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Sunday, February 22, 2009

CRY BABY CRY ! , 23 Dec 08

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Our plan for the Dec 23rd morning was to send K Soh & Nani to Bonython Hall to attend Izrul's convo (2 extra seats acquired). The rest would then proceed to Festival Theatre or anywhere nearby, before meeting up again for photo taking. But it was not to be!

K Long broke her waterbag as we were getting ready! Alhamdulillah!! at last, the baby's coming! A bit panicky though, hehe. So off we went to WCH after dropping everybody at Adelaide Uni

grandpa-to-be at the wheel

K Long had to be admitted since the water'd turned greenish - the baby's pooed in there! The main worry was the baby might swallow the pooed water, yeulch!!

daddy-to-be - all smiles!

We went up to the birthing room (they don't call it labour room here...) . Waaah! nice room, very comfy with nice view of the park.

come rain or shine we'll always be by your side, sayang..

That's where we camped for the next 27 hours!!

Ijah & Asiah

tok su-to-be - why so longggg??

Cek Su -to-be _ arrrrghhhh, i'm so tired of this waiting game..

We took time off to be with the graduant and took some nice pics + had morning tea at the Union House.

CONGRATULATIONS IZRUL!!!! WE R PROUD OF U!!!

the proud parents; my dear sis Absah & Abg Zainal, congratulations to u both too!

and the proud aunties! mok teh, auntie, mok su & mok cek

where's the other aunt??? must have found a customer.. hehe

all in the family..

those were the days..... engineering building in the background

this was where we bid bye-bye everyday, before parting ways.. boo hoo

and the table where we studied in the Barr Smith library.. :)

All done, we went back to WCH and waited.... It was another long wait!!

smile, while u still can! haha

Went thru 4 shifts of midwives. They were nice & really helpful,Alhamdulillah. Chris, the last one was particularly nice & did all she could to make us all less anxious! I was still so, tho' I'd gone thru it 8 times myself!! huhu

The ever so helpful Chris - she made the birthing process sound soooo simple, and not at all scary huh, Long! hehe

K Long started her contraction at around 2 am - by the look of it, quite mild! The doc came by to check, she said it was only 3 cm. The next 4 hours didn't show much improvement, up by only 1 cm. The Doc then gave another 4 hours & if nothing much happened then, caesar it would be! She's worried the baby might be distressed.

Ya Allah, jangan lah! I was quite horrified actually, please, not caesar, this was only K Long's first baby!

Asked Lan & Afan to solat hajat, mohon selamat & yang terbaik. I could not read the Qur'an, so only managed the ma'thurat & doas. This time I was getting really, really anxious!!

The doc came in at 10am, & Subhanallah! it was already 8cm!!!! Alhamdulillah, syukur sangat! It'll be normal delivery after all, Alhamdulillah!!!!

As the contraction was getting stronger, the doc offered epidural. Go for it Long!

The baby's coming! I can feel it!!!

And the baby came at 12.38 pm...

Alhamdulillah, with Ummi, Baba, Tok & Tok Wae welcoming you to this beautiful world!!! Moga besar jadi mujahidah solehah & penyejuk hati ayah bonda!

welcome to the world of parenthood!

and welcome to the world of nanahood!

It was a few minutes before she let out her first cry, due to having swallowed the pooed water...urrrgh.... Quite worrying there!

The doctors, midwives & nurses were quite calm, so we had to be so too! She was in good hands Ahamdulillah. After some tickling, patting & sucking out of phlegm, she finally whimpered, followed by loud cries, muffled by the oxygen mask. Alhamdulillah thummalhamdulillah!

K Long was then taken to the ward & baby to the special nursery for observation. It was time for us to make a move too.Time to qadha' the lost sleeps!

all nicely tucked in...

We went home with light steps & songs in our hearts! and with new titles: TOK & TOK WAE!!!!
YESSSS!!!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

FAMILY TIME - ADELAIDE , 22DEC 08

Bismillahirrahmanirraheem
22nd Dec 2009

After a short rest, they were raring to go! We still had the van from the orang bujang!

After solat at the union house,

and putar-putar Adelaide Uni, off we went to Rundle Mall.

Then lunch by the River Torrens

after getting some supply for tonite's dinner.

A lot of walking today, still K Long looked ok :(

We ended our round today with pre-graduation pics!!

Then rushed back to prepare dinner, as tonite's family dinner would be at K Long's place..
Thank you Mok Cek, Mok Su, Asiah & Loh...

KYREZZZ???

Bismillahirrahmanirraheem

Sounds like another Kyrez in the making, hehehehe

Today after daurah in Al Amin, picked Ulfah & Zharif from Nadi Asybal d PKJ. Asma' & Asiah tagged along. They had a whale of a time doing all sorts of girl-things and... just now heard them calling each other by their "Kyrez" names - Tiara, Daffy & Barbie (hmmmmmm...names might change later...) , every now & then repeating " Best friends - today, tomorrow & always"!!

Hehe, sounds familiar huh, Long & the Kyrezzzzzzzzzz :)

Friday, February 06, 2009

Long wait.....

Bismillahirrahmanirraheem
Alhamdulillah , we finally arrived in Adelaide around 10 pm , Dec 15th. K Long & Afan were at the airport with 2 cars - the luggage wouldn't fit into one!

Spent the days preparing for the baby's arrival. Plus other activities to occupy our time.

We took long walks around the block, to Coles & K-Mart, so the baby would come early!
No luck!!

20 Dec 2008
Wanted to go cherry picking, but it's end of season, so we went strawberry picking instead

2gether time, after this no more! hehe. There'll soon be 3,4,5... Enjoy!!

Our trip was with the post-grads & families

Mak buyung pun kutip - in the background..

" Ijah amek, yang besar bagi baba, yg kecik Ijah makan...."

Then off to Hahndorf for lunch.

This looks better than lunch!!

Malamnya - Joined the students' Qiam at Nadia's place. The next morning we had BBQ with a group of Melbourne students (all ladies)who arrived after subuh

Final dip in the pool with Filzah..... Brrrrr... the water's freezing!
harap2 beranak lah today!

After their Melbourne - Sydney - Melbourne - Adelaide trip, K Soh, Nani, Lina, Asiah & Loh arrived in Adelaide on the 22nd morning. Kak Soh & Abg Zainal arrived a bit later from Sydney. Meriah! meriah!! alhamdulillah!

Today was K Long's due date!! Horray!

Dec 22nd came, and went, and nothing happened! Izrul had warned K Long not to give birth on the 23rd, his big day!!

Perth - one step closer towards our cucu.. 15 Dec 08

Welcome to Australia! The Great OZ salute! Filzah's first swipe at the flies!!

Bismillahirrahmanirraheem
This was going to be a long journey, distance & time wise. And I should have been more prepared. But I wasn't.. There were just too much to do before leaving - had to ensure that everything's in order. We ended up buying the luggage & bouncer for the new baby the day before we flew. Chucking in the stuff before the taxi arrived, missed some important items - alhamdulillah, minta mok su bawakan.

Quite annoyed when we discovered our seats were quite far apart from each other, me & Filzah in row 37 while Lan in row 11. How could they do that when we were among the first to check in! I was not at all happy, that was until we discovered why .. :) The aircraft was quite empty, everyone almost got a row each! and that allowed everyone to stretch & had a good sleep! and that's what we did!, waking up only for subuh. Alhamdulillah.

Touched down at Perth airport at around 6 am.Transferred to domestic terminal & arranged for car rental. We checked in early to avoid lugging around all our bags and all. Alhamdulillah, we were allowed to check in at least 8 hours before departure. Most convenient!

Wanted to take the city tour bus but decided otherwise when Budiman called to meet up somewhere. Apparently Kak Long had called Asiah to inform of our transit in Perth.

sambil tunggu Budiman & Asiah, sempat bergambar

City line tram