Drew's Baptism

This year... Peter and I were very happy to share our one year Penang wedding anniversary with Drew as he receives the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. We headed over to Binghamton to the church where Mindi & Andy were married in for the baptism ceremony. Not only do we get to see Drew twice this year (and saw how much he grew since we last saw him in August), but we also got to see his big sister Alyssa and of course Drew's Mommy & Daddy together with the rest of the Conrad/Jacob family members again.

Drew was such a trooper... he did very well!

Drew was very comfortable being carried (and loves to snuggle) by Aunty Sherene :D

The Jacob family...

The Milizia's & Jacob's

A year ago...

Last year on this day... we celebrated our final wedding in Penang together with family and friends.

At the Blue Mansion...

Portraits with Whizarts Wedding Photography...

Bridal portraits from Shalom Bridal House...

The wedding party at 32@Mansion - part deux...


All wedding-ed out at G-Hotel...

Merry Christmas

It was a definite merry, happy Christmas for us...

We hope you had a wonderful time with your family and friends...

as we all did over at the Milizia's household.

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Dave and Buster's Bowling Night

Bowling night with the gang at Dave and Buster's... as for me... starving, hungry Sher just wanted to be fed!

Sharon & Wojtek

Pete, Sharon, Amelia, Sui Bee & Wojtek

Sher, Goran, Ania & Chee Ming

The girls... and a surprise 'visitor'

The guys...

Wojtek, Sui Bee & Sher

Dad & Mum's Birthday

Happy Birthday Daddy (Dec 17th) & Mummy(Dec 22nd)...

lots of love,
XoXoX
Sharon, Sherene & Peter

Lori & Steve - Engaged...

Happy Chanukah and what great news from Lori - Steve popped the question!!
Mazel Tov!
We're so happy for you two!!
XoXoX

Lori's Birthday Dinner

We celebrated Lori's birthday with a dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant Thai Orchid Cafe - here are some pictures from me and Steve :D

Happy Birthday Lori!

Many happy returns of the day...

lots of love,
XoXoX
Sher & Pete

O' Christmas tree... o' christmas tree...

I was really excited waking up on Saturday... Peter and I, together with our friends Bethany & Binh were going Christmas tree picking. It would be our very first real, live Christmas tree together. No more 'tagging' on our parents tree or trees (sometimes Dad@Mario was not happy with the first tree he went out and got another). There are several Christmas tree farms nearby where we live as well as farm markets selling pre-cut trees. Husband passed on the idea of us cutting down our own tree so we headed to the farm markets instead of the farm :) We found our perfect tree at Spoth's Farm Market.

Growing up, one of Peter's favorite Christmas tree are the white pines - with its soft non-prickly needles. Over the years, white pine does not come about as plenty as the other trees but what luck when we saw several of them at Spoth's. It was the perfect tree and we managed to fit it into Pete's Honda and brought it home. Peter tended to our tree instantly to get it to start 'drinking' before we moved it into our living room.

We also bought a mixed green wreath which we decorated with some festive looking ribbon and then it was setting the Christmas tree up and decorating. Tree trimming was fun - we looked at our small collection of future heirlooms and could not help but to think ahead to the many ornaments which we would be accumulating in the near future. One for each year and so on... we left room for Pete's ornaments growing up which his late Grandma Milizia handmade. We have to retrieve them from Mom@Nancy & Dad@Mario's place and we also left some ornaments aside for Sharon to put on when she gets in town for her winter holidays.

O tannebaum, o tannenbaum...

Rush Henrietta High School Reunion 2009

Thanksgiving weekend proved to be a great weekend to host a reunion, everyone pretty much heads home to their parents - and this is what Pete's high school just did. We were over at the Lovin' Cup by the RIT Campus for the reunion and I got to meet a lot more of husband's friends from his high school days.

Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving over at our parents... this has got to be the smallest Thanksgiving we ever had since I came along to the Milizia household. Some of the cousins are away and Chele has landed into the tundras of Saskatchewan, etc. This time around, we have 12 people and we all found comfy spots at the dining table! No kiddies and adult's table :P All we did was eat, rest, sleep, eat, rest, watched tv, ate and slept some more. Doesn't everyone after stuffing down that yummy turkey? Turkey Effect we call it!

Bridal Studio Portraits

Part of Peter's birthday gift was me finally getting albums compiled and then made for our family members from all of our wedding pictorials. This has been a 14-15 months work in progress. And here now finally - scanned pics (apparently the bridal studio we went to is still in the dark stone ages and does not give out soft copies - nevertheless, they did a wonderful job! Shalom!!) of most of our bridal studio portraits which will be made into yet another album :D

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Happy Birthday Husband!

We started birthday celebrations for Peter a day early - dinner with friends at the Brew Pub and later on, a nice fruit tart at home. He is now out to see a movie with the rest of the gang while I am at home getting his birthday gift ready :P I hope he likes it!

Peter geting ready to make his birthday wish and blow out the candle...

Happy Birthday love!!
XoXoX

Happy Birthday Cat & Viv

To my two beautiful chicas in Hong Kong...

Many happy returns of the day
and a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

lots of love,
XoXoX
Sher & Pete

Halloween weekend in the Big Apple

This Halloween weekend, Peter and I headed into the city to spend it with our dearest friends Claire & Dan. We walked a lot, ate a lot, walked some more and ate a whole lot more. We did a lot... from Dim Sum brunch to dinner at an awesome Spanish restaurant in the West Village, La Nacional Tapas Bar, a rainy Halloween parade, breakfast at the brasserie, cheering on friends in the NYC Marathon, strolling around Central Park and a short educational stop at the American Museum of Natural History. Needless to say, we did a lot!!

Manhattan at night...

Gearing up for the Halloween parade...

Dan & Claire enjoying delicious tapas...

Shades of blue we were in...

Autumn in New York...

Around Central Park

Claire & Sher

We love the fall...

The amazing back-arch picture of us two!

Our husbands... (American Museum of Natural History)

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Michele's Going Away Lunch

It's Chele's last weekend Sunday in Buffalo, and wonderful Lori cooked made lunch for us. There were plenty of salad, wine and merry making at the dining table - including ways to fashion a yamaka :P

Ready to eat!

Husband looked sooo cute with a yamaka on.

For the camera...

Sporting our cartoon 'tattoos'!

Doesn't Chele look so 'angelic' ?! We are going to miss you so much!!

Chele blessing our meal...

And poor Murphy dog just slumped over the dining table confused looking at Chele!

Marie & Kenny's Wedding

We attended one of my colleague, Marie's wedding earlier this evening, the band was definitely rockin' and Marie looked so beautiful.

Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Stelmaszyk!

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Flu season....

You know what to do.... PURELL!

Couscous gallore...

My favorite Near East selection of couscous were on sale at Wegmans - so I loaded up, BIG TIME!

Near East Couscous

We are all set for winter!

Shoe Crazy...

My dearest girlfriend Ween Nee, creator of all things splendid from Love-a-Cupcake was seeking inspiration for a current project which calls for designer shoes and handbags. This prompted my love for shoes and to share with Ween, and now with all of your my dream list of designer shoes to date.

Christian Louboutin Ivory Satin Peep Toe

This pair of Louboutin was a definite inspiration for my wedding dress. The tidy little pleats under the white satin rosette brought me to my Watters bridal gown, with gorgeous geometrical pleats in the front bodice and inverted pleats on the back. While it may have been inspiration to my dress, I wore something else on our wedding day. Thanks to Viv, she presented me with a custom made beaded satin shoes which I wore and they were so gorgeous!

Manolo Blahnik Something Blue Satin Pump

This pair of rich blue Manolos were inspiration for my bridal party's dress for our Penang wedding. The girls love it and Ween finally asked me on Facebook earlier, "Now why din we get the Manolo to match it!!??" To which I responded, "Err.. it was hard to get sizes??" :P

Alexander McQueen Peep Toe

Emilio Pucci Peep Toe

Christian Louboutin Crepe Satin Flower

Christian Louboutin Petal Sandal

Christian Louboutin Satin Anemone Black Bow

This particular pair of Louboutin really speaks to me... mostly due to the fact that it's very similar in design to my wedding shoes from Viv. The ribbons/bows at the back of the shoes makes it so playful and cheeky yet so dreamy and sexy. They come in several colors... but my favorite and ultimate number one on my designer shoes list is the following pair of Louboutin...

Christian Louboutin Satin Anemone Brown Bow

These are... t o d i e f o r !! Fellow shoe lovers would agree with me... husband on the other hand has already placed an embargo on retail shoe stores and myself :( Well.. at least I have these amazing pictures of them for eye candy and wishful thinking!