Monday, May 29, 2006

Round and Round 轉,菊花園

Dear Yasmin,

Daddy has so much fun with you today! Unknown to Daddy and Mommy, you learned a new trick. This morning, when daddy carried you out to the living room and placed you on the floor, you started clapping your hands and at the same time, turn your body around using your feet to make quatre turns. You were so happy showing daddy this trick. Then daddy sat on the floor and we turn together! Now when daddy say 'Turn!' you make turns...and giggle and clap....

So clever!

Daddy

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Big foot!!



Dear Yasmin,

Who's hands and feet are these? Yours!! Daddy and Mommy took your hand print and foot prints on your birthday and you kept giggling when daddy painted the colors on your hands and feet.

How much you have grown... It is amazing when mommy and daddy look at them now, compared to your 1 month old prints.... you are so big now.. then you were so tiny.


We have been collecting your hands and foot prints since you are one month old. We took another one at 3 months and 6 months...



We are going to take your prints every 6 months, then when you are older, this will be a whole collection for you to keep.

Daddy & Mommy love you!





Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Birth Flower - Lily of the Valley


Dear Yasmin,

Daddy found out what is your birth flower today! Amazingly it is dadd's most favourite flower: Lily of the Valley.

This flower has long green stems and tiny little white flowers that look like bells grown along the stems. The flowers remind daddy of your chubby little fingers and toes, and it also has the most wonderful scent.

You smell great too... after mommy gives you a bath!

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

1st Birthday part 2


Dear Yasmin,

Today you are ONE!!

One year ago today, mommy gave birth to you. You were tiny and beautiful when you arrived. Daddy was happy to have heard your first cry, saw you first open your eyes in the delivery room. Mommy gave you your first hug just minutes after you came into this world.

One year later, today, you are a happy, healthy, beautiful little girl. You can sit, you can crawl, you can stand, and cruise around. Very soon you will be able to walk and talk.

You are still feeding on mommy's breast, although you've started eating porridge with fish, veg and meat. Your favourite snack is bread and sweet potato.

Every morning when you wake up, you look for daddy, and give a loud shot of joy when daddy pick you up and take you out to play. This is our special moment everyday. Sometimes, daddy bring you down to have a walk, sometimes, daddy bring you to the market to see all the different colors of veg, fish, fruit. You love looking at tomatoes, bellpeppers and eggplants. You also love touching them feeling the different texture of their skins. Sometimes you will hold them so tight, we have to bring the tiny eggplant and bellpeppers home and you'd play with them all day.

We visit grandma and grandpa everyday, they love hugging you, bring you to the garden and show you birds, and cats and dogs. Grandpa almost everyday carry you in his
arms when you fall asleep for 1 hour.

You can give high five to daddy, clap your hands when you are happy, bow your hands to say thank you, give fly-kisses and shake your head when you don't want something.

When you grow up and look at what daddy has written, you'll know how much you have grown from a helpless bundle into a pretty little girl. I also hope you will know how much daddy and mommy and the whole family love you.

This morning we went to the temple to give thanks to Buhdda and Kwan Yim for watching over you and to seek blessings for our whole family. You imitated daddy and mommy and kneeled down and bow your hands to Buhdda and Kwan Yim.

Mommy bought a beautiful cake for you and we cut the cake with grandma and grandpa after dinner!
Daddy

BBQ

Dear Yasmin,

Last Saturday you joined your very first BBQ.... BabyQ! It wouldn't be wrong to call it a BabyQ, because there were many babies there too and they were so cute.

Mommy and Daddy met many new friends living close to us and you met many other children. Daddy didn't realise you were so friendly, we were worried that you might be shy meeting so many strangers, but you kept your little arms waving, and laughing....

An auntie started blowing soup bubbles and all the children started jumping up and down poking at bubbles, you also waved your hands trying to catch them. You loved the soup bubbles so much that you hands became little windmills.

Mommy was so proud of you finally learned using the drinking cup, and guess what your second tooth is also coming out. It is the lower front tooth on the right, we can now see the white line of the top of the tooth coming out.... you'll have 2 teeth soon!!

Monday, May 08, 2006

Baby Step

Dear Yasmin,

Daddy and Mommy was so happy yesterday! You took your first step forward.

you stood up and looked at daddy with a wide smile, seemed not knowing what to do next standing all by yourself. Then you yelled and took one step forward, then a second step, and rushed into daddy's arms. You were so excited and kept blabbing away..

You are nearly 1 Yasmin, and very soon you will start walking, running and become independent. Mommy and Daddy would miss the little bundle who kept screaming for us to carry her around.

Daddy

Saturday, May 06, 2006

1st Birthday part 1



Dear Yasmin,

Do you know that you are a very lucky little girl? You have 2 birthdays!!

Today is your Chinese traditional birthday which grandma celebrates and next week mommy will celebrate your normal birthday. Grandma made red eggs for you.... they were so red and cute you kept looking at them and tried to grab them, but they would make your little hands red. Grandpa also bought a cake for you!

You were so happy when we sang the birthday song for you and you kept clapping your hands and tried to follow us singing!

We love you

Daddy

Yasmin, you're a big girl now!




Dear Yasmin,

You looked such a big girl in your new dress and new shoes!

We've just came back from lunch with grandma, grandpa and auntie Annie. We went to Mos Burgar, and you had some bread too!

Look at you, in your white dress and pink shoes, laughing so happily. You even 'pose' for Daddy.

Daddy