Life is like a 1000 page book...: Happy 1st birthday Arissa Damia..

A year ago I was in the hospital.. waited patiently for almost 48 hours to deliver a 2.45 kg baby girl. I gave up to epidural after 8 hours of severe pain (oklaa exaggerate sket) and finally at exactly 1 p.m. Jan 16th, 2012 Arissa Damia was born!

The first few months was hard. Taking care of this lil baby girl was not as easy as I ever thought. I slept only 2 hours a day (which was obviously a life style changed as during pregnancy or even BEFORE BEFORE I was pregnant, I sleep nealy 9-12 hours a day). I almost gave up breastfeeding her a few times and I cried in the middle of the night praying to Allah to give me strength & patience!

Alhamdulillah, Allah heard me! suddenly everything has settled down. I get used to my new life. It is wonderful. Full of love & happiness.. Time flew by so very quickly and it seemed like yesterday when she was still a tiny baby that could only lie in her baby cot, sleeping like an angel.. snoring like a choo choo train..

Today, a year later, Arissa Damia already can call me bu (ibu) and papa (papa).. has 4 teeths, can waved at uncle Hafiz. Shake her body and hum out of tune songs (Muara Kasih was he fav and all Hi-5 songs) and she is definately expert at crawing but has yet to walk (always reminded myself that Babies grow in such unique ways). Within this year, she has grown up so much. How I wish she could slow down a lil bit, stay as a baby for a lil bit longer. But it seems like this baby can't wait!

No matter what, we wish the coming year will be filled with fun, excitements, happiness and laughter. Happy 1st birthday Damia.. Ibu & papa love you so very2 much.