Happy Birthday Jake

Happy Birthday Jake from all of us in the USA...

See you Soon

Is it just me...

that i find Tyler's ability to hold a pen correctly something to cheer about???





I just found it so cute.. and endearing that he holds the pen right to the tip and writes little tiny writing!!!

Gifts from Grandma Bagg

It's only been a few weeks since Grandma left for England and Tyler has gotten another packet from England. What a lucky child!


Tyler opening his packet


He is all chuffed with his "Harold" which is something he learned to say from his Grandma!


And all the nice Thomas shirts.

I was very pleased with the dress pants because it's quite a challenge to find pants that can fit Tyler as they are usually twice as wide as him!!

Tyler's style guru...

As Alan is home for the time being, he's now in charge for most of the getting Tyler ready for school duties, while i concentrate on going to work on time!!

It's all fine and dandy as long as i don't mind being called the "mom that lets her kid wear funky clothes to school" !!!! ha!

Hey, i resisted the temptation to change him. Took the picture and went to work! I'm quite proud of my self restraint.. and my husband's sense of style..!!!

Tyler's Photoshoot III

Tyler was long overdue for his Photoshoot III. I finally got my act together and managed to schedule for it while Evelyn and Patrick were here.

Here are some samples. I think she did a good job capturing the essence of our cheeky little active toddler! He was a little gnarly for the first 45 mins of the shoot which explains why ONLY Daddy managed to get into most of the shots. The rest of us were just background!!!


Up to no good face...


Daddy's little boy


He looooovvess to run..

There he goes again..

Stolen few seconds with Tyler..

A future daredevil?

Oh, we got some pictures taken of us too..

The only family picture that is half decent.

Always curious..

Monkeying with Daddy!

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Tyler - Then and Now

One of Alan's favorite pictures is Tyler in his bouncer when he was first born. This week we had a chance to compare Tyler then versus Tyler now...


My how has he grown...

Restaining of our deck.. again..

If i were to give a new home owner a piece of advice, it'd be - don't get a wooden deck! It's a maintenance nightmare!

Every 2 years or so, we have to restain our decks, which usually involves some back breaking hard work from our house guests at that time! This time, the unlucky selected one this time around was Patrick!!!

Combining Patrick's dedicated efforts and advice from some staff from Home Depot, our deck currently look it's best!!! Here are some of the pictures to walk thru the steps..

First, remove the old stain..

Patrick almost singlehandedly removed the old stain. Look at that clean deck! Not a lick of old stain to be found!!! That's hours of scrubbing!!!!!

Second, paint all the railings and sides and stuff..

Alan doing some painting..

Steffen was summoned to help..

The preggo lady as the guilt factor..

Lastly, the deck part gets painted....

Alan did the last push and finished off the deck..

Now, doesn't that look like a good looking deck? I forgot to take some before pictures for dramatic effect!!! A big huge thanks goes to Patrick for his big effort.