Look Who's 33...

Yesterday, July 16th was hubby's birthday. We had earlier given him his gift.(Knowing my girls... once they knew there was a gift, it should be given straight away!) So on his birthday I thought there was nothing real special. He left very early for work & came back around 7pm. I knew going out for dinner would be a little bit tiring for him. In fact, the girls would want to tag along & it was not a weekend for them to stay up late.

Wardah asked me to bake something for papa. I am really not into baking nowadays. However, I've got an idea to kill two birds with one stone. The girls have been asking me to bake cupcakes & I decided to make the cupcakes as hubby's birthday cake. We surprised him with his birthday cake once he entered the house. Yasmin & Wardah sang birthday song to papa but I could only hear Balqis shouting "Aqis blow! Aqis blow!" It was real funny. Too bad I was holding the cake & could not shoot the precious, cute moment.

The birthday cupcakes. He loved it. Mentioned that it was something different. (But then complained the cupcakes were not soft enough..! )


Hubby with the girls. "Happy Birthday Papa!"

Applause!!!

Here is Balqis singing her favourite number...

070707

Frankly, I was too busy to realize the beautiful date that perhaps to some people might bring a good fortune. What was registered in my head was that on the 7th & 8th, I planned to stay over at my parents' knowing that my siblings would be there. Only in the afternoon I realized about the significant date. It was boldly printed on the first page on the daily newspaper. 070707!

Then I remembered Wardah... She was born on 010101. Not C-section but normal delivery. I really didn't expect of her early birth. Even hubby was away in Nagoya, Japan. And 010101 was also printed on the front page!

I thought that 070707 would merely be another normal day. Nothing like my 010101... Who would have expected my baby chose that very date to give me his/her first kick on my tummy. I could feel the baby moved before but not that furious kick he gave me. Even my unborn baby knew the date to choose... 070707 ;)

I'm BACK!!

I know! I know! I've vanished for quite awhile. The thing is I sort of falling out of love over the internet & all the gadgets I have at home. But the real reason is due to the morning sickness I had to bear in the 1st trimester! Yippee!! I am now at my 17th week & has long waved goodbye to the 1st trimester. Though morning sickness fails to leave for good it sure is far better than what I had to go through on my 2nd & 3rd month... fooh! This pregnancy is really different from the other 3. Perhaps it's the age factor... I'll be 33 this October. Gosh!!

Well... despite the vomiting, headache & tiredness, there are of course lots of great things that I have ventured. Slowly I will recall & definitely share with all of you my amazing friends. Which I realize that my blog does have regular readers... Okay people, I will find the time to update. Till next time.. ciao.

Girl's Secret by Wardah

This morning, as I was about to switch on my desktop, I came across this piece of paper on the table. I could recognize the handwriting. It was my 6-year-old girl, Wardah with her art work. What captured my attention was not the drawing but the poem. Or could it be a very short essay?? Obviously at this moment of writing, she was in the mood of dancing. Perhaps was playing along with Yasmin & Balqis. However, the word forgeted really made my day.....

ps- English is her second language at home.

Look what Balqis brought home today....

Balqis was so happy showing me what she brought home today. It was a tiny plant which obviously she sowed onto wet cotton herself with the help of her teacher. She didn't allow her sisters to touch it. Kept on checking on it every minute. I put it on the kitchen top by the window & she looked so proud knowing that I liked her plant... Wonder what she will bring home next. I'm looking forward, of course!

Guess What?

I have a marvelous news to share. Have been planning for this for quite awhile. Though hubby was not really keen to the idea, being a headstrong as I am, he usually gives in. His losing phrase... "You always get what you want!" That is somehow true. I strive to get the things I dream of. A very determined person I am which hubby thinks stubborn is a better adjective. Maybe it doesn't really show to others but to hubby as my other half, it can really be a pain in his ass...!

So, back to the topic. As most of you are aware that I have 3 beautiful girls. Frankly, hubby is fine with 2 despite the gender. I disagree. 2 is less the fun & 3 is a crowd. To solve the matter, I think, I have got to make the number even. I am here to announce that I am in the family way again... Yes, I am exactly 4 weeks & 5 days pregnant. Really, really plan for this fourth round. I want to make sure that I will deliver during the school holidays. It will be unfair to my other girls if they are schooling & I do not want to trouble others. My EDD (Expected Delivery Date) is on the 15th of December 2007. That is almost perfect. Based from history, I normally deliver 2 weeks or 1 week earlier. School will reopen on the first week of January & by that time I hope I am well enough to chauffeur them to school again.

Everybody is excited. The girls keep on asking about the baby & little Balqis has been taught by her big sisters that there is a baby in mama's tummy. She simply imitates her sisters kissing my tummy over & over again. I know that this pregnancy is going to be fun. The elder girls are big enough to share stories about the baby's development & also to help me around. Hubby is of course enthusiastic with this news. Praying that this time we will be granted with a boy...

I hope that everything will go smooth. Of course I will keep on updating about the baby. I am yet to make an appointment with my obstetrician. Perhaps next week. As for now, I have been taking folic acid way before I was pregnant. Told you I am well prepared for this pregnancy!

Here is the pregnancy home test I did. The line in the test window is rather blur compared to the control window. But it is still considered positive... Hey, after all, I am a mother to almost 4!!