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It’s been almost a year since Michaela was born. I’ve really enjoyed being a Mum of two and now that Junior No.3’s on his/her way, there’s even more to look forward to. Thank you, Lord for these bundles of joy! May your will be done and not mine…Amen!

These photos are of the birth of our little girl – Michaela Elsha Meilan Cousins. Born 9:49am 4/12/09 4.2kg, 55cm, hc 35cm (kindly upload by my husband)

Gabe’s nearly 2.5 years old now. He’s a happy boy. We find parenting more and more challenging as he’s learning to be more independent but we enjoy it.

Gabe’s into spelling now and he’s able to spell and read everything! Yes, Ever-y THING!! Example: One Fee(Three) Zero Zero Six Five Six Five Nine Five=Grandpa’s Van!!! But he also knows how to read this b-a-b-y =baby c-o-l-o-u-r-s=colours(ca-ners)He still can’t say his “L” right, so when it’s his nap time, he’d say “but I don’t want to go to sneep.(sleep) Jesus noves Gabi.(loves) Turn off the night.(light) In the past he used to substitute “L” with an “R” but now he’s using “N”, which I find quite fascinating!

Favorite toy: Cowboy Woody
Second Favorites: Buzz and everything else
Every time he jumps off something, he’ll say: To infinity…and beyond!
Favorite movies: Toy Story, Toy story II not that we don’t allow him to watch anything else!
Counting Numbers: 0 to Forty, and if there are too many, it’ll be “nots and nots”(lots and lots)
Favorite things to do: Helping Mommy making cookies, playing with water, singing, dancing, spelling, recently being a photographer! Mommy’s the super model-haha not that he has many choices, loves going to church(kids’ program)
Favorite food: cookies, jelny(jelly) beans, cakes, cheese and nots and nots of juuuuuice.
When you ask him, “Are you alright?” when he hurts himself, he’d say,”Yeah, I’m fine cool, Mom!”
How I wish I could keep every detail of these precious moments on some sort of hard-drive, but I guess I won’t be doing much but keep watching them over and over again. God is good!

Our boy’s 2!!! Can’t believe how time flies! It has been an amazing 2 years being Mom and Dad for me and Dave. Hasn’t been easy but being parents really have helped us to understand God’s love a whole lot more. He has been so faithful in providing for us, teaching us and forgiving us when we make mistakes.

It was an interesting day! 15th September 2008 was Gabe’s birthday and it was also my birthday based on the Chinese calender. (1 day after the full moon festival) In fact I didn’t even realize until I got some phone calls from family in Thailand wishing me happy birthday and I was like…duh…?? thinking they made mistake only to find out what an interesting day it was!

Gabe’s so happy that Daddy got him a swing-set. The part he loves the most is the slide. But I think Buzz and Woody got to enjoy the swing set more cuz Gabe took them on with him and entertained them pretty much the whole afternoon on both the slide and swings.

I was a bit upset that he had a fall when he was running to catch me. As a result, you can see the mark on his face near his mouth and a little bruise on his forehead. I’ll get over it! Kids heal fast.

Can’t thank God enough for His provision and how He’s watching out for us. We thank everyone for your prayers for our little man. He’s such a blessing and we have learned so many things from just watching him grow. I’ll put more pictures on tomorrow.(if I get a chance) God bless you all.

Well, a super busy month is gone and left behind a lot of good memories:

-We met Darby and her cousin Kedra in the city. It was pretty awesome being able to catch up with Darby and getting to know Kedra. More than anything, I think Gabe loves these two ‘very’ tall aunties!

-My first Tupperware party- I was stressed out the whole time before I had the party. I didn’t know what to do, who to invite, whether people would wanna come and buy stuff…At the end, I helped Cheryl made over a thousand bucks worth of sell and as a result I got myself some free Tupperware stuff. The most important thing is I did try it, but I don’t think I’ll go there again. Love the Tupperware stuff though!

-Women’s church- Still studying Dr. Larry Crabb’s ‘Encouragement,’ led by a very wise lady called Ann R. I have learned how powerful words are and that we’re responsible to the words that go out from our mouth-so before saying anything…think hard: we should only say words that encourage one another. One very interesting point though is that: Words that are meant for good have equally potential for evil!

-Playgroup has been good. Gabe was sick so we didn’t missed out on the playgroup for 2 weeks. Last week we went back and it was Trinity and Matthew’s birthday. I really enjoyed it. Being able to catch up with all the moms is quite encouraging. I also got a chance to update the playgroup’s blog and am loving it.

What else happened in May? Oh! Congratulations to Nui, Matt and Julius for the safe arrival of gorgeous Casandra!

I think I’m gonna start teaching English again, just because Gabe’s grown up a lot and think I’ll be able to manage to do that. That’s about all that happened and will try to keep you all updated more often!

Gabe had a little accident about a week ago. He tripped and hit his face on the edge of a wooden chair and had a cut on his eyebrow and some bruises on his face. I was quite surprised at how well I took it. Guess these days I have learned to trust the Lord more than before. Just looking back, there was no hard time I went through without God being there supporting me and giving me strength. He has given me such a beautiful family and He’s been faithfully blessing us and providing our needs so generously.

The school holiday’s over and Womens’ church is back on. I’m joining Ann’s group and we’re going to study about Key to Encouragement and yesterday was the first day and it is so encouraging already! I am looking forward to going back next week. I am very thankful that Gabe’s doing better when I leave him with Maggie, Dorothy and other kids while I’m having the bible study. Can’t thank those ladies enough!

I was invited to a Tupperware party at Mel B’s place and I really enjoyed it. And crazy enough I booked myself one, which I have no idea what to look forward to whatsoever, but oh well, just another experience. Dave and his family are so supportive and encouraging.

Dave and I have talked a bit more about having another child and the answer is ‘not yet’ but we lift it up to God. (May His will be done) My back is still pretty bad, guess it doesn’t help doing all the gardening and looking after a 19-month-old boy, but I enjoy them so much. Not sure whether I’ve ever mentioned that I have my own little garden bed in our backyard. There’s some chili, morning glory, spring onion, lemon glass, basils and mint. Oh, forgot to mention that the grape tomato vine Matt planted for us when he was down is still there and Gabe loves picking them thinking they are grapes.(yucky ones) I should take a picture and post it on here next time. It’s late, I should go to bed. G’night 🙂

Gabe’s 19 months old now. In the past month, he’s learned a whole lot about adjectives, numbers and alphabets. Gabe recognizes numbers 1 to 10 and learning to say ‘twenty, thirty…’ and he recognizes about 20 alphabets out of the 26, which I think is quite impressive.

His new favorite cartoons, characters(whatever you wanna call them) are now Elmo and Cookie Monster, oh…and Thomas the train… At night I usually go in his bedroom to check whether he’s still got his blankets on, sometimes I’d wake him up(as much as I try not to) and he’d say, “Hi, Mom! Watch Elmo, yeah?” and I’d say, “No, son, tomorrow.” and he’d say, “okay, no more Elmo” and goes back to sleep.

When we put clothes on him, we often tell him how he looks handsome and stuff and he’s learned to put those adjectives before some nouns, like…handsome jumper, awesome bib, amazing jacket, cool dude glasses, cute nappy and pretty flowers(he pronounces it wither the [er]bit.) Sometimes Gabe brings me his little beanies and asks me to put them on, and when I do it, he’d say…”Awwww…handsome!” We really enjoy these moments. The fact that he says things more clearly makes me worried sometimes, just because my boy’s growing and soon he’ll be independent and he’ll go around doing things himself and won’t need Mommy and Daddy’s help anymore. Oh well…

A lot of people have asked when we’re gonna have another child and I guess I’m not quite ready yet. I’ve got to work on my driver’s license and make sure my back is well enough to handle the pregnancy. The most important thing I guess is to make sure Gabe’s well nurtured and perhaps when he can do more things by himself and then we may consider having another one. In fact, we have to totally lift it up to God! May His will be done!