Wedding

Uncle Didih & Auntie Lina

Dear Mia,

This weekend was one busy weekend for us. Your uncle Didih finally tied the knot to your new auntie Lina. We attended all three functions and by last night, we were exhausted. You sleep right through the night. It all started on Friday afternoon where we attended the Nikah Ceremony, then on Sunday morning we went to the Bersanding then in the evening just you and me went to the Ambil-ambilan function. I made a dress especially for your uncle didih's wedding and was happy that many loved it. I'm sure to be designing more dresses for you.

On the Pelamin

"Mia's signature dress"

In the afternoon while having a rest, I left you in your playpen to amuse yourself while I did a little bit of tidying up around the TV room. Then, I saw the most adorable thing. You were holding your teddy bear, talking to him then you started putting one of your shape blocks to his mouth. Only then did I realize you were playing pretend. You have such a great imagination. You were actually using the shape block as a glass and were feeding teddy. I couldn't help but smile. It was just too cute.


Love,
Mummy
xoxo

11 Months Old

Our Sunday Ritual
(Breakfast at Countrypatch)

My dearest Pumpkin,

Happy 11 months my sweetiepie!!! Alhamdullillah, you have reached another month. Mummy cannot believe in another months time, you'll be 1 years old. Time certainly does fly my dearest one. I have truly enjoyed watching you grow from a cheerful baby into a little 'soon-to-be' toddler.

Your main achievement this month that you can now actually walk. Everyone is amazed that you can walk already and at a young age too. I would like to break it down to the fact that I did not get you a baby walker so soon. I only bought your baby walker when you were 9 months and since then you have only used it a couple of times. We decided to leave it at Grandma's house so you could use it there and its safer than at home. Though you knew how to balance by yourself already, i think the walker gave you a little more confidence to take those first few steps by yourself.

A few of the new things you have been doing lately is opening your mouth wide when we ask where's your gigi. Its just hilarious coz when you do open your mouth, you actually cover all your teeth and we can't see any. haha. You also know how to count one to ten. Well, okay okay, you are not that much of a genius yet but when you do count, although it isn't clear, the sounds are there. I normally start off by saying "Oneee" and you would continue by saying "Teeww" which is the only number you kind of get right. The sounds to the rest of the numbers are all muffled!..haha. The latest word you like to say is "Nice", though it only comes out as "Nai". I'm sure by next week, you'll be able to say the "sss" part. You have also mastered finger-feeding yourself. On weekends when mummy goes out to buy fastfood and its just you and I in the car, you normally get restless, so a couple of weeks ago, I tried giving you a french fry which kept you quiet for sometime. At first you had difficulty with the last little piece of the french fry but now you're a master at it.

It puts a smile on my face when you see the dogs and you bark then when you see the cats you meow. You a like this mini-sound-machine..haha. Grandpa always brings you to see his collection of wooden ducks and always says "tsk tsk tsk"....so now when you see ducks on the TV, you do the same. I'm sure you know ducks are not called tsk tsk tsk as when i say duck you seem to understand.

Now, since you are big enough, during bathtime, i allow you to play in the tub for a good 15-20 minutes. I fill up the tub, shampoo your hair then let you play in the water. I always leave the door open so you can see me walking in and out of the TV room. I normally use this time on weekends to clear up my bedroom and your nursery as well as the TV room.

Everyday at 6.30pm, mummy likes to book the TV so I can watch 'Jon & Kate plus eight'. As that is usually your "nenen" time, we usually sit on the sofa and watch it together. Everytime you see the sextuplets, you always say "Baby". I think now you associate the word baby to children as well as babies...hehe...you are, my love, the sweetest thing I have ever laid my eyes on. I love you!

xoxo

Girls Night Out

Tonight we had a great dinner, courtesy of your Auntie Gail at Villa Mauri. Of course you were the guest of honour since almost all the pictures we took that night were of you. I was happy to see that you behaved well. We had a little bit of Auntie Sue's french fries and mummy's shepards pie. As usual you turned many heads that night. After dinner we droppped by Hua Ho to get your monthly birthday present then we sent Auntie Sue before heading back home. It was nice to be out with your Aunties....but unfortunately, it felt incomplete...we were missing your Auntie Mamah :(

Baby Steps

20th October 2009

Dearest Angel,

Alhamdullillah, you can now officially walk. You have been very active and prefer to be let loose on the floor. Your Grandma says thats all you were doing at her place on Monday, jalan here-jalan there. I guess its a beginning of a new adventure for you. It makes me one proud mama to know that you have mastered walking at only 10 and a half months. Mummy and Daddy are currently trying to slowly move you back into your cot as you always hog more than half of our bed nowadays. Funny thing is you dont sleep in the same position as mummy & daddy. For some odd reason, you like sleeping horizontally. I break it down to the fact that you probably dont like to feel mummy's & daddy's body heat..haha. You are one wierd little peanut!

21st October 2009

Dearest Pumpkin,

Tonight, Mama called looking for you. I think she missed you terribly as she hadn't seen you in quite sometime. Mummy had planned to take you to Tampoi to see mama last weekend, but your Popoh was hospitalized. Popoh is still in hospital, but alhamdullillah she has recovered slowly. As much as it would be nice to take you to see your Popoh, it wouldn't be a good idea love as germs are lurking around everywhere at the hospital. So, instead of waiting for the following weekend to visit mama, I decided to do a flying visit over to mama's for an hour or so before your bedtime. You showed off your new development skill to mama who was very impressed. But what really cracked me up was when mama asked to see your teeth and you opened your mouth up wide..haha..it was just too cute. I think those short and sweet flying visits we make to mama's house are just the best. You and I both get to spend a little quality time with mama, just us three.

23rd October 2009

Dearest Sweetpea,

Today, you got to spend the afternoon at your auntie Chenah's place. Your cousins picked you up and had the whole afternoon with you. When I came to pick you up, you were dressed in your cute little dress and showing off to everyone that you could walk. It was so cute to see you walking in auntie Chenah's living room lugging that big teddy bear around. I'm sure you had a blast with your cousins this afternoon...

Love,
Mummy xoxo

My Little angel's Raya

First Day of Raya

My Little Ballerina

My little cupcake

Stressed

Mia with very tired eyes

Ten Months Old

Dear little Princess,

You have reached the 10 month mark today. I realized you have grown into a lil'cheeky monkey and I love you even more now. Over a period of a month you have grown 3 more teeth. You now have 5!! Yayy!

I love how you copy what we do. You've been copying us snapping our fingers and its so cute when you do it. Sometimes it looks like you are signaling for money coz there's no sound when you snap your fingers. Now when you play Choop-Ba...you always say the "Baaaa" part which always puts a smile on mummy & daddy's faces. We are so proud of you. Your flying kisses are getting better. At least now you put your whole hand to your mouth. We just have to work on the flying bit. When mummy & daddy come home from work, we try to get you in the routine of giving us a hug and kiss. The hugs come naturally as it seems you miss us when we are at work. The kisses on the other hand, we have to ask for them and you normally place a big wet one on either our cheek or mouth.

Your vocabulary is also increasing. Since your first word was 'Bye', your second word was 'Baby' but I still think you're trying to understand what it really means. I love how you point to other kids and say "baby" which is hilarious since you my love, are the baby. You also tend to point to pictures of babies in frames and say baby. You smart egg you! Recently, you have extended your vocabulary and ask for "nenen" when you want milk and "mamam" when you are hungry. Your Grandma bought you a book the other day on animals and you like to flip through the book most of the time. I have a feeling you like books, well the pictures mostly. Once, You looked at the picture of the rabbit and you tried to copy what I said, but yours came out as "wabbit".

Nowadays I think you're trying out more difficult words that have an F sound in it as well as the the S sound too. The other day you were watching your daddy shoo away the pigeons, so now when you see the pigeons you too shoo them away by saying "fsshhh" with your little finger pointing at them. Its so cute but its even cuter when we are at your Grandma's house and she takes you to the fish tank. You would put your finger where the fish's mouth is and say "fish". I have come to think that this is probably the reason why you have started opening and closing your mouth like a fish.

Lastly, my love, I want you to know that you are an amazing little girl and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I promise my love to teach you to have love for your religion, the importance of patience, the meaning of love and the significance of respect. I also pray to Allah that you will understand the value of education and to always respect your virtue. Always remember Mummy & Daddy will always love you my little angel.

Happy Ten months my love.

Mia's First Raya

This year is Mia's first Raya. First day of Raya fell on Monday, 21st September 2009. As usual on Raya morning, we made our way to see Bapa & Mummy first before they proceeded to Lumut for the day. This year Mia's uncle Rahman did not have to work and was able to bring his 'clan' over after Raya prayers. Mia's Aunty Mamah unfortunately couldn't make it as she had to attend her in-laws Raya morning gathering.

Mia's First Raya

Mia & Mummy

Mia's First Green Packet :)

With Grandma & Grandpa

After seeking for forgiveness from both Mia's grandparents as well as my siblings, we made our way to my in-laws. The atmosphere at the Tampoi Manor is always overwhelming. Mia's daddy has 6 siblings, 6 sibling-in laws and 29 nieces & nephews. Its just great being surrounded by a big family, especially the children. After our Raya breakfast & 'ziarah-ing' everyone, we did our yearly first day raya rounds to all the relatives. Normally we would be done by late afternoon but for some reason we ended up finishing late this year. Upon reaching home, we freshened up quickly and picked up Auntie Sue Sue then made our way to Gail's house for a quick visit as we hadn't seen Baby Zara since she was born. Then our final house for the day was Kak'Imah's house who definitely serves yummy food. I say yummy because she always serves Dim Sum, my favourite!

With Abang Irshad

with Kaka Sofie

with Abang Shafiq

With Daddy

On the second day, we all headed over to mum's place to help her with her open house. People came and went and of course Mia met many many people and relatives. On the third day of Raya, today, after work, we made our way to Uncle Anam's house, Mia's granduncle. Mia had been 'kidnapped' by her Auntie Chenah and Kaka Sofie that afternoon so we met up with them there. We then made our way to Abg Minan's parents house in Rimba before heading home.

Mia & her Grandma with their pearls

P/S: Was very disappointed for not remembering to take a picture of Mia & Mama. Must remind self to take one next time we see mama :)