Preparation for the new sibling...

This happened last month...It was late afternoon, it was hubby off-day and we went to pick up our old baby cot that we bought back from Min - very sweet of her to sell it back to us... of course with the help of hubby's friend who drove a goods van. And not mentioning the weather was really hot, i am sweating like waterfalls!! phewww!! After which we had a short tea-break @ Jln Kayu which the shades are not really giving enough shades =) Thereafter, we waited for the boys to reach home & decided to fix up the baby cot together... we want them to feel that they are equally important and with the arrival of the baby, they are not to be replaced instead to add on as a merrier... We believed they had a great time. Theres also the new baby bumper which i managed to get it at 40% off last month, the good-will gesture froma fellow tutor - Fadil who worked temp @ Aussino. I have a few of mine but was thinking of having a few spares... and not forgetting some new newborn clothing to last me at least the first 10days, well i am only having PreLoved clothings whc ranges frm 3-6mths so this is a must have items... thanks to my sis - Maria, i really make full use of her MotherCare member's card =)

Its false alarm..

I really thought that today when i opened up my eyes, I will be at the hospital bed recovering from the ceasarian... Well, almost dropped everything last night and about to rush the Labour Ward. Its really painful and comes & goes within a 10mins gap. But its definitely not contractions for me as the pain is at the pelvis bone & i felt that something or somehow the baby is coming out. I really forget how it shld feel esp when its 4yrs gap from my 2nd child. hhmmm... thanks to the KKH emergency hotline, i managed to get some advise. After a while, or shld i say an hour, it went off & i am back to normal. perfectly normal. phewww! well, my edd is weeks to come so not expecting anything & esp its still april. At least if the baby were to come, the first week of May would be perfect. all the more reasons to share the joy on Mothers' Day. Anyway, I have stopped cooking everyday, apart from the breakfast or soup for the kids, main course is lesser now. I am getting lazier each day and tire out easily. Lucky its just a false alarm...

Its hot night.. cant get to sleep...

SO here i am seating, slouching on my bed rambling with chilled drinks and trying to free myself frm the ever-busting warm night... or shld i say in the wee hours? hubby is not home yet and i am feeling so heaty that i got up from my sleep, just cant get back to sleep again. And the cruel fact is, need to be up by 6.30am, breakfast for my boys and off to sent them for their swimming training. yeah! I know what u are thinking, its cool. for them but not me, i cant fit anymore into my swimsuit sinc ei touch my 35weeks... the suit just wun give way to this poor bumper. sad. I know. and knowing that swimming helps during your pregnancy, i just cant help it anymore. I am still trying, hoping that by reading others moms' blogspot, i am able to go back to my dreams again...

Hot weather rantings...

Last night was already very hot, globally i believe the earth is erupting.... and of course during my last trimester its very heaty especially when everything starts to bloom too much. I kept on drinking chrysanthemum tea & home-brewed rosehips teas... chilled of course. I should not be drinking too much tea fact that i am thalassemic, minor. But i just cant help it! Its too hot and drinking any warm beverage will not help at all. I read somewhere that when you are on the lower blood count, you shldnt be drinking the normal strong tea, instead sip the ones with flavours... hopefully it helps. But i am lucky i have no frequent leg-cramps, guess thanks to all those prenatals & brisk-walking. It helps a lot.

And now, its blazing heaty outside my window thou yes, its windy at the same time but i felt suffocated, have been changing my home-cooked menu these days to coolong recipes. My kids are feeling the heat too. And yes, the fan is blasting to full volume!! Dun mentioned about the AC.

Today, Khair had cereals while Sufi had ready-made mini pancakes topped with home-made cranberries jam... a changed.. compared to their normal heavy breakfast of fried rice. By 11am, they had soupy carrot rice right before they went off to school.

And now, while chilling out with my cool tea, i am wondering my hubby is going to frown badly and you might think that he just had a brawl at work... its hot and bet he is really not in a jolly mood....

 

Recipes For Home-made Cranberries Jam:

 

- 1cup full of frozen Cranberries

- 1 cup full of sugar of any type

- 1 medium size lemon

 

Preparations:

 

- stir or cook cranberries in pot till melt

- add sugar

- add water

- squeeze lemon as preservatives

 

Cool jam and keep it in a glass jar. Fridge it after cool it. Yummy!

 

Over the weekend

We had great family time over the weekend, palying soccer or shld i called it basketball-turned-into-soccer ball? so the other winnie pooh ball is too small for the boys now... The weather is great, breezy & am thankful fot he wide field across our flat. Its simply a haven.

Sufi & his maze...

After his brother sounded asleep... Sufi get bored & ta-da!!! a Lego maze...

Desperate Housewife

Reading the title doesnt makes me into one, but i am feeling the tension. Tension of the weather which makes me feeling like the only mother-nature reeking of sweat all times whereby its windy outside now. And i started to leak! I meant really leaked, the breast milk is in production & the more I felt that my body temperature is crossing the borders. You get what i meant? Anyway, why i am ranting is, my digi cam's batteries are giving me the head-loose... yes at this very critical moment where i am about to explode! (dun asked me why, this is not the ori batt - my dear brother lost them somewhere....) duh!! And its not practical to buy a new one at this moment, too many expenditure to look after, the so-called near to explosion and the bills are piling up! did i mentioned that my comm has depleted too?! goshhh... but never mind, these are the rare times of the season. i always take things as a blessing in disguised... lucky still, my bil able to lend me his. so the issue of the digi cam is settled for now. Left with tomorrow, i may looked fine but am very tense with the overall scenario... this is the first entry test for my dear Sufi, hopefully he can make it, otherwise, no matter how desperate mummy is - i will support u baby... amin. Lastly, much to my relieved, my boys are getting better on their phlegmy cough... alhamdulillah. Yes, indeed i was desperate enough as to bottled them with 'variety'' of medication... but as much as i can, trying to maintain my 'SUPERmomma' physically to looked calm as much as i can... I guessed it works. Now, i am desperate for a new fan - additional fan! And i need a new vacuum!! everything is so tense at this very moment... these two things has to go haywired... not mentioning last mth it was the rice-cooker & the hot-pot... which has already been replaced. oh my! tragic. Seriously, desperate housewife.

My only brother serving his NS

Its time for him, and i missed him. Not mentioning my mum actually cried over him for the first few days he's just enlisted... hehee... terrible. but i must admit, i missed his irritable manners... hes always funny. He was hoping to be with the paramedics.... defeat the purpose if he gets others esp when he's a graduant-nurse...

all the best bro!

Fever & bad cough over the week...

Sufi & Khair having fever over the long weekend. Its a Good Friday holiday and supposed to planned for an outing but ended up spending our weekend at the A&E KKH. It does not matter, really as long as my boys are well attended, treated and recovering well from the weak days... Khair did have fever only for a day, which each time he falls sick, his immune system is much more stronger which i must thank to the long period of breastfeeding (18mths) for him. ANd yes, i am repeating myself for not sure the thousandths times that i regret only giving Sufi full breastfdg for 4mths and the rest is history on mixing with milk powder... ggrrr... how am i to know? too ignorant i believed, trying to give all the best to my first newborn but i lacked the resources... resources to find out more on the goodness of breast milk. But I did so called ''pay-back''... all the excess breast milk that i have frm feeding my 2nd child, i shared them with Sufi each time its his 'milk time''... hopefully it helps. And sinc emy 3rd baby will be due soon, i am all prepared again for breastfdg... I believed.... BREAST IS BEST always...

Estatic ice-cream treats

What happened the last 2 weekends... They simply adores the 24/7 McDonalds that just opened across our flat, and just looked at them having fun with the ice-creams...