Up So Early?

Gooooooood Morning!!!....Yeah, was asking myself, why am I up so early...it's a Sunday, a precious day of the week and a perfect one to sleep late. But, I just couldn't sleep...!!!...Wish I could..!! Maybe I'm still a bit shaky due to the car accident I was involved in yesterday afternoon. However, there are 2 very important details i've learnt thro this incident. No matter how careful you are as a driver, putting on the seat belt (yes, I did put it on) and having a car seat for your child is very, very important, coz you'll never know where & when out of a sudden, these reckless drivers may hit you. Anyway, do not wanna dwell too much of details on this matter. Don't worry, I'm safe & sound here but I do not wanna think the otherwise if I have not put on the belt or if Lil E is with me in the car at the time of the accident.

On a lighter note, I was up this early probably because I'm excited of the agenda that I'll be doing shortly. I'll be going to Church for their morning service with both huBBy and Lil E. Yup!!...u read correctly, I am going to church and I pledge to go on a weekly basis. To all of u who knew me for years will be quite surprised on hearing this. I was, all this while not a Christian faith. But now I am and including huBBY. We're happy that we've finally accepted Christ. With this new found faith, hope it can give me guidance along the way when it comes to raising Lil E.

Alright, got to go get myself and the two fellas who're still sleeping ready for this outing. You have a good day and a blessed week ahead...:)

Updates on Lil E

This is a backdated post. Should've post this in 1 week ago, when Lil E officially turns ONE. Nevertheless, here goes:

Weight ~ 9.12kg
Height ~ 75cm
Teeth ~ 5 (2 on top & 3 at the bottom)


Walking
2 days after she celebrated her 1st birthday, Lil E took her first few steps. Both HuBBY & I witnessed her 'stunts' and boy, we were so happy we caught her 1st steps. But she walks clumsily though. She may trip and fall onto her backside or falls to the front but she's good at breaking the fall by putting her hands forward so she'll land on her knees with her palms on the floor. She really enjoys walking coz whenever we are carrying her, she signalled to be put down onto floor by making some noises and pointing to the floor. When we wanna pick her up, she'll whine and make a a big fuss.

Food/Feeding
Lil E is always interested in whatever food that we eat. Each time we have something to eat, she'd walk over to us, point at the food that we're eating & gestured she wants to have some too.
She has 2 solid meals a day and 3 x 7oz of milk daily. In between she'd have some snacks, she loves bread. We also started giving her a little bit of table food like some steamed egg, steamed tofu & half of a hard boiled egg. Our paed gave us the go-ahead and even encouraged us on letting her try these foods as long as the texture is soft so that Lil E will not choked.

Likes/Dislikes

~ Our little one likes to grab and lifts all kinds of objects that fancies her. She loves to turn the pages of magazines (esp. the astro guide) maybe due to the colourful pages. Also, she likes to grab hold of the tv/astro/dvd remote control and will aimed it at the tv as if trying to mimic the adults on changing tv channels.

~ She starts to love watching TV/Astro programmes esp. cartoons & children's sing-along shows like Barney and of course the commercials.

~ Lil E enjoys playing with us by touching our face, poking into our nose and eyes or sometimes she'll even put her fingers into our mouth to feel the teeth. She'll be laughing out loud while doing these little actions. U may find this 'activity' weird but she surely enjoys it esp before she goes to sleep. Maybe this has been a little ritual before her bedtime.

~ She can be a bit of a busy-body and is best at rummaging my handbag. She will first turn the bag over & pour the contents out as if wanting to inspect what's in there. Then after playing with all the 'contents' and got bored of it, she'll then hold the bag & stood up and starts to walk around the room with the bag in hand. If it happens to be a bigger handbag, she will not have the strength to hold it up but she'll resorts by dragging the bag on the floor. She tend to have this look of authority while walking with the bag in hand.

~ However, Lil E dislikes being restrained in her playpen for too long and will want to move about freely unless she is tired or it is around her naptime.

~ When its raining, she will showed us that she is afraid when there's thunder by giving us this scared look on her face while patting her chest lightly with her hand. We then need to go over and give her a big bear hug for assurance.

Ring!...Ring!...Telephone!

She probably has seen us using the house telephone , as she loves to pick up the receiver & babbles into the telephone. A short while, she'll then put the receiver back and picks it up & babbles into it again. This can go on & on a few times in a row.

Dancing Queen
Lil E loves to dance whenever she hears any kinds of music. As long as there's a tune, she'll be dancing along. Her usual dance moves are by bouncing up & down (by bending her knees) & swing both her hands left & right, all in coordinated movements. She'd give us a big smile while dancing and won't fail to amuse us daily with this antics of hers.

Pain....Pain....

Since she is still walking a bit clumsily, sometimes she would walk & knock her head into the wall or the furniture. She would then gestured us by whining and patting the back of her head even though the part she knocked into was her forehead. As and when we said the word pain....pain....she would understand it by touching the back of her head.

Lil E's 1st B'day Party

We threw a party to celebrate Lil E's 1st birthday which falls on 11th Nov. Coincidentally, it's a Saturday, a perfect day to hold a party...:). We started planning for this party about a month ago. A caterer was called in to prepare for the night's buffet style dinner. The b'day cake were ordered a week before at a cake shop in Sunway. HuBBy wanted it to be special, so he changed some designs and colours & tells the shop operator that he wants it bigger. Said that, a 3 kg cake made its way to Lil E's party.
Since we wanted a relatively small party, hence we're not able to invite all our relatives (esp. mommy's side) and friends. This we greatly apologized. A handsful of hubby's close relative and mommy's immediate family were invited. Not to mentioned some of our close friends as well. A great deal of photos were taken to capture the night's event and has been posted in this blog for your pleasure viewing.

Happy Birthday, Lil E

To My Darling,

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY

Daddy & Mommy loves u very much and wish you will grow up healthy & well. You don't fail to put a smile on our face everyday. Mommy specially made this blog for you so that one day when you are able to read, you'll enjoy this blog as much as mommy keeping it posted.

Since the day you arrived a year ago, you've given us so much joy. Never did I imagine how it would be like being a parent till u came along. I would admit, it was quite a bumpy journey initially with everything being so new & unknown to us in the parenting world. But who would imagine having you not only brightens our lives, you taught us the meaning of life.

From now on, Lil E will be called a toddler, no longer a baby. But, she'll always be the 'baby' in our hearts. Once again, Happy Birthday my Lil E, and many more to come.

New Haircut

The photos above say it all. Yup, Lil E had a haircut 2 days ago. She really needed one coz her hair is getting longer esp. her fringe was about to cover her eyes. Her hair grows quite fast i noticed. Her last haircut i recalled was around 2 months ago. Anyway, the hairdresser only cut her fringe but if u notice, this time the hairstyle is a bit different. I make sure the hairdresser cut it straight across, like a china doll hairstyle. Unlike the last time which the hairdresser screw up by cutting Lil E's fringe with jagged ends.

Btw, thought of putting this down. When Lil E had her haircut 2 days ago, I was at work. MIL relayed this to me. The hairdresser actually came over to our hse and there she was, Lil E happily seated on great grandma's lap for the haircut. As soon the cloth were draped over Lil E's shoulders, she immediately let out a LOUD wail..!!! Lil E was crying so loud with big drops of tears streaming down her cheeks...oh! poor baby!!...she must've been startled by the actions of the hairdresser with putting the cover over her shoulders so quickly. The hairdresser only starts to cut Lil E's hair after she has cooled down a bit. But still, Lil E was sobbing throughout the session....oh! my poor baby!!

But I must say, she looks good in this hairstyle...i personally like it a lot!