Arissa's 1st Bday Bash 26.01.13

Alhamdulillah.. sumenye berjalan lancar masa birthday party arissa hari sabtu yang lalu.. bersyukur sgt x hujan dan arissa seems to have fun and mood dy baik sgt.. cume arissa mmg x biase dengan org. so kalu org nak amik dy tu mmg dy x suke.. tapi kalu ibu/papa yang dukung, arissa ramah je dengan sume guest aritu.. Ibu happy sgt sbb ramai yang suke dengan menu haritu.. sume kate sedap & nmpk sgt enjoy petang tu.. guest sumenye family members je & neighbours & arissa's fav coussies.. kak hannah dom, kak darwisya, kak aliya, kak deena, kak batrisyia..n happy jugak sbb candy buffet set up sendiri ibu mendapat pujian ramai.. hehe .. papa yang memula risau pun akhirnya mampu tersenyum & ibu perasan banyak kali dy asik kiss je princess dy tu.. Maybe papa happy & bangga tengok anak dara dy ni kot. Hehe..

Tapi yang paling priceless pic arissa mase org nyayi lagu "Happy Birthday" & "Allah Selamatkan Kamu".. senyum je.. maybe sebab dah bape kali practice ngan ibu n nenek kot.. so here's some pictures of arissa's mase bday party tu.. BTW to my darling Arissa - Happy Birthday Anak Ibu.. mudah2 an jadi anak solehah kebanggaan ibu dan papa suatu hari nanti ye sayang..

The Birthday Girl

The chocholates

The marshmellow pops

The Party Packs

The candy buffet signage.. so lovely

The candy buffet.. ibu's fav

Ibu & the birthday girl

muke senyum2 arissa masa lagu happy bday & Allah selamatkan kamu

The Birthday girl with papa

Blow the candle baby.. end up kazen2 yg tiupkan

One happy family..

The bday girl with Aunty Hana

betulkan hairband

The Birthday girl with her fav uncle (Uncle Hafiz)

My cute princess

Happy 1st birthday Arissa Damia..

A year ago I was in the hospital.. waited patiently for almost 48 hours to deliver a 2.45 kg baby girl. I gave up to epidural after 8 hours of severe pain (oklaa exaggerate sket) and finally at exactly 1 p.m. Jan 16th, 2012 Arissa Damia was born!


The first few months was hard. Taking care of this lil baby girl was not as easy as I ever thought. I slept only 2 hours a day (which was obviously a life style changed as during pregnancy or even BEFORE BEFORE I was pregnant, I sleep nealy 9-12 hours a day). I almost gave up breastfeeding her a few times and I cried in the middle of the night praying to Allah to give me strength & patience!

Alhamdulillah, Allah heard me! suddenly everything has settled down. I get used to my new life. It is wonderful. Full of love & happiness.. Time flew by so very quickly and it seemed like yesterday when she was still a tiny baby that could only lie in her baby cot, sleeping like an angel.. snoring like a choo choo train..

Today, a year later, Arissa Damia already can call me bu (ibu) and papa (papa).. has 4 teeths, can waved at uncle Hafiz. Shake her body and hum out of tune songs (Muara Kasih was he fav and all Hi-5 songs) and she is definately expert at crawing but has yet to walk (always reminded myself that Babies grow in such unique ways). Within this year, she has grown up so much. How I wish she could slow down a lil bit, stay as a baby for a lil bit longer. But it seems like this baby can't wait!

No matter what, we wish the coming year will be filled with fun, excitements, happiness and laughter. Happy 1st birthday Damia.. Ibu & papa love you so very2 much.

Arissa's funny expression

Arissa's cute baby expression

Ibu & Arissa's bonding session - pic 1

Ibu & Arissa's bonding session - pic2

Arissa's funny expression pic 2

Arissa's 1st playground experience

cute lil Arissa watching her papa bersiap for work

Papa & Arissa bonding session - both of them were having so much fun!

cute pose by lil Arissa

Look at my baby choppers

Arissa & papa bonding session

birthday dinner with ibu at cozy place, GE Mall

birthday dinner with papa at cozy place, GE Mall

Getting ready for my 1 year old jab!

Partay Prep makes ibu goes crazy..

Diam x diam Arissa dah 11 month-old.. in less than 1 month my lil Arissa will turn 1.. wah so cepat.. I can still feel her 1st kicked when she was in my womb, the day I hold her for the 1st time.. the day when she made everyone woke up with panda eyes sbb she got colic.. the 1st day when she throw out her 1st solid food.. and now.. she's a happy one year old baby to be! how time flies.. I am so gonna miss my BABY ARISSA.. kadang2 bole x geram nk ckp kat arissa.. can you please slow down a lil bit baby.. u are growing so fast! setiap hari ade je benda baru yg arissa buat and trust me! sume benda yang arissa buat tu sume nyeeee cute.. even mase dy cry2 pun ibu geram rse nak geget!

Okay laa.. now let us talk about Arissa's 1st birthday party preparation. Yes I am the most excited mummy when it comes to Arissa's birthday preparation.. mcm2 dlm wish list and I hope I can cope well with all the prep.. Oklaa let's see what's inside ibu's mind map.. 

THE VENUE

1. Umai Cafe, lake side Putrajaya - Nice place.. but quite far from our home, most of the family members are not familiar with Putrajaya and the chances for them to get lost is high & maybe it is too hot for Arissa..
2. McDonalds - but we are boikoting MCD
3. Nenek's house - Arissa's fav place - I think Arissa's felt save & comfy here.. easier for Arissa and the family members.. but the house is quite small and tents are essential to accomodate all the guest..

So I choose No.3 for nenek's house..

THE MENU

1. Laksa Johor
2. Roti jala
3. Kuih muih 
4. Nasi goreng hailam Nenek Om Style - all time fav!

THE CANDY BUFFET 

Haa yang ni ibu punya wish list laa ni ( even papa x bape agree sgt).. so cute laa ade candy buffet.. sape x caye cube tgh ni..

Cute kan? hehe.. so ibu dah order dah dengan merisik gallery.. I hope it turns out nice!

THEME COLOR

pretty PINK & WHITE!

THE BIRTHDAY CAKE -

1. Ice cream cake from Baskin Robins
2. Cupcakes from wondermilk
3. Custom made cake from GDM or Merisik Gallery

So hard to decide on this one..

THE GUEST

1. Family members, 
2. Ibu's friends
3. Papa's friends
4. Neighbours

THE PARTY PACKS

Merisik Gallery

THE BIRTHDAY GIRL DRESS

Simple2 jelaa.. xmo laaa princess like gown.. nant dy sure x selesa & akan spoil her mood.. so ibu rse yang simple2 je utk arissa..

PETTY CASH

Ibu & papa to provide - SERAM!

Secara keseluruhannya mmg birthday party prep utk arissa ni buat ibu goes crazy! Haih mcm nk sambut menantu pun ade.. HAHAHAHA.. ke ibu arissa yang over kan?? hehe.. oklaa doakan yang terbaik k.. hope everything turns out great & everyone will have fun.. AMIN..

hehe..

It's Us

My life wouldn't be so great & exciting without this Man! He's my perfect match! Thank you Allah..

Standing still.. until Jannah.. InsyaAllah

Happy bday papa! Arissa & Ibu love you so very very much!

Arissa's papa turned 27 last weekend..

I planned to throw him a surprise party (Only me him & arissa- TGIF - birthday songs.. etc) but he's too smart to be fooled.. It took me 1001 excuses to escape.. Yeah I wasn't a good party planner anyway.. But things turned out different so I planned to get the car & get him sumthing.. But what sumthing is "sumthing"? Mummy Headache! So I managed to get the car & I know he smells somthing fishy.. Lagi laaa headache.. Apelaa nak bg dy ni.. 

Long lunch Friday.. I pun dah semangat nk get him an ice cream cake from baskin robins dekat AEON AU2.. so that I can balik rumah & dy x tau ape surprise.. But it wasn't turned out as planned.. time2 tu laaa I hilang kad parking, tinggal hp.. last2 I kuar kol 1240.. Uwaaa.. so I went straight to MEX highway.. planning to hit KLCC.. another de tour I bole salah masuk susur dah pg ke bangsar.. Ok that means Mid Valley was my last option... & guess what?? parking FULL & the traffic was really bad! Panic mummy xtau nk wat ape dah.. papa dah tau niat fishy mummy.. so camne? terpkse laa menyelit g KLCC gak.. So I smpi KLCC kul 130.. that means I only have 30 minutes to buy papa his bday gift.. Dah laa xde idea.. Last 2 I ternampak GODIVA chocolate. Perfect! I beli loose.. all dark chocolate with variety fillings. He's fav! Hoping he'll love it! then rse mcm x cukup. Nak belikan papa Banana Republic shirts! (he loves BR shirts).. but smpi depan BR bole plak tutup! haih malangnye nasib ku.. trus bergegas ke Esprit & grab 2 T-Shirts.. Oklaa I am good to go.. trus bergegas balik opis..

Malam tu we had dinner dekat Ayuthaya.. Delicious food.. & gift bg dekat papa.. Alhamdulillah dy suke.. semangat mcm Chef Ramsey (Masterchef) dok analysed rasa setiap chocolate yang dy makan.. He seems to enjoyed it! HAPPY!! Oklaa here's some pic.. tak dapat tangkap banyak sgt sbb Arissa bad mood..

papa with princess

The food was delicious!

Pic bday gift pun xsempat nak amik.. BTW Happy birthday papa.. Only Allah knows how much we love you.. Thanks for being a super duper hubby & loving papa all this while..

9 bulan vs demam campak

Semalam (16 Oct) genap umur Arissa 9 bulan.. Sykur Allahdulillah.. tapi sian arissa tgh happy dh masuk 9 bulan.. semalam balik umah nak anta susu dy.. nampak ade ruam2 kat all over her face & body.. Kebetulan.. ade jiran dtg bawak kawan arissa, izz main2.. dy yang perasan.. arissa kene demam campak.. patut laaa demam arissa x kebah dari ari sabtu aritu.. Sian anak ibu..

Quick update je ni.. Sebab sangat2 laa xde mood sekarang ni.. Harap anak ibu ni cepat sembuh ye.. Love ya..

The arrival of Arissa's first tooth

Semlm mase papa bagi arissa minum after her dinner meal.. arissa dah xnak minum guna sudu dy nak minum terus dari cawan.. tgh minum2 papa dengar mcm bunyi gigi arissa.. then papa check.. yes!!!! arissa dah tumbuh gigi.. alhamdulillah... nasib gigi bawah dlu yang tumbuh.. (mak punye superstitious.. elok tumbuk gigi bawah dlu nant arissa x tinggi diri/sombong).. haha mcm2 mak aku ni.. Yeah.. I am a happy mummy...