Some viedos from our Mexico cruise

Mexican Riviera 7 nights Cruise

Date: Nov 29 - Dec 6,2009
Ship: Carnival Splendor
Cruise Itinerary
Day Port of Call Arrival Departure

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Sun Long Beach (Los Angeles), California -- 5:30 pm
Mon At Sea -- --
Tue At Sea -- --
Wed Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 10:00 am 10:00 pm
Thu Mazatlan, Mexico 9:00 am 6:00 pm
Fri Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 7:00 am 3:00 pm
Sat At Sea -- --
Sun Long Beach (Los Angeles), California 9:00 am --

As baby no.2 is approaching, we decided to take another trip before he or she is coming. Annabelle had a lot of fun on the cruise and so did us. Don't know when will be our next trip.

Side note to myself:
Lost one of the lugage after disembark, but luckily they found it.

At 20 Weeks and 0 days……

Baby:
Due date: April 8,2010
Growth: 19.5 weeks
Gender: Unknown

Mommy:
Weight gained: 10lb so far and expect to gain extra 10lbs in next 2 weeks.
Appetite: Did not have as big appetite as when she had Anna but have been eating MCD more than the past 10 years sum up.
Appearance: Same as when she had Annabelle. Nothing different. So am suspecting have a girl.

Sister Annabelle:
Knowing there is a baby inside her mommy’s belly and she wants both brother and sister.

Adelia's 1st birthday party

Nov 8,2009
I still remember that I first time met Adelia's at the hospital. And now she is 1 already. Time does fly. Happy Birthday Adelia, the cutie pie.

Indian Night

Nann made by Patric

Butter Chicken made by me

Tandori Prawn made by Simon

Nov 7
We had a long overdue cuisine night at my house. Finally, we have a big enough kitchen to hold a party. I was so nervous that my butter chicken won't turn out nice as I opted to do it from scratch not from pre-mix. Surprisingly, it was taste good. Yum Yum !!! Can't wait for our next cuisine night.
Side note: The kids were playing very nicely today.

Halloween Party 2009

This is the best Halloween Party that I ever had. The kids had so much fund and so as me. Thank you for the Lims great hosting.

Exercise while Eating.

Her meal time last over 30 min long and by doing this way, she was all sweat at the end. Will you digest better by doing this way, my dear daughter? Maybe mommy need to learn from you to keep fit.

Second wedding dinner with a 2 years old

I am brave enough to take her to attend another wedding dinner. This time she did a much better job compare to the first time. We did stay till the last meal and ate all the 10 courses. Of course, she still couldn't sit after the 3rd course, luckily this time the restaurant is at the mall, so she we could take her out to the mall.

Finally she let me dress her in pretty.

Her favorite dish of the day- Crab meat ball.

Her entertainment during the wedding.

99 Cents Hat

Got this hat at Children Place today. What a good deal. Love to shop there when it is on clearance. Also got a pair of waterproof groves for 99 cents too.Annabelle is getting better for photo shots and know how to pose now.

A perfect day for a pool party

Breakfast at E-canteen, Pool party at my club house and followed by dinner at Ho Yuan Chinese restaurant. What a fun and busy day. Thank you for the great companies. Let's do it again before summer is over.

Finally these picture frams are up on my wall

We got these 2 frames as a gift from Annabelle's 2nd birthday. It was like 4 months ago and they have been sitting on our table covered by dust. I have been nagging my dear slow husband to put them on the wall. Finally they are up now. Annabelle was so cute that she found a similar hammer to copy his dad's action.Love it. This little kid always gives me surprise now.

Canon SD790IS Testing shots

These are the photos that were taken using my newest baby Canon SD790IS. Not bad, right? Hope I won't break it too soon. I have been buying too many cameras in the past 2 years.

How hard is it to attend a wedding dinner with a 2 years toddler?

Yes it is hard. First, she refused me to put a dress on her hence she wore her play clothes to the wedding. Second, after the 3rd courses out of 10, she was done, she wanted out and wanted to go home, so we had to take turn to take her out. Third, I am still hungry after the dinner since I was to busy looking after her.

The clothes that she wanted to dress to attend the wedding.

She was still hyper on our way home. It was past 10pm already.

The day I wore this to work

I did not realize it until my co-worker said it out lound to me and the news went on and on............ Hence I cancelled my shopping plan and went straight home go somewhere. I probably will wear my sleepwear to office one day. Sigh............

Happy Canada Day!!!

This is the first time that I actually knew how old is Canada after living here for 10 years. Happy 142Th Birthday, CANADA !!!

Strawberry picking at Emma Lee Farm

BBQ at the The Lims

Alice Lake Camping 2009

I think I should at least update my blog once a while as a reminder to myself what have happened to my dear daughter. On June 26-28,we had our second camping trip with Annabelle at Alice Lake again.This time I organized it and we had 5 awesome families. It was a such fun time despite the lousy weather. Can't wait for our next one in a month.

The day we all had our hair cut done

We all need a hair cut before our Mexico trip. Stephen and Annabelle had their hair done at the same salon.It's Annabelle first real hair cut and she was not happy about it. Stephen had to hold her tight and I had to entertain her since she kept on screaming and shaking her head while the lady was cutting her hair. At the end, it was done within 5 minutes. Within such a short time frame, I think the lady did a great job. I went to another hair salon and had my hair straight perm in the afternoon by myself which was taken more than 4 hours.

Playground at Terra Nova Park

Whenever Ava and Viola are together, they hold hands, laugh hard and played with each other. Annabelle would just play quietly by herself or sometimes with Colin. I am wondering when will my little girl start to play with other girls and I can't wait for that day.

French Night

Finally, the French night is here. We have been postpon and postpone it.Love the food ! Love the companies! Yum Yum !!!

Hawaii BBQ Party

The Lims invited us to their house for Hawaii BBQ theme party, but no one was dressed as Hawaii expect Simon. I have to say, Simon is the master at BBQ now. The food tasted so yummy. Can't wait summer to come, so they may have more BBQ. Lucky Elly to have a BBQ chef at home.After dinner the Fongs showed us their photos from their 18 days US road trip. I am so WANNA go.Dieing for a trip.

Time to buy her chopstick

She did eventually picked up some food with the chopsticks.

Here are some of the great photos that were taken by our friends " The Tansuma" Thank you for such great photos. We really love them.
To view more photos, please go to here: http://www.deseliphoto.com/annabelle/