Ilya Grace Wong

Oh well, looks like we'll have to do a super-duper fast forward to April 24th 2012. Our second little girl was born at 9.42am, weighing 2.89kg.
Guess who Ilya shares her birthday with? Yup, her mummy and her Aunty Manda.

London 2012: Fat Duck!

So there we were in Bray, a little village with probably the highest concentration of Michelin-starred restaurants per square mile in the world. And here are the girls outside Fat Duck! Finally, after three months of eager anticipation. Bookings are only allowed exactly three weeks before the desired date, and I had two phones on redial mode. More pictures to follow, but suffice to say it was all worth it in the end!

Kyla's Twilight Concert

We're back after a looong absence. Absolutely had to post this perfomance on our recent holiday. Enjoy...

With the Chios in London

Next stop: London. After 14 1/2 hours from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi, 7 3/4 hours on to London was nothing :) Big thank you to Chris for picking us up from Heathrow, and an even bigger thank you to him, Emilynn, Ashley and Caitlin for their wonderful hospitality.

The girls had a lot of fun together.
The cutest little girls!
Chris and Emilynn.
Bubs and Babes.

The Big Trip - first up, Dubai!

Bubs' 40th was celebrated with a month-long epic (well, epic by our standards anyway, as opposed to the lucky people who travel for a year) holiday. The flight from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi wasn't exactly eagerly anticipated, as we couldn't be sure how KRW would react/behave for 14 1/2 long hours. Fortunately she was wonderful, probably due to having a TV at her disposal pretty much the whole time. So we got to Abu Dhabi in one piece and then took the Etihad coach to Dubai.

At the Burjuman Mall.
XVA Cafe in Bastakiya.
Dubai Creek.
Lunch beside Dubai Creek.
Just before the Dubai Fountain shows.

Our little dancer!

This footage is a few months old, but still good fun. How cute is she :) KRW is actually starting dance classes next weekend. If she can overcome her initial inhibitions, that is! She's often resistant to new things or people, but once she gets going, it's hard to stop her...

Kyla's 3rd Birthday

Thought I'd better post some pictures before we get to her 4th Birthday! The party was held at Babycino's Cafe in South Yarra. Kyla had requested a chocolate and strawberry cake, which Babes then proceeded to skilfully decorate in the Dora theme.