Assalamualaikum Zubia,

This week is the third time you suffer from flu:-) Alhamdulilah this time is not that heavy like before, maybe because of the HiB vaccination you already completed.

These days, well in fact since few weeks ago but somehow I forgot to write here, you like to play 'kuck kuck da' with us. You laugh too much, Zubia and your face turns so funny and curious whenever we dissapear and say 'kuck kuuuck':-) Your eyes search around and your cute lips keep saying 'da..ta..ndak..da':-)

MashaAllah you also talk too much, dada..tata, daddy, ndak. But I wonder why you dont say Mama, or at least Ma:-) Not only talking you are also copying us:-), trying to say the word we ask you to say, making noises while sipping juice, and doing some actions. Seems like you completely understand things now.

One more activity you like these days is watching and moving along with your own shadow:-) Sometimes you try to touch and catch it:-) Its always a funny moment whenever you are doing so. Normally we tease you with our hands shadows:-)

Another thing is that you start making a crawling-position, and move your whole body front and backwards just like a saw:-) But I noticed, instead of going forward, you put your hips down and sit:-) I strongly believe that you will skip this crawling step and will right away sit and later on walk, inshaAllah. Not bad, I have heard some kids do so. And I myself prefer this way- because it will be safer for you and our house - rather than crawling here and there and making mess:-)

Ok Zubia, thats it for today, I love you more and more each day, baby...especially after you started giving me hugs...feels like all tireness and sadness flown away:-)

Have a nice sleep my baby and recover soon,

Mom.

Assalamualaikum Zubia,

It has been long time I didnt write anything here. Well, due to so many factors, Baby...I just couldnt spare any time for this blogger. Our system was the main reason:-) we started using DSL service at the begining of this month and since then, your Daddy had to deal with so many problems related to this fast connection. Anyway, alhamdulillah its over, though not 100% recovered:-)

Last Saturday we went to Infineon's open day, I wished you could also enjoy, Zubia:-) At least you could see many different people there. We took Aunty Tuti's family to the program.

Let me now tell you about your development so far.
You can sit without support mashaAllah, since three weeks ago. Yet I am afraid to let you do so on the carpeted floor, so normally you sit and play in our bed. You dont crawl till now but do move too fast backward. Now I cannot leave you liled down alone in the bed, because for sure, within seconds you would fall down:-)

Your two lower front teeth are mashaAllah big now, but so nice of you Zubia you never bites me again, eversince I screamed whenever you did so.
You started taking solid just at the beginning of your seventh month. I also gave you boiled egg which I stopped later after consulting your pediatrician about this. She said, ''give everything after 1 year..for now bottled solid is enough':-)

Since one and half weeks ago, you started giving me kisses. Whenever I bring my face close to you and say 'sayang mami nak..' you right away grab it with your two hands and give me a wet kiss:-) Thank you soo much Zubia, you just make me feel so proud and happy. But the thing is you dont do this thing to your Daddy that makes him sometimes a bit sad... hehehe and jealous in fact.:-)

This month we have been busy with majelis, and I also started teaching some Au Pairs. So far they come here, but i think in future we will have to visit them also.

Other activities....we just finished up with an online seminar where I was pointed to make a repot of it, and alhamdulillah I did it well (people said):-) InshaAllah it will be published in detik.com, and some other papers (hopefully). Thank your Daddy for always keeping me high by telling me that I am a very good writer.:-)

I think thats it for now Zubia, I will write you again whenever I find time, ok?

I love you soo much baby,

Mom.


Ps : Today I changed the date of our departure to Pakistan, it will be inshaAllah on November 11 2004.