First time at the barber!

I have not been updating for ages. Things got pretty hectic somehow. My usual "online time" has been taken up by either baking (as if, I do it everyday!) and lazing around but mostly, I have to admit, it has been taken over by Martha Stewart and Rachel Ray. That takes a good 2 hours slot every day!!! Here are some belated updates.

As my other 2 children, I normally take them for a complete shave after confinement period. Zaim's had to have his hair shaven too (on July 21st, just for the record). What an ordeal since he wasn't asleep when we took him to the barber. He is quite a light sleeper anyway, it would have woken him up anyhow. Here are some before and after pictures.

he didn't know what was coming!

It was too traumatic, as he was wailing and wrigling all the while the barber was shaving his head that I forgot to ask my mom to take a picture, so I only remembered to take after he was done.

what happened to me just now???

why do I feel so "light-headed"??

His 2 months vaccination - 26th July, to be exact. 6.4 kg already!

somehow without any hair, he looks so much chubbier!

check out these hands y'all!!! you wanna a piece of me???

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Some proof of what has been keeping me from blogging!

Scones!

Breads - I finally used the recipe from the cooking class I attended way back in 2006!!!

wallah!
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Zarif sometimes do help look after his baby brother, though he still often refuses to kiss him. His excuse is that Zaim smells like vomit!

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Zaim, sick for the first time - August 5th. awww poor baby!

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Another time that I baked a chocolate cake, I had a helper. He helped my maid's task of washing up much much easier!

Yes, my oven needs to be cleaned huh? though, just focus on what's inside though please.

Gotta go, till later, maybe much later.... ciao!

Nayli's big day.

Nayli completed reading the whole Quran for the first time, sometime in June. My mother decided to throw her a mini kenduri as a celebration of this momentous event. To coincide with the end of my confinement, it was held a week after my confinement ended, which was on the 13th July. I had nothing to do with the preparation of this kenduri whatsoever, other then providing one miserable dish, which is my baked pasta. It turned out to be quite major. Most of the guests were our relatives and a few neighbours around my mother's house. It was like other khatam Quran event, Nayli and a few others read passages from the Quran, and at then end an Ustazah, recited a simple doa. However, that was not it. My mother had other things planned. There was a treasure hunt for the kids, and some simple games. The food was great of course.

Check out the Hijab.

Reciting of some short verses from the Quran.

The must have Yellow Rice a.k.a Pulut Kuning.

Games and gifts. Grandma save one big hamper

for the girl on her big day.

Mom and Baby Zaim, not missing the big event.

One of the games was to guess the amount of balls in this bag.

The counting.

Tellying up the marks.

End of my confinement period!

Finally! I thought the day would never come. However, my 42nd day came 2 days to late. I actually had to miss Zarif's Sports day because it was just my 41st day! Good thing, Jack managed to get some good shots of the event.

It was held on July 5th at Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil. The whole CEC group of kindies in the whole Klang Valley were there, quite Major huh! According to the dad and sis, it was quite difficult to make out which one of the kids, who were all dressed alike were Zarif. Thank god, he had quite distinctive shoes so that was how he was spotted!

In the front!

Getting ready.



And he's off!


Drop or Pick up something... I'm not sure

Back to the starting point! Look the kid in the
other group is just half way to the 1st point.



Everyone gets a medal! Yippee!

With the proud Sis!

Now, back to my end of confinement story, before that here is how Zaim looked like on his 42nd day, side profile.

The very next day, day 43, we had some Dr appointments lined up. I had to see my Gynea and Zaim had to get his Rotavirus dose. So off we went the whole gang of us, even the brother and sis. I thought since I am seeing the Pead, might as well take the older kids for their Flu Shots.

Zaim's first car ride.


At the Dr.'s, and he isn't smiling there.

Brother and Sister watching closely.

After the appointment, we went to KLCC for lunch. I mean come on, I missed that place! Plus, I had to get some things. As always.

He slept all the way through the Dim Sum courses.

By 4p.m he was getting restless and had to be held.

Until his next outing.

1 mth update! How time flies!

Zaim is already able to play with his crib toy!

Peekaboo!

Yummy toes!

All ready!

In case you are wondering.

Since I am at home 24hrs a day, for 6 weeks in a row, you must be wondering just how much tv do I watch daily? Not much. Honestly.

Ok, I get up at about 6.45 a.m or so, when my alarm goes off and normally I would be feeding Zaim trying desperately to put him back to sleep so that I could take a bath and have breakfast. Of course, easier said then done. On a good day, I can get in the shower at about 7.30 earliest. Ready for breakfast by 8, so that's when I would always always always try to not miss, Chef at Home (Chef: Michael Smith), not to be confused with Take Home Chef (Chef: Curtis Stone) at 8 a.m every weekday.

I love watching this show because I just love watching cook shows, I love his cooking utensils, the way he cooks and most of all I absolutely lurve looking at his well stocked pantry oh, and his Kitchen Aid cake mixer!!! After this show which ends at 8.30a.m I would usually bathe the baby. Then by the time he is ready for the next feeding I am ready to watch The Ellen DeGeneres Show. This woman is hilarious. I love her show.

My next must see show slot is at 12p.m which is The Daily Cooks with BBC Celebrity Chef Antony Worall Thompson. He invites 3 different chefs daily presenting a variety of dishes all in a half an hour slot. Interesting!

Between 12.30 - 6.00 p.m, I don't have any must see shows. It all depends on whether or not I want to take a nap, and whether or not there is anything worth watching. Sometimes, I would end up watching the soppy movies on Hallmark Channel. Yes, I must admit that I have seen quite a number already. Ha!ha! what can I say. I know I am supposed to be catching up on my sleep so that I will not be that tired and zonked out at night when Zaim wakes up for his feeds and nappy change, but sometimes, you just cannot sleep. SOMETIMES!

The next show that I would watch is at 6.30p.m which is Life with Bonnie, followed by Scrubs at 7.00p.m and According to Jim at 7.30p.m. Sad huh? I'm actually watching James Belushi... daily!!! And I am also watching endless episodes of Friends whenever I have nothing else to watch and it happens to be on at StarWorld.

That's it really. Oh but of course endless of E! Channel news sporadically!!!