OF BEING A PENGAPIT & A FOOTBALLER
i'm telling ya.. i'm a busy, busy bee rite now!... gosh.. i'm barely breathing!!... my buddy's away for her honeymoon and suddenly, i've got a whole load of things on my plate!.. :( and i soooo hate it... but i have to contact her to get some info but she's currently uncontactable!... urrrghh!!!!... :(

anyways, sunday was a packed, packed, packed weekend!.... first up was gg to Akid's Cukur Rambut.. it's almost like a wedding invite coz the function was from 11am to 5pm and it was held under the void-deck!.. ahhahaha....

Eshan was his right pengapit and Adam was supposed to be on his left but Adam and parents were nowhere in sight!!!... where were u guys?!.... so we took a picture of the SP Gang '01 without them... *baaaah!!*

al-hamdulillah, Eshan do like kids!.. i think he lurves ppl of his age around.. hahaha... yeah!.. i think some of u may be saying it's time for me to have another one.. well, this year's a rest!.. next yr, insya-allah factory reopens itself, eh?.. hehehhee...

From the East, we headed to the West to see Kak Yani.. she's at home recuperating from her freak accident with the cows in Laos.. seeing her stitched leg and (i didn't want to see) arms, god forbid i get myself involved in such an accident!!.. thank god for travel insurance.. she gets one of the best medical attention at Thailand albeit a day later!... gosh!!.. i wonder how she went thru the pain for a full day before real medical attention was given!!.... PAAAIIINNNN siah!!...

From the West, we went to the centre to "support" Dearest and his soccer team... Eshan also wants to be a footballer... so he gave me his bestest pose....

amacam? ada tokoh tak??.. ahhahaha....

oh!.. he now knows how to clap his hands!.. yeay!!! :) he can stand for more than 5s, he's eating pasta and he cries everytime he wakes up on time to see us leaving work!... (I'm not sure if i should "celebrate" the latter though!!) but till date, he still haven't hold his own bottle for feeding!!!... urrrgh!!.... tat is blardy irritating!!!!..... can someone tell me how i can train him to hold his bottle, plsssss?!!!......

MY FIRST FROSTING..
FAILED!!... :(

In that 4 and a quarter days i was at home, i managed to try doing Frosted Vanilla Cupcake. Found the vanilla cupcake recipe thru Martha Stewart's webbie but the recipe found there gave very funny instructions!... but niways, it was nice... but the frosting i took from Joy of Baking and it was ULTRA sweet!... and it's not hard enuff!!.. :( on hindsight, i should've followed the instructions from MS for the frosting!... gaaaah!!

i've got another 6 more weekends to find the perfect frosting before Eshan's bday!... sooooo readers, if u have any tried and tested, less sweet and hard (but not hard like a rock) frosting, plsssss share them with me!... :) thank u!

POO-H!...
Thank god for make-up!... i'm able to conceal my dark circles and very dull complexion this morning!... i was out of action the past 4 and a quarter days!... i was called up on wed pm by the maid to come home coz Eshan was having a fever and crying non-stop!...

on the way home, i told her to put the fever patch on.. by the time i reached home, his fever somewhat subsided but the back of his neck, palms and feet were HOT!!... so i monitored and at nite time, his temp was officially within the normal range. But not convinced, i had to take a day off to monitor him further juz in case!...

the next day at 12nn, he pooed - sooooo much poo in that teensy weensy diapers of his!... but he was OK the rest of the pm... not cranky watsover!... but come evening, he started poo-ing every 3-4 hrs... on Fri morning, i woke up to go to work and Eshan woke up the same time and POOed on our bed!!... :( haiz.. imagine the rude morning shock we had!... sent him straight to the doc but was only given some powdery form to soothe his tummy ache!

on the way to the clinic..

all day fri and sat, he spilled poo on us!... poor boy.. his down there must be hurting and he's developed some sort of phobia with the bathroom coz everytime he poos, i bring him there to clean and he cries!...

now, everyone says his face has shrunk and he's not spotting that mini paus no more... :( but dun care lah.. as long as he's hydrated.. tat's all that matters... his mini paus can be developed over time... hahahha....

the only way to make him quiet is to switch on Barney!

oh!!.. and this morning, he pooed BIG TIME!!.. at 3am, he woke up with a muffle and i heard him poo-ing... later he cried.. and when i picked him up, there was poo all over his body!!... jialat lor!!... this is wat parents have to go thru for their babies!!...

so he's still poo-ing... i juz hope tat the poo-ing will stop soon and he's back to our smiley, lovable Eshan.. he's soooo cranky that he doesn't want anyone that he dun recognise anymore! :( i very the sedih tau!!....

A PACKED HOLIDAY!
it was a pretty traditional CNY this yr - with us going for a picnic (apparently, it's a tradition for the Malays to go for picnic on CNY hols!) to lion dance and lo-hei in 2 separate Chinese houses!...

First up was a picnic with the in-laws @ Sentosa... the last we went for a family picnic was eons ago... the past few yrs had always been with Dearest only.. once we went picnic with Rosma & Ms Gems.. so, imagine my shock when the in-laws brought a whole load of food and the mat and wat-nots - a real picnic lah dey!... hahahhaa...

it was soooo blardy crowded with peeps!!.... NEVER in my entire life will i bring my family out for a picnic on CNY again!!.. we were pretty excited to bring Eshan to the man-made baby pool tat Ms Gems recommended but he slept once we found a spot!... aiyoh!.. so had to wait a bit before he gets in on the fun too!...

imagine his eagerness seeing the pool! kept looking towards the pool while we wait for Dearest to gulp down his lunch!.. :)

the next day we went for the ritual CNY visiting... for the first time, Aunty Shirley called in a lion dance and we also met the Jap lady who charges US$300- US$400 per hair cut in NY!... supposedly she's tat good!.. if only i have the money, i would let her cut my hair!

Eshan got to see the dancing lions!.. and he didn't even let out a yelp!.. he was juz gaping at the lions!.. ahhahaa... must be quite a sight!!... :)

two houses after, mummy & daddy participated in a lo-hei session with their colleague's family!... mummy said she wanted all the good luck and tried to lift her stuff high..

howell!.. wateva makes them happy!... ahhahaha.... All day tat day, Eshan lets anyone carry him around.. scary betul!.. tup2 hilang anak aku!!... *choy!!* anyways, for the all the pix taken tat 2 days, they're here!

And after all that happening activities the past 2 days, Eshan woke up in a slight daze on Sat!

Anyways, we also attended Syidzz and Faisal's wedding - at LAST!!!.... we get to see them married!... :) Congrats u both!....

Yest we visited Nyai in hospital (yes! she went back in again! :( ) thank god!.. she looked fresher and happier!... unlike the past mth at home where she was juz lying down and in no mood to talk cock and eat properly!... hopefully, the scope tis morning will find the root cause of her anaemic state and they treat her accordingly!...

aaaah... the past 4 days had been a bliss for me... at home with my son - watching Barney and seeing him grow up!.. he's now able to stand for 2s on the bed and walk very quickly pushing that Fisher Price car... so i really cannot wait for him to start walking!!... how exciting!!

getting to work today was a chore!... a real chore!... i dun really want to leave my baby behind!... missing him like crazy now!! :( back to work!!!

GONG XI! GONG XI!
It's a beautiful day!... the sky is blue and the roads are clear and the office is half empty!.. yeay!!....

tml is a holiday but i'll have to slog my ass off today first... but it's ok!... i'm doing wat i like anyways!... hehehe.... hopefully eshan won't be too "needy" or cranky coz he's having a running nose... i hope it doesn't get worst within the next 2 days coz i would assume most clinics would be closed within the next 2 days!... aaaaagh!!....

wokies ppl!... to my Chinese friends and readers - GONG XI FA CAI!!.... and thank U for the much needed long holiday! ;) to my non-Chinese friends and readers, enjoy the holiday ppl!!! the next one is 6wks away!... *bummer!*

BDAYS CELEBRATIONS!
The weekend was quite well-spent... went for not one but 2 celebrations on Sat... first up was my niece's bday celebration....

Happy First BDAY NurFa!!... ;) her mom hates it when we call her tat.. but errrm, it seems quite nice leh... hehehe... she was in a good mood that day.. she's ok with us carrying her and she managed to smile a bit when we talked to her.. other days, she's a grumpy lil' one!... really. tak bedek!...

Next up was bday celebrations with the mommies!... we have 5 minus 2 Jan babies (Ikmal & Nazlin couldn't make it!) and 1 Dec babe (tat's moi!).. i received my Donna Hay Modern Classics Bk 2 (at last!!).... and i lurve it!!... gorgeous, tempting pix and easy enuff recipes to do!... i cannot wait!!!... :D *rubs hands in glee* thanks girls!!!!

my son & Ms Gems not supposed to be in the pic.. but Naqeeb was in cranky mode coz of his running nose (poor boy..) and Eshan was not warmed up with the peeps around him.. oh!.. and i also juz know that my son has this thing abt crowds.. when we reach NurFa's bday party, i got my aunt to hold him first while i pass the big present i got for NurFa to An... when Eshan looked around the crowded living rm and finds that i wasn't the one holding him, he cried... alamak!... susah babe gini..

anyways, the 2006 babies minus Ikmal convened at Rosma's hse that Sat... and boys! was it difficult to get the 3 of u to sit quietly!...

tat's y there were no nice, clear shots of the boys!... these were the best amg the lot tat i took!.. :( nvm, next time we try again eh... waaah... come to think of it, come education milestones - going into P1, streaming, PSLE, O levels - at least i dun have to go thru it alone.. my frenz will be there to go thru it together! ;)

oh!.. i do need help!... Eshan's curls are getting out of hand!.. mummy asked me to cut it but i can't bear to coz it does look cute on him!.. hahahha.. but when he's all sweaty, it looks soooo all over the place!

btw, update on Kak Yani - she looks in high spirit though there were metal bits sticking out from her arms and wat nots... aiyoh!.. it looks pretty painful but she's smiling and can even do a peace sign to the camera for Daddy!.. so, i think either she's really not in pain (one tough cookie she is!) or the drugs are working their way to numb her pain... either way, i was in pain looking at her pix!!.... yah!.. daddy took them to show me how painful it is to have an accident when u're a pillion on a bike!... hmmm.. yah!.. i know... but i dun enjoy long rides thru kampong streets and wat nots... i'm not a toughie!... i'm a pampered brat like tat!.. hehehe... but insya-allah, Dearest will ride safely with me as his "second eyes" on the streets of SG!!

anyways, to Kak Yani & Isham, dun think can visit you at the hospital since we cannot bring Eshan to the hospital... will prolly visit u when u're back home... let us know once back, k?!... take care!!!

COW?!
i receive some bad news from Mummy... she told me that Kak Yani got involved in an accident in Laos. Apparently, they were trying to avoid a COW!... yes!... u read it right - a COW!... my oh my!...

Mummy is still unsure of details - she said something like she got thrown off the bike - wah! reminded me of when I got thrown off the bike one time!.... *shudders* dear god, i do hope she's ok.... she's on the way back and will be admitted to SGH..

wags finger at Isham - tak nampak ke itu lembu??....

TGIF!
at last!.. it's Friday!.... a few more days to go before the 4-day rest next week!... yippee!!..... i really cannot wait for tat!.... :)

but before i go for that 4-day rest, i need to slog out a day to do my egg tarts and marble cake since i took orders for CNY!... ;) my first order for my marble cake.. hmmm... i hope it turns out A-OK!....

oh!... we've already decided on a date for the retreat.. but there's still some issues to be ironed out before we can confirm it.. haaaizzz... y do i have to do this?.... i really dun like organising such stuff!... :(