Category: Baby

3 months! 

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Has it been a quarter already?? I sometimes get flashbacks of our first few days with Ellie, and am always amazed at how much we’ve gone through with her. Each aspect of motherhood is so sanctifying, and my heart has never been the same ever since we first got the chance to lay eyes on our sweet baby. 

Every day holds new adventures with this little one, even if the daily routine remains the same. Night feeds hold precious memories of us semi-awake and stumbling around, trying our best to meet her needs. The breastfeeding journey has not been easy nor smooth sailing too, but the rewards are plenty. 

I can only imagine it gets better from here, each month sweeter than the last. 🙂

😘😘 May your weekend hold intangible treasures too, with just the right amount of breathing space for you to stop yourself and soak it all in… Let’s stop the busy, let’s pay attention. 

No more rushing past smiles and giggles. Let’s stop and pay closer attention. Because before we know it, February will be turning up at our door. 

//+praying this article ministers to someone: “When God’s Answer Is Not What We Expected”

May we learn to trust God more each day, for He is our Creator, and the One who holds it all. 

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It’s the middle of the night, and Ellie is getting back to sleep after fussing for a bit. She’s pretty much my alarm clock these days. 😉 

Love this fishball-face.

  
Blessed day y’all! ✌🏻️

2 months!

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She teaches me to take delight in the simple. To go with the flow, and not an agenda nor a schedule. She tells me {loudly} when she doesn’t like something, and curls right into my arms when she wants me to hold her. 

She is growing up so fast, sometimes I feel time literally slipping away. But then I take a look at her, and give thanks that I’m able to witness her growth through the days. Her struggles, her frustrations, her hunger pangs, her cries, her smiles, her adorable babbling and cooing, her tense expressions when bathing, the sweetness when she finally falls asleep. 

Caring for her prunes my heart to find joy not in any of my external circumstances, but in Christ alone. 

I don’t want to miss anything. 

Everything is really, a gift. 🙂 

I’m learning to be brave too

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Can you believe that the first time Ellie had to have her blood taken out to test for jaundice levels, I cried when I saw it happen right before my eyes? Yup, I was surprised at myself too. Probably hormonal. 😛

We brought her for another jab yesterday, and of course she screamed when she realized the pain, but the nurse later commented that she calmed down quite fast, so I’m proud of her. 🙂 

My brave little one, we’ve so much that we’re learning from you too. 

Smelling her little feet

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I find it so amazing that at our 20 weeks pregnancy scan, we saw how Ellie loved to twist her little feet up towards her face. I remember how the doctor commented that she’s like a little gymnast already.

Then few nights back, Bren captured this while I cuddled her after a feed. At some point, her teeny-tiny feet made its way up to her nose too! It was hilarious, and made for a good memory. 

These are the days…

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Dad has been coming over in the day to help out with caring for Ellie, so I can catch up a bit on rest. Thank God for his leave!

Ellie seems to be in the best mood in the mornings, especially when I greet her just before my breakfast. She coos and smiles, and stretches like a little princess who just had a wonderful nap. 😆 

And then there are also times in the day where anything really just causes her to fuss a whole lot, and I hurriedly try to figure out what is causing her discomfort and which position she’ll prefer. It’s a learning curve everyday. 

These are the moments that make up my day. Very routine, seemingly mundane, yet beautiful in its ordinary state. Life slows down so much when you care for a baby. It forces you to recognize the present, and to stop and really smell the roses. 

My favorite is to smell our darling baby’s hair during our cuddle time together. 💕