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August 06, 2005
Farizah Month Ten
Dear Farizah,
You are 10 months today. This is how you looked like today. You scratched yourself just above your left eye, presumably during your sleep. I could have photoshopped it out, but you might not have a permanent record of how you looked today. Your dad is good at misplacing his jpeg files.
You are quite comfortable standing up by yourself without any kind of support. We weren't surprised since you had started doing so when you were exactly 8 months. We had expected that you could have walked by age 9 months like your aunt did, but you decided to take your time. You seem to be enjoying yourself as much as we enjoy being around you.
Even your sister is amused with all the little things you do. You are a bit different from your sister. You tend to want to eat things. Even when we say to you, "No, Farizah...!"; you would respond with a smile showing your lower teeth, a dimple on each side of your smile. But fear not, we had not been easily disarmed by this trickery. We would always prevent you from eating old cheerios that managed to find its way to your hands. Even your sister would raise alarm at the sight of suspicious mouth movements. Nevertheless, we had bought a portable vacuum cleaner just to be safe.
Lately you've been the first to wake in the mornings, and you've been good at it. You would usually wake at 5:30am to feed, after which you would sleep till around 7 when you are finally up, waiting for the rest to catch up with you.
You're quite close to your sister, arguing and laughing together. You argue about your sister's cup designed for much older babies than you. You have skipped a couple of "cup stages" - you have been drinking from a straw for nearly 2 months now. And you could finish your sister's diluted apple juice if we don't take the cup away from you.
The weather has been really hot lately, and we could not take you out as often as we'd like. Apart from your naptime which starts just after lunch, you've been quite accomodating for short trips to the park. Rarely did we have to worry about losing our sanity in public places.
There are more things that I could say, but won't. Know this though - the tomorrows that your mother and I look forward to, are very much because of you and your sister.
Posted by quickness at August 6, 2005 10:35 PM