Category Archives: From Lam’s Desk

The definitive source of all things important to the Lady of the House.

James!

This gallery contains 2 photos.

James Edward was born today, August 19th at 8:07am local time here in Saigon, Vietnam. He weighs 7lbs, 10 ounces and is 20.4 inches long. He’s healthy, alert and we’re so glad to have him. Check out the photos  below … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

D-Day approacheth!

This gallery contains 9 photos.

So, baby is coming, and coming soon. By any definition of the word, we are anticipatory – both in state and action. We have got the baby items bought, crib sheets and blankets cleaned, bags packed, hearty food cooked and … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Jacob’s summer

This gallery contains 11 photos.

Jacob’s been home for a little over a month now. This means that mom (who’s now 8 months pregnant), has done her best to keep him well fed, excercised and learning throughout the day until Dad can get home, eat … Continue reading

More Galleries | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

School’s out!

This gallery contains 5 photos.

Jacob finished Kindergarten last week. His report card came back and he’s pretty much on track: reading is improving, writing, numerical skills, etc. He just needs to practice more writing, reading and playing over the summer (really, they said he … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Getting ready for baby

This gallery contains 9 photos.

We’re getting ready for baby – Bi is 28 weeks so far today. We’ve all been getting ready in our own ways – buying things we’re interested in and that he’ll need (we’re expecting a boy in early September for … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Our Singapore trip

This gallery contains 40 photos.

Well, we just got back last week from Singapore. We were there for 5 nights, 6 days. We took the trip not only to get away ‘from it all’, but also because this is the last trip just the three … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Our cooking

This gallery contains 14 photos.

Here’s a photo collection of dishes we’ve made recently. Fresh veggies, meats, homemade mashed potatoes – and we all had a hand in putting it together. Funnilly enough, it tastes good! And, it’s pretty cheap. We’re still mastering cooking veggies … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Our new little fella on ultrasound video

This gallery contains 6 photos.

Below are photos from our ultrasound appointment this past Monday the 23rd. It lasted about 10 minutes and there were two ‘4-D’ (I can’t work out what the 4th D is for) shots of him in here – the second … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Photos of us and our place lately

This gallery contains 18 photos.

Hi.  It was Earth Week at Jacob’s school recently, so he’s been talking about animals, Earth and nature more at home lately. He asked us ‘What will happen if we annoy the Earth?’ to which we replied ‘The Earth isn’t … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Our trip to the beach

This gallery contains 14 photos.

A few weeks ago we went to Vung Tau, a beach town about 2.5 hours by car from Saigon. We took a boat instead (called a ‘hydrofoil’) which shortens the trip to 1.5 hours. It was decent weather and we … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment