He seems to love his sister Emma very much (from photos) but... Although we spend more time looking after Joel, he is still jealous of Emma. We love both of you! ;)
our babies
joel - the first year
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
35 months
Joel is 35 months! Only 1 more month till his 3rd birthday! Joel is 92cm tall and weighs 13.4kg. He's looking like a "big boy" too (no more baby face). But when he stands next to other kids (the same age), he still looks like a small boy. Most of the time, he's also the shortest. ;p
He seems to love his sister Emma very much (from photos) but... Although we spend more time looking after Joel, he is still jealous of Emma. We love both of you! ;)
He seems to love his sister Emma very much (from photos) but... Although we spend more time looking after Joel, he is still jealous of Emma. We love both of you! ;)
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
emma 1 month
Baby Emma is 1 month old!
She weighs 4.25kg and is 54cm tall. That's an increase of 1.2kg and 7cm in her first month.
15 Nov 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
emma turns 1 month. the dinner.
Yesterday, Daddy Elvis made a pretty last minute decision to invite a few of his friends over for dinner - in celebration of Baby Emma's First Month! Before that, we didnt exactly plan to "celebrate". (FYI, Elvis thinks it's silly/boring/tiring to have a "big celebration" for kids. He dislikes attending kids' birthday parties although he himself LOVES TO PARTY at clubs, karaoke etc.)
He flipped some cookbooks and decided to attempt to cook pasta - Seafood Marinara. Fortunately, Awfully Chocolate could make an actual-day delivery. Then, Elvis rushed to the supermarket in the afternoon to get the ingredients. He came back an hour later (!!!) and wanted to go to the Sogo supermarket to get more (or rather "better" and fresher) seafood. Since time was not on our side, i told him to go to the wet market nearby to take a look instead. He came home happy and started cooking...
The guests stared pouring in at 7pm... Actually, it's only 4 people lah - Ann, Pick, Raymond & his girlfriend LiuQing. We always cannot invite more people over for dinner becoz we dont have enough plates and cutlery. Haha! As it turns out, everyone LOVED the Seafood Marinara! Phew~
Like all babies first month celebration, The Baby is always sleeping away... So, brother Joel had fun playing with his beloved friends, including blowing the candle on Emma's cake! ;)
He flipped some cookbooks and decided to attempt to cook pasta - Seafood Marinara. Fortunately, Awfully Chocolate could make an actual-day delivery. Then, Elvis rushed to the supermarket in the afternoon to get the ingredients. He came back an hour later (!!!) and wanted to go to the Sogo supermarket to get more (or rather "better" and fresher) seafood. Since time was not on our side, i told him to go to the wet market nearby to take a look instead. He came home happy and started cooking...
The Menu:
Appetizer - Grilled Chicken Wings
Main Course - Seafood Marinara
Dessert - Awfully Chocolate choc/banana Cake
served with free flow of White Wine
The guests stared pouring in at 7pm... Actually, it's only 4 people lah - Ann, Pick, Raymond & his girlfriend LiuQing. We always cannot invite more people over for dinner becoz we dont have enough plates and cutlery. Haha! As it turns out, everyone LOVED the Seafood Marinara! Phew~
Like all babies first month celebration, The Baby is always sleeping away... So, brother Joel had fun playing with his beloved friends, including blowing the candle on Emma's cake! ;)
Happy First Month, Baby Emma.
We love you.
emma turns 1 month
Emma had her second photo shoot 2 days before she turned 1 month. Mommy Jo likes the naked Hawaiian girl best!
This was a complimentary shoot that came with the super expensive birth package. Technically, there's 2 FREE 10-inch framed photo (selected from the shots that they take). The first shoot was done on Day-2 at the hospital and the second shoot during the baby's first month (when they deliver the first framed photo).
Baby Emma was sleeping when they arrived but she woke up shortly when they changed her into the clothes they had brought along for the shoot. There were also lots of props - teddy bears, giraffe, hats, colourful rompers... There was little fussing and Emma seems to like the plump girl who cooed "ooo-ahh"s with her.
Mommy Jo and the confinement nanny looked on and thought that Emma looks quite professional! Truth is, she looked pretty helpless as they manipulated her body, arms and legs.
Daddy Elvis and brother Joel were sound asleep in the other room after their day out (and Joel also went to see the doctor). I was quite disappointed that Daddy Elvis couldnt wake up to watch Emma's shoot and/or to help me select the photos. Especially after the experience i had at Joel's 2nd birthday photo shoot, i was afraid i'll make the "wrong selection". (I guess it's difficult for any parent to "delete" the nice-nice photos of their child.) As expected, i was asked to choose the "free" photo immediately. To delete the ones i dont want. To pay for the ones that i want to keep (the files). I have to be decisive in deleting! HAHA! So i made it a pretty quick one. The confinement nanny thought that every picture was nice and i shouldnt have deleted them so quickly. In the end, i'm left with only 5 photos including the "free" photo. When Daddy Elvis finally woke up, i showed him these photos and he thought they were OK (although he didnt get to see the ones i didnt choose). It was then that i realized i shouldnt have paid for the picture of Emma in the stripes romper becoz i have a similar one in my own camera! Oops!
Anyway, all in all, i was glad Emma has a professionally-taken baby photo! She will also get a "free" photo shoot on her birthday till she is 2 years old. ;)
This was a complimentary shoot that came with the super expensive birth package. Technically, there's 2 FREE 10-inch framed photo (selected from the shots that they take). The first shoot was done on Day-2 at the hospital and the second shoot during the baby's first month (when they deliver the first framed photo).
Baby Emma was sleeping when they arrived but she woke up shortly when they changed her into the clothes they had brought along for the shoot. There were also lots of props - teddy bears, giraffe, hats, colourful rompers... There was little fussing and Emma seems to like the plump girl who cooed "ooo-ahh"s with her.
Mommy Jo and the confinement nanny looked on and thought that Emma looks quite professional! Truth is, she looked pretty helpless as they manipulated her body, arms and legs.
Daddy Elvis and brother Joel were sound asleep in the other room after their day out (and Joel also went to see the doctor). I was quite disappointed that Daddy Elvis couldnt wake up to watch Emma's shoot and/or to help me select the photos. Especially after the experience i had at Joel's 2nd birthday photo shoot, i was afraid i'll make the "wrong selection". (I guess it's difficult for any parent to "delete" the nice-nice photos of their child.) As expected, i was asked to choose the "free" photo immediately. To delete the ones i dont want. To pay for the ones that i want to keep (the files). I have to be decisive in deleting! HAHA! So i made it a pretty quick one. The confinement nanny thought that every picture was nice and i shouldnt have deleted them so quickly. In the end, i'm left with only 5 photos including the "free" photo. When Daddy Elvis finally woke up, i showed him these photos and he thought they were OK (although he didnt get to see the ones i didnt choose). It was then that i realized i shouldnt have paid for the picture of Emma in the stripes romper becoz i have a similar one in my own camera! Oops!
Anyway, all in all, i was glad Emma has a professionally-taken baby photo! She will also get a "free" photo shoot on her birthday till she is 2 years old. ;)
Thursday, November 11, 2010
the perfect smile
We bought Baby Emma's airticket to Singapore even before we gave birth to her. Now, it's time to apply for her Singapore citizenship & passport! It might take up to 2 months. But first, we need to take her passport photo when she's alert and happy. Sunlight has to be good too (which is quite rare in Shanghai). We had wanted to wait till after her first month before we try snapping the passport photos.
Last weekend, upon seeing that she's pretty alert, i decided to take some test shots first (w/o changing her out of her polka-dots top into something more "ideal"). We took about a hundred continuous shots because Emma mostly has a very serious pensive look (in 90% of it), with very few of her smiling... When we took similar test shots for Joel, he was a lot cheekier and kept sticking out his tongue. He has this habit up till today. Fortunately, Baby Emma is not like Joel - especially that tongue!
Towards the end of the 100 shots...Viola! It seems we've got our perfect smile in the last picture below! Pretty, isnt it? ;)
Last weekend, upon seeing that she's pretty alert, i decided to take some test shots first (w/o changing her out of her polka-dots top into something more "ideal"). We took about a hundred continuous shots because Emma mostly has a very serious pensive look (in 90% of it), with very few of her smiling... When we took similar test shots for Joel, he was a lot cheekier and kept sticking out his tongue. He has this habit up till today. Fortunately, Baby Emma is not like Joel - especially that tongue!
Towards the end of the 100 shots...Viola! It seems we've got our perfect smile in the last picture below! Pretty, isnt it? ;)
Our Dots...
and our Stripes.
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