Alive, and kicking...!!

The one with... the nesting instinct.

2012-02-13T10:10:00.005+08:00

Last 2 weekends tiba2 datang the urge to re-organise baju2, mittens, booties and barut Khayr dulu, see yang mana still boleh pakai by his baby brother... Basuh, jemur, lipat (ok yang ni Kerol yang buat), store them nicely and admire them fondly with a sense of satisfaction :) Also I have started to organise Khayr's wardrobe to make space for his baby brother. Next in mind -- to start washing and sterilising the feeding bottles, storage bottles and breastpump that are still in storage. Eh tapi takde pulak rasa nak kemas hospital bag... Hmmm.. So far dah start packing hospital bag in mind saja... :)

Anyways.

Is this what is called as 'nesting instinct' ? It's like though I'm like heavily pregnant yet I have this burst of energy to organise and clean-up.. but once the reality slips in after doing all that, my oh my I'll feel tired I swear I want to pengsan!

"The nesting instinct is the name given to the distinctive urge to clean, tidy, and organize that occurs during pregnancy. One of the many pregnancy symptoms that you will experience, the nesting instinct generally kicks in around the fifth month of pregnancy, however it can also occur much earlier or much later. Many women acutely experience the nesting instinct in the final days of their pregnancy, and this can often be a sign that labour and delivery is close at hand. Nesting tends to vary from woman to woman; in fact, some women don’t experience the nesting instinct at all when they are pregnant. Others experience mild forms of the instinct while others feel the urge much more severely" - http://www.pregnancy-info.net/nesting.html

I know I didn't really experience this when I was pregnant with Khayr. Hmmmm.

To be honest, during these final days there is no moment that passes by without me thinking and wondering "will it be today?" "what's gonna happen?" "what's the sign(s) of labour I'm gonna experience?".. Cause last time masa Khayr, it happened because of reduced fetal movement at 37 weeks.. So I had to go to hospital to get myself checked, and though baby's heartbeat and everything was ok...they had to break my waterbags nevertheless for fear of the unknown. Khayr was already in a full term anyway.

So this time around, now that I have passed the 37 weeks mark, I could not help it but wondering... how does it feels to have water breaks in the middle of doing something, somewhere? or bleeding? or contraction? Will I know and notice all this?? I experience hardened tummy a lot these days, and sometimes it's painful.. Is that a contraction? Tapi rasanya contraction macam sakit lagi.

Somehow when I told my gynae, she said -- trust me dear, you will know. When the time comes, you will know.

So this might be my second pregnancy, but I'm acting as if this is the first. Very the nervous. I feel like a ticking bomb, ready to explode any time now! :P Huhu.. I guess what they say is correct -- every pregnancy is different.

Okie dokie, that's all my ramblings for today :) People have been asking "are you not taking any days off now that your EDD is nearing?".. Hmm I don't think so lah. Duduk rumah pun buat apa kan... (plus its so hot nowadays!!)..

Oh ye, here's another part of 'nesting instinct' I found to be interesting.

"Pregnant women aren’t the only people who experience the nesting instinct. Men who are expecting a baby often feel the urge to clean and organize too! Many take a newfound interest in finding a new job, working on their car (pfffttt!!), or landscaping the garden" -- http://www.pregnancy-info.net/nesting.html

Encik suami, do you have anything to say about this?? ;)

The one with... Khayr turns 2! ♥

2012-02-10T12:13:00.001+08:00

Alhamdulillah Khayr is now a cheeky and healthy 2 year old 'baby' of ours :) and that means, it's our 2nd anniversary as parents! Boy it gets more and more challenging as time goes by.. and who am I kidding.. sometimes it freaks me out thinking what the future holds for him.. cause partly that's gonna depends on how we raise him to be... sigh. God please give us guidance to be a good parents.. and please always let Khayr be in Your good care and blessings... *aminnnn*

Anyway, given that I am so heavily pregnant now and that I can give birth practically any time between now and my EDD, Kerol & I thought we wanted to put on hold first for Khayr's 2nd birthday celebration. Since we just had it among family members during his 1st birthday, for his 2nd birthday.. we feel that it's about time to include our friends with their kids as well.. Khayr pun dah pandai nak socialising and playing with kids of his age (or older)..

But, my mom sort of insisted of having one mini celebration for him, for fear that once we delay it, it will get dragged until God knows when.. what with later there will be his baby brother to keep everyone occupied. Lagipun, kalau lambat2 kan macam dah kurang 'feel'...

So, at a very last minute we managed to pull off something.. His birthday was on 5 February.. and we had the celebration on 7 February 2012... Not a very fancy one, but perfect enough for me the least to say... Hiccups tu normal la I suppose, dah kata pun last minute kan... :) If there's one thing I can change, I wish we had a better camera on that day.. Huhu.. Nevertheless, enjoy the pictures!

On the way to Dish Deli, at Solaris Mont Kiara...

Belon Upin dah abes! So tinggal Ipin je.. Huhu.. ;)

Close-knit family members... ♥ ♥ ♥

Carrot & Walnut cake with lemon cheese toppings, ordered from Kak Rita :)

Muka Khayr masam sebab kitorang suruh dia posing depan kek dulu .. Hehehe!

Kali ni susah nye nak tangkap gambar 1 family! Si kenit ni asyik laaaa nak bergerak...

XoXo =)

Back at home.. Sesi enjoying his birthday presents a.k.a menyepahkan rumah... :D

Okie dokie that's all for now.. Here's how his 1st birthday was celebrated...

The one with... a little bit of everything about my 2nd pregnancy.

2012-02-03T16:26:00.003+08:00

Ok tiba2 bila tengok ade 2 komen at my yesterday's lame entry, rasa bersemangat pulak nak write for more. We'll see how it goes... :) Anyway thanks Ashra & Farah.. You guys have helped to boost my writing mojo... ♥

So... where do I start. Hmm ok, about my second pregnancy. Alhamdulillah so far so good. I think I am more fit now as compared to my 1st pregnancy. Perhaps because I have no choice but to keep fit. With Khayr around, I still have to manage him. Dukung him. Turun naik tangga. Play run and chase with him. And I still have to do some of the house chores. Though dah saat2 akhir ni (I'm already at my 36 weeks! ;)) ade lah terasa penat nya. I feel so heavy! And tired.. Oh people please have some mercy on me....

Most friends have been commenting that I don't look as big as I was during my 1st pregnancy. But I beg to differ. That's perhaps because I am not so bloated up like last time. (Except for my nose.. :P).. I know I am definitely bigger than last time purely judging from the maternity clothes that I have. Those that can last till Khayr was delivered last time, can fit me no more !!!! *cries* So imagine, at this very last minute I still have to buy new clothes to wear... I've tried other options first - pinjam from my colleagues. But ye lah.. Tak semua design yang kena with me. So incik suami pun sampai dah naik kesian dah tengok bini dok ulang2 baju yang sama maka setiap kali outing mesti ade beli baju maternity yang baru.. Huhu..

- My big O round tummy.. and still-in-shape feet! ;) -

Talking about tummy, if last time I experienced terrible itchiness during the 1st trimester (and was told that's because tummy was stretching out), this time around to my surprise I'm experiencing it again!! :( From reading it came to my knowledge that normally pregnant woman will only experience itchiness at the tummy (1) during the first pregnancy; and (2) if carrying a twin... That's why I did not expect it to happen to me again. But my oh my who I am to predict. Since I was in week 34 I had this terrible itchiness around my tummy area.. coupled with some reddish look-alike rashes.. :( Brought up the issue to my gynae but she said that's normal and most probably because this time around the baby is bigger than Khayr.. (Khayr was born 2.75kg at 37 weeks).. She said as long as it's only happening around tummy area and not others like tapak tangan, then that's pretty normal... *sigh* Looks like its something I have to bear with until it disappears with the appearance of baby k jr.! I'm still in control during the day time, its only come night time that I can't help it but to suddenly find myself waking up in the middle of the night or wee hours in the morning scratching so intensively... Urghhh I don't want to have any scars / marks left at my tummy!!! :( So the best I did was to pop in a flu tablet and it work wonders! :) I dozed-off soon after and went totally knocked-out in deep sleep until I woke up fresh the next morning.. I had uninterrupted sleep! Of course, this, is after I consulted the doctor... and I only did it every few days.. (bukan hari2 ye!)

- Yup, a very supportive husband I've got here -__-' -

Talking about gynae, during the first 7 months, I went to have my check up at PMC Bangsar.. purely because it's so freaking near to my office I don't have to take leave in order to see the gynae... But soon when I was about to reach my 7 months mark, Kerol and I, we gave a thought again on our decision.. Like takkan la I give birth at PMC Bangsar given the distance to our place, his parents place and my parents'... Its a bit too far... So after much deliberation, we changed to GIMC (or so known as GKL now)... And that's after asking around whether or not there's a muslim's female gynae over there.. Apparently, now there is. She's just got back from UK and oh I fell in love the minute I had my 1st check-up with her! (doctor - patient way, please)... Not sure whether is it because she's new hence her client base is still small or.. is it just purely due to her efficient system, so far during my 5 times check-up with her, we were all done within 1 hour! No waiting game at all. You're given an appointment at a particular time, and you get to see her at that time itself (plus minus 10mins or so..).. and she's so friendly.. and bubbly.. and cheerful.. ♥ It's this pleasant vibes she has that makes me feel so comfortable with her... =)

This time around, I did not go to have my check-up at any government clinic.. Purely because I guess I just can't afford to take leave to have my check-up over there.. One thing for sure, I'm gonna lose out on the part whereby they will send their nurse to come to my house post giving birth to have a sanity check on me and the baby.. Hmmmm...

I had that gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) during my 1st pregnancy and because of that, my gynae had me go through the MGTT this time around though there's no real indication that I need to (like sudden increase in weight gain or sugar existence in urine).. YIKESSSSS! Anyway, I'm quite surprised (and to be honest, glad) cause I thought normally private hospitals do not normally run 'unnecessary test' like this.. And thank God, I'm clear from diabetes this time around.. *phew* But I still have that pregnancy-related bacterial infection there, just like my 1st pregnancy... :(

Preparation wise, more or less we've covered everything we need to welcome this new baby.. ♥ Well ada la a few bits here and there tak settle lagi.. But, that should be ok, we can manage that I guess. Especially on the breastfeeding-related bit. Not sure when is the right time to start taking the pump and storage bottles out from the storage box and start washing and sterilising.. Sebab kalau do all that, nanti bila nak pakai, nak kena buat lagi ke sebab bukannya nak pakai lagi tak? So even after dah basuh and sterilise, they are still gonna be left un-used kan.. So how... ? Opinion please?

Oh and there's a slight change in plan. Instead of having my confinement done at my place, I'm gonna have it at my parents' instead.. just like last time. That's after Kerol has given his words that every night he and Khayr will have to come giving me a company me at night :) And thank you mama for agreeing with this plan!

So okie dokie.. I think that's all for now... Not bad ey after a long silence? :) I'll end my entry with some latest pictures of Khayr.. who's turning 2 in 2 days time! Sobs, how fast time flies.... He's like so chatty.. and cheeky.. and notty these days.. :) Okie dokie till the next entry!

Bye! ♥ ♥ ♥

p.s. yup, because of few falls Khayr's having chipped tooth.. and gigi dia tumbuh tak berapa nak sekata... haihhhh my little Stitch... hehehe!

The one with... breaking the silence.

2012-02-02T17:41:00.002+08:00

Hello there! I'm still around.. rolling and about with this huge tummy of mine.. :) And yikes, it's February already... ! Khayr's turning 2 in four days time. And my EDD is this upcoming 28 February. If in 2009, my EDD when I was pregnant with Khayr was 22 February; and my my whaddaya know.. he's out by 5 February. So who am I kidding, I'am all panic at the disco now that February is here! Mungkin kah sejarah bersalin awal akan berulang?

Question: sila kira berapa banyak kali I mentioned February..

-__-'

Exactly the reason why I feel so lazy to write. Rasa macam I've lost the touch of writing. Merapu2 je lebih. Nak cakap bende simple je, tapi beria nak explain berjela2... *sigh.

So shall I leave this as that? I'll write again when the mojo comes. Oh sila ignore the previous 2 empty posts, I guess tak lain tak bukan, mesti kerja Khayr... ;) I'm not gonna delete them, that's a memory on its own to keep...

Anyway I hope I'll be back writing soon. So many memories to jot down before they are lost in time... Especially about Khayr.. and about my 2nd pregnancy..

2012-01-25T22:27:00.001+08:00

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The one with... SAHM.

2011-12-29T18:30:00.001+08:00

I've had a taste of being the almost-everyone's-dream-job SAHM (that's stay at home mom for you!) for about 1.5 week now.. I must say, not easy weh!!! :) but it's pure rewarding and satisfying.. and I enjoy every moment of it.. <3

Khayr has become so clingy (than he already is), although a bit annoyed sometimes (i'm only human), but if there's any consolation i'm actually taking every opportunity that's left for me to manja kan him to the max before welcoming his baby brother next year.. *Oh, sebak and mixed feelings!* :') Anyway that sounds about fair enough right? :)

Ok lah I better get going now. Will write more when time permits. On our recent trip to Melaka (yup another round of cuti2 Malaysia!), on bringing Khayr to a trial playgroup class & my opinion about it, on my pregnancy (& satisfying my long list of must-eat-before-give-birth food hehehe!) and.. on every other things lah yang I feel like wanting to blog about :)

Till later~*

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The one with.. THE checklist.

2011-12-19T13:22:00.005+08:00

Ok December is coming to an end soon and that means I have another 2 months +/- to go to prepare for stuff to welcome our 2nd baby k :)

First thing first, YEAY to baby’s first name! :) Hubs has approved it during the recent weekend… ♥

And now.. THE list. Had the chance to go out berdua with hubs during the recent weekend and we had our first round of visit to the baby shops, just to have a look at the kind of things we need and need not to buy for our second baby.

So comparing with the baby list I had for Khayr last time, here goes the list for 2nd baby, of which thank God is a much simpler list -- all thanks to the experience gained during the 1st baby AND the same gender! hehe (I’m just gonna list only the important ones anyway):

For me

More of button-type of clothes -- easy for nursing
Socks and house slipper
Kain batik
Tudung sarung yang bodoh2 -- senang nak sarung time orang datang visit.. and doesn’t matter kalau terkena mak nenek minyak serta rempah ratus
Maternity pad, disposable undies
Confinement set -- I think I’m gonna stick to NR. There’s this one NR pill that works wonders when it comes to that first toilet visit after give birth. Huhu!
Tungku -- nak kene remind mama
Bengkung -- pun nak kene remind mama
Nipple cream
Breast pump, storage bottles, sticker, ice packs, cooler bag -- nak kene start keluarkan balik from storage box in the store, basuh, sterilize, and tambah additional ones / beli the new ones for apa2 yang patut

For baby

Yassin
Diapers -- new born size
Baju, booties, mittens, small towels -- recycle from Khayr’s one. But nak la jugak beli a few pairs yang baru kan... :)
Minyak yu yee
Baby wipes
Bath towels
Toiletries & grooming set (nail clipper, hair brush, etc) -- I think can share with Khayr since it’s no different
Blanket -- this one also can recycle, but nak jugak beli 2-3 helai yang baru :)
Napkin -- This one dah banyak kat rumah. We’ll see
Baby bag -- Yang ni nak kene beli baru to cater for 2 kids! :) Hubs dah approved jugak on which one. And Muni, thank you so much for helping out with the purchase arrangement.. ♥
Benda to tuam telur baby -- yang ni nak kene remind mama
Barut -- can use Khayr punya. But nak kena keluarkan balik see whether new ones are needed or not. Kalau perlu, nak kena start bagitau ibu..
Nappy liner
Cotton wipes
Bedding set -- the bedsheet, pillows, and bolsters.. and maybe a small mattress as well.
Kelambu -- yang ni boleh guna Khayr punye.
Feeding bottles + newborn teats -- gonna stick with Avent
Berus + penyepit for bottles -- boleh share dengan Khayr
Bottle drying rack -- yang ni rasa nya nak beli lah sebab lepas ni mesti banyak bottles nak keringkan.. Feeding bottles for 2 kids + storage bottles lagi…
Bottle liquid cleaner -- nak kene tambah stock
Bath tub for baby -- boleh guna Khayr punye
Baby hanger -- nak kene tambah another 2 sets, perhaps
Stroller -- still contemplating whether or not to buy the new one or just re-use Khayr’s..
Car seat -- boleh guna Khayr punya
Nursing cover -- dah ada.
Changing mat -- oh yang ni nak kena beli cause masa Khayr dulu kitorang tak beli. eksyen tu lah… :P pastu banyak la jugak 'accident' terjadi, though sikit je quantity nye kan. but enough to leave peta Malaysia kat tilam bila tukar pampers / after mandi ;)
Diaper rash cream

Hmmm I guess that's all that I can think of (errr... kata important ones. ni macam dah jadi a complete list je ek? hehehe.. ).. Anyway, anything else to add on to the list, anyone?

The one with... R&R trip to Penang! ♥

2011-12-13T13:38:00.005+08:00

*Phew after few days of drafting and resizing pictures (at home, that is), finally I get to post this entry. Enjoy!*

As always come year end, I will have XX number of annual leaves left to be utilised (cannot carry forward to next year boo hoo!). This year, I have 12 days left. Ideally, of course I would want to use up all of the days towards the end of the year, all one shot. But, because one of the holiday plans that we have is to spend some family time in Penang, and just so happened that my bestie, Dayana is having her wedding reception held in Ipoh on 3 December.. So Kerol suggested for us go to Penang straight after we go to Ipoh.. Sebab alang2 dah half of the journey kan. Maka kerana itu lah annual leaves saya have a break in between..

\ Ipoh + Penang trip ----> Back to office ----> Back to being on my most awaited year end break

(I have no idea how is this explanation can be important to you readers.. :P)

Anyways.

- Barang2 Khayr je dah banyak ni.. Mentang2 naik kereta .. Hehe -

So... off we went to Ipoh first, to meet the rest of my girls there.. We stayed at Impiana (previously known as Casuarina), the hotel where the wedding was held at. Sebab senang, if Khayr mengamuk je, Kerol can bring him upstairs to the room, and I on the other hand can stay at the wedding right till the end. Wise decision ever! :)

- Now Khayr will sit in front as the co-driver whenever we travel, and Mama has to take the back seat :(

But bila dia dah restless maka dia dibenarkan untuk ke belakang kacau Mama... :) -

Everything at the wedding was so beautiful, with the exception of the newlywed couple - they were EXTRA beautiful! :) ♥ ♥ ♥

- my highschool friends ♥ -

- The huge 6months ++ pregnant me, Alin, Rozie and Tazz with Mr & Mrs Firdaus :) -

The girls hang out till late at night, spilled to the wee hours in the morning right after the wedding reception.. I can hear them next door laughing & giggling at 2am, the bride's voice included! hahaha. But I, being the boring pregnant lady yang cepat tired, decided to join my 2 K's to the la la land much earlier.. Seriously, I was like all fine during the first 5 months, not even realising that I am pregnant.. But come 6 months, BAM! I turn into this one huge person. I walk like a penguin. My face got so kembang. And I have to catch my breath everytime I move. Heck, even when I speak. Or even when I'm trying to lift up my finger. *sigh.

We had our morning breakfast together the next day, before we parted our own ways. The girls went back to KL, Dayana & hubs went back home in Ipoh, and my 2K's & I, we continued our journey up north to Penang, wee hoo~* =)

Masa nak ke Penang, bukan main lagi we planned to make sure we get to try all the must haves local food (well, fine, sounds more like MY plan actually :P).. Buttttt.. bila travel with a toddler and a pregnant fussy lady, lupa kan saja ok.. Mee udang Sg Dua ntah ke mana.. Yong tau foo / kuewteow Doli Taiping ntah ke mana, all we I wanted to make sure was, we reached the hotel safe & sound, the soonest possible.. pfffft. :P

- Lepak kat Gurney Drive kejap.. Angin kuattt.. But air surut.. So view tak cantik.. -

- Hotel entrance... Ohhh saya suka, ini hotel is like so cool and happening! :) -

If you expect a romantic, quiet getaway, this hotel is definitely not for you :) They played songs almost all the time through their loudspeaker, and they have a lot of activities going on all day long. But the downside of this place is, when it is peak time, it can get REALLLLY crowded :( We reached on Sunday on a school holiday month.. and my oh my, the place is like so packed with people! It did feel a bit too crowded.. But luckily came weekdays, the crowd was very much tolerable.

Masa browse the website for the room types, I immediately fell in ♥ with these 2 types of rooms:

1. The Lagoon Deluxe room -- a room with a direct access to the pool.. Bestnye!! :)

(picture taken from the hotel's website)

and..

2. The Family room -- a spacious room with added kids' playground!

(picture taken from the hotel's website)

But of course the price, toksah cakap la kan... *coughcough* So in the end I got my feet back on the ground and booked for a normal Seaview Deluxe room instead.. And thanks so much with the corporate rate, we paid for such a good deal! The corporate rate is even cheaper than the published rate for the Hillview Deluxe room.. :)

- Our room.. very modern and spacious.. They even have the docking station for ipod / iphone, together with CD / DVD players.. But the bathroom is a bit sempit, and no bath tub (minus point especially for those travelling with kids).. -

- View from the balcony of our room -

- Sampai2 ape lagi.. Terus ke pool! :) The one who enjoyed the most is none other than my baby k.. ♥ -

- Pool view 1 -

- Pool view 2 -

I must say, this is by far the coolest pool area I've seen a hotel has for kids.. With the slides, spacious pool area, and the water play area, Khayr enjoyed it so very much! Hence the reason why during our 4D3N stay, we spent most of the time at the hotel itself! Hehehe..

Here are some of the photos of Khayr having the time of his life.. :)

- Khayr sudah berani terjun pool! -

- My intan payung ♥ -

- As you can see, the beach area is located just sekangkang kera from the hotel's pool area -

- Budak yang enjoyed main pasir.. :) -

- This was taken on the day we spent from 10am till 4.30pm just by lepaking by the pool.. Super bliss! Managed to secure 3 pool benches -- 1 untuk abah, 1 untuk mama, 1 untuk Khayr :) Mandi pool, tidur, makan, sambung mandi, and makan lagi.. Habis hitam dah kitorang anak beranak.. Hehehe.. -

Their pool area also has a touch of a beach feeling sebab around the area are all filled with pasir pantai.. Even at the kids pool, the underneath is pasir.. And not sure whether is it because of school holiday or what, throughout the day ada je activities organised by the hotel. In the morning they had aerobic exercise by the pool.. Then after that they had some activities by the beach.. Followed with some dancing session.. Then paper plane contest.. And at night, they even had an outdoor movie at the lobby, with free popcorns provided.. Such a perfect place for a family holiday I suppose..

- That night they had Kungfu Panda 2 -

- They even have a kids playroom, ideal for 4y.o onwards.. whereby you can actually leave your kids under their care while you go for a spa or wherever..

If I'm not mistaken, they have another room for teen-adult kids, complete with electronic game stations.. Tapi kitorang tak sempat tengok pulak how's the place look like.. And the spa pun kitorang tak sempat check out how does it look like, and best ke tidak.. -

The newlyweds actually had their ad-hoc pre-honeymoon trip to Penang as well, so we had a lunch date at this talk-of-the-town makan place -- Nasi Kandar Line Clear :)

- Hmm my verdict, honestly I dont understand why the much hypes about this place.. Huhu.. And lets not get to the part when it comes to the cleanliness... (the reason why I ordered a can drink, instead of drinking from their glass.. huhu).. Well takpe lah, at least if people were to ask, I can say yerpp, been there done that! :) -

- Khayr's condition come night time.. a total knocked out! ;) This is one of the reasons why we did not get to tour around the Penang town trying the local hawkers food like the char kuew teow, more of nasi kandar, pasembur, asam laksa etc.. Sebab kesian kat Khayr.. Even one of the nights pun masa tengah browsing through stuff at the night tourist market along the Feringghi, Khayr dah tertidur.. So we had no choice but to make it short.. Sempat la sambar item2 yang dikehendaki :) Oh, speaking of Feringgi, susah nye nak carik kedai makan Melayu.... :( Ke kitorang yang tak pandai cari?? -

- My 2 lovely K's, on a lovely morning.. Taking a walk around the hotel area -

- Khayr having his favourite mango yogurt for breakfast.. The breakfast provided by the hotel is nothing to shout about, in my honest opinion. The variety is pretty standard, but the quality is there. Fresh food, the hash brown is not soggy, the fruits are fresh, etc.. But masa peak time, wahlau, crowded sangat! Sampai kena beratur ok before we can have breakfast.. :( Lucky it only happened on one of the days we were there -

Oh ye speaking about food, I must say, this is the time I enjoy so much travelling with Khayr.. coz he eats what we eat.. So much easier! My facebook friends would have seen my status that goes something like this:

"I think the best time to travel with kid(s) is -- (i) when they are still relying 100% on milk.. and (ii) when they can totally eat solids. The in-between stage is the hardest!"

:) Most mothers seem to agree with me!

- My morning sight.. :) Sebesar2 katil tu pun boleh jadi sempit ye... -

- During our final night, we decided to hang out at the Hard Rock cafe.. Nak layan live band.. :) Not bad jugak lah.. We can sing to almost all the songs the band sang that night ♥ But of course we cannot stayed up that long... -

- Sebab ini budak sudah tidur! :) Bising la macamane pun, elokkk je dia lena.. But kesian lah kan.. Memang la lena, but god knows what goes into his dream with such a noisy surrounding.. Anyway hotel guests can layan the live telecast of the live band from the tv room itself! -

- After breakfast on our last day, before check out.. Tsk Tsk.. :'( -

- Posing at the must-take-picture place in front of the hotel.. Hehehe -

All in all, we had such a great getaway (despite some minor hiccups -- both of us being disturbed by office calls *grrrr!).. It was such a great hotel to stay at, great facilities, great hospitality.. Ngaaaaa kan best if I can turn back time and repeat it all over again.. Huhu.. In the words of theirs -- we had such a rocking stay! :)

- Ni masa nak balik, Kerol ajak naik ferry.. Jakun please! hahahaha .. Dah lama kotttt tak naik ferry, tak ingat dah.. Dulu masa kecik2 rasa macam gempak jer.. Dah besar ni rasa macam, hmmm.. okeyyyy... :P -

Okie dokie HRH, till we meet again! For more info, you can check the hotel official website here.

The one with... holiday-withdrawal symptoms.

2011-12-08T18:04:00.001+08:00

I have officially kicked off my year end holiday, the 1st one being spent over the past 5 days. 5 rocking days, I must say :)

- Khayr sobbing over the fact that its over. Such a poser isn't he? Hehehe -

Today I am back in office; and so does hubs. Khayr is sent to Tok Ma's house. Everyone is back to routine.

Sigh. Siap lupa bawak staff tag. Nasib baik tak lupe password email & telephone office.

But fret not, soon I'll be back on leave again, wee hoo! :) And this time around, it's gonna be straighttttt right up until 2 January 2012 ♥ ♥ ♥

Anyway I shall write about my recent awesome holiday trip aka babymoon holiday for me aka honeymoon holiday for Khayr before dapat adik, and aka errr.. chillaxing holiday for hubs before isteri masuk fasa makin banyak songeh hehe! (i.e. 3rd trimester)... and I shall write it hopefully later, if not so soon! =)

As for now, mari mourning over the ever mounting work and laundry to be done and house cleaning chores (oh tapi ini sudah di delegate kepada weekly maid ;P). And Khayr yang tiba2 sangat cranky malam tadi like apekah???! causing us to have interrupted sleep throughout the night maka harini sangat penat and mengantuk... *yawn*

The one with.. who the who?

2011-12-01T17:35:00.002+08:00

I'm surprised to see my stat counter shows a high number of visits today. Unusually high I must say.

Turned out it's coming from one reader.. who landed on this blog by specifically searching for it via G00gle using my full name as the key word search.. and has been reading (or perhaps just scrolling) from one old entry to another... To be honest it creeps me out (a bit).. *yikes*. I tried to g00gle based on the host name, hmmm I don't recall knowing someone working in that company / from that place.. Errk..

Anyways.

Whoever you are, I shall say "Hi ! Welcome aboard..! :)"

(I hope you are a friend, not a foe..)

The one with... 2nd pregnancy updates.

2011-11-30T11:35:00.004+08:00

Of late I’ve been having trouble sleeping at night. No positions seem to be comfortable enough for me with this ever growing baby I have in my tummy (nope, not complaining!).. So yesterday night, while tossing and turning in bed next to my two K’s who have long gone to the la la land, I took the iPad and started browsing the old entries of my own blog.

Because it’s the same timing, I can somehow relate it all back. Like I was 6 months pregnant with Khayr in November 2009.. And now that it’s November 2011, I’m 6 months pregnant with his baby brother :) So those old entries were actually very good to keep myself in check.

What I have established is, I am not far off from what I used to experience before ♥ About the same size.. same weight gain (phew, I’m on track!).. same pregnancy phase – troubled sleeping, Brixton Hicks, haven’t bought baby’s stuff at all (yeay at least I know that I am not taking things easy this time around.. I am how I am, be it 1st or 2nd pregnancy.. hehe!), sudden increase in appetite, dah start susah basuh pinggan, cepat penat, etc. One good thing is, I am not as emotional freak as I was before.. (I think).

Buttttt.. this time around during my last pregnancy, hubs and I have had agreed with our baby’s first name (i.e. Khayr) and hence have started talking to the baby by calling his name.. NOT THIS TIME AROUND though.. yikes! I told hubs, “Hey faster lah decide on the names.. We need to be fair to our second baby!”… To which, you know guys, was responded by a roll of eyes.. Sheeesssh~!

I’ve given him a list to choose from.. so takpe baby k junior, soon you’ll have your name finalised ok sayang? ;) We will wait for abah to agree on it... With this motherly instinct of mine, I somehow can tell which one suits you best. Hope your abah shares the same sentiment :)

Other than that, at least I know it’s not the time yet for me to get swollen feet and swollen face (due to water retention) though I can see it’s coming.. (hidungku kekembangan already!).. I’ve experienced those in December last time when I was 7 months pregnant.. So now I don’t have to wonder when will the time come.. cause the answer is there, it’s coming in December! :) And when it’s the time to start buying the baby stuff? Also it’s in December! Ahhh it feels nice to finally know that I am indeed still on track.

Oh of all entries, I found a post I wrote about my doubt on how do expectant mothers deal with spectacles / contact lenses during labour time.. Hahaha surprise surprise, I still have my reservation about it! :P Lupe laaa how did I deal with it when it was my time to give birth to Khayr.. Must ask hubs when I get back home later ..

Okie dokie that’s all I have for now.

The one with... baby ghimau ;)

2011-11-21T16:35:00.001+08:00

"hello there......!"

"so... tell me... are you ready for tonight huh?!"

"i say JYEAHHHHHH !!!"

"hehehe.. dah itu jer... **meowwww!**"

;)

The one with... almost about everything. almost.

2011-11-18T13:39:00.005+08:00

It has been a while, I know :) Been very very very busy at work (1st shift) and at home (2nd shift).. The phrase 'working mother' is redundant -- and so they said, and so I abso-freaking-lutely agreed!

Anyways.

It's Friday, it's lunch hour, it's raininig so heavily outside there... So what the heck. Here's what has been happening since my last entry.

- Celebrated hubs birthday with a date day :) Sayang kan anak, tinggal2 kan gitu ♥ -

- Drooling much aye? :) -

- The section I had to give it a pass :( *sObs*

Sashimi & fresh oysters.. I shall see (eat) you guys next year! -

- Then after stuffing ourselves silly over the buffet spread, we went to watch Real Steel (ohsem pohsem with the capital O!), followed by the musical theatre The Secret Life of Nora :) Love it, but not as much as we love PGL and P.Ramlee the Musical... -

- Then it was my mom's birthday on 6 November, the second day of Raya Haji.. (Didn't take any pictures during Raya Haji though.. hmmm.) We celebrated it over lunch at Tony Roma's in Jalan Yap Kwan Seng -

- Then had a chance to also have a makan2 with my in-laws during that Raya Haji week.. Like a celebration of sort as well for them.. Birthdays and graduation.. Had dinner buffet at Rebung in Bangsar.. -

- And about my dearest little one... he has been teething like cendawan tumbuh selepas hujan! :) After having only 6 ketul gigi for 1y7m, that is. So comel coz his teeth tumbuh tak sekata merata2... looks like a little monster... hehehe -

- And look at his latest 'skill'... :D Kerol was the one inside the fitting room at that time, by the way.. Not just some random people ye... -

- And about me.. well, I've been growing so 'healthily'.. Membesar bagai johan.. and enjoy eating like there's no care in the world... ♥ -

- Andddddd.... I guess God has decided that there can only be 1 princess at home... for the time being, that is -

*wiNk*

Oh yessssss, lets say hi to another baby k ! :) baby L has got to wait. hiuhiuhiu.

- Imagine two of this.. pengsan! :D But ooohhh yeah, bring it on..! Hehehe -

Okie dokie, that's that.

For now, as usual come November I'm busy planning for my year end break! My annual leaves cannot be carried forward to next year. So 12 working days = 2 1/2 working week = 1/2 of December.. yeehaw!

- The analytical traits in me.. :P Anyway the winner is still what the corporate rate has got to offer. Way cheaper than the market rate hip hip horey ! -

Since I'll be 7 months ++ by December, so flying is not an option for me.. as well as going in to Singapore.. Maka coti2 Malaysia lah kita... babymoon bebeh, can't rockin' wait!!! ♥ Jalan2.. Makan2.. and the rest of the days will be spent on the making preparation to welcome the little one next year!

Alritey.. till the next entry~*

The one with.. my 20months old baby k..

2011-11-02T22:15:00.004+08:00

yes, 20months old or older, he is still my little baby :)

i am currently putting him to sleep. so sementara tunggu saje je la layan gambar2 dia. and i thought of sharing those favourite few out of the lots (i may or may not have uploaded those here before.. well even if i did, that goes to show how i favour these pics of his so much! hehehe)

- paling suka! hehehe -

- mr. vainpot -

its unbelievable how fast time flies.. look at how big khayr has grown up to be :')

i mean, really.. look at how small he was before...

now, i can have a little conversation with him, and its really amazing how he's absorbing things around him these days.. our words, actions, the sounds he hears.. all that, he's picking 'em up slowly by observing the surroundings.

i love it when out of no where he comes to me and gives a peck on my cheek. i love it when he calls me 'mama' with the manja-est tone he can project. i love it when he says 'pandaiiii' when we are able to understand what he's trying to say. i love it coming back home to him looking so excited at the door. i love it when he greets "morning" and "good night" at the right time. i love it when he knows what to say when he wants / feels certain something.. sigh. i mean, seriously, look at how big he is now! (ok this is repetitive.. just making a point.. :P)

in 4 months time he's turning 2, and will be a big brother to his little sibling. i hope by then he's more calm and composed in managing his tantrums.. boy apart from all the good progress i mentioned, he sure does display quite a level of tantrums as well..! terrible twos huh? and so they said. hmmmm.

and its not helping that he's teething big time now. gigi taring, gigi geraham, atas, bawah, semua laaa nak keluar sama2 skarang.. huhu.. so he's supa dupa cranky!

okie dokie, he's long gone to the la la land. and i reckon i shall go and join him too. i'm already at the stage whereby i get tired so easily.. and can get a bit more emotional too. well, i'll update all about my pregnancy in my other entry (hopefully i have both the time and energy to do so!).

till later~* nitessssss.

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone :)

The one with.. half way there :)

2011-10-18T18:52:00.002+08:00

Alhamdulillah I've entered my 20 weeks of pregnancy journey already... another 20 weeks +/- to go.. InsyaAllah...

To be honest, this 2nd pregnancy is kinda different from the 1st one in the sense that, I am not 'too bothered' with the progress. I mean, of course I care.. and enjoy every single moment of it especially now that I can feel the little2 kicks in my tummy.. But, because I have another toddler at hands to handle, sometimes I forgot that I am pregnant, you get what I mean? Kalau dulu asyik laaaa dok flip through all the pregnancy-related books to relate to myself. And asyik laaa menjaga cannot do this, cannot do that, cannot be too active (yes I was SO spoilt like that ;P) but now... I just cannot afford to be that manja and lembik.. I have Khayr to attend to. Supplements pun kadang2 lupa makan.

And it seems that people around me keep on commenting I still look small given my pregnancy stage.. Hmmm? Not sure. As for me, kadang2 rasa ye jugak.. Bangun2 pagi dok laaa belek perut tuh depan cermin from sideways view.. Rasa macam perut still kecik.. But at times I feel, wow besarnye perut! Its like as if it just grew overnight out of no where.. Heh.

- Picture of me taken recently on 8 October 2011 with my lovely BFFs -

There are times I feel that I still have long way to go. But there are also times (like NOW) I feel like, OMG OMG OMG tak lama lagi dah nak deliver dah.

- Nama baby takde lagi. Bila nak start talking to the baby by calling the name?
- Barang satu ape pun tak prepare. List pun takde. BF-related gears semua dalam kotak, tak keluarkan lagi to sterilise and whatnots. Baju2 baby pun sama.
- Bilik Khayr tak start furnish lagi. Tak start train dia tidur sendiri lagi.. (yup he still squeeze in between me & hubs in our bed)...
- Room for me to stay in during the confinement pun tak start furnish lagi. This time around my mom said she will take care of me during the confinement period at my own house. Dia kata senang, nanti Kerol & Khayr do not have to travel back and forth to see me. She has a point there.
- Tak puas manja kan Khayr lagi.
- Will I be able to have the same strong will power to BF kan this new baby the same level I had for Khayr? Cause during Khayr's time, I had no expectation whatsoever. But for this new baby, I sort of knew what to expect. The hard work. The hassle. Will I be able to embrace it through successfully?

*breathe in, breathe out*

Things should be fine, I hope. Yeah, lets be hopeful.

- But I don't hope to have this gigantic feet this time around. Please, not again! :P -

(Sila scream in horror and in disgust now!)

The one with.. la pasta e le salse (pasta and sauces) for my bebe :)

2011-10-13T12:18:00.005+08:00

Ok first thing first tajuk entry kali ni adalah atas ihsan ms. Google.. heh.

So.. berdasarkan permintaan ramai (ewahhhh ramai la sangat kannnn :P), today I would like to share with you the recipes I refer to whenever I prepare pasta dish for Khayr. Like I've been emphasizing time and again, I'm not a good cook. So benda2 simple pun I have to refer back to the recipe. Tak kira la dah berapa kali masak pun, mesti nak kene refer balik, just to be on the safe side. Hehe! And things made real easy with iphone, I'll just print screen the recipes (if its from online) / capture it (if its from a book or mag) and create one folder for all the recipes I've gathered. So pagi2 nak masak tuh, walla! flip through je the phone for which recipe yang I want to refer to.. :)

So the 2 types of pasta dishes I normally prepare for Khayr are - the one with the cream sauce, and recently, the aglio olio.

Nyammmsss mamma mia ~* :)

For the cream sauce, I based on the one featured in Wardina's book - Mama, Saya Lapar:

And for the Aglio Olio, thanks to my friend Lynn :) :

Of course I twist it a bit here and there according to the types of ingredients I have, and also for additional flavour. And have to be sure it suits with Khayr's appetite, preference and conditions yang tak cukup gigi tuh.. Hehehe... Like for the cream pasta, I normally put chicken chunks to go with it.. (and if you notice dalam buku tu cakap letak biskut kering kan.. well for me, I didn't follow that part.. :p)

And for the Aglio Olio, instead of basil leaves, I put Oregano.. And I don't put chilli flake, takut Khayr tak tahan pedas.. Capsicums pun I just put a little bit of them for flavourings...

For the pasta, I normally used the Heinz baby pasta:

(image source: Google)

But kadang2 baby pasta ni susah nak cari. So I'll just use the small macaroni type, or angel hair, or fussili (yang spiral2 tu).. I think there are lots of other types yang available on the rack at the main supermarket chains. Yang alphabetical punye ada.. Yang have different colours pun ada.. So just choose yang ala2 small type, then that will do. Macam angel hair tu, before boil the pasta, I'll be sure to patah kan siap2 to a shorter length, senang nanti bila nak suap kan kat Khayr.

Sometime, for a quick fix I'll just use the instant Prego sauce to go with the pasta. Senang sap2 soiiiiii :) Also, you can fry the pasta, just the way you prepare fried beehun / kuewteow...

The creamy pasta, I've been preparing it for Khayr since he can start eating solids.. (but at that time, the pasta had to be blended...) As for the aglio olio, I introduced it to him only recently.. And just like when you prepare food for the adults, you get 'nervous' as well when you cook for your kids as to whether or not they will accept it. Well, for me at least, thats the case ;) So setiap kali prepare lauk 'baru', mesti I will make it a point to sms mama / ibu tanye Khayr nak makan ke tak...

PASS! =)

Okie dokie, I hope this helps. Easy peasy and nyummy nyums.. :) Selamat mencuba! ♥

The one with... his favourite thang ♥

2011-10-07T11:36:00.001+08:00

Of late my 20 months old baby developed a sudden craze over roti, or in his word, 'woti'.

Bangun pagi "woti! woti! woti!"

So does masa tengah play with his toys.

And when we were outside at shopping mall.

It didn't matter that he already had his main meal.. and his milk.

He still wants his woti.

1 slice minimum, up to 3 slices tops at times.

Just the plain bread, like that.

Hmmm.. rasa macam risau pulak tengok selera naik tiba2 macam tu.

Haihhh mothers huh?

Anak taknak makan, risau. Anak mintak makan, pun risau...

*geleng kepala*

The one with... my favourite thang ♥

2011-10-04T15:24:00.002+08:00

Sigh my baby has grown up so fast soon I'm sure he'll be talking full sentences like a pro!

*sila abaikan suara at the background :P

The one with.. food for the little one.

2011-09-21T12:07:00.006+08:00

Hi! Today I thought I would like to share on the kind of food I cook for Khayr ever since he ditched the bland, mashy, porridge I used to prepare for him since he was 6 months. Last time it was easy peasy cause I used to stock up his porridge for a 3-4 day ration. But now that he knows varieties, and that his food has evolved to include those type of food us adults normally take, I feel that its only fair for his food to be prepared fresh on a daily basis.

I'm not a good cook, nor am I someone particular that he must take certain type of food as far as nutritient is concerned. I mean, of course I care.. but not to the extend of being kiasu, you get what I mean? Sayur merah la. Sayur hijau la. Sayur kaler2 la. Protein tu. Protein ni. Etc.. To me, so long there's a meat and there's a vege, then that's good enough already.

Now that Khayr is actually quite left behind in terms of teething, his choice of food is rather limited. Dia just ada gigi depan - 4 atas, 2 bawah. Yups, ever since he was 10 months old! Hehe comel je kan. Dah 1y7m tapi gigi still sikit. Lately je we noticed that gigi geraham dia baru nak tumbuh. Macam kelakar pun ada, sebab ye lah, gigi depan bahagian bawah tu ada 2 je. Tiba2 geraham pulak tumbuh dulu. Maybe betul orang tua2 kata.. kalau cepat jalan, lambat tumbuh gigi.. Hmm?

Anyways. So, Khayr's food is limited to just fish and chicken. Pastu sayur2. And because I don't generally cook for the family (just yet :P), so bila beli sayur, ikan and ayam.. memang can last for 1 week / 1.5 week ++ for Khayr's portion.

So this is among the food I normally prepared in the morning for Khayr:

- Ikan masak singgang, with tomato cherry. The easiest among the lot! Hehehe.. And Khayr pun suka... -

- Sup sayur sawi masak air, with potato, carrot and fishcake -

- Sup ayam with su'un.. and again with potato and carrot (Khayr's meal banyak potato n carrot sebab they last longer.. Heh) -

- Sup ikan tenggiri -

- Ayam masak kicap, with tomato and carrot -

Yang takde dalam gambar, sometimes I also prepared:

- cream pasta with chicken / salmon and broccoli.

- ayam masak merah.

- bihun / kuewtiow goreng.

- mashed potato with cheese and brocolli.

- sup sayur pucuk and su'un.

Hmm tu je lah kot. Kira nya tak ayam, ikan. Sayur pulak - rotate between broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, potato, sawi bunga, tomato. And resipi semua simple2... (Saya je yang tak pandai masak, maka kena lah rely on recipes.. :P) Some I took from internet.. Books / Magazines like Wardina's and Pa & Ma.. and Also thanks to Iyma and Bibi yang sekapal... Hehehe.. But I think anak2 diorang, Suri and Balqis gigi dah penuh.. So senang sikit boleh makan stuff like daging and seafood ek?

Anyways. Tu lah.. Because gigi Khayr sikit, I have to make sure that his dish is mostly of a soupy type so that lembut for him to accept. Coz otherwise, poopoo keras laa jawabnya... Sebab tu until now he has not taken daging.. Sebab even minced meat pun he has to chew properly kan.. Kalau tak macam kesian je sistem badan dia nak tolong process kan.

- At Secret Recipe, eating fish & chip. Hamboi2 sungguh kannn -

Kalau keluar, then dia makan la food like fish & chip, laksa, nasi ladna, pasta2, sandwich, mashed potato and the like.. Pendek kata, if keluar (which is normally during wekeends or holidays) I don't have to bring along his food... Heeeee, I like! =)

And all the above is his main meal.. Other than that, he also get to taste whatever food we eat, and depends on whether or not he likes it, then he will ask for more :) Like roti canai ke.. nasi lemak ke.. pizza.. etc.

Oh but one thing for sure, he doesn't like the McD porridge.. EVER. God knows why. Maybe because I myself pun tak suka kot.. Hehehe.. And I've not fed him with the KFC's mashed potato purely because I learnt from my SIL (who once worked as a part timer at KFC) that KFC's mashed potato is actually coming from a serbuk form, then letak air panas, kembang lah ia.. Means, its not even a real potato.. I think you can tell a real mashed potato dia punye texture tuh macam potato-ish sikit.. Macam kat Chilli's.. Anyway, this is just my personal choice for my kiddo..

Anddddd... Khayr is not into fruits.. I think because kitorang pun tak makan buah sangat, so in a way, he didn't get the right exposure... Hmmm..

So what about you other mothers of toddler(s) out there.. Ape lagi ek I can prepare for Khayr..? Sharing is caring lah sikit.... :)

The one with... my 2nd pregnancy.

2011-09-14T12:35:00.008+08:00

So how’s 2nd pregnancy treating me so far? Well I must say, so far so good.

It’s all started four months back. This time I learnt that a line is a line, no matter how fade it is.. hehe.. punye lah tak percaya, I did the pee-on-the-stick test for 4 times. And yet it was after the visit to the obgyn clinic baru lah I came to terms that OMG OMG OMG, I AM indeed pregnant…! :P ( No, it was not an unplanned one, cuma ye lah, it was such a beautiful moment I needed a slap to actually believe it.. you get what I mean? ;) )

Alhamdulillah.

So first thing I did, was executing the plan to wean off kan khayr. I read a lot of articles and consulted my obgyn, all were saying that you can still proceed with breastfeeding even though you are pregnant. And almost everyone said that your kid will somehow stops on his own from breastfeeding once there’s a change in the milk taste because your body will then start producing colostrums to prepare for the baby in the tummy instead of the normal flowy type of milk for your kid.

But. I thought I wanted a break before resuming with the breastfeeding journey for the 2nd one. Plus, for fear that it would be difficult for me to handle both pregnancy and the commitment required to breastfeed Khayr, I came up my one month plan in order to wean off Khayr. (Anyway, I did try to continue to breastfeed Khayr, but I felt nausea easily and I had this tingling thing with little pain/ngilu/funny feeling in my tummy.. Hmmm.)

Syukur sangat, it was an easy process for me and Khayr. Seriyes, syukur sangat1000x. It was a smooth transition for both of us. And I don’t have the problem of Khayr looking for me at night. He’s like completely off from breastfeeding without any hassle..! Well sedih pun ade la jugak kan, like he’s completely ‘separated’ from me ever since.. he’s like so independent of me! Sobs. Oh well.

Whatever it is, I am so proud of my achievement. Out loud I can say that I’ve been able to fully breastfeed Khayr for 1y5m… yeay! Who would have ever thought huh? *pat on the shoulder* *hands clapping* =)

As for me, I found myself being no longer that kiasu as compared to my first pregnancy. Takde lah sebok sangat bace buku tu, buku ni.. jaga makan, minum susu + makan buah religiously, etc etc etc. Guess it’s because I sort of know what to expect kot? Heh. But I do jaga makan in terms of the pantang – like no nenas, no raw stuff, and such.

Morning sickness during the 1st trimester was worse in the sense that this time around, I experienced it throughout the day, unlike when I was pregnant with Khayr whereby I had it only in the morning. But my morning sickness was limited to that urge-to-vomit feeling only. i.e. just feel loya2. Means takde lah sampai muntah2, dehydrated, etc.

And similar to my first pregnancy, I was so vulnerable as far as my health is concerned. During puasa month alone, I had fever+flu+cough for 3 times.. ! sheesshhh.

For this time around, perut lambat naik.. hehehe. Maybe because I am already all flesh-y after I gave birth to khayr.. But, I am so surprised that I can start to feel the baby’s little movement in my tummy! I mean this early? I guess what they say is true, for 2nd, 3rd (and so on) pregnancy the mother is more sensitive towards the baby’s movement… :)

Right now I am comfortable in my start of 2nd trimester (just annoyed with the urge to go to pee so easily now sheesshhh), my baby bump starts showing already, and I feel much better. Cuma nervous on what to expect soon in terms of the preparation to welcome the new baby, managing husband, khayr and the new baby, nanti pantang macamane, and nanti bila dah start kerja, macamane our mothers nak tolong jaga both Khayr and the newborn..? etc. etc. etc.

My next check up is due next week, hopefully we can have a peek at baby's gender by then! Heeeeee....

Okie dokie, I guess that’s all for now. Till later~*

*Just had a look through at Khayr’s old pictures during his first month of life.. rasa sayu pulak… how fast time flies, how fast he has grown, and soon he will be the big brother! and though I know mothers loves are unconditional and undivided, but somehow rasa sedih bila tengok Khayr tidur malam2 thinking, soon he has to ‘share’ me with his baby brother / sister… *cries*

The one with... Aidilfitri di Perantauan, i mean, Perhentian.. :)

2011-09-08T18:05:00.002+08:00

So few months before Raya actually both of Kerol's and my family have been talking about going for a holiday during the Hari Raya break.. My family planned to go Perhentian Island while Kerol's family planned to go to Bukit Merah Laketown.. leaving us in the middle to decide which trip to tag along... Huhu.. TOUGH CHOICE TO MAKE!

Initially we decided to just spend our Hari Raya in KL, for we thought maybe we need to instil the right suasana Hari Raya for Khayr.. You know, visiting friends / relatives and such.. But heck who are we kidding here.. Khayr kecik lagi kottt.. and both of our families won't be around anyway.. So eventually we decided to join my family sebab tak pernah lagi travel with them..

Maka to Perhentian Island we went! :) The planning was all done by my sister, Erin -- right from the flight schedule, van & boat ride, accomodation and meals arrangement.. WELL DONE! So if you were to ask me about costing, to be honest, I'm not very sure. Coz all I did was pay the lump sum to her for my portion :P

For fear of getting stuck on the road during the Hari Raya break, we decided to take flight to Kota Bharu, then take a van ride to Kuala Besut jetty, and finally a boat ride to the island. We stayed at Shari-la Island Resort at the small island (Perhentian Island has pulau kecik and pulau besar)..

So pagi2 buta hari raya kedua lagi kitorang anak beranak dah start bangun to go to LCCT to catch our 6.30am flight. Huhu.. Serious penat hari raya first tak habes lagi but excitement mengatasi segala2 nya.. Ewahhhh.. Khayr slept throughout the journey to airport but woke up the moment we stepped into the LCCT. Sebab bising kan.. Kesian dia.. monyok je muka pagi2.. Huhu..

But that quickly changed the moment we met my family -- my parents & siblings. They played with Khayr and after Khayr was fed with his milk, he was all cheerful again. Especially when we boarded the plane :) That was his first experience and we were so excited to see how excited he was... =) In his word, he kept on chanting "Air-Pin.. Air-Pin" (for aeroplane).. Hehehe so cute!

Khayr slept througout the flight journey as well, phew.

Khayr with bantal busuk..

We brought his bantal busuk for fear he was not comfortable with the new experience. Initially we hid it in the backpack bag. But during the boat ride, he looked quite frightened up.. Ye lah, dengan langgar ombak and the sound (I also takut! Huhu.. Asyik laaa dok pegang2 perut.. and trick is to sit at the far back cause the impact is lesser), so the bantal busuk really saved the day. He sat on Kerol's lap quietly, hugging his bantal busuk and sucking him thumb -- his means of comforting himself..

The van ride from airport to jetty.

We reached jetty so early in the morning, around 7.30am - 8am I think, and were SUPER hungry! Was SO looking forward to have the nasi dagang but alas, the bummer part of going for a trip locally during the public holidays is.. most makan places are closed! *sheessshhh* Ade laaa satu kedai melayu ni bukak, so we just settled down with whatever they can offer... (should have had McDs take away earlier huh?)

Reached resort close to noon time, had our much needed rest, and off to makan (which was again another problem -- well it was 2nd Hari Raya + Merdeka day kan..) and then... beach time!! :)))) But tak lama laaa coz out of sudden, it rained!! -___-"

And it lasted till around 9pm like that. Serious lemau rasa stuck kat pulau cannot get out of the room sebab hujan. Dah la ada Khayr kan, so cannot redah just like that. Around 9.30pm like that, my family couldn't take it anymore so they said they will go check out for makan place first. Then later they informed me that we can come and join as well cause it was only drizzling already at the time and that the makan place was about to close already :( Even at Perhentian Besar pun there was only 1 makan place opened for public.. Hmmmm.

And then came the 2nd day -- sun shiny day! ;) And it was snorkelling day!

- Khayr and pishes (as in fishes).. Relaks je dia biar ikan2 datang kat kaki dia .. Then we gave him the bread to feed the fishes, but in the end he had it all for himself.. Hehehe.. -

We had breakfast at the resort first, before heading to one of the cafe's there to meet Abang Mat - the one who's bringing us for island tour and snorkelling.. Ahhh I miss snorkelling so much! This was Kerol's and my second trip to Perhentian Island and I must say, again and again we fell in love with the island!

Si budak happy dapat mandi laut, singing itsy bitsy spider while waiting for the boat.

This time, Khayr managed to get the hang of it already with the boat ride.. So he didn't need his bantal busuk, yeay! :)

- Me si tukang jaga boat + jaga Khayr + tangkap gambar, with Khayr on the boat when it was stationed at the different spots in the middle of a deep sea -

Mula2 we didn't plan to let Khayr swim together with the rest while they were snorkelling sebab, ye lah kan, laut dalam tuuuuu... Risau! But macam kesian pulak tengok dia kept on staring at the rest.. so finally we gave in.. But dengan syarat Kerol must always have to be around him.

And we glad we did that, coz Khayr's enjoying it to the max! Siap menangis when it was the time to go back.. :) Adakah mungkin kerana he's already experiencing it when he was in my tummy? Hehehe sebab masa pregnant kan Khayr I went to Redang with Kerol for our second honeymoon trip :)

Then when it was at the Lighthouse stop, my sister and my brother did the bravery thing -- they jumped off from there! *scareyyyhhhh*

Khayr's attracting the fishes by throwing the pieces of bread... Loving it the crystal clear water! ♥

- This was at the Turtle Bay and that's Kerol with one! ;) -

- This was the last stop - Romantic Beach and finally, I get to dip myself as well! Weeeee~* At least adik Khayr pun dapat laaa merasa kan berenang2 di dalam perut time the mother berenang2 di laut... just like Khayr :P -

That night we had a yummilicous barbeque dinner by the beach, thank God most makan places were already opened by the third day of Raya! and Khayr was fast asleep, mesti best tidur sambil rasa macam dialun ombak, you know the aftermath feeling lepas mandi laut? Super nice kan.

And then came the last day of the trip, raya photo shoot session! It was my sister's crazy idea which initally was questioned by most of us, well by Kerol and I at least.. Hehehe.. Sebab ye lah kan, we only had one pair of baju raya and we wore them on the first day of raya already.. And we were thinking mesti panas tepi pantai tu nanti and whatnot but hey the verdict -- OHSEM POSSUM! ;)

We went for breakfast in our baju raya, which was quite a scene sebab you can see the stare other tourists gave us that morning.. Hehehe.. And thereafter, click! click! :) Thank God the weather was super nice...

- Nampak macam kampung boy tak? ;) -

Lepas taking pictures, we just hang out in the room.. But I think my family, they went for a jalan2 or something, while waiting to check out at noon time.. The boat came around 12noon and we reached back at the jetty Kuala Besut one hour later.. A van was already awaiting to bring us to the airport. Initially we thought of hanging around for a while and made a stop for makan2 or something, but the van driver told us that we better dont take chances as the road was pretty congested cause its Friday and its raya time.. So he scared that we will be late for our flight later. Without much delay, we went straight to the airport to catch our 3pm flight then.

That was one memorable trip I ever had with my family and I cherish it so very much :) ♥ ♥ ♥

p.s. If you guys ever happened to go to Perhentian Island, go look for Abang Mat ok? A super nice boatman and snorkelling guide.. and all the underwater pictures above are from his camera given to us! Very nice of him to capture such beautiful pictures....

The one with.. Syawal 1432H..

2011-09-06T12:33:00.004+08:00

Salam lebaran to all my Muslim friends! :) Hows your celebration so far? I'm sure everyone had a good break the least to say, kan? ;)

Sehari sebelum raya tu was spent with my 2 K's -- we went to The Gardens and MidValley to do last minute raya shopping for Khayr. We went first thing in the morning to beat the traffic (both human and vehicles) but found ourselves getting dissapointed over the fact that most outlets had nothing much to offer to Khayr. I mean, maybe la kan, there are not many choices for boys. Tak t-shirts, shirts. Tak long-sleeves, short-sleeves. Tak long-pants, short-pants. *yawn* So end up beli tak banyak pun. Just cukup syarat je. Then we went to do our groceries at Carrefourre in MidValley before we made our way back home and started to bake cakes with Kerol's family :)

MIL was busy preparing the raya dishes with my SIL, then BIL prepared marble cake, and myself + Kerol prepared fruit cake... :))))) Of course all this was done under the supervision and instruction of MIL.. hehehe.

- Ini big chief nih.. memantau orang buat kerja :D -

Then lepas berhuru-hara kat dapur, we, as in Kerol's family and us, got ready for our last break fast together at Al-Rawsha.. nyumssss! Pergi dalam pukul 6.45pm pun takde hal, most roads in KL dah start clear dah... Heaven!

After berbuka, we went to my parents house pulak to just be there on the Raya eve, experiencing and getting the 'feel'.. you get what I mean? :) My mom was busy in the kitchen with the raya dishes and Khayr was excited goofing around with my sibs and my dad.. Then off we went back home, making a stop to buy lemang first. Thought of buying the one in Melawati tapi jalan kat MRR2 tuh, mak aiiii... so congested! Ended up we bought the one near our house in Greenwood.. Juara Lemang or something. Nasib baik sedap :)

- Sebelum tidur ade si busy body nak masukkan sampul duit raya jugak..

Padahal dah almost midnight dah time ni.. -

Then came the morning of 1st Syawal.. So syahdu dengar takbir raya. Made me miss my late atuk and opah in PD.. Longing for celebrating Hari Raya in Kampung.. The takbir they do from house to house.. The Raya eve ambience.. -__-'

Morning of 1st Syawal was spent at our house.. MIL prepared lontong.. Also nasi impit, ketupat nasi, lemang, rendang, and kuah kacang (OMG I'm drooling over while typing this!).. Then salam2.. and taking photos ;)

- Our growing family -

- My inlaws with Khayr :) -

Then we made move to my parents house in Keramat... And did the same -- salam2, makan2, and taking pictures :)

- So happy that my mom prepared the ketupat palas! Also she prepared nasi lemak with sambal sotong.. Nyummss.. (ok drooling lagi! sheeshh..) -

- My family and us -

- My 2 lovely sisters.. So glad that Liana can join us this Raya! -

- Kerol and I, with our lovely mothers... -

- Kerol's family and mine ♥ -

- Si bujang and si dara in the family.. Agak2 laku tak buat muka macam ni? Hehehehe.. This is gambar wajib everytime kitorang berkumpul.. Cuma kali ni Kerol & I tak join lah.. Takut kenan kat anak dalam kandungan.. Hahaha -

Lepas tu, again as usual we made move to my dad's kampung in Langat.. Selalu nye lepas Langat, we will make move to Bangi, rumah my mom's brother (i.e. my Pak Long).. But they are not around this time.. So petang Syawal tu memang was spent at Langat saja... There, I stuffed myself silly with the kuih raya yang ada! :P

- Khayr and my grandma.. i.e. his great grandma / Nyang -

- Si budak kepenatan.. Tak tidur dari pagi.. :) -

- Kids nowadays huh? I think this is the common scene we see these days.. -

Okie dokie.. That was how my first day of Syawal this year was spent! :) Lepas lepak kat Langat, semua pun balik rumah to pack up.. Coz our 2nd day of Raya till the 4th day was spent...

at Perhentian Island bebeh! ;)

(ok my facebook friends would have known this already.. hehe)

Till later~*

The one with.. family portrait 2011 :)

2011-09-02T23:11:00.001+08:00

First year of our marriage, Raya 2009 - 4 months pregnant.

Raya 2010 - Khayr was already a cheeky 7 months old baby.

Raya 2011 - Khayr is a healthy and active 1y 6m toddler.. and ready to be a big brother! Alhamdulillah, I'm 4 months pregnant (once again! - talking about perfect timing? hehehe)..

<3 <3 <3

The one with.. Raya is around the corner.

2011-08-27T00:17:00.001+08:00

Hello hello my name's Dibo! Here's something you should know..! :D

Hehehe ok merepek. It has been a whileeeeee since I last wrote huh? Don't know what has got into me. Perhaps I was just too tied up with a lot of other things in life. Work. Taking care of family. Having fun in life. Reflecting life and trying to improve to the better.

Speaking of which, hows Ramadhan been treating you? Its kind of sad that such a holy month is coming to its end kan. Personally, I feel like I've done better this time around. I mean of course I'm still far from doing the best, let alone perfect.. But like I said, it's a personal record. Alhamdulillah and I'm hoping that things will be better and better with each passing days.

With Ramadhan's ending, means Syawal is coming. Now about that, I kinda have mixed feelings welcoming such a celebrating month for us Muslims. Kejap rasa like excited sangat. Kejap rasa macam so and so jer. Heh.

Hmmm alritey. I guess thats all for now. Hope this marks the start of the many more entries to come ;)

Oh before I end this entry, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir Batin. To Muslims friends and readers, have a great celebration with the loved ones. To the non-Muslims friends and readers, have a good break!

Take care all and till later~*

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The one with... of feeling malas.

2011-07-25T17:05:00.001+08:00

sekarang ni rasa macam malas je nak update blog. but rindu nak update and receive comments.

sigh. help. help.

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The one with... and the time has come.

2011-07-03T22:59:00.002+08:00

Khayr is turning 17months in 2 days time. (Sadly) We're planning to wean him off from breastfeeding. If you are a regular here, you would have recalled that our attempt to do that earlier this year (masa Khayr 1 tahun and I was like so busy with outstation work) was a total failure (guna iphone ni tak reti pulak nak cari link).

Perhaps the decision was made too soon. Perhaps we ourselves weren't ready. Perhaps we didn't have a proper plan. Well above all I personally think that we didn't expect it was going to be that challenging!

Well who are we kidding here. After 12 good months (then), of course its not gonna be easy!

And what's more now it has been 17 months -__-'

Anyway from reading and after seeking advice from friends, here's the 1 month plan. Which is going to take place tomorrow onwards (god, please let this be a success.. insyaAllah).

1st week - His evening intake of EBM (i.e. in between lunch & dinner) will be replaced with FM.

2nd week - His morning intake of EBM (i.e. in between breakfast & lunch) will be replaced with FM.

3rd week - His after wake-up in the morning intake of direct feeding (i.e. before i go to work) will be replaced with FM.

*by now if he can accept FM i will be totally thankful and bersyukur dah cause it will mean that he'll be totally on FM during the daytime. only left with the challenge to 'refuse' the direct feeding at night.

So 4th week onwards, will be the time for me to train him to take FM at night instead of direct feeding.

Semoga urusan ni dipermudahkan Allah. *amin*

We've bought Anmum stage 3 (for 1year old and above) and really hope that he's gonna accept it.

Hmmm with the above plan tabled before us, I am all ready to execute it. I hope I will be granted enough preseverance (ok not sure with the spelling) and determination to go through the adverse reaction whatsoever Khayr may show :'( Khayr sayang, we can do this ok!

Yeah all that except these 2 kemusykilan:

1. When he refuses the FM (if laaa), how do we know that he doesn't like the brand, or he's just simply adjusting? How many attempts should we try before changing to another brand? Or should we just being persistent with the hope that there will come a time when he will eventually give in?

2. Is it ok if we were to use the same bottle he has been using to take EBM previously (to introduce FM) or do we have to use a totally new bottle? I mean, does it even matter?

Please, if you can just share dear mommies out there? Calling for a sharing is caring session! xX

Till later~*

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The one with... things happened.

2011-06-08T14:02:00.001+08:00

5 June 2011 has way passed us by, and that day marked Khayr's journey turning to a 1y4m toddler of mine :) Now that if you are a frequent here, you'd know that its time for me to update on his milestones.

However as of now I only have one thing to jot down. For the first time ever my baby has to be warded because of the 40°C temperature+vomitting+diarrhoea combo! :(

Its so heart-breaking to see him on drip.. and weak.. and inactive :(

It has been 2 longest days of my life, and alhamdulillah he's showing signs of recovering. He's totally on milk now, not yet on solids since he has not gained back his appetite. And we're glad that he's tested -ve rotavirus and that his kidney is functioning well despite having a high level of 'urea'.

Lets pray for his speedy recovery pretty please?

*update*
He is said to be having this thing called 'acute gastroenteritis'.. Parents out there, is there anything you want to share in addition to the obvious ones about this?

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The one with... 30 May 2009 - 30 May 2011.

2011-05-30T18:16:00.002+08:00

... and then WE turn 2 ♥

I actually realised that I've never shared details about my wedding reception kan? (not that it matters to you.. but more for my remembrance sake..). Entry on wedding solemnisation ade lah.. Read here. Hmm.. Thought of putting up some pictures and info for reference.. but.. like as if I have all the time in the world laaa kan to choose the pictures out of the lot and resize 'em all? Heh.

- the cover CD of my wedding pics :) -

Anyway we'll see how. But for now, I'm so happy that my surprise plan for hubs menjadi :) Will write about that soon, hopefully if time permits.

Till then, here's to wishing for many more blissful years to come~* ♥♥♥

The one with... sayangkan anak tinggal2 kan.. ;)

2011-05-14T23:03:00.005+08:00

Had a great time dating berdua with Kerol earlier today <3 Well not that we haven't done that ever since Khayr was born.. Ada tu ada.. cuma jarang2 and it was always a quick one, more like a 2 hours movie date or a quick meal for 2. Oh ok la fine, ada skali tu kitorang pergi Singapore for the year end sale shopping.. ngeeee =) Well all I'm trying to say is ever since we bagged the title 'parents' hardly we have this kind of opportunity, you get what I mean? Anyways. Here's what we did today :)

Watched Fast5, which spelled AWESOME!!!! with capital A. and for those who's planning to watch, please stay tune right till the end of the show.. like after that part when they are showing who's who in the movie k?

Then we went for a 90min body massage at Thann Sanctuary.. super bliss!! (free voucher we've gotten from attending the Exora VIP test drive the other day).

We concluded our date with a dinner at Sushi Zanmai, definitely worth the long queue! The food was yummers.. :)

Masa dinner tu we both realised that it was just about time to go home coz no matter how far we tried to divert our chat to something else, our topic of conversation kept on coming back to none other, our little Khayr! hehehe.

Sigh, how not to miss this lil fella? ;)

But, boy I had a great day! Thank you Allah...

p.s. Vin Diesel + Paul Walker rocks! V

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The one with.. khayr is 1yr 3m!

2011-05-09T12:24:00.061+08:00

A quick one on Khayr's milestones last month when he's 1y 2m:

Still fully on breastfeeding, alhamdulillah..
For the first time ever fell sick that took long to recover.. :( Started off with fever, then flu, then cough with some phlegm. So had no choice but to agree when the doctor said he had to be on antibiotics.. *sigh. Anyway, he lost his appetite, became a bit inactive and SO clingy.

Enjoyed it so much when he brought him to play the water slide :) It was Kerol's side family trip to the Gambang Water Park during the labor day weekend.

When eating, he's mastering the skills of using spoon.. but with guidance still.
Drink from the cup and straw like a pro already.
Still talking gibberish, but makin rancak 'berborak' when we respond to him.. and once a while we can hear him repeating after us. Bila mode mengada kadang2 we can hear him saying "mama" quite clearly. And he said "babah" instead of "abah".. :)
Loves to play conteng2 with a pen. But we are not encouraging him to play with one that often. So masih tiada accident yang berlaku (note: like conteng dinding.. or cadar.. or cushion :P)
Talking about accident.... sigh. This happened last week, JUST a day after he turned 1y 3m.. He somehow managed to find the HIDDEN iron, and not only that, drag it to the plug point and PLUG IT ON all by himself!! :O It happened so fast the next thing I found is a burnt mark on the carpet..... and HIS HAND.. :'( Haihhh la anak ku.

Also, for the first time ever he fell off from the bed while sleeping.. :'( Yes, on the hard surface.
Knows how to kick his toy ball.
Can receive instruction quite well when it comes to asking him to take something and pass to us... Hehehe very useful as far as the tv remote is concerned >:)
Show signs that he's outgrowing from his normal porridge. Looks like I have to start preparing more dishes other than the simple porridge and soups! Ngaaaaaa.
Loves to put on our shoes and walk around in it.

Dah pandai posing senyum for the camera!!! =)))))

Hahahaha! Senyum gaya ape ntah.

OK FINE GAYA ABAH -_-"

Last but not least... Happy Mothers Day to all mothers in the whole wide world.. All mothers are angels on earth... Especially my dearest Mama, who has been my pillar of strength and who has been loving me unconditionally... no act of kindness can ever repay what she has gone through to raise us, except for our prayers that she will always be under Allah's blessings.. and of course to Ibu, my MIL...

♥♥♥

and me included! :)

The one with... biar betul? :O

2011-04-22T12:19:00.002+08:00

The other day I came across this advertisement about Proton Exora on ChurpChurp , so I told Kerol and out of curiousity and interest (especially on that SPA session and cash prize.. :D), we both went to the website and registered.. Hehehe...

And guess what, we are one of those 20 lucky couples! Hoho biar betul??? Ye keeeee 20 lucky couples? Ntah2 beribu2 lemon besok yang datang...

Oh ye, it's happening tomorrow by the way.. 9am to 5pm.. So first thing first, siapa nak tolong jaga Khayr, ANGKAT TANGAN! (Khayr probably will angkat tangan sendiri.. Hahaha). Kerol cakap, jom je lah bawak Khayr.. Heh, apekah?

Anyway, it's all sorted out about Khayr for tomorrow. Hope he's behaving well coz he's supa dupa clingy and choosy with people of late..

Hmmm is this our calling to change car??? :P Kerol is so gonna sulk big time if it is, cause he has something else in mind.. Encik husband, kuci kuci kuuuuuuu.. *batting eyelashes* ;)

Anyone else attending tomorrow? See you! =)

The one with... random mandom dandom...

2011-04-20T19:04:00.005+08:00

It's 7pm and I'm still in office. VERY RARE. But I have no choice. Have to attend a conference call with people from a place whereby the time difference is 13 hrs apart. 7am there, 8pm here.

Anyways.

Things have been pretty mellow a bit back at home. Khayr was down with slight fever with flu, and as always everytime he gets it, I'll be infected as well. And worse, I'll be like totally taken down. What gives??! Swollen tonsil is no joke man! And yet not everyone can appreciate how bad it can affect a person. Gah!

Khayr is getting better, so do I. But thing is, I notice of late Khayr has become cranky-er than ever.. (-_-'). Its not helping that he's having flu. So nak taknak kena layan kerenah dia otherwise his flu gets worsen because of the out-of-tantrum crying. I hope its because he's teething or in the process of acquiring new skills whatsoever.. I mean anything.. any other thing. As long as its a temporary phase we have to go through.

Its somehow saddened me a bit when people sort of put the blame on me, being the mother, for spoiling him too much.. :( I mean like as if everyone else doesn't treat him that way. First child.. first nephew.. first grandchild.. Please don't tell me he doesn't get a first class treatment by others as well?

This is totally random (as the title suggests). I must say that I am SO SO glad that I was brought up in the environment whereby my parents, especially my mom, won't compare us (the siblings) and our achievement with others. I mean sikit2 tu ade lah, sometime it went slipt off. But.. never she will pressure me to do or achieve something that others did. Like dari kecik never (to my recollection) she said things like "Hah dapat markah 90% je? Anak sekian2 dapat 100% tau..".. You know, something like that. So I am very thankful for that. And I will never become one to my child(ren), I hope.

Selingan. I ♥ you so much mama :)

I have not done my tax return yet. Must make it a point to do this weekend. MUST!

Yesterday I was on MC. In the morning I had Khayr passed over to my MIL while I took my time to catch up with my sleep after putting up with Khayr's crankiness throughout the night before. After re-gained back energy and not to mention - sanity, I decided to take Khayr to accompany me to see doctor and take my MC. Suddenly it dawned on me that he's so big boy now I can take him out alone by myself! *tsk* Baby saya sudah besar!!!

So he's happily wandering around in the clinic while waiting for my turn to see doctor, despite having flu himself. Kids huh? And on the way back, he fell asleep in the car I swear I felt like crying looking at his innocent-in-deep-sleep face.. :'( So instead of going back home, I drove to GE Mall instead so that I can let him go 'crazy' at the Kizsports there.

(ok fine so what if I spoilt him a liiiiiittle bit more than the rest... But my point is, everyone does that too... :P)

He was still sleeping after I parked my car at the basement parking. So I let the engine on and waited for him to wake up on his own while I got busy with FB and twitter. Suddenly something happened. Tiba2 rasa sakit perut macam nak kene pegi toilet. Ah sudah. Terus terfikir, when a mother goes out with a baby / little toddler alone, if the need to answer the nature call arises, how eh? Bring them inside the cubicle together? Really?? What if the baby / toddler is put in the stroller? Hmmm, never thought of this. Anyway I kept on chanting "Perut, tolong beradab sikit boleh?" and praying and thanked God, the feeling gone.. Phew :')

So anyway, I felt so happy to see Khayr entertained himself at Kizsports :) and not long after, Kerol came to kidnap him to his office, leaving me having my own ME time.. So I decided to hang out at O'Brien enjoying the smoken salmon with cream cheese sandwich and the hot chocs drink... Ahhhh bliss! I was this close to go to Alexis to get their yummylicious desserts but nahhhh. Tunggu tekak ni baik dulu baru boleh dapat kepuasan maksima! =)

These few days I noticed that I voluntarily went to the kitchen and prepare something light2 for both Kerol and myself (now that's a start for me!). Like prepare sandwich for dinner (Kerol and I are on this no-rice-for-dinner diet), breakfast during weekend -- nothing mega: cucur ikan bilis, french toast with mushroom soup and such, and today: fried bihun. And before our hot-hot-chicken-shit-no-rice-for-dinner diet, last month alone I've actually cooked 2 main meals for dinner: telur itik masak lemak cili + spinach (yummers!) and sambal udang + sayur masak lemak putih. Pats on the shoulder, WAY TO GO GIRL! (sessi motivate diri sendiri).

Eh ok lah. I think that's all for now. Wahhh not bad jugak boleh type laju macam ni. Cuba kalau suruh type benda2 yang melibatkan kerja, lambat macam siput babs!

Akhir kata.. Gambar budak suka sepah kan rumah...

Till later~*

The one with... my saturday retreat with the 2 K's ♥

2011-04-10T23:34:00.001+08:00

Now that Khayr is a toddler who's always busy learning and exploring the world around him, Kerol and I, we make it a point to bring him to places like the park, playground, etc come every weekend.. In a way, we want to encourage his physical development and keep the active him happily occupied.. He's a boy who loveeessss running around and also very playful.. :)

Kadang2 rasa confuse jugak, hyperactive kah anak ku ini? Sugar high kah? Akan tetapi... Khayr is still fully on breastmilk.. and its not like he's eating candy, ice cream and whatnots, nor do I put sugar into his food. So ape kes?? Huhu.. Mungkin kah my sugar intake is a factor?

Oh well.. that's the drama-mama me talking. So scratch all that. Khayr is just like any other normal toddler.. a small kiddo who wants to learn big!

There. :)

Anyways.

Yesterday, we decided to go to Bukit Tinggi remembering there's a rabbit park over there. Khayr's gonna love it chasing after the rabbit + cooling weather + big areas for Khayr to be up and running about.. so things couldn't be more perfect. After finishing the normal Saturday laundry, off we made our move to Bukit Tinggi.. weeehooo~*

- Khayr's first reaction when he saw so many rabbits hopping around.. hehe PRICELESS~! -

- busy chasing after the rabbit :) -

- I'm surprised that he was not scared to even feed the rabbit.. :) -

- Some other photos taken... I'm glad we made the decision to go there.. Khayr had so much fun, and so did we! -

- Oh.. saje letak gambar ni.. coz perasan tak, Kerol macam tengah buat lenggok tangan ala Usop Wilcha.. hahahaha -

- At Colmar Tropicale.. Masa ni Khayr dah penat and start to be a little bit cranky. Ye lah, penat.. tapi takmo tidur.. Confirm la cranky... Haihhh la anak.. ;) -

- Tapi bila kasik main air.. SUKA! :) -

- We spent about 3 hours or so (including lunch yang mahal dan tak sedap over there.. huhu.. So my words of advice, sila bawak makanan sendiri, picnic kat situ lagi bagus..).. And glad that the weather was all perfecto! -

- Ni pun saje nak letak.. This is us, at the same place, way back in 2005! Wahahaha.. Very the thin wooooo.. :P Ingat nak pose bertiga kat tempat yang sama.. But si Khayr ni pulak dah cranky. Should have done that upon arriving la patutnye! Dush~! -

Anyway, I had so much fun.. Seronok tengok Khayr happy running around. Kat sana siap ada mini playground, so memang Khayr suka lah. Masuk kereta nak balik, terus pengsan kepenatan! ;) And on the way back home, dapat sms from my sister saying my mom prepared roti jala for tea time... yeaaahooo ape lagi.. Terus reply saying "OTW".. hehehe.

Ahhh.. my kind of perfect Saturday. I am so thankful for that :)

So Encik Suami... next week, ke mana kita? hehehe.

The one with... the 13 months khayr oh khayr... ♥

2011-04-05T11:38:00.007+08:00

Dear world,

I've been busy.

But I would not give this a miss. Khayr turns 14 months today hip hip horey! Some observations on his milestones for remembrance sake:

1. Still fully on breastfeeding, alhamdulillah...

2. His appetite has been increasing to include the adults food like the normal rice, bihun, pasta, french toast, cereal, roti canai, etc etc etc. And he can take other type of fishes in his porridge (otherwise it has always been salmon! :P).. And he loves Calciyum so much.. (mama dia terpengaruh dengan iklan nak Khayr tinggi macam abah.. instead of 'kurang tinggi' macam mama... hehehe).

3. First time jatuh terhentak kuat kat lantai sebab licin after mandi pool depan rumah... :(((( But lucky thing nothing serious happened.

4. Suka sepah kan rumah; i.e. punggah barang, korek sana korek sini, throw things, and such. So memang sekejap je lahhh dapat menikmati pemandangan rumah yang tidak bersepah...

5. One of the days we caught him talking to himself and admiring his own reflection.. Hehehe so cute!

6. Makin suka play with his toy cars...

... and love it when we brought him to see that controlled cars (is that how you call 'kereta control' in english btw?) they played at the Titiwangsa..

8. Love it so much when we brought to him to the park.. He gets so active, like on the loose or something... hehe.. Kitorang yang mengah nak melayan... :) And we had to drag him to go back everytime we went to the park...

9. A friend got a free tix to the Disney on Ice and was selling it at a much cheaper price, so of course I took the offer ! Wee hoo.. So that was the first time we brought Khayr to such an event.. (mak dia yang excited lebih sebenarnye... read here :P). Anyway, Khayr behaved very well in the beginning, he even clapped his hands and such especially there were characters from Cars, Lion King and those Mickey and the gang.. but after a while, he got bored and hence, restless.. Huhu..

10. Dah pandai menconteng bila kasi pen...

11. At 13 months, we still got this remark from public -- "comel nye... lelaki ke perempuan ni??" (-_-')

- ok this picture doesn't do any help with the above statement. hehe. obviously ni kerja abah dia sementara tunggu mama Khayr pegi beli something kejap.. -

12. Still talk gibberish.. but some obvious words can be heard. Like "Tuk Aaaa" for Tok Ma I guess.. "Ba Ba" for ByeBye.. "Khaaaa" for cars, or Khayr (indicating himself).. "Cakkkk" when playing cak cak / peekaboo with him.. "Nakkk / Tak Nakkk".. and some others. Haihhhh bile laaa nak panggil Mama and Abah betul2 nihhhhh.. :P

13. Few days before he turns 13 months, finally, he knows how to give a (sloppy) kiss or a peck on the cheek.. and also salam cium tangan! Ohhhh terharu!! *teary-eyed*

14. He knows how to give gesture on what he wants... Like he will hold our fingers / hands and bring us to the place / things trying to tell us what he wants.. But most of the time it can be very confusing. Hehehe.

15. Love it when he gets to feed himself with a spoon. Like I'll put his food in the spoon, and help him to hold the spoon and feed himself on his own.

16. And.. dah pandai turun gelongsor sendiri... ♥

17. He is very active, like suka explore things especially bila bawak tempat baru yang dia tak pernah pegi. If lepaskan dia, haaaa jenuh laaa nak mengejar. Hari Isnin, terima 'complaint' from his Opah.. "ish anak awak ni... tadi ibu bawak dia pergi bank... abes kertas2 dia terabur kan... dia rebut pen dengan ibu.. abes standing banners tu jatuh.. yadda yadda..."... :D and today, masa pick dia from my mom's house... haaaa terima 'complaint' from his Tok Ma pulak... but a different kind of complaint.

"Khayr kan suka main kunci kereta... tadi dia terkunci kat dalam!! dah la hujan lebat.. phone and handbag mama kat dalam kereta, mama tak ingat nombor korang... nasib baik ada orang2 nak tolong.. instead of pecah kan cermin tingkap.. they broke the door handle.. Khayr dah nangis2 dah kat dalam kereta..."

(things happened when they were far from home)

Tsk. Oh anak ku.

:')

The one with... C is for ?

2011-03-16T16:35:00.003+08:00

Kegeraman!

You see sometime last year, I received a call from celc0m informing that I have an outstanding payment due to them.. to which I was like “huh?!” coz I was not even a subscriber.

Long story short, they actually have a number registered under my IC number. But when they asked me “what’s your mother’s name” and “what’s your address”, the answers they got from me were different from what they have in record. Well, obviously.

I said that it was not me who registered the number, so to hell with the outstanding bill. But then they said, “But because it’s your IC number, so ‘legally’ it’s your bill to settle”.

For a while, I lost my word. Like, what the??!!

I was fuming mad, how the heck did they do their work? I mean, aren’t they suppose to verify the original IC? And I’ve not had my IC lost or stolen before. So how the heck did they allow a number to be registered under my IC number then? And didn’t they check whether the picture on the IC is of the same with the person registering???

So I said, “What do I do now? That’s not my number and that’s not my bill and I’ve not used any 019 number before..”

You know what, I was asked to go make police report la, go to celc0m office la, fill in god-knows-what form la, go to commissioner of oath la and whatnots..”..

WHATTTT??! Why must I be the one having to go through all the hassle?? Sigh.

So yes, I chose to ignore. Coz I was like, what’s the worst can happen? Blacklist my name? Go ahead, it’s not like I’m gonna register number with them. After all, the bill was RM177 ONLY. Waheyyyy big deal, really celc0m???!

One year has passed, and out of nowhere, recently I received a lawyer's letter regarding the same matter. And that I have 14 days to respond to it. Are you effing kidding me celc0m? For RM177? Really?

Anyway, being the panicky me, upon receiving the letter I went to lodge for police report right away. But then, after the heat of the moment cooled off, I was like.. gosh. Having to go celc0m and commissioner of oath whatnots, all that require my time ok. My precious working hours time. I have lots other stuff to do if I were to sacrifice my working hours.. like settling the EPF thing for my housing payment, go to open the bank account, get someone to fix my gate, so on and so forth.

Side track: Why all this thing can only be done during office hours?? Why oh why?

So again, this time around, I have decided to ignore… We shall see what’s gonna happen. Wish me luck. Oh ya, has anyone else experience the similar thing? Coz around my circle itself, apparently I’m not alone. Again, how the heck this happens Celc0m? Something’s wrong with your system, dude.

Max1s jugak terbaik di pasaran (this is personal opinion).

Before I end, here are some interesting facts to ponder:

1. How the heck they know my max1s number?

2. How come they know to contact my husband to chase me for the outstanding bill?

3. My IC is showing my parents house address, how come the lawyer's letter is sent to my current house? I have my current house address registered nowhere else in any other formal documentation, except for of course, the housing loan purposes. Other than that, all my corresponding mails are my parent’s house address; I’ve not changed that even after I moved out.

Weird much? I have no idea (-_-')

The one with... siapa rasa Khayr comel, ANGKAT TANGAN! :D

2011-03-13T11:55:00.001+08:00

Hehe so funny to play this with him.. it's like he knows what is the meaning / instruction of 'angkat tangan' but not knowing for what reason he has to do that... ;)

My kind of perfect Saturday morning with my 2 K's... ♥

The one with... this is how i do it #2.

2011-03-07T14:29:00.003+08:00

Read here for post #1.

Because some people have actually asked, so this time around, I would like to share with you how did I manage it whenever I had to go for outstation. I just got back from Hanoi for my second trip, and today I still feel tired from the journey. Tsk. Signs of aging.

Again, I would like to make it clear that this is how I do it.. Others might have some other efficient / better ways to do too.. So if you know any other tips, sharing is caring pleaseeee :)

Anyway, straight to subject matter.

So I bought this styrofoam box from Carrefour and it has been useful for all my outstation trips. And I can fit this into my luggage bag as well (medium to large size with extended storage size on top) coz for international flight, you cant be bringing liquids of more than certain MLs as hand luggage. I know there are procedures if you want to, but I dont want to go through the hassle.

When reach hotel, I will pass my icepacks (usually I'll bring 3-4 icepacks) and get them to put in the freezer. Unless if I was put in the suite / apartment type of room whereby they have the 2-door fridge. Otherwise, the small 1-door fridge in those standard / superior type of room won't be able to keep the icepacks frozen properly. Normally the hotel will be accomodating to this need of yours, all you have to tell them is your name and your room number. And there's this one time whereby the hotel I was staying at did not have a kitchen, so what I did is I asked for a favour from the person managing the convenient store at the hotel lobby, to put my icepacks inside their ice-cream freezer. Yes, anything for my baby! and yes, you have to be creative mommies!

Oh, 1 important thing to note here. Please1000x be sure that you make yourself clear that the icepacks are to be put in FREEZER so that they FREEZE.. not in the normal fridge for COOLING purposes. Coz TWICE I've had experience whereby I almost had a heart-attack when they passed me the melted-but-cold icepacks to me (!!!!). Lucky it was not on the day I had to travel back coz otherwise how to transport my EBM back??? So, if possible, insist to follow them to see where do they put your icepacks at.

During my stay, all my EBM will be put in the fridge inside my room. I don't want to freeze my EBM coz I don't want to take chances that my EBM is thawed along the way of them being transported back. As you know, frozen EBM, once thawed, must be used within 24 hours. And once thawed, you cannot freeze 'em back. Oh and of course this is only do-able if you travel max 5D4N coz EBM can be kept at the chilling / cooling fridge temperature for a period that long only. And so far I've not travelled more than 4D3N.. so I have no idea actually how to deal with the EBM then.. Hmmm.

So on the day I need to travel back, I will arrange my EBM + icepacks together.. and sealed the box off. And THAT's ALL. InsyaAllah, with such a good intention, everything will be taken care off by Him the Almighty. For me, I only fear the risks of the EBM getting spilled off the bottles. So I always make sure the caps of the bottles are tight. And I tried to not to use storage bags.

In terms of the chilling / cooling effect, as long as the icepacks are all frozen up, then you have nothing to worry about. So far from experience, for 6-7 hours journey the EBM were still chilled and the icepacks were half way melted only.

At the airport, we cant opt for sticker or anything of sort that says "facing up" (correct me if I'm wrong..). All they can offer is to seal 'FRAGILE' at your bag. How fragile they are going to treat the bag? Really, I dont know. But alhamdulillah for my almost 10 times of travelling, I managed to fly back my EBM safe and sound....

Upon reaching home, normally the first thing I did was, put all the EBM in the frigde / freezer (depends on the need and 'expiry date'). And then only off I went to hug my most missed K's..! ;P

So hope this helps. All the best! :)

*UPDATE

Another useful post by a bf mother on the same topic - http://pinkertonic.blogspot.com/2011/07/edisi-berpantang-susu-ebm-dibawa.html

The one with... Khayr at 1yr and 1m.o ♥

2011-03-07T12:41:00.002+08:00

*baru ternampak I have this saved in my draft.

Khayr is 13months today! Some significant milestones:

1. Very active. Suka main. Dah pandai panjat gelongsor sendiri. Bawak dia pegi playground memang berbaloi2 la penat nye.. ;)

2. Jalan dah makin stabil, kira dah masuk fasa berlari dah...

3. Dah pandai grab tangan kita, and tarik.. trying to indicate that he wants to go to other places / to do something else.

4. Makin suka main dengan toy cars yang kecik2 tu..

5. Show interests on cartoons (before this he did not bother much)..

6. Master his skills to drink from a cup / via straw.. Tapi kadang2 tu tersedak jugak laaa..

7. Quite clingy still. Suka laaa nak melepek kat hujung kaki mama dia.. (-_-')

8. Masih fully breastfeed. Makan banyak. On top of his standard meal time, he will take bits and pieces of the adults food as well.

9. Likes to 'talk' a lot, but the words he utters are all gibberish still.. :D

Ok itu je some of the significant ones I can think of now. Till the next updates on his milestones~*

The one with.. one (or two) for the monday blues~ ♪ ♪ ♪

2011-02-28T12:55:00.003+08:00

Like father like son.. love them both to bits! ♥ ♥ ♥

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The one with... live update.

2011-02-24T20:30:00.002+08:00

- just got back from a 4D3N outstation trip to Hanoi.
- tired, and god knows how much i miss khayr!
- Hanoi was nice in terms of the current weather.. around 15 ~ 20 deg C.. very cooling, i like! :) nak landing tadi dalam plane bila dengar announcement "cuaca di kuala lumpur lebih kurang 32 darjah calcius.. yadda yadda .." i felt dang, panasnye KL! *gedik please* :p
- to find halal food was very challenging, in fact there was no muslim's restaurant at all. had breakfast and dinner alone in the room with bread, tuna, maggi and mushroom soup brought from KL.. and lunch time i was left with no choice. best the client could do was to bring me to the jap restaurant. so i had the vege tempura throughout my stay.
- glad to reach home safe and sound, but immediately i felt there's this big lump in my throat the moment i get to see my 2 K's.. they are both down with fever and flu :'(
- ni baru lepas kasi dia makan ubat and tidurkan dia.. he's been cranky.. i guess its the difficulty to breathe.. poor my baby..

- with that, i foresee its gonna be a long night tonight. but takpe, asalkan dia dan bapak dia di depan mata... :)
- oh and syukur i get to do my pumping activity during my stay over there *kulit muka kena tebal memberi penjelasan kepada orang*.. and for the first time i brought my medela FS (managed to grab recently at a price 50% cheaper than the retail price).. i must say, avent manual is still the best!
- nevertheless, syukur 13 bottles/packs x 5oz berjaya dibawa pulang..

- next week kena pegi lagi 3D2N.. tsk.
- lepas2 ni dah taknak pegi lagi boleh tak? :p
- ok khayr dah merengek, till later~*

ps. sorry masih tak berkesempatan nak reply comment, will do that hopefully soon ok? xoxo

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****UPDATE****

Hoho ade rupenye restaurant halal at Hanoi.. menyesal tak google awal2! :P for more info, click here.

The one with... khayr's 1st birthday celebration ♥

2011-02-16T01:29:00.008+08:00

Alhamdulillah Khayr turned 1 early this month on 5 Feb 2011.. and so did we as parents! :) *good job!* (siapa lagi nak puji kalau bukan diri sendiri ye tak.. hehehe). Anyway, we have had gone through a lot during the past one year being a family of 3.. and I must say, Khayr has brought joy and happiness into our already blissful life.. I cant thank God enough for that :')

The first year is over now, and I'm quite excited to have him entering the toddler years.. Walaupun I have to admit that sekarang pun macam dah start pening2 and geram (like geram rasa nak picit2, kiss2 pipi Khayr tu) that he's getting cheeky-er, smarter, and sneaky-er !! :D

Anyway, on his birthday we were in Kuantan.. cause that time was the long weekend CNY break. We had a family gathering for kenduri tahlil (Kerol's side). So for the sake of celebrating his birthday on the ACTUAL day itself, we bought a cake and had a brief singing-birthday-song-then-blow-candle-then-cake-cutting moment with the presence of family members and relatives.. :)

- muka Khayr mamai sebab kena kejut bangun from his morning nap.. hehehe -

Back in town, Kerol and I, we agreed that for Khayr's 1st birthday, we would like to have just a small birthday celebration for him with the close family members.. And it took place during the recent weekend at our home sweet home..

Enjoy the pictures!

- The day before the party: Brought him for a haircut and pressie picking.. ;) Oh final decision of course in the hands of the parents. As if la kan Khayr knew what to choose.. Hehehe. -

- Cuppy cakes by Kak Rita, Kerol's ex-officemate -

- The celebrated person... the apple of everyone's eyes.. ♥ -

- The food: Bihun goreng cina by the host, together with kicap cili and fried egg.. =) And salad, carbonara and bread butter puding by Tok Ma. Not in picture -- domino's pizzas and chicken wings.. NYUMSSS!!! -

- The guests of honour, L to R: Khayr's Tok Ma, Mak Tam, Opah and Mak Lang. Not attending: Khayr's 2 Atuks, Mak Teh, Pak Su and Mak Ndak -

- The official photographer of the day: Khayr's Pak Ngah -

- PRICELESS moment :') -

- picture perfect ♥ -

- The one that definitely goes to the wall of memories -

- Stripping time for the one and only moment that I let Khayr created the mess around the house! :D -

- Sessi bukak hadiah.. Thanks everyone for making this a memorable one for him! xoxo -

- Webcam thru YM with Khayr's Mak Teh.. who's in Jakarta studying medic -

All in all, I'm glad that everything went well .. It was a very intimate and small celebration, but surely a lovely and memorable one for all of us.. especially for my dearest Kh@yr Elymr@n.. Though he won't probably remember.. :D but at least I have the pictures and this entry to tell him one day when he's big enough to do so!.. :)

Just 12 short months ago

You made your big debut

You were few months old then and full of fun

With a blink of an eye, you are suddenly one!

:')

We ♥♥♥♥♥ you so much!!

*poem obtained from here.

The one with... kissing my monday madness away~*

2011-02-14T18:49:00.000+08:00

- my baby boi, during his 1st birthday celebration :) -

more to come, soon!

Salam Maulidur Rasul 1432H.

p.s. photo credit to brother in law.

The one with... khayr at 12 months.

2011-02-11T15:15:00.001+08:00

A quick one on Khayr's milestone.

Can walk pretty steadily now. Sometime siap takmo kita pegang tangan dia... ! *tsk* And loves to walk backward now.. Suka2 dia je nak reverse, tak kesah whatever is there behind him.. :P
Active, cheeky, notty.. and the like.. :)
Sudah ada 6 batang gigi.. He was quite late when it comes to teething (he cut his first tooth when he's 10 months old), but skali keluar.. haaaa it has been non-stop! ;)
Sangat suka kucing! serta binatang2 yang bergerak yang lain.. seperti semut, burung, anjing, lalat, and cacing! *pengsan*
Pandai imitates some of our activities. Especially talking on the phone. He waves goodbyes and gives flying kisses, but then these skills of his are not consistent.. Haha.. And he still doesn't know how to kiss people like when I said, "khayr... kiss mama mehhh..." and gave my cheek to him, he just turned away.. Sheesshhh! ;)
He loves to produce some gibberish sounds, so cute! And sometimes he loves to shout at things.. Like wanting to talk to them.. He shouts to TV.. to washing machine.. to his toy car.. etc.
He's quite a scaredy-cat! He's scared of vacuum, washing machine, oven, and tong gas.. :D
Makin pandai turun katil sendiri.. :)
Suka climbs over things.
Suka seret benda.. like my handbag, his high chair, the laundry basket, the dirty clothes, the folded clothes, etc.
Loves to play matching lids.. like putting the water bottle caps, the container lids, etc. But of course he can't put it tightly lah.
Loves to play his toy car alone. He will move the car on the floor, kadang2 sampai ke dapur.. He does that like a true boy! =)
Still fully breastfeed.
He eats well now. Suka laaa nak nganga mulut bila tengok orang lain makan.

Okie dokie. I guess that's all for now. Till later~*

The one with... it has been a year!

2011-02-04T23:24:00.000+08:00

- the day he was born.. 5 february 2010 -

- 1 month -

- 2 months -

- 3 months -

- 4 months -

- 5 months -

- 6 months -

- 7 months -

- 8 months -

- 9 months -

- 10 months -

- 11 months -

- 11 months 2nd week -

- 11 months 4th week, taken earlier today -

Tomorrow.. 5 February 2011 exactly at 1.16pm, he turns 1 !

:')

The one with... welcoming Feb 2011.

2011-02-02T14:49:00.001+08:00

Can’t believe that the first month of 2011 has already ended… (-_-’)

Goodbye Jan, and hello Feb!

Honestly, I’m hoping for better days ahead. I’m grateful that I am still alive and whatnot, but Jan has not been a nice one for me. *tsk*

Anyway, here’s a recap of what had took place last month:

2011 was kicked off with me and the 2 K’s taking turns having rounds of fever, flu and cough.. sigh. I took comfort by the fact that we (hopefully) won’t be sick for the rest of the year anymore.. *amin*

2011 also was kicked off with me being SO busy at work -- striving to achieve budget, billing, collection, completion of work, and such.

There was a regional training taking place at the end of January in our BKK office, and I had to do a presentation with another colleague. So, coupled with the day-to-day work, I had to juggle in between the time to prepare the slides as well. You know lah, brainstorming session, preparing it for the 1st cut, clearing it with the bosses, practicing, more research done, amendments, etc.. I think for most days of my Jan 2011, I reached home around 8.30 – 9.00 pm.. with one trip to office on a Sunday afternoon! Something I’ve not done for ages! :’(

I’ve actually planned to start weaning off Khayr now that he’s turning 1 this year. Not totally weaning him off, but more like introducing formula milk to him for his daytime feeding and stick to breastfeeding for night time. And the fact that my stock was finishing anytime soon and my 3D2N BKK trip was coming, SO I thought the timing could have never been this perfect. Or so I thought. Khayr has been refusing all the FM we tried to give him! And we’ve tried all the means suggested -- mix FM & BM in ratio of 1:4 before gradually increasing the FM portion, feed with spoon, syringe, drinking cup.. you name it, we’ve tried it. Dumex, Dutch Lady, S26, Pedisure, Enfagrow, Enfalac, Isomil, and few others… I never thought it would be this hard! I mean Khayr did not want to take in at.all. If ever he did it pun, it was by force :’( I was so stress. What with the busy with work and whatnot + tak cukup stock while I was gonna be away + and he’s not accepting any FM. And to ‘train’ him to accept FM means I had to deny his request for BM, gosh that’s the hardest!!! Especially when he’s on my lap, crying, and keep on trying to lift up my tudung and baju.. *heartbreak* I cried, cried and cried while trying to pujuk him, but he’s one smart boy I tell you. He knows whats best for him. I should have known better. But… *sigh* I have my own reservation, tapi malas nak type kat sini for I don’t want to sound as if I’m giving excuses. In the words of a blogger friend, Ayu -- “Instead of being judged, I should be applauded for my effort..” .. Full Stop.

So because of all the points mentioned above, I was so SO moody on most days of my Jan 2011 :’( Especially because of the point #4. I was, to one extend, worried about Khayr more than worried about giving presentation in front of the regional participants.

Anyway, the eventually happened. I went to BKK for a 3D2N trip with only 10 bottles of milk left for Khayr, when he actually needed 14 bottles (i.e. 5 bottles for 1 day.. I was away on the early morning of day 1 and was back only late night of day 3). Every day when I was in BKK, without fail I received sms from my mom and Kerol that said, “still not accepting”… *sigh* So they had to pandai2 sort of ‘catu’ kan the milk intake for Khayr, and how sad is thatttt!! I know he’s turning 1 yr, so by now he should be eating more than relying on milk. But still, I don’t feel that I’m being fair to him you see… Talking about being a mother huh.

But Alhamdulillah, Jan ended quite well for me. The presentation went way better than I thought, I had great time in BKK (despite the restricted time so I didn’t get to do much shopping, boo hoo!), I’m glad that I didn’t extend my stay over the weekend, the food was SUPERB, hence contributing to my supply I think. People in BKK office has been very accommodating to my needs, so at the end of the day, I managed to transport back home 12 bottles x 5oz of BM, safe and sound. I’ve been at home ever since and only return to work today, so that means, all the 12 bottles was kept as stock. And I've been pumping to add more and more stocks, and it has been a success.

So now I think I need to re-visit my decision. Maybe. Just maybe, I will have to continue to fully BF Khayr until he decides when to stop, when he’s ready that is. It won’t be easy, I know. Especially that there will be more outstation trips in store for me this year. But. We’ll see how.

Okie dokie, with that.. I welcome February 2011 with more hopes, with more positive vibes. To those celebrating, HAPPY NEW YEAR! To the rest, have a good CNY break! :)

Khayr is turning 1 yr this coming 5 Feb 2011, but that’s gonna be another entry altogether <3

Before I end this entry, here are some latest pictures of my baby k.. :)

And this is the video of him being such a baby. He was 'crying' because I didn't let hime climb the couch.. and yet he still sempat kasi flying kiss in between.. Hehehehe.

Okie dokie, till later~*

The one with... R&R trip to Damai Laut 2010.

2011-01-07T12:45:00.018+08:00

OK it’s time to add new entry to *my travelling stories* at the right side bar there of this blog.. :) So this time I’m gonna do a brief review on my recent family trip to Swiss Garden Damai Laut.

What happened was, normally come year end I will need to utilise the remaining annual leaves I have for the year because they cannot be carried forward to the year after. Except for 2009, of course, coz all my leaves have been utilised for my wedding and honeymoon. Heeee~*

For 2010, I had 10 days left so I applied it straight 20 Dec to 30 Dec. Saje tinggalkan 31st tuh sebab bila fikir2, alah nanti 31st mesti tak ramai orang kat office so masuk tunjuk muka, type2 sikit, then balik lah.. kan? Skaliiiiiiii, dapat public holiday pulakkkk.. Wahhh best gile!!! :D

Applied leaves in late November, last minute terus kalut buat plan nak pergi holiday. Coz kalau takde holiday plan kan.. kalau kena kacau dengan office people, mesti kita takde reason, and susah, to say “NO” to any request. Especially si encik husband yang busy musy skarang ni. So if he’s being disturbed by office matters, I will indirectly feel disturbed too. So terus cepat2 buat plan.

First week cuti plan pergi Singapore for just me and husband. And another trip to somewhere in Malaysia for me and the 2 K’s during the 2nd week cuti, preferably a beach trip. Mula2 ingat nak pergi Penang, duduk kat Feringghi tapi sebab school holiday banyak standard rooms yang dah fully booked, tinggal room yang mahal2 saje.. So cancel plan. PD is too common. Langkawi is too far. So sudahnye decided to go Pangkor. Tapi Pangkor pun based on my previous trip, hotel kat situ macam biase2 je and nothing much to be done (sebab bawak budak kecik kan) -- well don’t talk about Pangkor Laut Resort lah kan. Yang ni kalau nak pergi, berdua adalah lebih baik. Hehehehe :P

So sudahnye, Swiss Garden Damai Laut it is.

HOIHHH PANJANGNYE INTRO !!!!

Ok.

So we made move in the morning around 11am.. With few stops -- breakfast la.. driver mengantuk la.. khayr poo poo la.. co-driver nak wee wee la.. Finally managed to reach around 3pm. It’s quite easy to find the resort cause the signboard is everywhere. But.. the resort is like SO far deep in from the main road! Sepanjang jalan tuh rasa macam “Eh biar betul?”

- budak comot in the morning before we made the move -

- this is basically what you will see throughout the journey from the main road to the resort -

So the resort is quite cantik, I mean I had no expectation whatsoever. The resort is private on its own, in the sense that it has its own private beach and you are basically stuck there coz like I said, its located quite far deep in and secluded from other areas. Kira macam Berjaya Resort in Redang la.. tapi Redang tu lagi cantik, there’s no doubt about it.

The main thing I noticed about Swiss Garden Damai Laut is that they have a very big pool area (yeay for Khayr!), private beach, beach games and activities, kids corner (yeay for Khayr again!), some sports activities and few in-house restaurants for eating options. We’ve eaten at their coffee house and ordered-in once, to be honest, tak sedap for the ridiculous price they charged. Well biase lah kan hotel food mesti lah mahal. Tapi, serious tak sedap ok. And buffet spread in the morning for breakfast, hmmmm.. let’s say that, I didn’t mind having to skip breakfast. If you know me, I’m not a fussy person when it comes to food.. But this, it’s hard for me to accept. So for dinner, we drove out. Which took around 20km journey altogether. That’s the bummer part. But anything for better food, aite? ;P

Oh, they also have a boat trip to Pangkor, which takes around 10 minutes. But on the day we were supposed to go, it was raining heavily pulak. So terpaksa cancel plan.

Anyway, that’s all I have actually. It’s a R&R beach trip so we did nothing much except having a good quality family time :) Tapi seriously, bercuti with a baby yang baru dapat kaki, wah! sangat penat ok.. :P

Here are some more pictures.

- his first trip to the beach -

- at the kids corner -

- at the pool.. khayr dah pandai kayuh2 kaki.. :) -

- budak comot takmo duduk diam -

- family portrait :) -

So all in all I had a great time.. Especially there's this one time after mandi pool Khayr terus tertidur kat pool bench tu, giving chance for his mama and abah to have some time to relax by the pool as well... ;)

On the way back to KL, we made a stop at Lumut to do some shopping and also at Tronoh for lunch break with the dearest friend of mine -- Tazz! :)

Travelling with Khayr, the main things I was a bit concerned about was:

1. How is he gonna behave during the travelling time.

2. Will he be able to sleep well at night (sebab tempat lain kan..).

3. What about his food.

Well thank God, things turned out to be a-ok. He slept mostly throughout the journey in his baby chair.

When he's awake, then I had no choice but to bring him to sit in front with me when he started to be restless in his chair.

In terms of sleeping at night, we brought along his favourite pillow and blanket.. and when we asked for a baby cot from the resort, they gave us the play pen almost similar to what we had back at home. So all the more I think Khayr had some 'security' there.

In terms of food, hmmm this is a bit tricky. Coz Khayr still doesn't have all the teeth he needs to chew properly. So for the first day, it was still ok because I brought his porridge which was already being heated up at home. And I brought extra frozen porridge for him as well though I doubt how was I suppose to heat it up later. What I did was, I heated it up by soaking the tupperware in a just-boiled hot water but dang, it took a while until the whole food is properly heated-up. Any idea on how to tackle this issue, sharing is caring please?

Luckily I brought along his cerelac for back-up. For breakfast, there was no issue as Khayr can have a soft texture type of food like the honey star soaked in chocolate milk, waffle, bread, fruits and yogurt. And he had his baby biscuits for snacking, as well as bits and pieces of our food. He's still breastfeeding so I do not have any problem when it comes to milk time.

So, there you go. Hope you find this useful.. :P For more information about the place, you can check here.

Okie dokie. Till later~*

Tak sabar nye nak tunggu habes working hours!! Off to lunch, bye!

p.s. A special shout out goes to my dearest friend Alin, Happy Birthday!!! :) We all miss you here. Hope you have a great time celebrating it for the first time with Wil as husband and wife.. Looking forward to seeing you some time later, if not sooner. Muahmuah.

The one with... baby k in action :)

2011-01-05T23:58:00.000+08:00

Here's a video of my baby k trying to imitate us talking on the phone... by using his abah's stokin busuk. hehehehe.

Ok that's all for now. Sekarang mahu balas komen2 in my previous posts. Sorry that it takes me a while to do so!

Till later~*

The one with... my 10 m.o baby k.

2011-01-04T23:47:00.005+08:00

Tomorrow, 5 January 2011 at 1.16pm my baby k turns 11 months yaw! And that means, in 1 month time he'll be my 1 y.o TODDLER!!! sobs. Khayr, can you please stop growing up so fast?

Anyways.

So as always its the time to re-cap his developmental milestones during his 10th month of life.

1. Sangat2 aktif especially now that he can officially walk. Its like his feet is itchy or something that he MUST walk all the time except when he's asleep of course. Kadang2 rasa comel pun ada sebab kat rumah tu rasa crowded when Kerol, myself and khayr are all walking at the same time. Hehe. And he's like a sneaky little thief walking around the house always with something in his hands while giving us this cheeky smirk look on his face. Gerammmm!!! :)

mula2 curik stokin abah.

lepas tu punggah plastik pampers pulak.

then next thing, play with the water bottle.

haishhh. active. sneaky. comel. nak marah pun tak sampai hati tau. tu belum lagi tiba2 dia dah ada kat atas tangga.

or kat dapur tengah punggah plastik.

** sorry gambar memang susah nak get a clearer one sebab asyik la bergerak si budak kenit tuh. and yes, the above pictures are taken on the same night as you can see he's wearing the same baju. he's like everywhere in the house!

so, alhamdulillah khayr dah boleh berjalan. he can even stand up on his own from sitting down / squatting down position without having to hold onto something.

2. remember that i wrote before yang of all things, khayr is quite left behind when it comes to teething? well well finally the time has come and it has been a nasty one. this month alone, he had 2 bottom teeth PLUS 2 upper teeth coming out! guess thats why this month he's a bit cranky, clingy, and recently, was down with fever and flu. huhu.

3. he loves to shake his body to the tune of music. hehe. gedik!

4. he now knows how to imitate some of our actions or words. like kalau kita batuk dia pun sibuk laaa nak batuk, over pulak tuh. and when i check his temperature using the ear thermometer, after that he will take the ear thermometer and put at his ear as well. awwww so comel ok. and he knows how to pronounce 'mamamamama' already! yeay.

5. tak suka tengok kartun sangat. but movies, tv series, and video clips haaaa yang tu dia suka. lagi satu iklan.

6. his appetite towards solid food tak menentu. kadang2 makan banyak. kadang2 makan sikit. he now knows how to spit out his food as a sign that he does not want the food anymore -- either he dislikes it or he's full. yang pasti, he's quite a small size baby, ikut macam abah dia waktu kecik. coz mama dia waktu kecik sangat bambam and debab. hehe.

7. on top of solid food, masih fully breastfeed.

8. understand simple instruction like 'no' and 'give that back to me / bak sini kasik kat mama'. tapi kadang2 the way he shows that he understands it is by crying. haaaa yang ni kira category cengeng sikit laaa my baby k. tak dapat benda sikit, nangis... huhu.. salah siapa? ye semua orang salahkan mamaaaaa jugak. sigh.

9. loves to play 'hide and seek' and kejar2..

10. suka campak barang.

11. sangat suka explore sana sini, especially now that he can walk. macam haritu pegi bercuti, masa mula2 sampai kat bilik hotel, dia lah manusia yang paling busy jalan sana sini check itu ini. hehehe.

hmmmm i guess that's the obvious ones i can remember for now. sigh my baby has grown up so fast, somehow i miss the little helpless baby he was, not capable of moving. hehe.

okie dokie, till later~* happy 11 month old my dear baby khayr. mama & abah love you so much, more than words we could ever say, more than actions we could ever display.

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The one with... welcoming 2011 and 1432H..

2011-01-01T23:02:00.001+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!!

Skimming through all my 1st January posts, I'm surprised that I did not have any for 2010. Hmmm how come eh? Maybe masa tu I was heavily pregnant (*lame excuse* :P).

Anyway, I don't normally have any new year resolutions for I feel that resolutions can be made at any point in time throughout the year. But in view of the new year spirit (both the 2011 and 1432H), my resolution this year would be,

to be better than who I've been..
to have better than what I've had..
to get better than what I've achieved..

:)

New year eve was spent quietly at home with hubby.. counting down and exchanging new year wishes and hopes, with baby k being in his deep sleep.. I could never feel so blessed...

Till later~*

Here's to my other 1st January posts:

2007
2008
2009
2010 -- takde. hehe.

The one with... my take on that rintihan hati entry.

2010-12-28T17:49:00.001+08:00

Dear friends and readers,

Thanks so much for all of your comments so far re my rintihan hati entry :) I didn't mean to make anyone feel bad, nor did I mean to show that I've done a good job comparatively.

It is just that somehow now that I'm a wife and a mother, I feel that the society is putting the responsibility to keep a happy marriage on us mothers and wives... don't you think so?

Suami tak betah duduk rumah, is because of the wife tak pandai masak, tak pandai kemas rumah, tak pandai hias diri.

Anak nakal, tak pandai, is because of mak tak reti jaga..

Sounds so familiar right?

Well I'd like to think that the above is SO last year, and I, definitely would beg to differ.. but take a look around.. It is still happening kan. Society still put the blame on women.

So, that's the main reason why I came out with the entry.

Anyway, masa tu tengah emo I think and I'm the type of person yang allergic sikit dengar cerita pasal broken marriage. I've been hearing a lot about such cases since I was 13 and I'm still hearing it now... :(

Plus, rasa tak best when kadang2 mom or MIL say things like "masa kitorang dulu... anak siap 2-3... yadda yadda... boleh je..".. huhu..

Anyways. I feel better now that I've let it out.

I know we are all trying our best in taking up the roles as mothers and wives, so lets keep it up ok? :)

I'm still away on holiday, promise that I will reply your comments individually when I'm back can? Reply pakai phone ni susah sikitttt.. Hehehe.

Ok lah I want to continue lying down while my baby k is sleeping after rounds of swimming..

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The one with... Khayr's first beach trip...

2010-12-28T14:25:00.001+08:00

Currently at Damai Laut.. But today is raining.. Nasib baik semalam sempat chillexing by the beach and by the pool.. Hope petang karang tak hujan dah..

So sekarang tengah lepak kat coffee house 'bergaduh' anak beranak :) Great time nevertheless..

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The one with... this is how I do it.

2010-12-27T01:30:00.010+08:00

Khayr is turning 11 months in less than a week, and alhamdulillah he's still fully breastfeeding (bf). I've been meaning to share with others on how did I manage to do it, like especially when I'm at work / outstation but there are 1001 things about bf and I'm not sure how to explain everything under the sun. So I'm just gonna narrow it down to how do I myself go about it.

Anyway, feel free to ask questions or clarify things coz I've been there done that myself where I had doubt about bf so if you want to hear my own personal experience, do ask ya? I'm no expert (yes, anak baru sorang je pun kannn ;P) but I'll see how I can help to clear the air :)

Oh ye, before I start, please be reminded that this is how I do it. Others might have different ways, so be it k? :) I'm sure it won't be far off, it's just how you take matters on your own hands.

First thing first, mindset kena betul. You have to instill it within yourself that bf is not supposed to be a troublesome process. And second, you have to be positive that whatever amount that you are able to produce is just about the right amount your baby needs, if kena cara la that is. Don't la expect the output from just a one pumping session can help to meet the demand of your baby, you get what I mean?

Hmm ok.. where do I start ye? Well, to be honest, I am not one of those hardcore bf mommies out there who have like 100 bottles / packs of breastmilk stock being stored in freezer. Serious, tak tipu. I only have like, 10-15 bottles in freezer in case of emergency, and that's it. I live on 'kais pagi makan pagi, kais petang makan petang' concept. Heeee, not good not good. But like I said, I don't want to feel that bf is a troublesome process, so I make do with what I can do best.. i.e pump today for tomorrow's consumption. In a way, it helps me to be discipline as well coz you know sometimes kalau ade backup ni mesti ada rasa malas nak pump thinking 'takpe laah.. tak cukup 1-2 botol ni boleh amek from stock.. nanti ganti lah balik'.. To which you will find yourselves struggling to replace the stock. So in my case with only few bottles of stock in store means automatically I am moved to make sure I pump enough for the day for tomorrow.

And don't worry about having to pump every 3 hours.. Well, I know in most bf-related websites thats what they will suggest. But to me that's only the ideal way to do it lah. IMHO, pumping schedule should suit your own lifestyle and once you establish it, stick to it. So you only pump twice during office hours, then there's nothing wrong about it as long as you stick to it. Coz bf is about demand and supply. So if you pump 2 times (i.e. creating a demand), then supply will be there also during that 2 times. And that's how I do it. I pump only 2 times a day when I'm at work -- dalam pukul 11 pagi then pukul 3 petang. Bila time tak banyak kerja or ada extra masa, then yes, I will go to the extend of 3 times. Then at home at night, I will do another one round. That's it. I don't wake up in the wee hours in the morning to pump. And if I know in advance that I will be going for outstation, then yes, I will add more pumping time to build some stock.

OK, the main doubt I used to have about pumping at work dulu was -- sempat ke nak pump masa kerja? How long will it takes? Nak basuh pump after every use, then nak tunggu kering lagi etc.. How????

Thanks to my pumping buddies at work, I managed to take things easy.

One thing is I feel thankful that the firm I'm working with provides a dedicated room for the mothers to pump =)

I use avent manual, and here are my tools:

breastpump - mini fridge (thanks to my friend Muni for this brilliant lil thing!) - ice pack.

The mini fridge can also be replaced with cool bag or something like that, not sure what it is called. And on top of the above 3 things, of course the storage bottles / bags.

After pump and transfer the output into storage bottle, what I do is, I put the used pump in the fridge. Yes, without washing it. From reading, this is safe to do for approximately 24 hours. So nanti dah kat rumah karang baru basuh. So masa kat office, just pergi pump, transfer, then letak pump dalam fridge, then next pumping time, keluarkan je pump from fridge, then pump, so on and so forth. Kat rumah pun, say if I pump that night after dah basuh semua, then I just keep the pump in the fridge right after that, esok bawak pergi office then letak dalam fridge before guna macam biasa.

If outstation, then after pump, I will put the pump back in the mini fridge / cool bag for my next use. But duration is lesser than 24 hours lah, depending on how long the mini fridge / cool bag can last.

With the above, you save the time for washing - sterilizing - drying ordeal. Easy peasy? For me, it is. This is the same exact way I did when I went to Singapore last week.

Hmm so yeah, that's about it. What else? Hmmm in terms of storage, I will just store according to my output and nanti masa nak transfer kan ke feeding bottle for Khayr, I will do according to his requirement. Hmm macamana nak elaborate ni ye? Ok say for example, I pump 4 times (3 kat office, 1 kat rumah):

1st session: 7 oz. So I store 5 oz dalam 1 bottle, lagi 2 oz in another bottle (coz my 1 storage bottle is for 5 oz milk).

2nd session: 4 oz. So I store that accordingly.

3rd session: 4 oz. So I store that accordingly.

4th session: 5 oz. So I store that accordingly.

So maksudnye I have 5 bottles altogether - 5oz, 2oz, 4oz, 4oz, 5oz.

When I want to transfer to feeding bottle for Khayr, who is consuming 5oz, then yang mana dah cukup 5oz tuh then takde masalah la kan, sebab cukup2. Yang 2 oz tuh, 1 oz campurkan dengan yang 4oz tuh, and balance 1oz campurkan dengan yang another 4 oz tuh. So dapatlah 4 bottles x 5 oz.

Kalau ade lebih sikit2 like 1 - 2 oz, then I kasi la extra to Khayr jadi 5.5oz ke.. 6oz ke.. and kalau ade lebih banyak macam 3 - 4oz, then I will put in fridge untuk campurkan dengan besok punye output.

My point here is, whatever my output is, I will, at the end of the day campur2kan ikut Khayr's need. Dalam websites semua cakap tak elok campur2 kan.. But, like I said earlier, I dont want to feel that bf is such a troublesome process. But I will only campurkan time Khayr nak consume for that day.

Hmmm I guess that's all for now.. This is the least I can share with you in the hope that I can inspire you mothers / mother-to-be out there who plan to bf :) I'm not saying things are easy, it is not. To be honest, sometimes I feel on the verge of giving up coz 1. it's tiring. 2. baby is SO depending on you. 3. bf-related problem - sangat sakitttt!! :(

But the benefits of bf is far too great to pass, so, ku gagah kan jua .. =) and alhamdulillah, I've been this far.

Yang penting, get the people around you to understand about bf and get them to help whenever necessary, especially your husband.

So ok, I hope I can be of a help here :) Like I said earlier, if you have more specific question feel free to ask..(email me or leave comment). I'll be more that happy to answer. Otherwise you can always read the info on bf from the famous websites like susuibu.com and kellymom.com. Also, there are a lot of other blogs about bf, do google for them! Recently I found this one bf mom's sharing of experience -- http://marlizaradzi.blogspot.com/2010/12/baby-has-only-three-demands.html. Therein, she's put a link to this inspiring story about a mother who transports her breasmilk from afar across the miles for her baby.. Truly amazing! Do read.

Ok lah.. Till later~*

Khayr dah boleh berjalan!! =)

The one with... rintihan hati di malam hari...

2010-12-26T00:27:00.002+08:00

Ewahhh tajuk tak agak2... hehe.

Anyway. I'm not gonna whine here, but I'm just gonna pour my heart out to see whether am I alone in this or not. Whatever it is, keep the support coming yaw.. That would be much appreciated :)

You see, I get so tired easily ever since baby came into the picture. And I feel a bit.. disgusted with myself. Coz nak kata I've been such a perfect wife who cooks and cleans every.single.time, takde lah kan.. All I do is just the basic stuff. Like taking care of Khayr.. Laundry (itu pun just limited to loading the dirty clothes into washing machines and hanging 'em dry.. coz folding clothes and ironing are Kerol's tasks.. heeeee ~).. Washing dishes.. Making sure things in the house are in place like tukar cadar, tukar towel, kemas rumah sikit2.. Andd... hmm... Anddddd yes, that's it. That's all. Masak pun, kadang2.. Well, ok scratch that. Jarang2. Sigh. And mopping and vacuuming are done by the weekly maid. I've done all the things I need to do at my level best and yet I know there's more to it. And I SO want to improve myself but.. like I said.. I just feel so easily tired.. :(

Is it because of the age factor? I thought every mom will be a supermom naturally so why can't I ?? :( Ni anak baru sorang.. I want to be that supermom everyone is looking up to. Just he way my mom is. Just the way my MIL is. Just the way every mother I know is. Buttttt... sigh! I've always wondered, will my kid(s) say things such as, "My mom's cooking is the best..!" "Rindunye nak makan masakan mak aku.." "My mom is the supermom!" and the like.

Ok lah. Itu je rintihan hati. Semoga 2011 brings a whole lot meaning to my life and family... in ways better than they already were.

*positive thinking.. ting!*

The one with... demi curve and sexy boot is the way to go!

2010-12-22T09:41:00.003+08:00

.... yes, finally get to find jeans that fits ME nicely *grinning*. its levi's demi curve cut and gap's sexy boot cut, ON SALE! =)

Yesterday was a so tiring day yet we had such a great time hopping from one mall to another along that orchard rd. its pack with people definitely, but that was kinda expected. i had fun regardless.

The only time we took picture together coz the other time we were just not bothered. Well, more like he's not bothered :p

Though I was out almost the whole day, never failed to look out for and go to this important place:

So, whatever it is.. pencapaian didahulukan, anak diutamakan :)

Here are some night scenery at orchard rd:

Please excuse me for the bad quality of the pics.

Anyway.

The scoreboard for shopping day 2:

Husband 9, Ownself 9. Yeay!!

Tapi, dari segi value for money.. he's definitely on the lead.

He went crazy at Banana Republic. And I was there sitting quietly and feeling crazily-jealous coz nothing much that interest me there despite the crazy sales offer frenzy. *tsk*

Anyway, today its gonna be the last day before we make move back home. Yang pasti harini husband kena duduk diam2 sebab budget allocation dah habis (read: deficit). muahahaha.

Till later~*

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The one with... skinny jeans are so overrated!!

2010-12-21T01:00:00.001+08:00

... and they even have ULTRA skinny jeans on sales whenever i dig for one in the whole lot for that matter.. every.single.time. gah!

Shopping day 1:

Husband 4, Own self 0.

(-_-")

Gonna miss this comforting and serene sight when i wake up tomorrow morning.

Heck, i've already been missing him since, forever..! *cry*

Nites~*

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The one with... usaha tangga kejayaan..

2010-12-16T09:27:00.001+08:00

Here's baby k's one of favourite activities these days... Huhu.. Makin active and playful.. I'm loving it..! But on the flipside.. Susahnye laaa nak suruh dia duduk still for me to feed him.. In 2 months time he's turning into a 1 year old TODDLER!! Can you believe that, how fast time flies?

Oh talking about that.. Can't wait to reach the end of tomorrow, as it's gonna mark my last working day for the year weehoo~*

Looking forward to this one trip I'm gonna have with just Kerol (minus baby k, that is ;p).. and another trip with both of my favourite K's... Cant wait cant wait!!!

Until then, oh workloads.. here I come.

The one with... baby steps by my baby k :')

2010-12-15T14:12:00.000+08:00

Here's to many more steps to come! =)

The one with... great time, great place, great companion =)

2010-12-14T11:55:00.002+08:00

After weeks of planning, finally I get to meet my girlfriends from secondary high school during a lunch date at this child-friendly place, Dish Deli in Solaris Mont Kiara. Call me jakun or what but.. my, I really dig this place!!! =)

How come I never knew its existence before? Like so comfy for us mommies if we were to have an outing with friends -- be it married friends or single friends.. because the place, like I said, it’s so comfy especially to cater the needs for a child. They have a kids section filled with toys. They provide kids related utensils like the plastic colorful fork, spoon and bowl. Baby chair, baby changing place.. and even better, home-made frozen baby food -- all ready to be heat-up! The food is stocked readily in the deep freezer, labeled accordingly i.e. 6 months – 9 months, 9 months – 12 months or 12 months to 18. No difference from the way I prepared for Khayr's food.. Impressive! Read more here.

And the food for us adults pulak, also quite tasteful. I tried their chicken casserole and Kerol had their roasted chicken.. Sedap!! I didn’t take any picture of the food though. But suffice to say, I had great time that day.. Great time, great place, great companion -- what more can I say..?

The girlfriends...

The kids busy playing..

Mommies gossiping.. Daddys chillaxing...

Mommies with kids -- gambar tak clear :(

L to R: Rayyan, Dalia, Syafia, and my baby k..

or like how my sister captioned it:

L to R: baby cute, baby cantik, baby sweet, and benda bulat.

Hahahaha.

So mommies out there, do give this place a try! :) Here's for more information -- http://dish.com.my/

The one with... life resumes as usual =)

2010-12-11T22:00:00.007+08:00

No more campaign whatsoever. (refer to the previous post). I'm letting the fate to take its course. Such a ridiculous contest after all. And a bit one-sided perhaps. It's like macam dah jadi popularity contest pulak. Huhu. In spur of the moment and in all excitement, I became a tad bit gungho, I somehow realised that now ;)

Especially when I read the comment from this one person in the G*A*P Malaysia facebook page:

Something stinks here... My friend decided to stop campaign for this ridiculous competition which not only require money to enter but time to campaign. Not to mention, the votes can be rigged. Those who have "resources" can spend days... at internet cafe or at home creating fake email accounts and then fake FB accounts to vote for their preferred baby/kid. Give it a try, you can definitely increase the vote for your favorite at a rate of perhaps 100 votes per day per capable resources!!

All of the babies and kids here are beautiful and cute. Parents, better spend your time and money , create your own baby and kids profile at casting agencies and compete in ads opportunities that really bank on real talent. My 2 cents worth!!

I totally concur the above!

So for now, I'm just gonna let is pass and enjoy the purchase I did for my baby k. He indeed needs a new pair of jeans! and new clothes as well ;)

Anyway.

To those who have voted, and helped to promote, thank you so much. Really appreciate it =) To those who felt that I've been harrassing you with the constant request to vote, I apologise.

So are we good now? :) *peace!*

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The one with... time to vote!

2010-12-09T11:00:00.000+08:00

For Khayr, it is.. :)

**UPDATE**

I do not know how to do a sticky post! Huhu.

Anyway, all I want to say is.. from the very bottom of my heart, THANK YOU SO SO MUCH to those who has voted for Khayr. It meant a lot to us :) The contest is still running and it's running quite tough and competitive. All babies are equally cute, if not more! And they have more voters too (-_-') So.. I need your kind help to push Khayr's number of votes pretty pleaaaasseeee :)

1. click - http://apps.facebook.com/gapcastingcall/

2. select Malaysia.

3. then browse for Khayr's picture (he is on page #10 or under the 'I J K L' category, page #2) & vote!

Siapa yang belum vote, jom vote sekarang!! Thanking you guys in advance for your time and care... xoxo.

**END OF UPDATE :)**

If you do not already know... here's what I'm talking about.

(as extracted from Gap Casting Call on Facebook):

Gap is looking for the next faces of babyGap and GapKids in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Parents now have the chance to have their child featured on the window displays across all regional stores (Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia) in Spring 2011.

Professional photo-ops will be available at Gap (The Gardens) and Gap (One Utama) over two weekends; 4 - 5 December & 11 - 12 December respectively. Parents can bring in their children aged from new-born to 10 years of age during these dates. Participants must meet the qualifying minimum purchase amount in order to enter the contest and contest rules apply. Pictures of the children will then be taken and posted on www.facebook.com/gapmalaysia from 4 to 31 December 2010, and the public will vote on the published images. This will constitute 60% of the final vote tally. The remaining 40% will be dependent on input from a panel of judges from the three countries.

So just wanting to try our luck (and as for me, taking the opportunity to shop for my baby k.. hehe), off we went to The Gardens earlier today .. Masa mula2 masuk BabyGap, tak ramai orang sangat.. To which we were relieved because memang we purposely decided to come at a time nearing to 6pm with the hope it would be much lesser crowd. But suddenly in the midst of choosing for items to shop, ramai pulak orang masuk.. Semua pun saje datang last minute kot ek? Penuh the outlet with parents and kids and strollers.. Huhu..

The queue outside BabyGap outlet.. Lucky thing was the photo session did not take that long..

Ish.. Anak sapa la tak pakai kasut tuuuu.. :D

So anyway.. Khayr had his turn and... this baby boy of mine, slalu ok je tau nak senyum and posing depan kamera.. Tapi tadiiiii.. hmmphhhh! Susah nak flash his cutie smile. I can see that he was a bit uncomfortable with so many people looking at him and with us the parents kept on cheering "Khayrrrr... smillleeeee... senyummmm.. Cakkk! Khayrrrr... Tengok Mama niii... Cakkkk! Tuu.. tengok Abah tuuuu.. Cakkkk!"..

Hahahaha.. Bila fikir2 balik kelakar pun ada.. :P

So this is the photo of Khayr that was chosen to be uploaded for public voting:

See... Senyum ala tersipu2.. Haishhh.

So friends and readers and you.. you.. and YOU... Kindly help to vote for Khayr !

Khayr: Click vote for me ya! :)

Click here, and choose 'Malaysia'.. and browse through for Khayr's picture ok.. The pictures of participants keep on adding up, so I can't say at which page Khayr's picture is located. At the moment he's on page #10. Click at Khayr's face.. and finally, click VOTE.

Thanking you peeps in advance! Muahmuah xoxo.

Oh ya, voting period starts today and ends 31 December 2010.

Remember, click the link - choose Malaysia - click Khayr's face (page #10) - vote. Thank you thank you !!

The one with... a quick trip to Perak.

2010-12-03T15:26:00.001+08:00

Last week I took leave on Friday coz as planned, we were going to Perak to attend SIL's convocation day at UiTM Seri Iskandar, Perak on Saturday. Was so excited coz I took it as a short getaway with family and most important, with the little one baby k :)

On Thursday night, I actually almost was about to lose my cool because.... accomodation tak sorted out lagi! Eeeee geram je tau. Coz ye lah kan, it was school holiday PLUS it's convocation time so I'm sure most hotels will be fully booked. And yes, I was right. Pum pam pum pam to make long story short, at almost midnight on that Thursday only Kerol managed to get the confirmation from this one homestay place located in Tambun. Well, about 30 ~ 45 minutes away from Seri Iskandar but at least, accomodation was finally sorted out. *phew*

We pushed off on Friday late morning and boy, this Khayr was SOOOO active dalam kereta.. He just refused to sleep. Kejap ke depan to sit with his opah, kejap ke belakang to kacau us the back passengers -- myself, Kerol and SIL (i.e. Khayr's mak lang). But all in all, reached safe and sound at the destination and was glad to find out that the (last minute) homestay that we managed to book was acceptable given the price we paid for. It's an apartment with 3 bedrooms, 2 toilets and a proper living hall, kitchen and dining area. Only thing, they didn't have a water heater and the weather was freaking cold over there because of the rain and whatnot. Huhu. On the first day we were there, Khayr sampai biru2 bibir and menggigil coz mandi air sejuk, dah la baru lepas mandi swimming pool. Huhu.. Risau masa tu.. :'( After a while thank god he was ok, back to the usual active and cheeky him..

Budak takmau tidur sepanjang perjalanan, dah sampai baru berjaya tidurkan dia. Itu pun selepas bertungkus lumus berusaha. Hehehe.

On day 1, we did not do anything much sebab 1st, the journey itself was quite tiring (to me lah.. though I didn't drive).. then 2nd, it was already late evening and the next day nak kena bangun awal for the convo. So petang first day was spent melayan budak kecik mandi pool.. So happy tengok Khayr enjoyed splashing the water and crawling like there's no tomorrow.. Sukahati je tau nak merangkak ke tempat dalam, sampai terminum2 air pool tu and tersedak2.. Tapi tu lah, kids just being kids, tau nak main je kan.. Dah tersedak pun still tak serik.. still nak merangkak ke tempat dalam.. Heh.

Khayr with his mak lang.

Malam tu we went to the Greentown and had the yummylicious meal with udang galah! Sedapppp. Tapi takde gambar. Sebab photographer cakap gambar tak clear so tak boleh nak publish takut jatuh credibility. Hmmm.

Then next day, came the big day for SIL. Khayr and I, we did not join as it was so early in the morning. We were left at the apartment and I brought him to the pool again.. Hehehe.. Khayr, when I brought him, dari jauh dia dah start menggelupur excited dah coz I think he can recognise the pool. Sigh, my baby has grown up so fast!

Around noon time, when it was about the time to check out then only Kerol came and pick us and off we went to Seri Iskandar..

To SIL (whom everyone call as 'Kakak'.. including me!).. Congratulations! Looking forward to attending your degree convo pulak ok.. :)

Nota kaki: It has been ages, but don't know why I still remember. Seeing the convo scene that day brought back the ugly memory I had during mine last time. Gah!

The one with... oh so sad.

2010-12-01T23:14:00.006+08:00

I was playing with the BlogPress app and accidentally deleted my previous entry on "u smileee.. i smileeee..."..

Oh well not big of a deal. So this is just to reinstate what i've written previously for remembrance sake:

- khayr was fast recovered.
- kerol and i, we were quick to react this time around (it's khayr's 2nd time of having fever).

hmm what else? i guess thats the main gist of it. oh yeah the pictures:

to iyma & yannie... korang punye comment pun terdelete skali! huhu.. sempat bace my reply tak?

ok lah.. takde mood nak update blog malam ni.. tidur sudahhh.

nites~!

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The one with... feeling under the weather.

2010-11-29T21:30:00.001+08:00

Poor my baby he's down with fever for the second time.. Lucky thing that this time around Kerol and I, we were quick to react.. More like, we knew what needed to be done.. Unlike the first experience we had.. Huhu.. Masa tu, it was someone else who pointed out that our Khayr was feverish.. And by the time we took measurement of his temperature, it was already a rocket high 38.5 degree C. *tsk*

Anyway this time around the temperature was not that high, just bordering 37.5 degree C max. I suspect that it's because he's teething (yup, finally!!!) but from reading on the internet they said there's no real direct link. Oh well, whatever it is I'm praying that he'll get well soon, like PRONTO!! Tak suka tau anak sakit.. Huhu.. Pergi kerja pun tak tenang.. Tidur malam pun tak lena.. Tsk.

This was him earlier.. He was still active playing (and climbing stairs) and tiba2 dah penat agaknya terus crawl to his mattress tapi tak sempat sampai dah bommmm! Tertidur terus.. Alolololooooo.. Dah bagi ubat tadi and now he's sleeping soundly in bed next to me.. Gonna wait until a little while before transferring him to his playpen.

Okie dokie that's all for now!

Gotta say that I'm loving it this new app, I get to write whenever I want.. Takyah nak switch on laptop. It's like as convenient as updating the status in facebook, only that I get to 'elaborate' it further. Hehehe. Hope that with this new app (that I just bothered to find out. Padahal dah lama ada dah I think. Or for all I know ada yang lagi canggih agaknye :p) my blog will be updated every more so often.. LIVE. Hehehe.

Till later~*

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The one with... testing 1 2 3..

2010-11-29T16:41:00.001+08:00

testing post. trying to update blog from phone.

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The one with.. Monday morning thoughts.

2010-11-22T09:22:00.004+08:00

It’s almost end of November, soon December is approaching. What have I achieved for the past 11 months in this year 2010? Well, of course the major one was -- I gave birth in February. And life has changed ever since.

It has been a great year, I must say. But of late I kept on thinking; there’s just gotta be more to life.

You gain some, you lose some. Fair enough. That's life as we know it.

I have a loving husband, a brilliant little baby who’s growing up so fast. I have a secured work that pays to make the ends meet. I have a house to live in comfortably with my love ones. And I am so SO thankful for that.

I breathe in and out with the thought of spending my time with my baby. When I go to work, I can’t wait to go back home to see him again. That’s basically the main reason why I live these days.

And I feel that things have become unbalanced. Juggling the role as a mother is not easy. Well nobody said it is easy. It's rewarding, but I don’t feel quite as much as fulfilled anymore. You know, it’s like I’m in a comfort zone, too complacent until I feel quite… uncomfortable.

It’s like there’s no thrill like that. Life has become a tad mundane.

People of my age, or perhaps, of the same boat.. are talking about venturing into new business.. into new things.. They are talking about how they are enjoying their passions to cook.. to bake.. to decorate their love nest.. to beautify themselves.. to improve themselves to the better..

It’s like, they have passions alright you see.

But me? I live my life on a day to day basis. Do I have passions? I don’t know. Yes, my husband and I… We talk and discuss a lot about our future life.. about improving.. about new things.. about enjoying life.

But I don’t know why I feel 24 hours is just enough to go through the basic things in life. I didn't get to execute those things and plans that I've been talking about with husband. And I get tired easily to even be doing other things, except to take care of my husband and son.. and make sure my work is done. Weekend is the only time I look forward to, but then again its occupied with the necessary.. Like, laundry and such. Weddings and gatherings. Groceries shopping and eating. Time for families and such.

I'm not saying that it's a boring life that I am living in. But, I'm just hunger for more. There are more things in life awaits to be explored. There are a lot of other things to be done.

So.. COME 2011, THIS SO HAS GOT TO CHANGE.

2011, I look forward for you to come. I want to be better than I already am. I want to get better than what I already have.

The one with... drama mama. heh.

2010-11-16T12:10:00.001+08:00

This is going to be just a quick one. I keep on having these questions playing in my mind ever since Khayr started taking solids -- is he eating too little or too much? And, is he taking enough milk?

So I did some search from the internet and found these few useful links, thought of putting it here for my own reference:

And now I feel more contented... :)

Selamat Hari Raya Haji everyone !