Once upon a time :)

Gambar-gambar Arif Kauthar masa kecik2 dulu.Sekarang dah kurus je,tak macam dulu.Tapi alhamdulillah sihat dan soleh insyaALLAH.

Makngah's Engagement

Semalam 17 November 2009 hari Selasa,keluarga kawan makngah dari Tumpat Kelantan telah memberi satu surprise kepada keluarga atok(ayah ibu) yang mereka nak datang meminang Mkngah hari ni 18 Nov 2009 hari Rabu. Punyalah kelam kabut jadinya nak buat persiapan last minit.Nasib baik kat KL ni semua ada janji duit ada semua jadi,so dapatlah sediakan semua keperluan dalam tempoh less than 24 hours ni,Alhamdulillah.
Anyway tahniah kat makngah and bakal pakngah atas pertunangan ini.Cadangnya langsung pada Mei 2009.So ibu dari sekarang dah plan nak simpan duit nak shopping nanti time hantar pengantin ke Tumpat,Kelantan...hehehe.Sepanjang majlis pertunangan Kauthar dgn Aisyah tidur je kat bilik atok,orang dah balik baru bangun.Nanti ibu akan upload gambar2 sepanjang majlis.

Kauthar today

Dah lamanya tak buat any posting alhamdulillah akhirnya ada masa skit. Arif Kauthar bakal berusia 2 tahun kurang 2 bulan lagi.Setakat ni masih belum lagi boleh bercakap cuma reti sebut tata,ayah,tq and amin.Yang lain ntah ape butirnye aku pun tak dpt tgkap..mcm bahasa Germn lak hehe.Aktivity yang paling dia suka ialah main tuang-tuang air dalam botle.Memang sejak kecik dia suka benar main tuang2 air.Setiap kali buka fridge dia mesti amin botle 500ml mineral water and amik lagi satu botle kosong dan bermulalah aktiviti men'transfer' air dari satu botle ke botle lain..tanpa menumpahkan air itu.Finally dia akan minum air tu lepas dah boring tuang-tuang dari botle ke botle lain.Ntah nape dia tak minat langsung nak main block-block yang punyelah banyak aku beli...aku mcm frust jugak sbb dia tak mcm anak org lain yg sebaya dia dah pandai macam2,suka main block and etc.Tapi aku kena buang perasaan tu and let him develop his true skills.Nampaknye dia memang minat hal ehwal memasak ni.Sekarang kalau aku masak kacang buncis dan bayam,dia dah boleh tolong patahkan sayur2 tu.Aku tak ajar dia directly and tak [ernah minta dia buat semua tu tpi dia yg obsreve and practice sendiri.Tumbuk bawang putih dalam lesung sampai hancur pun boleh.Sebab tu aku rasa minat dia dalam memasak.Aku ni memang takde langsung ilmu mengenai teknik ape nak guna untuk ajar anak,alhamdulillah ada sikit tau selepas diperkenalkan oleh mamadanish.(Thanks so much kak Yasmin.)But honestly i admit that i am to far to compare to other mommies yg tau mcm2 cara nak nurture anak.I REALLY WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THAT tapi tak tau nak mula dari mana.Aku agak sedih sebab 2 tahunpertama anak aku terbuanag begitu sahaja tanpa aku menggunakan thaun yang crucial ni untuk nurture his mind.I hope its not too late to start it now(eventho actually i really feel that its a bit late now since he will turn to 2 on Jan 2009).To friends and readers of my blog,if u do have any suggestion and tips to share u are always welcome to share it here.O K rasanya posting kali ni sampai sini dulu since aku pun tumpang internet umah mak(umah aku takde internet-a main reason why i cant share and learn with mommies out there)

Kauthar luvs this song...enjoy listening ;)

SEPOHON KAYU
sang by AIMAN Akademi Nasyid

Its a girl :)

Alhamdulillah aku selamat melahirkan baby girl seberat 3.01kg pada 30 June 2008,21:11 via SVD.
Gambar anakku kat NICU, seminggu kat sana sebab baby muntah time BF.Tapi alhamdulillah even ada masalah nak BF, sampai hari ni anakku is still an exclusively breastfed baby :)

Gambar aku lepas bersalin,sangat pucat la. Kami husband and wife telah sepakat menamakan baby ni dengan nama 'Aisyah Mardhiyyah - Kehidupan yang makmur dan diredhai.

Aku akan sambung pantang kat Johor rumah mertua so tak dapat nak online selama lebih 44 hari. InsyaALLAH lepas dah balik KL aku akan post entry byk2.

Doakan aku dan anak2 ku Muhammad Arif Kauthar dan Aisyah Mardhiyyah sihat sejahtera ye.
Terima kasih :)

Rice porridge in tenggiri soup

Saje gatal nak tepek n share resepi yang selalu masak untuk anak. Sekarang ni ntah nape makin cerewet lak bab makan ni. Kadang2 langsung taknak makan. Ok lah ni la cara nak memasak bubur ikan tenggiri ni .
Ingredients :

A
3 oz of brown rice / polished rice ( cook until soft )

B
300 g of tenggiri ( steam to soft, remove all bones )

C
10 anchovies ( wash properly to remove salt and dirts, mashed )
10 spinach leaves
2 oz of carrots
3 oz of broccoli

D
2 tbs of sunflower oil
1 piece of cinnamon
1 piece of star annise
3 pieces of curry leaves
1 onion ( chopped )

How to cook

1. Heat the oil in a pan
2. Stir-fry the cinnamon, star annise, curry leaves and chopped onion until fragrant.
3. Put in the soft rice ( porridge ) and stir for a while.
4. Add in the mashed anchovies and stir.
5. Add in the tenggiri fish.
6. Add the carrots and cook for 5 minutes, then add broccoli and spinach.
7. Wait for another 5 minutes or until cook.
8. Now the porridge is ready to serve.
9. Do not forget to remove the dry herbs ( cinnamon, star annise and curry leaves ) before serving.

Note :

• This recipe is suitable for baby from 9 month old upwards.
• For younger baby, you may need to blend the porridge to get the desire consistency before serving it.
• Never add salt and sugar. The dried herbs produce delicious taste and aroma to this porridge.
  

Kauthar's favourite song.

This is among my son's fav song. I usually sing this song as lullaby, or when he turns tantrum. Maybe because of the melody of this song-which i found very calming and soulful- so it easily becomes my son's fav. Even in tantrums, my son will turn calm when i sing him this song. Happy listening =)

Your Mother

by Yusuf Islam

Who should I give my love to?
My respect and my honor to
Who should I pay good mind to?
After Allah And Rasulullah

Comes your mother

Who next?

Your mother

Who next?

Your mother

And then your father

Cause who used to hold you

And clean you and clothes you

Who used to feed you?

And always be with you

When you were sick

Stay up all night

Holding you tight

That's right no other

Your mother (My mother)

Who should I take good care of?

Giving all my love

Who should I think most of?

After Allah And Rasulullah

Comes your mother

Who next?

Your mother

Who next?

Your mother

And then your father

Cause who used to hear you

Before you could talk

Who used to hold you?

Before you could walk

And when you fell who picked you up

Clean your cut

No one but your mother

My mother

Who should I stay right close to?

Listen most to

Never say no to

After Allah And Rasulullah

Comes your mother

Who next?

Your mother

Who next?

Your mother

And then your father

Cause who used to hug you

And buy you new clothes

Comb your hair And blow your nose

And when you cry Who wiped your tears?

Knows your fears

Who really cares?

My mother

Say Alhamdulillah

Thank you Allah

Thank you Allah

For my mother......

Pictures of my son

ABC Session

Bathing in basin - location : mommy's kitchen

p/s please ignore the messy background..huhu..

Kauthar eating Chinese Pear aka buah Lai. See how he tried to grab the whole fruit,he refused to eat the sliced ones. Padahal gigi baru 4 batang time tu.

Kauthar in Pakcik Jamil's room. This photo was taken after Pakcik completed his Isyak prayer and Kauthar also wanted to pray along but instead of praying, he played hide-and-seek at Pakcik's leg. Kacau orang solat, berdosa tau.

Kauthar with his fav cat-GOLEO-he really likes to massage this cat. I never allow him to do so...i am so afraid of the possibility of getting toxemia from cat.

Yeay mommy is not around..i can touch this cat now.

Unfortunately, mommy appears out of the blue,carrying a long cane in her hand..so i should stay away from GOLEO..huhu..

Kauthar having lunch. See those rice seeds on his chin. He doesnt like to have porridge, he prefers to have the seeds rice-beras butir macam yg kita makan tu- served with spinach and steamed fish. I tought him not to have chicken so often.

Kauthar with Maksu having an evening walk in the park. Maksu is currently his best friend.Everyday he will spend at least two hours playing with Maksu.

Kauthar's daily activity.

My son Kauthar is already 13 months old now. Everyday he discovers many new thungs to explore. I will include some photos of his daily activity-the pictures are still in process,well...i've just recovered from some pregnancy complications-
Here are the list of his daily activity :-

MORNING

• toothbrushing session - sehari punye la banyak kali berus gigi, pantang nampak berus gigi.
• feeding his goldfish - he has two goldfishes in a cute tiny bowl.
• 'conteng-conteng' session - lukis ntah ape2 kat buku dia, sometimes guna crayon, pen, water color. tapi tak nampak butir ape yang dia conteng tu..
• assembles mommy's pump, puzzle, building block.
• makan sudah mesti laa...tanak nasi blend..nak nasi yang berderai tu, yg mcm kita makan macam tu la yg dia nak.
• sometimes he will help mommy to wipe the floor - ibu tak suruh pun dia lap jugak, guna kain lagi,asal jumpa kain dia wat lap lantai..adoi laa anak bujangku.

NOON TO EVENING

• Tido 3 jam
• tooth brushing lagi..
• Kalu ayah tak keje dia sibuk nak solat Zohor sekali, siap kena bentang praying mat. Tapi sepanjang-panjang ayah dia solat tu dia berdiri straight je. kadang2 je sujud tapi muka pandang tepi,nak bernafas..huhu.
• ABC session, using either flash card or book - dia yg decide bila nak ABC session ni.Ibu tak tetapkan mase sebab kalu wat camtu bukannya dia nak ikut. So biar pilih time sendiri.
• Main kat luar. Sometimes play badminton, air pancut, wat rainbow, or kejar2 kucing. Kalau dah main kat luar memang susah sgt laa nak masuk umah balik..mesti nangis2 bile bawa masuk.
• sometimes on weeekend we bring him to swimming pool at his cousin's house.

NIGHT

• dinner
• ABC session
• conteng-conteng again
• fish-feeding session
• exploring any new things - sampai penat and finally before he goes asleep-story telling with mom and dad.
• tooth brushing lagi...
• tido mesti sampai 9jam.kalu tak cukup,kejut camne pun tanak bangun.huhu...

I plan to begin his home school session but sincerely, i have no knowledge about it yet, and still in process to learn it from Mamafiza.

I will upload photos of his activity as soon as possible ok.

Arif Kauthar and his tooth brushing skill

Haa ni gambar Kauthar berus gigi, ni time bangun je dari tido terus nak berus gigi. Tapi time ni ayah dia ade lam toilet so dia berus gigi atas katil...huhu ada ka..

First time i knew that you're inside me :)

A series of symptoms..
I can't remember the exact date and day of the first time when i noticed of you in my womb. But the most obvious thing i noticed is my health turns from 10 to 1.. i.e : i became very very ill :: i can't even eat, can't sit or lay down under fan, can't even smell any food, i felt really hard to breathe, felt extremely lazy (hehe...i'd prefer to sleep all the time-but how could i do that?).
A week later the symptoms became worse, i felt bloated as my belly was about to blow out..huhu..sounds terrifying isn't?eating has became the most hated thing to me.i really hate food,except for fruits and fluids.and finally the worst part came::the constipation followed those 'terryfied' series of symptoms.i felt like to pass out thing but even after 2 hours on the bowl,nothing came out..waaaaa...thats really horrible.i took almost every laxative that is available in the first aid box,unfortunately nothing works.i tried the traditional(and most effective way to be found)way::drink a lotttttsss of water(plain water,mineral water,evian,even air zam-zam) and syukur alhamdulillah this works on me.
My weird appetite
I haven't had rice and other carbo based-meal for nearly two weeks after those illness symptoms. I only had grapes and soy milk for those weeks. One day i asked ayah to bring me to Sunway Pyramid, suddenly i craved for fruits at a fruit stall inside the mall. When i reached there..nah..i went straight to the stall and bought some sliced mangoes with rojak dressing..yummy yummy,(dah tak toleh kiri kanan dah time tuh...makan sampai org yg lalu sume tengok..hihihi),i remembered that me and ayah sat on a bench nearby Aunty Anne's stall.after finishing the mangoes(without even offering ayah to have a bite..)i asked ayah to get a pretzel at aunty anne's..huhu what an appetite..suddenly i became like nak makan ape aje yang bole..hehe..
First time checkup
After those series of symptoms, i still unaware of your presence inside me.
After discovered having so much changes on health, i decided to told ayah about my illnesses. I don't want to make he feel worry about me since we were just married and his carreer was just begin with KIMB. After telling him about it, he brought me to Az-Zahrah. Personally i had't thought of those illnesses as a signal from you inside my womb. I thought that i may get any serious disease like cancer(na'uzu biLLAHi min zalik), but truthfully i really did not expect that i got pregnant. Moreover, i am a PCOS patient, since at early of marriage, my gynae has already consulted me and ayah about tha difficulty of getting pregnant due to my PCOS. So when i missed my period for more that 4 weeks,that is not a weird thing to me since it often happened. However that moment when i told everything that i had to the gynae, she asked me to have a UPT-urine pregnancy test.I totally refused to do so,because i knew that the result would be negative and i will get frustrated(of course la..every woman wants to become a mother when getting married).So the gynae said "Ok lets have an ultrasound. Maybe we can find whats wrong inside". I agreed her and gonethrough the ultrasound. Guess what,i really hope to see a baby at the screen,but i didn't mention it...i just stay silent. Suddenly the gynae said "look who's there,theres a baby in here..Mr.Baby is swimming.." and i saw it clearly as well..you are there,swimming in my womb..and i felt a hot drops cameout from my eyes..i was extremely happy...i still can feel the happuness of seeing you for the first time until today. You are the most valueable 'gem' that i ever had in life. The moment since i knew your presence until today(you're already 13months old when i write this post) is the happiest and brightest day of my life. Thank you sayang for coming into my life,i lovvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee you soooooooooooooooooooo muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

My most precious moment in life :: expecting you in my womb :)

I would like to begin my post with lots of syukur and thanks to ALLAH SWT for giving me the most precious 'gem' in my life :: Muhammad Arif Kauthar.ALHAMDULILLAH,SYUKRAN SYUKRAN,SYUKRAN YA ALLAH.
No word can expressed how much my life has changed since the moment you were in my womb untill now when you're finally with us. It might be too late to start a post about you starting from the moment when i'm conceiving you, but for me as the memories still remain fresh and clear in my mind, i still can put out some to this post so that i can share the happiness and the feelings with you-later when you grow up-.