Monday, 2 February 2009

New Faces


We've had two months of "family time" since Mia was born. First my parents were here followed by Shad's parents and brothers. Mia has met all four of her grandparents and both her Jek-Jeks (paternal uncles), now we just need to have Karen, Alan and the kids, and Tania come visit then this "Meet the Family" cycle will be complete :)

This holiday was a special time for Shad's family because we not only celebrated Mia's arrival but we'd also planned a belated celebration for my father-in-law's 60th birthday. Jason and Roger flew in to Hong Kong on the quiet, and the look of surprise on their parents' faces when they saw them that night was priceless. We had a second laugh the following morning at the confused look on Ryan's face when he walked into the livingroom and saw his uncles sleeping there. We hadn't told him that they were coming because our little friend still can't keep secrets!  

Mia - One month and six days old

Kiddies with Ah Kong and Ah Ma

Meet the Jek-Jeks

Dinner at Aqua to celebrate Dad's 60th

Deelicious!

Three Monkeys

Fancy a Ryan cocktail anyone?

Mmm... what could they be thinking about - just look at their eyes!

"Who's Ryan?" Spot the imposters (Story behind this pic - Ryan has a birthmark on the right side of his tummy, incredibly Mama also has a mark at the exact same spot)

Lunch by the beach on a beautiful winter's day

Well... at least those school fees are coming to good use! Actually the only thing Ryan wrote were the squiggles around his name :)

Kite flying at Shek O beach

Little scaredy cat using Ah Kong as a shield from the incoming kite

Remember these from our childhood days? Amazingly they still sell them now.

Buffet lunch at Cafe Too

Chocolate Art

Ngam Family Portrait

Paddling on Inspiration Lake

Thursday, 8 January 2009

Full Moon


The days just fly by now. Mia will be seven weeks old in a couple of days. We had a belated Full Moon celebration for her on 4 Jan with some family and close friends. This day was all the more special as we had both sets of grandparents with us.

Our little Miss Chubby now weighs 3.5kg. Yay!!! Quite an achievement given how small she was at birth, a mere 2.39kg. She's growing so quickly that she's truly lost that new born look.

My days are now taken up with feeding, changing nappies, as well as trying to keep the same routine for Ryan as before. I now can appreciate what other mothers mean when they say that with the second child, there's really no such thing as a fixed routine. Unlike Ryan who had a very fixed schedule for nap times, poor Mia just gets dragged along in the pram regardless of whether she's awake or in the middle of a nap, when I have to go pick Ryan up from school or take him to his taekwondo lessons etc. But I have to say, she's handling it like a champ. She seems to sleep through just about anything, waking up only when she's hungry or uncomfortable.



Where it all began...

6 weeks later...

And now we are four :)

Family table - enjoying the Peking duck

Good friends and good food

Girlie talk with Aunty Dee

The Patersons meeting Mia

Uncle Peter getting a little clucky ;)

Ryan and Nic enjoying their own little dessert buffet

Keeping the kids occupied while the adults enjoy the food and company
 
We're missing two here!

Three cheeky monkeys

Sweating it out on the playground

Three generations of Hans and Ngams



Sunday, 28 December 2008

Firsts...


It has been an exciting (and also tiring) few weeks since we brought Mia home. We are still adjusting to having a baby at home and settling into our new routines. Shad and I love having a tiny baby to cuddle again while Ryan loves his new role as big "Kor-Kor". We've been very lucky so far, Mia has been a relatively easy baby. She feeds and sleeps well, and cries only when she's hungry or needs a cuddle (this will probably all change tomorrow now that I've written this!). She gave us an unexpected surprise in week 2 when she slept for 7 hours straight one night, hopefully this is a sign of things to come :).

Here are some snap shots of some "fun things" we've done over the last few weeks.

Beach babies...

First family photo at our favourite beach, Shek O beach

Snoozing in the sun

Food for all, including the little Missy!


Snorkelling 101...

Exploring the marvelous underwater world of... the bathtub

"I got a live one!"

Mia's first meeting with Poh-Poh and Kong-Kong...



"I can make things move with my hands!"...

Mia discovers the joys of touching things (25 Dec 09)

Ice-skating fun...

This ice-skating thing is easy (as long as I have my trusty chair for support) ;)

Diligently waiting for the next instructions from the coach


Picnic in the park...

Happy foursome in the park

Pizza and burgers at Disneyland Hotel Gardens


New Wheels ...

Daredevil Ryan on his maiden scooter ride

First time out at Inspiration Lake for the little munchkin


Mia's first boating adventure...

Lovely ladies enjoying the sun and sea breeze

Captain Ryan taking his job very seriously :)

One extremely tired little boy