First month !

Your first month with us had so many firsts--the first smile, the first walk in the park, the first shopping trip and so much so. And my first serious anxiety about you, when you stopped feeding for a brief period. But after a hospital trip, several phone calls to the health visitors and pep talk from your Nani, i realized heartache is the bitter-sweet truth of parenting.

It was however only after Nani, mahi & mama left in June, that i started learning to be with you alone. It helped that the day they left your Titia Nikki came to stay with us for a weekend, followed my Robin mama. So it wasn't until August 2012 that we actually lived alone in the house-which was actually a lot of fun as i got to make dozens of home videos, took loads of pictures...got a lot of cuddles.

I had also started getting out and about by that time. Our first day of 'separation' since you were born happened sometime towards end of July when i went for my first swimming lesson. And what followed was...chaos to say the least. I remember leaving you and your Abba in the car, and the next thing i remember seeing your Abba waving frantically by the pool-side. You were crying like a really powerful crying-machine. Awww...i panicked so much that that i just dressed on top of my wet bathing suit. What followed was, you stopping your crying in no time the moment i picked you up, dowsing off to sleep even before we got home and me getting a bad cold ! haha...Sleeping peacefully tucked inside Abba's jacket when we reached home from the swimming lesson that day.

And on my b'day in August aged 4 months you had your first day trip with Aunty Manizah & uncle Waquar.  Look how cutely you were napping on our drive to Cardiff! During those days you were not very keen about getting on your pram, so for quite a bit of the day we had to carry you on our laps.