The little lobster in a pot!
Trick or Treating with the Frog Prince & the fairy Bumble Bee
My all time favorite photo of Z, Shane and our first pumpkin Wazowski
Friday, October 31, 2014
First Halloween
We went trick or treating with a few friends on Halloween. His first halloween… as a Lobster in a pot!
Friday, October 17, 2014
Little Monkey knows how to get off the bed now!
After teaching this little monkey how to get off the bed safely… he decided one morning (this morning!!) that he could do it by himself, and kept going up and down the bed all on his own. This video was taken at attempt #10 or so, after I managed to run to grab my phone to do a short video.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Weekend Getaway to Atlanta & Montgomery
Last weekend was fairly exciting for us. I've been home and hardly been going out since the little one was sick. With Z busy recruiting for a job next year, it's just been mostly Shane and I in the playpen or jumping on the bed. So yes I was looking forward to the weekend away!
It was our first domestic flight within the USA (yes I know, I've been here for like 14 months and I haven't really done domestic travel). With the baby and all that, I didn't quite know how it would all work out. So just a day before we flew, I realized I had to put Shane's name on the passenger list. Thankfully I called US Airways. There was no information or anywhere that said I had to do that. We also decided that we were going to rent a car seat and no stroller. After all, it was only a 3 days trip, and I'm sure Shane would much prefer to be carried than plop into his stroller.
We had an easy 2 hour flight (and Shane slept over an hour of that!). Plopped into the airport, easily rented a car from Enterprise and off we went straight to Alabama to visit Ben, Melody & their new princess Alyssa. I must say the car rental process was awesome. They were ultra efficient and the cars were really in good condition. Even the rental car seat was cleaned.
After 2.5 hours with a stop at Arby's for lunch, we finally arrived in Montgomery at the Staybridge Suites. Nice cozy place… cheap too! Then we headed over to see the new baby!
Shane took a while to get used to the new environment, and eventually decided that he wanted to see Baby Alyssa. It's funny how he is attracted to babies smaller than him. I guess size matters! He would just stare at Alyssa especially when she was crying. Cute.
Always nice to have some home cooked meal. Even Shane had his steamed chicken, carrots and broccoli! For this trip, we got Shane a few pouches of baby food - both Ella's and Sprouts brand. He hated it so much that he went hungry the entire day. At dinner, he wallop the whole chicken breast, 1 whole carrot and 2 hand size broccoli tree.
The next morning, we headed over to the Dream Fields Pumpkin Patch. It's our first time at a pumpkin patch, so we had zero expectations. I must say it's really quite entertaining. Pig races, bouncy castles, hay rides, cow train, etc. If only Shane were 1-2 months older, I'm sure he would have enjoyed himself a lot more. (Plus, if he were not cranky and sleepy, he would be playing a lot more too).
So that concluded our very short trip to Montgomery, Alabama.
We managed to sneak in another lunch meal with the Fus before heading out of Alabama. The drive back north to Atlanta seemed so much quicker than going there.
Hello Atlanta!
Checked into the Best Western Plus at Peachtree (terrible place to stay at - I did not like it at all). Then quickly took an evening stroll around the Olympic park. Thankfully we did a quick walk about that evening cos it rained almost all of the next morning.
We took the Studio Tours at the CNN building on Sunday morning. We had a tour guide named Becky. She was by far the most rude tour guide I've met. Maybe she was having a bad day, but it must have been pretty bad to snub a kid. There was this really inquisitive 10-ish year old kid who asked questions. They weren't dumb questions. She cute him off so many times, finished his sentences and gave very condescending answers. I thought that was pretty uncool of her. If that happened to my son, I would have phoned the network and directly complain to her boss' boss's boss. What's the point of asking "any questions?" if you don't feel like answering them? And the tour ended in 40 mins.. Wasn't it meant to be 55 minutes? Anyhow, I don't suppose I'll return for another tour ever again.
We got caught in a downpour after the tours, so with a rain poncho, we made a dash back to the hotel. Chilled out for a bit, then checked out and headed to Atlantic Station to meet Jerry! My ACJC friend whom I haven't met in 15 years!!
We almost missed out flight out of Atlanta (it would have been so disastrous since Z had interviews the next day). Someone please remind us next time… that we have to be at the airport 60 mins before flight departure for Atlanta flights, and not 45 minutes. Thankfully we had done an online check in and also had a baby and was thus allowed the pre-checked queue
Another weekend just went by… It was different, we had fun meeting old friends. Awesome.
It was our first domestic flight within the USA (yes I know, I've been here for like 14 months and I haven't really done domestic travel). With the baby and all that, I didn't quite know how it would all work out. So just a day before we flew, I realized I had to put Shane's name on the passenger list. Thankfully I called US Airways. There was no information or anywhere that said I had to do that. We also decided that we were going to rent a car seat and no stroller. After all, it was only a 3 days trip, and I'm sure Shane would much prefer to be carried than plop into his stroller.
We had an easy 2 hour flight (and Shane slept over an hour of that!). Plopped into the airport, easily rented a car from Enterprise and off we went straight to Alabama to visit Ben, Melody & their new princess Alyssa. I must say the car rental process was awesome. They were ultra efficient and the cars were really in good condition. Even the rental car seat was cleaned.
After 2.5 hours with a stop at Arby's for lunch, we finally arrived in Montgomery at the Staybridge Suites. Nice cozy place… cheap too! Then we headed over to see the new baby!
Uncle Ben says Hi!!
Shane took a while to get used to the new environment, and eventually decided that he wanted to see Baby Alyssa. It's funny how he is attracted to babies smaller than him. I guess size matters! He would just stare at Alyssa especially when she was crying. Cute.
Always nice to have some home cooked meal. Even Shane had his steamed chicken, carrots and broccoli! For this trip, we got Shane a few pouches of baby food - both Ella's and Sprouts brand. He hated it so much that he went hungry the entire day. At dinner, he wallop the whole chicken breast, 1 whole carrot and 2 hand size broccoli tree.
The next morning, we headed over to the Dream Fields Pumpkin Patch. It's our first time at a pumpkin patch, so we had zero expectations. I must say it's really quite entertaining. Pig races, bouncy castles, hay rides, cow train, etc. If only Shane were 1-2 months older, I'm sure he would have enjoyed himself a lot more. (Plus, if he were not cranky and sleepy, he would be playing a lot more too).
The Pig Race!! Pretty cool. Never seen one in my life...
So that concluded our very short trip to Montgomery, Alabama.
We managed to sneak in another lunch meal with the Fus before heading out of Alabama. The drive back north to Atlanta seemed so much quicker than going there.
Hello Atlanta!
Checked into the Best Western Plus at Peachtree (terrible place to stay at - I did not like it at all). Then quickly took an evening stroll around the Olympic park. Thankfully we did a quick walk about that evening cos it rained almost all of the next morning.
We took the Studio Tours at the CNN building on Sunday morning. We had a tour guide named Becky. She was by far the most rude tour guide I've met. Maybe she was having a bad day, but it must have been pretty bad to snub a kid. There was this really inquisitive 10-ish year old kid who asked questions. They weren't dumb questions. She cute him off so many times, finished his sentences and gave very condescending answers. I thought that was pretty uncool of her. If that happened to my son, I would have phoned the network and directly complain to her boss' boss's boss. What's the point of asking "any questions?" if you don't feel like answering them? And the tour ended in 40 mins.. Wasn't it meant to be 55 minutes? Anyhow, I don't suppose I'll return for another tour ever again.
We got caught in a downpour after the tours, so with a rain poncho, we made a dash back to the hotel. Chilled out for a bit, then checked out and headed to Atlantic Station to meet Jerry! My ACJC friend whom I haven't met in 15 years!!
With Jerry & his son Levi!
We almost missed out flight out of Atlanta (it would have been so disastrous since Z had interviews the next day). Someone please remind us next time… that we have to be at the airport 60 mins before flight departure for Atlanta flights, and not 45 minutes. Thankfully we had done an online check in and also had a baby and was thus allowed the pre-checked queue
Another weekend just went by… It was different, we had fun meeting old friends. Awesome.
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