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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABANG IQIE- 01 NOVEMBER 09

Abang Iqie celebrated his 3rd birthday on 01 November this year with just a small gathering of us and Ayah Chik's family. We bought him a cake (his favourite mud cake) and we sang him the birthday song, and away he blew all the candles on the cake. Earlier that day, we took him for a feastive lunch in KLCC, but he was too sleepy and moody to enjoy his meal. But he sure enjoyed himself (tremendously..!!) when we took him to Toys 'R' Us after that. We spent quite a while choosing his present. At the end, Daddy decided on another remote control car (bigger and more stylish... so-called!). It was a Skyline GTR. I suspect that it was Daddy's obsession rather than Iqie's wish that made Daddy pay for it.

Happy birthday Abang Iqie. Mummy, Daddy and Afeeq love you so much!

OUR ANNIVERSARY - 12 NOVEMBER 09

Hubby and I celebrated our anniversary on that day. It was just a simple one as we didn't have the chance to go for a fine dining in any fancy restaurant. We still don't have a nanny and finding a babysitter is close to impossible. So, we went for our "anniversary lunch". What I got for our anniversary? And what did I give Hubby for our anniversary? Well... let's just say that we are still waiting for a surprise from each other... and I have specified my surprise to him ;)

But we got a surprise of our own on that day actually. Our car (my SuperEK) was scratched by a stupid, reckless driver!! We did say that we wanted to repaint the car, but THAT was a bit too much. Luckily, that didn't spoil our anniversary mood...

Happy anniversary Sayang... Love you too much..!!

MY PREGNANCY

I'm in my second trimester already. So the second worst thing has passed. We were quite surprised when our gynea said that my expected due date was in April. We were like... "WHAT..?? That soon..??" hehehheee.. we thought it would be much later than April. But we're happy with any date. I'm now bloating, unlike when I was in my first trimester where my tummy couldn't be seen at all. I now have to dig out my old maternity clothes, and worse... buy some new ones. All I need to do now is to look for the right shoes... hehhehe...

ieja

AVENGED SEVENFOLD - DEAR GOD

Hubby gave me this song when he went to Jakarta-Bandung. I think it was mid of this year.

ieja

ALMOST THE WHOLE FAMILY IS SICK

Hubby and I have been infected... We suffer from an eye infection. I got hit the worse, my eyes are swollen, all puffy and viciously red. And we got it all from Abang Iqie...

3 days back Iqie's left eye was a bit swollen and we could see some discharge in his eye. We went to the pharmacy and bought him an ointment. That worked fine for him and he was OK the next day. 2 days ago, Hubby and I were complaining to each other that our left eyes were ichy and that there were some discharge. And *poooof* it was only a few hours after that that our left eyes were all red and mine swollen. Funny that we were infected on the left eye first only, then the other one.

So, yesterday morning, we dropped both Abang Iqie and Afeeq at "school" and off we went to the clinic. We were positively identified infected by the doctor. She prescribed us with the medication although mine is a bit different from Hubby as I told her that I'm pregnant. She gave us an eye drop, eye cream and some pills for my swollen eye and ichiness for Hubby. We were given a 2-day sick leave each and if our eyes are still red on the third day, we would still need to be inspected by her again and... more days of sick leave... hmmm... a movie would be nice...

One thing I admire about Hubby is that he is very discipline when it comes to medicine taking. Unlike me, I will try to avoid consuming anything that is labeled as medicine or tablets or pills or whatever! Anyone who knows me well knows that I have this "phobia" thingy about medicines especially tablets/pills. My best friend once had to cut a paracetamol into four and put each piece in a banana for me to swallow when I had a fever! I love her for that...!!!

So, this time around, Hubby is the one monitoring my medication. I just have to lie down on the sofa or the bed, and he does the eye drops for me. I love you sayang...!!

ieja

IT'S OFFICIAL... WE'RE EXPECTING..!!

Yes... you read it right...!! It's official... from the horse's mouth... we're expecting..!!

God... it feels good to finally be able to announce it to the whole world!! The new addition to the family is expected to arrive in June 2010. And how do we take it? At first, we were in the denial ;0 We were like... "I don't think I'm ready for this", "What would other people think?" and "OMG!!". BUT who cares whether you are ready or not... it's coming! You can't just dismiss something like this. I got through Ramadhan and celebrated Eid ul Fitr just fine with the exception of 'occassional' urges to puke. But I managed to conceal them with food, food and more food.

We are now in the phase of accepting it... Like announcing it to the whole world (almost) after 3 months. We have even started arguing about whose car we should sell in order for us to get a Stream. In the case of Antique VS. Cult Status... the winner is... of course my SuperEK!!! So, we're getting a Stream insyaallah and selling the SuperEF.

ieja

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AFEEQ

Today Afeeeq is 1 year old. Happy birthday Afeeq...!!!

Afeeq is now walking. He has been for almost a month. Although he is not as talkative as his big brother, he seems to understand us when we ask him to do some things. When we sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to him, he usually makes noises that sound like "Twinkle Twinkle". When we say "Ta' Tih" whenever we walk him around the house, he would make almost the same sound.

His favourite show is Mickey Mouse of Playhouse Disney. He never fails to smile when he sees Mickey walks and greets on the telly. Another one is "Danny & Daddy". He would stop whatever he is doing when the show is on.

We have bought a cake last night for him. That is to be sent to the "school" where Abang Iqie and his friends would enjoy most of it. I hope they will sing "Happy Birthday" to Afeeq. Although I doubt he understands why the whole commotion... but I know Abang Iqie would be the happiest kid there and would fuss around Afeeq.

Happy Birthday Afeeq... Mummy, Daddy and Abang Iqie love you so much...!!!

Mummy

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OF ABANG IQIE

Abang Iqie can now converse quite well. He understands what we tell him most of the time. Having a conversation with him nowadays is a fun thing for me and hubby. The way he expresses himself with the limited words that he can utter sometimes make us laugh.

"What dat Mummy?"

"Mummy play wit Iqie, pleassssss"

"WOW... Daddy car fast..."

He can even sing all his favourite rhymes, like "Old McDonald Had a Farm", "Ba Ba Black Sheep", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "The Wheels on the Bus", "Mary Had a Little Lamb", and many more. We sometimes hear him humming while playing. He can even sing Barney's "I Love You, You Love Me" song. And that's the funny part...

When Hubby and I speak to him, we always say "YOU" - referring to him. He takes it that "YOU" means "IQIE". Whenever we say "Mummy / Daddy carry YOU", he takes it as "Mummy / Daddy carry IQIE". So, when he wants us to carry him, he says "Mummy, carry YOU, pleasss..." hehehheeee... Funny how kids perceive things that are said to them. Another one is the word "park". We always reverse park the car. So we say, "Mummy park the car". So when Iqie is on his electric bike and he wants to reverse it, he says, "Iqie park bike". Even when we reverse the car he would say, "Mummy park car".

The case with the word "YOU" extends to Iqie's singing. Sometimes when he wants to close his eyes to sleep, he would hug either Hubby or me and sing Barney's "I Love You, You Love Me" song. But in his case, he cleverly changes the lyric to this:

I love you...

YOU love MUMMY... -> which means IQIE love Mummy :)

We are happy family...

With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you -> funny how this is not changed ;)

Won't you say you love me too...

Another development that we see in Iqie is that he now can recite his ABC and his doa whenever he wants to eat (ever so loudly...). And most importantly, he seems to be connecting with Afeeq more. He plays with him and involves him more in his activities at home.

OF AFEEQ

Afeeq is now 11 months old. He has 4 teeth so far, 2 upper and 2 lower. He's very active and just can't sit still. He crawls everywhere. He's now beginning to take a step or two whenever we're around him. But he's still a little bit scared.

In the house, he is the one who makes a lot of mess. He knows where the toys and the CDs are. So, whenever we leave him alone, he would crawl to the toy box and the CD box and BANG... the whole floor is covered with toys, CDs, books, etc.

Hmmmm... I am still amazed at how fast these 2 have grown...

ieja

COMPLACENCY

It's such a big word... But I have fallen into its trap. I have written a number of entries in this blog, but unfortunately they all are unfinished and now are growing in number in my draft folder.

It's very hard to find time nowadays to even read a book (I don't read mainstream newspapers, just in case you have forgotten). It's even harder to sit down and relax my strained muscles. Well... unless if you are up at 4 or 5 am doing work... and serving as a distraction, here I am, typing an entry to my blog.

I wish I had more time... I wish I had more money ;)... I wish I had a lot of other things... hehhee. Don't we all...?

ieja