Private party for a little princess

As usual, no birthday party or eating out at a fancy restaurant. Just us, a birthday cake, at home. If only Leia's Mbah Kong (my dad) was here, it would have been perfect.

Leia's a big, smart girl now. She knows how to blow her birthday candle on her own. She was even shy at first when i put the birthday cake in front of her.

Luq also wanted to blow the candle. Fuhhhhhhhhh!!

Me and my 2 munchkins.

It was a coincidence that everyone wore red/ pink yesterday.

Leia showing the world that she is now TWO years old.
Mummy and daddy hope that you will grow up to become a soleh child who will always remember to send your du'as to us when we are no longer in this world.
Happy 2nd birthday my little princess.

You will always be mummy's baby girl.

Nuraleia Ekaputri is TWO!

Alhamdulillah. My baby girl is two today. Since last Friday was a public holiday (Deepavali), i've requested Mr A to take leave today so that he could spend the day with us since it's Leia's birthday. We went to Wangsa Walk Mall to let the kids play and it was also the first time for Mr A to join us there bcoz normally me and the kids will go there with my mum.

Luq and Leia really enjoyed themselves especially bcoz daddy was there. So did Mr A.

After a couple of hours in Wangsa Walk Mall, we went to One Utama to collect Leia's birthday cake and since we haven't had lunch, we ate at Teppanyaki. It's been quite a while since we went out for an outing and having to go out on a weekday made it more enjoyable and stress free bcoz the malls are less crowded. Most importantly, we were together to celebrate Leia's birthday.

Luq's private party

Juz like the previous years, we will have a private party to celebrate Luq's birthday and this year is the same. Although he hasn't experienced his own birthday party like some of his friends, he understands why and never requested Mr A n i to throw him a big party. Thus, we will make sure that every year is special for him and he gets to choose his cake or rather choose the picture for his cake and i choose the flavor. Hehehe.

This year he actually wanted a Buzz Lightyear character on his cake but as usual we were late in ordering and the bakery did not have a ready made Buzz Lightyear character. So, he got a Ben 10 character instead. Instead of plain sponge or butter cake, we ordered a paddle pop ice cream cake which was super duper yummy.

Seeing Luq's happy face was juz priceless.

Our party guests :)

Leia also enjoyed the cake very much.

My pride n joy. Couldn't live without them.

Luq n his current craze, Buzz Lightyear. Presents were from Luq's Mak Yie n Gemma. Sorry mummy couldn't buy u any presents sayang but i can give u 24hr tlc every day.

Happy 4th birthday again.

Fabulous FOUR!

Alhamdulillah my baby boy Luqman Aditya is FOUR years old today! He's not a baby anymore but it seems like only yesterday i gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Words can't describe how much he means to me. I only want the best for him and that he will grow up to become a good khalifa. InsyaAllah. Amin.

These pictures were from he was a baby and his yearly birthday celebration. No big or fancy birthday parties. Just us. Wait for his 4th birthday celebration *wink*

Luq when he was 2 days old (19.08.06)

Luq's 1st birthday (18.08.07)

Luq's 2nd birthday (18.08.08). I was pregnant with Leia.

Luq's 3rd birthday (18.08.09)

U are my sunshine.. my only sunshine
U make me happy.. when skies are gray
U never know boy.. how much i love u
So please don't take my sunshine away

Mummy loves u so much Luqman Aditya!

A surprise indeed!

It was an ordinary Sunday and for once we had no invitations to any birthday parties or kenduri. So, we decided to juz chillax at home and maybe go to the park in the evening. Since it was a free day, i told Mr A that i wanted to go to the hair salon and he said ok. So off i went around 1.30pm. Since i'm driving, i always bbm Mr A once i've arrived at the salon and before going back. Last Sunday when i told him that i was on my way home, he asked me to buy a slurpee from 7-Eleven, specifically the green flavor. I went to a few 7-Elevens near my house but couldn't find the green flavor. So i called Mr A and he said it's ok and asked me to come home.

I didn't suspect anything when walking towards the house. The curtains were drawn but that was normal bcoz we always draw the curtains when Luq n Leia are sleeping in the living hall. As i entered the house, i heard SURPRISE!!! and saw my fellow NGEKS (except Nury & co) waiting for me. I was indeed surprised and felt very touched by the effort that my friends had put in to throw me a surprise birthday party, not forgetting Mr A for playing his part too.

There were so many food but i really loved my Twilight Saga themed cupcakes, which they ordered from no other than Bake Freshly.

The boys managed to get a quick dip in the swimming pool before it rained. Luq was busy playing in his room and didn't notice that Adam & Iman were already in the pool. By the time Luq changed into his swimming attire, it was already raining.

Thanx again NGEKS! There's juz no words to describe how grateful i am to have all of u as my friends.

Taxiiiiiii!!!

Yes i need a taxi to Yellow Cab Pizza please. Hehehe. Last Saturday nite, my sister Arie treated us to a family cum belated dinner. At first i thought she wanted to go to the branch in Ampang but she said the branch in Jalan Raja Abdullah is bigger so off we went. It was a cosy little place but luckily my sister made reservations for us bcoz there were quite a few customers who do eat in rather than opt for the delivery.

I must say that the menu and pizza toppings are a bit different from any other pizza restaurants that i've been to and i simply loved it. We ordered a pizza with everything on it (can't remember the name but it's like the version of Pizza Hut's super supreme), a pizza with mushroom toppings, Charlie Chan chicken pasta (tasted like CPK's Kung Pao spaghetti), potato skins and some chicken wings. Since they actually emphasize on delivery, eating in was juz like having a picnic, with paper plates, cups, forks and spoons so that it's easy to clean up afterwards.

My sister also bought me a cute and delicious vanilla cake from bisou.

Look at them still blowing the candle. Hehehe

Thank u for the treat little sister.

31 no more

I feel very grateful for being able to still breathe each day i wake up in the morning but today i am extra gratefull bcoz i get to celebrate my 32nd birthday. Not to celebrate as in throwing a party but to celebrate another year of life.

Juz like last year, midnite last nite i was 'surprised' again by Mr A when he led me to our dining area with 4 cakes + 5 candles (3 big ones + 2 small ones). I knew earlier that he had brought home cakes when he came back with a paper bag and straight away went to the kitchen. I didn't ask him anything as i didn't want to spoil his surprise. I want to be surprised by not knowing what cakes he bought.

Luq n Leia was still awake last nite so they sang me a birthday song and helped me blow out the candles. Mr A was a bit dissapointed bcoz his 'surprise' didn't work out like last year but i told him cake or no cake, it doesn't matter to me. All that matters is i am surrounded with people who matters the most to me. However, i'm still waiting for that red velvet though *wink*