Monday, October 31, 2011

Baby Ray Bans

How stylish is Charlie going to be poolside in Phuket with these sunglasses?! I mean, get out of town he is too cute.

We are taking my Mom to Thailand with us the weekend of Thanksgiving. We are staying at the gorgeous Twim Palms resort in a 2 bedroom villa with our own pool. It is seriously what the doctor ordered. I can not wait to go away, it has been too long!

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Halloween party


Yesterday was Charlie's first Halloween party! Babies in costume are fantastic. Unfortunately, Charlie's lobster outfit was meant to be worn in the cool weather that late October brings but here in Singapore he was sweating his butt off so the outfit didn't last long. But, I think we can all agree it was hysterical while it lasted. Justin even ditched work for a bit to partake in the festivities.

Daddy and Charlie the lobster!
Charlie posed next to his friend who was a cow, we were all joking they were the "surf and turf" for lunch. I know, comedians we are. Charlie wasn't quite sure why everyone was laughing at him.In fact, none of the babies liked all of us laughing at them!And a few pics post lobster costume, much happier.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Pumpkin carving party

We decided to carve pumpkins for Halloween today. Our friends Serene and Clive and their adorable munchkin Ryder came over to join in. Of course it became a contest of who could carve the best pumpkin. Clive became an early winner with his carving techniques, but I think in the end they all turned out wicked. The babies hung out, we all had some shandy's and spent the afternoon laughing, admiring our art and eating cooked pumpkin seeds.

Clive's tongue on his pumpkin scared us all that he was going to have the best one!
Charlie and Ryder comparing heightOur finished products, Justin did a C for Charlie. Too cute.And this is all of us doing the same face as our pumpkin, Justin obviously was a C.Can't wait for Halloween, Charlie's costume is outta control cute.

Egg Allergy

So cousin Finn is in town. We have been having lots of fun with him so far. Saturday morning I thought it would be nice to make some homemade buttermilk blueberry pancakes for everyone. They were delicious, I seriously love pancakes! I thought it would be nice to let Charlie try some. Well about 10 minutes later I notice his upper lip is a bit swollen but write it off as teething since he is always chewing on his lips. But then we notice a crazy rash all over the little man's body. I sent this picture to my friend who is a doctor and she said it looked like an egg allergy. After going back and forth I decided with her advice to just call my doctor, who then advised us to come in. It was a food allergy, most likely to egg, and his lip swelling and rash were from the pancake! So crazy! They gave him an antihistamine and he was totally fine but in about a week we have to take Charlie back in for some food allergy tests. The one thing the doctor mentioned was the second time they eat a food they are allergic to, the reaction can be much worse. So he can not try any new foods until we have these tests done. Fortunately, an egg allergy usually clears up by 5 years old. But how sad if he can not eat cake or cookies, it would be so difficult when he goes to parties or friend's houses, but it will just be something we teach him and deal with. The doctor even mentioned we may have to carry an EpiPen with us in case he ate egg again on accident. I guess we will know more after the tests, the important thing is Charlie is fine and was not really affected too much since we made it to the doctor so quickly.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Go Hammers


Charlie was supporting daddy's favorite footie team today. West Ham fan in the making.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Video

So Charlie is not crawling yet. He moves backwards and can go in circles, but he has not yet mastered going forward just yet. Today, however, he did something fantastic without any prompting. I was so excited I made him do it again so you all could see it too!! You can see how proud he is of himself at the end, seriously I melt. Enjoy.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

My favorite little man

I tell Charlie probably 100 times a day that he is my absolute favorite little man in the entire world! I love him so much even when he is not in the best form. He has been a little bit of a brat this weekend, very needy and fussy but tonight I discovered why!! Two more teeth have broken through, so he has two bottom and two top teeth now!! Four teeth in two weeks is a lot for him, so I forgave him for all the misbehaving he has been doing and gave him the extra cuddles that he needed.

Morning snack

This morning we all hung out in the kitchen. We played music while making breakfast. We all snacked and chatted. Perfect morning in my eyes, I love my boys.

Botanical Gardens

This morning we decided to take a long walk through the Botanical Gardens. It was early enough that it wasn't too hot or crowded. I do boot camp here twice a week, but it is at night, so walking around during the day made me realize how amazing this place actually is. We are so lucky to live somewhere so beautiful and should take more advantage of having this scenery at our fingertips.Charlie wasn't impressed by the gorgeous background, he napped the whole time!

Seersucker

Could anything be cuter then seersucker on a baby?! I think not.
Well...except maybe baby sandals!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

New URL

So I have changed my URL for the blog. Hopefully everyone will find me that needs to, I was just no longer comfortable with the blog being my full name.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Hi, I'm Charlie and I love rusks

Charlie is so funny, in our apartment he is so loud, smiles, laughs, is energetic but the moment he gets outside he is so quiet and almost timid. He just really soaks in his surroundings, looking everywhere, he is a very curious little man. Today, however, he thoroughly enjoyed being outside on the balcony enjoying his rusks. He was all smiles.




Monday, October 10, 2011

Anniversary Dinner

We celebrated our anniversary at Mario Batali's restaurant, Osteria Mozza. We reminisced about our amazing wedding week in Florence and honeymoon in Capri, about the many years ago when we met in Italy and how we could have never imagined that we would end up here all while enjoying delicious pasta and great wine. Of course the meal had to end with our traditional grappa and espresso. It was the perfect way to celebrate the last two years.

We are the 3 best friends that anyone could have!




Sunday, October 9, 2011

2 Years!!




Today is my two year wedding anniversary to my favorite man in the entire world, the father of my baby, my everything! I love you more every day, and can not wait to grow old with you. The stars are aligned dear, I am so lucky to have you.

2 years ago today was the best celebration ever! To many more nights of laughter my handsome. Love you. xxx