Merry Christmas 2010

Lil Mia finally says Mommy (or more like "Mimm-my") and knows what it actually means :)

Daycare is closed for end of the year holidays this entire week so the whole bunch is at my parent's this week. And lil bugaroo is staying with Mama while Mommy n Daddy's at work. I am getting better at "not being too attached to" the lil bugaroo. In fact I even suggested to hubby dearest we hit the malls after work to get some things for myself :) Doing pretty good, eh? Guess I'm getting my life back. Little by little. Though what is life now without my baby girl..? Hmm..

Unlike last year, this year's Christmas was a lil low key. Eve night we spent some family time at Robinsons and Christmas day at the Curve. It was as usual packed tight with people doing shopping while trying their best to get some family time. We try to keep ourselves away from the crowds as best we can. While of course lil Mia gets a balloon, couple hundred dollars worth of new clothes and some play time at the playground. Also, chased after the Christmas carols, fell backwards on a lil broken ride, made loads of friends along the way and had a huge, huge feast at the beautifully-lit Marche. She also caught a mild flu bug on the way. Did I mention she accidentally peed on my jeans? :) So yes, that was Christmas 2010 for us!

Mia's Vocab Works

Our Lil Bugaroo is 19 months and 23 days. In a week's time she will be turning the golden 20 month-old.

Vocabulary
Appa/Papa/Pa
papa (my dad; she could say this at 14 mo)
Abam
abg (my younger bro; also at 14mo)
Mama
mama (my mom)
Wan
mama (my mom or her Wan Ma)
Didd-dy
daddy
Mimmy
mommy (only according to her daddy, I've never witnessed it and I've a stinking feeling she won't say this in front of me =)
Te-ku
thank you (usually when she returns things to you, not the other way round)
Cat/Auw (initially but it's almost completely being replaced by "Cat" now)
perfect pronouciation yay!!
Auw
also refers to any type of animals
Eyow
hello
Paii-Bai
byebye
Bib-bikk!
the maid (it's so funny when she calls her this)
May-en!
Min (the maid)
Ba-Na
banana
Ee-yai Ee-yai Ow
the chorus part from the classic "Old Macdonalds has a farm.."
Bee-bee
referring to any "little people" from little babies to under 5 yr olds

That's about it, I guess. Hope I've not missed out anything. Most times she uses body and sign languages to communicate. But she understands almost everything we tell her. For example, just couple weeks ago I was heading out the door and lil Ms Social-Butterfly here can never see anyone leaving the house without her! So I told her, "baby, go get your shoes on the stairs". She looked at me first, and I repeated myself one more time. And off she went! Mind you, I couldn't point out where the stairs nor shoes were because it is at the corner of the house. Nervously waiting if she's succeed, it felt like AGES!!! 2 seconds late she came back running with her pair of shoes in hand! I could not be more proud of her! It really made me feel like a zillion dollar mommy for the rest of the day =) =)

She also knows how to nod now. Daddy had to teach her how to nod. Apparently she doesn't know how to do it properly so now we're practicing yes=nod, no=shake. She used to shake her head for both yes and no. Which is quite funny and extremely adorable!

These past couple of days she seemed to laugh a lot. She'd giggle in the car and laugh histerically when we're at the mall. She's turning into a very happy baby and nothing makes us happier than that =)

We love you Mia Dahlia
xx

Home Sweet Home

I have been at my parent's for 2 weeks stretch. It has also been utterly exhausting to commute back and forth from work and from lil Mia's daycare. So you can imagine my relief now that darling hubby's back from out-stationed and we're back to our normal regime.

Few things need to be sorted which also requires time and ka-ching! But I guess we can ask Santa instead!

So dear Santa,
I've been fairly good this year and here's my wishlist:

1) New pair of lenses
2) Few makeup items - the ones I had before got trapped together with the crashed car some time in Sept. I doubt I'd be able to get those back!
3) Pair of flats - last pair lost it's flower thingy in front
4) A kiddy table and chairs for lil Mia - she's into drawings and colorings now that she can spend a good 10mins with a paper and colored pencil at hand
5) God knows how much my darling hubby needs some casual t-shirts!
6) A brand new sofa set!

Hope that's not too much to ask for, Santa my man =)

Koda went missing yesterday. She went out in the morning and was not found til this morning when Bibik went searching for her again. She was found among the bushes and open land in front of our far end neighbour's house. Thank god!

Wishlist 2011
1. Having moved to Bangsar and much closer to workplace (so I can leave an hour later for work!!)
2. Exercise, exercise, exercise! At least a walk or take lil Mia to the park every weekend.
3. Drink more fluids (am getting better than before actually)
4. Cook more often than I'd like to
5. Find some other kind of side-income I can manage
6. Plan for another family holiday!
7. Maybe a playmate for Koda?
8. Go for hair perm!!!
9. Hopefully get to visit Adelaide with lil Mia tagging along =)

Sighh..