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Alison Leigh Nguyen was born January 16th, at 1226 at the Ottawa General Hospital.  She came in weighing in at 6 pounds and 12 ounces.

It’s been a whirlwind since that time, and finding spare time to write this or to post pictures for people is very rare.  My friends advised me that I’d completely run out of free time once she’s here.  It’s so very true, and it’s something I never understood until she arrived.  Before Alison was born, I couldn’t have imagined how demanding it is to ensure the survival of an utterly helpless human being who wakes every 2 to 3 hours to feed.  Now, I still can’t believe how things have transpired… how for the last week and a half she’s been born, I’ve been going through this repetitive 3-hour cycle, all day, every day.  Night and day loses any meaning, and the days of the week go by in a sleep deprived haze.

She is absolutely worth it though, and she brings me so much love and happiness.  I never thought I could love someone so much, or how someone could change the meaning and view of my life so greatly.

There’s now so much more meaning to living. I now live knowing that I do it to make sure that she’s safe and sound too.  I can now live only as recklessly or irresponsibly as her well being permits, and that means that I can’t be reckless or irresponsible at all.  It’s not to say that my life was meaningless and empty before, but now it’s that much harder for it to be just about myself.

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I’ve been taking lots of photos of her and the experience and have them posted up:

http://picasaweb.google.com/leemobile/AlisonLeighNguyen#

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