Life of a yummy baby ... and now there are 2!!!!!

When Morgan celebrated his birthday this year, I could hardly believe that he turned 3!

He seems to be growing up too quickly ... and after Elun arrived, he no longer seems like a baby - or my baby!!! Yet another part of me is just feeling like the good times are looming because Morgan is becoming more independent every day.

We did not have a big celebration for Morgan as he did not know many friends yet. Having just begun school in St-Jean Baptiste , we invited only 2 friends from his class, Epvre and Marin. Funnily the 'r' in french is kind of difficult for me when I speak, as you have to sound like you are not saying it when you try to pronounce it. Complicated lar - just like the french!

And then I realised too that Morgan's birthday is really close to Elun's (only a month apart) so we doubled up the weekend with Elun's 满 月 or the notable first-month's celebration. In traditional belief, it is said that infant mortality rates in China were high and a baby after reaching the first month, ensues a greater likelihood for survival. Hence the call for a celebration.

We did this for Elun because we were so pleased that she arrived safely, albeit getting chicken-pox and chest infections from Morgan later on ... *sigh* as early as 2 weeks old too. Nonetheless she recovered from all that! We even prepared red eggs (we couldn't find red-dye in the french supermarket so we used red water-colour paint to paint over the eggs instead!) and made a little feast. The custom of red-dyed eggs are traditionally handed out as take-home gifts for guests - symbolising happiness and a renewal of life but in our case, we did it for display purpose only.