baby steps

And so... at 10 months old, Azalia took her first steps. Dgn bangganye I told Wan Jan (her babysitter) and dengan selambanya she replied.. "aah dah reti sket2". Aiseh rupanya dah tunjuk kat wan dia dulu. Same thing happened when I excitedly told her that she can now geleng kepala (all this while angguk je reti). It sokay baby... I dun care where and who saw it first.. Mummy's proud of you either way.

Azalia bites. She bites when she's geram. We're scared of this habit of hers coz she bites really hard. She has 6 teeth now . 4 at the top and 2 at the bottom. Very sharp teeth I tell you. Atuk nenek dia ( who are dentists) are very proud of those strong teeth.

Funny thing happened the other day while I was having my daily conversation with Azalia about how she should always be a good girl and listen to me.

me-" Azalia anak mak good girl, mummy is always right tau."

Azalia's reponse - shaking her head

me-"aik kecik2 dah lawan ke? No no..you're a good girl"

I know it's coincidence but what a coincidence!!!!

Oh and she now understands,

1. sayang pipi(tap ur fingers kat pipi and she'll go to you with mouth wide open to sayang you)

2. waves goodbye

3. mak/anyone pakai tudung = mak/anyone going out

4. cium tangan.(thanks to babysitter for religiously teaching her this)


Will post pictures once I've resized them.

So updates on the parents? Well work has been busy (so what else is new) Studies are moving along slowly. Our exams are in June. And I guess that's it. Hahahaha.... very routine kan our life. How do we make it less routine???

It's been awhile

It's been awhile since I'm up this late. Asa is snoring away with Azalia by his side. Thankfully she's not disturbed by his snores. Otherwise.. we would have sleepless nights because ever since this hubby of mine put on weight, his snores are quite loud.

Usually I would be the one to tuck her in but today I've decided that daddy needs to do it. Mommy has been sleeping way too early and needs some time alone with the TV.. heheheheh. best best dapat layan TV.

I know we haven't been updating this blog for awhile now. Work has been crazy for both of us. Azalia is oh so big now and demands attention from her mommy and daddy when we're home from the office so there's not much 'me' time for either of us.

Azalia has a temper... hooo boyyy and the only thing that can calm her down is rolie polie olie. Mak ai.. kalau marah... menjerit.. nangis.. tolak2 mak dia.. ( ni ada gaya macam mak dier je.. OH NO!!) So the only solution is..

1. angkat dia bawak jalan2 OR
2. pasang rolie polie olie cd.

We usually choose the latter when it's night time coz tak larat ah nak carry her around all the time. after the show habis (20 mins) she usually just go back to sleep. eheheh.. anakku kaki tv mcm diriku.. haiyaaaa...

Mak n Abah lookalike tug o war

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Azalia's first word.

I'm writing this on behalf of Asa. He insists I blog about this because he's so excited that his method worked. Azalia's first word is officialy "Abah" much to my dismay.. siot tol Asa.Senyap2 gi ajar dier abah... tak ajar sebut mak langsung. We were in the car with Azalia happily sitting in her car seat at the back when suddenly Asa said... "abah" and Azalia responded with this teeny voice "Abah" and everytime Asa repeats, she follows.Imagine my shock.... I mean she baby talk a lot but never a clear word... there's dadadada when she's happy... mamamamma when she cries... balblablablabla for everything else but this is a 2 syllable word... "a-bah". hmmmphhhh... Asa is so proud. I'm proud too. Our baby's all big now. huhuhuhuhu.

p.s: I tried making her say emak.. but she just gave me this blank stares and smile. aiyaaaaaa....

Fever in February

Am down with fever since Thursday. Takut Azalia jangkit but alhamdulillah for now she hasn't got it and hopefully will not get it. So I'm having a long weekend this week. Nasib not much work at the office or I'll be filled with guilt. Assignments are due on Monday so you would think it's a good time for me to start doing my assignment... NOTTTT.... hehehehe ok ok ok will start doing it.. maybe later tonight when Azalia's asleep.

Alhamdulillah Azalia was willing to sleep in her cot last night. My temperature gone up again yesterday night so was worried that she'll catch whatever I'm having if she sleeps with me. Re-positioned the cot so that she can still sleep beside me when she's in her cot. But I like sleeping beside her especially now that she doesn't push me away when I hug her.( Yes people, my daughter doesn't like to be hugged or held for a long time except when she's in unknown territory. Very the independant lah she. Always want to play only.)

I think I have to register for my ACCA exam soon. But am still not sure how many papers I should take. anyone have any suggestions. bear in mind.. I have Azalia and work. Need to squeeze some time to study. Maybe I should tahan my mata everytime tidurkan Azalia then I wouldn't sleep so early and have the night to study. hmmmmmm. kene tabahkan hati n mata ni.

Azalia's upper teeth are coming out. Oh ya...2 gigi bawah dah keluar last month dah. Don't remember blogging about that.

So an update on the father? well.... slight fever. not as bad as mine. Election is near so he has to be on duty some nights for something ... paksa rela GLC dia suruh. . the week before last week he took 2 days off to play in the KL pro tour magic pekebende ntah. Was surprised to see some newspapers writing a short article on it. SO GEEKY I TELL YOU!!! won't disclose his partner in crime..BUT sanggup tu dua dua amik cuti!!!!!

so what else what else.... my brother got engaged. My sister's computer got stolen in Uni. I know this is bad but I bet it was an inside job. most probably the guards. If not the guards then they certainly didn't do their job at all!!!... the thief potong the grill ok.. you know how long that takes. if you were doing your rounds... you would've caught them.ok enough on that.

Did a little baking a couple of weeks ago. baked some choc chip cookies. some butter cupcakes with strawberry filling. Azalia loved both of them.. hehehehehe.

I guess that's all... basically this sums up my February.

susu ibu

After 8 months of expressed breastmilk(EBM), my breastmilk supply has taken a dip. Don't think it'll return to normal.Notice that I'm talking about EBM and not breastfeeding. This is because I've been giving Azalia EBM exclusively for 6 months( the last 2 months dah on solids dah..no more exclusive) and not breastfeeding her. She was taken off breastfeeding after just 1 week because she bites. She latched properly, positioned properly but that girl's gum is so strong I bled. I had a few lectures from my aunties about how I'm missing out on bonding sessions etc.. but I was only breastfed by mother for 2 weeks (yes people I bite too according to mom) and we're extremely close. So... I think it's better if Azalia have a mother who's happy then a mother who is always in pain and upset. But in order to increase my milk supply I pump religiously ( the first month it was every 2 hours and then 2nd month every 4 hrs once dah start keje boleh lah every 6hrs) and alhamdulillah the supply was good till about a few weeks ago. I blame work for that. Sometimes work just gets in the way and I missed a few sessions and apparently my milk glands belajar econs so...less demand equals less supply.

Tapi there is some good in giving her EBM. She's more familiar with the bottle and it helps a great deal when she's with her babysitter. I actually tried to breastfeed her again after my wound healed but she prefers the bottle anyway so takpelah... hehehehe. I'm still expressing even if it means just 12-16ozs a day. I think I'll keep at it until she's 1 year old and after that we'll see. A tip to get your baby get used to formula... give it to her while she's asleep because she's too sleepy to care. After you've done this a few times, she'll be familiar with the taste and will willingly take it when she's wide awake. So now, Azalia takes her breastmilk first... kalau dah habis, baru kasi formula.

wanyz

Langkawi

Some pictures from our family holiday in Langkawi 2 weeks ago.

life...

Hmmm.... It has been busy busy busy lately. Azalia is now Azalia the explorer... can't sit still... Thank god I bought that playpen gate thingy. Nih baru merangkak.. not yet walking. No Awanis don't complain... syukur your baby is healthy. Having a baby... your life no longer yours anymore. Your baby owns you. When they reach their toddler years, you are the boss but till then, they are the boss of you. Asa thinks I give in to early when she cries for attention and he thinks its funny when Azalia merajuk I pun merajuk... siap main tolak2 lagi. Azalia just laughs when I do that. she thinks I'm playing with her. She also pulls my hair and puts them in her mouth. sakit lah.. she thinks I'm her doll.

But I love her smiles.. I'm addicted to them. I love her laughs, and how she gets excited and quickly crawls towards me when I come back from work. I love when she clings to me, and sleeps beside me. I love everything about her even when she annoys me with her unwillingness to sleep even when she is sleepy.(Sometimes its funny seeing her trying to shake off her sleepiness.. she shakes her head and laugh and cry at the same time).

She's easily distracted which means "I don't want to eat.. I want to see the world" when we go jalan-jalan. She loves her baby carrier and Asa will let her touch everything when she's in it. Asa feels like a pregnant father when he carries her in it.

My heart melts whenever I see Asa and Azalia play together. I'm just filled with happiness whenever I see my little family together. My life... definitely not mine... but I'm happy with it.

This is what we wake up to almost every morning:




wanyz

8 months

Azalia's many faces during breakfast



With her cheeky smile and favourite biscuit.

our little one

Asa calls her his sperm.Part of his contribution to society... (kesiannye my daughter.-wanyz-)

more babies please @ 2008

I think it's funny how sometimes strangers stares at us when we take
Azalia out. Do we look too young to have a child? Anyway, I wish I have
friends who just had babies. I need to exchange stories and Azalia
needs to socialise with babies her age (although she's already
talkative on her own.. I wonder what socialising will do to her....).
Sometimes I try to restrain myself from talking about Azalia to my
friends because I know how some people dislike hearing people talk
about their kids all the time... but she's changing everyday and it
amazes me and I just need to talk about it... heheheeh luckily my
friends at work doesn't mind. :)

wanyz

welcome 2008

It's 2008 and azalia is 7 months old. A lot has happened and we have been busy busy busy with azalia, work, each other and family commitments. Plans for 2008? well Asa will be doing CFA ( class already started.. he seems to be enjoying it) and I've registered to do my ACCA (but it hasn't gone through yet so I'm not sure if I can actually sit for it in June.. hopefully can lah)... so... looks like Azalia is not the only who will be learning new things in 2008. So Happy New Year peeps... will update this blog with pictures ( if I can find the time :p)

wanyz

Our first raya with Azalia

Waaaahhhh being parents is tiring... ni baru satu bulan belum lagi our whole life. my life nowadays definitely revolves around azalia. Kesian asa who I have been neglecting this past few weeks because I was still adjusting to my new role. Hopefully I can be the wife I used to be to him soon.

My mornings start with me waking up to her cries because it's her feeding time, and then if sempat, I'll make asa's coffee. And then around 9 I'll give her a bath, feed her again, and wait for her to fall asleep so I can get some chores done. Around noon, it's feeding time again, and we'll watch oprah together until she's sleepy again. And then it's back to doing more chores and oh yes, me eating and taking a bath. She's definitely the happiest in the morning, but gets cranky at night. She's not that bad though because she only wakes up at night for feeding and most of the time she goes back to sleep after she's full.

All this is not easy. It did put a bit of strain in our relationship, but as I've always stressed, communication is the key to a healthy relationship, and because of that we've managed so far. Asa helps out quite a lot. Sometimes when I'm too tired and I need to crash early, Asa will take care of her. Although he still has trouble with cleaning up her muntah but he's doing well in other areas.

I think living with my parents makes it easier because of the support that we get from them and my siblings. I am definitely not looking fwd to going back to work because I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF MY BABY AND MY BABY'S DADDY!!! but I don't have half a mil to pay off my debt so.... I'm paying it WITH MY LIFE !!!!

What I miss ever since I had her? well I do miss doing what ever I want when I want to, for eg, just get up and going out and not having to bother with strollers, baby carriers, breastmilk, etc.But then again, if I don't have her, I'll miss not having her.

Shash asked, whether life is better now. I wouldn't say it's better because life was great even before I had her. What I would say is that it's different. Good different. It's not easy and it's hard work and more responsibilty but the reward is definitely worth it. Seeing her smile gets us so excited, hearing her coos and funny little noises cheers us up. She's a funny girl, I can tell.

awanis

baby azalia

On 04/06/07 at 11.48am baby azalia was born into this world. It was a very eventful delivery. We were expecting a normal delivery(with epidural of course) because everything was going well but after about 7 hrs since my water broke and I was only 4 cm dialated, her heartbeat dropped and the doctor and midwife was pushing me for a c-section because there are signs that she is in distress. So ceasarean it is and since since I was already on epidural, they increased the dosage and I was wide awake throughout the operation. I couldn't feel the pain of course, but I could feel the they were pulling the baby out of me, they were pushing the placenta to take it out etc. kesimpulannye rasa macam kene korek..

anyway the moment I heard her cry I was in tears myself because I was soooo relieved. Asa azankan right after they cut her umbilical cord and he was relieved too that both mother and baby are alright.

So currently I am resting and hopefully will recover soon. My recovery will be longer than those who have a normal delivery but I'm hoping it will not be more than 2 weeks . The really painful times was the first 3 days. The pain currently is bearable but I still have trouble moving around and pulling myself up from the bed. Asa will be getting back to work next week but I wish he won't but what to do... My mom will be getting back to work the week after so hopefully I can be more mobile by then.Both of them have been a big help in doing things for the baby so I need to get better soon so that I can do everything by myself.

People keep on asking me how does it feel to be a mother. Honestly, the first few days, I didn't feel anything . I was in too much pain to bother and I was just looking forward to getting better. But now I am better, I can sincerely say, I am very happy to be one.

p.s: pictures can be seen at my fotopages

counting the days.....

I'm due 1st June. I thought I might deliver early but I have a feeling that I won't. We had a false alarm 2 weeks ago because my contractions were every 10 minutes. everyone was excited but after 2 hrs or so it subsided and was only over 20 minutes and then everything was normal again. haiyaaaa and i thought i was going to get this baby out of me soon. My body is so tired!!!! i have backache, elephant's feet, chubby short fingers... i walk like a penguin and my bum hurts!!! sabar sabar...:p..

anyway, pnbians held a baby shower for me last week and it was sooo much fun!!! there were lots of pressies and FOOD!!!!!! cepatlah someone else get pregnant pulak then we can buy pressies!!!! heehhehe

Asa have been quite anxious about being a father. He had a lot of work the other day and had to work during the weekends and he was wondering how in the world would he be a father at the same time. Well... we'll just have to wait and see but I'm sure he'll be great. He just doesn't know it yet. :p

to those who were asking for pictures of me and my big belly.. well i have it but the internet sucks so i got tired of trying to upload them. so just come and visit me and i'll show them to you k. OKlah.... nothing much else going on in our lives other than waiting for me to pop.... !!!! so i guess that's it then.

awanis

it's saturday morning

So it's saturday, Asa is still asleep and supposedly I have to do the household chores ie, laundry etc but am stuck in front of this thing for awhile. Not so good news going on at work lately, a big possibility of more work coming at us soon, our big boss just quit, i don't blame him. He was not appreciated at all in this 'great' organisation i'm working with. Won't go into details but most of us are upset that he won't be around. We were hoping that he could turn this little department around but sad to say the board won't let it happen. We still don't know who our future big boss might be but rumours has it, the proposed one is not an easy man to work with and very conservative...org lama lah katakan... board suka lah.

However, am currently enjoying the working environment i'm in right now. Everyone is relaxed but working hard at the same time. Our managers are so down to earth that it's easy to work with them, mind you, if you screw up you'll still get it from them. I hope this environment will be maintained even when we move to the 'mothership' and even when the new boss comes in. sigh...

another not so good news, our benefits were revised and the kos bersalin has been capped at RM6k. hmmmmm at damansara specialist, that is enough for a normal natural birth but i think epidural would cost more. Will call them up and see how much I will have to add to get my painkiller.. hehehehe... is this a sign that i'm not suppose to take it????

p.s: baby calms down after endless kicking or head banging when asa puts his hand on my tummy. looks like baby will listen to her daddy but not her mommy..hehe

awanis

It's a GIRL!!!!!!!!

Last Saturday the scan showed that we are going to have a GIRL!!!!! asa preferred our first child to be a boy... because he has no idea how to bring up a girl... but my mom's family are all excited it's going to be a girl because the last girl baby we had was .... 13 years ago??? anyway.... we are all looking forward to her arrival and i have so many things to do!!!! i am entering my 3rd trimester and my due date is still June 1st. I have to start buying baby stuff ie cot, clothes, baby bath tub...etc, find a nursery..OMG so many things to do!! and the responsbilities!!!!!.

However the coming exam ( first week of April) has dampen my spirits a bit mostly because i HAVE NOT STUDIED!!!! AT ALL!!! DID NOT ATTEND ANY CLASSESS (maybe only 2 ) !!!!!!....

Asa and I are still finding a suitable name. Thank you all for your suggestions however we have yet to make a decision on one that we truly love. I think I'll just call the baby by all the names in my head and see which one she responds to... hehehehehehe

The doctor also wants me to prepare a birth place eg: if I want asa to be around when i deliver, do i want epidural etc.... I am seriously thinking of taking epidural though there are risks of having back pains later if not done properly but the pain... oh the pain.. I am not good with pain and this is going to be the painest(no such word i'm sure) of all pain!!!!!...

So that's it.... for an update on Asa... well... believe me.. there's nothing much going on there.

awanis

Finally.. An update from the blog master

HEY HOOOO!!

Ok, just making a dramatic entry after being away for such a long time. Haven't been blogging for a while, partly busy with work and partly plain old malas. Nway, I guess everyone are drooling waiting for an update (at least I know Eddie is) so here is one. Ok funny picture first.


Man, talk about baby instinct. Hope he/she didn't carry the habit in the future when he/she grows up, or ppl will start calling him/her PerPer. Hey, but it does shows mommy's education not wasted. Baby knows food when he/she (can I call him/her it?) sees one. But he should hone on the skill of differentiating on what is real or what is fake. That skill should come handy. ;p

Ok back to my married life, what's new. Well, we are going for another scan tomorrow. Hopefully we can know whether it's a girl or a boy. Come on baby, open up. Show Daddy whether you have got 'it' or not.

Ok back on some serious note, thanks you guys for all your prayer and well wishes. Baby and mommy alike have been healthy up until today. In fact I just felt he/she kicked twice last night. Helllooo~ Well if it's a boy, way to go son you're gonna be a football star later (abah nyer kaki bangku). If it's a girl, uh-oh she might just have Anis' temper tantrum.. Hehe, just kidding.

Ok that's it for today. Thanks for reading.

Cheers!

demam demam demam

It's my 3rd time demam within 2 months!!!!!!! My immune system is really on its low because how often can someone get the flu??? I feel like I need to take sometime off work but the Chinese New Year weekend is near and there's a long weekend to look forward to. I want to kumpul my cuti and use it when the baby comes.

We've received our confirmation on which departments we will be working in for almost the rest of ourlives??? let's hope not. Most of us got what we wanted, including me. There were a few surprises but nothing major... I think. One or two were upset but.......everything might be fine afterall.... let's wait and see...

ok... updates about Asa now. He's been quite busy this past few weeks with work and Magic. I finally got the name of his department correctly, It's International Network and Operation (Wow that took me 5 months to get it correct..hahahha). Give me more time to understand what he does ok. He's weight is.... not going down.. hehehe. His tummy is as big as mine now. He just got a haircut. He spends a lot of time with Zaaba and runs to his house whenever my cousins are at ours. (hmmmmm it's so fishy.. they are afterall from koleq.. hehehehe). I still don't understand their conversation on Magic. I had to explain to my relatives what Magic is because he has been missing/were late for a few family gatherings. I explained by describing Magic as a card game like pokemon but an adult version...( zaaba said that's so downgrading :p).

I guess that's it. Oh no.... both my nostrils are blocked...