come friday, it will be leanne's first birthday. i've been too busy to update the blog though very often, i would have many thoughts about leanne but very often, these thoughts would also slip by before i could write them down.

i don't know when exactly; but leanne's looks seem to have changed from that of a baby to a little girl. she has the sweetest of smiles now and seems to like to have her hair band on her hair. she would take the band and reach for her head, mimicing our actions.

she's very good at stretching her hands out to us to be carried out. i can't recall when that first happened....now she's started waving her hands at us and sometimes i even think that i could hear a 'ba lo' from her. this morning, she woke up and stood from her cot and waved her hand at a while calling ba ba. this should make mr smitten's day.

and words. leanne is trying to speak. she loves to repeat words after us. we could hear a bit of 'drop, book, woo woo, water' and lots of pebble, apple and open.