What a crummy Xanga friend I am! Has it really almost been 5 months since I've updated? Ai-yahhh! I've been meaning to come back here and catch up with you all for a while now... Really! I feel I've missed out on so much! I was explaining to my sil that it just became a bad habit *not* to xanga... Plus, I wanted to come back with a bang - Perhaps with a new background or a rockin' new profile pic at least. But, hopefully this will make up for the lack of that... I have an announcement to make for those of you who don't know me outside of xanga. It's a biggie, hehe... I'M ALMOST 21 WEEKS PREGNANT with A BABY BOY due DECEMBER 29TH!  J and I are thrilled! And Cameron seems to have some grasp that he's going to have a dai-dai (little brother). It's the sweetest thing when he cuddles up to and kisses my belly. Awww... Now that the big news is out of the way, here's a quick update from the past 5 months: April 2008 - Spent a month in Hong Kong and J's hometown in Southern China with J, Cameron, and J's mom, dad, and sister. Cameron was a dream to travel with! He slept soundly at night while J, my sil, and I went out and enjoyed street food and restaurants within walking distance from the hotel. We got back home on April 30th and found out I was pregnant when I took a home pregnancy test. Yippee! May 2008 - I was stuck in bed all day because the pregnancy symptoms hit me *hard*. I didn't have the energy to go out and had a horrible time keeping food down. I lost weight and felt horrible. But thankfully I was able to enjoy myself during a relaxing weekend vacation at Lake Tahoe with my family. June 2008 - Mid-June, I began to feel much more like myself. I counted it a luxury to be able to get out of the house and "only" throwing up around once a week (versus after most every meal)! July 2008 - I felt well enough to venture off to Toronto for a week with J, Cameron, and my little brother to visit our friends who moved there from Vancouver. It was Cameron's 4th flight and he did well, as usual. On July 26th, J and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. We attended a party that evening instead of doing something romantic, which was fine by us! We can always do something couple-y another time - We always welcome the opportunity to hang out with a bunch of friends. August 2008 - I've caught Olympic fever... bad! From the Opening Ceremonies to Michael Phelps winning 8 golds to all the talented gymnasts to now, diving and track and field! I love it all! The other exciting thing this month are two weddings - One for the ring bearer in my big brother's wedding back in 1990. I got all weepy-eyed while I reminisced about him growing up. He was one of the "kids" when I was a counselor for the high school fellowship at church. *sigh* I almost lost it during the wedding, but sitting next to J, who always thinks I'm silly when I do a sappy cry, I held it together. The other wedding (tomorrow) is for my good friend whom I've referred to as my other big bro. We knew each other since we were in diapers. In high school we were on the phone almost every night while procrastinating from doing our homework. We'd talk about life and love (as much as we can as teenagers) as well as frivolous things for hours and hours. Ah, those were the days... Well, there's my quick update. I'm so sorry for my long absence!  Talk to you all soon! For now, I'll leave you with pics of my big boy from last month in Toronto (in his cheapie US$1 sandals from China! :P). 
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