Why my big brother is the best big brother in the world

When I wake up from my naps, he comes and greets me lovingly - 'Mia amun! (bangun) Hi Mia..' *muahs kisses, hugs* Sometimes he brings me books and tells me 'Surprise, for you'.

One time he said 'I love you' to me out of the blue. A free I love you from him is really special. Nobody else, even Mommy or Daddy has had one. I bet they're jealous!

He is the best at making me feel better when I'm upset. If he sees me crying, he alerts Mommy immediately. He'll hug me, kiss me and tell me 'It's ok Mia...it's ok...don't cry'. Sometimes he'll sing and ask Mommy to sing along to my favourite songs. If I still won't stop crying, he'll say ' Mommy/Daddy, kung Mia' or 'Mommy, susu Mia'.

He plays all sorts of interesting games all day, it amazes me! I want to play whatever he's playing. He really tries to include me. He'll say ' Mia, come on' or 'Ok Mia masuk house there'. Ok, sometimes I ruin his train tracks or break apart his neat playhouse, and that'll make him upset, but he never takes it out on me, he'll call out to Mommy or Daddy to come pick me up. and then he'll offer me other toys for me to play with instead. Ok i'll behave myself next time ;)

Sometimes I sleep in my cot, but I don't like it there, I prefer to sleep next to my big bro. Mom says I sleep better and longer. If I wake up in the middle of the night and Mommy's not there, I'll wake him up. Sometimes he says 'Stop pushing me!', sometimes he pats my head and says 'Shhh Mia...it's ok'.

I think he's awesome. Happy birthday Along!

ok now i'm going off to steal his birthday presents....sshhh....

Adam's 3rd birthday trip

Some photos from Adam's birthday trip.

the birthday boy. pebble birthday wish from his Daddy..

Adam's favourite character - Thomas the Tank Engine

on the fair rides

Adam making his pebble house at the beach

Mia at the soft play area

my loved ones

highlight of the trip - dora and diego live show. Happy betul Adam...

Adam's Week

His birthday is not until next week, but the celebrations are about to begin. Our bags are packed, we are ready to leave in a couple hours for his secret birthday trip..ssshhh...don't tell him yet, ok. We're going by train, which I'm sure he'll approve. And then a whole of activities that he loves, just waiting for him. I declare this week Adam's Week.

Let the celebration begins!

Mia at 8 months

This little young lady turned 8 months yesterday...oh how she's grown!

She's standing up all by herself all the time now. Now that she knows she can stand without holding onto anything, she's challenging herself to stand up while carrying something in her hands or mouth. It looks really funny, I tell you.

She has 2 teeth on the bottom, and 4 up top. The 4 top ones came out almost at the same time, which wasn't much fun for her. But the last of the 4 came out yesterday, so she's much happier today.

When she sees something exciting, she goes 'slurp!slurp!' and then crawl over to get it.

When she's anxious, like when she sees mommy walking away or when the lights are switched off (she knows that means bedtime) she starts breathing really heavily, before screaming her lungs out.

She loves playing with Adam. She cries easy with any bumps (accidental or otherwise) he gives her, but she always keep coming back for more.

She pretty much put everything in her mouth. Except for the occasional choke-able things, i pretty much let her. She'll get over this phase. Eventually.

Her laugh is beautiful and precious, reserved only for the funniest of jokes. But she does give us a purposeful chuckle every now and then to tell us she's enjoying herself. It sounds like this - ahak! ahak!

now that she's more mobile, she's participating a lot at the children centres. she loves it there. Especially the singing sessions.

Happy 8 months birthday, my pretty! Love you!

A craft update

I apologise for the lack of craftiness going on in this blog lately. I haven't been sewing much. With the colder months drawing nearer upon us (we've had to start putting on our jackets this week) I find myself leaning more towards my knitting recently..I've over-ambitiously casted on a few projects - a tweedy sweater for my man, a present for a certain someone whose birthday is coming up, something special for a new addition into the family ;) all requiring my precious and rare crafting time...

But I did manage to sew something just before raya - Mia's first baju kurung. You've probably seen it in our raya photos...but I'll put up some zoomed photos here...

To make the baju kurung I used the tutorial given generously on Made by Maya...thank you! I resized it only a little to fit Mia...the fabric is Anna Maria's gorgeous Little Folks voile (again! oh and probably again and again in the months to come. I don't plan on getting over this addiction very soon).

aaah the neckline. Handstitched, and using the traditional 'mata lalat' (or was it tulang belut?). Oh I have newfound appreciation for this old handstitching technique, it wasn't easy, I tell you. I found a grainy video online of some old makcik, teaching (very well!) how to do this stitch,..gosh I wish I'd bookmarked that video..

I forgot to blog about this tudung. Comel tak???? aaaaaa!!! so cute! handmade by Maksu (Taufik's auntie) Thank you maksu!!! nak pattern boleh? (don't know if she reads this blog though). Everytime she put this on i want to gobble her up..

doesn't she look extra chubby in this photo?? hehe...I'm already missing her second chin...it's dissapearing together with her other baby fat since she started getting mobile...

Playing house

aah..the simple joy of playing house...

sleeping time

err those are stairs

and those are trains

erm and that grubby little baby is a squirrel (in her squirrel house)

Eid Celebrations

Our Eid celebration this year is simple, but wonderful. Alhamdulillah, His blessings are plentiful in this little home..

Hope you're having a blissful time, too.

Selamat Hari Raya from all of us - Mommy, Daddy, Adam and Mia.