The Time Is Near

Dear all,

My sis-in-law is in labour since about 6 am today.
Please pray for both her and the baby. We're still waiting for news.

Best Mother-In-Law award goes to...

mine!

You became my other Mother
the day I wed your son,
And I just want to thank you ,Mom
for the lovely things you've done

You raised with love the gracious man
with whom I'll share my life
You are his lovely mother
and I'm his lucky wife.

Where else can you get a mother-in-law who rubs your head and your back with massage oil (and I din even make the request!) when you have a bad headache, who prepares breakfast for you before you go to work so that you will not be hungry (and apologises if she wakes up a bit late to have time to do so) and accepts you into her life and her family with open arms.

I am truly lucky indeed.

The Sweetest Things

Sometimes life hands you moments you'd remember and treasure.

Last weekend,I received a letter from my youngest brother (not edited for grammar and spelling):

"This is what I write

I love you I love you more than the sun
you look beutiFull today kakana
and I now (editor's note: he means 'know') your
Fone number 9XXXXXXX
can abang shari/you and me Go to the pasir
ris park some day"

The One Who Is Ill

My daughter is still fighting her 4th day of fever. She is weak and cranky and occasionally cries without reason. She's also saying no to everything when she's in that state: no to lying down, no to carrying, no to touching her..and all at the same time! Which sometimes leaves me clueless.

I'm ranting due to lack of sleep from the hourly carrying and patting her and the 2 hour period to give her medicine, milk, sponge her down to reduce her fever and to reduce some of her discomfort last night. I'm lucky though that hubby who worked night shift yesterday helped me clear the mountain of dishes in the kitchen and allowed me to take an hour's nap this afternoon to up my energy levels.

And to top it of, we're still not sure as to what is ailing her. The red spots that is all over her body arms, legs and now face led us (and the doctor) to think that she might be contracting the chicken pox. But up till now, the red spots remain just that, without developing blisters. So off to the doctor's again tomorrow because Doctor Lee wants to take a second look at her.

For now, it's bye-bye to all social invitations (except letting her attack her dearest auntie). Hope she will get well in time for my cousin's wedding this Saturday.

Humaira's birthday celebration Part Deux

Yesterday was the last of Humaira's birthday celebrations. Sis made pretty cupcakes as her 'birthday cake', with white lettered frosting saying 'Happy Birthday Humaira'.

Who would have thought that such a young girl can party like there's no tomorrow? We were all so pooped that we woke up late this morning (ie.8 am ) and since the house looked like it's been tornado-hit, we did the most rational thing possible. We escaped from the house to have breakfast at Changi. Lucky, we have Isti to clean up the mess of yesterday's escapades.

We would like to thank our families for celebrating the day(s) with our little girl, and making her day(s) special. Thanks also for the gifts from the heart.

I Am ONE..Hear me Roar!

I am officially a year old on 1 August 2007.

At my birth, I was:
Weight: 3.01kg
Height:51 cm
Can: Drink milk & sleep

Now that my 1st birthday is here, I am:
Weight:10.2kg
Height:73 cm
Can: Eat porridge/rice/sushi, say mama/dada/adek/kakak/cat/abah/atuk/nenek

Haven't I grown so fast? I can wait to see what I'll discover this coming year.

Birthday Celebrations!

Today is the 30th of July and I'd like to say...HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUBBY!!
May your wife stay pretty always and you have more beautiful children..hehe

Hubby is working tonight so we have no concrete plans for today, but I did get him this lovely office chair for his study. This picture doesn't do it justice, I tell ya.

Meanwhile, Humaira's bithday celebrations part I has ended last Saturday. It went quite well. Here are some snapshots:

Humaira & her young aunt Shasmeen

Super Mum

Dear friends & family

Sorry I haven't been able to post much lately. I've been super-peduper busy with a capital 'B' since my last day of work last Monday. What have I been busy with, you say? Oh..nothing that would make your head turn. Just fulfilling my lifelong dream of dirty diapers, smoky kitchen, daily housework,screaming baby and making my little girl's life as enriching as I could give her. Yeah...that's all.

Anyways, I know I owe some of you pics from that last day. So here they are:

And..She Walks!

D-Day

If anyone remembered, Babes Out @ North East was held yesterday. This is the baby show that Humaira registered for.

I was at my maximum event planner mode even before the actual day. My preparations include:
- shortlisting the outfits that the babe would wear down to two. I decided that she would wear the one with the pants to hide the scar from a mosquito bite at the back on her leg. The other suit would be a back-up cos it’s a dress and I would change her if the other contestants were more well dressed.
- I was ready to cover her scars with concealer and a bit of face powder so that her body was peerrrrfect.
- I trimmed her nails and cleaned out her ears the night before while she was sleeping. Hubby was tasked to shine the light from my hp screen onto her fingers so I won’t wake her. These two items were given a final check on the morning of the event.
- I prepared all the accessories to match her outfit the night before and lined them up on the bed.
- I chose outfits for hubby and myself so that firstly, our colours match (to form a united front) , and also did not wear black, so that we did not look like terrorists.
- I gave instruction for hubby to clean all the hair on his face so that he is clean shaven on the day
- on the morning of the show, I ensured that humaira was washed and soaped from her to butt to toe so that she would smell nice.
- I carried her myself from the time she was dressed to the time she met the judges because she wont as so much dare to pull out the scarf on her head as compared to when her daddy carries her.

As you can see, I was so much geared to win. If not the top 3, at least the 10 consolations prizes.

So did we win, did you say?

Regrettably, my bubbling babe didn’t so much as blink at the judge/doctor and just wouldn’t clap/take the toy/shake the rattle/wave/give her famous flying kiss/respond to anthing that he offered/spoke and was the whole time looking at his face and then ours and then his…

Can I scream right now?????

To lessen the pain that I feel right now when writing this, I have to say that I was moody the whole day afterwards and while we walked back to our home with empty hands, I felt like I was walking the walk of shame.

And now? I’m just planning my content for the complain letter that I’m going to write.

Little Ms. Mischief

It has started and officially made it's appearance.
My daughter has started seeking out stuff with which she can make a mess of, in the house. Just this morning as I left her in her room to play while I prepared her breakfast, I came back to find an empty baby's room. A quick search found her in the opposite study room, happily unravelling a roll of raffia string all around her. She was evidently happy, and me? Maybe I'll just get hubby to help clean it up :p.

Yesterday was my dad's birthday and breaking out from the usual family practice, we went out for dinner cos he's 55! Anyway, we all went to Simpang Bedok (cos the choice is extensive enough to cater to even Haziq's limited food preferences), Haqeem included. The Everton - Man U match was on and as hubby and sis were fans of the teams respectively, there were a few jibes and taunts, especially when Man U came from behind to kick Everton's behind with a score of 4-2! Poor hubby..he was crushed and could not talk of anything else other than the disappointing defeat when we're heading home until the time that he slept.

But all in all, the family had fun. The atmosphere was good and the food was great. Even Humaira stuffed her face while in her high chair. We ate chilli crab, rojak, fish and chips, fried rice (kampung&pattaya style), steak, kebab, chicken rice, satay, and mak ordered 2 drinks for herself even before we started eating. you could say we were stuffed like Thanksgiving turkeys by the time we were done. Haziq made us proud by ordering (and eating) the fish & chips. Way to go! Next birthday is Ruzai's! That's coming up on June 23rd.