Morning bro chat

As Matthew is on leave, he is looking after all three of us. In the morning when Oliver wakes up he takes him into our bedroom where Luca is sleeping and getting fed. Then he takes both boys downstairs and has breakfast with Oliver.

While Matthew prepares breakfast the boys have a little chat - almost everyday!

In the morning sun

Ahhhhh feels good...

The first outing with Luca

Yes, I know it's a little early but I really wanted to attend this Ladies lunch which was hosted by my friend Maria to celebrate the end of the school year (well... my boys are not in school yet) and to say goodbye to some of the ladies who are leaving Brunei.

Luca was pretty popular among the ladies.



He behaved so well - sleeping in the buggy while I enjoyed the lovely food and yummy yummy dessert.





Yes, you guessed it! I had a big piece of the pavlova - my favourite!!



I wan't quite sure if this was alcoholic or not?? Tasted good tho :)



I thoroughly enjoyed Luca and my first outing.

Roses

This rose was in the bunch I received from the English Roses when I returned from the hospital.
Just beautiful... its a shame in the tropics roses don't grow too well :(

This is for you! Aunty Brenda

We measured Oliver and Luca using the family signature Gollywog. Oliver looks huge next to it. I cannot believe he was Luca size just two years ago.



Oliver Matthew Dennis - 2 years and 2 weeks old.



Luca Matthew Gordon - 7 days old.

Play-doh

This afternoon while Luca was asleep, Oliver and I had a great time with play-doh. I bought these cute play-doh tools in Japan but hadn't managed to make play-doh for him to play with (I know, I do have your special recipe Merryn).



Luckily he received lots of nice colourful play-doh for his birthday. So here he is happily trying out a knife, scissors, roller etc. The scissors were very very tricky tho...



But the best part was making his own birthday cake!



Happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ ♪



Blowing out the candles, he made sure there were two candles on the cake : )



And the cake must be cut by him (just like he did at his own birthday party)

I am sure we will be spending more time with play-doh tomorrow.

One week already

It has already been one week since Luca was born. I was up feeding him early this morning, around the time we went to the hospital and being in the delivery room - and gave birth to Luca.

I had this very special warm feeling holding our baby boy in my arms...

Chef Oliver

Since Luca was born we (mainly Matthew) try to do little activities with Oliver everyday. This week he had an afternoon tea with his new classmates at the nursery classroom where he will be attending from September, visited the immigration office to apply for Luca's birth certificates, and visited the fish market for the first time. Matthew and Oliver have been having a great time together.

It was the first Sunday for us family of four. Our amah had the day off so it was very nice to have the whole house to ourselves.
Luca and I slept in, and then we all had a special breakfast together. Oliver made yummy french toast for Matthew and I !!

Here is our little chef ready to cook!



One of his favourite Japanese books is a story about two mice making a big pancake for all the animals in the forest. So he knew what the apron and the whisk was for.

First mixing eggs and milk.



Add a little bit of sugar.



Carefully using the tongs to lift the bread.





Mummy put the bacon and bread into the pan - Tadddaaaa!! Here is some french toast for you daddy!!



Not to mention it was so delicious! Thank you chef Oliver!

BIG

Matthew and I just cannot get over the fact that our little Oliver is not little anymore - not next to Luca! His clothes and nappies seem so huge, I never thought Oliver was heavy but now he is super heavy!!

I think he discovered that himself as well.



What do you think?

First ride

We took our new buggy out for the first time. Of course it was Oliver the big brother who got to drive(?) it first with his baby brother in it.
He really didn't want any help at all (his recent phrase is SELF!)... he was determined to look after Luca all by himself!





Linnea and Lucas had a go too. Luca is so lucky to have so many caring siblings :)

Brother ♡

Warm welcome

We came home from the hospital on Thursday morning to these welcome home surprises.

Boel had put up a gorgeous banner for us. (I was wondering why she was so keen to have us back home early that day - this is why - so many nice surprises!!)



And blue balloons on the back door gate;



Big banner in the dining room;



This was just fab! There was NZ, Japan, Brunei, Sweden, Oliver's favourite cartoon character, rainbow etc etc.

And these gorgeous flowers from the London Roses (with the help of Boel of course!), I felt so spoiled!!



Luca got extra spoiled and got more cuddles and hugs from everyone :)





Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Sweet family shots...

Oliver is playing with his new toy plane, a gift from his baby brother Luca.

Visitors at the hospital

The first visitor we had was - of course Luca's big brother, Oliver! Well... he wasn't too impressed to start with. He just said "baby" "Luca" and went off and played with his toys.

But the second day was much better. He was very keen to see Luca and wanted to cuddle and talk to him. I was a bit worried he would be very jealous and not liking his brother - no worries at all! They are already best mates!







Our neighbours the Watson family came to visit too. You can visit Boel's blog here.

It was great to have visitors at the hospital. Thank you to everyone else who visited us too.

A surprise arrival

Well it was a big surprise for everyone! Especially to me!! My dear baby who was floating comfortably in my tummy for the last 9 months suddenly decided it was time to come into the world!! He only shared the news with his big brother Oliver who woke up and alerted us in the middle of the night just before my water broke.

It was a very speedy delivery - with Oliver I was in the delivery room on the drip for almost 10 hours. This time walking into the hospital till seeing our newborn baby Luca Matthew Gordon Rose took only 1 hour!!!

It was so fast that my doctor couldn't get to the delivery room on time so two of the midwifes delivered baby Luca for me.

Because of the fast delivery I got to spend full two days and two nights in the hospital which helped me recover very very fast.
I am still recovering but feeling very good : )

Here is our new Rosebud - he is just gorgeous! (Oh! I need to add a new label for the blog - Luca!)



Luca Matthew Gordon Rose - born on 7th June 2011 / 3250g / 51cm



Welcome to the world our precious boy!