Monday, June 17, 2013

Sisters day out

Assalamu alaykum

As the title shows today we had a leisurely day at the Broadwater at Southport with my sisters and nieces. We just went for a nice picnic (take away Indian), followed by watching my neice play on the equipment, and then a nice long walk.

It was right at around Maghrib and the sunset was beautiful. Subhanallah it really made me think about the beauty of Allah's creation. We should truly feel blessed to live where we do and have the ability to see such beauty. I for one do take it for granted. The colours were amazing. I didnt get the chance to capture it all since I did have a little baby to feed. But Alhamdulillah.

Friday, June 14, 2013

Sydney trip

Assalamu Alaykum

Last week we took a flight down to Sydney. Thats me, lil monkey and my youngest sister. My parents already drove down there a few days earlier. It was a great trip, got to see some friends and family who I havent seen for a while.

We flew down first thing in the morning and took the train to Auburn where we found my parents and had some yummy sydney kebabs (nothing beats Auburn kebabs). Then we drove to see some family members in Doonside before going back to get ready for the mosque.  There was a gathering at the Bosnian mosque which we went to. That was the whole reason we went to Sydney. All our family was there. It was like the good old days - you know, before all the fights and disagreements led us to go our separate ways. It was so long since we were all gathered together. Alhamdulillah it was a great night.
The next day was a kinda lazy one. Well, we did go shopping and out for dinner but thats about it. And my parents went back to qld. We spent the rest of the day at the apartment with my aunty and cousins.

Then there was our third and final day. We first went to Auburn again for kebabs and some shopping. My sister bought some clothes, but not me - I was a good girl hehe (lol jokes, I just couldn't find anything worth spending my money on). But I did want to go to the Islamic Bookstore there. I ended up buying three books, one on mothering, one on raising righteous children, and one on the beautiful Names of Allah.

Then we hopped back on the train and headed for the city. We just wanted to go for a walk and take a few photos. We didnt spend a lot if time there at all.

We went back to Auburn to meet uo with some friends for coffee, and had some curry at the halal thai restaurant.

The next day we hopped back on the train, back on the plane, and headed back home. After getting soaked by the rain and two pooh explosions by Sir Poopalot we finally arrived on the Gold Coast. Except there was no one home and we were starving so we braved the rain once again and went out for dinner. It was a crazy day that one. Im just grateful for pram rain covers.  At least my little one stayed dry.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Let's start again shall we...

Yes, yes... I'm back. Its been a while I know. 

Well... I HAVE been very busy.. I have been caring for a little poopy. Yes I have had a baby boy.. his name is Ibrahim and Alhamdulillah he is the best thing that has ever happened to me.  He is the most sweetest, cutest and cheekiest lil guy on the planet Mashallah. And I am so thankful to be blessed with this perfect little munchkin. Alhamdulillah he is the love of my life. 

In sha Allah I will post the birth story in another post as well as a general update later on.

But today I just wanted to say salam (which I forgot to do - so assalamu alaykum).. and to let you know why I am back. 
Basically, I got a new phone (Samsung Galaxy S4 - which I love by the way) and I synced my photos and guess what came up? Photos from my blog, thats what. And it made me kinda sad that there's so much missing that I can't just read and reminisce.  So much has happened, both good and bad. And I wish I could have something to remind me of the time when I was right there..
So yeah.. I'm back and in sha Allah this time I will stick around for longer.