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Hubby offered to cook Lasagna for dinner and he insisted to prepare everything himself,yahooo boleh goyang kaki.Tapi macam bosan pula,so i amik la gambar :) Sort of the step by step instruction on how to cook beef Lasagna.

1.Let us start with the sauce,which you can use both for spaghetti and lasagna

Brown the ground beef with onions and garlic

Put some bell peppers/paprika too.Pour in tomato sauce,reduce heat
Add 1 tablespoon white sugar,1 tablespoon dried basil and 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
Let it simmer for about half an hour then seasons with salt and pepper.

2.To assemble,we need some lasagna noddles,cheese and creme fraiche.Ideally,bechamel sauce works better but hubs said he prefers the easier way(malas sebenarnye;p) and Creme Fraiche tastes just as nice!

Ok,cook the lasagna noddles in boiling water.
Hubby used 9 pieces(3 noddles for each layer).
Spread the sauce at the bottom of the baking dishArrange the lasagna noddles over the sauce.Spoon some sauce over the noddle and top with creme fraiche and sprinkle with grated cheese,the more the merrier!

Place another layer of noddles and sauce and creme fraiche and cheese.
Repeat for as many layers as you want.Bake in a preheated oven for 45 mins and walla!
A little work but it's all worth it,danke hubs.
So in returns,i made him this.
Chicken schnitzel with black pepper sauce,comot!



Went to the flea market the other day,though it was raining i insisted on going out
sebab dah 2 hari tak keluar rumah!I did not care much about other stalls except this one stall selling all types of book,in German of course.Since hubby spends more than 5 years here,and i too know little bit of Deutsch,we think the baby has no choice but to learn a bit of the language.
And since the buggy is already here,i have one thing in mind; let's get baby M a buggy book!
To be exact,i was looking for a soft book.But the stall did not have it,maybe hari tue last day kot.Nevermind,boleh beli soft book nanti,so i took this one first.Title macam comel,so without much thinking,i just grabbed the book,asked hubby to pay and ajak balik!It was raining,remember?
Kat rumah,i told hubby "Jom abg,let's read it out for baby M!" First and second pages were ok,simple Deutsch jer nie.But owh my,3rd page onward Mama dah tak faham hahahaha,hubby pulak kene translate;p
Sorry baby,i'll save this book for your(or our;p) Deutsch lesson with bapa later ok
We are done with the items listed in this entry except for the breastpump.Well,pretty much dah decide which one we want and insyaAllah akan beli masa my convocation trip nanti.

Next in the list is the bottles set.My plan is to exclusively breastfeed for the first few weeks,once the baby can latch on properly,i will introduce him a bottle with EBM.

Ok,so how do you choose which bottle for your baby?Which one matters most?Is it the nipple shape? or nipple flow rate or the anti colic features?Most bottles are BPA free nowadays so i'm not too worried about that.And i know bottle feeding with breast milk ain't easy.You have to find the right bottle so little one can switch back and forth from the breast and bottle with no issue,true?
So upon reading online reviews,i came to this First Years Breastflow:
  • Two-part teat system designed to assist combined breast and bottle-feeding
  • Teat encourages same tongue position as breast feeding
  • Inner teat allows baby to control milk flow
  • With extra wide neck for easy cleaning

The only negative feedback i read is the extra teats system make it painful to set up andclean the bottle.Other than that,everyone seems happy with it.So this brand tops my list now.

Other brands that i am considering are Dr Brown(known best for its anti colic system),Tommee Tippee (love the bottle shape ;p) and Avent.
I know many mommies out there choose Avent bottles and i pon suke jugak Avent tapi tak nak la beli sebab ikut2 jer kan huhu,so care to share your opinions?

But hey,i can just buy one or two first and try out new brands if the baby is not happy later kan?
Apart from the bottle sets,we are planning to get this too. Avent Electric Steam Sterilizer

And upon asking a few mommies,we do not see a need for an electric bottle warmer,agree?
2nd week of April and it's still cold over here.
Now i miss our sunny Malaysian weather pulak.Kat Malaysia asyik complain panas,padan muka!;p

Tapi over the weekend adalah sun sikit,so we went out for a walk and have some ice cream yummmmy! Hubby will usually give me this you-are-not supposed-to-eat-ice cream look tapi last2 i dapat jugak huhu.
And we went to check out baby stuff too but ended up buying just a baby bath thermometer and a bulb sucker jer huuu21 weeks!

My mother has been calling me Ms Pumpkin,comel eii?Hubby, on the other hand,calls me macam2 Ms Teletubby la Tembikai(Watermelon) la.And wait until you hear him saying "I think your tummy's gonna explode!" aarghhh

Anyway,dear Spring,please come fast!I can't wait to see more colors!

More pretty flowers pleasee!


Ladies,ask your partner to sign up for babycenter update too!
Why?Before going to bed last night,my darling hubby suddenly asked...

Him:Honey,let's do some shopping tomorrow,nak?
and i was like...

Me:ek?Do you mean grocery shopping?
Him:Tak lah.Jom beli baju baru untuk honey.
Me: ???

Ingatkan demam tiba-tiba hubby nie,but then i figure out that he just read the weekly email update from babycenter.com!!kihkih
.....Spain again!This time to Andalucia(Malaga-Granada-Seville-Cordoba) insyaAllah.

I just can't wait!
Ever since Barcelona,i have always wanted to go back to Spain,forget about Paris yg busuk itu.This time we are going to travel with my in laws,so boleh ke kire BabyMoon?;p
Tickets-checked,hotel+car rental-in progress.Just now hubby kira kan,there'll be 6 more flight trips before baby M arrives.So in total 10 trips la.So no surprise kalau nanti die ckp mau jadi pilot hihi
Apart from a few throw up sessions in the first trimester and some upper back acne attack,i am happy to say that so far,20 weeks into pregnancy,so good.Of course there are days when i feel down,especially when i was away from hubby for the last 3 months.During that period,i kept reminded myself,"don't get too carried away".Of course when i was sad,i allowed myself to be sad but if it was for no apparent reason,i would try to stop it.Being pregnant is not a sickness or a weakness and i want this little one to be born healthy so i have to keep myself balanced and stay healthy as possible too.Easy said than done right?hahaha
Anyway,dah lama tak post gambar food.While it is normal for pregnant women to gag at the kitchen(and even their partners body odors), i am grateful not to fall into that group.And these days,cooking has been a lot and a lot easier with the extra helping hands in the kitchen,rajin ok hubby sekarang nie ;p

Kueh Bakar-hubby mintak.

Hubby's favorite-Honey Sesame chicken
Home made Mozzarella pizza.
We had this 2 days in a row hahaha




Hello from Augsburg!
Arghhh comot melampau!This is my very first full photo with the baby bump(kalau nampak lah hihi;p)

It's been 5 days since i arrived in Augsburg.The journey was sgt ok Alhamdulillah :)
More updates to come after this,after i have done folding the 3 loads laundry,unpacking belacan and segala bekal mak nenek,and booking and planning our May and June trip!

Anyway,i'm in my 20th weeks now,cepat kan?
Care to know what's the baby listening to?

Most days the father akan kasi dgr something from Maxim or Mozart and kadang2 this one huhuhu,nak suruh anak jadi rock star kot ;p







I know i don't blog much lately and i blame the hormones and the weather!Fuhh creating excuses eh,truth is,i just do not have the mood to blog ;p aka malas!

I'll be seeing hubby again in 2 weeks time yeay!!and hopefully kat Augsburg nanti rajin lah update blog.Anyway,i need your opinions on some of the baby stuff.

1.Breast Pump

After researching and asking around,rasanya we are going for Medela,but which model tue,undecided lagi.I know,i know mesti ramai ckp beli free-style lah.Of course i want to,but put yourself in our shoes,being first time parents yang semua barang baby kene beli and with the not yet working mommy nie, surely we have to allocate the budget for every single thing and as for now,free-style is beyond our budget.So,our other options are the pump- in style or Swing or Mini(double).But seriously,what's the different between the Free-style and pump-in style besides the first one is of course can be operated hands free?And between dual pumping(double mini) and dual mode expression(swing) which one is more important?If there's dual swing,surely i'll grab that one.
free-style aka hands free?

the bulky pump-in style?



ke mini?ke 2-phase but single pumping?


2.Stroller
I don't know about others but for us,stroller nie on the top of the list too.Maybe dah terlampau selalu tgk mat2 saleh nie with strollers kot.And with the very-petite-me,there's no way i could carry a 10kg baby pusing satu mall later.What we want is a compact fold 3 wheelers.

Dulu idaman hati was phil&ted,i know yg nie mmg bulky berat sgt but can't help it,suke sgt.Especially with the double kit that allows 2 kids to ride(hihi nak ade sorang dah pikir stroller for 2!) We both love this buggy that we tested it every time pegi Mothercare hahaha.Tapi saya kene menyedari diri ini ikan bilis that the buggy is too big for me,macam i sekali boleh dok dlm tue.So i doubt if i can manouevre it smoothly hahaha org tgk pon kesian kot ;p



So 2nd idaman hati,Quinny Zapp pairs up with Maxi Cosi.Like many others,i was charmed by its stylish look!I love the fact that it's one of the most compact stroller which is perfect for parents like us who've got small cars hihi.But but its lack of recline feature has hold me back.I'm afraid later the sleep part will be a problem.Well,surely the sleepy baby(or toddler) couldn't get comfortable in the upright seat kan?Any Zapp users with this sleeping problem?
So our other choice is Quinny Speedi,ok tak?But i don't think it's light-weighted pulak hmm hmmmm.
What do you think?Ke salah concept kami nie,budget for buggy dah exceed breastpump huhu.

3.Babybjorn-dah beli dah.Huby ckp he won't give up gaming,so kene ade sling la in case die kene babysit sambil main game huhu.I can imagine me busy cooking,he's with baby M main game,biarlah.And there's no way he's going to wear a baby pouch,so yg nie die dah beli siap2. konon nak jadi ayah cool camni la ye hubby?huhu

4.Rocker/Bouncer.ok yg nie seriously tak tahu nak pilih mana satu.Hubby ckp he read reviews fisher-price punya pon ade yg senang topple.pulak dah huuu help!! Ape lagi ye,rasanya tue jer kot yang kene beli before in laws dtg Augsburg,nak tumpang luggage diorang.I'm lucky that hubby pon sama excited survey baby's stuff nie.In fact,breast pump pon die yg tolong survey ;p.

Ok,update on the baby!I'm in my 18th weeks and i' glad the nausea nightmare had gone!So preggy mommies out there,just hang on in the first trimester tue k.I can still eat almost everything except 2 benda : daun kesum and ikan bakar dlm daun pisang.The rest is fine.But i forbid myself from eating too much,no such thing as eating for two for me.It's the quality of the food not the amount of it that you have to watch out,kan?But,if i want to,i have no problem pon nak makan nasi 3 or 4 kali sehari but will end up tido kekenyangan the whole day huhu,so not healthy,tak bleh,tak bleh!Craving pon tak ade except rambutan yg dulu tue,and few weeks back i asked for pisang emas.Huhu mak ckp nasib baik mengidam yg senang je ;p.Ade jugak rasa nak makan sushi and sashimi but i know eating raw food is unhealthy for the baby,so pandai pulak tahan hahaha,bukan craving but more to mengada2 kot huhu.So here is the latest image of baby M.Check up was done at the local pusat perubatan Islam in KB,most likely i'm gong to deliver here,anakanda nie akan jadi rakyat kelante la nie hehe.
Owh another note,when filling up the commencement form,under special request tue,i asked for a seat close to the stage,my reason; i will be 26 weeks pregnant by then,takot penat jalan jauh(the ceremony will take place at the the Royal Albert Hall,so rasa-rasanya mesti jauh kan kene jalan to the stage kan?pandai2 ;p)But bila dah submit rasa mengada pulak,ade ke org nak entertain such request hahaha maluuuu!!!
Baby M,this is me 4 years back,during my degree commencement,it was freezing cold but i insisted on wearing kebaya.This May you'll be walking the aisle with me okie dear?
Tak ade mood nak blog but 20 February is a special date for us,so i just have to write this down.

Happy 8th anniversary abg/hubby/yayang/dek!8 years ago!

Hahaha yerp i call hubby macam-macam,sesuka hati,sesedap rasa ;p
Eh no,no,bukan wedding but courtship anniversary ya,tak
ot ade yg ingat kami kawen umur 18+;p
Though there's no more fancy celebration for this
date and we have passed the stage of celebrating monthly anniversary,who could have forgotten the day you found out that your hearts are connected.In our case,the proposal day too.Yes,instead of asking me out for the first date,hubby terus asked me to marry him!Nervous sgt sampai ajak kawen;p
So there's no surprise when we really got married 4 years later.
Anyway,fast forward,these 8 years has been wonderful alhamdulillah and i am delighted that we are still in our honeymoon stage ngeh ngeh.May our bonds str
engthen and stay untarnished,aminn.

Okie,update on the baby.Alhamdulillah dah 14 weeks!
Normal ke your weight fluctuates in the 1st trimester?Kejap naik 4kg,
kejap i lost 1kg ;p.
Last checkup was 2 weeks ago and everything is o
k alhamdulillah.Nampak baby tgh happy swimming hehe.
Hubby has decided the name,it's either baby M or baby H.
The naming criteria is simple;hubby wants all of his children to have meaningful single and simple names because he wants them to be called by their full names,bukan macam nama mama yang panjang nie yer,last-last panggil Ami or Mie jer ;p


And baby M/H,look what is your father goin
g to get you!He said you have no choice but to join him with the Reds.Meluntur buluh biar dari rebungnya?ish ish mangsa keadaan.

An MRSMPC cum Purdue friend asked my favor for a few photos when we were still in MRSM.Since i got nothing else to do,i decided to dig the photo album and help her out.And i decided to put up some here too!

1.My messy classroom!
Mmg tunggang terbalik habis;p Look at my desk!The best thing is,tak ada seorang pon bising class bersepah hahaha.

2.My classmates.
In each class ade at most 20 students jer, so we were quite close with each other.Owh i miss them all and the teachers too!I tell you,our teachers sangat best :) Ni cikgu Hasmah,boleh pulak bosan belajar dalam classroom buat class kat taman ;p.Oops sebenarnya kitorang yg minta belajar kat taman sebab dekat dengan Dewan Makan,habis class senang nak pegi lunch!
As you can see,I was the smallest hahaha.My classmates semua
gila-gila!We called ourselves kanak-kanak ribena.Kesian diorang kadang-kadang kene marah dengan i yg nerd nie sebab bising ;p
Far to the rig
ht is hubby.Kurus kan?Saje je nak tgk my ma recognizes tak her menantu yg dulu amat kurus nie,so I took this photo and showed to her this morning.
Me: Yang hujung tue la selalu buli Mie dalam class dulu
My Ma: Ooo nama die siapa?

Me: Mohammad Harith

My Ma: Laaaaaa,ni Harith????

hihihihi


3.Ok last photo,taken mase prep.
There's this one time i tido masa prep and warden datang!Danggg!!!Die ketuk my desk dan jerit "Awak nak tidur ke nak belajar??Nak tidur balik dorm lah!!"She was sooo loud rasa macam the whole building boleh dengar!hahaha
I rase time nie la paling pandai pakai tudung,i must have spent 15 minutes if
not more depan cermin betulkan tudung sebelum pegi prep.Nie tak pakai plastic ke awning tau.Sekarang?Nak iron tudung pon malas.


Rindunya zaman muda ;p
Salam All,
So how's yours 3/4 days weekend?Don't ask me,i cuti sokmo :)

Alhamdulillah everything is back to normal,no extreme sickness,appetite pon dah ok balik,good!Cepat je kan,soon dah masuk 2nd trimester.Let see how's the baby growing.
(source: babycenter.com)
The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.

Anyway,mommies out there,do you have any craving during pregnancy?Pregnancy craving is legendary and nobody knows for sure what is behind those ' i have to have chocolate,no matter the hour!' Some say craving nie all made up and some believe craving means that you are lacking certain nutrients in your diet,which i do agree.For instance,milk craving might be a sign that mommy needs more calcium.There's another type of craving called "pica" where moms-to-be find themselves craving for non-edible items such as clay, dirt or laundry starch, or even baking powder.Women with pica usually have low iron in their blood,kesian kan?
But there's no explanation to those yg nak new handbag or strange/bizarre food macam otak unta,ade ke?;p Agak pelik jugak lah kalau tak pernah makan otak unta tiba-tiba nak pulak kan?
I personally believe there's no harm giving in into food craving,especially if it is harmless and helps you through the pregnancy sickness.Moms-to-be deserve to be happy after all,our bodies work 24 hours a day to grow a healthy baby :)

Tapi jgn ikut saya,sekarang semua org tgh pening mana nak cari ;p Honestly up till now i feel like eating everything but there's this one thing yg asyik teringat,tapi tak dapat,so lagi lah teringat --->R.A.M.B.U.T.A.N. So what am i lacking of,vitamin C ke?hahaha.Asking for a fruit out of its season,mmg bagus!Actually nak rambutan nie way before kejadian baby ooops ;p,back in Germany lagi.Abg,ingat tak masa kite pegi grocery shopping @Kaufland ade rambutan tapi dah tak elok?Since then la rasa nak rambutan,so rasanya it's not really a pregnancy craving kot.My sister managed to get some few weeks ago,tapi dah tak fresh,agak lembik,so i tak puas hati.Few days ago pula dpt 2 biji sebab my ayah pegi rumah kawan and kebetulan kawan ayah ada pokok rambutan,ade la the last 2 biji.But i want more!Kalau tak dpt jugak kene makan rambutan dalam tin lah huhu.Rambutan oo rambutan,where are you?Anybody nampak rambutan anywhere?
yummmmmyy!

Okla,forget about rambutan.Saje nak share nie,i went to the market with mak and saw the very same pakcik selling this satay ikan.Kenal tak nie?Mase sekolah rendah dulu i selalu makan nie,die jual depan sekolah.I can't believe it,after 20 years,this pakcik is still selling satay nie for 10 cents/stick,only the size is smaller.But the taste masih lagi sama!yummyyyy!

Orait,time for nap.Cepat lah visa siap,sudah rindu encik suami nie :(