Hamzah at 18 months old

salam sayang buat anak ummi, Hamzah budak2 baik budak2 sweet :)

Happy 18 months old Hamzah cayang!Hamzah makin big boy,makin pandai and makin tinggi :) Ramai yang comment gitu especially about your height which baffles ummi sometimes since I am not tall ;)

Right now you are asleep and ummi hope soundly without interruption and discomfort tonight.Ummi had a whole day of worrying over you eversince you started not feeling well since early morning. Hamzah didn't show any weird sign the night before,so Ummi got surprised when you woke up earlier this morning and you started to throw up nonstop.Tak pernah ummi tengok Hamzah muntah nonstop no matter what you consume tapi thats just how you were.

Buat ummi risau fikir bukan-bukan and diagnose sendiri the possibilities that made Hamzah vomit tapi ummi suspected definitely got to do with some food you must have eaten probably recently.Cian tengok Hamzah minum susu and muntah,minum air masak and muntah,makan bubur and muntah,minum vitagen and muntah!Tengok Hamzah dalam keadaan tak bermaya nak rest tido dalam dakapan ummi je dari pagi buat ummi panik nak bersiap awal2 kot2 u have to be hospitalised.First thing we did was to go see your doctor at private clinic and after some checking she suspected Hamzah ada tersilap makan something and its normal viral infection on children.Your temperature was at borderline for fever.So you were given ubat untuk tahan muntah as well as mixture syrup for tummyache and wind. As we got back home after an hour and later Ummi nampak slowly Hamzah getting better.You can drink air masak tanpa muntah,susu sikit2 tapi muntah balik sikit and makan sup bubur tapi muntah sikit2 and tak semua macam in the morning.Tiba awal petang ke atas Hamzah dah mula bertenaga balik boleh berjalan nak active.At night time you were back to being yourself tapi nampak jugak raut muka Hamzah rasa penat after whole day tak sihat.We both rasa penat whole day kan tapi insyaAllah Ummi will be strong mentally physically for Hamzah sebab ummi your "super-ummi" :)

Ummi will need to sleep soon as well after a long day risaukan Hamzah tapi insyaAllah ummi sentiasa doakan mohon Allah SWT lindung Hamzah sentiasa dari penyakit serius and semoga cepat sembuh.Esok harap2 Hamzah progress lebih nak sihat boleh main2 macam biasa and to be on the safe side i'll get you to drink some glucose drink oralyte to replenish top up the glucose and minerals you have lost from all the vomitting.

Hug and kisses always for my little man,cepat2lah Hamzah grow up be soleh son boleh jaga Ummi baik2.Ummi love you always my son.

Hamzah's Outing To Ikea and Toys R Us

Hamzah being good in your buggy at IKEA

Handsome Hamzah :)

Salam sayang buat anak ummi,Hamzah budak2 baik anak soleh insyaAllah,

Ummi been wanting to update on your progress,but we've been busy as always kan sayang?Today we had a long day out,tapi now at night eventhough ummi penat but i am always happy to see you happy my son. We had a good time out today at IKEA and Toys R Us.I love looking at you when you love playing and running around at the kids section of those two stores. We got you your very own play table now from IKEA.Ummi plan to teach you to do colouring at your play table nanti since I got us washable watercolour pens from Crayola at Toys R Us .Best part of all yang Ummi soooooo happy to see you happy is when we got you your very own indoor/outdoor slides ummi bought at Toys R Us!!!Ummi dah perasan for a while now Hamzah dah bosan with all your toys.Balik umah je ummi terus assemblekan the slide while you sleep and when you woke up,macam malu-malu je dulu ummi rasa Hamzah fikir kot-kot dalam mimpi terkejut nampak slides baru depan mata. Soon enough you start climbing its stairs and terus slide away together with your boo-boo teddy bear :) Alhamdulillah.

Just short updates on you, yang ummi observe lately:

• Appetite Hamzah: you like sup tom yam campur,pizza (pizza hut/dominos),ayam goreng McDonalds/A&W
• Vocab:You can say "yes"
• Counting: Hamzah suka tgk video cousin abang musadiq counting his fingers on ummi's iphone,so you tend to imitate follow as well.You will repeat to say after me when i say "One,Two,Three" you will repeat "2=to,3=ti" while counting your fingers.Sometimes Hamzah suka mengira as well bila tengok buah-buah limau kasturi kat pokok ummi tanam jaga ;)
• Most times when ummi gi kelas,Hamzah merengek nak ikut sama tak suka being left behind and i'll sing to you.....

"I love you,you love me"

"We are one big happy family"

With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you"

Please say that you love me too"

Hamzah mesti terhibur rasa tenang then before we part and ummi will say to you with a promise "Ummi gi kejap je,ummi will be back soon ok sayang!Ummi sayang Hamzah,jaga diri jangan nakal2 selamat belajar :)"

Ummi sayang Hamzah,be a good boy and soleh son to ummi.

Hamzah and for the love of apple....products!

Salam sayang buat anak ummi,little ustaz in the making,Hamzah :)

Ummi just want to share this little fact on you sayang. Nowdays since you're getting cleverer, you absolutely love looking at my iphone or any other smartphones/ipad such that you even think it works the same on flat screen tvs (you'll tap your tiny little fingers over and over again on the tv's screen hoping for some sort of reaction on the program).

Your usual way of approaching me when you want to play with my iphone is by persuading me to pass you the iphone (sampai tengok2 belakang ummi kot2 ummi sorokkkan) and pester ummi to click on the photos and vids app/babytv app so you can play or have a look at recorded videos of yourself. Most times ummi try to suit to your liking and layan you play but definitely during your sleeping time at night is due i've to make sure you go to bed as early as best for you.One thing ummi can never forget last night was HOW difficult it was for me to get you to sleep!!!Simply because you wanted to lawan mata ngantuk you persuade me to play with you on my iphone app.You tried ways and means to make sure ummi will switch the iphone apps so you can have a look at videos and play the games.Ummi biasa sometimes to a point pretend to sleep so you'll follow to sleep tapi seboleh-boleh last night you don't want me to sleep.Ummi baring next to you with my eyes shut and one hand over my face while you're still sitting holding my iphone.You persuaded me by sitting on my tummy,rolling about on my feet and lastly eventhough i didn't budge and still pretend to sleep you actually tried to lift up my fingers and hand from my face and put the phone in my palms!!

Hahaha by then ummi dah give in jugak gelak2 kat Hamzah and Hamzah pun gelak sama in victory sebab managed to get ummi to stop pretending to sleep and play with Hamzah instead(and that was at 10pm plus sampai ummi abandon studying my notes ok!!!).Last-last we both slept jugak eventually lepas main2 phone for a while.

Sabo je lah anak teruna ummi sorang ni,ummi sayang hamzah always.be good boy soleh son to ummi :)

PS:A special tribute to the late Steve Jobs,you're certainly a person to be remembered for your ways of revolutionizing today's technologies for your creations has sparked the young generations of today including my 17 months old son to be smart at learning new knowledge to understand as part of his (growing up) life :)

Hamzah and fireworks

a shot of the fireworks display we saw together,

courtesy of ummi's final year project supervisor

(thanks, you did a great job coordinating the fireworks!)

Salam sayang buat anak ummi,Hamzah budak2 baik budak2 manis :)

A few nights ago campus ummi had a night function to celebrate its anniversary.Ummi at first wasn't planning to go since i hardly knew much about it. But after i found out there's going to be fireworks display ummi thought why not?!We should go and i was hoping you will enjoy the fireworks display.

So that night we went near 9pm and gathered in the open carpark area where there were stageshow,massive crowd and stalls selling food and drinks.Hamzah was in your good mood,sitting nicely in your stroller.We waited patiently a bit farther away from the massive crowd and as the countdown begins ummi got really excited.Eventhough Hamzah tak tau whats going on :)

Exactly 9pm sharp, the fireworks were shot into the pitch black sky one after another.It was a beautiful sight to ummi and I was expecting you'll react the same but unfortunately you got scared!! :) Ummi cepat2 dukung Hamzah calm you down close to my chest.Luckily you didn't cry much,maybe because you were already sleepy ready for sleep.Ummi took videos most of the time during the firework display.I'll try to upload later in this post so it's a captured memory in our mind during time spent together.

Ummi just want to share with you the moment we went through that night.Ummi realised after most times when busy juggling our life together between my studies,parenting life and beyond that ummi hardly use some quiet moments to look up at the sky and appreciate the beauty Allah SWT provides for us. On that particular night, ummi felt all at once:excitement,happy,in awe and just bliss to share viewing the fireworks display with my son,Hamzah.

Ummi love you always my son.Be a good soleh son to ummi.

Hamzah at 17 months old

Salam sayang buat anak ummi,Hamzah budak2 hensem budak2 baik :)

As I write this post,you are sleeping soundly in your playpen. Few days ago on the 29th September 2011 you turned 17 months old.Alhamdulillah so far ummi observed you are growing well and healthy.Ummi sentiasakan doakan Hamzah will be under Allah's protection in growing up healthy and strong :) Ummi was glad last Saturday u went for your pneumococcal injection for the first time and you took it like a pro tapi dengan keadaan menangis jugak,but Ummi was glad as well i was strong enough to face the situation with you.Ummi tau you were already tired after playing while waiting our turn,you were ready to sleep when paed ready to inject.So you were all cranky nak tido on the bed,tapi Ummi had to hug you tight and hold your hands when paed injected the vaccine shot and I was brave enough to look at the needle being inserted into your thigh.You cried more maybe terkejut and rasa sakit the needle while Ummi baca doa selawat to your ears tapi alhamdulillah,tak lama lepas tu you calmed down bila ummi pujuk.After all is settled,we went home and soon enough you slept in your carseat soundly.You had a good rest long hours of sleep and no fever was developed.Alhamdulillah,dengan izin Allah you were allright my son.

Anyhow, Hamzah's new milestones at 17 months ummi observe:

• More new teeth coming out!Awwwww ummi selalu rasa excited je dengan progress ni,rasa macam Hamzah growing well with this particular sign.Dah boleh nampak gigi taring Hamzah :D
• Because of progress above,selera makan Hamzah nampak fluctuate.Ummi guessing sebab makin banyak gigi tumbuh,so gusi Hamzah most times tak selesa maybe sakit bila nak kunyah makan :( Tapi nak buat macam mana,if ummi boleh amek that pain for you mesti ummi amek and tanggungkan for hamzah. Ummi just have to not overworry on this,asalkan Hamzah masih makan regularly wether sikit or banyak berselera.It is the best still asal Hamzah tak kelaparan nak makan tapi tak boleh makan sebab sakit
• Sesekali Hamzah mula tunjuk again perasaan malu,Ummi tak sure why in certain situations. Even when Hamzah tgk clip video zikir2 arwah Ustaz Asri on Indahnya Iman and Hamzah macam malu2 tgk dia ;) Tapi yang paling chomel sekali,nowdays bila Hamzah rasa nak buang air besar Hamzah mesti berlari nak menyorok kat corner-corner lain biar tersorok sikit takde orang boleh datang dekat so senang Hamzah nak buang air besar with privacy in your pampers dulu before settle nak gi basuh ;) Hehe memang Hamzah the cutest to ummi's eyes when you behave that way. Pandainyeeee Hamzah!
• Menu makanan Hamzah terbaru yang Hamzah suka:buah honeydew,nasi goreng,roti bakar tabur sikit-sikit icing sugar,french toast/eggy bread,air soyabean,honeystars cereal,cake red velvet and carrot cake ummi bake,vitamin scott's emulsion orange flavour
• Vocabulary:alot of words you're trying to pick up tapi sebutan hujung-hujung je macam:
• jan=hujan
• dap=sedap
• mam=makan
• Overall you've your chatty moods macam nak bercerita pada semua orang and ummi intepret sendiri what you're trying to say
• You love to play with ummi's iphone on the apps Ummi download for you especially games by Baby Tv.Ummi happy Hamzah cepat pickup nak main on those games.InsyaAllah,ummi doakan your brain is growing well and the developement for your critical thinking is building up :)

Happy belated 17 months old birthday my son. Ummi love you always.Be a good boy and soleh son to ummi :)