Daanya is 3!

Of course I have to share this memory :).

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How time really flies… sigh! I can still remember the first time I held Daanya in my arms after giving birth to her. Even from the beginning she showed signs of an intelligent person when in her first day of life itself, she opened her eyes and had a thoughtful look on her face, whilst most babies would either be sleeping away or crying their hearts out (yeah, ok, I’m her mother – naturally I would talk about the good stuff, right?).

Anyway, now at 3, she’s a questioning little monkey. Anything that she doesn’t comprehend very well will be met with a “Nape” question. For instance, if she doesn’t understand why a certain thing works the way it does, she would ask, “Mama, nape dia buat camtu, Mama… Napeeeeeee?” And the answers must meet her level of satisfaction – else the answers would be turned into another “Nape” question and it would go on and on until she finally says, “Oooohhhh.” Only then, the person being interrogated (usually the victim would be me) may breathe a sigh of relief.

Daanya also has a mind of her own and stubborn as hell. Once she makes up her mind about certain things, it would be really tough to get her to change her mind. But, of course, there is a certain way that can be used (not too often, though, and only in certain circumstances) that would make her change her mind. Ahhhh… she reminds me of… me! Otherwise, she’s very affectionate and manja and loves whatever attention that she could get – hmmm… that kinda reminds me of me as well ;p

Yesterday, I brought Haikal and Daanya to one of the malls for lunch and stopped by at Toys R Us. I don’t normally buy toys for the kids but I felt once in a while would be ok. Haikal, for some reason, was very excited for Daanya when I told them I was gonna buy a birthday present for Daanya. There was not even a tinge of jealousy shown – well, not sure how he felt inside but he didn’t expressly show any jealousy.

However, when we were at the store, his eyes were wildly searching for something and finally he said, “Mama, untuk Haikal punye birthday, Haikal nak Transformers, kay?” Ahh… so, ada udang di sebalik batu… And then he started to ask, “Mama, lepas Januari apa?... Lepas Februari?...” and so on until I mentioned May and then he squealed “Yeay!”

Last night also Daanya received her birthday presents from To’Ki and Nek Ji and Mak Teh and Pak Su. I thought Haikal was more excited to open the presents than Daanya, but I could tell he was satisfied to see that none of the presents could interest him. Daanya, on the other hand, was very happy with all the presents and attention that she received. Hopefully, she'll be that charming little princess for a long time to come...