Yen Vi's 31st Birthday

We celebrated Yen Vi's birthday last night by heading out to Frankie Tomatto's Italian buffet. After the long trek out east and a really long wait (boy is that place ever popular!), we finally got to enjoy our meals and scarf down all the food we could eat in a span of a couple of hours. Philip was in heaven because it was a rare event indeed that he got to stay up past his 7:30 pm curfew, and we treated him to lots of desserts in honour of Auntie Yen Vi's birthday too! Unfortunately that also meant that he was quite the wired baby for the rest of the night, but at least he kept us entertained by his coaster playing, ball throwing, silly dancing and leg thumping antics!(?!?!) After dinner, we all headed over to the Ramlogans' place for cake and coffee and indulged in a little game of Scrabble too. Congrats to Rafi on the easy win (who knew you were such an awesome Scrabbler?) and Happy 31st to the mommy-to-be! Enjoy your last baby-free birthday ever! :)

A Weekend Trip to Novi

We decided to head down to Michigan to visit the Changs last weekend. Philip really enjoyed hanging out with Alexander and Lucas, and he especially loved playing with all of Alexander's cool toys! The favourite one of the weekend had to be the Halloween balloons though... who knew that two helium balloons could bring such joy (and pain!) to two little boys? It was hard to even get a shot of Philip that weekend without holding the balloons! We got to check out the newly finished basement too... the huge play area for the boys was definitely the best part! Lastly, with the dollar being so strong, it was an excellent time to get lots and lots of baby shopping done! Eileen and I went crazy at the children's stores while Jouky and Paul patiently waited while taking care of the boys... what great sports they were... hehe. At the end of the day, let's just say that Philip's wardrobe increased exponentially, but my bank account also decreased exponentially... haha. At least Philip will be a well-dressed baby for the next little while! :)