Friday, April 9, 2010

It's been a long break...

Hi all, it has been a long break from blogging. Daddy has been busy with many things; in essence trying to generate more certainty and predictability for the family over an uncertain period. Mummy has been extremely (is there an adjective that denotes more than extreme?) busy with work. Lleyton has been busy with his cars (both big and small), whilst Leanne has been busy growing up...

Now will be a good time to recollect the happenings over the past two months, and timely to mark Leanne's 6-month birthday.

Yes, Leanne is already 6 months old. She is now able to flip around on her own, unaided. This morning, she just rolled off Daddy & Mummy's bed! Thankfully, the bed is a platform bed, so the height of her fall is a mere 4 inches, to the carpet. She was naturally startled and cried sharply from the shock. Lleyton, who was playing with Leanne at that moment was shocked, and expressed deep guilt and remorse to the point that he asked Daddy if he could say 'sorry' to his meimei. Daddy agreed and Lleyton apologised. :)

Leanne has not been in the greatest health lately, for she gets the running nose rather frequently. That aside, she is bubbly and a joy to behold. Leanne is also beginning to have some initial strength for cruising around. Although, she couldn't sit upright properly yet, she could hold her own weight standing for a short while, and she really likes to do that.

Lleyton is developing a craze about his cars, ranging from his step2 car-on-foot, to the tiny hotwheels....his interest has also spilled over to his 'choo-choo' (Thomas & friends) trains. Earlier this week, Lleyton surprised Mummy by saying that he will want to sleep with his cars on his bed. Noting that Lleyton sleeps on a cot-sized mattress, there isn't much room to house all the cars and trains on the bed....but he managed to do so. Lleyton will even go to the extent of toppling the cars, to indicate that they are all sleeping with him!

Comparing the current Leanne with Lleyton two years back, Leanne seems less 'talkative' and is more refined when crying, and gives Daddy the feeling that she is more independent than Lleyton, who is more of people-oriented (aka a ring-leader). Leanne also likes to be carried around more than Lleyton, who was more than happy with being fed, and given toys to play with.

That said, both Leanne and Lleyton are extremely friendly with strangers, smiley and likes to scratch themselves on the face!

Daddy hopes all readers will be pleased that the duo are developing well, and will endeavour to contribute more frequently to the blog in the ensuing months. :)

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