Valentino Rossi wannabe???

Before going into the Rossi's story -- citer about the weekend first -- during the weekend, it's still as hectic as ever.. On Saturday morning - I managed to wash Zikri's clothes together with all his beddings.. Had to moved him to the middle of the house as the neighbour was finishing up their renovation so Zikri 'tak tahan' with the noise and the strong smell of shellac.. He didn't want to go to sleep so had to play with him and layan him bersembang for a couple of hours. Tapi tak boleh jadi, I was planning to do a Bread Pudding which I got the recipe from here for Iftar at MIL's place. So, start jugak la buat walaupun he's still awake.. By the time the second round of boiling starts, he fell asleep, baru la boleh buat kerja dengan aman...

After the bread pudding was done (lupa nak tangkap gambar..isk,isk,isk..), went ahead and do some spring cleaning in the bedroom. At around 12.30 he woke up and I gave him his bath..Minum susu, plop him back into his playpen/cot..Tak nak tido lagi.. I lay down next to him -- terus dua-dua pun tertido hehehe..

Anyway to cut the story short the iftar in MIL's place was a success -- Initially Zikri was quiet and in awe to see so many people (MIL has 9 kids and 19 grandkids) -- Kebetulan on that weekend siblings yang ada pun only 5(including our family) -- tapi dengan spouse, dengan anak-beranak semua memang penuh la rumah Mak..Makanan pun banyak, alhamdullillah.. Around pukul 7, Zikri dah mula restless -- panas dan mengantuk.. salin baju pun tak nak tido pasal sibuk menahan mata..

Lepas je bukak puasa..Zikri dah start mengamuk rupanya panas -- walaupun pakai rompers -- dia tak tahan plus mengantuk yang amat sangat.. by 9.00pm we all pun balik la pasal dia dah dok mengamuk tak berenti...

Back to the Valentino Rossi's story last nite, after prayers semua, hubby was watching moto gp racing.. the small one suddenly showed very intense attention towards the black box -- masyallah, minat racing jugak ke anak mama sorang ni.. jangan sampai merempit sudah ye.. on second thought, tak payah la naik-naik moto ni -- bahaya.. minat je cukup.. tak payah nak ride, ride..

Hi everyone!!

Pose sebelum racing..

Tengok tu, punya la tekunnya..

Duduk pun dah ada stail..

Siap tunduk tu so that senang nak lap..

Mata still bulat walaupun sebenarnya dah mengantuk..

Car seat ride dengan mama di pagi Jumaat..

Tengok la aksi-aksi Zikri dalam kereta on the way to my SIL's place pagi tadi...aktif sungguh..kekadang tu asyik terbaring aje.. rupanya hari ni aktif sebab buat harta karun.. semerbak harum lagi dalam kereta mama pagi tadi..

Anyway, dia sebenarnya tengah nak try hisap jari dia.. For the time being, we all keep saying him no-no-no bila dia start hisap jari.. Kadang-kadang dengar, kadang-kadang tak...Been reading the pros and cons about letting your baby suck his thumb vs pacifier.. Do any of you have any ideas which way to go ? He's definitely into sucking..

Our 1st Ramadan with Zikri..

The first day sahur was okay -- coincidentally Zikri woke up around 4.30am for his feed so after feeding him, woke up Nasir to take over as I need to go and prepare the food for sahur..

By 5.10am, both of us can peacefully have our sahur as Zikri had went back to sleep.. Aman.. Right after Subuh masuk, he starts fidgeting without actually opening his eyes, so Nasir attended to him as I need to get some sleep.. mengantuk betul...Tapi tak maunye, by 6.30am bangun, solat and start preparing to go to work..

By 7.40ish left the house to send Zikri to K. Ami's house.. Traffic was a bit bad, as usual..Tengah in the crawling traffic, tiba-tiba bau semerbak harum menerpa ke hidungku.. alamak!! Zikri 'melepas' ye.. padan la senyap aje, mama sembang pun buat bolayan je.. Nasib baik dia tak fidget sangat (almaklumla.. my SIL kata Zikri ni pembersih, sikit aje basah or kotor - dah o-eh-o-eh - suruh tukar diapers -- ye la tu, bankrap mama macam ni)..

Right after dropping Zikri, rush plak pegi pasar kat depan rumah K. Ami --beli chicken, some sayur.. tak tau dalam otak nak masak apa lagi for berbuka nanti..Beli aje dulu...From the market, terus pegi ofis -- straight all the goodies from pasar masuk kat fridge office..

At 3.00pm, brought down the chicken from the freezer supaya easy to thaw it out by the time I leave in the evening..

During fasting month, the management allow us to leave the office 1 hour earlier at 4.30pm provided we work through lunch hour. Kalau tak, balik macam biasala...But semalam tak sempat nak keluar sharp 4.30 because had a short discussion with Francyne.. So managed to leave the office by 4.45pm.. Jalan clear, but the motorcyclists tiba-tiba macam ramai plak during ramadan ni..Lepas tu asyik mencilok-cilok plak.. ya allah.. tarik nafas aku.. sabar ajela..

Anyway, reached K. Ami's house at around 5.05pm - Zikri tengah tido -- ternampak susu dah standby dah sebelah dia.. Alamak, dia nak menyusu la ni, lambat la plak nak sampai rumah nanti.. But buat dunno aje, balik terus, didn't feed him first. K. Ami tapaukan Roti Jalan dengan Gulai Ayam.. Pandai Leel, anak teruna K. Ami yang sorang tu mengelek roti jala.. Boleh la, kalau ada sapa-sapa nak buat menantu..hehehe..

Sampai rumah dekat2 pukul 6ptg.. Nasir tak sampai lagi, macamana nak masak ni dengan si Zikri.. Kalau dia tido takpa, ni dia tengah cerah bijik mata.. Apa lagi, plop him onto tilam kekabu pemberian Maktok, letak soft toy next to him and put the tilam under the fan.. Sibuk la dia dok menengok fan tu berpusing for half an hour -- tapi mulut bising la, so I have to make some noise too tu layan dia bersembang.. Within that half an hour, sempat la masak sup ayam seperiuk.

By 6.30, Nasir pun balik, so he took over.. Baru la can finish cooking peacefully.. Dengar la si ayah tengah main dengan anaknya -- ku-kik-ku-kik Zikri ketawa -- rupanya Ayah main konon-konon naik motor (siap dengan sound effect sekali).. tu yang ketawa kan main lagi tu..Tiba-tiba dengar Zikri menangis sekuat hati (when I ask Nasir, he said "ntah, tadi kan main ketawa, tukar naik aeroplane je, terus nangis -- agaknya dia baru teringat dia lapar tak ??) Lawak la Zikri ni..I guess betul la kot, sebab bila bagi je botol with 4oz, laju je dia habis...siap tak cukup lagi mama kena tambah lagi satu oz..lepas tu baru la kenyang.. By then, waktu berbuka pun dah masuk so I just had some water and kurma je dulu... Nasir had his dinner first, after I put Zikri to sleep around 8.00pm, baru la I makan..

Amboiii.. penatnya la first day of puasa.. bukannya penat puasa, penat lari sana sini..Tapi seronok having Zikri for the first time during Ramadan semenjak we all kawin.. Ni Ramadan yang ke sepuluh for us both.. it's a blessed Ramadan.. Alhamdullillah... Was your first Ramadan as hectic as mine ?

** Some unrelated pictures taken in the past month..

Zikri masa awal-awal guna car seat ni..Baik je rupanya, sekarang pun baik, tapi kadang2 suka hisap strap kat bahu dia tu.. Sedap agaknya..

Seronoknya main dengan mama..

Dah penat main, tido plak la..

Ni latest picture taken last Sunday.. tengah senyum kat Ayah.. seronok dapat main dengan Ayah on Ayah's off day..

Selamat Berpuasa, Maaf Zahir dan Batin