It is all about the first time..

Posted by Mrs Imran on Jun 29, 2010
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Darwis Ichiro Azmi ~ 4 days old. Picture by TripletsplusOne Photography

My husband and I still remember on how we used to say “this is gonna be our last time….bla bla bla..before parenthood” as if the situation after that will be so difficult, like entering a battle where catastrophe may occur and dying is common.

Well, after going through it for 12 months, proud to announce that it is even far more challenging than the third world war. However our verdict about being a parent is no longer “it is all about the last time”, in fact it is more towards “it is all about the first time!”

How exciting

Oh boy…I can’t help myself from crying now. I need to stop before my keyboard gets all wet.

Darwis Ichiro Azmi – 6 days old

Dear son, all I wanna say is Happy First Birthday darling. Mommy and Daddy will always love you, do come to us whenever you are unhappy, we will surely make you happy again. Seriously anytime dear, selagi kami belum menghembuskan nafas terakhir dan menutup mata selamanya.

Be good sayang.

Darwis Ichiro Azmi ~ 11 months and 3 weeks old

p/s: we are so sorry that we were so careless that day until you fell down and caused your lips to bleed heavily. your dad was so panic, he carried you immediately but only to know he didn’t know where to head. he was looking for a washroom but to no avail, he was about to enter the elevator but then your blood pouring like rain and you were crying so loud. so your dad ended up “berpusing-pusing” on the floor for few minutes. and your mommy? she’s so panic until she can’t even say a word and she just standing like a statue and staring to your dad yg “berpusing-pusing” in circle. but you are such a tough boy, a moment after that you suddenly stop crying and get busy with the balloon again…yeah the thing that had caused you to fall. well…so much for your 1 year old scar..:)

Date: 29/6/2010
Time: 1.15am
Daddy is sleeping beside you. I took you out from the cradle just now because you were crying and put you on the bed to sleep with your daddy.

Goodnight and sleep tight.

Bubbles!

Posted by Mrs Imran on Jun 21, 2010
Filed Under Darwis Ichiro, Memory Lane, Photography | 14 comments

My hero will turn 1 year old end of this month!  Yay!

We are in birthday party mood! Wow how time flies and suddenly dang!!! Ichiro is going to be 1 year old in few days time…

It’s truly hard to describe my feeling now. I would never forget how tough my pregnancy was , how amazing natural labor experience that I went through and how challenging our life as a zombie parents now [welcome to the sleepless world!]

I can’t thank GOD enough since Ichiro is such an easy boy to deal with. He seldom being cranky, pretty easy to put him to sleep [but sometimes, he did put my nerve on jugak la, bila refuse to sleep, but not that frequent], he cries less….and etc.

It just that now since dah kerap berjalan, he always wanna hold my hands and drag me to everywhere he goes. That really drives me nuts and rasa nk patah pinggang pon ada! If it’s not because of his sloppy kiss….ahhhhh dat kiss…. Yes! My son now knows how to kiss already and that was really the icing on the cake. I’m one happy mother on the earth! Who can say no to sloppy kiss (from a baby)? ~ errr or maybe from a pet for some…but not for me lah.huhu.

Bubble factory working hard…heart the rainbow bubbles..lovely!

Me and husband went to Toys R Us to look for some toys for Ichiro and some birthday party decorations. Unfortunately I can’t find the things that I looked for [will look for it somewhere else] but we found a bubble factory for Ichiro! Awesome!

Bubble factory is a battery operated and it can produces bubbles non-stop until the battery is dead or the soap liquid finish. You need not to hold it , just place it on a flat surface.

Ichiro trying to catch the bubbles..

I rasa benda ni dekat pasar malam pon ada jual, complete with sound and music. Ichiro punya tak ada music. Will scout for ones yg ada music dekat pasar malam later lah.

For now, with or without music….bubbles is always fun to play with!

Teringat masa kecik-kecik, ahh sudahhhh..dah start dah…hihi [haku suka la kan sikit-sikit nk bukak kisah silam] Main buih ni sebenarnya mainan tradisional jugak kot rasanya. Sbb dah main since kecik-kecik lagi kan. Masa tu kedai-kedai runcit jual buih ni dalam botol plastik warna merah then ada kayu peniup bubble yg ada lubang bulat. My mom mmg jarang belikan mainan. Lagi-lagi kalau mainan membazir2 ni, she always said I dah besar and tk perlukan mainan lagi.

Being a small child, of course I was dying for the bubbles sadly at that time I can only tengok my friends main jer la. Mungkin disebabkan hidup I yg tk berapa luxury dulu, it triggered my creativity. So one day masa I tengah sapu kapur onto my shoes [I think I was 7-8 years old masa tu], I belek-belek pemegang span penyapu kapur, dan ternampak span tu diselitkan kedalam lubang pemegang penyapu kapur tu [kapur dulu2 ol skool, kene sapu dgn span bukan roll on mcm sekarang]. I was so curious so I pulled the sponge out and voila! Saya nampak satu benda yg lebih kurang sama dengan peniup bubble yg jual dekat kedai!

Daddy..what is that?? It gets into my eyes…

So, quickly I made satu gayung air sabun, not sure how to make one actually, tapi I just belasah jer amik air campur sabun because remember I never had a chance to play with the original bubbles yg jual dekat kedai, so I tak tahu diaorg guna sabun apa or any special liquid ker…Then I dipped the brush holder into the soap liquid, close my eyes and blow as hard as I can and to my surprise it works!!! It workssssssssssssssssssss.

I was so excited and ran to my mom to show her my new “invention!” I remember the moment I blew the bubbles to her face, she just smiles and said “baguslah” Haha..mcm tk heran langsung ok. Yeah mom, I know that I didn’t invent a rocket or an iPhone , but still how many kids with the same age like me at that time knows how to make that bubble thingy from a kapur kasut sponge holder? But it’s okay, I know my mom very well and I also knew that she was actually happy with my determination. Her eyes can’t lie, it speaks only the truth all the time.

Dah pandai jalan, dan……..

…..dah pandai panjat tempayan! grrrrrr…

Regarding Ichiro’s birthday, we are planning for a small party for Ichiro. Hopefully jadi lahhhh. I will also open the invitation for my blog readers soon but sorry banyak-banyak sbb utk my readers I gotto limit it to 10 families only [I dh invite my close friends about 10 families, so altogether campur readers about 20 families]. I wanna keep my son’s party small because afraid that I may not able to entertain all guests and feel bad about it later. Tak best la mcm tu.

Siapa yg sudi hadir nnt, let me know yeah. Just wait for the invitation entry.

So, I think that’s all for now, happy monday peeps!

p/s: Oh btw Sex & The City 2 is a disaster. Apart from the girls stuff like fab shoes, bags and extravagant hotel [which is boleh tahan la...made me drooling] , the movie is poorly done. Seriously. I hate it so much until all those fab things can’t buy me to like the movie. Frankly it sucks! Sorry to SATC fan. I heart SATC [first movie] better than the second. If rajin, will write a short review about the movie in these few days, but can’t promise.

Imran and his little so-called office

Posted by Mrs Imran on Jun 3, 2010
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Our current room is super small. Imran’s parent actually has provided us a bigger room  located upstairs, but since kami mcm sayang dengan bilik bawah sbb bilik bawah less warm than bilik atas yg siang-siang hari adalah macam oven kek lapis sarawak, so kami mcm malas nk pindah atas. But bilik atas mmg roomy lagi ah.

We only have 1 small table in our room, cupboards, bed, cabinet and a drawer. We bought all of our furniture from Ikea, since Ikea kinda creative in making use of limited space just like our room. Imran got the table while I took the drawer. Since we don’t want to make our small territory clutter with so many things, so we try our best to maintain position of every little things in the room. Sbb kalau bersepah sket jer, bilik nampak sempit.

Table belongs to Imran, but since I takder meja to put my things, kadang-kadang bila I nk cepat, I will tumpang sekaki letak my things on Imran’s table.

Him: Apasal buku Usana ada kt sini?
Me: I letak kejap, nnt I simpan lah.
Him: U janganlah kacau-kacau, ni area office I tau
Me: Office? Mana office you? [pandang kiri kanan cari office??]

Then he pointed to the table. Apparently, there is a small area on the table lah which he claimed as his office. Wanna see? Imran’s office? Look below….

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I was like..ooo ini ker ur office? Tapi I macam nk tergelak, sbb dalam banyak2 benda yg dia bawak pergi kerja setiap hari, tiba-tiba ada Ichiro punye diaper. Hihih.

Hehe…actually, all those stuff mmg he gathered it at one place so mcm senang pagi-pagi nk pergi kerja terus amik semua tu. He got a briefcase, but not sure why didn’t he just keep everything in the bag. Maybe benda2 ni mcm nk pakai selalu, so leceh nk keluar masuk bag kot? Entah…itu my teori lah. Never ask him.I can’t imagine kalau betul-betul ada lelaki bawak diaper anak letak kt meja office or dalam briefcase. Sweetness!! But to think again, sure ada rasanya kan? Especially guys yg run his own business and maybe once a while bawak anak pergi office sbb maid lari ker or maid mogok ker or nursery charge mahal sgt ker, satu minit pon nk berkira…u know lah ..things like that kan.. Confirm la bawak semua baby stuff pergi office. Hihi. Cute tho. It reminds me to Engku Emran dalam Gugu Gaga Erra.

Yg diaper tu pulak, sbb malam-malam normally Imran akan bangun dalam pukul 4-5 pagi to change diaper and Ichiro’s sleepwear, sbb dia kata nnt Ichiro boleh tido sedap and selesa sampai pukul 10 pagi [jadi mak dia pon leh tido sampai kol 10 pagi jugak...ehe]. He put it there  so easier for him to reach the diaper from the bed in the darkness.

Itulah serba sedikit bentuk rupa office Imran. My Usana stuff dah kene kick from the table..sejak awal-awal lagi. Sbb tu tk termasuk dalam gambar rajah di atas.

Neway, ni out of topic sket, but since I got quite many recent photos of Ichiro, I included herewith 2 photos of him with new toys and mommy. Oh last but not least…I nk shout kuat-kuat ni. TGIF!!!!! Enjoy ur weekend ya!

Toys baru. I lost count already how many toys yg similar to this yg kiterorg dah beli. This one we bought it from Mothercare. Rm30++ seketul? Mahal giler babeng. Ichiro dah sauk satu and tanak lepas, terus masuk mulut [macam shopping drive thru ok]. Terus bayar jer la jawabnyer.

We snap this photo at OU’s rain forest area. Ichiro had a good time watching and observing the fish. there Next time we should bring bread along. So Ichiro can feed fish. Maybe I can upload some photos of Ichiro tgk ikan during the weekend nnt. Kalau ada masa, insyallah

p/s: I think it’s about time for me to change my hijab style. Let see soon ok 

Water Play Gang

Posted by Mrs Imran on May 26, 2010
Filed Under Darwis Ichiro, Photography | 3 comments

My hero yg muka penat…ehe

Whadda blast! These are few photos that I managed to capture during Ichiro first time ever enjoying water play activity with other kids and it’s even better as the other kids are actually his very own cousins! Yay for Ichiro

Niece Izzati, nephew ariq (middle) and syahmie (right)

Obviously, he’s the smallest one lah kan, but he seemed okay playing with kids older or bigger than him. My nephews and niece pon pandai nk avoid from stepping or swimming on top of Ichiro, therefore, we kinda relief. At least Ichiro wasn’t being brutalized or bullied. Hihi, wpun salah seorang adalah nampak seperti bouncer, tapi setelah posing “peace” hilang ciri-ciri brutal itu.

Several years back, when both of my nephews were still small babies, I bought a pool for them but we hardly used it due to space limitation which often killed the fun. Further more, we used to place the pool under zinc roof since that’s the only area available at that time and definitely we can’t see the sky, so not fun at all and don’t make me start with rumah basah, becak and all.

Spacious enough compare to last time..

But now things have changed, after my parent’s house renovation completed recently, we waste no time to get the kids play at the  open area near the balcony under the blue sky, plenty of space for them to get crazy with the water, splashing like no one business and yet keep my mom’s house intact. Tiada apa-apa kemalangan terjadi kepada pasu-pasu bunga dan almari-almari kaca. Kalau ada harus kami ramai-ramai lari balik KL dengan segera. Hihi.

Hence, on a lovely Sunday morning, the kids already shouting and screaming wanting for the kolam plastik. My brother help to fill up both pools with water and throw some balls into it. Ichiro was having so much fun and once a while he took a little sip of water! Haha. Adoi anak ku. Dia mcm duduk diam dalam air…tiba-tiba he bent down his head and tasted the water couple of times. Gulp! Ehe.

Picnic!

Other than that, my mom who make the best mee goreng in the world, suddenly came into the picture with a tray of happiness (makanan la apa lagi), we then enjoy the feast while continue watching the kids play. Ada buah sukun goreng, sambal kicap, mee goreng and air teh-o. Heaven on earth I tell you.

By the way, I think my camera is acting weird, somehow the settings went hay-wired, including the auto-mode setting (i think la). Kinda strange when I need to increase the ISO to the max for outdoor photos. I can understand the need to increase ISO for indoor photos but for outdoor?? and to the max some more? Urmm maybe sky was bit cloudy, but still…I tk puas hati. It used to be ok. I think I really need to sit down and look at the setting again or perhaps hantar kedai cek.

For now, enjoy the highest ISO pictures that my camera could snap. Haha. Pardon the noise and fuzzy. I’ve already tried my best to edit the photos so that it won’t look so bad. I hate ugly photos. Period.