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!

Pierced her ears..

Thats what we did today. Yeay!

She had mentioned about wearing earrings before this and a few friends that wore earrings. Didnt think she was ready then.

But yesterday, when we asked her again she said she wants to wear earrings. I only would let her do it if she wants to. But she looked determined. Even said she would 'tahan' while breathing in and sucking her little tummy in ( showing how she was going to 'tahan' the pain i think ). Yes, we did mentioned that it would hurt a bit and i insisted that we go to a place that would do two ears at the same time. Didnt want to go through the time when my little sister did hers ages ago; when she didnt want to do the 2nd ear! hehe.

Have to thank my sister in law for looking for the right place to do it. Her little cousin was supposed to it with her, but she was all wringly and probably after looking at Arina crying after the piercing, didnt want to go through it then...

She had chosen a diamante, and the biggest of the lot, haha. You see, they were the same design, but come in small, medium and large. Thank God it wasnt real diamond! :P

I had initially thought that we might go for her birthstone color. Cant exactly tell what the color was, maybe it was aquamarine or something; would check on that soon. But I'm glad we settled on the one she and Daddy chose. Pictures would be coming soon.

Have a good Ramadhan everyone! :D

While daddy was away two weeks ago..

Me and the little girl had this conversation about you, me, him, her, his, hers, mine, yours, man, girl, boy, lady. I dont know whether she is aware of the gender differences about it all.

But then at one point, when i went " Daddy is a man." and she automatically reacted with "Superman!!"

hahaha i really dont know where she got it from. We dont watch all those batman, superman, spiderman movies or cartoons. Nop, i dont think so, or has she been watching them?! hmmm

All i know it was superhilarious when i got that reaction from her. Daddy must know this.. if he reads this that is ;)

Music class at last..

We finally enrolled her in a music class here and our initial try-out class was more or less okay except for the fact that I had forgotten to bring along the water bottle from the car. She had asked me when we were on our way, and as I was the only one with her and was driving then, I couldn’t entertain her request to stretch to the back to get hold of the bottle. When we got there, we went scurrying out as I thought we were late and I had forgotten about it. And just when the class started, she made a face and asked for water again! Mummy’s mistake and she asked me for the water throughout the class…

All in all, the first class was okay and she was excited about the fact that they gave out stickers. But then, it was only for the kids with books and she hadn’t gotten hers yet as we haven’t enrolled then. She was disappointed but luckily she understood. She reported to her nenna that she didn’t get her stickers coz she didn’t have a book; and I felt bad. You can see how excited she was when we went down and purchase the book.

The class was full of happy music and we did a lot of singing and movements. There were also story telling with big picture posters but with music this time. It was a parent-child class so mummy had to make sure that she’s in the mood for it too. :D

And we were given a CD to listen at home as homework; so that they get to familiarize themselves with the music and achieve the targeted action by following the beat. And we did it about two nites ago and again in the car last nite. And because I missed a few days before that, so I repeated the songs over and over and this morning, I am still humming to it and can’t get it out of my head.

I asked her before enrolling whether she wants to come again; and she said yes. Contrary to the time I took her to a ballet class try-out when she just turned three and she repeatedly said no while clinging to me all the time about coming back to the class..hehe I think she is a bit more mature now and is excited about being there I guess. But I did try asking her about the ballet class again and her response this time were with much more enthusiasm than the last. But I guess we’re going to settle with this music class first before we start thinking about ballet again.. :D

My tummy is full of rainbow

Last Sunday, we had potluck at my place with some close friends.

My daughter was sitting next to me while we ate and she said to me at one point,

"mummy, i want rainbow only" while pointing to the macaroni in her plate indicating that she didn't want carrot and mushroom but just the macaroni ie. rainbow!! :D

There are seven days in a week

That’s the start of the song that she will sing every now and then. And it’ll start with Sunday!

I had this conversation with her last Monday:

She: Yesterday, I go to school kan?
Me: No, you went to school this morning
She: Oh this morning. Monday Mummy?
Me: Today
She: Oh, today. Tuesday?
Me: Tomorrow.
She: Oh, tomorrow. Yesterday, kan Arina go to school, mummy work.
Me: No, today Arina go to school, Mummy go to work. (And I was thinking, are we starting the conversation all over again?!) hehe

She is learning the period of time, still haven’t gotten the hang of it like today, tomorrow, just then/now, yesterday but she uses them like she knows them. But her favourite time factor is “nanti”; which got me thinking. ‘Nanti’ to us is like a period of whenever, rite? Like nanti mummy buy me this? Nanti mummy bring me there?...hmm

I also had a conversation last week with a dear friend who is far away and just found out that she got msn! hehe And her lil kid also likes to act what they do in school like lil arina does. Eg, pretending to be in class, giving instructions to friends (pretending to be the teacher) and doing all sorts of other things, her favourite at the moment, whenever we go up the stairs, without fail she will make me wait and say ‘u P1, I P2’ and she goes up the stairs first. And give me the go ahead when I can start my step up. In actual fact, she is in P1, whereby P2 is an older group :D

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Potty trained: my big little girl..

Yes, finally. She comes back from school last Monday + told the bibik that she doesnt want to wear pampers and she did exactly that. So, it has been four days now.

You cant imagine my worry when all these while we were trying to train her and i actually gave up trying at one point. There was a week not long ago, that bibik tried potty training her. After that week, she INSISTED at all time to WEAR her pampers. Not even wanting to take it off when it was drenched and heavy. I dont really know what happened during that training period, but i suspected that the bibik was being too strict and she became scared of letting go, not knowing when to inform yet at that point i guess.

I assumed it all started when coming back from school on Monday, her teacher/principal commented on her heavy pampers (maybe it was in front of some friends, i dunno, i wasnt there you see, this is all reported by the bibik).

I spoke to her that Monday after school on the phone + she proudly announced to me,

"Arina tak pakai pampers, Arina shi2 toilet, Arina sleep je pakai pampers k". So yeah, that's how her sentencing structure goes now. And she repeated that when i saw her again after coming back from work.

I am so proud of her now. Seeing her lil cute buns without pampers now is just too cute! (and looking forward to the savings we get sans those expansive pampers) hehe

Now, the only problem is, to tackle the number 2 business. She still insist on putting in on for the number 2. Sigh!

The other thing that worries me is, from the bibik's story, that she rushed home and run for the toilet and doesnt seem to want to do it in her school. Is she scared of telling her teacher that she wants to go to the toilet in school? Maybe i should give her teacher a call and find out rather than sit here and worry eh?!

Oh well, at least she now do the number 1 minus the pampers. Yeay! :D