We'll miss you Angkong!

My dad, Angkong to Hailey and Griffin joined our Creator the evening of January 19, 2011 at almost 11 pm. We'll surely miss him but we know that he is happy with God now and he is no longer suffering from pain. Griffin got to know Angkong for almost 6.5 years while Hailey had 20 months with him. Angkong never saw Hailey as he does not react anymore when you talk to him. Hailey knows Angkong and points to him when asked "where is Angkong?". When he passed on, we asked her "where is angkong?", she would answer with both her palms facing up which meant "not here". A few days after daddy was laid to rest, we were hanging out in Ama's room. It was time to return to our room so we started going up the stairs. Griffin went ahead so it was just me and Hailey going up. She was walking up the stairs, after a few steps she looked back and was waving like saying bye to someone then she climbed a few steps and looked back again and waved. I was asking her who she was waving to but of course she does not know how to talk so she did not answer. She was probably waving at Angkong. When i asked her the next day if she saw Angkong, she said "da" which meant yes. I don't know if it was true because she sometimes says yes to anything you ask her but she has never waved at no one. Rest in peace Daddy/Angkong.

Hailey is 20 months old

Hailey turned 20 months last January 20. At 20 months, she can understand very well. When you tell her to do something, she follows. She listens to our conversations and reacts which means she understands. She seems to understand both Filipino and English. She still doesn't talk though. The few words she can say are "da" or "ya", "ow", "uh oh", "aye" for bye or hi and just today she said "ine" for mine. She is slowly learning to say new words but her comprehension seems to be advanced. I was asking Griffin the other day if he wanted nuggets from Mc Donald's and Hailey reacted by raising her finger which meant to say she wanted some too. She even reacts when I say things in Filipino. She seems smart too, I hope she would do well in school too just like Griffin.