Michaela Elsha Meilan Cousins

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

06/03/09

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!

My God is So Big

Happy Birthday, Gabe <3

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.