a party for our little princess

I must say...I'm not a big fan of organizing any sorts of parties, though I like hosting small parties with close friends, I hate planning and organizing.  Nevertheless, I thought Emma should at least have a first birthday party.  I must say, though....parties nowadays are SO EXPENSIVE!!!  The clown...the game...the cake...the balloons!!I've kept everything to a minimum and hosted the party at the function hall of our apartment, not bad, actually.  Since the apartment has this new trampoline installment, I only added the fishing game for the little kids to enjoy.  In the end, thanks to my parents, aunties, and relatives, the party turned out ok :) though I must say I'm quite disappointed with the ugly barney clown and the scarry "godzilla" like mini barney cupcakes, in the end I just see past that and the kids were having so much fun and most importantly, Em was having thetime of her life...she was SO EXCITED and only get exhausted after it all ended and fell asleep when taken upstairs.  Thanks to our friends who came and celebrated it with us :)

ooo baby

I was just starting to eat those delicious super fresh oysters, raw fish and all things raw!!! then I found out we're going to have a second one :).  Yes, we were planning on having a mousey but we wanted a late mousey (i.e. born some time in Jan/Feb of next year) but we thought we ought to start early this time, because Emma didn't happen in one go :p.  So, after I was done expressing my breast milk for Emma for six months, I stopped giving her my milk so I could be fertile again...and here I am on my fifth month....I guess this one happened in one go...I haven't even had my period yet...and this girl number 2 will make us a family of four on 28th of October 2008 (c-section date with Dr. Cook in Brisbane).  

Now you know the "real" reason why I've been lazy....lately :)

my my...lazy me :)

Didn't realize how time flies when you're busy :)...I haven't been writing for more than 4 months now...mostly because I'm too lazy...lazy to write, lazy to crochet and lazy to get online once home.  

Emma's picture was finally published by Ayahbunda magazine, she appeared on both the magazine and book edition. 

Emma is almost 1 year old :) she was only a tiny baby 1 year ago... and she's an active drooling baby who crawls everywhere she likes...oh and she loves her pink duck bike, donated by her cousin, Claire hihihihi :)

Yes...she's grown some hair, though not long and still spikey like his dad's :) and yes...people still mistook her for a boy...though she's obviously wearing pink (other times I put her on neutral colours, so I can't blame them).  

We left her for 2 horrible weeks to visit Patrice in the US for her graduation.  It was the longest 2 weeks in my life.  Never thought I'd cry on the plane thinking of Emma nor did I expect not enjoying the US.  Francis and I both feel that our lives now revolve around our little angel :).  This time, when we went to Woodburry Outlet, I bought nothing for myself (well, mostly because I'm pregnant and could not fit into anything nice) and bought a luggage full of clothing for Emma hahahahaha they're so cheap and extremely cute.

a splash of fame

Yesterday, baby Chris had a photo shoot at our apartment for Ayahbunda magazine and Emma was lucky enough to be asked to model as well (hopefully they'll really use her-fingers cross) :).  And yes...they're not using me as the model mom hahahahahhaa...instead....they asked my sister, Jessica to model as the mom :| hahahahahaha

never ending crochet

O how I can't wait to finish my crocheting project....am making a dress for Emma...but it's taking SOOOOO LONG to finish...I still have SOOOOOOO MANY more rows to go :( hix....

mr. piggy is done!

I've been wanting to make a pig, because Em was born in the year of the pig and Finally!! After messing up my "work/dinner area", little porky pig is done!!! It took me quite some time to finish this, since I was so busy lately. A bit disappointed with its size...I guess my yarn is too small :( and I've made Mr.Piggy a wok to carry but I think the wok is too big for him hahahahaha :) The apron turned out ok...not the best but I'm quite happy with the overall result...onto my next project! I need to re-learn knitting!

burdastyle

I came across this great website, called burdastyle. I love this web, it has a lot of HOW TOs :) great for beginner in sewing like me :). Check it out!