My title should read instead, making up for lost posts. Hehehe! Finally, after a long while, I’ve been quiet busy. And thankfully, I’m happy with it. Whenever I look at my almost-complete gift list for Christmas, I feel proud of myself because I had the insight to be ahead of the rush early on. As the countdown to yuletide dropped down to 30 days, things got a bit tight for me. There were all the social events to attend to, not Christmas parties yet, but birthdays, Christenings, dinner get-togethers.
Our small group in Bread of Life, my home church, has started with its 2nd module and that meant busier Wednesdays. We were originally Tuesday group, but since we have additional members – an answered prayer, I must say – we had to adjust our meeting day. I am really blessed with what we do every week. The faith and passion of my other group mates inspire me that I can be better too in my spiritual devotion. They are dedicated, kind and loving people who are filled with God’s love that’s why they’re able to share it with others. If only I can be as loving to others as they! Hehehe! Yes, my nanny issues still persist. Now, I’ve learned, based from this passage Phil 4.6-7 (6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.), to pray instead, about my situation as a replacement for griping about what my nanny’s behavior. Sometimes I’m doing it right, because my mind wanders off to Phil 4.8-9 (8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.) noble, etc. and I feel much better. Another strategy, I keep my hands busy so that my mind’s focused on what I do. It’s not as effective but it helps in house clean up a bit.
Another reason for my busy=ness is my work at our building. It’s hard to believe that I have backlogs because the work seems easy and convenient, it’s all paperwork and my office is just three floors away, and yet I’m not up-to-date with what I must be doing. So many things to do, so little chance for me to go down and work because my real boss, darling baby Lois is so enchanting I end up playing and cuddling with her. She loves it very much when she practices her walking prowess and that means active play for us. It could really be tiring! Her small legs and crooked steps are so fast she seems to be running already.
Baby signs
There’s this group of people who espouses teaching babies sign language for better communication and baby language skill improvement. I don’t initially approve of it because it doesn’t seem logical to me. They say that moms can choose from the universal signing language or come up with their own hand gestures to teach their babies. But the topic has been discussed with me several times so I decided to introduce it to Lois, just to see whether it will work. I started with food, or ‘dede’. Universal sign goes like squeezing an invisible stress ball over your chest, so I was doing that while asking Lois out loud if she wants to feed. I have only tried it thrice when Lois said ‘dede’ clear and crisp. She was even able to repeat it in another instance!
Another instance, Daddy Poh and Lois were walking around the house and Poh was saying ‘Go, go, go!’ excitedly whenever they speed up. After a while, Poh stopped to catch breath and Lois said ‘ko-ko-ko’, wanting to walk some more.
So it was goodbye to baby signs. Who needs signing when our blabbermouth Lois can express herself in words?
Lois milestones
Last November 22, while Daddy Poh and I were discussing about his London trip at our room, Lois was busy playing in bed. She was in her tummy rolling over every now and then to reach for her toys. Then she got up on all fours, something she’s been doing already, and then ended up sitting uprightly. We were so amazed we clapped for her and gave her the howeys kiss (that’s simply Poh and me kissing/tickling her non-stop). Since it was night time already, I thought she would forgot about that stint come next morning. But no, she repeatedly sat down from her belly. I don’t know if that’s how to say it, but her motor skills are so much improving now when several months ago, she was just this fragile little baby who sleeps at day time and plays at night. Not anymore a baby but a growing kid who’ll be seeking her independence more and more as the days pass. Whenever I get to this point, I pray that she may grow up fearing and loving God because we have raised her uprightly according to the duty given to us.
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