Boxing / St. Stephens Day

Belated pressie from santy :)




Mama keluar sedikit lambat that morning. Dah pukul 6.15am baru sampai depan NEXT CHILDREN, org dh terlalu penuh pukul 7 baru mama boleh masuk.





Madness!



Notice: 99% are foreigners!

Mama ingatkan pukul 9 dah boleh siap lah, tapi que utk bayar pun berejam! Menggelabah mama sbb mothercare sale start at 10. Nasib baik lah 9.50 dah siap. Elok sampai mothercare, pintu pun bukak..



But not so much excitement at mothercare compare to next.. Patutlah x ramai sgt org tunggu..

Habis mothercare, mama pegi breakfast dgn untie reni, n we continue our journey to adulthood pulak.. Then lunch at 2 balik rumah, ingatkan nk keluar semula ke area grafton street, tapi mama dah malas n penat..


See the price? U can get shirt for less than €5! mau ke tak excited :D

So itu sajelah shopping mama for that day. Bak kata untie reni, we are not that young anymore.. Shopping separuh hari dah give up! kuikuikui..

Dulu mama selalu spent our boxing day in london. From early in the morning till late at night. Mana lah datangnya semangat jitu tu kan hmmm.. Now mama rasa selera shopping mama dah berubah lah. No more desire for my own stuff. Cuma utk Z aje...

Anyhoo, we are now in sligo. Papa keje n nothing much we can do except shop shop and shop ;D. Will blog about it later (hotel nih internet slow mcm siput, kedekut!)

Btw, want to see more madness?



People queing for arnotts. Siap tidur depan pintu kedai lagi. Hihi

Christmas Eve

Besok Christmas.. Santa dtg ke mlm ni Z? Hihihi.. Nasib baik Z blom paham lg, kalau tak jenuh la mama nk kena explain nanti..

'Raya' thn ni mama x de buat apa2 pun.. Papa keje, takkan mama nk buat party pulak.. :p. tapi selalunya mmg mama masak2 n invite kengkawan rapat dtg melepak pun.. Tahun ni x dapat lah yer..

Harini mama bawak Z pegi shopping beli groceries, then ptg tu mama buat dairy-free muffin yg diubah suai dr resepi from wholesomebabyfood di bawah.
Source: wholesomebabyfood.com

Tapi Z tak suka :((
Mama rasa sedap aje.. Hmm.. Risaulah mama sebab Z mmg tak mau langsung bende2 yg sedikit chunky. Semuanya nk pureed/mashed jer. Masa memula nk mkn tu, mmg dia excited jer, tapi bila dia rasa the texture, terus dia tanak. Siap tersedak2 mcm choking gitu. Sigh.. Risau takut sampai ke besar nanti Z x boleh makan chunky food.

Winter Solstice

22nd Dec is the Shortest Day this for year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice

sempena hari yang pendek, bos mama telah 'menghadiahkan' separuh hari cuti harini.. thank you boss, see u next year!(kebetulan jer sebenarnya.. mmg last day before xmas selalu bos kasik half day pun)

anyway, yes! kejap lagi dah boleh balik. mama nk pegi buat preview sale dulu sebelum balik rumah. kene make sure betul2 opening time and mark dulu mana2 bende yg nak di serbu nanti.. hehehe..

(orang lain busy nak beraya, mama pula busy nak bershopping.. :P)

WW: Still at Work

1 more day.. then cotiiiiii!!!

Btw, this is Suzy. staff baru yg di hired utk menjawab telephone ketika kami bercuti nanti.

And no, the messy desk is not mine!

Bedtime

@10pm (ada exam ka cek oii..?)

Dah 3 nights in a row dekat pukul 11 baru tido.. Selalunya pukul 8.30 dh selamat in land of dream..

Maybe sebab tak sihat badan kot..?

Tapi mama rasa nk blame papa jugak. Tiap kali kalau papa balik, mesti he mess up with z's schedule. Hadoiii.. Tak larat lah mama nk kena train balik semula.

Mama pun bukanlah nk strict sgt, tapi mama rasa routine is a must utk anak/2. Terutama utk anak2 seperti Z. Supaya Z dapat memahami n bersedia utk menguruskan diri sendiri in future.

Z tido lah awal yer.. U need a good night rest. Besok boleh sambung blajar n main lagi.. Ni asik mengamuk jer sbb ngantuk, tapi tido tak jugak.. Besok siang pun mesti cranky lagi sbb tak cukup rest.. Sigh..

Demam jugak akhirnya..

lepas kena jab tempohari Z mmg active seperti biasa jer, 2nd day pun sama lah active semacam, so mama ingatkan we could get away with it. tapi dah 2 malam Z asik bangun dan menangis tengah malam, rasanya sebab he got blocked nose kot.. 2-3 kali jugak lah dia bagun for the past 2 nights. but still no temperature..

petang tadi masa mama di office tgh bersiap2 nk ke xmas party, tetiba jer papa call ckp temperature dh naik and he is very cranky. so, papa kasik calpol, tapi Z muntah..

dah la papa nk balik ke sligo malam ni, so mama pun cancelled lah ke xmas party tu.. (sebenarnya mama mmg malas nk pegi pun, tapi kalau tak pegi nanti diorang ckp anti-sosial pulak..) since dah ada strong excuse nih, cepat2 lah mama melarikan diri :)

Tonight temperature dah ok, tapi mmg berhingus lah. Melalak2 jer sebab susah nk tido. Mama gilir2 dgn k.yah dukung Z. Sbb bila diletakkan jer, mesti dia meraung sbb x boleh bernafas.

Actually ni first time Z kene flu yg teruk nih. Sblm ni x de lah sampai x boleh bernafas. Mama pun dh buntu, tatau nk buat apa lg. sapukan vicks n spray saline nasal spray tu jer lah. Now dh terlelap tu. hmm esok mama nk g carik plug in vaporiser tu pulak lah..

December so far..

Mama terAMATlah busy lately nih. x sempat sgt nk update apa2 yg berlaku. infact mmg tak banyak pun benda yg berlaku selain daripada menguruskan kerja2 di pejabat.. sementara mama masih ingat peristiwa2 di bulandecember nih, baik mama coretkan di sini..


1. Physio Therapy (1/12)
Sebabkan Z baru jer baik demam, Z tak berapa berminat sgt untuk ber execise. so we just take it slowly lah.. but Paula cakap she noticed that Z dah banyak 'bercakap' now. so, mama pun bagitau lah kat dia yg mama kasik Z pakai Lip-Trainer and explained to her the benefits it might contribute to Z. she's quiet impress and mahu mama inform the speech therapist in detail about it agar boleh lah dikongsi oleh ahli2 yg lain.. masalahnya, appointment dgn speech therapist pun blom dapat lagi..:(


::@Epicurean Food Hall::
2. 1st weekend in December
papa was oncall again. so, dia x dapat balik. mama just bawak Z n k.yah keluar shopping groceries jer. lebihnya mama spend masa mengulit Z kat rumah.


3. Govt Budget 2012 (5/12)
Ekonomi ireland seumpama telur di hujung tanduk sekarang nih. among other things the Govt has decided to reduce the health and welfare benefit termasuklah will reduce child allowance and disability carer allowance. walaupun Z entitle to these 2 allowance, mama belum pernah lagi apply for it (busy! dah berkali2 dah org Sosial Office tu hantar reminder). so, tak de lah effect sgt for us kot.. but we plan to do so in near future. dapat sikit pun dah syukur lah memandangkan nearly half of mama n papa salaries goes to income tax :(. but ade lg yg tak best, budget for agensi2 seprti SMH/hospital pun kene potong, maksudnya lagi lama lah waiting list for us to get to see theraphist/specialist. salary papa juga will be affected sebab they have to reduce overtime pay. tsskkk..

cut on education sector pun banyak juga, but more on spending, rasanya salary mama still ok kot sebab mama cuma dapat basic jer, takde overtime2 nih.. but in next year or 2 tak tahu lah mcm mana lagi nasibnya.. hhmmm.. should we consider going back for good now??


4. papa in the house (9-16 dec)
papa on annual leave from 10-16 december. terpaksa ambik time ni sbb time xmas nanti papa kene keje. quit unfortunate lah jugak sebab mama x dapat cuti. nanti time mama cuti, papa pulak kena keja.. kesiann Z tak dapat pegi jalan2 :(


5. Uncle Bazk n Aunty Chi dtg melawat (11/12)
dah lama jugak tak jumpa diorang, last jumpa raya dulu lah kot. sampai2 jer Aunty chi terus dukung Z and lambung2 Z. Z mmg suka dilambung2, tapi maybe sebab dh lama x jumpa aunty chi, Z terkejut and terus melalak2. then sampai ke sudah Z tak boleh pandang aunty chi, mesti tercebik2 jer.. even lepas aunty chi dah balik pun, kalau papa nk lambung2 Z, Z mesti mcm gayat jer.. trauma agaknya huhhuhu.. kesiann Z.. but alhamdulillah sehari kemudian dah ok balik lah..


::@Eden Temple Bar::
6. Aunty Reni Graduation(12/12)
Congratulations aunty reni sbb dah jadik Ms reni (specialist in plastc surgery). sbb tak dapat pegi her graduation, we went for a dinner instead. Z of course lah kena tinggal. mama n papa balik dah pukul 12 lebih, Z dah tertidur. bila bangun the next day, Z tak mau lepaskan mama. melalak2 bila mama nk pegi office. papa pujuk pun Z tetap tak mau layan. mesti Z takut mama tinggalkan Z lagi. makan pun x nak apa pun tak nak.. mama terpaksa jugak lah melayan Z, end up mama sampai office dekat pukul 10dah (hari2 biasa pun pukul 9 lebih baru mama sampai office..hihihi). tu pun time mama keluar tu Z still melalak2 huhuhu..


::si manja mama::
7. 1st snow this year (13/12)
in dublin la.. other part of ireland dah lama dah snowing.. and the best part is, we witness it together!!

kebetulan Z dtg menziarahi mama di office (rentetan peristiwa no 6 di atas lah, papa terpaksa bawak Z jumpa mama time lunch sebab Z still merengek2 di rumah). masa tengah lepak2 kat coffee shop kat bawah tu, tetiba jer snow. patutlah sejuk teramat sangat haritu.


::snowing outside,::
8. Meelo yearly booster (vaccine)(13/12)
sepatutnya time summer haritu, tapi asik lah terlupa. since papa ada kat rumah ni, dia bawak lah meelo pegi vet. kesiann meelo, monyok jer harini lepas kena jab.. hehehe


::pwetty in pink::
9. Z's 13 months jab (14/12)
tu dia, dah umo 16 bulan baru nk kasik '13 months' jab.. hehehe. dulu 12th months jab pun kasik masa Z dah umo 13 bulan, then dia demam2 yg teruk lah pulak (time balik m'sia tu).. so konon nk tunggu until he fully recovered lah.. bila dah betul2 baik, kena g ambik darah pulak.. tangguh punya tangguh, last month dia demam lagi sekali.. baru this week lah dapat pegi.. hopefully takde lah demam2 lagi yer..


sekian saje..

(harini mama cuti. sebab bawak Z pegi jab.. )

16 Months

Sudah 1 tahun 4 bulan :)



Bertambah confident utk duduk, tapi kene tolong dudukkan lah sebab Z blom pandai pull himself to sitting position yet.

Physio still focusing on crawling, sejak baik dari demam last week dh semakin kerap berada dalam 4 point crawling position. Kaki pun dah boleh gerak2 ke kiri dan kanan, but not confident enough utk move his hands yet.



Its ok, we will practise more k. But agak susah nk suruh dia buat sit up. Mmg dia akan meronta2 tak nak exercise :(.

Comando crawling mmg bertambah maju lah. Paling suka pegi dapur n mengintai ke dalam oven. Mcm lah mama nih selalu sangat baking yg dia dok sibuk jaga oven tuu..

Banyak mulut!! Tapi ikut mood lah, sometime dia malas jer nk buka mulut, sometimes tu ntah apa2 jer lah yg dia bercerita.. Pot pet jerr.. Kalau tgk tv pun dia suka bercakap.

Garang pun yer jugak. Siap jeling2 kalau org kacau. Pastu mesti jerit2 marah kalau tak ikut kehendak dia.

Makan n minum dah back to normal. Berat to date 9.6 kg!



Favourite tv still lagi waybuloo, ben n holly little kingdom, Peppa Pig n babytv yg free punya app on ipad (mama dh subscribe for more option tapi z x layan pun). Dvd pulak, still setia dgn series Your Baby Can Read and Gigglebellies.

Warkah untuk Z

Z kesayangan mama,

Mama minta maaf sebab mama x dapat meluangkan banyak masa untuk bersama dgn Z minggu ini atau minggu2 sebelumnya atau minggu2 selepasnya.
Mama minta maaf sebab x sempat belajar bersama2 di pagi hari.
Mama minta maaf sebab x boleh lama2 melayan kamu sarapan pagi.
mama minta maaf sebab mama selalu lambat feed your dinner.
Mama minta maaf sebab mama tak dapat sama2 exercise yogo during nighttime Waybuloo.
Mama minta maaf sebab mama tak dapat sama2 menyanyi lagu Jimmy Jammers or Land of Dreams bersama kamu.
Mama minta maaf sebab tak sempat nak membacakan your favorite bedtime storybooks.

Namun, mama amat berterima kasih sebab kamu masih setia menyambut mama pulang dengan senyuman.
Mama amat berterima kasih setiap kali kamu memeluk erat dan mencium mama.
Mama berterima kasih sebab kamu masih tersenyum ketika tertidur dipangkuan mama.

Hapus segala penat lelah mama seharian di pejabat dengan senyumanmu.

Terima kasih sayang..
Loves, Mama





p/s: few more weeks and the 'year end' thingy will be over. and everything will be back to normal. and we will spend those quality time together. by meantime, please bear with me dear..