Happy Birthday Nina !

Today, Jan 10, 2006, is Nina's first birthday. How time flies. Thank God for all the blessing He's given us so far. We had a simple celebration this morning at home with only myself, my wife, my mom in law and Nina.

We still remember how excited and grateful we were when we first knew about the pregnancy, something that we've wanted to happen for few years. But, at the same time, we still also remember how worry we were especially during the first trimester and when Rannie had a bit of bleeding during the first few weeks. We've been blessed that things have gone very smoothly since then.

I am very glad that I have been documenting almost everything related to Nina in pictures, starting from the pregnancy period until now. When I searched for photos to be posted here for today from a pile of my DVDs, I was brought back to memories of how cute, how quiet and at the same time, how fragile Nina was. Today, Nina is our cheerful, active and 'noisy' little daughter. :-)

Here are some events in the past and what Nina is now ...

• Nina was able to be on her stomach and lifted her head up when she was two months old
• Nina could smile spontaneously and laugh when she was around three months old. She also started putting her hands into her mouth around this time.
• By four months, she was able to lift her head up 90 degrees while on her stomach
• Nina travelled on a plane for the first time on May 20, 2005, on SQ156 from Singapore to Jakarta
• Nina had her first hair cut when she was four months old in Jakarta.
• Nina did her first roll over on June 2, 2005
• By six months, Nina was able to bear some weight on the legs when we pull her up to standing position from sitting. With our hands supporting her when held upright, she would jump and sometimes push herself up to standing position.
• When she was around five to six months, she would look at the telephone when we said "hello"
• Nina had her first banana and brown rice for her daily meals when she was around six months old
• Nina first crawled on July 14, 2005, but backward. She was only able to crawl forward when she was around 11 months old
• Nina started to learn to sit when she was six months plus. She learned to balance herself when we put her to sit
• By seven months, Nina has been very playful. She would squeal in delight when we played with her. Even calling her name could make her smile, laugh and scream playfully. She started to have the teething sign and had problem sleeping.
• Nina was baptised as a Catholic on August 7, 2005 at the St. Bernadette church, Singapore
• Nina would look at her lamb soft toy when we said "where is the little lamb?" when she was around eight months old
• Nina could clap her hands when we sang "pok ame ame" on October 11, 2005. Couple weeks later, she could also clap her hands when we said "hurray"
• By nine months, Nina has had four teeth, 2 at the top and 2 at the bottom.
• Nina could do a push-up on October 25, 2005
• Nina said 'Papa' on October 29, 2005
• Nina said 'Mama' on November 1, 2005
• Nina went swimming in her first swimsuit on November 3, 2005
• Nina could wave bye bye when she was between nine and ten months old
• When she was around ten months plus, she could say "bear" and "baby" when we showed her the picture of bear and baby.
• Nina could drink using straw by herself when she was about ten months plus
• Nina could look up at the lamp when we asked her in Indonesian "lampu mana?" when she was around eleven months old
• Nina could say "flower" when she looked at the flower when she was around eleven months old.
• Nina could call her name, but she called it "Nana" when she was about eleven months plus. When we showed her photos to her, she's able to say "Nana". She would also say "Nana" when we asked her in Indonesian "ini siapa?" (who is this?) by giving her a pat on her chest.
• She could say "duck" when we showed her her plastic duck when she was around eleven months
• We started giving her porridge from outside food center when she was around eleven months old
• Nina would touch her hair when we asked her in Indonesian "rambut mana?" when she was almost one year old.
• Other words she could say now : turtle, dada and also tata
• Nina has 6 teeth now, 4 at the top and 2 at the bottom
• Nina likes bear a lot. She will squeal in delight when she sees a picture of a bear.

And here are the images and photos from the past one year that have never been posted before. Happy Birthday, Nina !

The ultrasound scan images of (very) little Nina .. :-)

Here were some of the items we prepared to welcome our first baby.

And .. Nina has arrived ...

Happy Birthday again, Nina !