Our baby girl was born at 14:29 on July 16th!!
On the 15th, we went to a mall because it was way too hot to walk outside as exercise. We had lunch and sweets there and walked for a couple of hours and went home.
It was full moon on the 15th and I prayed and told the God that Andrew and I were so ready to welcome Madison. I got loads of energy from the moon.
I had small contractions on and off since a few days before and also had upset stomach before going to bed. At 4:20AM, I suddenly woke up and felt pain in my back and stomach. I went to the bathroom and there was sign of labor! I woke up Andrew and text my mother and told that I was having the contractions :) Pain came back every 10 minutes, but Andrew told me to wait because he wanted to take a shower and asked me if I could get breakfast ready, so I said "Nooooo!" I called the clinic and they told me to come right away. We got to the clinic at 5AM or so, and pain gets worse and worse. My due date was July 8th and it was already 9 days late, so Andrew and I were so excited and I was even enjoying this pain UNTIL 11AM. My mother came at 9AM and sat there beside me and my husband Andrew pushed my lower back and supported me for a whole time. I could not do it without his help and love. He walked in the hall with me and we cried together because I was in bad pain and getting close to deliver Maddie.
There were 3 pregnant women on that morning and nurses thought I would be the last one because I only dilated 3cm when I got to the clinic, but I ended up having a baby first!
It was an amazing experience and I could do this because I was with Andrew. I did not scream or shout at him and he constantly helped me and even took pictures and short videos during labor while supporting me. What a wonderful and thoughtful husband I have!
There are a lot more to tell about my labor, but I will stop for now!
We are just so happy to have Madison Rei in our family. Thank you God for giving us such a beautiful girl.
I will never forget about this special day :)
Maddie had her first photo shooting at home done by a photographer daddy with help of her mommy and mimi. She got milk drunk and had a great 2 hours. She is an angel and I could not resist taking pictures on my phone and other small camera. 
I stayed at the hospital for 5 nights from the 16th. In Japan, you usually stay at the hospital from 5 to 6 nights after delivering a baby. When you have second one, you stay there from 4 to 5 nights. I enjoyed every meal and learned how to breastfeed a baby and give a baby a bath and so on. 
Look at this beautiful handmade quilt!!!! 
When is our baby going to be born?
Andrew and I found out that we were having a baby at the end of October, 2010. I took a pregnancy test and came out as positive but could not believe that this was happening to me! I went out to a Korean style BBQ with my co-workers on November 3rd and threw up everything I had on that night. Then I realized that I was missing something, so took a pregnancy test again and it came POSITIVE! This time we were pretty sure that I was pregnant. We were both very happy and excited about our first child :)
