2010 - London part 1

2010 started with a short trip to London for a course. Initially was supposed to travel with a work colleague but his application was messed up. So the hubs decided to accompany me. We thought it through and if both of us were to go, H has to go since he has never been away from the both of us for that duration of time. So our first family trip abroad, YAY!!

The trip was more or less alright. Although RBA was badly disorganised when it came to our flight seating arrangements. We weren't happy at all. H was good in the flight, though all he wanted to do was walk up and down the aisle and say 'Hi' to everyone. He slept well too, so that was a blessing. 

Arrived in London greeted by H's Usu E who he hasn't seen for 4 months. High Comm representatives were there to greet us and took us to our hotel. As soon as we settled, we took off to Westfield to browse around, where we also met cuz E and F. Days followed where I was stuck in my course pretty much the whole day. H and his babah went into town and met up with Usu S who came down from Notts. I gathered H enjoyed his time which was good!

A few pics from the trip...

It's a wrap!

That's it. 2009 almost gone. How quick has it been? Although while we were at it it seemed like forever. It has been a year of a rollercoaster of emotions. January started off with back to work after a not-so-long maternity leave which left me no choice but plough on with work as exams were due in April. Then was a challenging time with Hamzah's terrible transit of eczema (which has almost gone for good too now, Alhamdulillah). Came exam time it was my first ever time away from Hamzah and god how difficult that was. Armed with the b-pump and milk storage bags and coolbags, I managed to stock up as much as I could while being away from my 1st born son while missing him loads. But it was worth it, cannot deny it was good to be away for a bit for a bit of me-time and indulge in retail therapy! And to gloat that I passed the exams too :D Also in the first quarter of the year, a school friend threw a majestic birthday party and was lucky to dance poco-poco as part of entertainment. That was a whole lot of fun, not to mention meeting all the girls and had fantabulous food too.

2009 also welcome more babies especially baby K! Long awaited and she is gorgeous and adorable as a baby girl could be! Loving her pics that her mummy has posted so far on Fb. Came Ramadhan and Hari Raya which was a first for us family of 3 and that was when Hamzah reached the ultimate milestone of walking at the age of 11 months and 9 days. Mummy was so proud :D He also enjoyed his 1st birthday celebrations, not 1, not 2 but 3 parties! How hollywood can u get huh! Later on, H went on holiday with Mama and his Nini's to Malaysia. Babah could not join because he could not get away from the office. Such a workaholic....haha....

Celebrating the new year and the coming weekend in comfort and style this year ie IN BED . Ha! Ha! Work completely tired me out this morning, and H was thinking the same thing as he dozed off far too early at 7pm missing out his dinner! Poor baby. Nevermind. He's been missing his mama badly (according to his babah) when at work and has not been sleeping well. 

Welcoming 2010, may it brings us prosperity, good health and success. Amin!

Good night all!

Hamzah on holiday

Stewardess: Tea or Coffee, sir?

Hamzah: Milk, please!

weekend

50 days or so to the new year. Plans for 2010 are in store. InshaAllah will start off with a quick trip to London in January, then another one in February/ March. Another scheduled working trip to Beijing end of March. This means work, work, work prior to all this. Saving for a family holiday in July/ August to pay a visit to Eiin and Uncle Janin/ Aunty Jackie in Geneva. Let's hope all will fall into place, amin. 

It's been a relaxing sunday. In fact, a chilled out weekend. After friday's oncall, went for a Taurean brekkie on saturday with the parents and lil H. Slept at midday and went for a quick Thann Heritage Massage. Stretch here, stretch there. Bliss. Went out with my 2 boys planned for a Mall visit but lil H nodded off in the car. Instead, the babah singgah YMRM skajap while the mama sneaked a lil nap herself jua hahaha! I think all of us were knackered by the time we reached home at 10pm we all hit the sack straight away.

The hubs had to go to work today. Yes, on a sunday. Nothing new. Pelancaran penanaman pokok sempena 39 tahun Bandar Seri Begawan. Was done near Jame Asr', then paid a visit to other places including UBD. This afternoon, he had to go his boss' house for work and is still there as i type.... :S

A brand new day and a brand new week tomorrow. Have a good week!

ONE

-14 October 2009-

The day when my baby turned ONE. Hamzah woke up extra early and ran around the play room probably knowing it was his birthday :) Had a little mini cupcake blow-out-candle on the day. Then had the real party 2 days later with the family. Mama so loves the cake and thinks it TOPS all the birthday cakes in the whole wide world.

Dear Hamzah,

You are now officially ONE! Syukur Alhamdulillah. It has been an unbelievable experience seeing you grow from a tiny baby to a sociable walking toddler. You've had a pretty rough half year with the eczema but you've come out of it pretty much or so. Things can only get better for you my lil one. On top of the walking, you pretty much can feed yourself, clap and babble when your favourite cartoon songs are on and wave bye-bye and high 5! And what I look forward every morning is a kiss from you everytime you try to wake me up, regardless how early it is! We love u!

Mama and Babah

Syawal 1430H

Approaching the 3rd week of Syawal 1430. Truly a memorable Raya as a family of 3 for the very first time. Dressed Hamzah in traditional cara melayu complete with sinjang and songkok, albeit he would throw his songkok away in a matter of a hundredth of a second! He never liked hats or anything put on his head for that matter, a trait i recognised since he was a few days old...odd!

Visited quite a number of relatives' houses this year but with a downside of Hamzah's routine disrupted. He gets cranky if he is late, or worse, misses his naptime which I as a mother is quite strict about. I, and am sure mothers out there, do agree discipline is important to instill in children no matter how old or young they are. Eventhough Hamzah is still a baby, discipline in sleeptimes and mealtimes is important and I dislike anything that goes in the way of this. At the end of the day, the parents AND the child suffers if this is disrupted.

Hamzah has behaved quite well with visiting this year, but got really cranky at home when there were too many people. I think he may have felt overwhelmed and tired with the attention people have been giving him. And OH YES, on the 3rd day of raya, Hamzah at age 11 months 9 days, started walking on his own!!! Yayyyyy!!! Mama was in tears, the Babah in disbelief and Hamzah very excited. But soon, fear and a bit of sadness overcame coz he's growing up so fast, becoming more independent and is fearless = time to babyproof the house!

Hamzah's become more sociable now too. He gets excited when he sees children his age. Apatah lagi, Ayden jadi mangsa! Kesian Ayden, he was slightly shocked when Hamzah started to come to him all shrieky with his hands up in the air and trying to hug (more like grab Ayden's hair) him. 1st day of Raya they were 'wrestling' each other and ended up in a fight where Hamzah's purple fan got ripped! Haha.....