of 10 more weeks!

Happy Eid everyone!!! I know I'm about 12 days too late of wishing you all Selamat Hari Raya. But I've been pretty busy lately. Plus, what do you expect? It's raya! I didn't brought along my laptop with me balek kampung. And even if I did, mane ade wifi :p And then, right after raya I came back to work with workload yang menimbun. Had to finish it by Thursday as my family and I went to Tioman on Friday! It was our first official family trip since I got married. And it's D.r R's first trip with ze family so he's we're kindda nervous :p hahaha!

Anyhoo, I'm proudly to say that I get to puasa penuh this year!! *poms-poms* It wasn't easy I tell you. I kept on telling hubby I now understand how he and every other guys feel. Penat ok puasa 30 hari straight non stop! I salute you hubby! :D

And as for Raya goes, nothing much differ from the previous years. Except for the fact that I have a hubby now! :p They celebrate it a tad different from how my family does it. I mean, everyone in Muar knows each other and they do come and visit you at home for Raya. (Yes, saya jakun kene Raya macam tu ok? :p) And everyone knows who I am! And I know no one -.-" I guess that's the price you pay when you marry the first grandchild of the family. (Just imagine the pressure of bringing the first great grandchild to this world!) *hyperventilates* :p

This year we Raya-ed at JB first before heading back to Muar on the second day. Couldn't stay longer in JB because D.r R has to work on the next day! :(( And looking at our schedule, don't think we'll be able to go and visit our friends during this Raya period. boo-hoo! :( Takpelah, next year we'll go to everyone's house to kutip duet raya for our lil munchkin! :p

I just love this picture of us eventho it's only a test shot :p

 

The way to pose to hide your huge belly! :p

 

How my belly really looks like :p

 

Besar kan my tummy??! But seriously, if I don't look in the mirror, I swear to God I sometimes still forget that I'm pregnant! *faints* haha. You would think being this big won't make you forget that you're pregnant. But in my case, I still do!

As for our lil miracle's progress, we've officially hit the week 30 mark! :D Can't believe we're three quarter of the way already! Another 10 weeks to go! 12 weeks at most, and hopefully 8 weeks at least. You're not coming out of me till you hit term okay baby? *no-no* :p

We slept at my in laws last night after our trip back from Tioman. And hubby was already in lala-land while I finish off my work (ye, time cuti pun kene keje ye. Tapi tah paper sebab in the end I can't send my work sebab my work mail is full and the file is too big for Yahoo mail!) Anyways, after finishing up my work, I was already as fresh as the morning breeze. I can't sleep! I was tired and all but I ended up starring at the ceiling forcing myself to sleep.

So I got up, look at my baby's clothes pile and decided to nicely fold them and put it in it's basket. So I opened the packaging and unfold each piece of onesies before folding it back properly (the way I want it to be :p) and put it nicely in the basket. And it took me ages to finish folding all the onesies coz I kept on aww-ing at each piece! I mean, it's for real. For real for real that I'm bringing new human being to this world. And I feel even more surreal that it's actually our baby. Half of me and half of D.r R. Like seriously?? Macam tak percaya okay!

Just look at the onesies! How can it not make you heart melt? :D

 

(And owh, before you start making speculation of baby's gender, I just have to burst your bubble :p MIL bought both gender specific onesies even before we found out the gender. So ade both baby girl and baby boy's onesies and mittens! :p)

It feels like yesterday we were talking about having kids (mase ni belum kawen and yes, memang gatal :p haha!) and it feels like yesterday we were trying to conceive. It feels like yesterday when we found out we were pregnant. And it truly feels like yesterday when we were told that we might have lost the baby (yes, we were told that we've lost the baby early in the pregnancy. And it was the longest 24 hours we've ever have to endure our whole life). And surely feels like yesterday when we saw your heart beating on the monitor. And from that moment onwards, we were the happiest-most-blessed couple on earth ever. I could not thank Allah enough for giving me and D.r R this baby.

And now, we're counting down to 10 weeks before we finally get to hold our lil miracle! I honestly can't wait. Hubby too (Sebab die nak menang bet cakap our baby will weigh 4 kilos -.-") haha!

Just 10 more weeks sayang. Mommy and daddy really really can't wait to see you!! We pray everyday that you'll be healthy and sempurna sifat. But if challenges come your way early on life, we hope that you'll be just as strong as we are to face it together okay sayang? And we want you to know that there is absolutely nothing that could make us love you less. Our love towards you grows immensely as each day passes by.
 

Baby's scans compilation! And there's a few more to come! :D

 
Can't wait to see you lil munchkin! :)

p/s: Please don't weigh more than 3.9 kilos! mommy tanak daddy menang bet okay? Team mommy kan? :p

pp/s: Kalau nak team daddy jugak, mommy tanak bangun tengah malam bagi susu. Suruh daddy yang buat ok! :p
 
ppp/s: Daddy, I already have enough onesies and mittens. I need more booties please. And cute sleeping pants. Can you pretty pretty please bawak mommy pegi shopping? :D And owh, she needs a new chanel handbag as well while you're on it :p

of another 4 days to go!

It's 25th Ramadhan today!! InsyaAllah another 4 days to go (and after that I don't have to fast of another year! :p) - but seriously you can't blame me! It's not as easy as it seems ok fasting with a non-stop lil eater in your tummy! :B

D.r R and I went to our monthly checkup last Tuesday. And trust me, I've never been more anxious to meet our lil miracle! Once a month in not enough. I miss my lil munchkin too much! :p My Dr said that my tummy is a wee bit too small for a 7 month pregnant lady @.@ Seriously Dr, I can hardly bend down or move or eat banyak-banyak coz baby's pressing against my ribs and you told me that my tummy's small? -__-" I can't imagine how my tummy will look like when I get to full term! *faints*

So since the checkup, I've been eating more during berbuka (sahur maintain nasik and roti sebab too sleepy :p). This is to make up for the weight I lost during Ramadhan (lets just hope my baju raya will still fit! Kalau tak muat tibe-tibe kene heret husband pegi shopping la malam raya :p) I just hope it works (and that I won't be gaining too drastically :p) And, I've set up my mission to eat a looooootttttt during raya nanti!! (Just thinking of the ketupat and rendangs makes me drool! :p)

Anyhoos, our lil miracle is growing really well in there. And he/she is about a kilo heavy now. Makan banyak sikit okay budak temok! (Just as long as you don't exceed 4 kilos mase aku nak beranak nanti cukup :p)

  

Hewwo readers! :D

 

I can't thank Allah enough for giving me this lil miracle and giving hubby and me this life changing experience. You would thought watching the image up on the screen sucking his/her little thumb would be boring. But honestly, we just can't get enough of it! Our lil miracle is not exactly the camera shy kindda baby. He/she is more of an attention seeker. Bile scan je macam2 aksi die buat. Hubby and I would just laugh. And then outside in the waiting room argue whose trait he/she got (definitely perangai hubby yang attention seeker :p)

Anyways, dah melalut! -.-" Daddy and mommy pray that you'll keep on growing healthily in my womb, amd please don't come out until it's really time okay? (We haven't got around buying you a single thing yet, nor have we book in the hospital we're bringing you into this world! :p) So yes, it's still very early for you to come out! :p

 Hello third trimester! :)

of the 18th day!

Can you believe it's 18th Ramadhan already? Like seriously, I have to go and empty my savings account for duet raya really soon! On Monday to be exact if you guys don't know this yet. Banks are starting to exchange old duets for the new ones starting Monday. It may be my only second Raya, but I'm really excited to give out the duet raya! :p (I'll suffer later with the negative balance in the bank account. But lets not spoil my mood shall we? :p)

Anyhoos, it's our third Ramadhan and Raya for the two of us as a couple. But it's our first as a married copule. And it's going to be even a more special one now with the lil miracle with us! :) I just can't express how blessed I am. Alhamdulillah :)

As of baju raya hunting goes, I'm not planning to any new ones right now. Baby's going to grow even bigger and it'll be a shame that I won't be able to wear the baju once the baby is here (Have to simpan until I'm pregnant with our second baby. But that won't be happening any time soon! :p). But we'll go and shop for shirts for hubby on Tuesday after the checkup. Aaahh!! Speaking of which, I can't wait to see our lil miracle again this Tuesday! Sangat rinduuuu! :B And owh, also happening this Tuesday (I hope :p) is to start shopping for baby things! Weee!~ I superbly can't wait for that! :)

Monday night please come soon. I miss my hubby too much! :( (And because I can't wait to shop with hubby's money! :p)

p/s: I can't wait to habeskan puasa please. Baby makin kuat makan nowadays and I'm so lapar all the time! :B

pp/s: 18 days of puasa penuh. Only 11 days to go! :)

Of being greatful

 

Solemnization heels

 

Reception heels

 

My cinderella shoes :) It may not be expensive, or branded, or the fact that I'll never wear it again *stares at my swollen feet* :p But it'll always be my favourite two pair of shoes.  

 The in laws :)

The awesome family!

 

My two favourite families! Without them, I won't be what and who I am today. Alhamdulillah, I'm so humbly greatful to Allah for granting me the most precious gift I could ever ask for :)

My favourite guy :) Always have been, always will be

 

Who would have thought the first girl he ever liked (back then when we were in standard 6) would turn out to be his awesome wife! :p And who would have thought merely a rebound guy would turn out to be the one! :)

 

May we no longer be separated by distance or time. And if we are, may our hearts grow stronger towards each other of each passing day.

 

May we never grow tired of staring at each other. Or ever stop communicating in our own secret code language (Altho most of the time we misunderstood each other's secret code signals! :p)

 

May we always cherish and capture each moment in our life and to always look to the future. And to never regret each decision that we made and to never look back. No matter what :)

 

May we not only be there for each other during light and day. But to always also be there during the night, storms and darkness

 

You will always be my shoulder to lean on. And I will always be yours :)

 

And last but not least,

 

 You will always be my Imam

And I will always follow in your footsteps. Until Jannah, InsyaAllah :)

Beautiful pictures by: Hezri Yaakub

Amazing decorations by: Beauty Me Make up & Bridal

 

 

 

fly fly fly

Oh my my. Where did the time go? It felt like just yesterday I was busy preping for my wedding (to now my amazing husband). It feels like it was just yesterday Ninie and I went back to JB for raya (mama and papa was performing their Umrah during that time last year!) And truly I do feel like it was just yesterday I peed on the stick and finding out that I'm carrying an heir of D.r R's

So how long has it really been? Well, it must have been quite a long time since our wedding day. And it's definitely been a while since our baby was just the size of a poppyseed! He/She (I'm not revealing until after the birth of our lil munchkin! :p) is definitely no longer a poppyseed size baby. Nor is he/she a quietly sleeping baby.

Alhamdulillah, our little miracle has started to do kicks, punches and swimming around the amniotic fluid. And oh boy does he/she loves moving around and poke me all over the place! And to be honest, as annoying as every kick sometimes and everytime the baby decides to use my tiny bladder as his/her pillow to sleep on, I am gratefully enjoying every second of it. Alhamdulillah, our bond becomes stronger everyday :) Tho I just wish that D.r R would be around more to be apart of this amazing journey.

Time surely doesn't wait for anyone. We've been so busy with work that sometimes we just forget to stop for a bit and appreciate every little that has happened in our life. With the presence of our lil miracle, I learn to take each day as it comes, and to always reflect back of what that day meant to me (it's the baby's bedtime story :p)

I'm not going to promise to update the blog frequently. I suck at keeping promises anyways :p But I do know that I won't stop writing just because I'm busy at work or with my life. Coz I know that once the baby comes, I will be obsessing over him/her all day round. Definitely won't be updating ze blog that often! :p

But anyways, Happy Ramadhan Al-Mubarak to my fellow muslims. Alhamdulillah, so far I have been fasting full (thank you sayang for cooperating! Tho I do wish that you won't steal so much of water leaving me all thirsty! :p). And to those responsible of paying the zakat, please don't forget of doing so! Alhamdulillah, D.r R payed our half earlier today. And he said that "nanti next year daddy bayar untuk baby skali ok?" *heart melts a thousand times!* :p

I am indeed looking forward to finish my fasting full this year, InsyaAllah. But if it happens that I cannot tahan, I won't be so selfish and jeopardize the health of our baby :)

And owh yes, welcome third trimester!! *poms-poms* See, I told ya time flies really fast! I'll be starting my third trimester in just a few days! Yes, I can do this! *pump fist in the air* :p But please baby, jangan bagi mommy too much back pain ok? Other than that, I'm okay. You can bring it on! :p

Singapore, our second babymoon :)

Home, selfie :p

 

p/s: Mommy loves you so much lil munchkin! :)

pp/s: Mommy and daddy hope you'll love the name that we've picked out for you! :B

of life changing news

Bismillahirahmanirrahim.

My post was two months ago. And a lot has happened since then. To those who followed by instagram must already know the news by now ;) Don't worry, I'm not trying to hide anything or what so ever. I just haven't had the time to update my blog (well, more like I'm not trying to make time to update my blog :p)

I think it come to no surprise what happens after a couple gets married right? :p Alhamdulillah, my husband and I are officially expecting a baby! :D Sorry for not breaking this news much earlier, but D.r R and I wanted to wait until we enter the second trimester (yes, I am already that far along in the pregnancy! :D)

When I first found out that I'm pregnant, I was already way over one week late. And no, I wasn't expecting to get a postive result (because I've already peed so many times before on the stick and it says a big fat negative). So I was just feeling upset because of the outcome. But the thing is, I still have that digital stick that I haven't used. So on that very fine Wednesday morning before getting ready for work, I just pull the thing out, and said to myself, "what the heck" and did what I'm supposed to (with a thought in mind that I'll get a result of "not pregnant").

So imagine my surprise when it didn't say that. I mean, the stick did not say "not pregnant" but it says "pregnant, 1 -2 weeks" instead. Just imagine my surprise! I was head over heels and the day could not have pass any slower. I just could wait for the day to end so that I can come home and start talking about babies with D.r R! D.r R was away for work at that time of course. And as much as I want to give hm the grand surprise, I was too excited to contain myself from blurting it out! (First time mommy. Excuse me please :p)

The moment my life is changed forever :)

I know it is such a cliche when someone says that her life change the moment they found out they're going to be parents. Cliche or not, that is exactly how I felt. Still feel even. And believe it or not, I still have a hard time believing that I'm going to be a mom in just a few months away! My baby has the habit of poking me everytime I forgot that I'm pregnant and that I should not be doing certain things (Unintentionally of course! I'm still getting used to the idea of being pregnant ok? :p)

Say hello to our little miracle! :D

 

I pray that you can grow healthily in my womb right now baby. So sorry if I haven't been feeding you right lately but I'll try harder okay? I honestly can't wait to see you again at your next sonogram. And daddy and I have been counting down days until we can finally hold you in our arms and kiss those super tiny hands and feet! :D I love you so much sayang. And daddy loves you just as much as well. So grow well in there okay? *lots of kisses!* :-*

Of finding the perfect man!

Ps: sorry i haven't been posting much! Wedding review soon. I promise!! :p

Solemnization video

Sharing with you guys our beautiful solemnization video by Awan Studio especially to those who missed the ceremony. Alhamdulillah, as of today, I've been married for 18 days. Despite having to be away from D.r R, I feel oh so very loved by him and such a lucky and blessed woman. Alhamdulillah, thank you Allah for all that you've given to me so far.

 

 

 

 

 

Of 5 days ago!

Today's the day!!

Officially, I'm getting married today!! (It's 1.27am at the moment so it counts okay! :p)

I'm still wide awake. The pelamin people just left. I loveeeeee my simple pelamin! :D I'll blog about it later! :)

Feeling at the moment: extremely tired!! And really looking forward to it! :D

Ps: I don't have cold feet anymore!

Pps: I don't feel nervous boleh tak? Is that a good or a bad thing? :-/

Ppps: I love you very much Mr Fiancé! :D

Of cold feet #2

I'm still awake at this hour. Officially scared and nervous about the wedding that it's keeping me awake at night!

I hope that one day in the future, when I re-read this post, I would just chuckle at how silly I am right now.

I know I'm marrying the right man. That's not why my feet are icy cold. I'm having cold feet about the ceremony. I mean, if I knew I'd be this nervous, I should have just kawen lari. That would be easier no?

Ps: butterflies!!

Of cold-ish feet

I am getting married in exactly two and a half days. My life will change forever from Friday onwards. I'm super scared and nervous!!! :-/

Please feet, be warm like you always are!

Random #23

I love you D.r R! :)

Monday blues!

I don't have Monday blues today because as of today, I can officially say that I'm getting married NEXT Friday!!!! *faints of excitement* :p hehe.

10 more days to go peeps before I have an ex-fiancé!! :D

What I'm feeling right now as I'm writing this entry: Hungry! :p

Day-13

As of yesterday, i have 13 days as a single woman. And I spent it with D.r R at our wedding hall.

D.r R and I just can't stop smiling nor can we hide our excitement! Going through the plans, positioning the tables and what not is extremely exciting!! :D

It's sad thinking that after the 29th, we have absolutely no reason to go back there on a weekly basis!

So on Day-13, my feet are still warm and toasty. I've never been so sure of my decision before. I know D.r R is the right person for me to end up with :) Let see how it goes in a few more days to come! :p

Ps: sent my baju for alteration and to the dry cleaning yesterday! :)

Pps: i have butterflies in my tummy. So anxious in becoming someone's wife!! :D

15 days!

In exactly 15 days from now, I'll no longer be a Cik. I'll be a Puan instead. Just saying the sentence "Puan Izy**" freaks the hell out of me!!!!

I've been too excited for too long that I completely forgot that I'll be relinquishing my Cik title! *cringe* (Not that it really matters :p)

The preparation so far, ok-lah. I think everything is more or less settled. But speaking from the heart, I don't really care about the reception. I just want to be married to D.r R! That all that matters here :)

All I can do now is relax, pamper myself, and freak out a little bit here and there every now and then (:p) and just remember to breathe! :D

I pray that it will be a smooth sailing with minor minorrrrr hiccups here and there.

To D.r R, are you ready? 15 days to go!! After the wedding, I'm thinking of buying a few more pairs of work clothes. It's part of the nafkah bulan-bulan kan? :p

Ps: 15 days left peeps!!! *poms-poms*

Of three weeks left!

Bismillahirahmannirahim ...

Three weeks left, and I'm feeling giddy-nervous-excited-sad-happy that I think my heart is going to explode out of the chest soon!!

Alhamdulillah, we have made it this far.

All of my readers are invited of course! :) email me (sopheaadrianna@yahoo.com.au) for the details kay :)

InsyaAllah, smooth sailing from here now on!

To my dearest Husband-to-be,

Thank you for keeping up with me after all this while. I know it wasn't an easy ride for us especially for the last seven months. But what ever comes from this day forward, I know that it will only make us stronger. Less than 20 days to go, and we will be halal-ly and blissfully wed, insyaAllah till Jannah.

I love you so much and I'm sorry that I can't contain my excitement in becoming your wife! I know hourly phone calls and shrieking "lagik 3 minggu!!" or "we're getting married!!" Or " i'm finally going to get laid in three weeks!!" can be a bit annoying :p hehe. But just think it this way, in 3 weeks time, I'll be calling you hourly and shriek "we're married!!!" :p (you never thought that you signed up for a lunatic-giddy wife-to-be did ya? :p) so please bear with me and please don't change your mind in marrying me ok? :p

I love you :)

All tingly!

I'm starting to have cold feet every now and then. I'm literally counting days till the wedding. And I am holly scaredddd!! It's not because I have doubts about the partner I chose, nor it's about having to live with a boy for the rest of my life. I think it's mainly because I'm scared of becoming someone's wife. It's a mixed feeling, off and on every now and then. One moment I just can't wait to be his wife, and the next, I feel like cancelling the wedding all together!! (Which I will never ever ever ever do of course! :p)

                          

Everytime I look at our wedding invites (his all printed out, mine is still at the printers -.-") I get goosebumps, butterfly in the tummy and tingling feeling in my feet. And then, the stress feeling came rushing in! Seriously, who would ever thought that planning a wedding would be this stressful? But luckily I haven't turn into a full-force bridezilla :p (tho, I am blamming the stress for this gastric thingy that I'm having at the moment!)

 

Wedding invites (Groom side)



There's still so much to do! Like picking up my solemnization kurung from the tailors (it's just a simple, off-white, plain no beadings kurung fyi) I was going for the suci, white, clean idea. Now writing the idea down I'm worried it's going to be boring. And blend. Oh crap! @____@"

 

Moving on. I have yet to decide on a honeymoon spot. At least now we've narrowed down to two places only :D We're going to discuss further when he comes home and make a booking insyaAllah! :D We're also long overdue for our pre-wed photography session which insyaAllah, will be soon.

 

As for the hantaran hunting bits, I have bought exactly o.n.e. thing out of nine and D.r R has bought  t.h.r.e.e out of seven! Way to go Izy! -__________-"

 

I think that's my cue to freak out!

 

p/s: I still can't believe that we're getting married in less than t.w.o months!!! :D

Honeymoon anyone?

Dr R and I are picking out our honeymoon destination. Any suggestions peeps? -- The affordable ones please! :D

p/s: People say brides usually have this 'seri' when the wedding is near. But how come I only get pimples?! :-//

of wedding preparations!

Hello peeps! :D Sorry it's been a really really long time since my last update! I know it didn't look like as if I'm coming back to the blogging world (considering my last post was during the last week of puasa! :p)

I have been busy. Yes, very busyyyyy! This month by far has got to be the busiest month in my year. I have all my weekends fully book. And all my nights in front of the computer. And definitely the most stressful month in the year! Well, so far at least. I predict it'll be more hectic and stressful as the day pass by!

As you all know, I'm now happily and blissfully engaged. And insyaAllah, will be getting married this year as well. Looking at the calendar, I have less than 90 days to go to the wedding. That's about three more months people. THREE MORE MONTTTHHHHHHHSSSSS!!! *faints*

Engagement album dah siap! :D

 



I finally went for my kursus kahwin yesterday and the day before! *poms-poms* We've been delaying the thing since I don't know when. Dr R insisted of going again (despite having the cert already from years ago), so I have to wait and fit my free time into his tight schedule. All that's left now is wait for him to submit his application form for bernikah and I can proceed with my application!

Sijil kursus kahwin! :D

Other preparation for the solemnization are:

1. Find inai person! - Any recommendations?
2. Send my nikah baju to the tailor - I have not send my kaen to be made into a nikah dress yeeettt!!!! *hyperventilates*
3. Find a scarf and a veil!! - I'm hopeless when it comes to the tudung bit -__-" Please recommend! *puppy eyes* :p

With all the hectic-ness going on, alhamdulillah we have a few things that can be crossed off the list.

1. Theme colour and design of the nikah pelamin
2. Theme colour and design of the reception pelamin - they were super nice to throw in another 'thing' into my package free of charge! :D
3. Baby sister just booked her dress as my maid of honour on the nikah day. So now I can tell my bridesmaids their theme colour! :p 
4. Picked out the songket get measurements taken for the groom side's reception.
5. Finalise design and colour for groom's pelamin!
6. Finalise design, colour and font for the wedding invites! - waiting for the real mock invites je! :D

Meeting the pelamin and baju people for the groom's side! :)

 

My songket!!! :p

 

Having all that being said, I could not have done all this without the support of my parents and my loving partner. In the two days of having him around, we have successfully settle 6 things! Today of course, I woke up really late (slept like a baby now that my stress level has tremendously reduced!! :p)

The two days of kursus and settling wedding things was extremely tiring. But it's even worse for Dr R. He has to drive everywhere for the last two days, drove back to Johor very late last night (around 11.30pm) and woke up as early as 5am this morning for work!! And today, he still have time to text me and give me his opinions on the wedding details at work and be as supportive as any excellent fiance would be. I seriously have no idea how he does it!!

 Mamak session

Celebrating getting the kursus kahwin sijil cum meeting the wedding invites person :p

I seriously am a very blessed girl to have such an amazing partner as Dr R. Thank you for making the most stressful time bearable and worth it. I love you so much sayang :) I pray that the bond that we've built together continue to blossom, blessed by Allah and will last till Jannah :)

I love you! :)