QT with the boys

It had been a longggggg time since I had leave which did not involve studying/ revising and travelling. So I purposedly took 2 weeks off work after the exam to spend time with H and the hubs after had spent long hours at work preparing for the exam. Bliss was the word!

We'd spent time with H taking him to Jungle Gym, and since he liked it I took him and A one morning and they thoroughly enjoyed it. They slept once they got into the car on the way home. We also took H to revisit JP which unfortunately was closed (we went on the wrong day! how were we supposed to know they close on Monday and Tuesday afternoons!). Tapi kami tapuk2 jua bawa H masuk :p

London Part 2

2nd short trip to London about a month after the first. This time was for a much more serious matter. Before the D-day, managed to catch up with Ain and had lunch at Delima. The day after D-day spent the day with brother Eiin and cousin Eyton and had lunch with them plus Chetna who came down to London especially to see me. Didn't get to meet up with Jo. Maybe next time.

Peaches and Cream from My Old Dutch

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.....

Ramadhan

I think its time to update. I'm sitting in the flu centre killing time so I might as well. It's the 14th day of Ramadhan. Time flies fast. In 2 weeks will be Raya. Yay! Hamzah's 1st Raya. We got him suited up a week ago and got really excited.We still need to get his songkok. Got his sinjang already. Let's hope he'll walk by Raya time, though I think that is too much to ask. Tsk Tsk! Then again, I have to be extra organised so I dont have to run here and there pre-raya. Not to mention I'll be working on the day of the moon-sighting. Mudahan saja nda nampak anak bulan.

Went away on a R+R weekend getaway. Just the 3 of us. It was good quality time as a family. Surely needed that as had not had a proper break since i got back from Haj 2 years ago. 

On the work front, I've been progressing pretty well. The boss has let me do a few scopes. Still trying to be familiar with the rotators on the scope. Need to be quite dexterous. Had a patient with poor bowel prep yesterday, not a pretty picture, but as long as poo is out of my fingers reach, its fine.

A few excerpts from a few weekends ago.

My son is getting gorgeous each day. Im allowed to be bias because Im his mama. And he loves football and swimming, good for him, a proper sport. Not like golf :P

my hearts! har! har!

Hamzah with Haji Teddy aka Putut!! I think he was disgusted by it rather than adoring it!! hahaha!

Heavenly brownie

Needed a brownie fix badly today.

Called up Syaz of Sasbrownies. Luckily 1 brownie slot left today. Yippeeee!!!

Scrapping scrapper

Finally, finally! Barutah ada masa kan scrapping. Atu pun just because I should and its way overdue. I totally love this picture frame I bought from POTTERY BARN in NYC!! and I bought this in 2006....and only now in 2009 Ive filled it with pictures....and voila....!!!

Hamzah goes swimming!

It was his first swim splash. And where else to start but at Abang Ayden's crib? It was the perfect pool, and excellent company too! Ayden's nana Jackie is still in Brunei so she's kindly offered to teach Hamzah swimming. Yay!! I excitedly bought his swimming trunks from Mothercare last week, and chose an orange Tigger trunk that shows up his stripes when wet. How cool is that!

I think Hamzah knew he was gonna have an exciting afternoon so he only had a quick 30min nap, which was a tad annoying. Then he slept in the car and another 20mins or so in Jangsak. Ayden was impatiently scouting around the house in his blue trunks (cute!!) waiting for Hamzah to wake up. Finally, Ayden couldnt wait any longer and went into the pool with his Nana. Hamzah woke up in a daze and changed him and took him to sit on the pool steps. He sat quietly, maybe thinking this is a huge bathtub with other people in it! Soon, he started splashing around and kicking his legs in the water! He loved it!! Yay!!!

Cannot wait for another swim soon!!

Cousinly love

It is a blurry picture but you can just make out Ayden's show of affection to Hamzah. It's so sweet!!! Awwww.....

Then there's that banter between them...more like baby 'scream-talk'!

Bangun tidur

Woke up fresh from his afternoon nap....and went straight for his teether!

Soon after he rummaged through a pile of books on his cot (I know..I know its like a dump his cot is!) and decided on the Acute Medicine bible.....does that mean anything???

Mama & Son

A quick camera shot before going out for Thai!

Happy-happy

This is a picture of Hamzah i took last night while he was having his pre-tidur feed. Look at his left leg! Bent ala chillaxing style! Belabeh! (Sorry inda ku pandai merotate pix)

This on the other hand is one of the rare happy tummy-time moments!

Welcome babies!

A BIG congratulations to 2nd time parents Picau and Atai on the birth of their 2nd son on the June 21st. Hello baby Md Shafiq Shauqy!

Also, a BIG congratulations to Mummy Dina and Papa Ageh on the birth of their son Md Azad Shawaiz on May 25th!

Our soon-to-come arrivals are baby Hairanie+Chan and the long awaited baby Yuraina+Maming! Also, baby Mai+Pjal! Can't wait for more of Hamzah's friends. Yippeeee!!

Hamzah

He is a social butterfly. He hugs strangers! He is scared of no one. Except when he's left alone. That's separation anxiety for him, a normal development for an 8-month old baby.

When possible, at every opportunity, he only wants his 'Meh'. That's 'Mama' to him. 

He jumps up and down and flaps both his arms when sang to. His favourite song is Hijau Daun's 'Suara dengar kan lah aku....' and 'Pret-Pret-Pret' ala-Babah style. He knows how to wave bye-bye and salam people's hands.

He loves his fruits. He'll keep his mouth wide open eventhough he's had more than enough fruit puree than his Mama can literally take.

He hates tummy time. He would crawl but he absolutely hates it with a vengeance. But he'll sit independently and standing holding on for dear life. His legs are so strong that when he jumps on the jumperoo you would think he is on a trampoline.

He excels at folding. Anything and everything. Our amah is on contract leave, so he helps his mama folding the laundry. Not that its ever perfect!

Our 8-month little angel.

Tired!

Kengalihan lapas kawin Usu Adil nya!