Our lovely girl :)

Candra's turning one year old next week! Wow.. time really flies. This little girl never fails to warm our hearts with her little hugs :) She's been trying to walk and she took her first baby step unsupported today!

She's been such a joy and honestly, I have been enjoying every bit of this parenting journey. Every minute spent with her enjoying her and delighting in her has been so worthwhile.. and therapeutic. :)

Yesterday, she showed us that a little child like her is capable of learning self-control. We were at R & H's place for fellowship.. she went to touch their mini hi-fi system on the floor. I told her not to do that. The next time she crawled close to that hi-fi system and was about to reach for it, she turned around and looked at me. I said, "Candra, no you can't touch that". She turned and looked at the hi-fi set again, her hands almost touching it, but she decided to crawl towards hubby and myself instead of touching that hi-fi set. We thought that was such a good display of self-control on her part and we praised her for that.

This incident yesterday reminded us that children, as young as a few months old, are capable of learning self-control. They can be trained to exercise restraint appropriately and we should never think that they will only learn when they are older (especially for children these days). When we set appropriate boundaries for them, they do learn what is expected of them and try to behave accordingly.

She's really been such a joy and delight. Though she loves to shout and like every other child has her frustrated and impatient moments, we still feel really blessed to have her in the family.