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Little George had his first visitors yesterday, Uncle John and Aunty Kate. Daddy was too disorganised to download the photos from his phone, but below are a few of the little fella looking downright tired. Mummy is coping beautifully and is loving her new little man. Out of the hospital Thursday morning and thankfully a long week next week with Chinese New Year. Barbara arrives Saturday morning, which will make our first few weeks with George at home infinitely easier!
Here's the little guy:
Spacespacespace We even indulged in a bit of curry last night. Nada, nothing, not a bean. Oh well. It's only a day or two late, and according to our doctor, the due date is today going by his calculations.
The boys are showing solidarity in these cold winter months:
I'm still relearning to shoot film using a manual camera, but I'm getting a bit better at it. I really do need to get back into developing my own negatives and doing my own scanning - but we'll see how much time I have when Cracker arrives. Anyway - here are a couple of film shots of Bella that made me laugh (I got the roll back today):
Spacespacespace I wonder if American Idol would be as popular as it is now if its name described the show a bit more accurately. For example, would a bunch of judges and auditioning singers be as famous if the series was sold as "The American under 35 Karaoke Championships"? I think not. Oh marketing types, how ye mocketh me.
That said, despite my annual promise not to watch this crap, I found myself glued in front of the tv watching the endless stream of car crash contestants making international dorks out of themselves.
Highlights of last night's episode were surely the contestant with no shame who auditioned in a bikini (at least it wasn't an overweight hairy man), and this gem of a scene...
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...where the host Ryan Seacrest attempted to high five a blind contestant. Unsurprisingly, the blind guy didn't respond to the high five.
Spacespacespace Because my goddaughter thinks I am:
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This was taken when I was at a conference in Singapore, and managed to find the Challis Circus for lunch (taken on a Pentax K1000 with Kodak ISO400 film, if you're curious)
Spacespacespace Spent a lovely afternoon in Discovery Bay yesterday with Sue, Steve, Phoebe and Hermione - and their new addition to the family, Isabella. Check out the cuteness that exudes from her 4 month old self. She's still a fairly excitable pup, and jumps around like she's got springs for legs. Absolutely gorgeous:
SPACESPACESPACE If the doctor's estimation of Rachel's due date is correct, then this time next weekend we could be up at the hospital with a brand new baby. How utterly freaky. And a little bit scary. Gone are the days of our lazy Saturday morning lie ins, hours with the newspaper and a coffee (well, ok - the newspaper is pretty crappy, so make that "minutes"), and lovely toasted croissants. Hello to poop, vomit and screaming. Everything is going well, little Cracker has a new trick of kicking Rachel's ribs (or something around that region) and it's quite fun having a play with his/her foot when the game is on...
We had a lovely evening last night - Mark (my boss) is leaving Hong Kong, so we all hopped on a boat (well, three boats) and went to Middle Island on the South Side of HK Island and had a BBQ and dinner. It was frigging cold, but was actually ok in the end - there were plenty of gas heaters and there was also an inside area where we gathered for speeches and whatnot afterwards.
Today we're off to Discovery Bay for afternoon tea at Sue and Steve's (parents of the gorgeous Hermione and Phoebe) and we'll also get to meet their brand new puppy - woohoo!
Not sure what else the weekend holds - perhaps some trampolining... (apparently it induces labour)
I leave you with a few photos from last night's trip out to Middle Island:
