Chinese New Year 2014

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Using as a reference our annual family photos taken during the Lunar New Year, it’s fun to watch how we change over time. Not the adults mind you, but the kids. My oldest nephew is now so tall at just 14 that he’s nearly at his dad’s height. Hannah is also fast closing the height gap with her cousin, and this year too, we had Peter in the pictures as a new addition. Too bad he looks a little sickly with the return of mosquito bites he suffered over the last couple of days.

Funnily, post-first days of CNY, Hannah, Peter and Ling are all down with varying degrees of illness. Peter and Hannah have got mild colds, and Ling is down with mild fever too. The weather has certainly been odd for this time of the year, with the cold front lasting longer than normal. It’s been quite dry – it hasn’t rained for a week now – and yet relatively cold too with evenings for the last week now hovering at 22-23 degree celsius lows.

Like the last year, the Nikon D7000 stayed at home, with the two micro four-third cameras pulling all photographic duties. The family pictures below were taken using the 17mm f1.8, and stepped down to f4.0 offered sharpness that was almost scary.

Just a few days ahead of CNY and heading out early morning for her school's CNY celebrations. The lift lobby at our home was actually quite dim, so some post-processing in Adobe was required to lift out details.
Just a few days ahead of CNY and heading out early morning for her school’s CNY celebrations. The lift lobby at our home was actually quite dim, so some post-processing in Adobe was required to lift out details.
Hannah in her Cheongsam on the first day of CNY. She's carrying a little Panda bag ("To hold all my ang pows!") that a visiting friend from the US brought along last year.
Hannah in her Cheongsam on the first day of CNY. She’s carrying a little Panda bag (“To hold all my ang pows!”) that a visiting friend from the US brought along last year.
Hannah with her favorite cousin. Her dress looks like it still has some space to grow - perhaps still wearable next year.
Hannah with her favorite cousin. Her dress looks like it still has some space to grow – perhaps still wearable next year.
Most of the family, excepting my younger brother/SIL - who is out of the country. Peter was struggling!
Most of the family, excepting my younger brother/SIL – who is out of the country. Peter was struggling!
Our yearly CNY picture. Peter is still struggling to break free.
Our yearly CNY picture. Peter is still struggling to break free.
In a red polka dot dress, and visiting a Minton neighbor's home.
In a red polka dot dress, and visiting a Minton neighbor’s home.

Next year at this time will see Peter just over a year and a half-old, and Ling should be able to dress him up in little boy clothes then.:)

5 thoughts on “Chinese New Year 2014”

  1. Happy New Year! Hannah has grown so much. May your family be blessed with abundance for the year ahead.

  2. Thank you, Theresa! Good to hear from you again. May the Lord continue to bless your family with faith, hope and love in this new year. :D

  4. Hi CY,
    Happy Lunar New Year to you & your family. Your family picture looks awesome and Hannah is so pretty in her red polka dot dress. I saw some red bumps on Peter’s face. Is that mosquito’s bites?

  5. Hi Emily; yep – those are mozzie bites on Peter. He was getting a double whammy in January actually – bites *and* drool rash. After a daily beauty regime involving an assortment of creams, the drool rash has for the most part subsided, but he’s still getting bitten.:(

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