she's ONE!!

So. Our lil girl turned ONE recently. Last Wednesday, the 25th February.

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Since Zayaan came into our lives, ours (home) has been a topsy-turvy one; to say the least. Not only have my hours and time management gone all over the place; so too have all of our priorities and emotions. When before, I only had to juggle mine, the husband's, the house and the son's needs ... I now have to juggle my daughter's needs too. When before I'd be the first and only one Zarif rushes to hug and kiss after school (only coz I insist on them, not so the Daddy), there's now Zayaan who often gets the first hug and kiss. But it's all good. It's really been a good addition to the family our lil girl is.

There's the flirtatious and contagious smile she flashes our way, a very common sight when she's up to no good especially. There's the vocab she's fast building up by the day - "dadda" for Daddy, "mamma" or "mammo" for Mommy, "abaa" for Abang, "oh nyoh ... oh nyoh ..." when she's crawling/walking away from us upon being caught for some mischief, "babohhh" (read: jatuh) when something falls or when she herself falls, "hewwohh" when we walk into a room and she's there to greet us.

A very simple 'celebration' was had on her actual birthday. The day was no different than any other - stayed at home with the abang and the mommy. After dinner, the daddy took us out for a drive. Bought the Old Fashioned doughnut from Dunkin Donuts, sat her in her highchair, took the camera out, she knew what she had to do with the camera facing her, we sang to her, she took about 5 or so bites of the doughnut, started rubbing her eyes some 10 minutes after, went into slumberland till the next morning.

A happy birthday she had alright!