cont..

bismillaah


alHamdulillaah, we were very happy to spend last Sunday morning at Kak Zu & family's place. Syurgawan were very busy enjoying their playtime with all the toys there, accompanied by their 'older twins.' Abah chatted with Adam Ramadhan and akh Saiful, while ibu took the opportunity to learn more parenting tips and wise advice from kak Zu. There were lots of super cute cats too!, but they were caged, so Maryam didn't freaked out.ehehehe.

Around 1pm, we left since kak Zu & family were going to send Adam Ramadhan off to UIAM Gombak. 1st sem for 2012/13 started Monday, Sept 10.

After that we went to walimah Cidos & Anum. Just around the corner. arrived earlier than the pengantin, so we headed straight to the dewan makan & enjoyed nasi pengantin. It was very hot outside, so the airconditioner inside the hall paired with ice cold orange drinks were super! Sarah was very comfortable too. mashaAllaah, it was a beautiful wedding reception after all.

After perfoming Zuhr prayer at the surau there, we went home. Full and tired walHamdulillaah.

okay, sorry for the lack of picture updates in my posts. We rarely took pictures, and we often forgot to take pictures! We were enjoying every seconds of all events I guess ehehehe.

Bismillaah

Assalamua'laykum wa rahmatullaah

Saturday - AlHamdulillaah, we went to Taman Siantan, Seremban N9 to attend Ustaz Ariff (INFITAH)'s Eid open house. Alhamdulillaah the food and crowd were good. Saw familiar faces from the Akademi Sinergi team. Syurgawan were busy treating themselves with all the kuih, keropok, and cekidis. Adam was running all around with his newly met friends - all boys. It was cloudy on our way to N9 and it was raining heavily on our back: it was dark and cold + full stomach = sleepy walHamdulillaah. Luckily abah was all good to drive back to Bangi. We planned to attend another invitation at Masjid Negara later that afternoon, but with the pouring rain and heavy eyes, we canceled the plan. Yes, worried about the highway get flooded again and getting stuck on the road in a heavy traffic for several hours was a NO-NO(especially with all my syurgawan, including our lil Sarah, on board). So, we decided to not take the risk at all and just spend the evening at home.

Sunday - AlHamdulillaah, finally managed to visit Kak Zu and family after so long that I couldnt remember when was the last time we visited them. Syurgawan were all happy to meet their 'older twins.'

ok, tbc inshaAllaah.

Long Overdue Pictures Report

Sebelum bertolak ke Sambutan Merdeka+Eid di Taska

Tudung bawal:Hajar pakai sendiri dan tgh nak pakaikan Maryam(ibu xde intervene)

Bukan senang nak dapat pose 'cheeky' dari Adam..heh..

Macam rumah sendiri @ Menara Optometry Section 7 BBB

Jumpa optometrist.Nope, bukan lasik ya.

MashaAllaah. AlHamdulillaah for all my syurgawan cilik!

Bismillaah

Assalamua'laykum wa rahmatullaah

Hari Jumaat, 31 Ogos 2012

Hajar: Hari ni hari kemerdekaan kan, bu?
Ibu: Haah
Hajar: Habis tu kenapa macam xde apa2 pun?

(huhuhu...minta maaf sangat Hajar sebab kurang sambutan patriotik di rumah. Kita tak pergi perarakan dan tak tengok tv)

Abah xde. Abah pegi Janda Baik untuk jadi moderator sempena program Santai para Ustaz anjuran an-Nida'.Abah stayed overnight kat sana. Esok petang baru balik, inshaAllaah.

Kaki kiri Adam terkehel sikit hasil dari melompat-lompat dari sofa ke lantai walHamdulillaah.


Hari Sabtu

Alhamdulillaah kami tunggu abah balik sebab kami nak gerak ke Melaka untuk tidur di sana semalaman sebelum ke Muar,Johor esok. Ada jamuan walimatul urus cik(Puan) Adda-dah kawen!

Hari Ahad

Di Melaka, kami bermalam di Emperor Hotel, hotel yang agak lama(berdasarkan perabot2 dan ruangan dalaman nya) dan sedang dalam penambahbaikan(renovation). AlHamdulillaah, tetap bersih dan selesa ditambah lagi kami semua dapat bersarapan percuma-semua anak-anak dapat percuma sebab kolam mandi ditutup untuk baik pulih-(diorang agak tak puas hati yer, sebab x dapat mandi kolam.walhal dah siap angkut pelampung dan baju mandi ehehehehe). Sudahnya, bath tub bilik hotel tu jadi tempat syurgawan berendam main air lama-lama.ala-ala bubble bath. Habis baby body shampoo yang dibawa dicurah sebanyak-banyaknya untuk menghasilkan bubbles sampai puas hati. Lagipun, bilik air nya sangat luas sebab design bangunan lama kot. Memang luas, hampir sama luas macam ruang bilik tidur nya.
Dah puas berendam tu, baru turun breakfast. Makan berselera betul anak-anak kali ni.

Lepas check out, kami terus menghala ke Muar. Tak sampai sejam dari bandar Melaka ni. Alhamdulillaah, sampai tu sikit lagi nak Zuhur. Matahari tegak atas kepala, terik cuaca hari ni. Sampai-sampai jer terus pegi jenguk pengantin kat ruang tamu rumah. Sempatlah jumpa cik Adda sekejap sebelum kami keluar dan makan. Tak duduk lama kat majlis tu sebab cuaca terik dan cik Sarah dah berpeluh-peluh. AlHamdulillaah dia terlelap jugak. Ditambah lagi dengan para syurgawan yang asyik terjatuh kan lollipop yang tuan rumah bagi. Lepas dah jatuh, mengalir deras air mata - pergi mintak sekali lagi pada tuan rumah.uhuk uhuk.
Sempat pulak tu salam-salam dan mintak goodie bags lagik. Mungkin syurgawan dah letih selepas sesi renang+bubble bath pagi tadi. tu yang agak berbagai ragam jugak perangai masing-masing. Adam jer yang berselera makan nasi pengantin, yang lelain boo layan jer.

Lepas dari Muar, kami terus balik ke Bangi. Traffic agak heavy jugak harini. Mungkin ramai yang berjalan raya dan menghadiri kenduri di sana sini. Sampai exit Senawang, kami keluar ikut jalan dalam sebab notis PLUS kata traffic perlahan dari Seremban ke PD(ke vice versa? LOL). Tapi, dari Senawang dah perlahan nya amat, ditambah lagi dengan dracula jalanan yang lapar dan dahaga meratah lorong kecemasan dengan rakusnya..uhuk uhuk.

Masuk ke Senawang nak lalu LEKAS. Sebelum sampai LEKAS tu, Senawang pun penuh dengan kereta harini dan dracula jalanan masih banyak yang berkeliaran. Biarpun jalan kecil cukup-cukup muat jer. Astaghfirullaah a'-a'zim. masih jauh lagi perjalanan kita mengangkat akhlak masyarakat dan menebalkan kesabaran diri sendiri.

Alhamdulillaah, bila akhirnya sampai ke LEKAS, perjalan lancar hingga ke rumah. Yang jadi penumpang pun letih, apatah lagi pemandunya kan. JazakAllaahu khayr abah.

Malam tu, Pak Ngah, Mak Ngah dan Atuk terkandas di Nilai sebab kereta mereka mengalami kerosakan. Diorang on the way back from Bidor to Kluang. Abah bergegas jemput dari Nilai ke rumah sebab dah lama jugak diorang stranded kat Nilai tunggu kereta dibaiki. Alih-alih mekanik kata tak dapat nak siap hari.
Sampai di rumah, all looked very tired and worn out. We had simple, quick dinner before Abah dan Pakcik Arif tolong hantar PakNgah & rombongan ke Kluang. Pak Ngah was very tired and not fit to drive the car himself, but he needed to reach Kluang before Monday sebab kena kerja, so abah decided to hantar ke Kluang. Better safe than sorry kan.

MashaAllah, tabik kat abah lah sebab biarpun penat tapi tetap nak tolong pak sedara dan atuk. may Allah bless him tremendously.

selamat pagi

Bismillaah

Assalamua'laykum wa rahmatullaah

wajah pagi hari :) di kala kakak Saadiah dan Amira berkunjung.

Assalamua'laykum wa rahmatullaah

Bismillaah

today, our syurgawan were very happy and excited to go to kindy. They told me that their teachers said(ehehe..2nd degree of narration),"esok tak yah belajar. Kita sambut hari raya dan merdeka!"

and yup, they were in their baju raya this morning-all black theme. Adam did not forget his kuih raya. To be brought and shared with teachers and friends.

our youngest syurgawan stayed home with ibu :) Sarah is the process of acquiring the skills and strength to 'meniarap.' alHamdulillaah, she is half way there. Yesterday she has managed to 'mengiring.'

3 months old

Bismillaah

Today was monthly check up day for Sarah. alHamdulillaah, she's 3 months old already, and she is one easy baby mashaAllaah.

Another dose of immunisation injection~ouch! and Sarah has gained another 1 kilogram of weight. I thought she wud gain less due to Ramadhan, but missy said 'Ibu dia makan baeek punya kot." uh-huk. I didnt think I ate that much during Ramadhan, or did I?

Sarah was up early this morning-macam tahu2 jer nak pergi klinik-was not cranky at all. Arrived at klinik kesihatan, cooing a bit then fell asleep. She was up when ibu buka baju dia etc untuk timbang. Sarah stayed awake for the rest of the duration at the clinic : gave friendly smile to the nurse during physical check up, and didn't cry when nurse cucuk jarum. alHamdulillaah, sakit ker tak tu? wallahu a'lam.

She was calm and happy when ibu put her in the stroller and took a short walk to abah's office nearby. Arrived at abah's office, she cried a bit and ibu nursed her. Sarah went back to sleep while waiting for abah to drive us home.

oh ya, today is ibu abah's 7th anniversary. Alhamdulillaah, alHamdulillaah, we've been blessed with a wonderful journey together these past years, and may Allaah increase us in iman, taqwa, mawaddah and rahmah. Allaahumma ameen!

Eid

Bismillaah

Setahun sekali(atau 2-3 kali alHamdulillaah) dapat berkumpul ramai-ramai macam ni :)

Penang's side
(Sarah was sleeping, hence missing here :) )

Perak's side

Ramadhan Day 27-29

Bismillaah

yep yep Ramadhan left us already, it has been a week :(
so fast, walHamdulillaah, that this entry has to be backdated.

By the end of Ramadhan, people were busier and more distracted with the coming Raya, and us were included-unfortunately. Went out to buy last minute Eid preparations(since before Ramadhan Ibu was still in confinement..uhuhu...last year got all things ready before Ramadhan, but this year was a bit caca-merba walHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal). Luckily, the outings were just 2-3 hours long, and didnt take the whole day! AlHamdulillaah, still managed to finish reading the whole Qur'an with the translations before Ramadhan ended, and didn't miss any terawih.

and yeay! mashaAllaah Hajar completed the 29 days of fasting this year. First timer and she did it well.
barakAllaahu fiki ya Hajar :)

abah was in Singapore for the last week of Ramadhan, and only reached Penang around 200am 1 Syawal :). He stopped by at Bidor first to celebrate the 1st Syawal night with Opah and families. The initial plan was abah was to celebrate 1st Syawal at Bidor since all of his siblings excluding Pak Su would be spending the eid with their in laws, but Pak Long's family decided to acompany Opah for the 1st Syawal. Hence, abah left early to join us in Penang.

On the 1st Syawal morning, abah, Adam and Hajar and Tokpak went to the masjid for solat eid ul fitri.
Wanted to go too, but we(ibu, Maryam, and Sarah) ended up missing it.

Eid Mubarak

taQabbAllaahu minna wa minkum

kullu a'am wa antum bikhair

Ramadhan Day 26

Bismillaah

syurgawan x sabar-sabar nak tunggu hari Khamis sebab bermula esok sepupu-sepupu dah mula cuti sekolah. Diorang semua nak berkampung dan bermain bersama. Apa yang menariknya, semua anak-anak ni berpuasa penuh Ramadhan kali ini(with the exception of Maryam and Adam and the younger ones lah kan). Masa berbuka rasa macam berbuka di asrama. Meriah sungguh bila diorang ramai-ramai baca doa dan makan berhidang. InshaAllaah harapnya tahun depan boleh upgrade dengan iftar diikuti solat berjemaah pula, ameen.

Hari ini Hajar puasa lagi, alHamdulillaah. Jerebu pun dah semakin berkurang sebab pagi tadi ada hujan renyai-renyai. Cuaca jadi sejuk dan nyaman. Hajar pun memang bersemangat berpuasa bersama-sama sepupu-sepupu.

Sangat mendebarkan bila Ramadhan hanya tinggal sikit sahaja lagi berbaki. Adakah kita hanya membazir waktu sama seperti Ramadhan yang lalu, atau kita sudah cukup re-charge iman dan taqwa untuk terus kuat dan berstamina tinggi sementara menanti Ramadhan 1434(kalau dipanjangkan umur inshaAllaah).

Syurgawan juga gembira sebab hari ni dapat kasut raya. Ya, kasut pasar malam sajer, bersederhana sambil menginsafi rakan-rakan lain yang kurang bernasib baik.

Ramadhan Day 24

Bismillaah

It was our first day fasting without abah, and the first day of Ramadhan at Penang.
Hajar and ibu had sahur with tokmak as the others wake up and ate earlier. Like usual, we like to postpone the sahur.

Today was just berehat-rehat di rumah, and syurgawan were playing happily all day with their cousins. Lots of them making playtime more fun and sangat bingit, mashaAllaah. As long as the children were happy inshaAllaah.

oh ya, alHamdulillah dah sihat sejak semalam. She is one happy baby again :)

Ramadhan Day 23

Bismillaah


alHamdulillaah, syurgawan were up very early this morning. All were still excited with the 'new' place. Lagipun, today cik mimi, pakcik Shafix,Tokmak,Tokpak and Hakimi were coming from Penang to fetch us. we were going to Penang with them since abah would be heading back to Bangi from Ipoh.

They were waiting anxiously both for abah coming back from the talk and rombongan from Penang. Adam was the most consistent on checking on the time and asking when abah'll be back and when will cik Mimi arrive.

Cik Mimi arrived slightly before 1 pm, and abah came back about half an hour later. When Adam realized that abah wont be going with us to Penang, he started to cry and begged abah that Adam wanted to go back to Bangi with abah. MashaAllaah, memang anak abah. Abah managed to pujuk Adam, so he stopped crying and no longer looking sad. Everytime para syurgawan merajuk, abah is the best person to talk to them and calm them down.

After Zuhr, we said goodbye to abah and off we went up north.

We stopped at Parit Buntar on the way to Penang because Cik Mimi wanted to make a short visit at rumah mertua, and took new tudung stock for their small business.

We arrived at Penang slightly before iftar, and all were very tired. It was a very hot day, plus there was a very thick haze making the tekak sangat kering dan hidung gatal. when we were on the Penang bridge, we couldnt see the island as it was completely covered with haze. The sky was also dark looking like it was going to rain really heavy, but it was not the cloud. It was the haze!

Ramadhan Day 22

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, today was a busy day for ibu.Had to mengemas and packing because we were going to balik kampung in the afternoon. Abah had his final talk at UIAM Gombak until Zuhr. Next week abah is going to Singapore from Monday until Thursday to attend a training, so we decided that ibu and syurgawan can balik kampung earlier.

Lots of pecah rumah cases lately especially in the last few weeks before eid, and it's pretty scary to stay at home without abah at night especially when he'll be far far away. Although abah would not be at home too during the last ten days of Ramadhan as he usually went to do iktikaf at the masjid, he would still be just a few minutes away.

Syurgawan were up and running since morning, all were excited while asking ibu "bila nak gerak ni?" berkali-kali sampai letih nak jawab walHamdulillaah.

After Asr, we finally said good bye and off we went to Balik kampung!

First stop was Bidor. We stopped at Bidor to have iftar with Opah,Moyang, and Pak su. We arrived just half an hour before maghrib. Syurgawan were excited to see the new purple curtain, and Adam puji, "cantik dan kemas lah langsir opah." AlHamdulillaah, all were happy and berselera makan berbuka bersama. Tambahan lagi opah dah masakkan mee sup dan pak su sediakan ikan masak asam pedas dan kek batik. Not to mention beberapa jenis air..uhuhuhu..walHamdulillaah, melimpah rezeki kita, jangan dilupa yang kurang punya apa-apa.

After that, we prayed Maghrib and berehat-rehat sekajap before heading to our next destination of the day, which was STAR, Ipoh. Yup, we slept overnight at the guest house as abah would be giving a short talk to the pimpinan pelajar STAR tomorrow.

Syurgawan were very excited exploring the guest house, which was a nice 2 storey unit-old style. They visited all the rooms-door to door. MashaAllaah, very energetic macam tak penat pun berjalan jauh.

For sahur tomorrow, we already brought some bekal from rumah opah and cereal and milk for Hajar.
AlHamdulillaah, Hajar completed day 22nd of fasting today :)

Ramadhan Day 21

Bismillaah

The final lap in Ramadhan is here! yes, it is here, ready or not.

Hajar continued to fast today, alHamdulillaah.

Sarah was up until around 3am ish...uhuhuh...her temperature was a bit high, slight fever. She was sleepy, but she was upset with her itchy and stuffy nose. Allaahumma a'fina fi badaninaa, wa a'fina fi sami'naa, wa a'finaa fi baSarinaa. Ameen. Terus marathon berQiyamullail bersama-sama walHamdulillaah.

Syurgawan went to tadika with kakak2 lagi this morning, and came back home around 3pm dijemput oleh kakak-kakak juge.jazakumullaahu khair kakak-kakak!

Abah went to UIA and was trapped in a very heavy traffic on the way back walHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal. It was Ramadhan rush hour-majoriti nak cepat-cepat balik rumah untuk berbuka dan terawih.

Syurgawan were happy because abah bought a jigsaw puzzle for each of them(excluding Sarah ya..ehehe). Adam and Hajar love solving puzzle very much. Last night, Adam got a free puzzle from the cereals box, but the pieces were sooo tiny and complicated that it was pretty tough for Adam to figure out. Abah kesiankan Adam, so belikan yang besar sikit. 3 for RM10.

Sarah still demam sikit. Kena pakai coolfever dan tanggal baju untuk turunkan temperature dia. alHamdulillaah, so far demam dah surut banyak.cuma hidung kadang-kadang sumbat.

Ramadhan Day 20

Bismillaah

AlHamdulillaah, yes Hajar has successfully completed the 20-day challenge at 6 years old.
MashaAllaah tabarakAllaah.

Syurgawan came back home early today, abah prefers to fetch them early this Ramadhan. It's a special month after all.

After terawih, abah went to the masjid for iktikaf. Sarah was not feeling well due to stuffy nose, poor lil girl.syafakillaah habibati.

It has been a wonderful child-parents journey this Ramadhan.
Still remember vividly when I fasted as a child, and now I am fasting as a child, wife, and mom. It feels different, special in each of them.

Ramadhan Day 19

Bismillaah

we were on the eve of the last 10 nights of Ramadhan mashaAllaah.

Have we upgraded our du'a this year? I've got the same old du'as as I've been asking since last year with the addition of some dua's(3 new ones learned from the Qur'an). Wonder if I've used this wonderful opportunities during Ramadhan to the fullest. How's yours?

Sarah was a bit cranky when she was sleepy lately, now that requires lots of patience to keep up with ya...uhuhu..ya Allaah grant ibu lots of energy and happiness for taking care for our lil syurgawan. Should be happy, otherwise it'd be stressful ya ;)

Love..love..love! Hajar was anxious to finish the 20 days challenge(by her tadika).She even asked if after she has completed full 20 days of fasting, "lepas tu dah takyah puasa yer,ibu?"  So, got to encourage her to fast as many days as possible inshaAllaah. She looks very thin kan..sometimes we were quite worried about her weight, has she got enough nutrients daily? ya Allaah beri kami semua kesihatan yang baik, Ameen.

Ramadhan Day 18

Bismillaah

ya, harini hari pergi tadika :)

Awal pagi Hajar dah berdrama-merajuk sakan takmo pergi tadika..ehehe..jarang bangat Hajar takmo pergi tadika. Selalunya dialah yang paling bersemangat setiap pagi. Mungkin harini she woke up on the wrong side of the bed, walHamdulillaah. Sekali-sekala jer kan.

Syurgawan semua liat nak berpisah dengan buku-buku yang baru dibeli semalam. Kenalah pujuk dan berpsikologi-in which abah was the best person to do this kind of job :)
Adam siap pesan supaya ibu tolong gamkan paper toys dia yang asyik tanggal. Yup yup, Adam main ganas macam paper toys tu patung plastik.

Harini syurgawan balik awal sebab abah kena gerak ke satu lokasi(uhuhu..macam top secret je kan. saja jer) untuk memenuhi jemputan jadi imam dan bagi tazkirah terawih. Jadi, kami berbuka berempat saja, memandangkan Sarah memang tak dapat join di meja makan lagi kan. Syurgawan pula asyik tanya bila lah abah nak balik.

AlHamdulillaah, sudah 18 hari Hajar berpuasa penuh. Way to go Habibati!

Ramadhan Day 17

Bismillaah


"Banyak hari kita dah puasa, kan ibu?" Hajar bersuara lembut sambil duduk di sebelah ibu. Di tangannya ada alat permainannya yang dipegang dari tadi.

Yup, dah masuk 17 hari kan kita berpuasa. 17 hari juga maknanya sudah berlalu pergi. 17 hari juga perjuangan kita berjalan. Berjuang atau tumbang?

Harini kami dapat pergi ke Payless Bookstore. Setiap seorang dapat buku. Hajar dapat buku Dora dan satu 'bracelet notebook.' so girly ehehe. Maryam pulak amik clothbook yang sangat comel. Ada detachable toys dan ada beg lagi. Sayang sangat dah Maryam dengan buku baru dia. Ibu jenuh kena masukkan balik semua toys ke dalam poket masing-masing bila Maryam upset tak dapat masukkan balik dan merengek minta ibu tolong walHamdulillaah. Adam ambil set buku Toy Story 3. Dia memang seronok sebab dalam set tu ada buku with stickers, ada buku yang khas untuk buat paper toys, ada buku 3D with the spectacles sekali, dan ada board book. Ralat lah nak pasangkan paper toys tu sebab dia nak siap malam ni jugak.uhuhuhu...seronok betul. Btw, semua buku-buku tu murah sajer sebab diskaun dah kan.

Usaha memupuk cinta buku, baca, dan ilmu. Umat Islam harus jadi umat cendekiawan macam dalam sejarah dulu. Ya, sejarah gemilang berulang, inshaAllaah.

Ramadhan Day 16

Bismillaah

it's Sunday!! but not a sunny day walHamdulillaah.
we just stayed at home, syurgawan played all day!
today Adam managed to fast until 1245pm.alHamdulillaah, a fifteen minutes improvement :)

Uhuhu...all were excited watching the olympic's badminton men-single final match. Hajar sided with 'kuning,' while Adam was with 'merah.' ohohoho Adam just wanted to be different from others. He didn't want to give up to the peer pressure! He got his own style ya. They both kept on asking ibu "siapa menang? siapa menang?" as they didn't really understand how the game works and how to read the score board LOL. Sometimes, they read the expressions on the players' faces to predict who's happy, hence he did well and who's not. Smart! So, they were still entertained eventhough the volume was muted. Maryam as usual didn't bother what's on the screen. She rather played with her toys and books.

Isya' and terawih didnt get delayed by the game, alHamdulillaah. It was an important and interesting game, but meeting my Lord was much more exciting and crucial y'all. The game might be recorded and we can always watch the replay, but isya' and terawih on the start of 17th Ramadhan 1433H would never return.

Ramadhan Day 15

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, today Adam managed to fast up until 1230pm, an achievement worth to mention since he usually drinks lots of milk. Today, ibu managed to encourage him to fast as long as he could everytime he asked for milk or food. By 1230pm, he couldnt hold much longer and he got his first cup of milk of the day :)

Syurgawan were happy to have a long weekend break this week due to the Nuzul Quran holiday on Monday, inshaAllaah. They kept reminding ibu that Umi Sarah, their kindy headmaster has told them that they've got a 3 days break. okay, okay, we will stay at home and enjoy our weekend together ;)

Hajar pulak kept on repeating her tentative for August. No.1 Ramadhan, No.2 Raya, No.3 Balik Penang and Bidor, No.4 Merdeka, No.5 Cik Adda kawen, No.6 yada yada yada. Ibu not sure whether she's looking forward more for the events or the cuti, or maybe both!(yah, each event means off school day(s) la kan..ehehehe). Lagipun, she is looking forward for her reward for fasting this (whole)Ramadhan inshaAllaah.Dia tak tau ibu tengah nervous pasal PhD yang dah in hiatus berbulan ni LOL.

Btw, Hajar also noticed that time feels like flying in Ramadhan."Kita dah puasa banyak hari kan, ibu.Tak rasa pun," Hajar said today. Pejam celik, Hajar is just a few days away from passing the 20 days challenge set by the tadika. InshaAllaah, you can do it sayang!

So, how about us so far? I've heard people are changing for the better this Ramadhan: started to put on tudung, covering their aurah more properly, started going to the masjid, started to pray 5 times regularly, committed to praying on time, reading more Qur'an etc. What we have done better this time ya? manner? charity? solah? du'a?

Ramadhan Day 14

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, today Hajar and Adam went to Tadika with kakak since abah had to leave early to avoid bad traffic on MRR2 on the way to UIA.

ibu had a short conversation with kakak this morning when Adam said,"hai, lamanya.Bila nak gerak ni?" LOL.okay,okay, off to school lah.

Maryam refused to go to tadika again today. She wake up a bit late and didnt want to take bath and go to tadika. It's okay girl.

In the afternoon, all 3 syurgawan followed abah to the bazar ramadhan since yesterday we had a bazar-free day.ehehehe..best jugak makan tanpa makanan bazar ni :)

and oh yes, all of us hold Ramadhan very dear and close to our hearts and it's making us realize and feel that Ramadhan flies so fast. Almost half was gone, what have we achieved this round?

Ramadhan Day 13

Bismillaah

Abah left early today, and the 3 syurgawan were supposed to go to school with kakak. Unfortunately, the sms didn't reached kakak in time, and the 3 syurgawan ended up ponteng lagi-happily of course LOL!
but Adam was a bit worried about kakak though.While complaining that they had been late, he was thinking out loud, "kakak demam kot ni?"..walHamdulillaah. Adam memang ambil berat pasal orang lain.

Today was cloudy as well, the entire day. So gloomy and a bit cold that the mood was turned to sleepy and lazy, but lo and behold! all 3 syurgawan were all energetic and lively up till midnight! mashaAllaah, children were just amazing with their energy levels.

Today we had iftar without abah who was invited to an iftar somewhere in Gombak.

Ramadhan Day 12

Bismillaah


alHamdulillaah, it was a beautiful day with bright shining sun, mashaAllaah.

All three syurgawan went to tadika today, and Maryam wanted to go to tadika because she got to wear the purple baju sukan. She loved it! and of course she loved the 'main taman' day as well-that's every Wednesday.

Hajar has entered the 2nd phase of Ramadhan-fasting. alHamdulillah she's doing very well so far. May Allaah make it easy for her to complete the challenge inshaAllaah :) No more complaining about being hungry in the afternoon. She could play and ran around like she always did with Adam and Maryam.

Adam and Maryam now understood that they have to respect kakak by not eating or drinking in front of kakak or offering kakak foods and drinks during the day. "kakak Hajar puasa lah", they would say to each other :)

walHamdulillaah, it's been a very beautiful Ramadhan.

Ramadhan Day 11

Bismillaah

Entering the second phase of ramadhan, and started to suffer from the energy dip :( got tired easily,sleepy all the time,etc.uhuhu..have to fight nafsi harder these coming days.

Alhamdulillaah,today was a great day although the haze came back. It was gloomy the whole day. At first i thoght it was mendung nak hujan, but jerebu datang lagi! Rerupanya walHamdulillaah ala kulli haal.

Hajar dan Adam enthusiastically went to tadika as usual,but Maryam refused to go and wanted to stay at home. So, Maryam was really nice today and she was indeed penghibur dan peneman ibu. Of course Sarah was enough to keep ibu busy, but having Maryam at home was entertaining too. Maryam dah pandai bercakap pasal banyak benda dan kekadang tu rasa dia sangat matured berbanding usianya yang baru 3 tahun.mashaAllaah.

The race is getting intense.buckle up and better be ready!

Ramadhan Day 10

Bismillaah

Children ponteng tadika harini.

Had a good sleep last night eventhough Sarah was up until around 1 a.m. Hajar was reluctant to go to sleep last night because she was waiting for opah to put inai on Hajar's fingers. Unfortunately, opah was too tired and totally forgot about it. Hajar finally went to sleep after ibu convinced her that Opah already fell asleep, and opah might want to put the inai in the morning.

So, during sahur Hajar was excited. She quickly finished her milk and food before she sat with opah curiously watching Opah putting the inai on her fingers.Finally! (Hajar has been wanting to put inai on her fingers for so very long). She patiently waited for the inai to dried up too.

In the morning, Maryam saw Hajar with the inai and Maryam wanted it too! So, she got it. It was just a few minutes after opah finished putting on the inai when Maryam asked to took the inai off. She wanted to eat keropok, but she couldn't! LOL. Last2, kena suap dia makan itu ini. Maryam just coudlnt resist the food temptations.

We headed back to Bangi at around 11am. Yup, we were at Bidor for less than 24 hours. Quality vs quantity..uhuhu. Everyone was fast asleep during the ride.

We made a stop at Klinik Penawar Taman Tropika to get some medicine for Hajar's eyes. Kena sakit mata belah kiri. So, the doctor gave her eye drops and ointment. Got some vit C's too.

Home sweet home.

Ramadhan day 9

Bismillaah

Children were excited today since we were going to Bidor! They were ready since morning, but we didn't  leave until a bit before Asr since abah had a talk in the morning. When we were finally hit PLUS heading north, abah just remembered that he had to go to Maybank Section 16, so we took Kajang exit and headed back to Section 16! walHamdulillaah. Adam sempat lagi terkejut sebab he thought we were going back home! "eh, abah.Kenapa kita balik rumah ni?" LOL

That's why la we arrived a bit late at Bidor, bought foods for iftar and reached opah's home 10 minutes before Maghrib.

 About death:

Saw a van jenazah on the way to bidor. At bidor,opah wasnt at home.she was visiting a jenazah at Sg siput. The deceased was a neighbour lived across the street. He had just retired, renovated his home, and died at the age of 58 because of liver cirrhosis. His eldest child is going to marry this december, the first to marry :(. Owh, how death is very very near.

we plan,but Allah also plan. and His plan prevails.

Ramadhan Day 8

Bismillaah


Alhamdulillaah, it was another successful fasting day for Hajar. A sunny, beautiful Satuday.Today she did not complained of hunger or thirst at all! and yes, despite of all the temptations from her brother and sister eating and drinking throughout the day.

Hajar was supposed to go to an exam for darjah 1 entrance today, but we decided that we were not going.  Hajar is going to a public school inshaAllaah. we pray that this decision is the best for us, ameen.

abah left for a talk at UIA PJ slightly before noon and only reached home during iftar walHamdulillaah. his schedule is a bit tight this ramadhan since he decided to offer free programs during ramadhan.

anak-anak were happy to transform the house into tongkang pecah, and yeah, they had the whole day to do that.uhuhuhu.

day 7

bismillaah

We met again, blessed Friday, alHamdulillaah :)

we started the day a bit earlier with sahur, fajr, surah al-kahf, and daily morning chores.Abah had a talk at UIA Gombak this morning, and children went to school on time. They came back home earlier-fetched by kakak-kakak :) since abah finished his talk a bit late and were stucked in the heavy traffic at mrr2.

today Hajar was crying as early as 600pm asking to break her fast. ibu pujuk-pujuk Hajar to hold on since it was very close to iftar. She was okay then back to sedih-sedih, then okay again, and vice versa until iftar walHamdulillaah.she made it! 7 days accomplished, super kakak! another 3 weeks to go(3 weeks left? owh how fast this race of uboodiyaah is leaving us :( )

lots and lots of du'a, may Allaah give us victory and the best result from this holy month's intensive training, Ameen.

Ramadhan Day 6

Bismillaah


It's a special day :) !
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of course it was!
It's the 6th day of Ramadhan 1433H day 6th.
It came only once, yes ONCE, and would never came back.
It was very special because it was a day in Ramadhan, yes RAMADHAN in which the rewards for good deeds, be it itty bitty tiny or gigantically humongous, are multiplied, gates of jannah are opened and gates of hellfire are closed...and devils are chained!

yeay!
alHamdulillaah
:D

okay, today Hajar successfully completed day 6th of fasting. She seemed to be more energetic than ibu at the end of the day LOL! she still drank just a cup of milk and ate very little during sahur despite ibu's many attempts to persuade her to eat and drink more walHamdulillaah.

today Maryam didn't go to tadika, she insisted to stay at home with ibu(and abah who stayed at home until zuhur). She enjoyed her time at home playing around, usik-usik Sarah, and bermanja-manja dengan ibu abah :). When abah went to the surau and office in between Zuhur and Asar, she tagged along. Maryam was happy she got to jalan-jalan with abah despite she had to go home with wet pant because she was too afraid or a bit too late to tell abah that she wanted to pee..uhuhuhu. She rarely had this incident though.

Buka puasa sederhana saja hari ini. We had simple meal and enjoyed our day 6th of Ramadhan!

btw, tonight the children played pretend with Hajar as a teacher and Adam and Maryam as anak-anak murid. Adam sampai nangis-nangis bila teacher told him to stop watching youtube and to pray instead.ahahaha...Adam boleh pulak menurut cakap 'teacher' dan solat dengan airmata. Before that, teacher Hajar told everyone to read Iqra' and books. Ibu pun involved sama as a teacher for reading :)
Very cute la anak-anak ni, mashaAllaah.

Yeay, badminton!

Bismillaah

Telefon berbunyi memecah kesunyian dan ada sms baru masuk. Ada sms daripada kak Saadiah. Tersenyum sendirian ibu bila membacanya. Ibu terus call abah, tapi tak berjawab. Mungkin program pagi ini belum habis lagi, duga ibu.

Bila abah telefon balik, ibu terus sampaikan isi kandungan sms tu :) abah terus setuju, "mesti Adam seronok."

Petang Ramadhan 5, kak Saadiah dan kak Amira yang jemput Hajar, Adam, dan Maryam dari sekolah. Bila sampai rumah jer, masing-masing tinggalkan beg dan meluru keluar balik. Ibu pun tak sempat jumpa sebab sedang layan Sarah dalam bilik. Diorang excited sangat sebab kakak-kakak ajak pi taman untuk main badminton! Impian Adam yang tertangguh lagi :)

Lama diorang keluar sebab lepas main, terus ke bazar Ramadhan. alHamdulillaah, Hajar bertenaga macam tak puasa. Amazing kan kanak-kanak yang tulus suci ni.MashaAllaah.

Balik dari bazar, masing-masing bawak makanan dan air ice blended yang dibeli. Maryam dengan mee hun sup dan air perisa honey dew, Adam dengan mee hun goreng dan air perisa mangga, dan Hajar dengan nasi ayam dan air perisa kopi(alkisahnya, dia nak perisa coklat, tapi takde kot..ehehehe). Rajin betul kakak-kakak melayan kerenah anak-anak ni satu persatu.jazakumullaahu khair :) Allaah saja yang boleh membalasnya.

Kami berbuka puasa ramai-ramai.seronok betul. Maklumlah belum balik kampung lagi Ramadhan ni. Bila berbuka ramai-ramai terasa meriah biarpun makanannya sederhana jer.

credit to kakak Amira

Terima kasih kakak Saadiah dan Amira :) ! Adam tidur dalam senyuman kot :P

Sambutan pre-ramadhan di tadika

Bismillaah


Tadika ada buat event pre-ramadhan tempoh hari, Jumaat lepas. Anak-anak dapat bernasyid, buat door tag yang ada mesej untuk ibubapa kejutkan sahur, mewarna, dan banyak lagi aktiviti rasanya. Ada pertandingan, tapi anak-anak ibu tak menang kot. Takde bawak balik hadiah pun...ehehhe..asalkan anak-anak ibu dapat belajar benda baru dan seronok, itupun dah cukup, alHamdulillaah.


Gambar-gambar adalah ihsan FB Tadika Umi Alam Sari :)

Ramadhan Day 5

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah dah menapak ke hari ke-5 Hajar berpuasa tahun ini. Pantas betul masa berlalu dalam semua orang berpesta ibadah. Ibu ingatkan baru hari ke-4, tapi Hajar betulkan ibu. Dah 5 hari!

Pagi ni matahari bersinar indah, mashaAllaah. Cerah dan ceria jer di luar sana. Pagi-pagi masa bersiap ke sekolah anak-anak kecoh sikit dengan gelagat masing-masing. Adam macam biasa sibuk nak bawak bekal ke sekolah.uhuhu.Maryam pula bersemangat sebab harini dapat pakai baju sukan baru yang Umi Sarah bagi minggu lepas. Sebelum ni Maryam takde baju sukan dan terpaksa pinjam baju sukan kakak Hajar yang lama. Harapnya, dapat upload gambar nanti inshaAllaah(kalau abah ada tangkap gambar ler :) )

Ramadhan Day 4 II

Bismillaah


Bila anak-anak balik rumah, terasa sangat meriahnya. alHamdulillaah.

Hajar mula-mula tu ok. Tapi, bila Adam usik Hajar jadi sedih dan mengadu sakit perut.pulak....uhuhuhu.
Abah dan ibu kena pujuk Hajar lah supaya bertahan sikitttt jer lagi, dan alHamdulillaah seperti biasa Hajar memang senang untuk bersabar. and yeay! 4th day successfully completed.

Kuih kegemaran Hajar dan Maryam ramdhan ni adalah kuih onde-onde. Diorang suka inti gula kat dalam tu walaupun Hajar tak berapa nak gemar kelapa parut. Dia akan cuba kurangkan sebanyak mungkin kelapa parut tu dan bagi kat ibu atau Maryam. Maryam pula akan habiskan inti dulu dan tepungnya kemudian.
Menu Adam pulak, roti john atau 'burger segi empat' kata Adam. Dia memang berselera sungguh betul makan roti tu.

Ramadhan ni kami makan bersederhana sahaja, pesta ibadah bukannya pesta makan ;)

Ramadhan Day 4

Bismillaah

Adam: Ibu, Adam nak susu.
Ibu: Adam puasa tak hari ni?
Adam: Memanglah Adam tak puasa pagi, Adam puasa malam jer.

Adam dengan selamba menjawab bila ditanya puasa atau tak sambil berdiri menunggu ibu membancuh susu sebelum pergi ke sekolah hari ini :)

AlHamdulillaah, Hajar bangun sahur lagi pagi ini. Tapi, dia tak makan banyak memandangkan dah makan banyak semalam. Dah jadi kebiasaan Hajar yang dia hanya akan makan banyak(tak banyak pun, cuma lebih sedikit dari kebiasaan :) ) sekali jer dalam masa sehari dua. Harapnya Hajar tetap cergas dan aktif hari ini. Selepas sahur, Hajar tak tidur. Dia berjaga sama dengan ibu. Masa ibu kemaskan beg anak-anak, Hajar minta kebenaran bawa bantal ke sekolah. Tak cukup bantal katanya. Lagipun, bulan puasa ni kena tidur lepas zuhur dan takde belajar extra macam bulan-bulan lain. Jadi, ibu bagi Hajar bawa satu bantal kecil.

Harini, langit mendung dan udara terasa sejuk, segar dan nyaman. Anak-anak semua ke tadika awal memandangkan Hajar dah kejutkan adik-adik untuk bangun mandi dan bersiap awal. semua bangun tanpa banyak kerenah dan mandi dengan gembira. Adam sempat bawa bekal sebelum keluar rumah, macam biasa :)

Ramadhan Day 3

Bismillaah

Sahur kali ni Adam joined lagi, tapi minum susu jer dengan mata separuh tertutup. Habis minum susu, tido balik!

Hajar dengan gigih bangun sahur, alHamdulillaah. Makan nasi sikit, minum susu dan air. InshaAllaah moga cukup untuk melapik perut dan memberi tenaga hari ini.

Lepas sahur, Hajar tido balik. zzzzz

Bangun pagi untuk ke tadika!

alHamdulillaah it was pouring rain right before Hajar and Adam went to school. Hajar and Adam sempat lagi main air hujan dengan berlari-lari membawa payung sementara tunggu abah. Wait, where was Maryam?

ehehe...Maryam didnt wanna go to tadika today. She wanted to stay with ibu, but ibu had to go to the klinik kesihatan for Sarah's 2nd monthly check up. She said she would stay with abah. Then, abah told her there'll be lots of pakcik at his office. Maryam hesitated for a few secs, then said it's okay, she would still follow abah to the office and would not be afraid of the pakcik-pakcik there as long as she didnt has to go to tadika. Oh well, when Maryam wants something, that's it.

So, hujan pun reda right before Hajar & Adam bertolak ke sekolah dan Maryam pun mandi pagi :)

Jadi, pagi tu Maryam dengan gembiranya temankan adik Sarah pergi check up di klinik, Sarah kena cucuk imunisasi 2 bulan. alHamdulillaah, sihat dan berat pun dah naik 1 kg lagi. Dalam pukul 11 pagi barulah kami balik ke rumah.

Ramadhan Day 2

Bismillaah


Alhamdulillaah we were done with Ramadhan day 2.

We started the day with sahur, alHamdulillaah, and this time Adam joined us. He was very sleepy, but still  managed to join us at the dining table. He finished a glass of milk and refused to eat anything before went back to sleep right away.

Hajar who has successfully completed her day 1 was very excited for her day 2. She drank her milk, and ate a lil bit more than yesterday. We've noticed that Hajar's main challenge was food rather than drinks during the day. She complained about being hungry and was asking for food several times during the day. AlHamdulillaah, we managed to divert her attention with some other activities each time she asked for something to eat.

As for Adam, he 'fasted' up until 10am ish only.ahahaha.He could not resisted the biscuits temptation. He was trying his best though, by refusing lunch and reducing his milk intake. Sikit-sikit la praktis, kan Adam :)

All three syurgawan Hajar, Adam, and Maryam were very active today. They were playing happily from morning till evening. Sometimes I was amazed at Hajar who was still very energetic throughout the day. Not to mention that all three did not had their nap today. So, by 9pm everyone was very tired and sleepy. Hajar was the last one to say good night, like usual. (Sarah was the last one, it was like she was waiting to be read to. As soon as ibu recited Qur'an, she went to sleep :) ).

Couldn't wait for day 3, inshaAllaah.

update Day 1 Ramadhan 1433H

As of 3pm, Hajar dah beberapa kali minta makan. Lapar katanya. Apatah lagi bila nampak Adam makan lunch dan Maryam disuapkan nasi :(..uhuhuhu. sabar yer kakak.Ibu pujuk kakak dengan puji dia cantik dan baik harini. Dia nak bedak dan lipstick. Layan jer.

Sebelum ke bazar ramadhan

and alHamdulillaah..yeay yeay! Hajar berjaya menamatkan puasa hari 1 :) Sempat pergi bazar Ramadhan beli air laici+tembikai.Ehehe selera kanak-kanak takdelah sebuas orang dewasa kan ;)

Ramadhan Day 1 - Sahur

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, dapat bangun sahur pagi ni. Hajar pun bangun bersahur sama :)
good start.

Hajar bangun dengan mudah, tanpa dolak-dalik. Walaupun duduk di meja makan dengan muka masih mengantuk, tapi Hajar tak menolak bila dipelawa susu dan oat. Lepas tu makan sedikit nasi dan ayam.

Adam, taknak bangun.ehehe.semalam semangat nak minta kejutkan sahur. Bangun pagi tadi, terus minta susu :)

Maryam pula merupakan cabaran besar buat Hajar. Masa Maryam nak makan cocoa crunch, dia sempat pelawa kakak makan sama. Hajar terpaksa tolak. Lepas tu, dah kenyang minum susu tapi masih berbaki, Maryam pelawa kakak susu pula, macam yang biasa dia lakukan. Kakak terpaksa tolak lagi.

Hajar ter-minta vitamin tadi bila dia lupa dia sedang berusaha berpuasa. Ibu ingatkan dia masa puasa tak boleh makan dan tak boleh minum, tak boleh usik orang, dan tak boleh gaduh dengan adik-adik. Hajar pun sengih malu dan tak jadi nak makan vitamin C Scott Emulsion kegemaran anak-anak ibu.

Untuk pujuk Hajar, harini dia dressed up like a princess. Siap dengan dress pink kembang dan labuh, dan barang kemas.

InshaAllaah cabaran ibu untuk Ramadhan ini dan masa mendatang ialah to keep cool and sabr dalam melayan kerenah anak-anak dan mengurus rumah tangga + dalam menyantuni sesama insan.

Adakah kamu mengaku beriman sebelum kamu diuji?

Ramadhan: Night 1

Bismillaah

it was the 1st night of Ramadhan, 1433H, July 20th, 2012

alHamdulillah, everyone in the house was very happy and excited including Hajar, Adam, and Maryam. Sarah was bubbly, smiled, cooed a lot too.

during terawih, abah went to surau of course :) Ibu prayed at home. alHamdulillaah Sarah cooperated well, with Hajar's assistance.

Abah: Adam xnak makan ker?
Adam: Adam puasa
ermmm...it was 8.45pm kot LOL.Adam puasa waktu malam..ehehehe.

Abah: Maryam nak puasa esok?
Maryamm: Tak nak!
She was very clear about her choice..;) Maybe because she has heard that when one is fasting, she cannot drink milk and eat. So, Maryam didnt want to part with her daily dose of SUSU.

at tadika

Hajar was very eager to fast. She asked when she can eat, drink, sahur, etc. inshaAllaah this year we will try to encourage her to fast as many days as she could. Her tadika also promise special gifts for children who fast more than 20 days this Ramadhan, inshaAllaah.
       

A visit by Cik Adda & Salma & Fadzilah

Bismillaah

AlHamdulillaah, last night cik Adda came to visit us. Sis Salma and Sis Fadzilah were with Cik Adda.
Hajar, Adam, dan Maryam were so happy to see cik Adda after a few months. They were surely missing her.ehehehe.

Adam and Maryam were super active last night, and Maryam bumped her head on the floor and sofa twice :( uh oh. She was running on the toys and slipped and another one was when she was wrestling with her brother. alHamdulillaah not serious and no bruises. Maryam just cried a bit. She maybe both was in pain + embarassed.ehehe...lots of people around kan.Malu...

Pic credit to cik Adda

Kak Saadiah dan Kak Amira

bismillaah

Ini dedikasi buat dua orang kakak yang selalu tolong Hajar, Adam, dan Maryam.
Alhamdulillaah, dalam abah sibuk outstation, kak Saadiah dan kak Amira sudi tolong hantar dan ambil anak-anak ibu ke tadika setiap hari. Awal pagi dah kena bangun :) Lepas tu, Adam requested untuk balik tengahari. Uhuhuhu, kenalah kak Saadiah jemput pulang sekitar 2 petang. Adam janji untuk nap dan behave kalau dapat balik tengahari instead of balik petang, pukul 6. Adam tunaikan janji dan memang behave dan tidur tanpa banyak complaints.

Pada 1 Julai, kakak-kakak kena pulak temankan ibu dan anak-anak untuk sukan tahunan tadika. AlHamdulillaah, dapat jugak ibu hadir ke hari sukan anak-anak walaupun abah tak dapat hadir sama. Hajar, Adam, dan Maryam pun lebih seronok bila kak Saadiah dan Amira ada bersama untuk melayan pelbagai kerenah mereka. The more, the merrier.

Kak Amira Ajeerah

Kak Saadiah

Joget

(pics credit to Kak Saadiah & Kak Amira)

Pada 11 Julai, kakak-kakak buat surprise pulak untuk Maryam. Balik dari tadika, kakak-kakak bawa naka-anak ibu pergi beli kek sempena harijadi Maryam. Maryam sangat suka (dan Adam laagi seronok sebab dapat makan kek LOL). Semua sangat excited termasuklah ibu sekali..ngeh ngeh ngeh.

Jazakillaahu khayr for the cake, kakak-kakak!

Jazakumullaahu khair kak Saadiah dan kak Amira(as Hajar, Adam, dan Maryam call them). May Allaah bless both of you and reward you girls tremendously.

Ibu pun sangat berharap anak-anak ibu dapat mempelajari akhlak kakak-kakak ini dengan selalu bergaul dengan mereka. Mesra, lembut, dan penuh kasih sayang walaupun kakak-kakak masih muda dan belum ada anak sendiri.

Sempena Sukan Tadika

 Gambar-gambar courtesy of FB Tadika Umi Alam Sari
(Hajar:rumah kuning)

 Adam: most right.
Rumah Hijau

 Moden:no more tempurung

 Adam: menggalas 'turtle shell'

 wajah-wajah pembentuk anak-anak TUAC
Moga syurga dan redha Allaah buat kalian.

p/s: Pagi Sabtu ni:

Adam: lamanya tak jumpa kak Saadiah
Hajar: Kenapa? Adam nak pergi sekolah ke?
Adam: Tak, Adam nak main badminton.

Sarah solehah

Bismillaah

Ya binti Sarah,
mukminah solehah,
al-Hafizah,
Qurrata a'yun,
imam al-muttaqin,
Allahumma ameen...

ini ialah lagu dodoi Sarah
dan Sarah solehah adalah nama timangan Sarah

breasfeeding dan basah?

Gunalah medela milk collector shells :) bukan iklan, saranan jer :)

Bila menyusukan bayi dengan susu ibu secara eksklusif, selalunya para ibu akan menghadapi masalah apabila susu mengalir keluar dengan banyak samada ketika lewat menyusukan bayi atau semasa menyusukan bayi(sebelah susukan bayi, sebelah lagi automatik menghasilkan susu keluar). Ada yang menggunakan breast pad samada yang jenis kain(boleh basuh dan guna semula) ataupun yang jenis pakai buang untuk mengatasi masalah ini.

Jenis kain memang ekonomi sebab boleh digunakan lebih lama, tapi kurang selesa bila terlalu banyak air susu yang keluar dan pad menjadi basah. Kadang-kala berbau susu yang kurang enak jika pad lambat ditukar atau dibasuh.

Jenis pakai buang agak mahal tetapi dapat menyerap lebih banyak lebihan susu. Semuanya terpulang kepada kesesuaian dan pilihan para ibu.

Ada lagi satu pilihan iaitu dengan menggunakan Medela milk collector shell. Diperbuat daripada plastik dan silikon, ianya amat praktikal. Susu yang mengalir masuk ke dalam shell tersebut. Para ibu boleh membuang susu tersebut ataupun menyimpannya untuk diberikan kepada bayi. Walaupun harga bagi sepasang shell ini kelihatan agak mahal, tetapi ianya boleh digunakan berulang kali dan menjadi lebih murah dan praktikal untuk jangka masa panjang. Tetapi, saiznya agak besar dan mungkin ada ibu yang kurang selesa dengan 'mangkuk' plastik yang besar dan keras di atas dada. Di samping itu, jika air susu yang mengalir terlalu banyak dan ibu banyak bergerak, susu mungkin tertumpah keluar dan membasahi baju. Jadi, selalulah memeriksa shell tersebut setiap selepas menyusukan bayi atau selepas beberapa ketika memakainya untuk memastikan ianya dikosongkan jika perlu.

Selamat mencuba!

Home birth!

Bismillaah


AlHamdulillaah, ibu diberi kesempatan untuk menulis dan mengabadikan mengenai kenangan manis bersalin di rumah dengan ditemani abah a.k.a best amateur bidan yang tercinta.


23 Mei 2012, adalah hari dijangka bersalin(EDD) untuk cahaya mata ibu yang ke-4 setelah keguguran akhir November 2010(Ni kira kandungan ke-5, anak ke-4, alHamdulillaah).


Puteri ke-4 kami, Sarah, telah selamat dilahirkan dengan berat 3.7kg pada 1.54 petang, tepat pada tarikh EDD tersebut.


Sehari sebelum kelahiran Sarah, mucus plug ibu dah jatuh(betul ker term ni? ehehe) sejurus sebelum Fajr, 22 Mei 2012. Ibu sangat teruja sebab akhirnya penantian dah menunjukkan tanda akan berakhir. Lepas tu, ibu google mengenai mucus plug dan kenalah terima hakikat yang tak semestinya kelahiran tu akan berlaku cepat sebab ada yang melahirkan beberapa jam sehingga beberapa minggu selepas mucus plug diorang 'jatuh.'Jadi, tak bolehlah excited sangat kan. Kena tunggu dan lihat dengan sabar.


Bila ibu bagitau abah, abah cool jer dan nasihatkan ibu tunggu sahaja + berdoa, satu pesan abah yang tak pernah tinggal. Hari tu, hari yang cerah dan indah dengan mentari bersinar. Pagi-pagi lagi kami sekeluarga keluar untuk menghantar Hajar, Adam dan Maryam ke tadika. Selepas tu, ibu dan abah bersarapan di Restoran Roti Puri Seksyen 3 Bangi(jemput mencuba roti puri dan makan di restoran ini, free ad :) ). Ibu sempat lagi temankan abah ke klinik ambil suntikan Meningcocoal sebab abah diberikan peluang oleh Allah untuk ke Madinah dan Mekah menunaikan umrah. Selepas dari klinik, abah ajak ke pejabat Andalusia Travel untuk serahkan kad imunisasi. Rasanya abah risau nak tinggalkan ibu sendirian di rumah, ehehehehe.




Sepanjang hari ibu berdebar-debar menunggu tanda-tanda melahirkan yang seterusnya, tapi masih tiada. Ibu berdoa semoga dapat melahirkan semasa anak-anak yang lain di tadika agar lebih mudah dan selesa :). Bila jam menjangkau 6 petang, anak-anak pun balik ke rumah dengan riang dan ibu masih lagi tiada tanda-tanda atau sakit nak bersalin. Malam tu buat tugasan seperti biasa: makan bersama keluarga, lipat kain, basuh kain, jemur kain, susun kain(ehehe...semua pasal kain baju kan. AlHamdulillaah memang suka buat chores yang ni) masukkan kain baju ke dalam beg tadika anak-anak, seterika baju, dan kemas rumah. Sehingga masuk tidur di sebelah malam, hanya lendir beserta sedikit darah yang turun. Malam tu, memang ibu tak nyenyak tidur sama seperti malam-malam sebelumnya memandangkan perut dah senak dan tidur memang tak selesa. AlHamdulillaah a'la kulli hal. Pusing kiri, pusing kanan, menelentang, semua serba tak kena. Ini memang latihan untuk menyiapkan ibu secara fizikal, intelektual, emosi, dan spiritual untuk menjaga bayi baru lahir yang tidur tak menentu nanti :)


Bermula jam 3 pagi, ibu mula merasa sedikit contraction. Suasana sunyi dan hanya diselang-seli dengan bunyi putaran kipas yang laju di syiling. Hembusan angin menambahkan kedinginan pagi yang menyegarkan. contraction hanya sekejap dan sakit macam sengugut yang sederhana. Ibu dah mula berdebar-debar dan lagilah tak boleh tidur sebab teruja. Sejak tu, contraction datang sekejap-sekejap dan tak menentu. Tapi, sakitnya biasa-biasa jer dan ibu masih boleh terlena sekejap di antara contraction. Ibu ingatkan akan bersalin sebelum subuh, tapi sakit tak bertambah dan contraction  masih lagi jauh di antara satu dengan yang lain. Bangun pagi, sempat lagi siapkan anak-anak untuk ke tadika.


Rumah kembali sepi bila Hajar, Adam, dan Maryam dah bertolak ke tadika. Pagi tu, ibu hanya duduk atau berbaring untuk berehat memandangkan semua kerja rumah sudah ibu lakukan malam semalam. Abah pula terus pulang ke rumah selepas menghantar anak-anak ke tadika untuk standby tengok-tengokkan perkembangan ibu.


Masa terasa lambat berlalu bila ibu mula mengira jarak antara contractions. Masih lagi jauh, lambat lagi, tak sakit sangat lagi :) Bila tengah contraction, ibu praktikkan teknik pernafasan dalam-dalam yang ibu sempat baca di internet di samping doa yang tak putus agar Allah beri kemudahan dan keselamatan kepada ibu dan bayi. Alhamdulillaah, memang dapat membantu kita mengawal dan mengurangkan kesakitan. Dalam pada tu, ibu kerap ke tandas untuk buang air sebab perut sakit dan loose stools. Memang antara tanda-tanda nak bersalin lah tu. Lagipun, ibu nak pastikan pundi kencing tak penuh masa bersalin dan nak elakkan terkincit..ehehehe.


Dah nak dekat tengahari, ibu mula siapkan 'tempat bersalin.' Lapik tilam dengan plastik hitam yang besar tu dan letak alas macam kat hospital tu. Siapkan towel untuk bayi. Lepas tu, ibu mula pasang bacaan Qur'an Mishary Rashid al-Afasy(I wish I had done this much earlier!). Sangat soothing dan menghiburkan jiwa. Lagi-lagi bila ada ayat yang ibu hafal dan dapat baca bersama, terus lupa sakit sekejap. Sesambil tu, baring-baring kat sofa sebab ibu rasa lebih selesa berbanding atas katil. Pusing kiri, pusing kanan, dan sakit contraction semakin kerap dan dekat antara satu sama lain.


Abah turun dari office nya di tingkat atas. Dah masuk waktu Zuhr rupanya. Abah tanya kalau ibu nak pesan apa-apa, boleh abah belikan lepas solat di surau nanti. Tapi, masa tu abah dah perasan muka ibu berkerut-kerut tahan sakit. Jadi, abah kata akan pulang rumah segera selepas solat jemaah.


Bila abah melangkah keluar rumah untuk ke surau, ibu rasa sakit dah semakin kuat dan terdetik mungkin akan bersalin tak lama lagi. Ibu banyak-banyak doa supaya sempat tunggu abah balik dari surau.


Bila semakin sakit, ibu turun dari sofa and got on all four. Rasa kurang sikit sakit bila boleh berpaut kuat pada rangka sofa pada posisi macam merangkak tu. Tarik nafas dalam-dalam dan istighfar banyak-banyak. Ambil kesempatan, ehehehe, moga dengan menanggung sakit tu Allaah Ta'ala cabut segala daki-daki dosa. Ameen.


Dah terasa kepala  bayi menolak-nolak di pintu rahim. Ibu tahan dan tarik nafas dalam-dalam. Ibu nak pintu rahim sudah betul-betul terbuka dan bersedia untuk memberi laluan kepada bayi, jadi tak ada trauma cedera perineum nanti. Plus, abah belum balik.


Excited, nervous!


Tiba-tiba pintu rumah dibuka, dan abah pun muncul! Alhamdulillaah, yeay! Perfectly the right time.
Abah dengan tenang tanya, "dah nak 'keluar' ke?" dan bersedia di posisi menyambut bayi.


Ibu dah bersedia untuk biarkan contraction yang kuat untuk menolak bayi keluar. Ibu bertahan untuk tak meneran / push bayi. Kekuatan otot-otot rahim sudah cukup kuat menolak bayi untuk turun ke bawah dan keluar. Lagipun, dengan posisi ibu, graviti membantu proses kelahiran, Allaahuakbar.


Contraction yang super kuat 1 - "poop"! Air ketuban pecah dan ibu rasa air tu memancut keluar. Ehehehe..risau pulak abah terkejut dan basah kena air ketuban. Tapi, abah cool jer dan kata, "okay, semua terkawal." Abah tak kena pun air ketuban tu.




Contraction yang super kuat 2 - Abah kata, "rambut bayi dah nampak!". He sounded very excited. Lepas tu, ibu terasa the ring of fire, dan kepala bayi pun keluar. Ibu sempat lagi berkira-kira ada luka ker tak..uhuhuhu..


Contraction yang super kuat 3 - bayi pun terkeluar.


Alhamdulillaah!


Bayi yang sihat dan besar! Ibu menjangkakan bayi sekitar 3.0kg, tapi nampaknya Sarah lebih besar dari itu(3.7kg ditimbang di Hospital Serdang)

Rak buku baru

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Hari Sabtu, hari cuti yang ditunggu anak-anak ibu. Balik dari tadika jer semalam, dah beria bagitau ibu dan abah ada cuti 2 hari! :)

Hari ni kami ikut abah pegi cari rak buku. Pegi 2 kedai yang biasa pegi tapi dua2 dah tutup/berpindah. Memang dah lama benar tak pegi kedai perabot, tak perasan pun kedai2 tu dah tutup. Dalam perjalanan balik, abah masuk jer deretan kedai-kedai dan Alhamdulillaah, jumpa satu kedai perabot yang murah dan ada free delivery. Ibu pun tumpang sekaki minta abah belikan ampaian memandangkan yang sedia ada dah nak runtuh :)

Lepas Asar, anak-anak ibu sangat bersemangat membantu menyusun buku-buku abah di rak yang baru :) seronok sangat diorang.

Sarat

Bismillaah Bila dah sarat mengandung, kebanyakan malam ibu akan susah untuk tidur. Faktor ketidakselesaan, sukar bernafas, dan pelbagai lagi mempengaruhi tidur si ibu. "wahnan a'la wahnin" memang benar. Kandungan semakin membesar, berat semakin bertambah, tulang belakang dan kaki terpaksa menanggung berat yang bertambah, badan sudah menjadi letih, ditambah lagi masa rehat yang kurang berkualiti disebabkan tidur yang terganggu. Ada juga ibu yang mengalami kegatalan di bahagian perut akibat regangan kulit dan tidak dirawat dengan losyen yang sesuai. Tapi, keadaan tidak boleh tidur malam ini boleh ditukar kepada nikmat. Apabila sudah mudah untuk bangun malam, mudahlah untuk melakukan ibadah di malam hari. Sepi dari anak-anak kecil yang lain dan pelbagai tugasan rumah yang biasanya sudah diselesaikan di siang hari. Qiamullail, tadarus, dan zikir. Kalau ada ibu yang sudah tidak larat bersolat seperti biasa, boleh duduk. Ada keringanan dalam Islam. Lagipun, ini mungkin adalah latihan yang baik memandangkan proses menjaga bayi selepas kelahiran memang tidak dapat dijangka. Indahnya aturan Allaah, mashaAllaah.

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Semalam kami semua pegi ke rumah Mak Ton di PJ. Opah ada di sana disebabkan opah tak sihat, dan Kak Ton nak bawa opah pergi buat full health screening di Hospital Assunta, inshaAllah. Plan awalnya nak balik ke Bidor nak ziarah opah, tapi Mak Ina dah bawa opah pergi PJ. Jadi, kami terus ke PJ.

Sampai PJ, opah dah nampak OK sikit walaupun semalaman tak nyenyak tidur. Moga opah terus sihat macam sedia kala, ameen.

Lepas Zuhur, abah bawa opah (n kami join sekali) ke Cheras untuk menziarahi Opah Long. Opah gembira sebab dapat jumpa dengan kakaknya. Anak-anak suka sebab dapat masuk ke dalam kawasan sekolah dan asrama SM Teknik KL. First time kami sampai ke kawasan ni.


Lepas tu, patah balik ke PJ untuk hantar opah. Opah Long pun ikut sekali sebab TOk Ucu dan famili nak datang menziarah juga ke PJ. Dah sampai PJ, sambil tunggu Tok Ucu sampai, abah bawa anak-anak dan 3 orang anak Mak Ton pergi ke padang permainan. Seronok betul anak-anak ni bermain bersama. Alhamdulillaah, playground lengang dan hanya ada kami. Jadi, anak-anak conquer the whole playground dan dapat main sepuas hati. Adam seronok main bola dengan abang Emil dan abah. Bersungguh-sungguh kejar dan tendang bola sampaikan muka merah padam.

Almost 7pm, kami beransur balik ke Bangi. Anak-anak semua dah letih. Sampai rumah, tertidur terus sampai ke Subuh kecuali Hajar sebab dia sangat tak selesa dan nak mandi. Hajar berjaga sampai lepas Isyak, tunggu ibu masuk tidur.

Ikut suka hati Ibu

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Hajar: Hajar suka ikut 'suka hati ibu.'

ehehe...rasanya Hajar maksudkan, Hajar lebih suka buat apa yang ibu suka.

Alhamdulillaah, sekarang Hajar dah semakin lancar membaca. Dia rajin berusaha sedikit demi sedikit dengan inisiatif sendiri. Ibu abah tak pernah paksa Hajar belajar di rumah. Biasanya Hajar yang akan keluarkan buku dan penselnya.

Hajar pun dah boleh membaca Iqra' buku 3, baca sedikit jawi, dan mengira(tambah).

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Pagi ni, kami ke Klinik Zalfah Seksyen 4 tu untuk cek luka kat kaki Cik Yam. Anak-anak memang bangun dari awal pagi lagi. Sampai di klinik, Alhamdulillah takde que. Kejap je dah masuk jumpa doktor. Doktor kata tu sebab jangkitan bakteria dan Cik Yam kena ambil antibiotik dan krim sapu untuk mengelakkan luka tu merebak ke tempat lain pula. Dah sampai ke klinik tu, minta sekali doktor tolong tengokkan jari tengah tangan kiri Cik Yam yang tersepit di pintu semalam.

Masa kejadian(ehehe), Abah baru nak keluar solat isyak di surau bila tetiba 3 orang tu menyerbu keluar pintu pakat2 nak join abah. Tengah riuh-rendah tu, Adam tutup pintu dan tersepitlah jari Maryam yang masa tu tengah pegang tepi pintu. Meraung CIk Yam. Abang dan kakak pun pucat jer sebab jadi pesalah secara tak langsung. Ibu terus bubuh jari Cik Yam di celah ice packs untuk elak bengkak dan Alhamdulillaah berkesan. Dah reda sikit CIk Yam nangis, baru bubuh minyak gamat. Ubat favorite Cik Yam, sampaikan bau minyak gamat pun dia rasa wangi.

Jadi, Doktor kata jari Cik Yam tak teruk. Bengkak sikit jer dan kuku dia inshaAllah kuat. Alhamdulillah lega mendengarnya. Cuma dinasihatkan untuk tuam-tuam dengan ais kalau jari tu tambah bengkak.

Lepas balik dari klinik, abah bawa pusing-pusing cari bakeri. Ingat nak cari kek atau bun untuk makan pagi. Tapi, hari Sabtu ni kebanyakan bakeri yang kami biasa pegi tutup. Akhirnya, singgah kat Donut coffee shop dekat dengan ofis abah. Walaupun selalu lalu, ni first time kami singgah. Masing-masing makan donut jer tapi Adam nak spaghetti bolognaise.

Alhamdulillaah, anak-anak happy dan kami pun balik ke rumah. Dah nak dekat Zohor dah pun. Sampai je rumah, Cik Yam minta sapu dan makan ubat. Anak-anak ibu memang suka makan ubat. Bila sakit, seronok pulak diorang nak menelan segala ubat-ubatan yang doktor bagi. Kadang-kadang ibu kena pujuk lagi untuk 'tak' makan ubat, yela kadang-kadang ada ubat yang tak perlu pun.

Cuti 1 Mei

alhamdulillaah, bebaru ni tokpak,tokmak,cik yana & kiddos, cik santi & daughters, cik mimi,cik shafix, baby hakimi, dan cik Adi datang ke Bangi.

Gembiranya anak-anak ibu sebab rumah jadi meriah dan mereka ada ramai kawan untuk bermain. Malam Sabtu masa orang dari Penang sampai, anak-anak ibu dah masuk tidur sebab dah lewat malam. Hari Ahad, awal2 pagi lagi anak-anak ibu dah bangun excited.

Kami pergi zoo negara beramai-ramai, singgah hentian Kajang, dan malam tersadai keletihan di rumah. Tambahan lagi cik Adi, cik Shafix, Hana dan Dina kena cirit-birit. Tak pasti tersalah makan apa. Alhamdulillaah yang lain sihat wal afiat, xdelah berbaris panjang depan toilet.

Kebelakangan ni cuaca sangat panas. Jadi, tidur malam semua pakat buka kipas to the max speed, buka tingkap dan ikat langsir. Alhamdulillaah a'la kulli haal.

Hari Isnin petang kami pergi KLIA untuk jemput abah yang baru pulang dari Kota Bharu. Tambah meriah!
Malam tu, ada yang pegi ke I-City, Shah Alam. Anak-anak ibu tak ikut kecuali Adam. Dia memang seronok dapat berjalan dengan his boy cousins. Dapat main lasak-lasak.

Biar betul?

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"Biar betul?"
Ni Adam nyer latest favorite words. Taktau katne Adam belajar phrase ni, tapi sekarang selalu jer terkeluar dari mulut dia.

Adam ni jenis suka guna perkataan dan bina ayat-ayat baru. Kadang-kadang lucu dan ada yang making him sounds like an adult. Tapi, ada jugak yang merepek. Bab-bab yang merepek ni inshaAllaah ibu dan abah akan cakap dan ajar Adam perlahan-lahan supaya dia faham apa yang elok dan tak elok. Biasanya Adam mudah faham dan akan berhenti dari mengulang-ulang perkataan yang 'merepek.'

Semalam, Alhamdulillaah Adam tidur dengan sangat gembira walaupun pada waktu pagi menangis taknak pergi ke sekolah, dia nak ikut abah ke ofis. Malam semalam abah bawa Adam pegi gunting rambut. Style idaman Adam: macam rambut abah.

Beraktiviti, berpeluh untuk jadi sihat!

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Adam dan Hajar bersemangat mengemas rumah malam ini. Ada tetamu nak datang hari Sabtu, inshaAllaah (that's 4 days away!)

Adam membahagikan tugas: Adam kemas ruang tamu, dan Hajar kemas dapur.

Selepas mengemas, ibu berterima kasih pada Adam. "MashaAllaah, cantiknya Adam kemas.JazakAllaahu khayr, barakAllaahu fik Adam sebab dah kemas rumah. Tengok tu, sampai berpeluh-peluh dah Adam."

Adam spontan menjawab, "Takpelah ibu, bukan ker berpeluh tu sihat."

=) MashaAllaah.

Earlier tonight, Adam was very sad because he couldn't tag along with abah to the surau. Abah kena menyampaikan tazkirah maghrib hari ni surau Kajang Utama(kalau tak silap). Memang setiap bulan Abah akan ke sana pada hari Selasa. Cuma hari ni Adam teringin sangat nak ikut. Dah siap pakai kopiah dan 'baju surau' dia. Tapi, abah keberatan nak bawa Adam sekali sebab takde sape nak jaga dia masa abah duduk berceramah nanti. Ibu pula tak larat nak angkut anak-anak semua ke surau. Sorry Adam :( . He kept asking me to call his abah to pick him up and take him to the surau.

What we did last weekend

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Kami ke Seminar Surah Luqman!!!! Alhamdulillaah

Selama 2 hari berkampung di Akademi Pengajian Islam, UM. Anak-anak duduk dalam nurseri yang disediakan, Alhamdulillaah. Adam cuma bertahan setengah hari jer dalam nurseri sebab dia dah bosan memandangkan anak-anak lain masih lagi kecil dan tak boleh layan Adam bermain lasak. Jadi, Adam keluar dari nurseri dan ikut abah dan pakcik-pakcik masuk dewan. Adam sangat behaved dan tak buat bising, AlHamdulillaah.

Ibu abah seronok, anak-anak pun seronok. Anak-anak seronok sebab ada ramai kawan, ada ko-op dekat dewan dan diorang berpeluang minta 'hadiah' macam-macam LOL(tapi, macam biasa diorang tak minta banyak, cukup seorang satu dan diorang dah gembira), boleh lari-lari explore tempat baru dan boleh makan ala-ala suasana kenduri :). The catering/food was good, alHamdulillah.

Overall, awesome seminar. Learned a lot about Luqman's advices in the Qur'an and what can be extracted from them. Alhamdulillaah, 2 hari berseminar tak mengantuk atau tertidur dalam dewan walaupun kadang-kadang perut senak bila duduk lama. Anak-anak pun all out during the day, jadi bila sampai je rumah semua mengelepet. Habis isyak jer semua lena sampai ke Subuh.