Your first year!

Darling ! After the lil U turn into our present thanks your B'day on Monday, here we are back to the story of my memories of you from your first year.

You started giving us the sunniest of smiles by the time you were about 5 months old. It used to make my day...it still does !!!!  Awwww...i miss the 5 month old Zayed-who wouldn't run away.

And you also got pretty noisy and super duper curious by this time. You were trying very very hard to sit up on your own. Not being able to sit up used to annoy you a lot. Here, is my lil angry bird trying very hard to sit up.

We also started solid food one of those days in preparation for sending you to the nursery. And i was getting more an more anxious as the date of my joining the university drew closer and your date for joining the nursery. The first day i went to Uni you stayed at home with Abba. It was the longest we have been away from each other. Something i just couldn't take. I remember calling your Abba every few minutes to see how you were doing. Apparently, you wanted to be carried all day. On the up side your Abba realized that 'you are a handful'.

You started nursery in the first week of Oct. We started with short sessions of an hour then half a day and so on. You were quite a trooper, my little star getting used to the other children and your carers Debbie & Megan. You started settling into the nursery soon, but not without falling sick very frequently in the first couple of months. I can't tell you how many guilt trips i took for having to let you go to the nursery so young. But i guess, i had to do what i had to do. You first cold was so scary for us. You were little and i was constantly scared if you were breathing well with the lil blocked nose. So many sleepless nights!!! But you kept coming out of every bout of illness more strong and more spunky! And managing to sit on your own too.. Look what i snapped when you sat up on your own for the first time!

 I also remember, an episode from your 2nd or 3rd week at the nursery when Debbie called me  at the University to say, you wouldn't stop crying. That must have been the most helpless i had felt in a long long time. I was over 2.5 hrs away from my crying baby. But your Abba saved the day for us. He came to the nursery and cuddled you to sleep. And just like that when he called me say 'Zayed is sleeping to me don't worry' was the most relieved I had been in ages. Yet i had taken a taxi and was already on the platform waiting for the train back.

And then came the winter, and your cutest bear overall. I am so sad you don't fit into it anymore. It was your first winter after and how well we did being the cutest bear in town. I love your expression in picture below-starring at the camera !

With the winter came your Abba's frequent colds and flues. It was pretty much on and off all through the winter, until he fell really sick in March of 2013. He had to be in the hospital for about 10 days. You & I were at home alone. Uncle Ryan & Aunty Sonia often looked after you when i went to visit Abba at hospital. So did Aunty Manizah, who came over from London to babysit you. I had so much help, from our friends. But most of all it was you with your lil funny antiques who kept me in good spirits. By this time you were crawling all over the house, and trying quite hard to walk. When your Abba came back from the hospital we took a vacation to Devon- where you took your first steps with Uncle Raman. I don't think we have a picture of you talking your first steps...there i a video i am sure. But here is my favourite picture from that vacation!

And after that pretty soon in 21st April 2013 was your first B'day. We had a joint party with your frien Sophia at their house. It was lovely day and uncle Ryan set up the bareque ! And you my dear were already running around all over.