Baby Gong

posted by Alan
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So, my brother Steve(n)* has come and gone. We had a really good time with him and his friend Mike while they were here. It meant alot to us for him to want to come and see our lives here and the things we do out here. I think we gave him a pretty good feel of what life is like out here for us. He was supposed to do a guest blog while he was here, but we were just too busy. Then he planned on writing it on the plane ride home, but he got sick and remains curled up in a fetal position. His guest blog is coming soon though, so I'll let him update you on what we did and his perspectives on Shanghai.

Two lines means positive. Guess which one is mine and which is Daisy's.
But for now, we have our own update for you all. There will soon be another Gong in China. One of the things that Steven got to do while he was here was to come with us to see our first pictures of Baby Gong. Yup yup, Daisy has a future professional athlete already working out inside of her. We're both really thankful and excited.



Just to answer some questions that we know are coming:
- We don't know the sex yet and we probably won't until AFTER we come back in July. But yes, we're going to find out.
- I don't care if it's a boy or a girl, as long as it's a boy. I'm too protective, having a girl is gonna drive me crazy. Daisy thinks that we'll get a girl for that reason.
- As of this post, Daisy is 13 weeks. When we get home, she'll be 16 weeks.
- Yes, we're going to have the baby here in Shanghai. We have an American doctor in an international hospital. They even have running water!
- The baby will still be an American citizen. But it can't ever be US President (sorry baby).



We can't wait to see everyone in a few weeks! Give her big hugs, but not too hard.

*Side note: How come everyone calls my brother Steve? Me and my family have, and always will call him Steven, but it's even to the point where I start to introduce him now as 'my brother Steve.' But it feels weird, because my brother is Steven. Did he just start introducing himself as Steve to everyone? Did he tell everyone to just call him that? If so, then when? How did this happen? And how did my younger brother Robbie's name stick with him so long? It's just a nickname, but it usually goes away, right? You don't hear of many Robbie's these days. He could just as easily be known now as Bob Gong. Strange.