natalie (korean name has not been determined at this time) kim: born april 20, 2004, 6:27 p.m. 7 lbs 5 oz.

so my niece was born yesterday at irvine regional medical center...cathy started contractions at around 11:00 p.m. on the 19th, checked into the hospital at 6:00 the morning of the 20th, and another 12 hours later, my niece was born. ernest called me before class yesterday, and i was telling everyone at school and on-line 'bout it...hehe. unfortunately, i had class until 7, so art and i weren't able to drive down until then (at least we missed traffic-took less than an hour to get down there). so we showed up just in time to see her cranky...apparently after she cried a little when she was born, she was just looking around, all curious and mellow, but when we were there, we got to hear her exercise her lungs. but, she is soooo adorable! especially for a newborn...she has a full head of hair (the doc even commented on it) and i think she's got ern's light brown-almost green eyes. she got the e.t. (all wrinkly and alien-looking) fingers and toes goin' on, and they're already long and gripping pretty well...she's gonna be a tall, beautiful volleyball player...i've already told ern and cathy - it's her destiny!!
it's one of those things, tho...i look at my bro, and i just think...what the? how can he be a father?