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Hello All...

after a long hiatus....nak kasi quick hapdet....a lot has happened for the past few months....couldn't give any update at all in May cos it was my peak month at weak....kalo org keje jadi accountant, ala-ala tgh buat mth end closing giteww...akakaka...bukan ape...June is a free period for us in downstream IT....cos of ECC6 upgrade project....so u can imagine brapa byk change ticket going into may bundle la...last minute works from all the teams....dah, enough about work....just a quick update about me....

Today dah masuk bulan June, so that means, baby boy will be turning ONE soon...omg....tak percaya rasenye....mcm baru je kena masuk OT nak kena operate...haiyaaa...dah setahun si Kenit ni....so, this also means, it's parteeyyyyyyy timeee...eheheh....the special date is this Sunday, on the 10th...we're not planning to invite many, just family je this round....lesson leart from Nia's 1st Birthday 3 years ago....we ended up with a cake-cutting picture of the birthday princess with snots running down her down and tears on her cheeks - she was overwhelmed with all the guests and kids running around....so this time, its a close occasion je la....anyhow, i didnt do much planning kali ni....just a cake, some food and a home-made birthday banner....mineral water or goodie bag pon tak sempat nak buat....some of you mommies out there might have been in the same position as me before....i want to save a lot of money without having to splurge and hire someone to do all the decorative stuff....self-satisfaction la konon...so, all along, i've always created and printed and pasted my own stickers, mineral water tag, cuppie tags, TQ tags, paper bag tags, invites, bla bla bla....so this round, i decided nak buat birthday banner sendiri....tapi dah too last minute and i'm so drained out of ideas...google je la..after 2 days of pencarian, i found something that we can all use....an alphabet banner template - ready to be downloaded by anyone and used for FREE...so mommies, please help yourself out to this, you can go ahead and download and string the alphabets yourself and make any kind of banner for your  birthdays, parties, anniversaries or even as a flashcard to your babies....

harap-harap this will help those mommies who are running out of muse and in return saving some money...:-)

till next time, bye!

Happy Birthday My Love

Yesterday Nia officially turns 2 years old...sekejap je rasanye....it still feels like it was yesterday that I went into the OT room to go into labour...rupanya, dah masuk 2 tahun dah anak dara mommy ni....both mommy and babah took leave yesterday to take Nia out for the day....as promised, we went to Zoo Negara....I think the last time I was here was like 7-8 years ago....time tu pon sebab ikut the whole big family pergi jalan2 kat situ....this time around, there weren't so many people at the zoo....i guess its because it was a working day....so most of the visitors are all kindy children and the occasional families here and there....my take of the zoo? pretty much dissappointing.....stinky, not well maintained and a lot of room for improvements....we compared to our last visit to Singapore Zoo, and that was just marvellous...it was comfortable...the animals looked healthy, takde bau-bauan yg kurang menarik and so on....so I really hope that the government canset aside some funds for our own zoo to buck up and do some serious maintenance groundwork....else, it would be a shame to see all those animals suffering macam tu....haihhh..

anyways, back to the story....mommy's munchkin had a lot of fun....she was all up and sunny pretty early in the morning....when Wan asked her where she's going, dia cakap..."Nia nak gi Joo"...eheeh...clever girl....she recognized most of the animals and had fun walking and running on her own around the place...i guess to her, it doesn't really matter....as long as the can see the animals, its all fun fun fun.....afterwards, we went for a lunch celebration...off we went to 1Utama nak makan at Chilis....There, Nia get the chance to blow her birthday candle again, as we asked the waiter, to serve our ice cream brownie with a candle on top....the patrons were very nice and everone joined in when we sang happy birthday to Nia (again)...eheheh...

There are pictures taken tapi tak sempat nak transfer from Babah nye camera lagi...so we'll do that next time....mommy really hope that you had fun baby girl and of course, happy 2nd birthday with all my hugs and kisses and love...mwahsss....i love you Nia - very very much!

Nia's Dora-licious 2nd Birthday Party

Last weekend we organized Nia's Doralicious 2nd Birthday Party. Originally, we planned to have this party on a smaller scale compared to Nia's first birthday last year. Bukan ape, lesson learnt from last year, sebab ramai sangat guests, me and hubby couldn't manage to meet and speak to all of our guests. So kali ni we decided to keep on small, and cozy and invite only those yang memang rapat-rapat sahaja. So, we had a few people from the office, mostly my team members and hubby's team members. And we had our close friends. My siblings. Hubby's siblings were too far in Johor - so couldn't join us - kena la throw another party when we're back in Johor lepas ni. hahah. and a few of our next door neighbours.

This time, we decided to have this at our home - since its empty without any furnitures, so it'll be much easier to clean up afterwards. and lebey kurang ala2 house-warming la jugak. 2 in 1 punye party. hehe. we keep on short, 2 hours je, although ade yg stayed on sampai lepas maghrib but we're okay with that. And Alhamdulillah, everything went well, food pon tak byk membazir, sume habis - ni la yg penting skali. eheh.. ok lah, enough talks, enjoy the pictures...

Preparation - before the guests arrived

The first group of people dah start sampai...

Dora & Boots birthday cake with edible Dora cuppies surrounding the main cake

Birthday girl, blowing her birthday candles

Time to unwrap all the gifts..

Can start playing with the new pressies....
Buat kugiran with the cousins...eheheh

Thanks everyone for coming...hasil 'tangkapan' Nia for her 2nd birthday...
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Project Dora

We are planning to throw a Dora-licious birthday party since Nia is turning 2 soon. As usual, the one who is more excited is always the Mommy. Ha-Ha. Kalo tgk si Nia, I doubt it that she even understands what the hu-ha is all about. Tak kisah la, what I want is a memorable event for my girl before No.2 pops out soon.

So, Project Dora was established and the main Project Manager is Mommy with Babah becoming the right hand man. The plan kicked off from 2 weeks ago (ok...sgt poyo although party nye in March) and some rough idea of what we want for the party. Due to budget constraint, we can't afford untuk tempah every single little things for the party. So some of the items needs to be DIY by Mommy and Babah. We started off with the Invitation Card - ciplak from the idea we saw online and off we sent out the invite to our close friends and families. Then Mommy has always wanted all those cute little fancy cupcake toppers and TQ card that I saw at this website, so we asked for a quote, and it came back not within our range so, again, another DIY project. So, Alhamdulillah, we managed to complete our own set of cupcake toppers, TQ Cards, drinking water labels and food tags. Sume sendiri bikin - that's why we need a longer planning period. Kalo budget ade berkepuk, senang la, main order je. He He. Tapi bile dah siap sume, rasa puas hati jugak. Cos we did it ourselves. Malam-malam bile tang perut keras takleh nak tido tu, Mommy pon operation gunting and gam ler.

Next, we have the menu to think about. Our guest list is not too big - so Wan agreed to help and cook some food for the party. Ordered out most of them too from our regular places. Kuih traditional, birthday cake, tartlets, brownies, cupcakes, etc. So finger's crossed that everything will be ready in time on the event day nanti.

Apart from that, we have balloons to think aboout. Ye la - kata pon party budak-budak. What is a party without any balloons to play with right. Mommy saw some DIY helium balloons pack at the party shop. Tapi bile survey harga, with another kedai, we found that it's cheaper to just order it with them for the same count of balloons. So kiddos who are attending the party nanti, be prepared to swat and pull 50 helium balloons that we plan to let afloat kat ceiling rumah.

Goodie bags! Ni pon dah siap - as of last week. Haha. Ye la - first time nak organize party kat rumah Denai Alam ni. Kena la cepat-cepat. Nak plak rumah tu still empty. Takut tak sempat nak buat so tu yg poyo awal2 dah pack sume benda. So yes - we have completed 60 bags of goodies in preparation for anyone that will be coming.

Games during the party. At first Mommy plan ade la jugak nak main 1 game. Cos the party wouldn't last that long - 2 jam je. So nak main game byk2 tak sempat. Tapi bile tanye kat Babah, he said it might be a bit rushed. So we scraped out the idea to play any games. Main je la korang sama2 sendiri nanti. But we did print out some coloring sheets and activity pages that the kids can doodle with kalo boring-boring.

And lastly, outfit for the birthday girl. So far ini satu je lagi yg still pending. Harap-harap we can go to the malls and hunt for it this week. So far I have no idea nak pakaikan Nia macam mana. No dress for her - cos I am sure dia akan berpeluh2 masam cos ramai org. So, defintiely wearing jeans. We just need to look for a nice top for her. Any idea where we can get any cute little outfits?

So harap-harapnya, the party will go on smoothly. We are trying to manage the crowd - taknak ramai sgt - else tak sempat nak mingle with all the guests. And those that we invited this time pon hanya yg rapat-rapat je. Will update more after the real party day which is gonna be on Sat - 5th March nanti. Till then, it's gonna be a fiesta!

Nia's First Attendance to a Birthday Bash

It was a small get together that we had at home last week. Sempena Sufiyya's 2nd birthday as well as untuk buat tahlil arwah for Abah since 2nd April was his birthday. Since I was still in pantang, Abang Yo and Kak Ana decided to have the party at Kota Damansara instead of their place. So for one day, I get to eat real food instead of more ikan bakar and sup sayur. Tapi tak banyak la, I just had a 4 sticks of satay, some potato salad and seafood carbonara.



Also, it was Nia's first attendance to a birthday party. The little miss slept all through the bacaan Yassin and even during the cake cutting ceremony. Cousins dia memekak, terjerit kat sebelah main balloons pon dia tak sedar. Hehe. Bagus jugak, mommy & abah can actually enjoy eating and being in other people's company instead of the two of us je. Hehe. So some pictures from the party, below.