This will be my first post for the year 2012. Sorry for being so idle these past few days. Aside from coping up with the weather, SIL took us around Sharjah yesterday. It’s really fun to be with your family – that’s all I can say. Looking forward to be on the work mode in the next couple of days. Living you behind this photo of us taken by SIL in Sahara Mall after lunch. Sorry for the mess in front of us, hahaha! 
Sharjah welcomed us with a beautiful sunrise yesterday. Yep, we’re here. And we’re hoping for a brighter day. My SIL and her husband opened their doors for us and my kids to stay with them for a while. I’m so blessed to have them in my life. I couldn’t ask for anything more, and I just pray that this light will bring forth good news for me and my family. Ya Rab! Ya Allah!
At 12:01 am today, God whispered to me:
Dear Jhari,
Surrender your stress to Me now. Your body wasn’t made for severe stress.
Be happy,
GodP.S. Jhari, I’m taking off from your shoulders all your worries and fears and anxieties today. Don’t get them back!
Yes, I’ve been really stressed lately. I’m thinking a lot of things that sometimes, I’m an inch of giving up hope. But when I read this, it made me realize that it’s not always dark. I mean, we sleep at night and then we get up the next day. And when we wake up, there’s the sun. And it’s bright. That means right now, whatever situation my family are into, I know that Allah God Almighty will always be there to lift us up on this dark side of our lives. It’s hard, but it’s ok. It hurts, but it doesn’t matter anymore. Because it’s in the past. What matters now is the present and future. AMEN!
Jhellai, a dear friend of mine way back college, will soon depart with her family. A new journey ahead for her, and soon she’ll be officially an OFW – just like me, a year ago. She shared me this video that made me cry and missed my family back home. There’s truly nothing more special on a Christmas day, but to be with our family. Watch it, and see for yourself.
I really love how Coca-Cola Philippines made this one. The best! And Jhellai, thanks for sharing this video. Good luck on your adventure. Will be praying for you Kambal. You very well know I’m just a chat away.
December is here. And this is will be my laptop wall paper for the next month. I download it of course from Shabby Shoppe Blog. Click here for more info.
I added a text saying “All I want for Christmas is YOU…”. Aside from the holidays, December is a very special month for me. My birthday is coming up soon. I’m blessed with a supportive family-in-laws. But there’s just one thing I wish for my birthday. That is for US family to be complete. That’s all I want as a gift for my birthday.
I miss you Sweety…. come home soon…
My birthday wouldn’t be the same without you. Ya rab… Ya Allah! Bring him back…
So what’s up with these two? Well since their Facebook page doesn’t have any activity for almost 2 months, might as well give you a hint of what they are up to these days.
There you go. My two lovely dovey daughters, Julie & Julia. Big sister is growing up very attentive and curious with the things around her. She would gradually ask from time to time the things that is new to her. Like asking why do we eat? What’s inside her tummy? Why she needs to take a bath? Why she need to dress up? Why she needs to poo? Thank God I’m passing the set of questions she’s throwing at me. Questions of a toddler that I’m having trouble lately on what and how to respond. A commenter told me once, that being a stay-at-home-mom is like going to school as well. Because you have to be ready with all the questions of your teacher child and do a lot of research on how to answer them in the most appropriate and nomad way.
The little one on the other hand is getting all the attentions lately. She smiles a lot and she makes a lot of funny noises too. Her sleeping habits are normal, except that she stays awake longer in the day – which makes me a hands on mom. I’m keeping up with it though. I’m thankful that my mother-in-law is here to help out with the cooking. Otherwise, I don’t know how I will ever get through a day.
That’s it for them. Big sister’s birthday is coming up soon. In 10 days, she’ll turn 3. While the little one’s turning 5 months on the 4th – I’m getting old! Gosh!
November is a special month for us. For the 1st week, we’ll be celebrating the BIL’s birthday, 2nd will be for Julia (she’s turning 3), and 3rd will be a week for my dad’s birthday. I found a site that offers great gift for Dad for any occasion. Great ideas and good deals. Looking something to cheer up dad, and I hope he’ll like it too – well I’m sure he will. He’s fond of surprises. A busy birth-month for us.
SIL’s husband will be traveling back to Saudi soon. But we’re still looking for available flights, and the cheapest fare (somehow). After the Eid, prices for airline fare went up. I wonder if he’s considering traveling by land. SIL and I were having a chit chat the other day, she said that since most of her family likes to travel on the road, might as well invest for a moving RV. We laughed by the thought of it. But then we also need to consider the fact to have an available shop that can do rv repair too. Hmmm… and so, we decided to set aside those dreams for a while since right now, it’s impossible for us to have those for real. I wish him a good and safe journey back to Saudi.
We’re almost at the end of August. Time flies so fast, I’m so happy that Ramadan is near it’s end. Eid Holidays is just around the corner. We’re hoping that FIL can come home to celebrate with us. The girls will be so glad to see him. I miss my SIL’s as well. And we’re really hoping to get along together soon.
By the way, my SIL who’s pregnant will have a baby boy. She’ s due 2nd week of January 2012. We can’t wait to meet the new bundle of joy. Anyway, that’s it for the mean time. I need to review this collision estimation that my friend is talking about. Ciao for now.
And so here’s our little angel exactly 7wks old now. This photo was taken the other day though. She’s growing up looking somehow like me. Lily has my eyes. Whoever it is that she looks like, she’s still an angel for us and we love her just as she is.
Sleeping like a log in the morning and being nursed 3x a day, this is her habit every day. As much as I wanted to purely breastfeed her, I couldn’t. My supply is not enough. So we’re on a mix feeding here. I’m lucky that she’s not giving me a hard time at night. Masha’Allah. When Julia was born, I have my mom beside me so at night if she wakes up, I’m not the one who will get off the bed to check on her, my mom is. But this time, Lily’s a mama’s girl. I’m thankful as well because Hubby’s doing good taking her when I do the cooking (not all the time). She smiles a lot these days too. Playing with her angels around her. Big sister Julia loves to kiss her cheeks. Who wouldn’t? I myself can’t resist it. Actually it’s all of us. That’s all for now. Will try to keep up with her updates if I can.
