Birthday Photos

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My life has been hectic. We now have orders on a regular basis leaving me with little time to myself. I do try to squeeze in a little 'self-therapy' to make sure I don't go insane though.

Since I don't have the resources to regularly go on retail therapy, I sew. It's enjoyable and I feel proud of the items I produce. So far I've made 3 bags. 1 for me, and another 2 for the nieces. They really like their bags. Even my cousins like the bags that they're egging me to make them a few. I do it because it's something other than baking, or taking care of an almost 2 year old.

Speaking of my almost 2 year old. She's turning 2 in 9 days! She's getting to be such a big girl now. She talks a lot, loves dancing, loves to sing, and loves watching youtube. I'm thankful that she's not a difficult little girl. She will listen to you (most of the time) and she doesn't throw tantrums.

So loves clothes and shoes. Absolutely loves them. She can't walk pass a shoe shop without wanting to go in. Oh, she also loves bags. Which reminds me, I have to sew a bag for her. Every time she sees me making a bag, she'll go, "may may nya bag?". Poor kid. Her mummy keeps making bags for other people but not for her.

She prefers jeans over dresses but she will wear skirts. But she doesn't protest as much anymore when I try to put a dress over her head. I was hoping my girl would be a girly-girl. Oh well. Jeans and t-shirts are cute too, I guess.

She likes playing with babydolls and teddy bears and will bring 1 of her 3 teddy bears out with her whenever we go out. She doesn't like to play with dolls though. I wanted to buy her a doll for her birthday but she would have non of that. She wanted another 'baby'. We didn't get her one though cause there are 3 babies at home as it is. I don't want the house being over run with plastic babies. Maybe I can 'sneak in' the doll. Hmmm..


She's getting used to being photographed but like her father and her god-ma, she will almost always make a face. Why can't you people just smile for the camera?

Oh, anyone know where I can buy velour? Was thinking of sewing a doll for the bug. Would probably be cheaper than buying one. But lets just say I want to sew one so that it's one of a kind and special and not because I'm cheap. Haha!



I told you she made faces.

DDoB*3: Canteen lady

If you love babycakes, say Aaaaaa!!!

Aaaaaaaa!

DDoB: Owls

Meeting Alin

Last Friday, I met Alin to deliver her the cupcakes she ordered from me. You can read more about it at her blog.

We just stood infront of my car and chatted a bit. She took a photo of me with her phone. I would have rather she didn't but, since I wanted to help her score her phone, I agreed anyway. You can go see the photo at her blog as well. Do yourself a favor and don't though.

Here's the 1 photo of her I did take.


Alin

The bug also wanted to do her bit in helping Alin win her phone.


What do you mean I can't keep it?

Daily dose of bug

I actually have a couple of photos of the bug I wanted to post. But I've decided to post one a day. So here's number 1.

Little big girl

This set is from a photo-shoot I was 'trying' to have with the bug. She wasn't co-operating much that day. Still, I these photos turned out quite nice, even if the product can't be seen clearly.

Pirate

She stole some ice cream from her auntie and claimed it as her own. When she finally came to me, she was super messy. I just had to post these photos.

The bug, Now with video!

I told you I'd update you on the bug, didn't I?

The bug has been screaming a lot lately. She'll scream when she doesn't get her way. She'll scream when she's mad. She just loves screaming. It's very annoying. I don't know how to fix it. So today, I just covered her mouth with my hand.  Then she started crying. Anyone has any ideas?

Another thing she likes to do is pull Afiq's hair. That's another thing I don't know how to fix. She knows that Afiq cries when she does it, so now, everytime afiq annoys her, her hand will immediately go for his hair. Afiq will then start to cry. That boy is a bit of a pansy so he cries when things are not in his favor.

Although, sometimes Afiq is asking to have his hair pulled because he loves provoking the bug. He'll intentionally take something from her when he's told not to. I still don't think it's right that May loves pulling his hair and I'm looking for ways and answers to fix this problem. I have told her several times to stop doing it and have stopped her just in time but I want her to stop doing it completely.

Oh, and yesterday, he bopped Afiq on the head with a metal object. Not hard though. But enough to cause the grandparents to go into a flurry. They were clearing out some stuff from the storeroom and the littlest ones were outside with them. They must have been looking elsewhere for a moment when the bug managed to secure herself something from the toolbox and proceeded to do some damage to Afiq. It wasn't hard I guess cause Afiq didn't cry or anything. It was only AFTER the grandparents made noise did he start to whimper. I quickly took the girl to the kitchen to give her a talkdown. Upon hearing me scold Iliya, my MIL stepped in and told me it wasn't her fault cause she didn't know what she was doing.

I have a feeling she does though.

I don't know what the bug has against Afiq. A lot I guess. He is really naughty and doesn't listen to you and will do all sorts of monkey stuff. He loves provoking the girl and will always want something that she has, whether its hers, his or someone else's. It really doesn't matter.

In less destructive news, the bug has been saying a slew of new words.

I miss you (I mih you), Octopus (Oh-pu-pus) Drum (Dum), Breast pad (Beh-pad/Eh-pad), Dog (Dog dog/wow wow), Giraffe (ruff), Turun (uyun), Dukung (Ukong), Off, Handphone, Mana, Ada, Please (peas), Thank you (Ten you (with a vigorous nod of the head)), Nite nite, nasi, doll, cheese (when she's holding a camera), Ten Long (Lantern in mandarin), Panda bear, sheep, owl.

As usual, I'm limited my how much I remember.

Have I ever talked about her teeth? No? I've been meaning to. The bug's teeth are rotting. The two front teeth. I have no idea why but they are. Initially, I though it was because of the sweets she gets but I stopped giving her sweets totally and stopped all the sweet drinks but her teeth didn't stop rotting. So I stopped not giving her sweets. I did however start brushing her teeth two times a day and made sure she got her teeth brushed even though she didn't want to. And on most days, she doesn't want to.

I think, the rotting has slowed down. It saddens me that her teeth aren't perfect but a friend said that a dentist told her that it's widespread among kids these days and he doesn't know what's the root of the problem.

My friend thinks its the water. Another friend thinks its the lack of calcium. I don't know what to think. I've been eating more cheese these days so hopefully, the bug gets extra calcium. It makes me feel slightly better, knowing that the bug isn't the only one with this problem. This means it isn't because I'm a bad mother, right? I hope so. Poor bug. *sigh*

I could cry thinking about it. On some days, I obsess over her teeth. The rest of the teeth seem alright though. So I really don't know what to do.

Her eating is still here and there. Somedays she eats a lot, somedays she doesn't eat at all. I don't know what to do. She's kind of flighty with food. She might love one thing today but will not eat it the next. It's a lot of guessing and hoping and coaxing. She does love bananas though. She'll eat it in any form. I also recently found out she loves oysters. Not the big ones you eat raw, but the tiny ones you eat in omelet's. O-chien, it's called. I love oysters too. My dad says the bug's appetite is a lot like mine. I guess it is. But I don't like eating raw bread dough, or sugar paste.

She has been referring to herself as baby. She'll pat her tummy and say, baby. It's cute. She also calls herself May May. I call her May May. I also call her Iliya, ILIYA MAY MOHD AZNIN!, brownie and ee-ya.

She also has been saying, "nak adik". Hmm.. I can't quite help with that, yet. Not yet. A little later maybe. (I thought I might be pregnant this month cause my period was 5 days late, but then it came.)

She does this cute thing with her lower lips whenever we say, "Iliya, listen to me." I don't know where she picked it up from but I'll try to record it when she does it again.

Okay. I think that's enough Iliya news for today. I'll leave you with 2 clips of Iliya the cute.

Bug updates.

It's been a really long while since I posted about the bug so here's a bug related post for posterity.

The bug has been talking quite a bit lately. She's been picking up new words like a sponge and can even speak in sentences. The bug's list of words so far:

- sit / dodok (duduk), tak mo, jangan, no! no! no!, tak nak, turn, butterfly (fufferfly), elephant (ephaphant), tiger (iger), cat (cat cat), duck (duck duck), zebra (bra *snickers*), air, susu, milk, bread, nasi, ayam, banana (nana), ball, balloon, shoes, doll, bear, fish, sweet, I love you (I yo you), mummy (ami), daddy (didi), kakak, adik, abang, aznin, jo, bukak, eyes, ears, mouth (mouf), nose, hair (air), yen jin, pi ji and tutup

That's all I can remember so far. :p She's very cheeky and mischievous, She's also a darling all at the same time. So you can imagine how my day to day is like.

Either way, I don't think I can imagine my life without her. She may tire me out but I wouldn't have it any other way. Well, maybe she could sleep earlier. Hehe.

She's having the flu now. The bug caught a bug. So she's having a runny nose. Thankfully, no fever though. Which is a good thing. CNY is coming up. Can't have a sick baby during the festivities. She needs to get a groove on!

Reflection

A few of my favorite things

Girly stuff

Gadgets

Wallets/Money

Cute as dim sum

Taken during my mom's birthday brunch.

Graduate

From my sister's graduation a month back.

Flower girl

Because there hasn't been any photos.

Can you say, naughty?

She's got 4 teeth at the bottom now.

Mays' mei tai

I finally finished sewing it. It took be about 1 week to complete it but it is done. If you don't know what a mei tai is, read about it here. They didn't have the definition on wiki so that's the best that I could find.

The cumulative time is probably about less than half a day. The reason I took so long was because of the bug. She doesn't like me doing anything that doesn't involve her. I can only work in spurts, before she comes looking for attention. Sometimes, all she wants is for me to sit next to her and read to her. She's a demanding one.

It's basically a chinese baby carrier. I didn't have any chinese silk on hand so stripes it is. It turned out quite nice I think. The material is from Ikea. I bought a pair of Ikea kitchen towels cause I liked the color. The size was just nice so I decided to use it for the mei tai. The straps are from an old bedsheet that I cut up cause I didn't have anything long enough to use.

Finally the photo. Here's me testing out the mei tai with my unwilling participant. The photographer is my niece.



I'll take a better photo when I have the chance.

The bug: VE Wedding

note: VE is not some sort of disease. It is the name of the group of the band the groom happens to be in

This was from some months ago. I can't really remember when. She still had chubby cheeks then. I miss those cheeks.

The bug: Raya edition

There was some crying

So we put her in the boot

That fixed her up well and good