My first camera

Daddy bought me a camera:

...but I really prefer his one:

Public holiday today - Dragon Boating day out in Stanley (and other places, I believe).  It was fun for a few years, but the bureaucracy on race day is extraordinary (you'd better believe that Hong Kong can completely overcomplicate something as simple as a bunch of boat races), and it's much nicer just to take the day off in peace, especially with the little man around.  He's in bed now, after a morning in bed with us and a quick session at the "gym":

The iPhone camera

It's not great, but it's not completely crappy. Here are a few photos from today (the first was taken just before I left for work, and the second was obviously taken as I walked home tonight):

Just before bedtime

Random photos from a rainy day

 

In the Bumbo and in the kilt

After a pretty good sleep overnight (save for the 5am "please roll me over" shout), Daddy got a few photos of me - firstly in the Bumbo, and then in my All Blacks onesie.  And then for some reason, Daddy put me in my kilt...

Imagine how handsome he'd be with teeth...

Sleep

With that hair and those eyes, it's a question that's easily answered

I am four months old today!

Happy four-month birthday to you, little man!

That's all I've got of the little man - but here's one from the weekend. It's Edie of course - I did actually like this photo until I realised that I accidentally chopped the bottom of the cup off.  Duh.

Post-bath photo and special guest photographer

Little Gmonster was in a great mood this evening (it started with laughing fits in the supermarket, and continued all the way home and into bathtime), so... I took a little photo of him just after his bath.

And another photo, this time taken by George's mummy (you should know that this is about the third photo Rachel has taken of George). Daddy edited it a little bit, and here it is:

Just a few (more) photos of the little one

Striped kiddo and some photos from last night

 

Also, I've uploaded a few photos from Alex's birthday last night. We managed to have a great time, despite it being the first time we had left George with anyone - as it turns out, he slept from the time we left him until the time we physically picked him up from Kylie's place.

Last night's birthday thingy for Alex was in a fantastic yet unlikely Bavarian Beer Hall in Kowloon called "King Ludvig's".  Picture a very large pub full of Chinese families, a Filipino band consisting of a guy on the keyboards, a guy on guitar, and two girls singing, and then two tables of very merry expats in the middle of all of that in fancy dress varying from Rocky Balboa to some green guy from Star Wars to a Pink Power Ranger.  It was all good - great food, free-flowing drinks and ludicrously quick service.  We had a great time, and despite it being blimmin' hard to get photos in there (the lighting as pretty crap), I got a few from the evening (hover over the main pic and you'll see navigation arrows - also, if you're using Firefox, you may not see anything. Try using Internet Explorer on a PC or Safari on a Mac):

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Gigglemonsters and Babysitters

Tonight is the first time we're leaving George with someone while we head out (for Alex's 40th birthday).  Admittedly, he's only heading downstairs (literally one flight of stairs), but I'm going to bet that his Mummy will have her cellphone in her hand at all times.  We'll only be out for 3 or so hours, and it's about the time when George sleeps extremely soundly (from 7:30ish to 10:30 or 11pm), but still - our first time away from him will be most peculiar. A few photos of George from this morning - Cecilia was entertaining him, and he was giggling like a little loon.

I forgot to upload this one

Well, maybe I didn't forget - I didn't really like the way it came out.  

Friday evening

Rachel is snoozing on the couch, so I got to edit a few photos.  Sweeeet.

Friday at last

It's been busy at work, so the week has gone fairly quickly - looking forward to the weekend.  Can't even remember what we have planned, but seeing as it doesn't involve work, it's all good. A few photos this morning - George decided that he didn't want to smile for the camera, so you get a few of him giving distant and broody looks. 

Wool

Keeping in line with his mummy's "Nothing except for Merino or the finest Egyptian cotton will touch my little darling prince's skin" policy, here are a few photos of Bunky (it's a nickname that developed from "Monkey") on his 100% Ecowool ISO9001 compliant rug:

There is no such thing as "too many shots of me and Daddy in the bathroom mirror"

George basking in sunset light

While mummy prepared the roast chicken, George and daddy hung out on the window seat in the lounge, enjoying the late afternoon sun: .

Monday morning

A quick shot of George as he watched his mummy making coffee and his daddy putting the dishes away.  His hair looks a little less freaky than his usual morning hair because he had a bath this morning instead of last night.  We went out for dinner at the Football Club with Cam and little Sam, and by the time we got back it was too late for G to have a bath, so he went straight to sleep.  A few yells between 5am and 6am, but apart from that he was pretty good last night.