strawberry shortcake..

Based from the doc's scanning the other day, Munckin is officially 8 weeks & 5 days today.

According to my book, Munckin is about the size of a strawberry.. roughly 25 mm.

Mummy's craving this week has not been that great, and I feel that eat too much this week.

Growing steadily now lil' munchy!

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Finally, after lots of persuasion from yours truly, Mr Bert finally agreed to get some much needed furnitures for our home :- TABLES! We need a dining table ( we sit on the floor/ sofa when we eat), and I need a lower cabinet table for the kitchen! We have quite a handful of electronic devices as our wedding gifts but there's no where to display them, plus I don't have a proper 'table' to cut/prepare food. So last Sunday..we bought BOTH furnitures! *yeay!* Mr Bert chose the dining table, but we chose the lower kitchen cabinet. Now our home looks like a proper home. Now I can invite ppl to our humble home. :)

To 'officiate' the arrival of these furnitures, I invited my brother & family to come over for dinner. Since it was a last minute thing, we cooked fried chicken & mee hoon goreng. And.. Mr Bert cooked the mee hoon! hehe.. He should cook more often!

So, man & family were the first to dine on our dining table. Wow, finally, a table at home! :D My nephew has grown taller, and is slightly tinner than his usual self. He came up to me & said

"Miemeen, you are having a baby...can I touch your tummy?"

"Sure, go ahead.." He touches my tummy, and thought a bit.

"Ooh, the baby is blowing now.."

"Hehe.. the baby is still very tiny Dzhofier. The baby's face is still forming."

"Wow.. then the baby is gonna grow bigger & bigger!"

"That's right. Hey Dzhofier, do you want a cousin brother, or cousin sister?"

"Erm..well. It doesn't matter. But, if you get a boy, name him Ben, and if it is a girl, name her Gwen"

Haha.. Ben10 fanatic as always!

smile =)

"Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking.
When there are clouds in the sky
you'll get by..

If you smile through your pain and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun shining through
For you..

Light up your face with gladness,
Hide every trace of sadness.
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying.
You'll find that life is still worthwhile-
If you just smile.. "

-Charlie Chaplin, Smile.

Please let the storm pass... Ameen... =)

smile =)

"Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
you'll get by..

If you smile through your pain and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun shining through
For you..

Light up your face with gladness,
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile-
If you just smile..."

- Charlie Chaplin's Smile.

Please let the storm pass.. Ameen...

food glorious food

As far as being pregnant, I don't have any morning sickness (thank God!).

A few weeks ago, my pattern is eating & sleeping.

This week, I've noticed that I take afternoon nap very rarely now days. I guess my body is able to sustain the whole day compared to before. However, my admin did remind me "This week is school holidays, maybe you are not so tired/stressed out". That's true! I'll see how I go this week, to nap or not to nap.

As for the food...I do crave, but not too bad I guess.Like last week, I craved for Mama's homemade burgers. Since I need to wait until the weekend, I told Mr Bert to buy me Burger Ramli instead. I can substitute or I can wait, my will power is still strong :P

This week, Munckin had a gala time with Mummy. I've been eating lots of GOOD food. And at this stage, my taste-buds triggers so well, somehow every food I eat tastes better, my appetite is has increased, and I enjoy eating very much!

On Wednesday, my kitchen helper brought extra nasi lemak, and put it on my office table. I was doing my work on the pc, but the smell of the nasi lemak was very attempting! So, I took a break & enjoyed my Nasi Lemak in the pantry. sedapppp........

On Thursday, I had lunch with Chia Yee. We ate at Delicious Bangsar, and of course, I ate my favourite Mama's Beef Spagethini.. Oh yummm......the cheese melts instantly in my mouth! We also had dessert, banana & peach crumble + vanilla ice cream. :)

On Friday, went out bestie Shades. It was supposed to be a gals night out, but the rest were not available, so it was just the two. Shades felt like eating something fishy, so we had Manhanttan Fish Market, and I ate Salmon with Garlic rice... yuummmm... but, it wasn't as yummy as the one in Crowne Plaza! ;p

On Saturday, Mr Bert wanted to go to Mamaneesa, and I had my share of Nasi Kerabu.. it was so nice & sedap!! It was really rezeki Munckin, eating all the delicious food. My only drawback is that I can't have meals late. If later than schedule, I feel slight headache, and I will feel nauseous. So, I have to eat on time! Skipping meals are a no-no!

Eating a lot leads to weight gain, right? Lots of ppl has commented about my (slight) weight gain. Frankly, I don't really mind, cause there's Munckin in me. Now, I can so relate to the tagline " I am pregnant, not Fat". But of course, I will take care of my sugar intake & food intake, as Mr Bert always advice. I hope I am able to lose the weight I gained after Munckin is born Insyallah. But for now, yummy food, come to mama ! :)

ps: My current craving, Chili's Lamb Shoulders & Chocolate Mud Pie.. Who wants to bring me? *hint hint*

Tuk's cicit #23

A big warm welcome to..
Batrisyia Hanis Binti Hazli Sufian!

She was born on 16th March 2010 @12.55pm @ DSH.
She weighs 2.95 kg.
Congrats Boboy & Brenda! She looks like daddy's little girl :)

Next in line..Farin's baby.. ;)

Munckin's 1st photo!

Finally, the day has arrived..
Presenting.. Munckin's first photo!

Syukur Alhamdulillah..

Okay, the exciting part is shown, now the check up part.
To be honest, it was very brief & fast.I was expecting the 1st check up to be very long & tedious.. apparently not!
Maybe coz it's still early..only 8 weeks.
The doctor mentioned.. "See that.. that's the baby, that's the baby's heart, it is confirm, you are pregnant & you are having 1 baby.."
Well, that's good enough to hear..:)

Mr Bert did mention to the doc that he thought it would be twins, the doc casually replied "Twins are good for picture.. you see that picture there? Those triplets.. kesian mak dia jaga.."
Well, to be honest, I guess there was a smear of disappointment that it wasn't twins. But, after thinking the cost of 1 baby alone, imagine double the amount. I guess God is great.He knows how much we are able to support for the family, and maybe having twins might be draining (especially financially) for us.
Regardless.. twins or no twins,

MUNCKIN, YOU ARE OUR #1 BABY! MUMMY & DADDY LOVES YOU SO MUCH! *MUAXX*

The next visit is a month from today.. I hope the next visit, the doc will brief me on more indepth things about the baby. He only gave me folic acid, no other supplements. "Don't worry too much.. enjoy your pregnancy.."

Roger that doc!
Can't wait to see you next month munckin!

drama drama drama..

Gosh.. what a day..

Yesterday evening, I've already felt unwell. Sleep quite early & was totally knocked out.

Woke up this morning with a slight flam & cough. My first time being sick this year.

Mr Bert brought me to the clinic.. emphasized to the doc that I'm pregnant, so she gave different pills. After breakfast, headed back home & off to sleep.

My appetite has not been to great.Hungry yes, but I didn't eat much. Poor munckin.

After some laundry business, again slept in the afternoon. Hormones.. the medication.. God knows!

Mr Bert is leaving for New Fort in the wee hours tonight.

Initially, he was supposed to send me back to Mom's place, then I'll figure out how to bring my Romeo later on.

But somehow, we came to an agreement that I will drive Romeo straight after Maghrib.

So at 8pm, picking up my luggage, & bid farewell to Mr Bert.

That time, I've started feeling very sad already to leave Mr Bert.

Daddy's gone for 4 days munckin! Of coz mummy's sadden..

In the car, there's when my emotional drama started.

I cried & cried, tears poured endlessly down my cheeks.

I planned to play some sad love songs all the way.. until..

*BAAANGGGG*

I knocked a taxi!

The emotional drama has not ended, no siree~

You see, I was at the junction right, I want to turn right, but before I turn right, I have to make sure that there are no cars coming to the left..

And mind you, it was Saturday night, there were SOO many cars on the road.

When the road was clear for me to turn right, tiba2 there's a taxi on my right (Yeah, like where the hell you come from?), and BAMMM, I hit him.

In the first place, why you squeeze in to my right side of the road? If you have brains mister, you should have just waited patiently BEHIND me, kan?

No, you were impatient & squeeze next to me..

and in the end, BLAMING me for giving you a dented door.

OMG.. how do you think I felt that time? I cried even more!!

"Cik, Saya mmg tak nampak cik.. macam maner Cik boleh pergi tepi saya? Patutnye cik tunggu belakang saya.."

"Kenapa bila saya nak jalan, awak pun nak jalan"

Arrrghhh.......geramnya aku!!

I had to call Mr Bert.. lucky thing this incident happen 5 mins away from our house.

And this Taxi guy, he refused to admit his mistake, and he refused to leave from the spot! Gosh!

He irritatingly kept on saying "Macam nih? Macam nih?"

I shouted back at him "Nanti suami saya datang.." and I refused to step out from the car.

Within 5 mins, my hero came. He had a look at the taxi's car (bended at the back door, left side), he looked at my car (Romeo was completely fine, believe it or not!), he spoke to the Taxi driver..

"So, mcm nak settle nih.. Nak pi balai ke, cik nak berapa?"

" Balai lambat nanti.. 150 ke, 200 bolehlah.."

Mr Bert took out his wallet.. he had only 120.

"Do you have any cash? Just give him the money & this thing will be over"

To be honest, I have cash.. but I refused to give to that selfish old man. I gave Mr Bert only a 10.

"I only have 1o..yg lain tuh seringgit aje" I lied.

Mr Bert took it, and said "Cik, isteri saya pun tak bawak duit. Nih aje kita ader. Pakcik ambik lah duit nih.. kalau tak, kita pi balai" (in other words, take it or leave it!)

I dunno what they both talked about, in the end the taxi driver went back to his taxi, and Mr Bert sat next to me in Romeo.

"So, are you fit to drive?"

Me, sobbing like crazy "no.. don't think so"

"Okay, lets drive back home, I'll drive you to mama's house"

But instead, he drove me to Makbul instead, Emer waited for us there & we had dinner together.

While on the way to Makbul, it was a very awkward silence.

"Lah, tak habis2 lagi ke?" (he was referring to my crying)

"Dia, I am pregnant remember? I am extra emotional..."

"Because you're pregnant la you shouldn't cry like this.."

I kept quiet the entire time.. and the tears just kept on pouring.. I refused to start any sort of arguments tonight. It has already been a rough night for me.

Dinner with Emer cheered me up a little.

Emer with his funny acts, he heard my voice when I called him, and he thought Mr Bert & I got into a big fight. Haha.. whaat la.. (Touchwood..)

Mr Bert said "When she called me, I thought she wanted to say she so sedih & miss me already.. rupa2nya accident la pulak"

Well, partly that is true too!

My appetite improved.. I had Maggie goreng ayam, and shared Roti Tissue with the boys.

After dinner, Mr Bert held my hand as we were going to Emer's car.

"Thank you for being my hero dia.."

He smiled.

"Alah, nak ngangis dah" as I hugged him to bid farewell.

"Dah dah.. dah settle kan.. take care now kay..will msg you later..see you Wednesday.."

So Emer drove me back home.

Will only see Mr Bert during munckin's first check up.

Munckin, mummy is missing daddy already........ *sobs*

note from papa..

Papa wrote a sweet msg on my fb's Wall...

"Meen and Munir
Glad all the festivities are over and a 'well done' job is all I can say and whilst pondering over the good times and beautiful pictures now is also the time for you twosome to hold hands together and come as one and make believable the 'one life' you have always wanted. Adjust to the new life for better... or poorer not caring what others or even me would have wanted you to have..stay humble for each other and love your surroundings as they come along even if it is distasteful to others. In fact its them that will have to adjust to your life. Be happy with what is given and insyallah more will come!! Hope to hear the good news in the year and keep me updated. Life is what you both make of it on your own not others!!!"

Thank you for the deep message pa..

Love you heaps! :)

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Ppl have been saying that my little bump is showing..

and it's only 8 weeks! hehe...

I've started wearing baju kurungs to work now.. but I need a new wardrobe soon..!

Lamanye nak tunggu till Wednesday...

:) + :(

9th March 2010..
1 year ago, we were officially engaged to one another.
A year has moved on, and we are parents-to-be.
Time sure flies.. :)

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There has been a debate about who should my gynae be.
Mr Bert & I have decided on a particular doc, but apparently there were other opinions.
Kecian munckin.. who's gonna be your doc? :(

it's a grape mate!

Munckin is currently 7 weeks old.. and currently is the size of a grape.
He/She's still so tiny.. chomel!
Keep on growing munckin sayang..

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My current modes is either : hungry or sleepy. More or less, I feel like a baby.. I will be very hungry (but still, no specific craving, but needs FOOD), then not long after, I will nap. Be it in the car, in my office or on the sofa..I need my nap!
My mom said I look so round now.. hmmpphh..Man said that most likely munckin will be so bulat too! hehe.. let's just hope..a very bulat munckin! :)
And yes btw, my clothes are starting to not fit!
My pants (around the waist)is tight, even when I wear my baju kurung, the arms area is slightly tighter than usual. Can't wait to buy no maternity clothes soon!

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You know, I think this munckin has already sayang the daddy very much.
I noticed, everytime Mr Bert is not home at night (either boys night out, or company dinner), I will get this irritating headaches, that causes me to feel nauseous, and if require, I vomit.
Maybe it is a "sign" that munckin is trying to say "Daddy.. don't leave mummy at home alone!"
Or, maybe this munckin will be extra manja with the daddy.. hehe..

Pic taken at Aris' wedding.

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So far, we have sorta finalized the doc & the place of delivery.
There were many factors that we had to consider, mainly financial, location & ppl's recommendation.
My first check up will only be next week, at 8 weeks pregnancy..
I really can't wait to see munckin's progress inside me!

ps: Btw, Mr Bert was the one who made the appointment..

Guess Daddy's more excited to see munckin! :)

pss: yes, Munckin is spelled without the 'h' like Munchkin.

I like mine Munckin..unique spelling as you may call it.

So yes, the Munckin stays! *winks*

apple pip

At the mo, we have told the baby news to our family and closed friends.

My sister-in-laws & cousins were screaming over the phone.

As for my parents, I decided to break the news by showing them the the pregnancy test itself.

My mom took a while to digest as she kept on staring at it.

My dad had a weird look, and asked "Is that an electronic toothbrush?" hahaha.. lawaklah Dad!

Then, my mom bursted excitedly "Dad, We are getting a cucu!!" :)

That was a wondeful moment indeed..

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Aunty Mah was kind enough to loan me some pregnancy books.

I will be a bookworm from now onwards..there's lots to know!
Looking at the baby's development at 6 weeks, the baby is as big as the apple pip.

That is super tiny kay! Awww.. my baby munckin is gonna grow soon..

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I got a suprise bouquet from my hubby delivered to my school.
It has lilies & roses.. and it is all in pink & white..
It was so unexpected!

The message was the sweetest thing ever...

Awwww..my heart melted instantly..
Munckin is very happy too!
Daddy dia, we love you very very much!! :)

Pic was taken at Lake Club Garden, 'di bawah pokok besar' during Zaf's belated homecoming party.

Our first shot as parents-to-be, Me loike :)

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Oh yeah, my company has finally released the increment for all staff.
And alhamdulillah, I got a 3! A good increment indeed..
Betul2 rezeki munckin.. you lucky baby!
Will definately save up for your arrival munckin!