And so it has been almost a year...

Almost a year has gone by since I last blog. 

Definitely a lot has happened within a year.

Even though I do not pen down my feelings and thoughts, I managed to capture it in IG, FB and Twitter.

:)

Life has been good,

Alhamdulillah.

One of the good news to share:

Mishel is going to be a sister in less than 53 days,

Insya'Allah.

:) 

Kiss Kiss

Parenting lesson #542
Kissing lesson #001

We have just returned from Europe and our body clock are not back to Singapore's timing.

At 1.57am, Mishel was giving my photo kisses.

Her kisses are loud!
Sometimes wet too!

Enjoy the video :)

Day out with Mishel

Parenting lesson #139
Love lesson #183
Life lesson #82

I have been too busy lately that I might not be spending quality time with Mishel.

So today, I decided to spend time with her.

My date for today. 

She was well behaved. 

I don't know how come whenever my husband brings her out alone,

she refuses to sit at the carseat.

Hmmm... 

The plan is to go Singkids, an indoor playground at Vivo.

That is all. 

However,

we went more than 2 places.

:) 

Once we entered Singkids,

she got so excited! 

She started to point to things and baby talk.

I let her be free and walk around.

It was so cute!

She loves the balloons pitch.

She does not fancy slides. 

Seeing her play, I realized that she has grown so much! 

She can do quite a number of things on her own now. 

While in the car to the next destination,

she had a nap.

Too tired from the indoor playground.

The next stop was Jacob Ballas Children's Garden!

There was a simple water play area for kids.

She was quite scared and wary at first,

but eventually she managed to go around by her own. 

She totally loves it!

There was this one point of time where she sticked out her tongue trying to get a sip of the water.

Haha! 

Totally drenched!

Had a change of clothes and went to walk at Botanic Gardens to see the black swan.

I sat on a bench with her beside me. 

It was so peaceful.

I can do this every day. 

How I wish I can be a SAHM and visit different gardens with Mishel and enjoy nature.

 Just sitting beside her,

nothing else matters.

I am thankful for her.

While enjoying the scenery,

I could see water droplets on the lake.

It got heavier which means it is raining! 

We got caught in the rain but managed to get shelter.

Luckily it was not a long wait. 

To the last stop! 

We went to the library for the final stop.

She loves seeing books and making a mess with it. 

My friendly librarian. 

:)

"Where is the cat?" I asked and she managed to point at it correctly.

She knows and understand some basic words. 

On the way back.

At first I was contemplating whether to bring the stroller because 

1. it is heavy and I am alone

2. she does not really like to sit on the stroller

*phew*

Luckily it was well utilized.

:)

Mishel, 

Mama hoped that you enjoyed your day out with me.

:)

More to come in the future and mama is looking forward to it! 

Our 2nd anniversary

Love lesson #215

2 years ago I got married.
I got married to the love of my life, the one who I believe is my soulmate.

Being married to you is a neverending lesson for me.
I get to learn more about you, us and at the same time, I learn about myself.

Definitely it is not all rosy like how we expected to be. We had our rough days, at times we get on each other's nerves.
Apart from that, we do have moments when we truly enjoy each other company.

I treasure every moment with you, especially those times I really need you around, those times when we talked on a deeper level.

Now with our little princess, we have to work together to bring her up and shower her with lots of love.
You have been an awesome dad to her.

I have chosen you to be my husband.
In the future, I hope to see you again as my husband in heaven. Insya'Allah. Amin.

Thank you sweetheart for making our marriage an interesting subject.

Flushed!

Love lesson #167

It was after a movie when we walked hand in hand and past by a jewellery shop. My husband stop and asked "that's a nice ring" while pointing to a ring.

It was definitely nice and I agreed with his opinion. "Yes honey, why?"

His replied was "nothing honey, just asking." He brought me into Goldheart and after which he said "pick the ring  that you like."

Right there and then, I felt my face flushed. I did not know how red it was but I knew it was hot! I was speechless. If it was only the two of us at the store, I would cry and jumped for joy. I kept my cool and go around the store searching for the ring with my red face.

He did not set any limit but it would not be fair to him to pay excessively for a ring. And so I decided on a middle range.

Why didn't I expect this? Because he had just brought me to Bali for my 26th. To me, that was already a lovely gift and surprise. The ring is like an icing on the cake.

I am thankful not only to my husband but also the Almighty for giving me my husband.
Alhamdulillah.

Honey,
thank you very much for everything that you have provided.
You have been a great husband to me and an awesome dad to Mishel.
I love you!

I'm your mirror

Mothering lesson #213

Dear Mishel,

Your smile make me smile.

Your laughter make me laugh.

Your sadness make me sad.

As a mom,

I can't deny what you feel is what I feel.

I love your dad and I thought I have love him so deeply that I couldn't love anyone else more than him.

I was wrong,

when we came to know about your existence,

my love for your keeps on growing.

When I was pregnant with you, anything that happened to me,

I think of you first,

then myself.

Even now,

you first,

then myself.

I love you,

you wouldn't know how much I love you until you love your own child.

Thank you Allah swt. for blessing me with this beautiful girl to love and guide.

When you grow up sweetheart,

always remember that I feel whatever you are feeling.

Mama is always here to listen and talk to you.

Take a time to reflect

Love lessons #527
Life lessons #167

An old photo of us as a couple.
I might have put on extra kgs now but my smile remains.
I am still happy, in fact, happier.

Alhamdulillah.

This old photo was taken at the rooftop of Iluma. It was the day when he and his parents came over to my house to ask for my hand in marriage.

Hello!

Random lesson #057

Wooooo!

Hello readers!
It has been a month since I last blog!

I miss this space so much!

I am sorry if there isn't any updates.

I hope my archives help to fill your time.

:)

Nevertheless thank you for coming to read my blog.

If you want to keep up with my everyday life, don't be shy to follow me on twitter or instagram to see more photos of Mishel.

Search for SuperAtirahMom.

:)

A lot of things happened within a month.

Surgery.

Planning for Mishel's First.

Learning more about myself.

I still haven't update on the husband birthday,

the one which we had our first overseas trip with Mishel.

One of the main reason why I haven't been blogging is because of De Quervain's tendonitis.

The words might be alien to you.

I will blog more about that the next time.

:)

My little girl has learnt to do a lot of new things!
Like waving bye-bye.

Clap her hands.

Dance to Gangnam Style and any other songs.

Take her few steps (but still have yet to walk)

Do a duck face.

I will try to update more often now that my hand is recovering well.

:)