Taking A Liking

I mentioned before how my girl likes to collect taxes. She's really good with the straw now but one day I got to show you what she does to the straw itself.

She also loves to dance. Her dance moves consists of bouncing up and down and swinging the arms. Lately she developed a new move: tapping one foot while waving the oppposite-side arm. Couldn't capture that on pic yet.

The third activity she really likes is playing in her bath tub. There's a 90% probability she'll cry and complaint when you take her out of her tub or even try to take away the shower hose. But the pic captured the rare 10% when she had been satisfied with the duration we let her play in her tub. Hmm... could it be she would like to swim? Got to get her swimwear and find out.

Last but not least... a sneak preview of our princess decked up for the coming CNY 2008.

She's already 14... months

I think I've talked about this several times already, but oh, how time flies.

This time around, I'll show you what has NOT changed. She is still playful, hiding in curtains and behind chairs. She still sleeps with Potion the Bolster. She still sleeps on our shoulders. She still loves to sit n be entertained, only now, it's even on Mommy's chair. Yeah, guilty as charged, I couldn't help mentioning something new after all.

"U say me notty?"

On not getting what she wants:


then...

Pictureless

"Pictureless", is there such a word? No idea, but you know what I mean, right?

Hanaa is 14m+ now. Daddy had been trying to post new blog entries but had failed to complete them with pictures due to upload errors. Now, after 2 months of trying, Daddy decided heck, I'll just post it pictureless.

Daddy's girl is now running around and baby talking, or rather baby lecturing. She's got a lot to say for a 8-teeth-only girl who is at once more playful, more demanding and naughtier than back when she had 4 teeth. If number of teeth is an indication of how much talking she will do... let's just say she'll have a mouthful and I'll have an earful.

Hanaa celebrated her 1st Birthday at Sawasde Thai Restaurant in The Summit. She treated Mommy and Daddy's friends and family to a buffet. Some of her guests brought along their juniors so Hanaa could meet more or less eye-to-eye with other princes and princesses.

Since then, Mommy discovered that baby Hanaa loves Elmo's World. An episode of it would be played during Hanaa's mealtime to make feeding easier. Hanaa would stand in rapt attention in front of the TV and is always very vocal about showing her displeasure should anyone try to distance her from the screen.

She has also become a very active tax enforcer. When Mommy or Daddy holds a bottle of cold drink, say 100 plus or green tea, she'll demand her share of it by waving her arms and pointing to the bottle saying, "Aaahh aaahhhhh" or some other command. We'll then put a straw to it and she'll sip... sip...sip. Her tax rates are high, she takes quite alot.

More updates soon, hopefully with pics. Stay tuned.

1 Yr... Almost

Daddy's girl turns 1 in 2 weeks. Time flies.

What's she up to nowadays? Being demanding. She demands to walk when she wants to walk. She demands that I give her something she's being eyeing when she's eyeing it. She demands to be carried whenever she feels like being carried. She demands that we play with her when she wants to play. She demands.

But she gives, too. She gives us cheeky smiles and amused smiles, and tonnes of fun and joy. Sometimes, I think she's amused because I'm so dumb and can't do babytalk as fluently as her, and I mess up all the meanings.

Walk... Walk... Timber!!!

Pictured above, Hanaa in her practice sessions. Just shy of 10 months, Hanaa has a record of being able to stand upright without support for 12 seconds if nothing distracts her, and walk four steps forwards.

Mommy's Girl

Like Mommy like Baby, eh?

Hands-Free-Kid

"Look! Hands-free! I'm ready to walk, Daddy" - Hanaa Wong (babytalk translated with lots of guess-work by Daddy)

How About A Casual Portrait Instead?

I think passport photos aren't her specialty. For this shot, Hanaa gave Daddy a hint of a smile. Daddy was lucky to capture even this little bit of it.

How About We Take A Passport Photo?

I did just that and... I think everyone will choose the same as I between the two portraits below as to which one is better.

2-Teeth Hanaa Trying to Run

She loves to get her feet on solid ground. Can stand fully on her own and can make lurching steps, but haven't mastered walking yet. She's trying to run, though.

Thanks to the bout of bad food poisoning grounding the daddy at home, the daddy's ever trigger-happy fingers have managed to snap more photos of Hanaa than in the last 2 months! So... picture diarrhea.

Exposed

Retro-hairstyle-free-n-breezy. Add on more toys and surrender daddy's camera strap, and we've got her attention.

Round round

Hanaa's brand new image. Styling by Anne: Unintentionally Chic.

はな

Can you see that she's a fan of anime? Well, she is. She loves Bleach.

Teething

6.5 months and just starting to teeth. No actual teeth peeking out just yet, but the gums are white and probably causing her some of her heatiness. Today, Mommy got a teething biscuit for little Hanaa who took it all in hand, literally.

Framed

Hanaa has become quite the expert at pulling down the bumpers around her cot so that she can get a look at what transpires on the other side. Sometimes, it ends up with her getting a well deserved bump on the head as she usually follows a "pull down" with a "charge"!

She's certainly playful, seems to have a fiery temper and lightning glee. She also has that "grown-up" kinda look when she's trying to analyze or observe things. All in all, she's one bundle of joy.

On The Move

Oh, yes! How could I forget to mention her latest development. It has made her slaves wary of her every move. Hanaa is now mobile.

5.5m+

Hanaa Wong Szeyi @ 5.5m+ is now armed with longer hair and even longer eye lashes which she wields as weapons to get her way.

In addition, she is secretly (or so she thinks) developing new weapons. Her mommy spied this latest development using peripheral vision, seeing Hanaa suspiciously rubbing the tip of her tongue over her lower gums. Daddy noticed that this new weapon seems to require lots of liquid in the form of saliva and food.

Hexagon?

I've been wondering how my Hanaa's face shape would be. I think I'll be wondering for many years to come.

But at this point, she does look a little hexagon doesn't she? Mommy says she's squarer than herself and therefore may be more like me. And here I am thinking that I'm not that square, too. So... hexagon?

Hanaa: Is that you, daddy?

Crawling around in her cot, Hanaa makes her way to her toys and pillows. Then the daddy calls her, "Hanaa Wong Szeyi!" She peers between her cot frame and spotted her daddy.