the 15-month old andy

these pix were taken on 19th of february. we were having the usual palacinky (crepe) weekend breakfast. andy usually eats just the crepe without anything. this day we decided to put a little bit of nutella and this was the result. :D

the 15-month old andy likes to eat by herself. although i'm very much hesitant to let her due to the clean up, hehehe. but from time to time she gets her turn.

andy also likes to talk and sing a lot. however, no one really understands her. well not totally. some of her favorite words are: hiyo (hello), bye, okies (ok), mommy, daddy, what, aya (we don't have a clue what that means).

eventhough she's totally out of tune, i know she's singing because it's not her usual speaking voice and also because she's doing some action (particularly for twinkle, twinkle). she can also sing old mcdonald had a farm by saying eee-yay-eee-yay-yo for quite some time now. lately, she's added mmm-mmm-mmm for the cow sound. still out of tune though. :D

andy is also very active. she likes to climb everywhere. most of the time she can climb down safely. but when she gets stuck, she would cry for help by screaming.

andy likes toys. specially stuffed toys which she likes to kiss and say mmm-mah, then giggles. she also likes to play with karol's cars and says vrrrrrmmm by doing a shower of saliva. :)) her other interests includes stacking up blocks as high as possible, sorting shapes, pretend talking on a phone (toy or real)...

"hiyo! (a lot of unintelligible sounds) okies!"

then she hangs up the phone. that's our 15-month old andy!

intruder

dear andy,

today, somebody broke into our house and pretended to be you.  i never noticed until lunch time.  i sat her on karol's dining chair and she sat like a normal kid.  this made me suspicious but i fed her still, not knowing for sure.

i gave her soup and she ate it.  then, she also had rice and fish.  all the time she was just sitting very nicely.  i got more suspicious when after finishing her serving of rice and fish, she wanted more. i didn't have enough, so i gave her more soup instead.  she had a few more spoonfuls and then started standing and climbing the table.  that probably meant she's had enough. so i put her down.

i really don't know where she hid you.  please come back soon. i already miss you.

love,
mommy

first haircut

first haircut, check!  done at 1 year, 1 week and 1 day old (21 november 2011) at eurovea's kid hair cut

for 4.50 eur, andy was transformed into a boy! ahihihi! we went to a professional hair cutter for kids to get andy's first hair cut. i didn't have the courage to do it myself. i was afraid to mess up her hair, but it happened anyway. :D

andy didn't really have much hair to start with. but her bangs were already getting in the way of her eyes.  so we asked for her bangs to be trimmed. so now, this is how she looks like. :)

andy is one!

the one year old andy loves walking. you should be ready when she approaches you. she will somehow manage to get a hold of your hand and never let it go until you start walking her. for some weird reason, you should always hold her right hand. don't worry if you don't know which is which, she'll switch hands by herself. if she can't walk or no one is willing to walk her, then she will push chairs and walk on her knees.

andy loves to perform her standing trick. she's been practicing her standing trick more and more. and everytime, she would clap her hands before she goes back to sit. a true performer at her best. never fails to impress everyone, specially her ate alex.

to andy, music and dance go together. andy loves playing with kuya karol's cars, balls and anything she can get her hands on. she crawls to the kids' room all by herself and knows how to pull out the toy boxes of her choice. her next favorite spot however is the living room. aside from the tv, her hobby includes the ball popper, activity table and gum ball machine. all of which she can operate to turn on the music and dance along with.

teething andy now has five teeth. she's a late teether. all this time, we were so focused on her two upper bunny teeth that we almost missed the one growing on her lower left. maybe the rest are also on the way. it's just too hard to see them.

sweet andy loves to hug. sometimes, when andy becomes too happy about something, she starts hugging the person next to her. most of the time it's karol or alex. and she would repeat the act over and over again while everyone else calls "huuuuuuuuuuug!!!" then she wrinkles her nose with joy.

that's our one-year old andy! :)

andy is smart

andy likes to play with the bottles and cans in the kitchen.  she also likes to rearrange them into different shelves.  so we now have to lock the kitchen.

we usually eat together but on rare occasions andy finishes first that we have to leave her out in the living room. otherwise she will get bored and squirm and scream in her high chair.

one dinner time, we had to lock her out of the kitchen.  it so happened that daddy's tool box was out in the living room.  the smart andy, pushed it all the way close to the kitchen gate and voila!

great fun at one

the prettiest one year old
andy really had fun at her first birthday party.
she loved sliding and drowning in the pool of balls.
venue: retro kids

andy's first birthday cake: banana chocolate cake covered in marzipan
white dots on her cake, black dots on her dress :D

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friends of the party girl

almost one

in two weeks, andy will be blowing her first birthday candle. but before that, let's see what she's up to now....

* at her 11th month checkup she was 76cm tall and weighs 8.55kg (19th oct)
* doesn't like bottled baby food. mommy has to cook it
* wants her drinks and food to be warm (room temperature just doesn't do it)

* wrinkles her nose when she's happy or when she's pretending to be unhappy
* rolls all over the floor (or playpen) when she's really unhappy

* likes to play with cars, pushing them on the floor and tries to make vrrrm sounds as best as she can

* likes to explore into tight spaces

* likes hitting the xylophone and drums
* is growing two upper teeth

* crawls very fast, even while holding a toy on one or two hands
* likes to climb and touch the flat screen tv

* stands on her own for a few seconds
* likes the baby walker and can walk fairly well while being held on one hand