A little better

The little tyrant is getting better - still a bit raspy and has a pretty rotten cough, but he seems a lot happier this morning, and has a bit of an appetite again (although I'm sure his cheeks and thighs would have provided fat reserves for several weeks if needed).  He's got an afternoon date with one of his UK girlfriends (Keira) up at The Peak this afternoon, which his mummy is very much looking forward to. Anyway, a few photos:

Posing for me this morning.  Clearly feeling a little bit better.

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A photo of his room (he had just finished a bit of a jumping session in the doorway)

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Sick Bunky is still sick

Poor little mite is still a bit sick - he has bronchiolitis, so has a bit of a cough and a snotty nose.  Despite being a bit restless and losing his appetite, he's actually in pretty good spirits. He's on some pretty mild medicine, and his doctor says that it's a 7 to 10 day thing. Hopefully he'll be right by the weekend. Rachel took yesterday off to take him to the doctor and to keep an eye on him, and I came home at lunch to give May a break from taking care of sick little child. As I said, he's actually in a pretty good mood, but isn't quite himself - he gets very restless sitting in the same place for more than a minute or two, and isn't really interested in crawling anywhere.

Oh yeah - did I mention he's commando crawling?  He just drags himself around, but I think it passes as a crude form of crawling...

No new photos, as he's not at his best - but here's one from a few days ago. He was watching a YouTube clip - it was a short video from a political news site. He's so clever.

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Weekend photos

We jumped on the Star Ferry with the Binningtons yesterday, and although Bunky was feeling a little under the weather (and still is), we had a great time and he even managed a 90 minute snooze while we lunched at Mark and Emma's. Last night was Diwali night, and our building had its usual Indian buffet and drinks downstairs - delicious.  Not a late night, but oooomph I was full by the time we left. Today has been a quiet one, as Bunky is still pretty clogged up and grumpy.  Hopefully he'll be over it in a few days.

Anyway, a few photos from the weekend so far:

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The boys spending the afternoon in the stereo cabinet (it provides valuable warmth to their butts). The little NEC modem is what beams low quality, overly censored, five year old substandard television programmes chock full of ridiculous advertisements straight to our television.  Ah, technology.

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Rachel and George outside the TST Star Ferry terminal

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This morning, just before I woke him from his post-breakfast nap

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Enjoying his delicious nectarine

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He's either concentrating on complicated maths problems, or filling his nappy. You guess which.

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Random morning photos

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Hamming it up for the camera

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Showing perhaps a little too much interest in Ben...

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A message for Aunty Momo

It's a bit blurry, but... .

And if you think it was easy getting him to hold the (apparently delicious) sign like that, you're deluded:

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Toast: delicious

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The Squishface Video

The quality is a bit rubbish, but you can clearly see the food-induced Squishface here (download link for mummy and Aunty Momo):

Check out how wide that trap opens when food comes into its gravitational field...

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The new squishface (and other photos)

George has a new face - the squishface. Usually pulled out when anticipating something awesome (read: "food"), but sometimes pulled out when he's excited about nothing in particular: .

And a few other random photos from today:

Trying out his new car seat and not very happy about it. Seriously, what a little drama queen.

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On mummy's shoulders

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I couldn't resist. Hong Kong parking at its finest in the IFC2 carpark this morning. If you think this is bad parking, you should see some of the driving...

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Swinnnnnnnnnnnnnng

There's a little playground just down the road from us in another apartment building complex.  It's outdoor, and no one seems to mind that kids from all over the neighbourhood come and play there. It's nothing fancy - a few plastic slides, a few swings, and some a nice rubber surface to run around on - so we took Bunky down there on Saturday morning and gave him another crack on the swings.  He clearly seems to quite enjoy himself on them:

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Rice cracker bribery

In an effort to get Bunky to move either forward or backwards, we placed a rice cracker - one of his favourite tasteless treats - just out of reach while he was on his tummy.  He is quite happy on his tummy, although he tends to do 360 degree spins instead of actually going anywhere. Anyway, things didn't quite go according to plan:

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Fort Bunky, Fat Ben

A few photos from today - firstly Fort Bunky. A complicated arrangement of cushions and pillows designed to prevent him from falling off the bed while we get changed in the morning: .

Next, a little bit of Fat Ben - happily snoozing away in the lounge.  Seriously, this is how he sleeps:

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Also, I tweaked the website behind the scenes - now iPhone / iPod Touch / Google Android people will see a mobile-optimised version of the site. I don't think I needed to do it, but it was quick, easy and free. So I figured I may as well do it.  The website will look a bit like this - but at the bottom you'll have the option to view the site in its normal format:

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I've also tried to turn on comments for individual posts.  I'm still ironing out some kinks, but the comment boxes should be under all new posts from now on. Use them wisely (Note that the very first comment you leave on the site automatically goes into a moderation queue - after that first "approved" comment, your comments show up straight away).

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Rubber ducky, you're the one...

He's finally got some little yellow bathtime friends (well, he's finally got some that actually float): .

And here's a slightly goofy one of his lordship on the way to the bath:

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Random Bunkyisms

Just a few Bunky shots from this morning. As well as letting him play with empty cardboard tubes, we also let him play with toilet paper.  I know what you're thinking - we spoil him.

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Pokfulam Market Day

We took the little man down to the monthly market, where he got to sit in the sun and hang with his mate Sam.  Photos below are of Bunky and a few friends who were also there:

Sam with Cam and Carolin

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Bunky with his favourite wooden mouse

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Carolin (with blurry Cam in the foreground on the right)

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Nick with little Gus in "rugby ball" position

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Bunky and mummy (of course)

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Baby group [Password = name of Keane family chocolate labrador]

Emma and Mark asked me to take a few photos for their baby group, which is shortly disbanding due to the repatriation of some of its members.  They are a fantastic bunch of really friendly people, and it was great fun - although a little exhausting (fourteen adults and fourteen children!) I've popped a few of the photos from the afternoon below (with some rough edits - I need to sit down for a few hours and do proper edits on all of them):

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The cat in the hat (box)

I was cleaning out the hat box this afternoon (it's home to a lot of my gadgets and cords), when Ben rocked along and decided to "help"

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"Young man, you're making a scene"

Ok, so no one actually said this to Bunky, but he was pretty damned vocal during our brunch at The Press Room today.  Fortunately we had some very understanding ladies sitting next to us, and they happily waved and smiled at his lordship as he warmed his lungs up. Thankfully, a piece of his mummy's Croque Monsieur kept little Monsieur quiet for a few moments, and then a special order of toast (which the restaurant very kindly didn't charge us for) kept him happy - at least until he worked out how far he could throw that toast.

Needless to say, we gobbled our own food and left pretty quickly - despite it being a fairly vibrant and noisy place, Bunky's vocal chords were easily standing out above the rest.  It was nice to get out of the house though...

Here's a photo that was taken just before Little Mr Shoutypants got going:

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Another photo from this morning (unfortunately I was only able to take it on my phone) - Rachel went to wake the little man up at 10am and found him at the wrong end of the cot, with his arm sticking out of the bars, and his newest teddy bear ("Flat Ted") on his head:

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Awww, bless.

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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

Yes, they do celebrate that here - and as long as I get sent home early, then I'm not complaining. After a bit of playtime on the mat, and a feeding session of dubious success, we went for a walk down Victoria Road while we waited for Rachel to get home. Bunky was pretty good - he had his late afternoon sleep withheld, and didn't start dozing off until about 6pm, which was a pretty good effort.  Bath and Bed were pretty uneventful.

I've taken a few photos of the little monkey today - here you go:

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Ok, so he didn't look so thrilled to be wearing the shark hat...

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Paparrazzo

Feeling groovy

Someone had a much better sleep last night, and is back to his usual shoutypants self this morning. Still a tad raspy, but he had a good old chew on my hair just before, so he's obviously on the up. Mummy's day off today, so Bunky has a date with his playmates this afternoon. Daddy has a date with work.  Oh, the injustice.

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I love this last one.  He was engrossed with his makeshift cardboard trumpet, and was totally and utterly oblivious to me: