Hors d'oeuvres

Luca is five days old.  Mostly he is the prawn dumpling, but when he is wiggly on the change table he is le pieuvre de Napoli.  After a feed and wrapped up in the hammock, he can be the sausage roll.

Thanks to the joys of the continuous shutter, there are plenty more photos after the jump... (for the less technological amongst you, click on the link below that says 'Click here for more...')

Going out

Luca et papa partagent un bon cafe macchiato court, et un biscuit.

Le soleil et bon pour les deux bons gars.

Les neons, pas si bon.  Mais - le premier visite au supermarche!!!  Huile d'olive, papier toilette, savon.

Luca aime le porte-bebe.

Confortable!

Ninotime - jour 1 chez nous

First day at home with Luca, it has been good, we even went out.  Luca wore a hat, was carried, and visited the dry cleaner and the pharmacy.  Go us!

Thanks to Cate & Ian for the lovely flowers, wine and fluffy giraffe that arrived just at the end of a feed.

This is what we call 'post-feed happiness face'.

Tonight for dinner we are having orecchiette with rapini and sausage, because it seems appropriate.

Nino est arrive

Luca Chia Liang Chan, nee 21 Mai 2010 a 18:23 pese 4.03kg.

Avec Ah Ma et Ah Kong.

Avec Leong Koo.  Rrrargh!

Petite baleine.

Premier bain.

On part l'hopital.

Premier voyage a la voiture.

Merci a tout pour les felicitations et on va avoir les nouvelles bientot xxx

Last Nino-less dinner?

Khim makes a delicious dinner for no apparent reason.  The usual shenanigans take place:

...large amounts of food are consumed.

...Jason asks for his favourite foods (in this evening's case, stuffed chicken wings) and is obliged.

...there is conspicuous alcohol consumption.

...Khim laughs at Jason's attempts to cut fruit.

...Bendy provides photo opportunities.

But also... brand new event!!!

We video-skype Natacha!  Salut Canada!!!

Dollies

A reconnection with friends from England resulted in some adorable old photos.  Me and Vanessa, Yarmouth, 1981.

I think that is my dad watching us.  I have no idea if I am actually eating a jellied eel, but it's nice to see that I could have been if I had wanted to.

There is also this photo, with me and dolly and I think that is Sarah.  The doll seems so big.  And I still have her, for Nino...

I don't know where her hat is, I think I still have it somewhere.  The brown teddy is a relic from my own days as a mewling infant, and the yellow one is an original Disney Winnie the Pooh.  Pim is VERY JEALOUS.

Fete des meres 2010

Mother's day - curry puffs for mummy.

And Rick Stein's Vietnamese orange duck.  He said, if you only make one dish from his effervescently cheesy 'Far Eastern Odyssey', then make it this one.  So we did.

Miam!