Sonia's 4 Months Old!

Ok, I've been procrastinating with the pictures - but I cannot wait to let you all know just how heavy my baby is. Just jumped onto my weighing scale and found that my little girl has steadily piled on the pounds. She's 8.6kg this month! She's my cheerful, chubby baby and I cannot wait to post pictures of her here. Stay tuned. =)

Great Grandma's Passing

The 31st of May 2008 marked a very sad day for our family. My maternal grandmother has finally been called back unto God's embrace.

Her passing caught me a little off guard as I had just saw her the day before and she could even smile at Sarah in recognition. She was alot weaker when I visited her two days earlier at the hospital.

The past weekend had been a flurry of activities to send her off on her final journey. We cremated her yesterday. The heartbreaking part was the painful sadness I see in my grandfather's face. He shed tears quietly throughout the 3 days as we all rallied around him. My grandparents were married for 64 years. It must really be heartwrenching to lose one's partner of so many years.

I will be certain to honour my grandma's memories through the stories that I will tell my girls. They need to know how my Mama used to care for me when I was a child. I hope that they will learn to love their own grandparents as much as I love mine, in turn.

Mama, may you carry on praying and keeping watch over us, from heaven. I will miss you very much and will keep you always in my prayers. I love you mama.

Sonia Rae's 3 months old!

Sonia's Growth Rate:

Birth - 3.65kg

1 month - 5.25kg

2 months - 6.50kg

3 months - 7.7kg


Sonia is asserting more of her characteristics recently. She is very much into thumb sucking and needs either to breastfeed or suck her thumb to sleep. Very different from her che che in that sense. We have tried giving her a pacifier but to not much avail. She spits that out every time we give her. She enjoys 'talking' to us too. She coos and babbles incessantly whenever she sees a face (doesn't matter who). She smiles very easily. Overall, she's a very good baby- she doesn't cry very much and she has already been sleeping through the night since 2 weeks ago. I think G and I must be very blessed to have children as wonderful and as beautiful as Sarah and Sonia. Thank you God. =)