Irfan at 17 months old

Irfan turned 17 months old.. wow betul ke?! Rasa mcm tak percaya how time flies. It felt like we just moved to Indy and now we've settled in 6 months already? A lot of things are happening at this point of the year.

Winter Olympic 2010 *I loike Shaun White and Apolo Ohno.. very talented and cute ihiks..*

A plane crashed into IRS building in Austin, TX. The pilot was a Software Engineer who's frustrated with life. IRS memang cekik darah. But killing innocent people is not the solution!

Irfan turned 17 months! Viola!

Irfan at 17 months selalu sakit. I think he has been sick for over a month or so. Started with some bugs that he got from the daycare, then the evil ear infection. The continous ear infection led to fever etc... so we finally decided to get the ear tube for him. Alhamdulillah the surgery went well. We went in on Friday morning at 6:30 AM, checked in and filled some paperwork, then Irfan was given some tylenol + ubat lali kot, then he was ready for the aneastatic. Irfan went to the surgery room all by himself. Zuhri and I had to wait at the waiting room. Sangat sedih sebab kena separated from my boy. I think I've cried too many times before letting him go.

Other than being ill, Irfan has mastered the blocks stacking skill. He recognizes more difficult shapes like star, square etc and did ok with the shape sorter. The vocab has expanded tremendously. I'm impressed with each passing day. He says 'bye bye' with this cute tone, siap waving lagi.. memang cair la. He can count too, but only 'two' hehe. The other day he was wearing this 'Australia' T that Zuhri's mom bought for him, Zuhri kept showing the word 'Australia' on the T and suddenly Irfan pun ckp 'Osto-ia'. Soooo damn close to Australia! Pandai sungguh anakku ehhe. And he'd repeat whatever word that we utter. Oh he can say 'UP' and 'DOWN' too. Sangat cute and I'm so impressed!

Irfan likes to pretend that he's reading books. He'd say some baby words only he can understand. The other day he was pointing at the ABC.. to Z and pretending that he's singing the ABC song. Adoi comel. And dia pun dah pandai main masak2.

Other than that, dia suka la buat sepah haha. Main dgn plastic bag dlm drawer especially. Also suka main magnet kat fridge.

Enjoy some videos of my sweet boy

Irfan saying Bye-Bye in a cute way. Very manja la ini budak

Irfan on drugs at the hospital before the ear surgery.

miri & brunei

at canada village,, tourist guide 2 ckp kat situ byk org canada,,tp ble smpi xnmpk pon,,ish2 xpaham btol aku

on the 2nd day,,we went to brunei,,the journey from miri to brunei just take 2 1/2 hrs only,,the 1st place we went was Brunei's museum,,biasela dalam muzium mane bole amik gambar,,so just amik gambar kat signboard muzium je,,hehehe


the mosque,,the dome were made by gold,,real gold okeeyy!!!ayah la yg ckp,,hehehe kayo btol brunei nih,,n dalam masjid 2 sejuk gile2 sbb aircond nye kuat,,tourist guide 2 ckp yg bil elektrik,bil air n sume2 la kt brunei free,,sbb 2 la diorg xkesah klu pasang aircond 24jam,,n rumah2 papan pon ade aircond,,wwoowwiii kaye2,,tp bandar nye xdela membangun sangat,,not exactly like kl,,

nih entrance depan masjid tok vvip,,siap de escalator lagi 2 tok diorg,,

pintu gerbang tok vvip,,selalu sultan brunei la yang sembahyang jumaat kat sini

kat muzium alat kebesaran diraja Brunei,,we cant take pics in the museum,,just in the hall only,,dlm muzium 2 ade tunjuk hadiah2 yg sultan brunei dari pemimpin2 negara lain termasuk la malaysia.

in the hall of the museum,,

then before we went back 2 miri,,we stopped for 10 minutes to take some pics at masjid Omar 'Ali Saifuddien. omar nih ialah bapa kpd sultan brunei yg sekarang iaitu Sultan Hassanil Bolkiah.

on the 3rd day kteorg jln sendiri round2 bandar miri,,selalu ayah yang leader jln2 kan??sekarang nih jgn pelik sbb mie plak yang jadi leader,,hahaha

tghr kiteorg mkn makanan lalapan ayam,,sedaapp!!!ade ulam,,ayam goreng,tempe goreng n sambal belacan,,org kedai 2 ckp yg makanan 2 dr jawa.

then kteorg round2 bandar miri n gi shopping mall. dalam shopping mall 2 adela org taiwan nih jual kacang tanah. yang lawaknya masa rasa kacang 2 aku pon pelik nape diorg nih xabes2 rase kacang 2,,pas 2 aku baru perasan yang ayah, mie n aunty bukan setakat rase je tapi kaut kacang byk2 kat tangan,,hahahhaa org yg jual 2 tersenyum2 je sbb dia x reti ckp bm,,huahuahua

the next day on the way back

bubye miri,,muuaahhhss XOXO

Amin's Birthday

Amin doesn't like cake that much, so I didn't buy any for him this year. I would be the one who's going to finish it up anyways if I bought a cake :S

But I bought him a plate full of love hehehe...

And I cooked goat biryani and baked some oatmeal raisin cookies per Amin's request.


I reused Irfan's Happy Birthday banner for decoration ..

Amin was so happy he got to eat goat biryani yum yum..

I actually bought a birthday present for him at Amazon.com. But it will not be shipped until mid-March unfortunately. Well.. he has to wait for next month!

Irfan demam lagi..

He has been healthy for about a month and suddenly the evil virus struck him again.

We picked him up Monday last week from the daycare, he had a fever about 102 F.

Tuesday was supposed to be his echo day but got canceled. They won't do echo to a sick child. I wouldn't let him go for echo either... he needs to be as calm as possible. We sticked with E&T check up to see how his ears doing (after all the ear infection trials he's gone through) and to our suprise he has double ear infection! Oh my goodness bila masa pulak kena ear infection lagi. I thought they got cleared up early weeks ago. I saw him digging his ears multiple times, thought of going to the doctor but rasa mcm tak perlu sbb Irfan tak sakit pun, takkan kena ear infection. Haish I guess you never know. So we went back home about 5 ish, sampai2 rumah checked on Irfan's temp and to our suprise again his temp was 106F. We flipped out, terus getting ready to drive back to the ER at Bartlesville that is 50 mins away. So on Tuesday we drove to Tulsa (1.5 hr drive) to Batlesville (50 mins drive) back home (50 mins drive) Back to Bartleville (50 mins drive) and finally back home at 11 PM (another 50 mins drive). Thank god Irfan's temp turun sikit after makan tylenol and motrin and stayed about 101-102 F.

Wednesday I worked half day.

Thursday Irfan still demam. Took him to see the doctor. Same advice, ' keep giving him fluids'.

Friday demam.

Saturday demam dah reda. Normal temp alhaldulillah.. went to see the doc. Ears look like they are getting better. But the look and behavior sure tell me that HE'S NOT. He's so clingy, fuss all the time, only wants mommy, tak nak makan, merengek... memangla budak sakit kan. But sakit ape lagi....

Sunday still not showing any improvement. No fever but he's acting like he's really sick. Risau but at the same time dah tak larat. I've missed days of work, mesti affect my work perfomance. But family is always first... ntah la. Susah betul nak juggle between work and being a mom.

makan-makan

Salam sumee,,da lame da tak tulis kat blog nih,,coz im very2 buzy rite now,,lots of assignments and project dat are given by my lecturer to settle,,2 tak termasuk ade kuiz lagi,,even buzy pon tapi sempat meronggeng gak,,hehehe yelo bosannn dok terperap dlm bilik je,,so arini gi la midvalley,,quite happening kat sane coz chinese new year next sunday,,so adela show ape2 ntah pasal org cine 2,,we arrived at midvalley at about 1230pm,,mase 2 perot da lapar gile2,,kteorg gi la mkn kat chilis sebab memang da plan pun.

ni la menu chilis,,quite interesting

alamak nape aku nampak gemokk??huhuhhu

im happy searching the menu for my lunch. after choosing the food, then the waiter asked me about the beef whether i want it half or full cook. of course la nak full cook lol..nak muntah kot makan half cook,,hahahah the interesting one about this place is that you can refill your drinks as much as you want,,hehehe but the drink must be written as 'bottomless' in the menu. the price for the drink is just rm8.95. so i refilled the drinks 3 times,,kalau tak rugi2,,hahaha the 1st and 2nd one were apple juice,,and the 3rd one was orange juice..sangat berbaloi2,,especially tok org yang kuat minum air cam syafiq,,heheehe

the food,,nampak cam sedap x??hehee burger nih teramat la besar,,nak ngap pon kena bukak mulut besar,,tapi roti yang kat atas xdpt makan sebab mulut xmuat,,hehehe dagingnya memang tebal gle,,haha tapi sedaappp,,

zawiyah's crispy chicken

my burger again,,memang sodappp,,hehehe

nyummy nyummy~~

taaadddaaaa,,,done already. hurm mase nih kenyang gile2,,but i think chilis is better than manhattan fish market (mfm) coz mfm terlalu muakkkk!!!!!! n oily too,,