Unfortunately, we all know this does happen because there’s at least one person in every group of friends that sets the bad example. That’s why my little Lexi Fung wakes up with Daddy every day and heads to the office to work. In fact, she’s the one that kicks Daddy till he wakes up. See, she’s already taking charge! And as you can see in the video, she’s quite good at scheduling her day out and getting things done!

I’m hoping that if I teach her right, one day, she’ll be out of my house by 18, become an accomplished Olympic Athlete, and be wealthy enough to be a Dragoness on Dragon’s Den. I set the bar high for my little one

2010 has been a very busy year for me as many of you know. Those of you that follow me on Twitter and Facebook have been getting the play by play while the blog has sat dormant for most of 2010 until now. But there was a lot that kept me away.

I found out I was going to be a father and then in August of last year, my beautiful baby daughter, Alexis, came into the world. Yes, she does have a Twitter Account, naturally. I’m changing a lot of diapers these days and that’s in addition to my day to day duties running Futurelooks.  Around the same time she came into the world, we also had to deal with the tragic loss of her grandmother, her mom’s mom, who finally succumbed to cancer.

Before that, I was leaving my pregnant wife, who at the time, could have actually popped at anytime, and headed off to COMPUTEX in Taipei. Thankfully, Alexis didn’t pop out while I was in Taipei. Those of you on Twitter seemed to enjoy my never ending stream of pics and short messages about where I was and what I was seeing in one of the coolest cities in the world.

Luckily, we’ve been taken care of by a company called EZP.NET that specializes in FAST, FINELY TUNED and RELIABLE web hosting. The best part of this is that he’s basically my neighbour. I really owe Shane and his team for bailing us out.

Yes, this past year has been full of life altering experiences. And for 2011 I’m hoping that I’ll be able to share a lot more as I’ve made a promise to start updating my blog again right after CES 2011 which I can’t believe ended just a little over a week ago. It was definitely something to blog about as I won the Build Your Own PC Race for Charity which takes place every year. I’ve come in second and fourth before but I’ve never won. What a GREAT way to kick off 2011. The best part is that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children will get $10,000 US and 30 computers. I’ve got a post coming with some more pics and vids for you to enjoy a bit later.

I really hope the momentum keeps going for the rest of 2011 as I work on bringing Futurelooks back to its former glory and begin plans to kick MEGATechNews into high gear. My little side project will finally get the funding it needs and will have the talents of the formerly non-committal, freelancing writer, Michael Kwan, at the helm. Yes, his life is about to change too in 2011. Let’s just say he liked it so he put a ring on it

Well, enough rambling from me. What’s up with everyone for 2011? Let me know what’s happening!

I’m sure that most of you that read my blog know that I have this propensity to go for broke when I eat. Some kid that I’m “eating for two” or three or even ten. In fact, in my last few food challenges (like the Burritozilla, Beth’s 12 Egg Omelette, Pho Garden Challenge and the Fraiche Triple Slider Challenge) I’d often remark that it looked like I’d been “knocked up” after tackling such ginormous portions.

Many of these extra calories were consumed during a road trip back from the US with Kelly. I flew down to San Jose in late October to meet her and the two of us made our way home through the coast of California, Oregon and Washington. Between food challenges we hit a lot of interesting places like Napa Valley for its Wine and Eureka because I wanted to see if it was anything like the TV Show with the same name. Sadly, no.

What I didn’t realize was that many of these things (my knocked up appearance, the major amounts of extra calories consumed) was simply foreshadowing for something else that would change our lives forever.

But The Doctor Said…

Don’t believe what doctors say!

The human body is still a mystery and if a doctor says they know exactly what’s wrong with you, they probably don’t. But they do try to prescribe pills, toy with your blood tests and tell you that you’ll never get pregnant with all your hormones out of whack. Well, how the heck do you explain this?

I’m no doctor, but that looks like a developing fetus to me. However, based on this diagnosis, I think I could play one on TV.

The Miracle Baby…

No, I’m not preggers, but I am the baby daddy. That’s right folks! I’m going to be a DADDY!

You see, Kelly was told that she would never be able to have a baby with her hormones that far out of whack. As an athlete, she already had body chemistry working against her. Add to that some thyroid disorders that come from her Scandinavian heritage and we’d pretty much be in that percentage of couples that would never be able to have children without some outside help. I guess my Michael Phelps diet helped because I developed some “Strong Swimmers” by ingesting those huge meals on our way home back to Canada.

Based on what the doctors told us, “Fung Jr” was conceived on October 27th, 2009, which put us right in Eureka, California. Eureka is right. Could it have been the water too?

Looking Forward to Fatherhood…

I feel frightened, blessed and extremely excited about what this next chapter in my life brings. There are so many things to learn and so many new adventures for Kelly and I to look forward to as we begin our journey together as proud parents. The baby is due this July and I can’t wait!

In the meantime, got any “Fatherhood” tips to share? I can really use them