PHOTOGRAPHY BABY – FIRST ATTEMPT

My friend just gave birth to a healthy cheeky baby a few weeks ago, and this was the first time i met her.  her mom brought her baby out of the nap time, and handed over to me.  i just couldn’t believe it has been only 2 years i last held the baby this small.  time flies, and baby grows so quickly.  i guess one of the best way to keep this great memory is to take lots of photos regularly.

The first time i knew she gave birth to this sweet pea, I just knew i had to take some shots of this baby.  her mom was pretty awesome to let me practice on her baby.  one day if i became a famous photographer, i wouldn’t forget you miss I. oh i wish! still, long way to go i think. i’ve been stalking some photography blogs, and i just couldn’t resist thinking about what is it like to photograph a new baby born.  first of, the baby normally doesn’t move too much, that wouldn’t be too difficult to avoid any blurry outcomes.  however, lighting is still a challenging subject for me, i think. well, let see them now..

I think they are not bad.  but when i looked at those photography blog, hmmm… i don’t understand, how do they manage to get those clean and sharp and clear and super great composition and so on.  anyway, i remembered one of the photograph bloggers once said “So when you go to compare yourself to the hottest shooter in your mind, stop.  Insert a shake of the shoulders by me.  And get over it.  Because it is more damaging than you think. You are your own unique self.  That should translate into every area of your life, including photography”  I better don’t compare myself to others then, THAT a big damage!!  Well, keep trying… where there’s a will, there’s a way, they said. so, looking forward to having a new lens ^_^

Thanks to my friend to allow me to post her baby’s photos on my blog. it was a big pleasure taking those shots!

WEEKEND RECAP – LITTLE OUTTA ORDINARY

Last weekend was special.  we made an arrangement with the grandparents that we would go to watch a movie on saturday night.  as generous as they are, they said yes without any questions asked.  we are totally lucky to have them around.  saturday morning, we went out to Manor for a little shopping (well, little shopping?? ended up buying a new iPad for Chris, yeeey!! and so i claimed his previous iPad eventually, hoping it’s not considered as my birthday present!!!)  anyway, we had lunch out there, and the little one managed her way to make me pull my hairs again.  a couple of hours i tried to get a grip, and brought back my good humor.  i found it a bit difficult, i didn’t know why.  until we the time we brought them to the grandparents, said good night already as they would sleep overnight at the parents’ place.  at that moment, i already missed them. it was funny in a way how the day plays with my emotion.  back at home, it was so quiet.  felt weird!!

Yet we got ready, the two of us, went out for dinner only two of us.  it all reminded me the couple life we had before having the 2 cute monkeys.  we had a great time together, a great funny conversation and enjoyed each other’s company.  it was all nice and delightful to be able to discover all that feelings.  we definitely want to do this again.  the following morning, we just had the laziest morning ever.  no monkeys woke up since 7 am, ran and jumped onto our bed, commanded “breakfast mommy, breakfast daddy”, i couldn’t deny it was a great pleasure to be able to sleep long on sunday morning.  however, i was pretty excited to go and pick up my 2 monkeys back home in the afternoon.

Love these 2 monkeys..

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK #10

Here we go my instagram photos of the (2) week(s).

Caption: AM is amazed how the dog climbed up there. It was funny looking at both of them looking at each other strangely.  it was kinda like:-
Dog: Hey who are you little one?
AM: hey you dog! you are up so high!! how cool…
Dog: yey, i’m trapped here in this balcony, i wanna go out, will you help me?
AM: yeh, no problem, but how can i go up there then??
…..

Caption: It was a great day that morning, so we decided to take a walk to bring MM to school.  on the way back, AM just didn’t want to stay any longer in the trolley, just would like to walk and pretend to call her dad on her Hello Kitty phone (a toy of course)

AM: halo daddy! daddy travaille? (daddy works?), ok thank you, bye bye

That was her conversation with her dad… seriously!!

Caption: That was when we baked the chocolate fondant cake with chestnut cream.  i don’t have to describe that.  obviously, she totally enjoyed putting her little finger(s) in that very chocolate bowl.

Caption: Last but not least, my spinach quiche.  my friend and i were talking about what to prepare for lunch, yaknow, that kind of domestic conversation.  she told me about this idea,  i never thought it would be this easy.  then i surfed more information and recipe, here how it looks like.  MM finished her piece very quickly, and said “i don’t know why i finished it so quickly.  i think it’s kinda delicious!!” :-)

How are the pictures of your week?

WORDLESS (ish) WEDNESDAY – MISS E BIRTHDAY

It was the birthday of MM’s friend last friday when it was sunny and hot.  the weather was just gorgeous and perfect to be outside.  i had to put AM in bed a bit early in order to wake up before 14h.  funny enough, i told her that if she would like to go to the party, she had to sleep right away, no playing in bed, no lingering for an hour.  guess what? she did sleep right away.  ha ha, someone didn’t want to miss the party.

Well, the party did start exactly at 14h at McDonald.  apparently it’s kinda trendy thing here to celebrate a birthday with friends, at McDonald.  they allow 8-12 children from 3 years old up.  apparently, they charge at about CHF 110 including the cake, drinks, french fries, and a birthday present.  there were 2 staffs took care of the kids, one smiled a lot, the other one didn’t really smile much… and rather not friendly… how great!! well, bottom line was that all kids were happy.  anyway, they just would like to be in the party, play, run, jump, dance, sing birthday song, and open the presents. and voilà, 15h30 sharp… party finished!!

During the party, they turned on Shakira song, and let the kids dance.  i happened to see my girl dance as if she was in a discotheque!!

She definitely a little dancer indeed.  another good way to exercise, isn’t it?

How ironic, by seeing this party (the 2nd time we were invited here), it inspires me of MM’s birthday.  how much could i be creative about this?  we shall see … soon enough!

Any idea out there?

MILESTONE : ALANA 28 MONTHS

Already 28 months, time flies faster and faster.  during the past month, she grown up a lot. she’s taking over the size 92-98.  shoes size 24.  we are on the process of potty training.  there are quite a few accidents at home.  she still wears diaper outside or during nap time.  hopefully, the best moment and the right feeling will come soon.  especially now that the weather is getting hotter, we do hope to proceed on further steps.  she loves Barbapapa, she is totally in her world when watching it.  she started playing with her scooter.  she plays a lot with puzzles again.  she can sing “be with you, be with you” by the Cranberries, how amazing!! once, she made her noise pretty rocky, and sang this song in the middle of the mall, it was funny apparently. every eyes on her and Chris.  she loves her bed time story, daddy has been reading Elmo’s valentine poem for quite sometimes that she remembered the ending words of every sentences.  she seems to get into the concept of different faces different languages.  i try to speak thai to her, dad speaks english, and everyone else speaks french.  once she answered to me in thai, and right away talked to her sister’s friend in french.  way to go!!

She loves running, walking up and down stairs.  she’s more whiny though.  sometimes even cries without any good reason.  she goes to her corner pretty often.  but now it doesn’t seem to work as she can look outside and enjoys looking at the neighbors.  i guess i have to change to a new corner, well better hope that she stops this terrible two soon.  otherwise, she has a new big kid bed.  she stopped making her journey out of bed only at the 3rd night after we introduced this big bed to her.  not bad at all.  well, with her sister being such a great model, she definitely follows that.  not much more to say for this month.

How is your kid doing during the past month?