I was just carrying you today because mummy had to go pay for something, “pay money” as you’d like to say… I took you outside to play on the car ride. You saw auntie Kathy and you shouted “AUNTIE KATIE!” in you own words and said “Tomm!”. That means come! Auntie Katie came and told you that she had to go buy bread and left.
Later on, on the sofa in front of K-mart, I said we should wait here for Auntie Katie and asked if you knew where she went. You said “buy batt”, the meant buy bread! When you saw mummy at the counter of the shot and ready to pay, you pointed at her and shouted “MUMMY!!” and started towards her. I scooped you up and brought you to the nearby ball machine. You love balls and I bought one for you before, one of those bouncing balls. I asked you how many were there inside, and you started… “Unn, too, teee, hor, hiff, ixx, ven, …, ignn, eh!”…
I was sooo proud of you! My baby girl is growing up…
We’ve started to teach you to pray at meal times and at night before you go to bed. At night you keep asking us to help you pray for “Banana”! So we’d go… “Dear God, thank you for Banana, and Mummy, and Dada, and Ma ma, and yeah yeah…” Before we can finish, you’d go “AMEN!”
Mikaela, your favourite auntie Jane had her birthday at our house the other day. Mummy and uncle Hendry tried to do a surprise party for her but Auntie Jane was pretty smart and found out already. Mummy also bought many funny hats for everyone to wear because it was a funny hat party we had. The food on the table was ready for us to have a steamboat together. You are too young to have all the steamboat. Mummy gave you “tung hun” instead
Oh! And daddy didn’t have to get a funny hat because I had one already, it’s called a propeller head hat and this is what people at work calls daddy.
As usual you look so cute staring at the camera… All the other kids were looking at the TV!
Tomorrow we are all going to Melbourne to see Uncle Daniel and family. Hope you will enjoy the visit and not be too cold.
It’s been a while since mummy and I’ve updated this blog to tell you about how you have grown. I have really grown little cheeky monkey!
We thank God for your greatly improved condition on your skin. We hardly see any more rash on your skin any more besides the ankles and inner thigh. You are a very happy baby and up to now, are very obedient and cute!
You (like daddy) have harnessed the art of deflection! Whenever we are about to scold you, you tend to change interest and topic! Very well done Mikaela! Daddy is very proud of you and will always feel that my earthly toils are worth it whenever I get a cuddle or smile from you.
I am trying to get better at taking photos. You are also getting better at posing for the camera! I will post more often now that I can do it easily.
dear baby girl, you turned 11 months almost a week ago.
it has probably become a tradition that we have cupcakes on your behalf every monthly birthday.
we were in sydney for 2 days just prior to your birthday and we found this really yummy cupcake shop. www.cupcakesonline.com.au
we bought some cupcakes to bring home for your birthday but left them all on the plane. it was so sad. daddy felt really bad for forgetting them that he went out to buy some from our usual cupcake shop on your birthday.
http://www.thecupcakeparlour.com.au/
we went to sydney for 2 daysand met up with your ma-ma’s good friend, Aunty Pat and her kids. all the aunties and uncle loved playing with you. you were very good on the flight there and back and you seemed to enjoy yourself in sydney even though it is only a short trip.
you are 11 months old. soon you will be one. we still can’t believe that we have you in our lives for almost a year now.
you are still a feisty one. you are still sleeping on mummy every night. poor little you are still itchy and scratching all the time. we pray that God will help relieve you of all these discomfort and grant you good rest every night.
you love reading picture books. especially those touchy feely boos. mummy managed to get some cheap and good ones at local school fete and fund raising sales.
we are so looking forward to your 1st birthday party. hmmm.. what shall mummy make you as your birthday cake?
I know i still owe a few posts on your life – your 11th month birthday and your 1st birthday. i promise, they will come soon.
but i better blog about this before i forget.
my dear baby girl, i am sad and elated at the same time to announce that you are no longer a baby and have graduated to become a toddler.
aunty J said that once a baby passes her 1st birthday, something just clicked and suddenly she will become a toddler with a wide vocabulary of baby words, likes and dislikes, a clear mind of her own and an increased skill of mobility.
that is very true. you passed your 1st birthday and suddenly no one can make you go in a direction that you refuse to go. suddenly you have much more things to comment about (in your baby language of course). suddenly, you decided to get more couragous and stand up and walk.
few days ago, we were still assisting you in walking. we were still holding your hands and supporting you while you walked from room to room. every nook and corner of the house. if we guide you to walk to a certain place and it is not where you want to go, you will turn and insisted that you want to go somewhere else.
just 2 days or so ago, you walked your first steps. a wobbly 2 steps but everyone is so excited for you. you grinned broadly after you had done that. you are so proud of your own achievement. daddy wished that he was here to see you.
when we brought you to go shopping, you happily and excitedly walked with us. just like a big girl. you even stood on the escalator yourself. and the usual cheeky you even walked up to the shop’s shelves and started pulling things off the shelves and throwing them on the floor.
yesterday you could walk 9 steps on your own.
i called daddy last night while you were sleeping and said that i am sad that you are no longer a baby. you are growing up too fast. you are a toddler now.
Mervin
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