Ramblings of a Mami of Two

Last Saturday we threw you a big birthday bash. Ayah brought a zoo to our house, no kidding, okay there were no elephants or animals of that sort, but we did have snakes and iguana on our porch! Blegh. If there is one thing you must know about your Ayah, it's he is a BIG fan of binatang-binatang (and so are you!). The petting zoo turned out to be a good investment, I know you kids enjoyed it. You must thank your Ayah for that. Don't forget to call him and thank him again, when you read this. A lot of people came, atok Ma, atok Ba, nenek, nek ma, your uncles and aunties, cousins... Your school mates came too! Even your teachers! I was a bit too busy entertaining guests to check on you, but the few glances I took of you showed me how happy you were.  So yeah. Kimi, Thanks for coming into my life. In just 5 years, you've given my life more meaning that I'd ever be able to give my self, on my own. In just 5 years, I've laughed more that I ever had ...

Hakimi is still in his talk-ask-non-stop phase. Why this, why that, how this, how that, who this who that.  He would ask the same question tens of times that sometimes I just had to tell him to stop. Or else I would go mad.  Tonight, in the car on our way home he asked us about sembelih and one question led to another. I gave up about 10 mins into the conversation, while Ach continued answering him. Tiba-tiba I noticed that Hakimi was talking less and less... apparently Ach had turned the table on him, asking him one question after another. Ayah: Kenapa kereta dalam cerita Mr Gru boleh masuk dalam air?  Kimi : Sebab dia tere. Ayah : Macam mana dia boleh masuk dalam air? Kimi : Macam dalam cerita Cloudy 2! Ayah : Kenapa Mr Gru bawak kereta dalam Cloudy 2? Kimi : Tak, dia bawak kereta yang boleh masuk dalam air, sama macam cloudy 2. Ayah : Kenapa mesti masuk dalam air? Kenapa kereta kita tak boleh masuk air? And it went on and on and on until.....

Daddy's boy through and through, this one. One of the mornings Ach made me send Kimi to school so I did. Kimi made face even before we entered my car, asking why am I the one sending him instead of Ayah.  I was fine with that and with him not being happy, until: Kimi : Kenapa mami yang hantar? Mami : Because I want to talk to your teacher. And plus, I miss you.  I was hoping that would stir some emotions but I was wrong.  Nothing happened, there was not even a smile on his face.  Mami : What? Why? Tak suka mami hantar? Kimi : Suka. Tapi suka jugak bila Ayah ada.  Mami : Kimi tak sayang mami ke? (I just HAD to ask) Kimi : Kimi sayang dua-dua. Tapi kalau ayah tu kimi sayang 4. Mami kimi sayang 3.  I felt like my heart was hit by a tsunami so hard it left a hole deeper than Mariana trench. Drama. But then come to think of it, nak terasa pun buat apa? Ach spends more time with him, taking h...

(and 2 months, give and take) had passed since I first wrote on aChieaJanie. This was my first post: bla bla bla for my first entry yang tak tau jadi ke tak..heheh..yeayyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!dah jadiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!bley laa mengumpat orang lepas ni...=)muahaha....nanti orang kate aku suke ngumpat laks...tak ler..tipu je..tapi yang betul2nyer...aku sangat sukaaaa sebab ade bende nih...muahaha ntah nape ntah.. Can you feel my excitement? Hehe. I was clearly VERY excited as evidenced by the amount of exclamation marks in one paragraph. I don't remember what prompted me to start blogging, but I think it had a lot to do with the facts that: it was summer and I didn't have much to do;  I had a programmer boyfriend who spent 90% of his time in front of the laptop, coding; I was kinda good with Photoshop and felt like I wanted to use it for something other than airbrushing my pimples and making my skin glow more than it actually did; Blogging was a trend back then...

Mami, Kimi nak delete gambar kimi dalam camera tu, yang dekat pool tu, yang kimi sedang bersin tu boleh mami? Kenapa? Sebab kimi buruk. Boleh la mami Kimi nak delete? Tak boleh. Mami rasa comel je gambar tu.  Tapi Kimi burukkkkkk. The picture he was talking about: There were three things he said that I made mental note to write of. Tapi I remember this one the most, simply because, I think it is cute that he is concerned about how he looks. Probably ach has noticed this before, tapi mami being the unobservant person she is, never really paid attention to my son's need to appear hensem.  Sudah reti nak hensem anak bujang Mami ni!  Ah. You grow up too fast honey. 

Wah. I cannot believe nine months had passed since I gave birth to this boolat. Some updates on Hadi: Physical Milestones: weighs about 8.0 kg is prone to be asthmatic due to his frequent coughing. Bye bye swimming pool. has taken a huge amount of medications and dah kena neb a few times. In fact, dah selalu sangat sampai dah tak menangis the last time he was on neb. Macho. Developmental Milestones : is already crawling. Laju. dah mula memapah-mapah. Tak mau duduk. Nak berdiri. can respond to "Sapa nama Hadi angkat tangan. Sayaaa!" and "tata hadi, tataaaaa". has no tooth peeking out yet but is teething i believe. Will gigit almost anything.  Wheeeee On feeding: is an advanced eater. Not something that I like, but I don't have much choice. Not something that I would like to spend too much time writing about too.  is still fully breastfed, alhamdulillah. But to be honest, I am struggling to meet his daily demands. =( loves his soup ayam...

I was in the bathroom doing my thing. Outside, Hadi was being Hadi, menangis sedih kena tinggal. About three minutes in, I heard Kimi calling me: Kimi : Mami, mami lama lagi ke? Mami : Lama. Kimi : Tapi adik dah menangis. Mami : Takpe biar je. Kimi : Okay mami. Few minutes later... Kimi : Mami, lama lagi ke? Mami : Tak. Nak flush jap. Kimi : Mami, mami tolong laju-laju boleh? Adik dia dah tunggu mami. I felt like dropping whatever I was doing (literally dropping what should be dropped where they should be dropped in... TMI?) , open the door and give my eldest son a big, fat hug. Because I think he's the sweetest brother. I love my son. =)