Chenya at 11 months ...going on ONE

Time certainly does fly. Before we realize it, Chenya is now 11 months and turning to one this month. I can still remember blogging about the nightmare confinement lady we had and the trauma she put us through. It was just like yesterday. Children do grow up pretty fast nowadays and before too long, they will be off from the nest doing their own things, leaving behind us, the old folks trying hard to hang on to the wonderful and sweet memories we had with them when they were babies and toddlers, with our ever failing memory...

Chenya at the Loft, Bangsar Village, getting ready to order her food ....

Herein, lies the whole objective of this blog, to pen down as much as I could of the sweet moments I have with them and what I am experiencing now, so that I could always read back should my memory fails me when I grow a little senile in my old age....

So, how has Chenya grown in the past 11 months....

Physically, Chenya is definitely taller than Ryan when Ryan was 11 months old. We got a feeling that Chenya will take after me and would definitely be taller as compared to Ryan who is taking after her mommy who is ....emmmm....(need I state the obvious).

She was crawling all the house when she was barely 8 months old. By 9 months she was already attempting to stand up, the moment she grab hold of any support. By 10 months, she was already taking her first few steps. Today, she can walk unaided for quite a distance and is already climbing or trying to climb sofas and chairs at home without a single indication of fear....

She finally got her first front teeth last month, much later than Ryan. Her favorite toys are pretty much what Ryan is playing, which unfortunately turns out to be guns and swords. We have given her a nick name at home whenever she brandish her kor kor guns at home....Lara Croft!

Our very own Lara Croft ....

Unlike Ryan whose first few words uttered were daddy and mommy, her first few words were `nen nen' (milk) and 'ta ta ta ta' (beat beat) - I am not sure what and who she wants to beat initially, but now, whenever she gets hold of Ryan's swords, she will be 'ta ta ta' ing all over the house. Her grandma managed to teach her to say 'bird bird' when she brought her out to the park last month.

And one more thing, she whistles. Yupe. I was whistling in front of her one day and she was putting her lips together but nothing came out from it. One night a couple of days later, while we were about to sleep, I heard someone attempting to whistle on the bed. I thought it was Ryan but to our to surprise, it was Chenya and when we looked at her, she was giggling cheekily ....

From her character perspective, she definitely has a temper and patience is certainly NOT her virtue. We are still debating as to whom she has picked that up from...

And lastly, we discovered yesterday, that she certainly loves to eat. We were at the Loft Bangsar Village and while we were eating, she was making so much noise that she wanted some too. When we fed her with some bread crumbs, she was so so happy and was laughing out loud everything we gave her a piece. And the love to eat, certainly comes from the mommy .....

Unlike Ryan who is extra friendly, Chenya is the complete opposite. Ryan can be carried by almost anyone and till today, he can initiate and hold a conversation with a complete stranger. On the other hand, Chenya will yell at the top of her lungs if a stranger touches her ....(but then again, she is still a lady ain't she).....