FIRST BIRTHDAY

She turned 1 last week Saturday and her birthday party was held on Jamhuri Day. Sadly she could not eat the cake but she tasted a little of it.

She is now able to say "Bye! Bye! " as I leave for work each morning. She is more attached to me because she recognises me as her mother. It puts me an interesting position as a realise that someone depends on me.

She was extremely lucky on her birthday as her god mother and god father were around. Susan,

my good friend and god mother to Marilyn is town attending training at the MEDEVA.

I noticed that Marilyn is more receptive to male visitors as opposed to female visitors. I believe it is because she constantly surrounded by too many women.

ALMOST A YEAR

She is no longer a baby, I am happy and sad at the same time. When I arrive home in the evening, she will look up acknowledge my presence and go on with whatever she was doing. She lives in a world of her own, I always wonder what goes on in her mind.
I noticed that she follows peoples expression and emotions very keenly. If I change my tone of voice, especially when I am telling her not to touch something, she stops for a brief moment.
She is loud, I asked my mother to take her to church this past sunday and the thought of Marilyn screaming and having her own conversation in the middle of sermon made us think otherwise.
I am optimistic like any other mother that she will walk very soon. I sense alot of ambition in Marilyn as she attempts to stand alone. Most of the time she moves around my holding on to furniture.

9 months

She now pullls herself forward and moves very fast. I can't imagine how fast she has grown. She is possesive which means if she wants something there is no negotiation. I guess its coz she sees she is the only baby around. It a good time to introduce her to toddlers her age. She smiles and makes alot of baby noises. I try to teach to say Mum or Batiem, thats grandma in Kalenjin. I will soon need to update her toys because she gets bored of the stuffed animals very quickly.

She is now officially eight month and is due for her immunisation forMeasles in early Sept. Her curiousity for objects around her is intensifies each day.
To be honest she quite ahand ful. I would like to feed with Yoghurt but I am abit scared i t will disturb her stomach.
I will update with her latest pics

first update

She is more lively at four months and in need of entertainment because her attention span is small. On the down side is that she still does not want to get used to the pacifier and prefers to suck her fingers.

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Since I can afford to send everybody updates I decides to start a blog for my precious little one. She was born 8th Dec and turn 4 months on sunday