Mommy is not in the mood

Mommy is not in the mood lately. She misses her little angel...Can't wait for 1st of May 2009...gonna go fetch Sara in Kuantan, gonna hug her soo tight and never let go...miss her soooooooo much....

Sara meets Aqil Syahmi

Last Sunday, Sara meets Aqil Syahmi. Aqil Syahmi's mommy is my friend from UTM. We shared good old time stories, but I couldn't get over the fact that her voice has become so "lecture-y" hehe...I'd never thought she would become a lecturer, much less an electronic lecturer huwaa...sgt terer okeh...aku ambik 18 kali pun fail lagi electronic tu rasa

Aqil Syahmi is a very cute and active little boy. He likes babies and asks his mom for a baby to play with hihi...noni...dia nak adik tu...anyway, it was an evening well spent and Sara looks forward to meeting Abang Aqil Syahmi again...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO NENEK & ATUK

Today is Nenek & Atuk's anniversary. They have been married for 30 years. They have been through so much together. I just hope that I can learn from my mom who has always been so patient with my dad. I wanted to write so much but I'm so busy lately. I'll put up a tribute for them as soon as I got the time. In the mean time, I want them to know that I'm honored to be their child and they will and always be my idol in life. Me, Sara and hubby love them so much and wish them all the happiness in the world.

Tribute to Cik Ngah aka Yanie aka Angah

I've been meaning to write this tribute a long time ago, but knowing me, I procrastinate as long as I can. I meant to finish this in time for her birthday, but 5th February was long gone...heh. Anyway, Angah was the second child in the family. And it's true what they say about the second child, we use to butt head over a lot of things when we were small. I in particular, wasn't fond of having somebody else steal all the attention lavished on me. (My bad.)

She was a very adorable child. (Some people said that Sara resembles her) She has this most gorgeous dimple that is apparent everytime she smiles.

She was a very timid child. I guess its because she has a very loud sister (huhu). She has always been the beautiful one but she went through a major physical phase in her life (involving a very wild hair and plump figure..haha) which we like to call "zaman gelap angah". I can't find it in my heart to post her picture during that transitional time (hihi...that's how bad she looked then)

She didn't shine academically during primary and secondary school but ironically, she was the one that never fails to get 3-pointer during uni. I guess she found her calling in accountancy. I know that she often felt that my parents are always comparing us but trust me, (now that I'm a parent), Mama and Papa never intentionally compared us in any way. They love you for who you are, not for what you would become. Look at you now, more successful than ever.

She has a very big heart and with that comes her big head. Hehe, that combined with my ridiculous temper always resulted in our disagreement over a lot of things. Luckily, even though we butt head a lot, both of us remain as close as ever. Compared to all us three sisters, she was the one closest to my dad. Probably because she was the one who resembles my mom the most.
She has a lot of admirers. I think she had like two serious relationship and currently, I'm not quite sure whether she is seeing someone or not. Her priority in life now is her work and family. She spoil Sara with a lot of gifts and most of the clothes she bought are too big for her. Hehe, she just couldn't understand why Sara couldn't fit into all those clothes. Mekacih cik ngah, nanti Sara besar, Sara pakai baju cik ngah bagi ni...mesti comelll

I'm not sure how she feels about my hubby but they get along fine. We can hang out together all the time. We have very similar taste in movies and once, we spent an entire night watching anime (of course me and angah actually watched the anime while hubby dozed off :p). One more thing that she have in common with hubby is their fascination towards games. She loves playing games on hubby's PSP and PS2 (before those were stolen...damn u robbers!!)
She has a fetish for shoes and loves heels. She use to wear flats all the time until one day, she develop an instant liking to high heeled shoes/sandals. One more thing that must be mentioned with her is that she never hesitate to spend money on us. Since she's earning the most with the least amount of commitment, she always treat us gifts and dining out.

Among us three sisters, she is hardly the most organized nor the most fond of cleanliness. HOWEVER, she was the one that can't stand the smell of Sara's poop. Haha. During the first week (when Sara's poo-poo is blackish and has a very pungent smell) she puke the first time she saw her niece's poop.

To Angah, I love you sooo much and I wish you all the success in the world. Although sometimes I know that you hated my unfair temperaments, thank you for remaining close and supportive.No matter what people say, to me you are beautiful, inside and outside (but you would more beautiful if you wake up at decent hour during weekend :p ~kidding~)

I wish that you will find a man that will love you unconditionally because let's face it, you are quite difficult to please...hehe...But, no matter what, I want you to know that I'll always support your decision and I will try my best to respect whatever decision you make in your life. Eventhough I may not agree with the way you handle things, I will certainly try my best to respect and support them.

I love you...Sara loves you and Abedie loves you too and we want nothing but only the best for you...muahhhhsssss.....

Mommy's hectic schedule

I'm beginning to feel very tired lately. I guess having a baby really does change your life in soooo many ways. Usually, my schedule goes something like this : wake up, go to work, come home, watch tv, go to sleep. I thought it would be good idea to record my daily routine since Sara arrives so here goes :

06.00 am - Sara usually wakes up around this time for feeding.

06.15 am - Put Sara back to bed and take a bath.

06.30 am - Pray and get ready to go to work.

06.55 am - Bring Sara downstairs to change her nappy and clothes (usually hubby will do this..hehe)

07.10 am - Take my breakfast or "tapau" if I don't have the time. (hubby will attend to Sara during this time)

07.20 am - Hang the washed clothes, put Sara's things in the car

07.40 am - Off we go to Sara's babysitter's house. We play and talk a lot in the car.

08.05 am - Arrive at babysitter's house. I'll usually kiss and cuddle Sara for a little while before leaving

08.30 am - Mommy arrives to the office and work until 5.30pm

05.45 pm - Picks up Sara (she's usually asleep when I come to fetch her)

06.30 pm - Arrive home, put Sara in her playgym or let her play with Atuk and Nenek

06.40 pm - Sterilize Sara's bottle, load Sara's clothes in the machine

06.45 pm - Pack Sara's clothes for tomorrow (2 sets of clothes, baby binder & mittens & booties, 1 towel, milk + bottles and pacifier)

07.15 pm - Bring Sara upstairs, take a shower, perform my prayer and recite a bit of Quran while Sara listens.

08.00 pm - Feed Sara and let her play with Atuk and Nenek or watch TV

08.20 pm - Have dinner and hang Sara's washed clothes. Load our laundry.

09.10 pm - Finally, my time to relax and play with Sara but she's usually a bit drowsy and grumpy around this time.

09.30 pm - Feed Sara and put her to sleep (sometimes she will cry her heart out before finally going to sleep. we had bunch of recording of her crying. soooo cute, the way she pouts and wails..hihi)

12.30 am - Change Sara's diapers, feed her some more and she'll go right back to sleep

03.30 am - Sara will wake up for some more feeding. It is usually around this time she'll want to play before going to sleep. Waaa....Mommy is sooooo sleepy but hearing Sara cute little giggles and her cooing, I'll play along for a little while.

04.00 am - Force Put Sara back to sleep because Mommy is darn sleepy :)

and repeat from top

Seeing my minute-to-minute schedule, I will be amaze if I can find time to cook dinner. Hehe, luckily I'm living with my parents so my mom does all the cooking. Besides, I don't know if I can handle the pressure of cooking for my dad (the worst best food critic in the world. Ha!). To Nenek and Atuk, thanks for being around. Don't know what I'll do without you.

My post feel incomplete without my angel's pics...hehe...this is my favourite pic of Sara. She's asleep while waiting for Mommy and Daddy to get ready to take her out. Check out her oh-so-cute shoe-sock.

Sara goes to the wedding Part 2

Since the wedding was held on Saturday, we decided to go to Kampung Beng (the village I stayed during my one of the modules in DPA-something like homestay). Anyway, my so-called "parents" and "relatives" were ecstatic to see Sara. I felt guilty for not keeping in touch with them more often because they lavished us with soooo many dishes and their great hospitality.

I still remember, the first time I came here, we had to come by boat (actually this village can be reached by land transportation, but the facilitator of DPA course thought it might do us some good to send us by boat :p). According to "abah", this village is popular amongst drama and film producers due to its lush and uninhibited nature.

I'm glad that I got the chance to bring hubby here to show him the place where i had to live for three weeks. I'm also thrilled that hubby and my "family" got along superbly.

I sincerely hope that I will be able to maintain the relationship between us and my "family" over in Kampung Beng because I feel that we can learn so much from mingling with people from all walks of life. I'm glad I had the chance to live a pure village lifestyle and I hope that one day, Sara will be able to experience the same thing. I want my child to learn and love the nature and all its animal (haha, I don't want Sara to be like me - I'm even afraid of ants, let alone cats and basically all types of animals)

Sara goes to the wedding Part 1

This is actually the second wedding that Sara has been to. The first wedding was my friend Ryana and being the klutz that I am, I forgot to snap any pics. Heh. Anyway, this was my cousin's wedding which was held in her hometown Padang Rengas. We went for the akad nikah ceremony and also the reception. Sara was restless along the way. We stopped by Simpang Pulai and there was a loud welding noise from the construction of one of the stall. The funny thing was, Sara was sooo excited and kept on screaming her cute baby squeal towards the construction guy (I think she thought the sound was a cat's meow because she will squeal everytime she hears "meoowww") yana, mcmana sara sukaaaa pun kucing, i'm still scared of those darn animals, ok?

We arrived at Kuala Kangsar Rest House around 4pm and Sara wore her new blouse (she looks like such a big girl in those clothes).

During the reception on the next day, we met a lot of our relatives. Luckily, Sara is back to her happy self compared to last night when she grumpy all the time. She was a bit overwhelmed seeing all these new faces though.

baby mikail (i know...he's soooooo chubby) and the cute myra

our big family (on Atuk's side)

with abang rayyan gadaffi

Morphing Sara

Most of my friends and family said that Sara looks exactly like me when she was a newborn but has now slowly morphing into her daddy's face...haha...

Sara @ approximately 10 hours after delivery

Daddy's little girl :p

I've tried loads of different photos in the family heritage but it always yielded the same result : Sara looks equally like mommy and daddy

What do you guys think? More like daddy or mommy?

Sara in her little car

To Kat..here's a picture of the place where I bought Sara's Maclaren. The name is Chicco Italy (near Jusco) in One Utama Shopping Centre. They also sell the Quinny Zapp for RM799 (also cheapest that I can find).


To Yana aka Abek, here's pics of your one and only niece smiling happily in her little car :)

~ The excited little angel ~


~ The more excited parents...hihi ~