Party Time

Last week was definitely a busy week for my little Princess. She was lucky enough to celebrate her first birthday three times. She had a small dinner party at home with my family on her actual birthday, then she had cake with her cousins the next day when her Auntie Sarinah moved into her new house and finally she had a little hi-tea do with her mummy's closest friends.

Dinner on 25th November 2009 @ Menglait Manor

Gathering on 26th November 2009 @ Corner House Tanjong Nangka




Hi-Tea on the 29th November 2009 @ Menglait Manor

Happy Birthday to my Little Princess

"Happy 1st Birthday to our darling Daughter"

Amellia Anddy @ Baby Mia

Love always Mummy & Daddy

"Then"

"Now"

Today is a very auspicious day for us, my little princess.
A year ago today, you came into our lives.
You were finally here after 9 months of waiting
and mummy & daddy became parents for the first time.
Mummy & Daddy must of done something good along our journey of life
to be blessed with such an amazing little girl.
Alhamdullillah.
You are our beautiful gift from heaven,
a special reminder from Allah that He loves us enough, to give us You.

A year has passed, my little angel and there has never been a dull moment since.
You are the one that puts a smile on our faces when we come home from
an exhausting day at work.
You are the one that lights up our days when we are down.
You are the one that fills the house with more love and laughter.
You are truly our little angel.

I have watched you grow from a little chubby-chinese looking baby into a beautiful little girl.
I will always remember how you looked like as a baby.
You had chubby cheeks, thunder-thighs, chinese-looking eyes, a cute button nose, fair skin and light brown 'static' hair.
You definitely looked like a little Chinese Empress.

You posses some characteristics from your daddy but
I'm sure your "manja-ness" comes from me.
You never cease to amaze me lil'one.
When you were a week old, you showed us how strong you were by lifting up your
neck to have a quick nose around.
At one month old, you smiled and giggled for the first time
and since then your giggles are what I crave to hear when I come home from work everyday. By the third month, we learned that you are our "Puteri Lilin" (i.e. our Candle Princess)
who cannot stand the heat and constantly needs air-conditioner to stay cool
and not sweat, hence why daddy often calls you his "Sweaty Pie"...haha.

By five months, you were able to sit and do your rolly pollies
then crawling followed suit a couple of weeks after.
Seven months marked a great milestone for you.
After trying for many many months, you finally mastered clapping your hands.
Then the following month, waving bye-bye became your newest thing.
At nine months, you cut your first tooth and said your first word.
At 10 and a half months, you became our little walking penguin.
Your chubby thunder thighs are probably the reason why
you could easily balance and start walking at such an early age.
At 11 months, you learned how to count.
And today my love, at 12 months, I can proudly say
you know how to "salam" your elders. Alhamdullillah.

So, my little baby Mia,
mummy & daddy hope you will celebrate more birthdays with us.
This is only one of many.
I hope over this next year you will learn new things
and grow up to be a smart little toddler.
I also hope you know how much you mean to us
and how much we love you.

"Happy Birthday Little Pumpkin"


xoxo
Mummy & Daddy

One Year Old

Dearest Birthday Girl,

Happy Birthday my sweet little angel!!! Today you turn one years old! Mummy can't believe how time has flown by so fast. Nevertheless, it has been a great year. Over this last month you have amazed me some more with the new things you have learnt.

Just after you turned 11 months, your vocabulary started to increase. Of course now you know how to say Daddy properly. You started saying and pointing to your "Shoos". You also started using the words "Neish" (nice) and "abis". Pintar anak mummy. Over the next few weeks, you learned to say "Peeash" (please) and "Tan Chu" (Thank you). Now you are smart as well as well-mannered. Alhamdullillah. You seem to like singing and during this time you started singing your "Papapapapa papapa" song. Its just too cute, especially when you are trying to entertain yourself in the car when its just the two of us. hehe.

Now, you automatically count by yourself, especially when we are in the car; "onnn", teewww" then the rest are just muffled numbers. But you end up clapping ur hands when your are finished. A couple of weeks ago you were quietly sitting in your playpen playing with your teddy and you started playing pretend and feeding teddy with your shaped blocks. I guess that just goes to show that you have a great imagination. We have also come to realize that when you wake up in the morning in our bed, you will start whispering to yourself. Daddy thinks its because you don't want to wake us up just yet. After a while then you start talking loudly and pestering us to wake up. Daddy is now a proud man. He has thought you to salam daddy & mummy when we come home and when we leave and you do it so perfectly now. I love how you smell our hands...hehe...

Last week though, when I came home from work, your nanny informed me you had taken the Astro card and hid it somewhere. We spent an hour searching high and low for it. I asked you where you had hidden it while taking out all the DVD's and putting them in the laundry basket so I wouldn't make a mess. Of course you couldn't answer me but what you did afterwards made me think that you were telling me where it was. You started taking out the DVDs I had put in the basket. Apparently you had slotted the cardin between the plastic cover and casing of your Barney CD. It just makes me wonder what was going through your mind when you did that. Were you thinking that by doing so, Barney would come on TV? hehe..

Two weeks ago you had the pleasure of spending the night at Grandma's. I think it was the first time for you to sleep elsewhere. Grandma set up the mattress on the floor and you slept well only waking up once for a quick feed. Last week, you were a good girl when daddy brought you out for the first time. Just you and him. Daddy and Daughter day out. Daddy said you were well-behaved and did not cry at all.

Mummy hopes you will enjoy the next few days as I have a few things lined up for you. Till then, lots of love, hugs and kisses, Mummy!

Hapidz Big Day

An Exhausted-looking Baby Mia

Beautiful Auntie Mama & Baby Hapidz

Dear Mia,

Yesterday was Auntie Mamah and Hapidz's big day. They had their Majlis Mandi belawat. Since you have been very stable on your legs, you had no intentions of being held. Mummy had to chase after you all day yesterday. In the morning, we dropped by Grandma's & Grandpa's house to welcome them home. They had just arrived the previous night from Qatar. Again, I wanted to see your expression when you saw your Grandma. At first your face was just serious then you walked over to your Grandma and gave her a big hug. It actually looked like you were hanging on with your dear life and weren't going to let her go. During our short visit you were showing off to your Grandma how you have mastered walking (with shoes on) and you were walking round the house like it was no ones business. You must of been exhausted from all that walking as you fell asleep on the ride home. I did not want to wake you but we had to get ready for Auntie Mamah's function.

At your Auntie Mamah's house, you tired me out. Walking here and walking there, chasing you here and chasing you there. Obviously you did not want me to carry you as you started to cry everytime I picked you up. I love knowing that you are an independant little princess but my love, I also hope you learn that sometimes at functions you have stay still and sit down. Luckily, your daddy's friend, Uncle Alai, who is also Uncle Razak's cousin, has an adorable sister. She was entertaining you and walking with you to where ever you wanted to go.

Auntie Mamah looked absolutely beautiful yesterday, unfortunately, I think you weren't able to take a photo with her. Not to worry, we'll be sure to take a picture of you with her before she leaves.

Love,
mummy.

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