On Babies Growing Too Fast and Cute Baby Farts

She was almost a month old when I took these photos. When she was a sleepyhead and very fuzzy and a lot less tiny than she is now. And I already miss that. Why do babies grow so fast? 

And I've been beating myself up for not taking more pictures when she was a newborn! Although I did take a lot of photos but not enough so I can remember how tiny she was and how unbelievably tiny everything was compared to now. Now she's got ginormous baby hands and feet! But of course, still undeniably cute...! 

Also, I realized, we still don't have a decent picture together since she was born. It would be nice to see how tiny she was in my arms as opposed to now and when she gets a lot bigger. Note to self (if I get pregnant again): And that is why you hire a newborn photographer! 

She turned two months old yesterday and is making a lot of progress. She's awake longer, and more curious so we finally got her a gym playmat which she loves. I think she's made friends with the characters on her playmat because I catch her "talking" to them and smiling at them which is absolutely funny and cute. I try to put her on tummy time every now and then but I think she hates it. What she loves to do though is to "talk" to us. She was 6 weeks old when she started smiling when you talk to her and you wouldn't believe how high my voice can go (and how annoying it must be) just to get her to smile some more. And lately, she's been trying to "catch" her hands with her mouth. It's so funny how she gets cross-eyed when she does that. And when she manages to catch it, she sucks on happily and makes this loud smacking noises, which, again, I find cute. That's the thing about babies, everything they do is cute. She's cute even when she farts so loud! She'd go prooooooooot and I start laughing and she'd give me this sheepish grin and I would just die. I simply can't get enough of her!

Valentine's Day Shenanigans

First, was a surprise from "some bunny" which he made at school and couldn't wait 'til Valentine's Day to give it to me. Thank you my Roand!

A very cute bunny if I may say so myself. :)

I promised to make him a card too but I didn't have the time to make one so to make up for it, I made him his second favorite breakfast, which is french toast. In case you're wondering what is his favorite, it's oatmeal - which he eats almost everyday so french toast it is.

Later that afternoon, the mister surprised me with these!

Finally...! Macarons that I didn't bake...! Gone in seconds...!

And our little miss got her very first bouquet of flowers...! How cute is that tiny bouquet?! Loved it!

That evening, we went to Sen Dai for our Valentine's Day dinner date, with our kids tagging along of course. Honestly, I'd be happy with takeout food at this point but it did feel nice to be out too.

And that's it! Thank you mister!

Baby, Heaven Sent me You!

And the heavens could not have chosen a better timing and we couldn't be more grateful! Our days are definitely a lot happier, our mornings sweeter, and the house is filled with more laughter. Arguments come less often and are shorter and making up is a lot easier. There are more hugs and kisses being given and taken. All because of one tiny being, with her soft fuzzy skin, soft coos, her baby scent and her sweet smile, she is truly heaven-sent..!

*Photos taken when she was 3 weeks old.

What's in a Name?

I wasn't even pregnant with her when I started thinking of names for a baby girl because I was having a major baby fever. It wasn't like we were planning or anything but I have been daydreaming endless of having a daughter. I kept telling the mister back then that if we are going to have a baby girl I'll name her "Rucy" which I first heard from a game Roand was playing when he was around 2 years old and nickname her "Rucky." I coined "Rucky" from my pseudo-name Rac (my initials backwards) and from the mister's first name - Lucky... ergo "Rucky." I liked it so much I changed my Instagram user name to Rucky1012. This was several months before I got pregnant. Now when we found out we were in fact having another baby, I started thinking of baby girl names that would go with the nickname "Rucky." (Yes, I was only thinking of baby girl names like I was positive I was gonna have a girl). So there's Rucy. I really liked it and it sounded like "Lucy" and I like the name Lucy. It's "Lucky" without the "K" so... And I liked it more when I heard the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. But I know my mother wouldn't approve and I was right. In her opinion, it's short for... well, the fallen angel's name so Rucy and Lucy are definitely out of the question. I stumbled upon the name "Rocio" too while looking for more baby girl names but I get tongue tied every time I say it. And so I couldn't think of a single name that would go with "Rucky" unless I go for "Raquel" but I already know a lot of Raquels so I tried of thinking of other names. There's Anatalia, Amelia, Isabella, and then there's Danisque or Daniella and nickname her "Dani" after Daenerys of Game of Thrones. (Yes that's how much I love the mother of dragons..!). The mister however has his heart set for "Marley" after - you guessed it, Bob Marley and although I like Bob Marley (who doesn't really?) I don't think I'll name my kid after him. Plus it reminds me of the dog from Marley and Me, so no mister, let me handle this lol! And then I thought of naming her "Abigail" after my name which means "Father's joy" and add another first name that starts with "C" like I have. I thought of Catarina or Caterina, Camilla, Cara, Claire and Caitlyn but none of it rings right. Then we saw the movie Noah and one of the characters was named "Ila" played by Emma Watson, one of my favorite actresses. The mister and I both like how it sounded and agreed it's a cute nickname. So I started to look for names that have "Ila" and that's when I found the name "Kalila" which is an Arabic name meaning "dearly loved." I changed the "K" to "C" and thus the name Calila Abigail. And she is indeed dearly loved and definitely her father's joy. :)

My Baby Love

I've always wanted to do newborn photography and I plan to take classes someday. So when I found out I was pregnant, I got pretty excited and couldn't wait to take photos of my precious little one. I pinned tons of newborn photos on Pinterest and watched a dozen tutorials on newborn photography and newborn posing and looked for props. When she finally came though, we were all tired and blissfully exhausted (if that even makes sense to you), and we just wanted to enjoy her that I kept putting off the photo sessions I've been planning to do. Also it took a while for all of us to settle in with a new routine of taking care of two. And before we know it, she was already 2 weeks old. I wish I had taken photos earlier, when she was a little wrinkly and her eyes still puffy and looked all newborn-y.  I wanted to preserve her freshness and although she's a big baby (almost 8lbs) to begin with, I feel like she looked a lot tinier as a newborn than when I took these photos. What a difference 2 weeks could make on a baby. And  I already miss her newborn looks. Is it even possible to have baby fever when you just had a baby?