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

SNIPPETS

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

FIRST DAY AT "SCHOOL"

After we terminated our helper, we decided to send Iqie and Afeeq to a nursery. There are a few in our neighbourhood, but not all are suitable for us. We would prefer to send both of them to an Islamic taska with an English medium (I would prefer to be with them all the time, but of course that's not an option at this moment). But that can only be found in areas like Kajang and Cheras. Other nurseries in our neighbourhood either don't take toddlers like Afeeq, or too expensive and don't match our "odd" working hours.

So, we decided to try one taska which is very near to our place - about 1 minute drive from our condo to be exact ;) The day before, we had sort of prepared Iqie for this transition. We kept telling him that he would go to "school" soon. So he kept on repeating "Iqie go skool" all day long. So, when the morning came, it was quite easy to coax him to go with us to his "school". Well... he can't actually hear the words "go out" anyway... hehehhe.

When we arrived at the "school", the principal was there waiting for us. While I was filling up the forms, Hubby was observing Iqie. Afeeq was easy... he blended in immediately, crawling to the boxes of toys and minded his own business ;) Iqie, on the contrary, needed some time. So, they let him walk around the place and play for a while. Then, when we say "Mummy go to work and Daddy go to work. Iqie stay at school", Iqie started to look worried... "No Daddy... Daddy no work...!!! Iqie go work with Daddy..." I was almost in tears, but the principal took Iqie away and distracted him with the playground. But he was already in tears and screaming for us. We had to quickly drive away.

At the end of the day, when we collected them back, Iqie was engrossed playing. The supervisor said that he had a good time playing and making new friends. He looked happy too. Now, I can't predict what the second day at "school" would be like. Hopefully, Iqie would adjust quickly and develop good social skills there.

ieja