Family Notebook

Little Munchkin,

This passed month, a whole new world was opened up to you…the world of food! Your first food was Banana, which I mentioned in last month’s letter. Since then you have tried Sweet Potato, Applesauce, Pear, Green Beans, Peas, Watermelon and Yogurt! You’re very protective over your fresh food feeder and love to bash your spoon around on the tray. Your favorites are Pear, Sweet Potato and Watermelon and your least favorite was definitely yogurt. We met a nice man at one of the restaurants here and he is going to specially order you in some Yellow Squash to try!

You melted your Daddy’s heart by saying “dad”! Daddy was at work and you were nice enough to say it again when he was on the phone You’re starting to associate Mum and Dad with us well now. You babble a lot of funny words and when Baa says Bababa to you, you’ll often say it back.

Your very first Easter was celebrated on the 16th . You weren’t in the best of moods but we went out to lunch with you. You got a big pink Easter egg with your name on it, a squishy purple basket and a Learning Table. You love to spin the Alphabet Soup in the middle and play with the spoon.

We bought your first ever “real” shoes as well, a funky pair of Reebok Sweets. You have quite the collection of shoes now which is great because you want to stand all over the place, with assistance still.

You learned to pull yourself up on the 22nd and you’ve been trying to do it with different objects ever since. You have put yourself back into a sitting position one time when you were crawling and have attempted it again a few more times but you haven’t succeeded.

Mummy & Daddy’s 2 year anniversary was on the 24th. We took you to lunch and then to the Science Museum which you thought was a laugh, and out to dinner. You love to be the life of the party and its so funny watching you suck everyone in with your cheeky smiles and little antics. You’re going to be quite the entertainer when you grow up.

Speaking of entertainment, you love to shake your hands up and down and wiggle your little butt sometimes. We first secretly saw you doing it to a commercial and now when we hold your hands you like to do a little break dance.

You slept through an entire night for the first time last night! THANK YOU RIA! You went to bed at 8:30pm and didn’t make a peep until 6:30am. Of course mummy isn’t fickle enough to believe that this will happen again anytime soon, but I know you can do it.

Happy 7 months Ria!
Love always,
Mummy.

We decided that for Good Friday we’d take some fresh Hot Cross Buns, Juice Boxes and chocolates to a christian orphanage.

The older kids and the sisters were all in church so only the little ones were there. They were so cute, I would have loved to play with them but the woman who was watching them wouldn’t let us So instead we waved and said hello for a couple of minutes, then had to leave.

I took this picture before I was told I wasn’t allowed to do that either. We’ll be visiting again soon.

Ria said Dada today, and sat herself up crom a crawling position

(I will be updating this one entry as time goes on)

Says Meow and Ta Ta for Rahul Kaka - Sunday, July 31st, 2006

Tooth #7 & #8 Bottom left and right lateral incisors - Thursday, June 8th, 2006

Standing! stood up twice unassisted for a few seconds - Thursday, June 8th, 2006

Tooth #6 Top left central incisor - Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

tooth #5 Top right central incisor - Friday, June 2nd, 2006

Said ‘All Done’ - Monday, May 29th, 2006

First Ceremony in honor of you - Sunday, May 28th, 2006

First Big Girl Ride The Cup Ride at Eat Street - Saturday, May 27th, 2006

The 4th tooth is here! Left Lateral Incisor - Friday, May 26th, 2006

We can finally put your hair in piggy tails! - Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

Learned how to do a High Five - Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Can do the ASCII sign language sign for Milk - Monday, May 15th, 2006

Said Her Name & “Oh Man” - Sunday, May 14th, 2006

3rd tooth broke through! - Right Lateral Incisor - Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Can sit upright on her knees and cruises slowly along when standing - Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Understands to share when asked Please and Thank You in return - Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

Learned how to make big splashes in the tub - Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Pulled up on a couch to standing position - Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

Danced to a TV ad - Friday, April 21st, 2006

Said Dada/Dad and sat herself up from a crawling position - Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Waves Hello and Bye bye - Sunday, April 09, 2006

Held Bottle - Saturday, April 01, 2006
…and actually drank from it. You usually like playing around with it instead.

Ate Solid Food - Tuesday, March 28, 2006
First food was Banana

Crawled For The First Time - Saturday, March 11, 2006
Technically, you have been doing it for a while but you moved with your face up!

2nd Tooth - Friday, March 03, 2006
Bottom left incisor

First Tooth - Monday, February 27, 2006
Bottom right incisor

Sat unassisted for 15-20 seconds - Sunday, February 26, 2006
Dora the Explorer sucked you in!

Said Mum - Saturday, February 25, 2006
It seems you only want me when you’re upset or I leave the room though

First Valentines Day - Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Rolled Front to Back - Tuesday, January 03, 2005

3 months old - Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Rolled Back to Front - Tuesday, December 20, 2005

First Aeroplane Flight - Tuesday, December 13, 2005
You went from Port Macquarie to Sydney, then Sydney to Malaysia and finally Malaysia to Hyderabad! You were a wonderful little traveller

First Laugh - Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Daddy got to be the one to hear you giggle first, then mommy & your grandma & grandpa. Its such a cute, feminine little noise

First Haircut - Saturday, December 03, 2005
done by your cousin Fiona

Grabbed a Toy - Thursday, December 01, 2005
You have been grabbing at toys for a little while but today you held a soft rattle, shook it about and tried to eat it!

2 months old! - Tuesday, November 29, 2005

First Time I Slept Through the Night - Thursday, November 24, 2005
You slept through the night for the first time last night. You slept from 10:30pm until 6am.

First Doctor’s Visit - Thursday, November 10, 2005
It wasn’t a very nice trip, you had two needles and were very upset for the rest of the day

One month old! - Friday, October 28, 2005
Happy first month sweetheart. I hope the rest don’t pass by so quickly

First Smiles When Prompted - Friday, October 28, 2005
And what a gorgeous little smile you have. Please let us catch it on camera next time!

4 weeks old! - Wednesday, October 26, 2005

First Tears - Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Wow, you really didn’t like your ride in the car seat today! Mummy and daddy noticed your first tears, it nearly broke daddy’s heart

No More Umbilical Cord! - Thursday, October 06, 2005
Boy are we happy to be rid of that thing

Came Home From Hospital - Monday, October 03, 2005
What a wonderful birthday present for Mummy!

First Bath - Thursday, September 29, 2005
You really seemed to enjoy your time in the tub

You’re here! - Wednesday, September 28, 2005
After a long, hard labor you arrived by emergency c section at 6:46am.
Your stats were:
Weight - 3960g
Length - 52.5cm
Head Circumference - 35.5cm
Apagars at 1min - 8
Apagars at 5 min - 9

You had lots of black fuzzy hair, deep blue eyes & olive colored skin which lightened up in the days that followed. We also noticed you have a ’stork bite’ under your hair at the bottom of your head!

Ria’s 6 month portraits have come back. You can view them HERE

On wednesday, Ria had her 6 month check up.
She is now weighs 7.8 kg (17.2lbs!) and is 67.5cms (26.5 inches) long. She has grown a lot in the last two months

We had her portraits done and we should have them back on Monday, and she tried Sweet Potato today which she loved in comparison to Banana.