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

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