Mmmm. Delicious injection-molded plastic.

. In other news, my camera is with the Nikon service people for a while - I had a very random problem (very random = 5 out of about 2000 photos) where some vertical banding would appear on some photos.  Although it didn't happen often, I figured I'd get it checked out while the camera was under warranty - so no D700 for me for a few weeks.  The service man muttered something about replacing the Compression Board (whatever that is), and then my baby was whisked away to get in the queue for surgery.

Faced with the prospect of being cameraless for a few weeks, Philip (my neighbour at work) has very kindly loaned me his back up camera until mine comes back. It's a D90 - similar to my D700 but a little bit smaller.  Works beautifully, although some of the controls are in different places - but I'll get used to it (today's photo was taken with the D90).

Toof

A little photo of the grinning monster this morning: .

And if you look a little bit closer, you'll see a little surprise:

It's been visible for a few weeks, but has really started to break through now. Soon it'll be no more daft gummy smile - just a daft toothy smile...

Mr Innocent

Saturday morning at the Stoep, Saturday evening at the bar

The Binnington Clan very kindly invited us along to join them for a day at Mui Wo - we had a bit of a play in the ocean and then had a great early lunch at the Stoep Restaurant (a South African barbeque place). Here are a few photos of the day - firstly, the locals call a spade a spade. And a sick bag a Vomit Bag: .

And a few of big Sam and little Eva:

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...as well as one of Rachel and Bunky:

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And tonight I went out to watch the rugby at a pub in Wan Chai, and took this on of my fellow rugby watchers (they had to go outside for their nicotine fix, thanks to the new anti-smoking laws):

A load of photos

Patrick and Barbara have now left for New Zealand (they'll be close to halfway by now), and so I have a bit of time to crank out a few photos from the past week with them. Firstly, one of Bunky from yesterday morning.  You know, just looking cute and stuff. Note his two favourite toys by his side - a little yellow ball and a chewed up cardboard tube:

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Moving right along - we took Rachel's employer's boat out for the day on Wednesday. We headed out to Clearwater Bay for a spot of lunch (on the boat) and a swim (which for Bunky also occurred on the boat thanks to an inflatable paddling pool):

That's windswept hair, not baby baldness...

Anyway, someone really enjoyed his own paddling pool.  Note the furrowed brow:

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Also note that he's inherited - from his mother - the ability to blink during the 1/200th of a second that the camera shutter is open:

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And here's the little monkey being entertained by his Granny B. You may have noticed by now that someone seems to have developed a little tummy:

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And then a few from the trip home:

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For P&B's last night in Hong Kong, we went to a little outdoor Thai restaurant in Deepwater Bay that Rachel had been to a few times (once with Aunty Jane).  It was pretty dark, but I clicked off a few photos anyway - one of Barbara, one of Patrick, and one of the table of ladies that was set up on the beach (we have to try that table next time).  I had to take a stealthy photo of them, but I think I got sprung.

Bunky gets a new hat...

Out on the junk today, so he'll get to use it too:

Monday morning photos

Not much from yesterday - here's one from this morning, George playing with very special favourite cardboard tube:

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And one from last night - Angelo was in town, so we headed out with the cameras and took some photos in town:

Monkey

Modelling the monkey beanie that Uncle Ash and Aunty Zoe gave him: .

And a random photo taken from the corner of Pedder Street and Queens Road:

Somebody discovered toast with vegemite this morning

Ash and Zoe picked a great morning to be in Hong Kong

I suspect they've just touched down at HKIA, so we'll probably see them in an hour or so.  It's stunning outside:

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Here's a bit of Bunky from last night:

Bad hair day

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And in other news, somebody's first tooth appears to be coming through his gum...

Hopefully his cheeks don't count as 'excess baggage' next time we fly

Tinkering with weekend photos

I don't like the B&W one so much, but I really do like the colour one:

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The little horn blower

Well, it's actually the empty cardboard tube from a roll of wrapping paper:

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A day out with team Fabio. Oops, I mean... Team Bornholdt.

We had a lovely afternoon in Stanley with Gavin and Diane Bornholdt - parents of Carl, who used to flat with Katy and Rachel back in Wellington.  It was a scorcher of a day, so we busted out the Blue Machine of Awesomeness (our car) and headed over to Stanley for a spot of lunch and shopping.  It was absolutely lovely catching up with Gavin and Diane on their first stopover - the start of a trip that sees them heading to Europe tomorrow and then on to Chicago in a few weeks (where Carl and Lindsey live). Unsurprisingly I took a few photos throughout the afternoon.  George was quite enjoying having some new faces around:

A collection of weekend photos

Bunky's just gearing up to go and meet the Fabio parentals (aka Gavin and Diane Bornholdt) this afternoon, but his personal paparazzo took a few photos of him yesterday. He was sitting on his mother's knee for this one, and looked ludicrously happy to be there:

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Then a few from the morning playtime with daddy - one of them demonstrating why extreme closeups are not a good idea with Mr "If I can reach it, then it goes in my mouth" Bunkypants:

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And finally one of him and his mummy showing off his new duds. His Wednesday baby group meetup was in Stanley, where you can get great bargains on factory seconds.  In the following photo, his lordship is modelling a GAP shirt, and some stripey shorts (I am ashamed to admit that I don't know which label produced them, but I'm sure Rachel will let me know as soon as she reads this):

Blueberries by osmosis | A lovely sunset

The clear weather has led to some lovely sunsets this week - we had another tonight, this time featuring superweirdcloud: .

This morning Bunky had blueberries with his gourmet porridge - blueberries are kind of messy, meaning that George took every opportunity to smear it on his onesie, his cheeks, his forehead - pretty much everywhere except for his mouth.  Ok, a fair bit did actually get into his mouth, but looking at the photos, you'd be forgiven for wondering whether he actually managed to swallow any of it:

A few photos from bathtime tonight

...and a random one that was on the memory card from this morning. The view from our spare room (looking out over Lamma Island).  That's Ben in the foreground:

Sometimes, he just doesn't play the game

Like in this one - he refused to give me any sort of normal look:

Although this one from a few weeks ago is cute - I only just got around to fixing it up:

DJ Bunky

Don't worry Rachel - they weren't plugged in. George saw them coming out of my bag and wanted to investigate.  So I let him put them on.  Then he wanted to eat them, so I made him take them off.