And there were 3

I can't believe the last blog post I did was 2 years ago! How time flies! I was so occupied with work, being a mom to 2 toddlers and being a wife I hardly had time to blog! 

As I was browsing through all my blog posts from the beginning (2009), I feel there a so many things and memories that I didn't get to put in this blog for the kids and me to look back and reminisce all the fun (and sad) times we had. I blame it all on Instagram. 

Anyway, this will be my first post after 2 years of hiatus. 

I have 3 kids now! Can you believe that? I'm a mother of 3! 

Nothing brings more joy and happiness than having these 3 little people as my kids. 

They may be handful but I love them nevertheless.

I will post my labor story later. It's a short one. Trust me.

The kids. My heart and soul

Finally my not-so-baby sister is married!

I know my post is no longer concur with events. But better late than never!
Anyway my baby sister, Nurul got married to her looooonnngggg time boyfriend, last September 21st. The solemnization was held at Masjid Sultan Mizan aka Masjid Besi, Putrajaya sometime after Asar. It was my 1st time at that mosque. It was huge and we got lost the moment we got there.

The preparation was held at Pullman Resort. The make up, fitting etc. I must admit it was a bit chaotic since everyone is not familiar with the place. Everyone was calling everyone asking where to meet, where's this place etc etc. But we managed to get to the mosque in time for the solemnization.

Did not managed to snap more photos because kids were not cooperating. Boleh ke menjerit nak kek and buah hantaran in the middle of akad nikah? -____-

Happy and proud parents to have another son in the family. Yer lah 5 girls. Tunggu lagi 2 sons.

l-r : your truly, bride, father of the bride, mom of the bride

Beaming!

The solemnization. Kenapa nampak macam my husband lagi nervous?

The happy bride to someone's wife.

The Dulang girls.

During the event. 

The reception was held on the next evening at Dewan Seri Endon. Unfortunately I have no photos from that night event because I left my camera at the hotel! Great Ida!

So we have to wait for the official photographer for the photos.

To Nurul & Zhafran, congratulations again to both of you. 

We are happy and thrilled to have you, Zhafran as part of our family.

Please take care of each other and may Allah blessed your marriage with great happiness and health until Jannah.

Happy Eid Mubarak! (It's still not too late!)

Salam and hello to all my fellow blog readers. I know it's been ages since the last time I blogged. Last night I was browsing through this blog and I was surprised that I've only have 8 posts for year 2012! Like 1 post for each month!

I love my blog. The reason I started blogging is to keep memories alive. So I'm sorry I haven't been updating a lot lately.

Anyway, I hope it's not too late for me to post this entry on our recent Eid Mubarak celebration. We had turquoise theme this year (so we can wear it again on my sis's wedding this September :P). I guess I was one of the lucky ones who doesn't have to fight every year to decide which kampung we should go this year. Because my husband and I are both from Alor Setar. Our parent's home were just a stone throw away!

Sara wasn't in a good mood on the 1st day of Eid. She was a little cranky and fussy. Bought Sara's kurung at Ddyan Closet. Nasib baik sampai before raya. Or else no kurung lah for Sara.

Us with my mom

I told you she was cranky

My dad, brother and elder sister couldn't join us on the 1st day of raya. Dad and my brother were in JB.

Later that evening we went  to Wan's parents. Makan-makan and took some photos. 

Top - We will never missed beraya at Maslia's , my dear friend since highschool. 

Bottom - 2nd day of Eid.Every year Aidilia will have an open house at her parent's. Thats 5 of us. Bestfriends since highschool. Together forever :D

How was everyone Eid celebration? 

Hariz 1st trip to the Zoo

I remember when I was little my dad used to take us to the zoo on the weekends or school holiday. I've been to most of the zoos in Malaysia but I think I've never been to the National Zoo. Maybe I did but have forgotten about it :P.

So now, being a parent myself, I feel it is my 'duty' to take my kids to the zoo. We've been planning for this mini trip for so long and only able to do it recently. I invited my dad and my sisters to come along with us as it would be more fun when than just the 4 of us. Plus school holiday was about to end.

We departed from Penang at 10am. I did prepare ourselves some tuna sandwiches for the trip.It's a classic sandwich menu if you're going for a trip or picnic. Well its actually more easy to do :P

It was the last day of school holiday and boy I tell you, the zoo was packed! The cars were stretched for a few meters. My dad had to park his mpv far from the entrance. Luckily that day was a little sunny.

We brought along 2 strollers for the kids convenient. This is too actually our 1st time outing with 2 strollers.  

Most of the visitor waiting for the train ride. It was massive queue! But we rather walk than squeezing to get in the line. Plus, where's the fun in going to the zoo if you're moving so fast? It is best for you to stop, stay for awhile, admiring the animals and just take your own sweet time.

I haven't been here long, and it's kinda sad to see the poor conditions of the animals. Plenty of cages were empty and most animals were not carefully taken care of. Look at the Orang Utan. She/he's obese! There were 2 of them and they barely move. Just sat there and eat. They didn't look healthy at all.

Hariz's favorite animal is Elephant. and everytime we mentioned 'Elephant', he will make that elephant sound. 'auuuuuuuu' . We keep walking but actually, the elephant was at the end of the zoo! Penat gila jalan baru jumpa gajah. Apa lagi.. auuuu auuuu dia kat situ.

We stopped by at one of the rest hut for a break. Makan sandwich tuna time2 macam ni memang best. Sedap and lazat! Then we continued to the other part of the zoo. And Hariz saw bibitt!! bibitt!!

All the way, Sara was such a doll. The trip inside the zoo itself took about 2 hours or so. She hardly cries. She fell a sleep for a few times. As for Hariz, we let him walk with us instead being in the stroller. We stopped by Juru Autocity for lunch on our back home. and luckily Hariz pooped when we were just a bout to leave Juru. Kalau dia pooped dekat zoo tu memang problem la tengok condition toilet kat situ macam mana kann.

All and all, it was a fun trip for all of us. It shows that we can take both of them for a trip like this in the future. IF they stay being well behave :)

She's enggaged!

My sister, Nurul got engaged with her long time boyfriend, Zhafran last Saturday. It was a happy, colorful and merry day for all of us. It was more like a small family gathering since all of our relatives were there. Day like this has been one of my favorite because other than Eid, we gathered  to celebrate and share the happiness together and of course, lotsa food!

Before the day itself, she already called and reminded me to be the official photographer for the day. and for FREE. meaning without being paid. by any means. Being a big sis, Im fine with it. Plus i need to sharpen my photography skills yang semakin menghilang. Blame it on my camera for being in the workshop for the 2nd time. Don't ask me how it get there because I have no idea too!

The dress was custom made at PIN Fashion, a local tailor in Alor Star and she sent it for beading at Beadmeplease.

All the decorations were done by my sis herself with the help of dayang-dayang sekalian. Except the hantaran. That was done by a the very talented Cikgu Noni. She did my hantaran too :) And the bouquet cupcake were done by Kak Anne from Liplickin! She is based in Kepala Batas, Penang.

She hanged the lanterns herself. Macam birthday party pon ade :P But it was colorful! There were suppose some signages for the event, which I did, but due to some technical problem, the signages weren't able to be printed out.

The lovelies of the day. l-r : Sara with her makcu, Aisyah and my adorable cheeky niece, Anis yang senyum kena paksa.

The mini pelamin. My sis only did the background part. The rests were rented.

The dulang boys from the err.. groom side?

There are engaged! Yeah you can see how happy they were. 

The oh so delicous (according to them coz I didn't get the chance to eat pon!)

 from Bisou Cupcakes.

 the dress

The parents and the couple.

The cousins.

and of course yours truly :)

Looking forward for the wedding next year and to Nurul & Zhafran, congrats!!

On Eid Mubarak 2011

I hope its not too late for me to post my raya entry. Hey, raya kan sebulan? :P

Anyway, this year is definately a blast for me , wan and hariz because we have Sara!!! Finally I've got someone I can play dress up with :) I just went nuts with all th headbands, dresses and shoes. Tunggu la dia dah besar and boleh jalan.

This year we celebrated raya only in Kedah. All my family went to raya n JB as usual. Normally we will tag along but this time, since we have Sara, and she is still too little to travel that much. Maybe next year we will raya in JB.

Sara and me!

Our theme for this year is tone of reds! My baju is actually fuschia.

I hate wearing glasses during events like this (rasa tak cun :P) But my contact lens decided to turn against  me so , yeah, i have to wear the glasses. sigh.

Daddy's little girl

Sister in laws and me

On 2nd day of Raya, we went beraya to my girlfriends. Total of 4 houses. Sampai maghrib jugak la habis makan. fuh. But the best part is seeing these faces again. We hardly see each other coz they are all in KL and Im here in Penang.

Hariz and Sara got the most duit raya. and Hariz can never get his hands off Sara. Sayang betol dengan adik dia.

So how was your raya?

Birthday cum majlis merisik?

Okla.. I would call it a family gathering since all of us were there plus my sis's bf's family. Mom planned to have just makan-makan. I'm just happy to be home when there's an event because there will be plenty of food for us! :D On that day alone, all we did was eat and eat and eat. Fuh!

(clockwise) : Hariz favorite aunt. My baby sis. Nuol receiving her 'merisik ring' from her bf. The food!

{l-r} : zaf's mom, my mom, soon to be mom? hehehe :P

kids playing at the living while yang tua-tua makan :P

So this is all of us. One 'big' family. I think I look the biggest. Should've stand behind with all the boys.

Sorry I've been neglecting this blog for the past week. I've been so occupied with my blog design and since my edd is  approaching, I really need to complete the design before this baby pop. Itu pon some of the order has been put on hold until I've settled with the newborn. And for those requesting for new orders, I'm really sorry to disappoint you. I can only do so much :(

FYI, I'm now at 32 weeks and 6 days. But I can barely do anything now except moving my fingers to type. Im really looking forward for this baby to come out because we will be having a girl in the family. Insyallah :)

Do pray for my safe delivery and I will try my best to keep this blog from being dormant. :)

Lots of Love!

XOXO

Age is just a number. Well at least to me :)

I just turned 28 last April 6th. (yeay. happy birthday to me!) We had a mini celebration on that very day. Dinner at Kenny Rogers and went straight to Switch to get my birthday present :D Will reveal it at the bottom of this entry :D

Anywho, my dad and 2 sisters were here in Penang for the weekend. So I kinda 'asked' my dad do treat me for my birthday. :P We had lunch at TGiF and do a little shopping and that's it! At the end of the day, I realize I couldn't walk that much anymore. I was exhausted sleep at 11pm. That's kinda early for me. Normally it's either 12 or 1 :P

We had so much fun and Hariz was sport! He just loves to eat! He can actually eat anything and everything! and oh, he likes to share his food with everyone else :)

At this stage of my pregnancy, shopping for clothes is no longer my best of interests. I just wear whatever I can salvage from my wardrobe. And I still haven't really shop for our newborn which is this July! insyallah. Last time we have it scanned, it shows, well, a girl and I still hope it will stays that way :P

Whoever here thinks that they are fat and huge and big, well think again!!! Look at me!! I can't believe I look sooo big in this photo! It's the top. Definately the top.(in denial :P) I keep reminding myself this is just temporary. Huhuhuhu.

Eventhough my whole family wasn't there on my birthday, I am still blessed knowing they will always be there for me and loving me.

oh.. almost forgot about the present :P

I kinda 'wished' this to my hubby and the next thing i know 'jom pegi tengok your wacom!' i was like.. yeayyY!!!!!!!! 

So here it is, Wacom Bamboo Pen for my 28th birthday. This is too another way of showing how supportive he is with my design job :) (actually he said, i invested this so make sure you make a good return out of it) hehehe.. just kidding! No really. He said that. :P

So here's to another great year for me and my little family with another addition to come soon!!!!

A surprise birthday

My dad and my baby sister was here for the weekend. Dad had to go to this golf thingy and along the way, he brought me our maid to help me with the house chores. Some huge pile of foldings and ironings and toilet scrubbing and floor mopping. Thank god for that! I did that the other weekend and ended up lying on my bed all day long because of the back pain. Tsk.

Anyway, Saturday was his birthday. So I decided to make him a little surprise. I went to the Secret Recipe and bought these 4 slices of cake. 1 whole is a little too big for the 4 of us.

That evening, I heard a few phone calls from my other siblings wishing him happy birthday except me. I just kept my silence he must be thinking that I forgot. Oh well :P

I don't know how many candles should I get for 56th birthday. 5 big candles and 6 small ones? Think that's a little too much for 4 slices, don't you think? So I took 1 instead. Just for the sake of it :P

Here's to another decade of another birthdays. Happy birthday Abah! I love you!!

Hariz ate almost the whole piece. Then later make a big poop out of it :P