Reflections of 2010, Hopes for 2011

It's been more than half a month now in 2011 and I just had the chance to do an entry to reflect on the happenings on 2010.. 2010 is very special to me in many ways - the most happiest year, as well as the most stressful year for me personally. In 2010, I had received the most precious gift from Allah -- my baby boy - Muhammad Zikri.. Alhamdullillah he's doing well, we enjoyed all his antics at home.. Of course the 'sound' volume now has increased quite significantly - sampai neighbours can hear him clearly..But that's life.. alhamdullillah..

At the same time - my career kind of suffering when the organisation had a major reshuffle and the new management had made a lot changes that affects the staff(especially local)'s rights as an employee. A lot of staff had decided to leave and I'm not suprised if most of the old staff will be gone soon. It's very frustrating and if Allah wills it, I will probably follow suit. I hope Allah will give me guidance to make the right choices and ease the burden secepat mungkin.. Amin.. This is my hope for 2011.. We shall see how it goes..

It's so crazy....

It has been so crazy at work lately.. with our immediate boss literally being kicked out of the office just because the new big boss is not 'ngam' with her -- left us both in limbo...Macam orang gila sekarang ni like headless chicken..pening aku..Sian kat my boss, she's such a nice boss - so easy to work with, very understanding, very calm and patient, tak kedekut ilmu.. susah la nak dapat boss macam dia lagi..

Hopefully things will get better soon...

Puting oh..puting

Before I delivered Zikri, I was so determined not to give my baby the pacifier.. But down the road of a month (still in my confinement)..my mama started giving him the 'puting' so that he can easily go to sleep..(you might ask, where did she get the pacifier from -- well.. it's part of the starter kit that I bought)..

I've been receiving a lot of negative remarks for letting him suck on the pacifier -- mostly the remark about how his teeth will end up being 'jongang' and how his sucking on air and that will make him a colicky baby.. But alhamdullillah, so far so good.. My sense is that I think the pacifier's function is merely that -- to pacify the baby when he/she is agitated..Memang dah fitrah seorang bayi suka menghisap -- tak kisah la puting ke, jari ke.. Even if we don't give him his puting, he will still suck on his finger/s -- so nak buat macamana ??? I've read somewhere that the ability to suck -- either the thumb or a dummy helps with the baby development... so I'm so confused now...

Anyway, since he had started on his solids about a week now - my sister-in-law who is taking care of him while I'm at work -- has started to wean him off the pacifier..ada la dia nangis sikit2..esp bila ngantuk nak tido... Nak tak nak, I thought I better persevere and sambung her effort during the night.. but it's mighty heart wrenching to see him whimper for the beloved puting.. Sampai terkecap bibir sendiri la nak tido tu.. Tapi alhamdullilah -- it has been 3 days and 2 nights now that we've been able to keep him away for it.. Now, my question is -- Am I making the right decision ??

After 6 months....

Today marks Zikri's 6 months birthday.... and he's supposed to start on his solids. Over the weekend, we tried introducing it bit by bit -- macam tak suka je..mula-mula la.. But slowly boleh take it, but cannot finish the whole bowl...

So we stopped for a couple of days and yesterday my SIL tried again - this time a bit thicker than my version - she told me he finished the whole bowl -- Yayyy!!! Go Zikri, Go Zikri..

Will try to vary the food for him this weekend... Enjoy the pictures..

A special shout out to Ayah Ngah A'a -- Thank you Ayah Ngah for the cute bibs -- I'm starting to use them now !! ~ Zikri

New Addition to the family... Muhammad Ihsan Afif

This year murah rezeki my parents.. For a while it's only just Adi, finally Mama and Abah dapat dua cucu this year.. Abah la yang paling excited (anybody who knows my father would know he's always pinning for a lot of cucus..)

Just a week before raya on 3rd September, my younger sister Yone gave birth to another baby boy - Muhammad Ihsan Afif bin Mohd Azri (we have the same birthdate Ihsan!) in Penang..

My mother since then has been very busy because dengan cucu lagi, dengan anak dalam pantang lagi, dengan nak raya lagi.. letih la mama

Anyway - we would like to welcome Ihsan into the family...

The day he was born...

Cepat betul bukak mata... sama macam abg Zikri..

Dah balik rumah mak tok.. amboi kan main lagi happynye dia..

Tengok tu, pandai buat muka plak...

Ambik gambar dengan abang Adi... Abg Adi tak sabar nak ajak Ihsan main tu...

Ambik gambar dengan Abang Zikri plak.. alahai, lebatnya rambut Ihsan.. Abg Zikri rambut tak tumbuh2 lagi -- Kena letak diaorang jauh sikit sebab tangan Zikri masa ni asyik menerawang je, nanti terkena plak adik Ihsan..

Lagi satu gambar together lepas Ihsan dah cukur rambut.. pandai la dua2 posing.. masa ni Zikri dan Ihsan dah jadi adik-beradik sesusu.. Susu Michik untuk Ihsan punya la banyak melimpah ruah, Zikri pun tumpang la sekaki.. Thank you Michik.. Thank you Ihsan...

About a week after raya, Ihsan kena infection kat pusat dia - terus dikejarkan ke hospital - kena admit for 3 nights.. Kesian Ihsan..

Takper Ihsan, nanti baik k....

Ihsan dah sihat dah.. This was taken when he was 22 days old

Kan main lagi.. susu pun dah banyak minum.. alhamdullilah.. This was taken yesterday - on his 24th day..

Selamat Menyambut Aidilfitri.. Maaf Zahir dan Batin

To all readers yang sudi singgah my blog, saya ucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir dan Batin...

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..