Monday, September 06, 2010
Emily!
6-Sep-2010:
Emily is one week short of turning 11 months old and she already took her first step! :-) She is now able to stand unsupported for longer and managed to walk 3 steps (at most) without falling or squatting down.
Other than that, she was repeated saying "bah-bah" or "buh-buh" a few weeks ago and now has started to say "la-la" instead. She has also started addressing people, for example when we came downstairs from the room and she saw her daddy (who just came home), she waved her arms at his direction and said "eh! eh!" as if to say "Hey, you're back!". She also waves "bye-bye" to Dominic when he goes to school.
Since birth, many have asked me if Dominic is jealous of his sister. The answer has always been "no". Rather, I have noticed that Emily is jealous of his brother. Once, when I came home and hugged Dom instead of her, she started crying. Sometimes, when I played with Dom she would make a noise and tried to push him away and then promptly climb on my lap instead. If I was playing with her and Dom tried to participate, she would lift her face to Dom and "waaa-aaahh-ahhhh!" into his face and flap her arms, shoo-ing him away.
Dom on the other hand is a loving brother and he likes to play peekaboo with Em, i.e. hiding behind the curtains or behind the bean bag and then ... "boo!". Em will laugh hysterically at this.
Once Dom was building his Lego following the instruction booklet and he needed a piece of small yellow Lego but couldn't find it and he turned to Em and said "Where's my yellow Lego? You swallowed it, is it? Is it? Is it? Ha? Ha? Ha?", putting his face very near her and dauntingly said this. It was very, very cute.
Sometimes Em felt left out when she was downstairs and she heard Dom and daddy upstairs. She would stand at the foot of the staircase but would only dare to climb the first step. Somehow, compared to Dom I feel like she grows much faster. Or it could be because I spent day and night with Dom before he turned 1 whereas only see Em for a few hours each day.
