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Monday, December 10, 2012

the most amazing cake i've ever seen



On of my friend's had a big joint birthday with 3 other people (whom we didn't know) and they had this awesome cake made by the team at the Westin hotel.

It was huge- and had a little house for each person decorated with things they liked- basketballs! The Golden Gate bridge was depicted along with JW marriont (Shanghai), World financial center (Aka Handle building), and pearl tower. In the back are signs showing their favorite hangouts, and there was also a huge cookie of an iphone showing their wi-chat icons and birth dates. And yes- we did eat it!!!

me, birthday girl Mary, Coco, and Laurie

Our little one


This is our little one, growing in my belly. He's already been all over australia, shanghai, and soon will visit America.

We have been praying for our little one for the past 4 months. Its been an adventure - previous the pregnancy I had a mystery condition and was told we may not be able to have kids- ever. Or other not-so-nice possibilities. We are thankful for our healthy baby and look forward to his debut next spring!

So far, the morning sickness has dissipated (after a boat trip on the great barrier reef), road trips and airsickness. He is moving now- kicking and shifting- usully when I've been sedentary for much too long, or cooking at the stove...?

It took us a while to share our new for various reason, one of which was we didn't have a normal ultrasound to show... our doc kept giving us awkward or x-rated images! haha ha We're in an "international" hospital but most of the staff are local Chinese who speak english. Did you know that since its the year of the dragon that many Chinese families have been having their kids this year? Like twice as many? to be fair, our hospital quoted us their number of local patients doubled this year- not sure if its like that across the board, but it was near impossible to get into any other local hospital.