I miss the (pseudo) english summer!

Ooh it's been such a lovely week of staying in and being all domesticated! My friends will know how much I used to dread being in the kitchen but strangely with mummyhood looming, I find myself less adverse to grocery shopping and doing some (long overdue) home cooking! The hubster has been a very happy man coming home after work to dinner on the table, and I've been very happy to play the role of a homey wifey. I suspect my taste buds have long grown sick of neighbourhood takeouts while mummy instincts are telling me I need to eat more healthily for the two of us! I'm starting my 5th month but am barely hitting my pre-pregnancy weight after losing pounds from all that evening sickness in the 1st trimester :(

Anyway I'm sure I'll regret whining about not putting on enough weight when the scales start jumping manically so I shall just keep my mouth quiet and continue to apply anti stretchmark cream religiously :) Rikije recommended a skincare product called Bio-Oil that supposedly improves the appearance of scars, stretch marks and uneven skin tone. Perfect for me! So I got a bottle to try on the belly and other problem areas. If it works, I'm gonna have to ask folks back home to ship it by the buckload :p

And here are some highlights from our trip back this summer:

Dressing up with Amber who was a stunner in red

The beautiful St. Mary's in Tetbury

Photo-taking outside St. Mary's

(and yes that's a graveyard with some very very very old tombstones)

walking down the aisle hand in hand

(I really like this picture of a dad looking at his little girl all grown up)

The handsome newlyweds looking oh so happy

a quick family portrait

Had to chase Matt around for a bit before finally getting a picture together
cos he was sooo busy herding people to do photos

the rustic quaint town of Tetbury

an incredible embarrassing speech by the 2 bestmen filled with titillating tales and
juicy excerpts that will probably never make it past Singapore's censor board

some (very posh) friends of the couple

While waiting for speeches to begin, we were drowning ourselves in champagne (elderflower cordial for moi) and romping in the lush countryside sans heels cos they kept sinking into the soft ground. You may just catch a glance in the pictures but there are actually horses and cows some distance away in the background.

bubbly and giggles

and let the party begin! A sign of things to come?

And now we know where the wee one got the monkey idea from :p

That's about what I'll share from the photos uploaded onto my Flickr album cos there are simply too many! Looking at the pictures makes me wistful for the english summer even if it feels like winter at times. Singapore's heat drives me insane sometimes, like it is today!

Lots of new stuff in the works... cos we're planning a tea party for Sept 27th~! I really do want to hold it this month cos I have all these pretty little trinkets sitting around forlornly waiting to go to good homes (apart from running out of space). Be back soon with sneaks! :)