Brudders

An impromptu photo session with Noah lovin’ on his baby brother.

Baby feet:

This little piggy went to market…

Baby Pictures

My mom has asked me to take lots of photos of the new baby. Being a week old though, he doesn’t really do much more than eat and sleep (and poop, but we won’t go there) so my pictures tend to look very much like one another. Still, there are flashes of personality and sometimes I catch them on camera. So here are some pictures of the boy. Because I listen to my mama.

One day old, asleep:

Is it a smile or is it gas?

Julian’s “I’m done eating woman stop trying to wake me up” face:

This is what exhaustion looks like:

Proud big brother and a skittish baby brother:

Little, wrinkly baby foot:

This one is definitely a smile:

Blue Steel!

One hungry baby:

Arrr matey! I’ve got pirate eye too!

And occasionally I’ve even been known to take pictures of my other boy:

A Word on Emas and Papparazzi (another photo heavy post)

I am just a little bit obsessed with emas. What are emas you ask? Well, they’re small wooden plaques that Shinto worshipers write their prayers or wishes on. (And for anyone checking, yes, I did copy that definition almost word for word from wikipedia.) The ema are then offered up to the deities at the morning ceremony by the priests.

The Meiji Shrine has a huge tree hung with ema and everytime I go there, I always take some time to walk around it and read the ema. They range from silly to serious, hopeful to heartbreakingly sad, but for the most part are all sincere. As Jae so eloquently noted, “Funny how there are so many people in the world and we all want exactly the same thing – health and happiness.” Here are some of my favorite emas:

Photo Hunt: A-Z

Some of my friends and I are doing a photo hunt where we have to take a picture for each letter of the alphabet. Here’s my picture alphabet:

The Rest of the Visit

More pictures from my parents visit…

On the tram on the way up to Victoria Peak

On Victoria Peak with a very cloudy Hong Kong skyline behind them

Victoria Harbour on a cloudy/smoggy day

Just a few pictures…

I’m too tired to really string together any cohesive sentences but I don’t want to keep neglecting my poor little blog here, so I’m just going to post some pictures instead from mom and dad’s visit.

Dad and Noah in a taxi

Mom, Dad and Noah in Kowloon with Hong Kong’s skyline behind them

Dad and Noah goofing off on the Star Ferry back to HK Island

My grumpy boys, before leaving for dim sum at Luk Yu Teahouse

“Lola, buy me this one!”

Fancy posing with the umbrella

Mark and Dad at dinner on Stanley Beach

Mom and Noah at dinner in Stanley

Stanley Beach at night