can't even keep fresh food in our pantry. (I've never seen ketchup turn gray before) But thankfully, our parents have volunteered to help us out during the first few months...or did we say years in the contract? I think Les is a lot more comfortable being a mom, but maybe that's because she just wants to unload that massive weight from her tummy area. I have that same feeling after a night of Indian buffet.

As for being a dad, I'm a little nervous myself. Less time to go out golfing with my buddies, hang out at the gym, work on the computer, or just sleeping in. But more importantly, having to take care of a baby? Being a good teacher? Disciplinarian? Bad cop to her good cop routine? Keeping tabs on her when she grows up? Dating? Paying for the wedding?! Yikes. Maybe for now, I'll just watch out for projectile poopies. Everyone says it's tough but well worth it, but I guess we just have to go through it ourselves. The good thing is that I can teach her to be the next Michelle Wie, and then I can ride her coat tails to $$$. Woohoo!

So as the countdown goes, we'll most likely be going through our "last time" phase this week. Last time we can watch a movie, have a nice dinner at Ohgane, an evening walk, or bum around the couch watching episodes of Master Chef with just ourselves. Because starting next week, it'll be us +1.

It's been an interesting 9-month journey so far. Emotions from shock/awe->anger->bargaining->anger-> finally, acceptance. jk, I skipped most of them. (Well, at least went through them quickly.) Having our good friends going with us along in the journey has definitely helped us out. We're now looking forward to the many years of a larger family now!

I am looking forward to this also, the Average Asian Aging Process:


In the meantime, if you would like your baby boy scheduled for a prom date 18 years from now, please submit his photo and resume to us. We will respond to you accordingly. Thank you!