New Blogging home!

Assalaam Alaikum,
My new blogging home:
http://seekingjannah.wordpress.com
Pls do visit!

Feeding Ilyaas

Assalaam ‘Alaikum
I tried my hand at cleaning shrimps today for the first time…and ew…I was totally grossed out…I dunno how my mom does it…but after trying several, I did get the hang of it,  but it still felt yucky…

Ilyaas is  taking his first steps..alhamdulillah… He walks for a bit ..like 2-3 independent steps and stumbles…Subhanallah…my heart bursts with joy when I see him …and we walk with such ease , completely underestimating Allah’s bounties…

Anyways…feeding Ilyaas is such a huge challenge…Meal times are my most dreadful moments…I mean how does one feed a baby who is not ready to sit in one place…turns his mouth away when the spoon approaches him, tries to escape from his chair…It takes two to feed him, one hold his mouth and feeds him and the the other distracts him with toys … How do you guys manage? Any tips welcome… and oh…what is a  year old to be fed exactly?  I usually give him  ground rice/potatoes/lentils/oatmeal etc…What do other mommas feed their babies? Any new ideas most welcome…

I'm around...

Assalaam ‘Alaikum!

I know I’ve been away for a long time but it isn’t easy being pregnant and taking care of a 1 yr old at the same time…yes Ilyaas turned a year old on Feb 12…sometimes, its hard to believe, it has been a year since those deadly hospital visits, the operation room, and all those horrible memories…but Ilyaas is also a part of those memories and reminding myself that I had him thru those hard times makes it all bearable…This time, there haven’t been any major complications, alhamdulillah the fetal presentation isn’t breech either…that’s a relief…it’s cephalic…
A slight complication is that the ultrasound shows my due date to be 12March whereas my due date as per calculation is march 30…this is all too confusing, and I hope everything turns out to be fine, insha ALLAH…I hope its not another C- Section…
Amidst all this, we’re moving !!!
Currently, we reside in a 3 br apartment in the heart of the city…we’re moving to a little villa in another peaceful place…mostly due to lack of enough space…the rooms in our present home aren’t spacious and the kitchen is too small…Our new home has 2 bedrooms comparatively larger, a large hall, dining, a garage for 2 cars…and a little front yard…with trees lined at the edges…sorry I’m not that good at describing..we’ll be having a mago tree, and some others as well…insha ALLAH…good for the kids to play around…it’s fully furnished…the fridge is even stocked up with eatables!!!and I love my bathroom…(lol)…I ‘ll post pix soon…both old and new homes…We’re officially moving there by the first of April..that’s around my Due date…I just hope we can manage it all…
We’re both looking forward to moving to our new home and a bit sad about leaving the home we’ve been living in for about 10 years…it seems like only yesterday..reminds me how when we leave this world, it’ll be as if we lived here for not more than a day or two..
These days, it’s the Grand Prix season around Bahrain…I’m not into it, I haven’t been to the Bahrain International Circuit and I don’t even know the names of the teams…basically, its just not my thing…
That’s all for now…More later…Please remember me in your Dua’s…That’s an earnest request…Fi Amaan ALLAH.

Henna Gallery

Assalaam 'Alaikum!

Check out this really nice Henna gallery by indu_zari here:
http://community.webshots.com/user/indu_zari_henna

And these cool Henna blogs:
www.hennafairy.com
www.jewelmuse.blogspot.com

If you have any cool Henna links, pls do share!!!

There is this henna salon in Bahrain called Rachna Henna Salon that does awesome Henna designs, I did a net search for it, but didnt come up with any results... I wonder where their designs come from...
Waiting for the Henna Links!

Eid Mubarak!

Assalaam 'Alaikum!

A belated Eid Mubarak to all!

Taqabballahu Minna wa Minkum!

May our next Eid be as a Hajji, insha ALLAH!

New Year Links

Assalaam 'Alaikum!
A beautiful, thought provoking poem on the New Year by Maliha.
http://maliha.blogspot.com/2005_12_25_maliha_archive.html

An inspiring article,
5 things You Can Do For Yourself in 2006

Any ways, its not our new year ..our new year begins in Muharram, the first Islamic Month.

My Little Arab!

Which One's Better?

Assalaam 'Alaikum!
There is a huge variety of Photo Uploading sites on the web, including Picassa, Flickr , Photobucket and countless others...
Which ones the most user friendly and has more features according to you?
Help me choose one!
Waiting for your input!
Fi Amaan ALLAH

This is Ilyaas!

Assalaam 'Alaikum!

This is Ilyaas, my first born!




This is him when we were being discharged from the hospital! ( alomst 11 months ago!)He was delivered through an emergency caesarian coz of my sudden high blood pressure and anyway, we expected a c- section coz he was breech!
but holding him in my arms made me forget everything!
It made me realise I am not a little girl anymore, I am a mother, entrusted with a life, an opportunity to mould an individual, give the world another Ahmed Deedat, or another Bush, I will be accountable..it's upto me...
Time I grew up... Subhanallah!
Ilyaas brought Jannah to my feet! Allahu Akbar! Alhamdu lillah!
Ya Rabb! Pls enable me to fulfill my responsibility with goodness and perfection! Ameen!

Watch out for more of his pix...

Henna haunts me!

Asslaam 'Alaikum!
Lately, I've beeen obsessed with working out the secret formula to making a rich, dark Henna dye! I just can't seem to get it...
I used to be an ace at henna designing, but I havent touched a cone for the past two years, need to brush up on my skills...
In the meantime, any resources/tips to achieve a dark stain, pls share!
Jazakumullah!