Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! Mommy, Daddy, and I wish you all to be prosperous in the New Year! This is the year of the Ox, MY Year!! We went to visit Nai Nai this past weekend to Celebrate Chinese New Year.





Look at all that great food!!

Mommy and Nai Nai
Mommy is 30 weeks pregnant!













Nai Nai, Mommy, Callie and Foster

Mommy at 28 Weeks Pregnant!

Here we are at 7 months! It has flown by! I will be here before you know it! I have been moving around in the womb like crazy!! Kicking and punching mom every chance i get! I weigh about 2.5lbs! The other night i had the hiccups and dad was snoring pretty loud, so needless to say mom didn't get much sleep!

Mom is taking break from school so her and dad have more time to prepare for my arrival. Mom has been feeling pretty good, not too uncomfortable yet. Although her ankles turned into "kankles" after a very long day on her feet for the first time last week and her belly button is starting to "pop" out!! Gross!! TMI??

Aunt Rima and Aunt Kathy are planning a baby shower...so mom and dad better hurry up and register for all the things they will need to take good care of me!! My room is coming along, all that is left is the decorative touches! Mom and Dad are going to start child birthing classes so they know what to do to get me out of this joint!


I better get back to growing!
Love,
Addy

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Addy!

Greetings from the underbelly! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Mom, Dad and I celebrated Christmas this year with Ron, Kathy, Colleen, Laura, and Jordan. We had a ton of fun playing Catch Phrase, opening presents, and eating!! Thanks everyone for all the gifts you sent us and we missed seeing our family in Ohio and West Palm Beach.


Here is one of my favorite presents! An ornament from Kathy and Ron that says "Baby on the Way" (ME)!

Here are some more gifts that Mommy and Daddy got for little ol' ME!

Thanks Dyan and Dan for the Missiouri onsies, i will make sure i wear them when we come to visit you! And i can use all my other travel accessories you sent too!

Thanks Grandma Lee and Grandpa Jack for my really cute sleepers and all the diaper wipes! I love the duckies on the feet!

Mommy, Daddy, and I got to spend New Year's in LONDON!! This was my 4th time on a plane!! I am quite the traveler!! Daddy had to work there so we went a week early and were typical tourist and spent time with mommy and daddy's friends: John and Ericka and their two kids; Adrian (2 and a half) and Marco (5 mo.).

Mommy, Daddy, John, and Ericka on New Year's Eve in London!

We had a wild adventure trying to get back home after the subway closed unexpectedly! I learned that John is really from Jamaica that night and not afraid of the London Police!! :)

Me and Mommy outside of Buckingham Palace!

Mommy and Daddy with John and Ericka's beautiful boys, Adrian and Marco!!

Mommy and Daddy on a walking bridge over the Thames River. The Tower Bridge (often mistaken for the London Bridge) is in the background.

Mom and Dad infront of one of the beautiful hot springs in BATH!

Adrian got a great view of the changing of the gaurds at Buckingham Palace!

My 19 Week Ultrasound Pictures

Finally....Mom and Dad scanned my 19 week pictures in for you! At the rate they are going we will not be celebrating my first birthday until i am 2 years old!! At this Ultrasound the Doctor looked at 40 different bones and organs to make sure i am developing okay. Everything is normal and working as it should be!

Look at me in 3D!! I have my Daddy's nose! :)

Look you can see my umbilical cord in this picture!

Mommy and Daddy are still working on the Video, stay tuned....

Today i am 24 Weeks (6 Months). I am growing and moving like crazy! I even consistantly respond to my dad when he talks to mom's belly (today anyway)! I am a little over a pound, the size of an ear of corn. One important thing that is going on right now is that my lungs are developing the branches and the cells that produce surfactant which will allow me to breathe once i hit the outside world!

Well, better get back to growing and sleeping!

Love,

Addy

Addy's Nursery

Here is a sneak peak at the begining stages of my nursery! Thanks to John (my neighbor) for all your hard work painting and putting up the panelling and chair rail and Aunt Kathy who is updating mommy and daddy's dresser giving it a fresh new look! I will post the finished pictures of my special room when it is all done!

Happy Turkey Day (Belated of course!)

Boy, it has been a busy busy month! Uncle Ron, Aunt Kathy and Colleen, Mommy and Daddy, and I went to Walt Disney World for Thanksgiving!! We walked around Downtown Disney after having a great Turkey Day Meal at the Hotel and then saw La Nuba the Cirque du Soleil Performance. Maybe I can be one of the Chinese Yo Yo girls (if i am a girl)!! (see the Video Bar to see the Chinese Yo Yo girls)

Then on Friday we went to see the ICE sculptues at the Gaylord Palms Resort. Brrrr it was very cold, 9 degrees!

Here is Mommy at 22 Weeks Pregnant with ME!! Behind her is a large ICE sculpture, good enough to eat!!

To see more of our Holiday Pictures follow this link:

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/569214695vscqNX

Until next blog,

Addy

More Fun Stuff for ME!

Now a message from Mommy and Daddy....

Thank you to all of our friends and family for the tremendous amount of love you share with us! We are truly blessed to have you in our lives! This week marks the 1/2 way point of our pregnancy and could not be more excited to bring a child into this world surrounded by all of you! Thanks for all the advice, gifts, tips, and support you have given us first time parents to be! Keep it coming, we really appreciate it!

We love you all very much!

Renee and Johnny

I promise i will post the pictures and video of my 19 Week Ultrasound, just as soon as Daddy scans them in and we figure out how to post the video! In the mean time here are some more pictures!!

Here is Mommy and Daddy in Cincinnati, outside Grandpa's house! Mommy is 19 Weeks Pregnant. Almost 5months, half way there! Mommy felt me move for the first time around 20weeks. She also got a stomach flu at the same time so it was hard to tell if it was really me kicking her! At this point i am the size of a banana!

Mommy and Grandpa!

Grandpa already spoiling me with this cute outfit and blanket! Nice and warm for visiting Ohio!

Mommy and Daddy got to see Aunt Abby, Uncle Nate and Elle while we were in Ohio. Here is a picture of Daddy with Elle (11mo old)! Abby thinks i am going to be a little boy and therefore Elle is my future Girlfriend!! Hmmm...Elle Chang.... I think it has a good ring to it! She is very cute and has a great sense of style (of course she gets that from her mom and my mom!)

Aunt Abby, Uncle Nate, and Elle gave me this cute bear and blanket for Christmas! It matches my room colors, green and teal (?). We did a little shopping at the outlet malls in Columbus! Mom and Abby could have spent all day there shopping!

Uncle Chad and Aunt Carrie came to visit us this weekend and surprised Mommy and Daddy with all this cool stuff for little ol' me! I got two new bibs (well i guess everything is new when you are not even born yet). A cool little container to put my pacifier in so it stays clean, a little stuffed animal, and two blankets for me because i am going to be a Rock Star! That's right i think my cousin Cooper and I will start a band together! If all my followers predictions are right, i will be a little boy, so it will be a boy band!! Look for our debut around the year 2022!

Uncle Chad and Aunt Carrie eating Smore's at Mommy and Daddy's party!

Uncle Mike and Aunt Liz also come to visit from Orlando this weekend (Mommy and Daddy had a party). They brought me this really soft puppy dog blanket that i can hang out on! Looks like we have a 3rd dog! It will be great for tummy time!

Here is an outfit i gave Daddy for Mommy and Daddy's 2nd Wedding Anniversary on November 3rd. Yes, kind of a selfish gift, but i will be able to wear it next year when the Rays go back to the World Series and WIN!!!

Until next blog,

Addy