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

Wordless Wednesday #14 - Sama tapi tak serupa

On babies

Assalammualaikum...

Hello everyone. It's been a while since I blog about something here *blowing dusts* Wonder if there are still readers of this blog. :P

If you've been following me on twitter, you will know how hectic my life has been ever since the arrival of Sara. Rezeki pon datang melimpah ruah like office workload and my blog design job at Krafty Palette. These are all my babies now. I have to care for them, feed them, cherish them :)

When there were just Hariz, i kept posting on Hariz's milestones but not when with Sara. Macam kesian jugak. huhuhu but I'm trying. Most of my free time I spent designing the blog. Updating this blog will be the last thing to do. Plus my camera is in the workshop again. So all photos were taken with camera phone. Hence the blurring.

As for my Krafty Palette, I had to close for new orders for time being because ever since it's opening, I hardly had time for myself. Sometimes got me to think why on earth did I start the blog at first place??! Well I found some kind of 'happiness' in blog designing. So I can't stop. Like people had hobbies, I have blog design! :) and I am really grateful to be getting a lot of orders and still receiving orders although I'm no longer taking one. So thank you everyone for your support. Even though terkemut kemut nak siapkan 1 draft. I only have 3-4 hours a day! Itu pon kalau Sara cooperate lah. Bila dia buat perangai bangun setiap jam, memang mak give up.

To update on Sara milestone, she just turned 4 months old last 13th. We haven't done the aqiqah or cukur rambut for her. *sigh* and she has started losing her womb hair (is it womb hair?) heh. Like her mom, I've been losing handful of hair! Penoh lantai and toilet drain. But I just couldn't careless. Sometimes I just tak larat nak kisah like rumah sepah ke, baju tak lipat ke, tak gosok ke. Living with just the 4 of us and no helper is really mencabar keimanan. If only I have a magic wand and just swooshh it and the house is clean. Yeah I wish.Oh she haven't yet meniarap or anything. Berat bontot kot.

FYI, Hariz is never jealous of Sara. In fact he loves Sara. He doesn't care if I play more with Sara or breastfeeding Sara. Sometimes he just came up to Sara and kiss her and return to whatever he was doing. Alhamdulillah that I don't have to worry to much about Hariz acceptance towards Sara when she 1st arrived. I will share with you a video taken by my hubs when we 1st brought Sara home from the hospital. His expression was priceless! I could cry everytime I watched the video.Anyway, here's some shots taken recently during the 3 days holiday.

{sara & hariz having a ball}

Hariz is not well by the way. It's been 2 days he's been having mild fever. Started with coughing. Jangkit from abah dia laa. Although abah dia got it from me. huhuhu. Hope he will get well soon.

On baby's headband

I used to drool over cute baby girl's stuff like skirts, mary jane shoes, tutus, head bands and pink stuff. Now that I have one my own, I became wilder everytime I see these cute little thing.

Even before Sara was born, I vowed to myself not to spoil her with too much girly stuff but I just can't help it! They are too cute to resist!

As I was browsing (just browsing ok!) for baby girl's stuff, i bumped into this cute head piece and I was like, 'Sara gotta have this! She's gonna be sooo cute with it!'. And of course, being me if this thing sold online, there must be 1 shop that sells cheaper. So I searched and searched and finally found this blog that sells much much cheaper than those I've found. End up I bought 4 of them! :P

 I love the colors!

 It fits perfectly! She can even wears it when she's older!

I really wish I could have them all!!

Take a look at their site. Plenty more stuff to choose from! They even have it for wholesale!!

Check them out!

My labor story - Sara

It's been 2 weeks since Sara was born and only today I have the urge to blog about the labor story. It's not that anyone asked for it. I just need to write this for my own keep. So I can look back in the future and read the experience I had when giving birth to  my children :).

*Inhale* So I guess some of you know that I was a little late on the delivery date. I was pregnant with Sara for 40 weeks and 3 days. I've been taking maternity leave from the office since June 17th! Why so soon? Well Hariz was born 2 weeks earlier than EDD and Sara's EDD was June 30th (that's what the doc in Penang said). Since I was going to deliver in Kedah, I had to take earlier leave as a precoution. End up I had to stay at my parent's home for almost a month just waiting!! Well nevermind that. So I continue my checkup at Putra Medical Center where I am going to have the baby with the O&G name Dr. Annuar Hussainy. I've asked around most people say that he is the best!

Day 0, July 12th, 2011 (Week 40 Day 3)

My last check up with the gynae was on Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 (week 40 and day 3rd) and the doc said my water is getting lesser and I should deliver the baby as soon as possible. Possibly on that very day. But I can't because Wan is still in KL at the moment attending a seminar and only will be back on the next day. So I was scheduled for induced labor on Wednesday, July 13th , 2011.

The minute I heard the word 'induce', I started to freak a bit. Went back home and start googled about induced labor. Most of them are not as horror as it may sound. So that night, I prayed that everything will go smoothly and I will have my darling Sara without any trouble.

Day 1, July 13th, 2011 (Week 40 Day 4) 

As the day arrived, I woke up as early 7am , get a shower and had heavy breakfast because I know I'm going to need a lot of energy later. We checked into the ward at around 10am and changed into the hospital dress, you know the one that made your ass popping out at the back. I was asked to rest and the nurses took the baby heartbeat readings as I lay on the bed in the ward.

10.30AM

The doctor came at around 10.30 am and inserted Pitocin into my vajayjay to start the labor process. He said normally it will take a few hours for me to feel the labor pain. So I just wait. My mom came and bring lunch and the hospital serve lunch too and I ate both! :P I need all the energy I can get! And of course, I've never missed giving live updates on my Twitter.

11.30AM

I keep jotting down the time when I started to feel the contractions. Starting from 11.30 am. It went on for almost every 10 minutes but very mild. It was getting stronger around noon at 1.30pm which is still bearable. But somewhere around 3pm, I've started to feel stronger contractions and I can hardly lay on the bed anymore. I kept walking back and forth in the ward and try to do the penguin dance like my dear friend did. It did work until the surges started and I can hardly do anything anymore!!!

4.30PM

The pain was getting stronger and I kept calling the nurses to check on me. Everytime they came in , I kept saying, I'm still okay. It's bearable, until 4.45pm, I said i can't stand it anymore. I think it is time! The nurses came in and said I've already 6-7cm dilated. They quickly got me a wheel chair and stroll me to the labor room which is just next door! Thank god! I sat on the huge pink labor bed that can be reclined and even had a massanger! This is new! They said it could keep you relax a bit. Yeah the massages did help a bit until the pain was so unbearable that I had to ask them to turn it off!! Hahaha. 

5.15PM

I kept asking for the doctor because I think I was going to be in labor anytime soon. Don't get me started with the pain! Wan never left my side and god (and Wan) knows how hard I've been pressing his arms everytime the pain started. I was told there was another women  in labor in the next room but really I couldn't stand the pain and I told the nurse 'nurse!! saya dah ready nak push ni.. dah tak tahannn!!' and quickly the nurse called the doc and I can see the doc were running and quickly put on his robe. Then he said "okay, anytime now just push" so will all my strength, I gave one long hard push and everyone in the room keep cheering me and said "sikit lagi!! one long pusshh!!! sikit lagii!!!" and after 3 long-hard push, I heard Sara cries. and I can't stop saying "ya Allah, ya Allah". She was the most beautiful baby I've ever seen (after Hariz lah :P)

  {Sara after being cleaned}

Alhamdulillah I didn't have any complications during/after the labor and was discharged the next day. I really enjoy my stay at PMC and the nurses are very friendly and helpful. There's this one nurse (I forgot her name), that really took care of me. Insyallah I'll chose PMC again for my next labor :)

I hope you enjoy reading my birth story! :)

Have a nice day!

Meet our new bundle of joy!