engagement

Wonderful news this week - my sister and Vijay have decided it's time to tie the knot so their engagement will take place in Sept this year. My mum is happy as can be expected and Lynn, over the moon, has set herself planning for the big day and as I am in KK and she in Dubai, I will be helping out with the organising. Another celebration to look forward to. [Pic: Tom with Aunty Lynn earlier this year].

At our home there hasn't been much going on. J busy as usual at work and T has caught the flu bug. You'd think that he would be a little quieter than usual but no my son thinks his voice is the best thing ever so has been shouting (and VERY loud too) quite a bit just to make sure we agree. Not sure if it's the medication but T is now sleeping through the night which is brilliant. Couldn't quite believe it. The first night this happened we were told that there was a bad storm - apparently one of the worst KK has experienced - but neither one of us heard it! Out like a log all three.

More pics of Tom...

homes

My sister Lynn has just moved in to her condo in PJ which she is sharing with her partner Vijay and my brother-in-law Matt and his partner Michelle have just bought a very nice house in London. M&M are moving in soon I should think and us - well our house is almost completed. The plumbing work is in progress this week - finally after 3 weeks! - though it doesn't look like it's getting on very fast. I still have high hopes that we can move in by end of June beginning of July but John thinks that it'll be August.


This is how the house currently looks like. Once the plumbing is done the ceiling will be completed and then the tiles go in then the bathrooms' WC and sinks and then paint... well sounds like a lot more to be done but I'm still hopeful.

The workman whom you can just about see in the pic told me that there are loads of snakes coming out of the back wall at night - frightful! The developer has told me that they will spray sulphur to get rid of them and supposedly spraying the wall with garlic water will keep them away too - well whatever it is you can be sure that they will be gone before we move in. But back to where I started - it's nice that everyone's settling in so to speak.

T' s third tooth has just cut his gum today - upper left! Quite fast but I guess there's no stopping them coming once the first has popped out.
James installed Tom's new car seat this week and he was very happy to be facing the same way as everyone as you can see.

He has been practicing his standing up moves this week and has started to walk with our help - not steady yet. Gave him some egg plant in his food the other day much to my mum's disapproval - not good if he has rashes it seems but he has none and had none since so I'm not feeling so bad - best to get him to try as many vegies as poss. Loves red pepper.

We have been lucky with him having no bouts of allergies and illness so far. Probably strong as an ox like his dad. Lots of fresh air should do the trick - Sue will agree to that. Even a bit of drizzle is no harm I think but that's me.