B.A.R.N.E.Y. Fever!

Arissa is soooooooo into Mr PURPLE - B.A.R.N.EY ;) Once at home, tak sempat mummy letak handbag lagi dah sebut 'Barney'2! (mintak mummy pasangkan CD Barney). If we were to go to malls, she will look out for Barney. Since d Barney items are quite spensive, so Mummy bought her tumbler first...

               Arissa with her Barney tumbler


Then mummy bought Arissa a medium sized Barney yg bile picit kuar lagu tema 'I LOVE YOU...YOU LOVE ME...WE ARE ONE HAPPY FAMILY...WITH A GREAT BIG HUG & A KISS FROM ME TO YOU...WONT YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME TOO' ;)

Arissa, Barney & Hazym                      "B.A.N.I.E.  mummy"!

These are pics of Arissa in action, one of her Barney-sing-along sessions dat mummy managed to catch on camera. She can pick up d actions fast...Clever gal!

     "Ee-LEPHANTTT! ....With Big floppy ears!" (tu je yg mummy remember)

Hehe...cute kan ;p

Soccay baby, mummy will buy for you other 'Banie' items nanti yer.

ANIMAL KINGDOM ;)

During d Labour's day hol- 1st May 2010 (Saturday) brought Arissa for her 1st Zoo trip. Told Mr Hubby, since Arissa is sooo into animals & is now able to identify animals...she ready for a trip to d Zoo. Mummy was d one who was all excited; got up early prepared light breakfast of specially fried sausages, egg sandwich & some snacks. Arissa who slept early d night before was still not up...so, had 2 wait for her to wake up. By d time we arrived it was 9.30am & d sun was already up.

It costs RM 25 per person (for adults) & RM 15 for video-cam, mahal jgak & tot it was gonna be worth it kot. The journey begins...First stop was d 'animal-touching' station. Proud of Arissa, she was not afraid of d snake & even touched it few times...

  

Next, was d parrot...mummy yg excited

On d tramp...goin on tour of d Zoo

Arissa beriyer & excited seeing d pelicans

Girraffe & Camels

Arissa da start tired..'Kung mummy, Carry mummy'!

Lil Korean gal on d loose at d end of d Zoo trip....Tired out! Da naik 'ride' dia da - tak mau jalan

All in all, OK la. But sad & disheartening to see dat d Zoo was poorly managed & maintained. The 'kandang's look so buruk coz tak dibersihkan, paling pathetic d animals - they were OLD/ Veteren & Not WELL-FED (kurus-kering jer semua). Seriously, Arissa was so excited to see tiger but tiger was 'lemau' to d extend (bak kata Mr Hubby's office mate)..."tinggal tak meng-iau" je...hehe!

However, Ayah bought some leaves & sugarcane for Arissa to feed the giraffes & elephant. And yes, Arissa enjoyed feeding them...d animals ate them in a 'ZAP'! Siannn, lapa. So, those who have not been to Zoo Negara...nothing to lose coz its not up to mark. Tak rugi kalau tak pegi...hmm!

Hopefully one day can let Arissa experience 'Singapore National Zoo'...many say its definately worth it. So, ayah nanti bawak mummy & Arissa pegi yer...pleaseeeeeeee!

ONCE!

Arissa is currently in d 'parrot'ing phase & basically repeats wateva dat is said to her. Wateva dat she says/ repeats sure not less than 2 times...so, can be stressing at times! Especially when you just reached home after a hectic day of work, langkah jer masuk pintu...Barney mummy, barney...barney! (mintak mummy switch on kan CD Barney) ARGHHHH...stress, tak sempat letak handbag on d table pun lagi.

So, I wud usually say to her; "Arissa, say once enough"! Then, she reply back "ONCE'"! Aiyooo budak bertuah ini...Mummy can only smile & tak jadi marah ;p 

                                                          ONCE!

LOVE of my Life ;)

It's 3.30am & am still wide awake...So, decided to upload some pics which have long been pending to be uploaded. Before that, some pics of d LOVE of my Life; Arissa Sofea which I came across mase 'spring-cleaning' my camera...

                                  Who's dat in mummy's high heels?

                                    Tadaaa! Ayo, gt dummy oso ;p

                                  'Talking to cat', 2nd love after Teddy!

                                 Lil Ms Poser

                                        'Hello'! Creative mind working...mouse cum 'handphone' ;)

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION...FREEDOM OF SPEECH...OH WELL!

Tough when you can't express how you feel...and say what you want to say freely. Hmmm! Well, nothing much can be done but to abide. Anyways, on a lighter note...would like to update on d Light of my life; Arissa Sofea.

Arissa's updates as at 23 April 2010 (Friday):

Age: 2 years & 3 weeks old

Height: 80 cm

Weight: 15 kg

Arissa is growing up really fast & is now able to:

- Recognize shapes; triangle, square, circle

- Recognize colours; PINK, purple, blue, yellow, orange, red

- Point out & identify animals especially her fav ones; cat, horse, tiger, squiyel (squirrel),

  yat (rat) & many others

- Sing along ABC right up to Z

- Count 1 till 10!

- Identify 'UPIN & IPIN' when she sees them in magazines/ tv & right away say...'Betul2'!

  (in Upin & Ipin's tone, but less by one 'betul' ;p)

- Arissa is friendly & LOVES to make friends with kids her age whenever she sees

  one...tak  kire in the lift, or at d pool, or at d park, at shopping malls to...Good 

  girl kawan semua orang! 

- Likes to say 'makan' while pushing back Mummy's hand to mummy's mouth if she refuse  

  to eat her food. Her way of saying  - 'I dont wna eat mummy, you eat it'.

- Arissa loves to swim/ play around in the pool at home tapi kesian dia takde geng nak  

  main...she gets bored after a while coz main sorang2 & prefers to look at other kids in

  the pool

- Loves to say...'Ayer, water' (Dua2 sekali when referring to water)

- Obsessed with Barney!!! For now mummy only managed to get for baby, Barney's water tumbler & CDs (Every single minute watch d 3 CDs interchangeably smpai ada yg da stuck2) . Been looking around for d medium sized soft toy but tak jumpe lagi. Only d huge talking one available & cost RM180! Insya'Allah klau mummy ada rezeki lebih, will get for you yer baby...Siann baby mummy!

- Arissa is also very attached to mummy nowadays. Baru ilang kejap pegi dapur dah jerit/ nangis carik mummy. Mummy masuk toilet pun, nangis jgak...nak masuk toilet. Basically kene nmpak 'kelibat' mummy..kalau tak nangis. On top of dat, Arissa loves to hug & kiss mummy every now and then. Best sangat! Terasa diri is very much needed & appreciated...on TOP OF THE WORLD feeling ;)

Will update more later...Mummy's lil gal is growing up really FAST!

GUILTY As Charged!

I feel really sorry for my lil gal coz she has been SOOOO deprieved of mummy's attention & affection...all due to WORK! On Monday, 29 March 2010 dropped off Arissa @ ibu's house before leaving for work as always. Suprisingly, when I passed her to ibu...she turned & grabbed me while crying 'Mummy'! She cling on & hugged my legs and requested me to carry her. This has never happen before...I was confused. Nape anak mummy ni?

Then, I figured...she must be missing me a LOT! Been coming home late daily...average of 9pm and working like a DOG on both Saturdays & Sundays till late evening too. I was filled with GUILT to d MAX...Kesian sangat baby mummy. She's also been quite clingy these few weeks.

Hmmm....Mummy will try to make up for all d times lost nanti ye baby ;) Meantime, mummy has no choice but to work like a Bull. Whatever it is, MUMMY LOVES YOU VERY MUCH BABY!

MUACKS...Hugs & Kisses ;*

BACK IN ACTION!

Been super ages...almost a month since I last updated. So many happenings but so lil time!

HOME SWEET HOME ;)

Alhamdulillah last 27 Feb 2010, we officially moved into our new house @ Villawangsamas or Arissa says it 'Villawangsa-NAS' ;) Real tiring coz had to solely pack all our things & clean up d house. Then, moving on to d new house oso same things unpacking, cleaning up & arranging things.FUHH! Whole body was tired out & aching. But Mr Hubby kata 'Sabar'...rupenyer he has something installed for me...A spa pampering session treat ;) (All smiles!) Thank you By! Goin 4 d session tomorrow I think.

So far, only once I had d chance to swim @ d pool. Other days got home fr office each time after d sun has set. Basically = NO LIFE!

Dream of goin  2 d gym, yet to be realized. Perhaps after d peak period at work is over. But syukur, goin home now really feels like 'Home Sweet Home'...to know that its ur very own home, d environment which makes u feel like ur on vacation at a hotel/ resort ;) Thank you so much Abang By for d lovely home...Love u bunches!

LIL ANGEL ARISSA SOFEA

Time flies, my baby boo will be 2 end on this month Insya'Allah! Sucha big gal aready. Arissa can now:

- Combine words to make short 3/ 4 word sentences. "Mummy go work"..."

- Recognizes our house...everytime at d traffic light turning she wud say; "Mummy houshe" (house).

- Count 1, 2, 3, 4,5 till 10 altho sometimes tersasul jgak...1,2,3, 6, 10!

- Sing along with mummy 'ABC' rite till d part 'What are u going 2 do about me'!

- Eat a lil bit more that her usual 1/2 spoons of rice. She is soo into chicken, fish especially when its fried. She can also take rice & bread. The Appeton is finally taking its toll.

WORK

Usual2, same old2, everytime I bring up d topic of transferring...Mr Big boss wud flip & say tunggu dulu till finish evaluation all...bla3! So, am still in 'tunggu dulu' mode. Doin my job with d crap working ppl around me...Oh d things I have to bear! Shux & SUX BIG TIME! Malasla nk cerita. Ni pun ada kat office...doin my Annual Report photo shoot. Somehow d talent's dress tak kene...so, kene balik umah & find another more suitable baju. While I'me stuck here till d shoot ends. Most probs 5pm or 6pm! DAMN!

Oh ya, still havent gotten my hp camera repaired. Sedey tul! Will further update nanti....Taaa!

Moments missed...

Keep on feeling down & dull these few days...health-wise, work-wise (memang sokmo nie...). DOWN jgak coz not able to capture moments of my lil angel in action (yg semamangnye colorful dgn mcm2 aksi) coz my hp's camera kapput! Semua gara2 sebab 'chief tuan besar' called when I was on leave (kacau jer tau) and mase nk answer tu my hp terjatuh!!! WARGHHHHHHHH :(

Brought to Service Centre for repair but no camera in stock. Called few times still stock tak sampai & when asked, usual expected answer..."Dunno when new stock will arrive, try check with service centre in OU". WTH!!!

Looks like I still gotta wait till after CNY to get it fixed la. Meantime, missing all d precious moments...

Under the Weather

Last Friday (5 Feb), started shivering like nobody's business noon onwards. Weird coz everyone else didnt have the chill. Had to take time out & slept in the surau where it was warmer. After a bowl of hot soup during lunch, was still shivering & felt weaker.

Decided to go d clinic, luckily clinic is just within office building & yeap, Dr confirmed that I had d high fever bug and advised me to go back straight (was 3.30pm dat time). But knowing 'Chief man' he would never let me off eventho I said 'i feel like dying'. True to my thoughts, he told me do some stuff & complete this and that- ohhh, such human behaviour (NOTTT!!!) tho i mentioned was down with fever, real bad body ache & dizzines!

Meantime, tried calling Mr Hubby few times & smsed him but no reply. Wanted to ask him to fetch me coz I definately cudnt drive - too weak. But no news from him - funny thing is, he said he never received any missed calls/ sms. Had to resort to ibu coming by LRT (kesian ibu- saviour as always...love you Bu!) & drove me home in my car.

On Sunday nite plak, was down with really bad tummy ache - between diarrohea & gastric. Really bad i tell yer, even felt like vomitting! So, went 2 the Dr again & got some medication but to date still rase2 'nak muntah' & 'berangin' in the tummy. Oh boy, what a BAD weekend i had!

To top it all, at nite had 2 wake up few times coz Arissa was crying - still getting use to not having her 'dummy'/ pacifier. Dahla  kepal berat & badan aching...in the end, I succumbed to giving Arissa her 'back-up/ 2ns dummy....WARGHHHH! But what a relief...she slept quite peacefully after that - same goes for Mummy ;)

Arissa's old dummy ;p

DUMMY GONE!

Yesterday, 3 Feb 2010 was history! Arissa's 'dummy'/ pacifier which she used from d day she was just few days old 'terkoyak' - worn out, almost 2 years now anyways. High time to koyak.

So, Arissa refused her dummy for d very first time - kalau tak tak mau renggang pun & every now and then, 'teddy-a'2 (referring to her dummy/ pacifier coz slalu package sekali ngn Mr Teddy aka bantal busuk dia). 

Guess it felt weird in her mouth...I was like 'Ohh, goody ;)' coz been trying to get her to stop sucking on her dummy. Nampak so buruk when she jalan2 around with her dummy in her mouth esp now coz she's a big girl aready. Arissa's wan oso advised me not to but new dummy for her or else she wud think that Mummy can always easily get her a new dummy everytime her dummy rosak. 

Am happy too that yesterday nite, she sleep thru d nite without crying for her dummy & after her feeding at 4am this morning too she did not ask for it. Oh boy, hopefully she'll be off her dummy today onwards...Insya'Allah!

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On another note, one of Arissa's fav phrase now when a person/ thing is not around when she's looking for it - she wud say 'GONE'. So, its always; Mummy GONE, Ayah GONE (When we're off to work), Wan GONE (Arissa's wan off to d shop/ market & she's left with her Nyang), Awa (my 2nd brother- Anwar) GONE, Asha (3rd &4th sis- Aisha/Zkya...she cant quite pronounce Kiyah yet- so combo 2 aunties dia sekali) - when they're off to campus/ hostel again.

So, yeah...Dummy GONE! Weeehu ;)

"SHOYIE MU-MMY"...

Children really are fast learners, as of last week 'Wan' (Arissa's granma @ mu-mmy's ibu) taught Arissa a new word - SORRY! Coz d lil one has a tendency to 'shout' for no reason at her 'moyang' and to add to dat, smack her 'moyang' too. So, Wan taught her to say 'sorry', each time after she shouts & she followed obediently.

Was taken by suprise when I was seated at the dining table at my mum's house last week when Arissa came in the kitchen riding her tricycle...she accidently bumped into my chair & said "shoyie mu-mmy", while touching mu-mmy's hand! I was like 'HUH'??? trying to figure out what she said when Wan informed dat she just said 'SORRY MU-MMY"! awhhh, how touching mu-mmy's lil gal is growing up really fast! Hopefully she maintains her good manners...

LOVE U BABY!!!

Speaking of manners, Arissa's 'please' no longer has a  'kok' at the end of it. Simply 'please' je.

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Some updates on Arissa's milestones:
-Usually reach home daily at nite, so whenever we reach home & get out of d car Arissa would get out from d car & look up into d sky while saying 'Tinkle mummy'! Referring to 'twinkle lil star' and sometimes she does d 'twinkle lil star' action thingy. Arissa oso is able to sing along to d nursery rhyme especially d endings...


- Able to identify & name d human body parts; "Nosh, ears, mouth, hair, head, leg, feet, kaki, hand, aish- eyes. Also identify a cat's body parts including 'whiskers'...(her 2nd fav animal after teddy/bears)


- Shows appreciation towards nice/ pretty things...shoes, dresses especially those in her fav colour fuchsia/ pink by saying "NAISHE". Hmm, somehow dia ada extra "ashh"..haha ;p Hopefully it will go away as she grows up

- Arissa is a lil 'YB', who loves to befriend people! Evrywhere we go when she sees children her age she would firstly stare at them (nak kawan) & try to catch her future friend's attention by pulling at their slipper/ shoes (if they're seated) or else continue staring and pull the other friend's toy/ nk main bende sama jgak (kaki bully - not a good method of making friends Arissa ;p) But at the end, of it all she would definately do her 'public wave'...bye2 segala orang dat she meets on d way out of whichever place dat we are at...Mummy & ayah 'tumpang glamer'!


More updates later...taa!

SHAME?!!!

My colleague just mentioned the word "same" when it immediately crossed my mind...It is one of Arissa's fav word now. But she pronounces "same" as "SHAME"! (Pelatla...somehow her 's' becomes 'sh")...

- She wud say "shame" when she sees ayah putting on socks, same as when mu-mmy puts on socks for her bile nk pegi jalan.

- "Shame" bile tengok iklan "Astro Beyond" yg budak kecik naik tricycle tu isap puting/ dummy just like her

- "Shame" bile mu-mmy reads to her & come across the word "girl" and points to herself.  

Besides that, Arissa can already say:
- Piyo (Pillow)
- Umbeya (Umbrella)
- Naishe (Nice) especially when she sees anything that is pink/ fuchsia


Ermm, what else...am definately thankful to Allah for giving me Lil Angel Arissa Sofea altho somtimes she can really drive mu-mmy & ayah "UP & DOWN THE WALL"!...haha! Arissa is growing up really fast & syukur that Arissa is a fast learner. She can remember the things that we teach her even after the first time.


Oh ya, Arissa also knows how to clean up after playing now...senang skit mu-mmy, tak perlu nk mengutip balik after she's done playing.


MU-MMY & AYAH LOVE YOU DEARLY BABY...Mmuacks ;*

Lil Poser AriSSa SoFeA ;p

Been awhile since I last uploaded any pic also...So, here are some random pix of Mo-mmy's lil Angel ARISSA SOFEA:

She loves putting on/ wearing things on her head - scarves...but not clips, hats!

Geram jer...banyak mo-mmy beli for Arissa to wear :( 

     Ayah's trademark brows...Ayah's Lil Gal! Mo-mmy's eyes?!

 

 

 

Arissa's BFF: Mr Teddy ;)

 

With 2 more teddies from her collection - Granpa Teddy & Mama Teddy!

 Collection of  Soft Toys...Heaven  for her ;P

 

 Cheeky gal ;p

  

 

D other 'must-have' wherever she goes; Ms. Dummy @ Pacifier ;)

 

 

Lil Ms Poser on d loose...

 

 

 Tula segala aksi2 mo-mmy's Lil Poser. Enough for now...till later, Taaa!

Between 'YITE'...'PEASH' and 'NO NEED'!

                          

                  LADY GAGA going GAGA over SUN GLASSES ;)


Never cud have imagine how it wud be when I can hear my own child baby talk ;) Before getting married & having a child of my own, i used to oggle & be jealous of mamas who had babies dat 'talk' in adorable baby babble. And now i have my own child who babbles & 'parrots' practically all words dat her lil ears can hear.

At 1 year 8 months & 1 day, Arissa Sofea can now 'say' some additional words although not in proper adult English...

• "YITE" - for 'Light'. She points at the 'yite' switch & say 'yite', requesting mummy to switch on the 'yite' before entering the bathroom, for mummy to wash her up after poop-ing process
• "PEASH" for 'Please'. As & when she wants something...easier said, when she remembers to say it...haha!
• 'UUU" for 'Thank you". Funny - for now she only manage to catch d 'U' sound only ;p  But Ok la its a start. Developing good manners. Way to go GIRL!
• 1, nope d very 2 words dat Arissa really 'parrots' mummy - The famous "NO NEED" phrase which Arissa is known for. Well yeah, d lil one doesnt comprehend the word "NO" so mummy resort to saying "NO NEED" which sometimes work. Otherwise, you wouldnt even get the chance to finish the word 'NO' before you see the door being slammed smack right to your face. Hmmm, dats Arissa for you! So the efficient at closing doors.
• "NO...NO...NO" - The other word which she is heard using quite daily. Siap dengan action of d lil finger shaking - similar to 'a-a-ah'!
• Ermm what other words...Oh ya, not sure why or how, but these past 3 weeks or so Arissa has this 'Chinese' slang thingy goin on...She says 'mummy' but with a typical Chinese slang. So, it becomes "Mummy ah"..."Teddi ah"; for her teddy bear - "Teddy'. Dahla Arissa nyer eyes memang Chinesy.
• Besides dat, 2 words like "Mummy Car" for "Mummy's car", "Kaki ni" if he feet got 'gatal', etc...
• Oh yes, she knows & can identify most parts of d body aready from d simple - Mouth, teeth, hair, feet, hand, fingers and many other to 'Big tummy' and "belly button' ;)

Arissa is also a 'dancing princess'. She's SOOOO into music - only up-beat & up to date songs tho like: - PIT BULL's 'Room Service'

             - KESHA's 'Tik Tok'

             - BLACK EYE PEAS's 'Meet Me Halfway'

She wud dance - put her hands up,wiggle & shake her right arm (somehow looks like a half chicken kepak2 dance ;p), stamp her feets, turn round in circles. But basically cam ada bakat terpendam 'cucuk langit' jer. Oh no!!! But its only natural dat kids love music rite & enjoy with funky moves to express themselves.

But d one thing dat I 'tak tahan' is whenever we are riding in the car & the radio plays some slow & un-funky song, she would pull my hand & 2nd finger to the radio dial and 'ask' me to change to another station/ song dat is more up-beat & fits her taste...So that she can dance to the Beat!

Well, thats my lil Angel Arissa Sofea...Love you bunches baby ;)

MUACKSSSSSSSS!

                          THE DEMURE & SOFTER ARISSA SOFEA ;)

AriSSa WON...Yeay ;p

As usual bein d contest freak dat I am, joined this contest; Mummy Ayu's - 1st Birthday Moment GiveAway some  time back 

and on Tues, 17 Nov it was announced that Arissa won 2nd place!

Yippe! Happy2 joy2...:) AriSSa WoN! 

Hadiah dier yet to be announced! Dats all folks, gotta get back to work! huhu...