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! :)

Happy Halloween!

Paul and I decided to take Philip out for Halloween for the first time this year. We looked around for costumes and purchased a few to try on at home since it was too complicated to try on at the store. Paul personally loved the Darth Vader one (of course) but unfortunately it was too small, and I really liked the monkey one but it was too big and would be too warm for daycare. In the end, we settled on a Spiderman costume since it fit Philip perfectly and he liked it the best. So, for the last few days we would ask Philip what he was wearing for Halloween and he would proudly say "Ba-Ba-Ban!". We also asked him "What does a ghost say?", and he would reply "Boo!" He even said "boo" as people were opening the door for him when we went trick-or-treating! People thought it was the cutest thing (and so did his mommy for that matter... haha) so he raked in quite the pail of candy for about 15 minutes of work! Happy Halloween everyone, love The Amazing Ba-Ba-Ban! :)





For more photos of Spidey and the crew, click here! :)

A Belated Thanksgiving Dinner

Since we were so incredibly busy last weekend and Paul had to work on the Monday, we didn't get the chance to have a proper Thanksgiving dinner with the family. So, we made up for it by having Paul's family over for dinner last night. Grandma and grandpa just love playing with Philip, and it was nice that Mike could take some time away from his studies to drop by as well. Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone! :)

Asleep on the Job

Philip always wants to feed himself these days so Paul and I do our best to accommodate him. Since he is a slow eater and really likes to enjoy his food, I usually let him eat on his own while I get some chores done. When I came upstairs from doing laundry the other day, I found that Philip had thrown his food everywhere (chicken breast, corn and pita bread were the snacks of choice in this case) and he was sound asleep with his hand still in his bowl! It was too cute so I had to snap a few pics before I carried him to bed. Eating and sleeping, my son's two favourite things... sound familiar to any of you? haha.

My 31st Birthday

I was hoping to have a quiet celebration with Paul and Philip for my birthday since I've been pretty stressed with work the last month. As luck would have it, my parents decided to throw a massive party for me because they said there was something significant about a married woman turning 31. What that is I have yet to figure out, but all I know is that my quiet party of three turned into an huge party of over 50 guests. Yes, that's right, my parents invited my entire extended family (and 50 is not even half of them!) over to their place to celebrate my birthday! The plus sides? It was the long weekend, it wasn't at my house, I got way more presents than I ever expected, and my loving family went through all the effort to cook all the food, which included lots of shrimp and lobster, for everyone! Thanks mom for going through all that trouble to make my 31st a special day for me. It was definitely a big birthday bash, and one I won't soon forget! :)

The "Everybody" Birthday

A lot of us in the neXus crew have birthdays around the same time so we decided to head out to Burlington to meet the Sartorios and celebrate. Although the salty dinners weren't great and the dessert place was overpriced, it didn't stop us from having a good time with great company. We all seemed to be fascinated with looking at pictures on each other's digital cameras that night too. It was actually a great way to catch up on what we had been doing and where we had been since the last time we hooked up. It was different, but it worked! Happy birthday to all those who celebrated birthdays this past September and October... we're all one year older now... yay! :)