Scabhetti Nite (thats what my little sister used to call spaghetti)

We had a lovely dinner at my mum's house last night.

I went there straight from work whilst Kakak & Ayska came a few mins later with Daddy-0. Kakak came in pulling her schoolbag with her and told me, "I bring my school shoes too, mummy". I wondered for a few sec about it, then only I realised that just the night before, she said that she wanted to sleep over at her Nenna's house. I had forgotten about it and I thought she did too. She brought everything, even her favourite Tigger!

Anyway, here I am with my little Ayska, who is now a pro at kicking her blanket away. And my little big Kakak having a sleepover at her Nenna's house on a school night (which she hadnt done so for quite some time, most probably since we had Ayska too!)

Its kind of late; I got carried away on my laptop and I told myself this is going to be a short one.

Also, I cant wait for the weekend to come, simply because its midweek and I want a break already :D

(And the other reason is I also got the Goss:ipGirls in my externaldrive. GG marathon, here I come!)

xoxo ;)

watching the teevee

Both Arina & Ayska now loves watching High*5 (not the bread ya!) :D and Dor* the Explorer! For now, those two are Ayska's favourite!! And Arina is also so much into High*5 that we get into a small quarrel just because she wants to watch for the hundredth time her High*5 Cd. Its favourite cd at the moment. And the same cd can catch Ayska's attention and keep her still for quite a while!

Talking about keeping Ayska still, this only happens when she is either asleep or watching her favourite shows. Other than that, even when we are carrying her, she'll be all wriggly and even wants to "climb" on you! :)

She has started crawling and can even sit on her own..she gets into a side-pose position and voila! she's sitting! Tho it is still a bit wobbly and not that stable, but yeah, she's crawling!

Her bedtime varies but she still wakes up at night (whereas her kakak slept through the night at two months' old). And because of that, she still bf at night. But just last week, I tried the pacifier again. When she's awake crying at nite but still has her eyes closed, I'll give it to her. Just trying different ways to soothe her back to sleep.

She has no fixed position of taking her bottles. Can either be held/cuddled or lying on the lap but facing away from you and sometimes even sitting up. Yeap, she decides..whatever suits her fancy la kan.. She doesnt finish her milk at one go, she sometimes continue to finish it like 15mins or even half an hour later but her kakak will always finish her milk at one go..her kakak will never drink back the same susu even 10mins later..

Somehow rather this particular saying comes to mind - to each their own. ;)

Nite2 and have a great week ahead! To me and to you! :D

Hasta luego!

Getting it done

Well, I havent been quite good at updating this blog lately. Everytime I try to update, I will always be doing something else like 1) facebooking 2) surfing other blogs 3) emailing etc Then, by the time I get to log in and want to start writing, either I lost the so-called 'mood' or because I feel that I have been away from posting anything for too long, I felt that I had a LOT to update and that is when I wouldnt know where to start and then will put it off again. Momster had suggested I upload a writer for easier updating which I think I will definitely try soon. But Momster, I may need your help.. hehe

So, today I am determined to upload something and start to just update on Ayska's & Arina's current activities.

We had a fun day at the club last weekend, where we went for a swim. It was Ayska's very first proper swim in the pool. We started quite late, so by the time we were in the pool, the sun was up high and it was almost noon. How I wished I had sun hats for the little ones. We compensated with a little red baby beret for Ayska though..hehe She loved the water so much. Of course, after a few minutes of kicking in the water, she then wanted to eat her float! hehe So, I gave her some toy to distract her (which also went to her mouth too, which you can see in the pic above) :)

Ayska is now 30 weeks old. Her latest milestone at 7.5mons is that she has started to sit on her. She pushed her cute little butt up and practise sitting down by turning sideways. She goes up on all four but hasnt really master the crawling movement. Tho, dont be surprised, she can actually move about on the floor rather quickly.. too quick sometimes that she could get half her body under our coffee table cum tv stand before we realised it.. Typically, she grabs most things within her sight and puts it in her mouth. Started grabbing things with both hands now.

I started her on solids at coming to five months old i think. I have to look at the pic I took to verify the date again hehe She seemed to love everything we give her.. But the ones that she does not like, she will start playing and blowing the food out..

Arina, kakak or kaklong are what she would refer herself nowadays esp to her adik. Quite a chatterbox at times but can be very shy around people. She would sometimes just mouthed her answer when someone asked her something. We brought her to my sister's school play just last week. She was very happy and got excited everytime she saw her aunt performed. But then, she could only lasted probably about 20mins or so before started fidgeting around. Thank God for intermission. There was a point where I had to hold my hand over her mouth (gently laa hehe) to quiet her down because she started humming a song!! It was either that or I skip the show..

Arina plays her role of being a kakak very well but there are times when she would want some attention but I had to attend to the baby first, that is when she will start her tantrum and her 'garang' mode with me. And everything else will be just not right. But I know that during the day, she will entertain her adik when the maid has to go do something in the kitchen and leave them for a bit. I sure do hope she takes care of her baby sister well. Tho, I have caught her a few times pinching her adik and when asked, her reason is 'geram' hehe

After a while, I guess Ayska has adapted to having a big sister who will be a bit rough with her but lovingly I hope.. :D

Wow, I think this is getting a bit too long. I will have to leave it for now. Dont think I will have time to read it through but I will just post this up and amend any error when I come back.

Till then,
xoxo

:)

of her hair condition

I have been trying to keep Arina's fringe to grow. I thought it'll be a nice change instead of just the usual fringe. So instead of cutting it now that it's long, I've been getting her and asking her to wear hairclips or headband to keep the hair back.

Of course she does it sometimes, but most of the time not. Especially when she goes to school. But now, after a few days at home and I noticed that she seldom have her hair clipped back and kept flipping her hair back almost every other time, she turned to me whilst we were watching tv together last night and said, " Mummy, I think I want to cut my hair here (pointing to her fringe) and this one long (while holding her ponytail)". :D

She must have gotten tired of having to push her hair back and out of her eyes. Oh well, I attempted but its still her hair hehe

We even contemplated the Dora's hairstyle once but I just love to see her long hair (when she was so into Dora then). Told Daddy-o to let us keep it long for now and wait til maybe when she's in primary school to cut it short short! We'll see then.. :D

another mini music concert

Arina had her 2nd concert for ymh's jmc class part 1 end of June, of which Daddy-0 couldnt attend. So these are some photos of her during her mini concert.
1st photo: she was getting ready to start
2nd photo: really trying hard to hit the notes right
3rd photo: the group playing various instruments
4th photo: she ran to me excitedly showing the choc the teacher gave at the end of the show

Now she is in the 2nd part of the course..and it is getting tougher..as in now she has to learn to play both left and right hand together. she is still trying to get the hang of it, controlling her left fingers whilst her right fingers playing the melody. On her first try, she got frustrated and started banging the piano notes, i had to tell the teacher to guide her because the more i try to show her the right way, the more angry she gets and the more harder she banged the piano.

Anyway, she's improving so far and can manage to play the music on her own. It might look simple to us but i guess for them, doing it for the first time can be quite daunting hehe i still remember my first few lessons at home, then later, when i got older, my mum sent me to this very 'garang' teacher who would hold a metal stick to guide our fingers/hand whilst playing the piano. Even daddy-o has a 'garang' one too i was told.

Right now, a parent has to attend the class with the child; up until probably when they finished part 4 if not mistaken. I cant wait for that too..but then again..i then may have to go through it again with the adik when it is her turn.. oh well..that's how it goes, isnt it?! And to think this is just one out of school activity so far ;)

Testing 2 post frm my mobile

I'm trying this from my mobile for the very 1st time n it feels like i'm writing an sms 2 someone. I thk my thumb will b growing muscle soon bcoz i'm not using qwerty type pad..huhu I cant even figure out how 2 go 2 d next line without having 2 press d zero button many times. I dont even know where my rambling is going. I have Ayska in my lap n Arina asking for susu. Now i wish i'm like d mum frm The Incredibles so i can stretch my hands right 2 d kitchen without havin 2 get up! Haha I want 2 learn 2 play River runs to you on d piano! Ok, this is very random. I'd better go, its killing my battery n my arms haha ciao then! : D

Rolling over...

Ayska did her first ever roll over all by herself without any help on 27 July 2009, at 17 weeks old.

She was still struggling just a day before, almost there but still got one hand stuck under her tummy. Then, to her daddy's surprise, she was rolling over already. Daddy-o rang me at work, told me the great news and that he also snapped a few photos! :D

Her feeding pattern is now pretty much formula milk during the day plus one EBM and then fully BF at night. I do try to give her the formula sometimes at night, but she just refused. Probably about 1ml or 2ml the most.

But now, i was told she sometimes refused the EBM during the day. I still do think she's not comfortable with the teats. Must try some other ones too then. Some say orthodontic ones are good option too..Just that I havent the time to go to the baby shop and get it..Maybe I can try online later..

I am also looking forward to starting her on solids. She seemed to be so interested to see people eat! True! And she looks at food as if she's drooling over it.. I guess she is kinda ready.

So many things to look forward to.. even when people tell me, oh, its your second one therefore not much surprise there. But to me, going through it again still seem that we are experiencing it for the very first time, well the excitement is still very much as exciting as the first to me anyway.. :D

oh so hooked

I saw Twilight just last week with daddy-o and now i am so hooked on it. When i found out that NewMoon the movie is only going to be out in Nov, I desperately wanted to read the book then. I finished NewMoon over the weekend and now wishing I had read Twilight first..hehe So yes, I am totally hooked on it.. even contemplating of getting the complete set! Should i, shouldnt i?

I know i jumped late into the bandwagon hehe I remember now when my sister asked me to watch it at the cinema six/seven months back, i had refused; simply because i assumed that it was going to be a typical gory vampire stuffs on screen. Boy, i was so very wrong! I was pregnant then anyway so wasnt too keen on watching those kind of stuffs, even when my sister said it was more of a love story, i wasnt totally convinced then. But i got curious out of sudden just a few weeks back and I finally bought the dvd . Got a few dvds then and save Twilight for last. I was so sleepy when we switched it on but was fully awake the minute edward walked in the scene hehe I think rob p really made the character comes alive and its the whole idea of the character that i loved.

Cant wait to finish the whole saga and to see it at the cinema!! The wait seemed too long, some are even counting the days already.. well at least i know by then i would have finished the book. This really brings me back to the days when therainmaker and other johngrisham books went to the movies.. hehe

i remember back then how i can spend one whole day without putting the book down. Now finishing a whole book is a big accomplishment and a luxury for me hehe

Almost at the end of my second confinement...

Our Labour Room

One of Ayska's first picture

Just before her first bath

Ayska is turning 6 weeks tomorrow. How time flies and I have 4 more days of confinement..woot!woot! and i cant wait though in a way, i feel quite sad as i know i am getting nearer to the time i will leave the little ones at home and start work again. How I wish I have more flexible working hours and spend more time with my two girls daily.

My confinement this second time around was a bit more flexible and not as rigid as my first. I only had about 10 days of those urut-tungku-bengkung session compared to a whole month the last time around. But the lovely part this time was that Ayska too got to be urut-tungku by the masseuse lady, which was lovely seeing her enjoying it even though she's still so small and tiny. :D

Perfect timing - Daddy got this at one of her urut session, smiling!

She is slowly filling up and outgrowing her newborn clothes. Its a wonderful feeling holding her, cuddling her, kissing her and getting a whiff of her baby smell. You know that smell. The wonderful smell of a baby! She also is starting to have longer period of being awake, wanting to play and communicate. She's cooing and all and just loves it when we talk to her. Its as if she understands everything. She likes it when we hold her upright over the shoulder; she would lift her head to just look around, absorbing the world around her i guess.

Her weight was 4.4kg at 1 month old, when we weighted her during her visit to the doc for her one month old jap.

On the other hand, her kakak is also still adjusting to having her around and has shown her 'jealousy' or rather a 'cry for attention'. But she loves her adik to bits and if anyone ask whether they can bring her little sister home with them, she quickly and protectively says a big No!

Tomorrow also would be her first day of having a test in her kindy. Her kindy is quite academic i know hehe but i'm putting no pressure on her. It'll be nice also to see how she has fare this semester in her new school! :D

The arrival of our second baby

I have been meaning to start back on my blog eversince i started my confinement..well actually, i wanted to post something during my pregnancy but didnt get the chance too.

My 2nd daughter was born on the 31st March 2009, two weeks earlier than the expected due date; 15th April 2009. Didnt think she was going to be a March baby but she decided to come out just on the last day of March!

Am beyond words to describe my feelings having a second addition to our family! You should see how excited the kakak is when seeing her for the first time!

It really felt like having our first child again! Whats with it being about 4 years and 3 mons difference of when we had Arina!

Ayska, that is what we call her. She weighed 3.69kg and i've yet to weigh her again. She will be exactly 3 weeks old tomorrow!

its countdown time..

Had a visit to my obgyn yesterday and i was informed that baby is now 3.3kg. Its big, yes for i am actually just about into my 36wks. So the doc gave me another 2 wks before my next visit for us to discuss our next course of action, ie induce labour!

The word 'induced' kinda scares me, i must say, after having heard so much stories about it. Was quiet for a bit in the car after the visit that had hubby asked me whats on my mind. The idea of induced labour of course! So anyone with induced labour, please share your story. Good or bad, i still wanna hear.

There's so much stories i wanna share that i have missed since i last posted here..Will come back to it, once i have the time :D

Till then, pray for me ya! :D

the hibiscus and new year

Hubby told me that she came back from the padang one evening and brought back three hibiscus. One for mummy, one for daddy and one for her she said. She told daddy to put it to her ear and strike a pose for her daddy!

On a different note, she is turning four quite soon! What i notice that she loves so much now is still her Tigger, of course! And then, there's the thing with cold, iced water. I try to minimise it as much as i could, but she just love it. She loves milo and chips (which she will always insist if she stops by the petrol station! especially with her grandmother!) She also is still into Dora, Barney and all the D*sney cartoon shows. Can't blame her since she does nothing but sits at home this school holiday! She calls Rihanna's Disturbia and Tangga's Terbaik Untukmu as HER song (she will sing and hums and insist that daddy plays it for her everytime she gets into daddy's car!)

She's going into a new school next year with a new environment totally! We have yet to get her white school shoes. Everytime i go the shopping mall now and see the back to school promotion, it brings me back to the time when it was my time of buying school uniforms etc.. and now i am there getting stuffs for my daughter instead. Well, its only the beginning, she is not even in std one yet.. hehe

As for my growing belly, i am getting heavier by the day. I have a friend who is still wearing her normal pre-pregnancy jeans in her 3rd trimester and me on the other hand, had to go maternity-pants-only when i hit my first day of 2nd trimester!

Arina loves her baby in the tummy so much that sometimes when i hugged her tight, she would pulled back and say dont hurt baby. I really hope she and also us can adjust well to having the new addition to the family soon!

I bet everyone is in the holiday mood now, it being Xmas day tomorrow and the new year is so very near!

(Btw, prosperity burger is out now too..but i didnt get a good one i think when i had it for the first time yesterday..too dry; i guess they didnt put enough of the sauce for me to really, really enjoy it this time!)

Happy New Year everyone! :D

A mini concert for her last music class for the year...

My lil girl finally had her last class for her MK class and we had a mini concert with just her classmates with a little potluck session for the parents and kids after that. I knew she had some rest prior but she still manage to throw a lil 'tantrum' by not wanting to stand with the rest of her class to perform (asking for some nuggets instead) but luckily when the music started, she began moving and did what she always did in class. Of course, in between the demands ie. mummy has to stand near her, feeding her nuggets and toilet breaks etc, she did sing and dance and perform with the rest of the class..

She also got her first certificate from it! I have actually yet to enrol her to the next level but i think i am going to soon. The teacher said that she has got the rhythm and she can follow the beat; so we'll see how it goes in this next level because this where they'll introduce the keyboard notes etc i think. One course down n many, many more lessons to go through...Wish me luck as i've got two more years it seems that a parent have to attend together with the kid in these music course.. ;)

Last day of school at her kindy

This pictures above were of her last day and first day of school! What a wonderful year for her. Yeah, they didnt have a school uniform and she only had to walk for about 10 steps to her school which right in front of the house! Hehe

The first picture was of her in her 'ooh ee ooh ahh ahh' costume for her concert that she missed. The school did a mini concert for last day of school. They also played musical chair for games and had some cakes (which she didnt take). She gave lil gifts to her teachers as token too and she looked so grown up doing it :)

We're thinking of changing her school of which this new one is further that the previous and she would have to take a van to go to school and she is kind of looking forward to that too! Let's hope that she'll enjoy the new school as much as she did this one! :D

This last one was a picture of her taken on Parent Teacher Day where her report card was given together with all her other work (artwork, paperwork activities and workbook) given back to us. This was taken while we were waiting for our turn to see the teachers and she was showing me what she was doing with the little toys at the table.

She's going to be a big sister

I have been absent and neglecting this blog though for a long time now. Somewhere in between, I wanted update the blog again and trying to update my lil girl’s ticker as it is already due for almost a year now! Hehe

And I also have a new line of ticker to add too! *wink2*

My little girl is going to be a big sister soon and she is so excited about it! You should see her face everytime she sees my growing belly! Its now all about the baby. Whatever I eat or don’t eat, she will ask “baby likes this?”..”baby don’t like that?” and sometimes she’s the one who will insist on what baby likes and don’t like when it is actually me having to consume the food for the lil one inside me.. hehe

She seems very excited about being the big sister now. Insist that everyone calls her kakak when we, the family, sometimes to tend to call her ‘baby’ in some of our cuddly momenta. Although I have a few people telling me to just be prepare when the baby finally arrives, jealousy from the kakak will still be there. I know it will be the attention that she will be seeking. Just have to be more prepared for that then.

She understands so much now that I cannot carry her anymore. So she seeks Daddy and now even much more manja with Daddy. Even wants to sleep with Daddy or hug Daddy all the time or pull Daddy hand around her or hug Daddy around his neck or play with his ears (she does this with her Tigger, her security teddy). But she and her daddy have their moments too, as he can be stern with her sometimes (just to discipline her) and she would come and report to me then. It was hard for me at first as it is for her to adjust to the whole "mummy cant carry you because there's a baby inside mummy"; with the sad look in her eyes or the tantrum she threw when i insist on not carrying her. I know some mummies still do carry their young ones even when expecting, but my lil girl is not so lil now so i had to do a lot of explainations (with the help from daddy too).

She also now has imaginary friends; if i can call it that. There's no specific name when i pressed her about it. Just someone she talks to in her playphone (its always about giving directions or sth like that) or to the mirror or while playing with her toys. Nothing too obvious or scary , just normal play pretend stuffs so far.

She just recently had her chicken pox and she got it from school. The saddest thing for me was for her not being able to join her school concert! She had it like just a day before the big day. I think i was more upset or frustrated rather, that she is. She was like a grown up accepting the chicken pox that she had and when Daddy told her she cant join her concert, she was only sad for a little while and then continue playing after that. She only had slight fever for the first two days and seemed normal except for the spots. Thought she was restless at night for a few nights because of the itch. I was worried for her and for me at the same time. Googled about it for pregnant women and how it can affect the baby, but so far i have not had any symptoms. So lets just pray it stays that way.

She finally had her last day of school and we were informed that they are going to do a mini concert especially for the kids that didnt get to attend the concert due to the pox (apparently more than 10kids in her school was having it). Of course, Daddy and I insist that we attend the mini little do in her school just to see her perform with her friends and in her concert attire. It was a happy moment for us to see her performing, especially it being the first one for her and for us.

The new baby is new somewhere mid April; which is quite near my own birthday! I would love for the baby to have its own birthdate though I dont mind sharing mine! :) We went for a check up just last week and the baby seemed healthy and everything is in place according to the doctor and we are happy to hear that. Baby is about 8cm and i put on a healthy 5kg from my last checkup! How about that! I do feel I am getting bigger quicker than my first pregnancy. I was even called a penguin already at this stage!! Happy for the baby but not too happy for me (its all about the weight!)

I should continue this again as i feel i can go on and on and on.. haha but another post i guess..

Till then!