T H E  71st  L E T T E R

August 23, 2010 @ 12:47a.m.

Dear Baby,

Howdy, baby!

Our AC isn’t OK yet. It’s been a month already that we’re dealing with this problematic air-conditioning unit at home! It’s a staggering 28 degrees Celsius at home! Uhh, it’s really hot. So sorry, baby, we’re situated in a country that is freakin’ hot. Read the rest of this entry »

T H E   48th  L E T T E R

June 20, 2010 @ 9:41a.m.

Dear Baby,

Howdy! You’re sleeping as Mommy writes this. You must be very tired from crying! You cried because you didn’t want to eat and Mommy was trying to let you eat some more. Mommy prepared your baby food (chicken and rice) via the blender we bought last night. I really hope you’d have some appetite now.

You’re at the stage where everything is a big, big No. Sigh.Glad that after sometime, Mommy was able to cut your fingernails. Uh-oh, your fingernails are longish – as usual – you won’t let Mommy or Daddy cut your fingernails.

The other night we bought you a lot of clothes at Marks and Spencer’s, and some books, too. From now on, we’ll buy majority of your clothes and books at M&S’s. Good choices and good price, hmmm, actually, just the same with Mothercare’s. We also bought two dresses last night at Carrefour -cheaper by 50% than M&S’s. But, I love the styles from M&S’s more than Carrefour’s.We also bought your shoes at Guess. Guess would be on sale today by 20% but opted to buy the shoes last night since the discount would just be forfeited with our fare. We don’t have the driving license yet. It’s now being processed. I hope Daddy would get it soon.

Mommy needs to help Daddy clean up our mess. Glad that we bought a new vacuum cleaner last night – our third vacuum cleaner in two years! This time the new vacuum cleaner is enough to unearth every mess you throw on the carpet. Bring it on, baby. Haha. You’re really good at throwing your baby food on the floor, your toys and books on the floor, and more. It’s all right. Childhood happens only once. I remember taking  a video of you while you’re throwing your food – was it pasta – on the floor. It was a real mess – from your face, to your high chair, to your dress, and onto the floor. No worries there. You’ll just outgrown it.

This is all for now.You’re now awake; we just heard you.

iloveyou,

mommy

T H E  38th L E T T E R

May 27, 2010 @ 12:36a.m.

Dear Baby:

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Happy 14th month birthday, baby!

Wow. How time flies, really! You’re now 14 months old. Oh, you were able to take some 17 steps! Wow…from four steps a couple of days back to 17! That’s awesome. my baby.

At 14 months, here are the things that you can do (in addition to those that you’ve been doing in the past):

You know the actions of the songs – different songs, actually. The songs are: “My head, my knees; Twinkle, Twinkle; Eentsy spider; Mix the chocolate by Dora”…Wow. You really know what action to do by just hearing the first words for each song.

You know a lot of English words now.

You know that wave, bye, waving have the same meaning. You show the action through your hand.

You know that clap and clapping mean the same thing.

You are good in drinking from the cup now.

You started to like eating rice, without viand.

You don’t like baby food anymore.

You love to feed yourself.

Mommy said the word “hot” and you mimicked me.

You love to call Daddy on the phone. The other day, a male friend called Mommy on the phone. You thought it was Daddy on the other line. You blabbered. I told you it wasn’t Daddy. You were silent, then.

Lately, you don’t sleep when Mommy’s not beside you. There was a time when you got up for four times every time you felt that Mommy left the room. I thought you were asleep already, but, each time I got out of our bed, you’d start crying.

Was it the other day…when Mommy placed your plate on top of the table – you didn’t see it when I put it there, when I got back after 10 minutes, you’re already holding the plate, eating your food! You’re self-supporting, baby, very independent at your age!

This is all for now, baby. Mommy’s so sleepy now.

I’ll write more, next time.

iloveyou,

mommy