Alhamdulillah, after hours of labour, Mama gave birth to another baby girl at 6:35 pm yesterday. She looked so tiny last night, hard to imagine Najwan came out the same weight! She seems to look like syameel but it's still too early to tell.
Mama is still keeping the name a secret. Oh, the day before, the preparation for the baby included trading in their kelisa for an odyssey -- lucky girl :).
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
Ramadan is here
Alhamdulillah, Ramadan is here again.
This is Hania's first time trying. We sort of took it for granted that the older ones would have no problem but it seemed that the first day was harder on the boys than on her.
Syazmi was struggling to continue fasting, Mummy had to give him his evening bath. Amjad was so tired, nak solat pun letih, nak mandi pun letih but of course he still had to do all that, but you can bet his face was all smiles -- not!
Hania was feeling the heat a little bit in the late morning, suddenly, watching Sarah ate cereal was like hmmm.... delicious. So I asked her to take a nap in the afternoon, which she did together with Syakira.
They were all looking so down that we took them to Petronas. And of course suddenly everything looked good, it was hard for each one to have to select only one item, so we spent almost half an hour there just for them to choose what they wanted. We would've spent much less if we went to pasar ramadan and let them have one kuih of their choice, but since they were so tired, the petronas environment would've been kinder to them.
While waiting for the azan, yesterday tv1 had Mawi reciting the Quran. Amjad was so tired, coupled with a dislike of th guy, that he blurted out, "Mawi ni baca lambatlah!" ha ha, as if if Mawi were reciting it faster Maghrib would've come earlier.
So Hania finally completed her first day of fasting ever. Last year she could only manage half-days, we were not quite sure if she could actually do it but alhamdulillah, she did.
Today the additional challenge would be that this is a school day.
This is Hania's first time trying. We sort of took it for granted that the older ones would have no problem but it seemed that the first day was harder on the boys than on her.
Syazmi was struggling to continue fasting, Mummy had to give him his evening bath. Amjad was so tired, nak solat pun letih, nak mandi pun letih but of course he still had to do all that, but you can bet his face was all smiles -- not!
Hania was feeling the heat a little bit in the late morning, suddenly, watching Sarah ate cereal was like hmmm.... delicious. So I asked her to take a nap in the afternoon, which she did together with Syakira.
They were all looking so down that we took them to Petronas. And of course suddenly everything looked good, it was hard for each one to have to select only one item, so we spent almost half an hour there just for them to choose what they wanted. We would've spent much less if we went to pasar ramadan and let them have one kuih of their choice, but since they were so tired, the petronas environment would've been kinder to them.
While waiting for the azan, yesterday tv1 had Mawi reciting the Quran. Amjad was so tired, coupled with a dislike of th guy, that he blurted out, "Mawi ni baca lambatlah!" ha ha, as if if Mawi were reciting it faster Maghrib would've come earlier.
So Hania finally completed her first day of fasting ever. Last year she could only manage half-days, we were not quite sure if she could actually do it but alhamdulillah, she did.
Today the additional challenge would be that this is a school day.
Friday, September 15, 2006
10 and counting
A few weeks back, when mama was warded for 2 nights, we had all 10 kids at the same time. But alhamdulillah for the two maids, so the moms and dads can still maintain our sanity!
the first day, I came home a bit early thinking that another extra pair of adult hands would be needed. and this was what greeted me when I opened the door.
all 9 kids out, even the older ones who usually doesn't tkae naps. only syira was awake, and she took these pictures.
incredible.
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
dry nights
Azraf has had two dry nights in a row!
WOW!!!
And it was all not pre-planned. Since his 4 1/2 already, the idea of night-time training has been somewhere on the horizon but we haven't really started anything concrete yet, after Amjad, I figured our boys would have a harder time with this night-time training so we weren't going to push it yet.
Then two nights ago, we all fell asleep without putting the diaper on Azraf, and what do you know, come morning, he was dry! So he went diaperless for his afternoon nap, and he was dry too. Alright! So we tried again last night, and he was dry, actually, he didn't even get up to go to the toilet.
And I'm probably going to jinx it by writing about it, but this is a milestone for him so he deserved his space :).
WOW!!!
And it was all not pre-planned. Since his 4 1/2 already, the idea of night-time training has been somewhere on the horizon but we haven't really started anything concrete yet, after Amjad, I figured our boys would have a harder time with this night-time training so we weren't going to push it yet.
Then two nights ago, we all fell asleep without putting the diaper on Azraf, and what do you know, come morning, he was dry! So he went diaperless for his afternoon nap, and he was dry too. Alright! So we tried again last night, and he was dry, actually, he didn't even get up to go to the toilet.
And I'm probably going to jinx it by writing about it, but this is a milestone for him so he deserved his space :).
Monday, September 11, 2006
another friday night outing
tak serik-serik....
but this time around there were as many adults as there were kids.
we went to the mcD behind ampang point, didn't know there was quite a big eating area at the back there. we wentto the mamak's place.
highlights: there were five or so mini bikes on display, and azraf and najwan got to sit on them. no surprise that azraf was doing his F1 sound effect, but najwan was also doing the "ummmmmmmmm ummmm ummmmm" sound effect.
the kids except syira wanted chicken chop, and of course the cook decided that was the dish he'd cook last. hania almost cried and merajuk when she realized they were going to have to share, but luckily her appetite for chicken chop was more powerful, so they all tucked in without any other issue.
but this time around there were as many adults as there were kids.
we went to the mcD behind ampang point, didn't know there was quite a big eating area at the back there. we wentto the mamak's place.
highlights: there were five or so mini bikes on display, and azraf and najwan got to sit on them. no surprise that azraf was doing his F1 sound effect, but najwan was also doing the "ummmmmmmmm ummmm ummmmm" sound effect.
the kids except syira wanted chicken chop, and of course the cook decided that was the dish he'd cook last. hania almost cried and merajuk when she realized they were going to have to share, but luckily her appetite for chicken chop was more powerful, so they all tucked in without any other issue.
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