DIY Project

sew fun!

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll notice my new hobby. Sewing!
I bought a cheap sewing machine few weeks after i gave birth cos i wanted to try sewing headbands for Nadya. Oh i sewed plenty and sold most of them off already!

And then i started sewing shoes for her and drool pads for my Tula Carrier!

Recently i got a little adventurous and made Nadya her 1st dress!

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and then because the 1st dress was a success, i got motivated to sew more. i began looking around for patterns and then printing it out and got a little busy with the sewing machine.

2015-08-22 14.55.03I sewed 4 dressed for her in a week! Crazy me. But it is so addictive! 

IMG_4790Like sewing, buying fabric is also addictive! I’ve also take to buying wrap scraps now! Oh what did i get myself into?! 

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seven

Dyan-Razali-Nadia-217My little shinku is 7 months old now. Yes, i call her shinku at home and i have no idea what it means and how it started but i just call her that. Don’t judge me! I like making up names for fun.

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The part where i can see her two upper teeth slowly descending?
You know i gotta pat this girl’s back. Each time she’s teething, i don’t realise it that much cos she does not make that much fuss or run a fever. Alhamdulillah.
Ni bukan eksyen anak aku kuat gila macam juara eh. But really, twice it caught me offguard cos she showed no signs except for excessive drooling but then again, she’s always been an excessive drooler seh.

2015-08-24 15.32.48The part where she kind of know how to feed herself. Kind of, because she’s always making a mess! Makan sikit, bersepah2 makanan. She’s on semi-baby led weaning. I don’t count on BLW for her to get her nutritions. More like a time where she can explore food & texture and hone her motor skills. Most of the time i still feed her with porridge etc. More about her food in another post! Oooh it’s an adventure on it’s own! 

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Baby can finally sit on her own! Tengok tu dia duduk macam taukeh.
She goes on all four but does not seem to move forward or backward yet. Engine belum panas so kita biarkan je lah dia.

IMG_4832I got her this Exersaucer cos i cannot tahan dia lompat2 everytime i carry her. Waaaahhh my peha i tell you macam kena lenyek2. Kalau makin kecik peha aku ni takpe lah jugak. And in case you’re wondering what’s that thing on her head, i got her Em’s 4 Bubs Earmuffs for her cos we wanna bring to concerts / jamming sessions & movies safely. Many times i wanna bring her but i get paranoid, takut if it’s too loud for her and also if it might hurt her delicate eardrums. But what to do, she’s got a clingy mom who’s always at noisy places! Lol.

In case you’re interested in the earmuffs as well, get them off Amazon! They’re cheaper! You can also buy it from the official website but the shipping from Australia is a killer! At least with Amazon, sambil u order anything from other US Websites, boleh selitkan ni sekali. I also chose Em’s cos of the elastic band. It’s soft and does not hurt her head. The other earmuffs for babies looks slightly restrictive so i’m guessing it might hurt her a bit.

Nadya can recognise the people she sees all the time. I can leave her at my parent’s place and she’ll not cry or look for me. However, if i leave her with strangers, she’ll start looking around, just to make sure i’m nearby. She is fine with strangers picking her up and many times we get the “ehhhh tak takut orang ehhh” remarks and this girl sometimes tak malu one kind, she’ll smile at other people tak pasal2 orang tu kena senyum balik kat dia!

We were at the polyclinic previously for her jab and then she kept smiling at this grumpy apek next to her and he had to smile back at her unwillingly. hahahahha. It was so hilarious to watch!

And you know people keep telling me ohhh she’ll start to sleep lesser when she’s above 6mths cos that’s when they start being really active? She woke up at 12.00 noon today! Melampau anak aku! And that was after i kind of forced her to wake up cos dah kul 12, tak mandi2 and and belum feed etc. She’ll usually wake up between 10am – 12noon from her night sleep and then take a short nap at about 3.00pm and another nap at 7.00pm.

And because she had enough rest, she moves all the time when she’s awake. I’m tempted to go get the fenced play pen thing cos she kept going to the kitchen! Ooooh chasing after a baby is tiring!

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We do all these stupid things to her all the time. Because this is the only time we can get away with it!

Our Little Family, The Travel Tales

Family Shoot

Previous post i mentioned about us going for the Family Shoot at Krabi.
Instead of engaging a photpgrapher and then bringing him there & pay for his air ticket & flight, we engaged a local instead. I googled and stalked Instagram and i found Nut on Instagram! Love his pictures although i was a bit wary as to those whether pictures were really his ke tak. But i took that leap of faith & paid an initial deposit.

On the photoshoot day, it was raining cats & dogs when we were still shooting in our room and then heavy rain when we were on the way to our photoshoot destination. Nut was really patient though and certainly not calculative. We initially booked him for 2 hours cos we don’t want Nadya to get tired or bored but it went on for almost 3 hours and Nut didn’t even ask for additional payments.

Here’s some of my favourite with Nadya.

We planned the photoshoot in the evening from 4pm – 6pm cos Nadya would be fully rested by then and she’s usually quite active during that timing. Definitely not a morning person this girl!

I am so glad we did this for this trip. Krabi is one of our favourite place so it was quite apt to have our 1st family shoot there.

We’re thinking of doing another family shoot when Nadya turns 1 and maybe we’ll do it on our 1st trip for 2016 which is super close to Nadya’s 1st Birthday and Rusly’s Birthday because we’re heading to…

Photo Credit: Jorg Faiist

Tokyo – Japan!!!!
It’ll be winter when we’re there in February so i don’t know how feasible it would be to have an outdoor shoot during winter, with a kid. Hahahaha. We shall see!
Although friends been telling me Winter in Tokyo is not very bad but we’re hoping to get some snow! Ok more about Tokyo planning in another entry lah ok!

Ending this post with my favourite family picture! Dyan-Razali-Nadia-45

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Kkk-Ke-Krabi!

We just came back from our family trip to Krabi! Rusly took leave so we can go slightly earlier and hopefully avoid the crowd cos it’s the long holiday. Turns out, the plane was so full. With PRCs.
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We checked in early so we can have lunch and i was craving for CBTL Carbonara. Like craving gila. Then have to entertain this budak kecik cos dia boring kita makan sedap2 then dia kena tengok. Too bad, baby! U makan biskut je ok?

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