Friday, April 18, 2014

One day I will learn

I need to learn to put me first

Monday, April 14, 2014

The week that was - Hanging with the sisters and kiddo's

Asalamu alaikum

The last week or so I managed to get out of the house for a bit. Nothing special. mostly running errands, putting gym memberships on hold, buying supplies and grocery shopping.

I did manage to sneak in a shopping trip, a visit to the park and a coffee stop.


I bought him this little Thomas backpack that we can take to the shops when we are mot using his nappy bad. He is really into trains at the moment. As you can tell - he LOVES it :)

Just a bit of fun on the trampoline with the babies and their tigers :)
More fun, this time at Pacific Fair in the parents room :)

At Robina Town Centre, after doing taking care of some errands we had some left to look for storage solutions and clothes to fit the new 18kg lighter me :)

Adela had a day off work. so we took the chance to do a little bit of shopping and have a much-deserved coffee break.

We took the little ones out to the park. We didn't have a lot of time but at least it's something, right?

And again


Monday, April 7, 2014

Mystery box

Assalamu Alaikum

I was studying one afternoon while Ibrahim was taking a nap, and once he woke up, we went out the door to find this big box sitting in the lounge room.

There was no sender name, no sender address... Just a big brown box with my name on it. I had no idea what it was or who it was from. As I started opening it, I saw it was a toy for Ibrahim. He was soooooo excited. I'm sure the photos speak for themselves (sorry about the bad quality, I took them from my phone while my camera was charging).


It turns out that his father sent it to him as a present. I did remember later that he asked me if it was ok if he sends him something, I was just expecting him to let me know when he sent it.

Ibrahim loved the it. He calls it his choo choo (he is really into trains at the moment, so pretty much anything with wheels is a choo choo, but this one is special).. He couldn't even wait for me to open it before he started playing with it.

A new camera and Ibby's new hair

Assalamu alaikum

So...

My phone stopped working.

And my camera has been missing for longer than I can remember.

And even if my phone was not out of action, the camera on there hasn't been good for quite some time (must have something to do with the million or so times I have dropped it).

My new camera
So days of feeling anxiety over missing any more precious time in my baby's life, I bit my lip and went out and bought a new camera. It is nothing fancy, just a normal compact camera. But trust me, if you had a large chunk of memories with your one and only child go missing because of stressful situations, you would want to capture as many memories with your little one as you could. The anxiety of not having a camera really got to me, so instead of waiting and waiting to have enough money and time to fix my phone and have a blurry camera, I went out and bought one. It did put my goals a bit out of whack and played with my finances, but I needed that camera. And those precious moments.

I have since then also had my phone fixed. But as I said, the camera is a bit dodgy and the pictures come out blurry and dark. So I needed to use a camera, and after turning the whole house upside down trying to find the one I bought just before Ibby was born, I gave up and bought a new one. I could always sell my old one or give it to Adisa, she did say she wanted one. In sha Allah this one will be good.

Ibby also had his first hair cut that day. At first I was scared, I really didn't want to lose his curls. But mashaAllah, he is gorgeous either way. And the curls are already starting to grow back Alhamdulillah.

After his first haircut
After he woke up from his nap, I just couldn't stop hugging him. MashaAllah, he looks so grown up, like a real boy. I really miss his fluff... but it was getting out of control so it had to go.

As promised.. Sea world pics

Assalamu alaikum...

The last couple of weeks have been hectic, to say the least. Family emergency after family emergency. So it goes without saying that I have been having my hands full. My sister and her kids have been staying at my place until they find a place to rent. So all I have been doing is baby sitting and apartment hunting with my sister. Alhumdulillah all is well, and I have been in pretty high spirits for most of the time (I did get overwhelmed once and broke down, but it looks like I just needed that cry to let it all out and get back to normal, if there is such a thing).

But as I promised earlier, here are some photos from mine and Ibby's Sea World trip. Pls excuse the poor picture quality, my phone's camera hasn't been the same for quite a while, which is why I went out and bought a new camera the other day too.