On 15 Sept 2009, I put her in the high chair in the kitchen and I was washing up some dishes when I heard her say “Omm...mah”. Her first word! I was so excited I imitated her to get her to keep saying “Omm...mah” and she obliged. Now, you are probably wondering “What’s the big deal? It just sounds like gibberish, it’s not as if she said “Mama””, But trust me, it is the same big deal as her saying “Mama” because “Omm...mah” means mother in Korean! I know this because my roommate when I was studying university in America was Korean. And frankly, after all the Korean food I have eaten (kimchi and Korean noodles, big cravings when I was pregnant) and all the Korean drama series I have watched, I am practically ¼ Korean, which makes Xuan 1/8 Korean!
Anyway, the next day Xuan stepped up her game and said “Mama”! Ah hah! The only thing is she said “Mama” for 2 weeks and promptly forgot how to say it after that.
I love hearing Xuan laugh, and here is a short clip of her laughing while my mom was trying to feed her some pumpkin:
During the weekend, we brought Xuan to my mom’s house. Xuan was sitting on the sofa watching TV when my sister decided to teach her how to say aunty in Chinese, which is “Yee Yee”.
Sister: Xuan, say “Yee Yee”
Xuan: Mama
Sister: Yee Yee!
Xuan: Mama!
Sister: Yee Yee! (At this point my sister was crouching in front of Xuan, hence blocking Xuan’s view of the TV)
Xuan: Mama! (Craning her neck from side to side, trying to look at the TV around my sister’s head)
Did I mention previously that we have a TV addict on hand?
At the end of September, Xuan got invited to her first birthday party! My friends’ son was turning two, and the party was at Gymboree. The party had a safari theme and guests (babies, not parents) were encouraged to go dressed as animals. I did not have any safari themed outfits for Xuan, the closest thing I had was a pair of ladybird pants. It was a gift from my cousin to Xuan, but unfortunately there was no matching top.
So I decided to improvise and make a matching top myself. I took a small square black cloth and sewed a red circle on it for the ladybird’s body. Then I sewed some black spots on the red body and added small white circles with a black center for eyes. Finally, I sewed the black square with the ladybird on an old, plain white romper. The next day, I tied Xuan’s hair into 2 bunches for antennaes, dressed her in the romper and ladybird pants, and voila! Take a look at our ladybird:
Front view of Xuan in Ladybird outfit
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