9 months

Hey sweetie,

It's been 9 months since you were born and sometimes I still can't believe that God has entrusted me with this huge role of motherhood. There are many moments where I still feel the sense of adequacy, someone so precious like you is placed in my arms. Managing your allergies, teaching you the right ways, giving you the best, what to do, what nots, all these can still sometimes be daunting. But yet this amazing journey of watching you grow, along with the availability of God's grace makes this enormous responsibility such a privilege.

You've grown so much this month. Spending that 10 days with your cousin Sophie have made you a little chatterbox J there was a few days when you said "duck" all the time. When you see your rubber ducks in the bath, when you see the little ducky ball, you just go "uck uck uck Duck". It's funny. This was alongside with your "pa pa pa" phase. This couple of days you've started your "hrop hrop drop" sounding words whenever you chuck something to the floor. You sometimes blabber non-stop in the car and you've filled the house with your happy chuckles and long-winded stories J And oh, it's so fun, you're even responding to clap your hands" whenever you hear that phrase on TV (baby can read) and when we ask you to, and while singing the song "if you're happy and you know it." We used to clap each time you manage to turn on your musical toys, and now you clap for yourself. You've also learnt to throw a ball too, and that thrilled daddy heaps.

You still can't really crawl yet. You sort of have a leopard crawl, but mostly you go backwards. You love pulling yourself up to a kneeling position using your toys, the sofa or our arms/shoulders as support. You'll look highly pleased when we help you up to a standing position as you hang on to us/toys etc. Your bum will even start shaking at the sound of music. Not being able to move around frustrates you, but don't worry little girl, keep exploring you'll be able to do it someday.

Your all time favorite is peek-a-boo, and our asian version of "coooooo……cha". You'll do it yourself and amuse others with it. You can never get enough of it, and neither can I. Once you laughed so hard with daddy that you threw up your dinner all over. That giggling spell continued the moment you saw daddy again.

There were many trying days this month too. There were many days in a row where you can't sleep properly at night and would want to play (in your tired state) at 4am in the morning. There were also days in a row where you will create such a big mess during your meals and get really whingy. There will also be the days in a row where your nose is extra stuffy and there will be rashes due to your allergies. Sometimes it's painful to watch but most times you take it at your own stride. Let's hang in there, God is doing something wonderful, bringing us to the right help, and most of all given us His strength.

There are just so many funny things to share about you, but blogging has become more like a luxury as you grow more and require so much more attention and play-time together. I am counting on God to help me remember your milestones and development and maybe one day I can share to your kids how you were like. Time flies, you are out of me almost the same length of time as you spent in my tummy. Hope you're enjoying it as much as I do.

I love you munchie!

Mummy