First raya

Dear Amir,

Selamat hari raya dear!
What a great raya it was kan? Not so much of the raya itself but the fact that i get to spend the whole week, well almost, with my dear son.

We didnt manage to go back to neither Kedah nor Kelantan this year. Partly due to the fact that papa is still not confident to bring you along on a long roadtrip and yeah, we sort of facing a financial constraint now - blame your papa n mama for underestimating the financial requirement of moving house and me for giving in to the temptation of buying new clothes for you each time we go out. But Amir, let me be clear here, I'm still feeling guilty the fact that we couldnt make it back to Alor Setar cos it's been a year since the last trip there. Although Tok keep on saying that it's ok and they agree that u're kinda too small to brave the trip..especially with the ongoing road widening project.. i know, being a parent myself now, nothing is more special than to have your family around during Raya. So Amir, mama does not approve of this no matter what excuse you have when you grow up later k?

Now that we have got that out of the way..hehe.. Raya in Shah Alam with you around is definitely different. Firstly, I didnt get to go for Raya prayers cos I have u to take care. Then dressing u up is more important that finding a matching lipstick for me. And of course, duit raya is just not about giving cos I've a little fund raiser now.. hehe.. dont worry, it's all your we didnt touch it no matter how bad things are now.

On first day Raya, we spent the whole day in Tok Ma's house. You went from a person's arm to another giving mama ample opportunity for a plate of nasi dagang and another..:) Then on second day, we went to Seremban to visit Tok Che' Som, who has not even met your papa yet cos we havent visited her for that long! We also dropped by papa's fren house and they were too quite surprise to see you cos they didnt know I was heavily pregnant some 5 mths ago when they met me.. hmmm...
Tok Ma and Tok Pa left for Kelantan on the third day. Tok Ma was really hesitant when she kissed you goodbye the nite before. The same day, for the first time, mama get to test drive the kitchen for a real cookout to serve 7 of papa's frens. Most of them said you looked like papa every bit except for the complexion. And they were quite amused when you decided to join in the conversation with your own language..

Next day we visited papa's frens and The Gardens. We bought you a toy there cos mama cant resist the temptation of being in the huge baby section in Robinsons.

Finally, on the fifth day, Auntie Hetz travelled all the way alone with Yazid to visit us. I'm so impressed cos i dont think i can handle it if it were me. especially when i've been so pampered and driven around by papa ever since i got pregnant with you.

So that was your first Raya. The next day, Tok Pa and Tok Ma got stranded in Kuantan on their way back from Kelantan due to heavy traffic while your mama got to return to work. So, with heavy hearts, i left you with bibik and Uncle Wan. Papa joined them later to look after you. There's no describing how uneasy it made me feel at work. Especially having spent the whole week looking after you for 24 hrs a day and then having to leave u home without Tok Ma, without your bath yet.. it almost made me cry but I dont want to offend bibik and cause other things..