Pushing Myself..

Wow, what a day!

This morning, Ammar and I took Zaido to see this new Doctor. Nothing is wrong but we have been thinking to change his Dr and finding another one. His Dr is OK but it is kinda far from us, always crowded, they don't like his health insurance plan, and for the last few times she told us to call for an appointment before we come, even if he is sick!! So last time we went there, Ammar got really mad at her. So we went this morning to see this new Dr, but we did not find what we needed. So, i guess we have to keep looking. Around 1:50, i left the house to drop Zaido at the Day Care and went to school as usual. After i was going back to pick Zaido up...i knew that I'm actually invited to this birthday party!! I was invited like 2 weeks ago...but the lady was suppose to call me to confirm it!! So she talked to me and told me to come right a way. I took Zaido there and we had a great time, i wish i had my camera with me.

I don't think I'm going to be able to write that much on this blog!...I come very tired from school and i can barely keep up with the readings. Aaand, this Saturday i went to school and added another class with a lab. So now, i basically have a class Saturday morning from 9-12. I'm trying to push myself...if i can do 5 classes this semester, that will be awesome inshallah. The good thing is i leave Zaido with Ammar at home:) The bad thing is the fact of going to school on a Saturday morning...missing few hours of our family time. But Ammar and I have talked about it and he is really supportive alhamdulilah. I mean why not try at least, I have nothing to lose. If i felt like i can't do it, i can just drop the class and it won't hurt me. So I really hope everything will be fine inshallah. I need lots of duaaa plz.

Mashallah, this past week is so amazing...so many people i know just had thier babys mashallah..some here and some in Saudi Arabia. it is so amazing subhanallah. So nice to see all the girls my age are having thier own babeis....subhanallah, everyone is becoming mamas and babas.Those flowers are for you all;) And in few days my friend Noor is going to have her own baby too inshallah. I'm parying that her mom will come on time for the dilevry and i pray that she'll have an easy dilevery...Ameen!

School and the Day Care!

I'm back to school :), yes this is a smiley face, i really miss going back to school..i like how I'm busy with something...i like the routine of my days. The holiday was really nice and loong, but in the end i started to feel really bored and not only that...Zaido's routine of sleeping started to be messed up too. He was taking naps like at 4pm!! So the other day, i tried to put him to sleep @7:30 and it did not work..in the end..he slept @ 9pm!!. Any way, now everything is back to normal. Bed time is 7:30.
My schedule of classes this semester is kinda different. (M-W) i have one class only; i leave zaido from 2- 4pm which is good, (T-TH) i have three classes, those days are hard because i leave zaido from 9:30am- 4pm. I hope everything will keep going smoothly inshallah. I'm very happy with the day care center alhamdulilah, they are very caring and Zaido seems to be happy there. He did cry the first two days, but today he didn't. He was actually very comfortable..i gave him his milk before i leave and he laid down and wanted to take a nap! There is absolutely no comparison to the old babysitter. I feel very comfortable leaving zaido there, I'm not stressed like before, and i drive with a peace of mind. It's a big ne3meh. May Allah reward the sis who told me about this day care, and may Allah bless those ladies working there.. Ameen.
Yesterday Zaido made me laugh. After i got him dressed, i was looking for something to wear to school. So..i choose my white jeans and a black shirt...and i was thinking to my self, that white and black jacket goes with my outfit. And before i finish my thought, Zaido went inside my walking closet and was trying to pull out the exact jacket that i wanted to wear!! I just started laughing and i was like..how did you know?!! He just looked at me and smiled!It was so cute! This boy know how to match things together. Sometimes, when he wakes up, he opens his own closet and choose his own clothes and asks me to get him dressed, and he dose match things up. He knows what he is doing... and i can't wait for the moment where I'll be like..hey zaido..you think this skirt goes with this shirt, or you think this jacket goes with this scarf :-) aww, i don't want him to grow up too fast thought;)

So tomorrow it's one of the long days and i have to start reading for three classes and it is 10:30pm already!! The good thing is i do have a break between the first and the second class...so what i'm going to do is read for the first and last class now, and finish the reading for the second class during the break. Hope it will work..

Wish me Luck!

My -not- Kosa me7shy!

Today alhamdulialh was the last day for zaido to take his medication finally. I'm glad because "my way" of giving him the medication worked few times ya, but not all the times. There has been some crying and some feet kicking into my tommy, chest area, and etc.....:) so ya alhamdulilah we are done with that and most importantly alf alhamdulilah that Zaido is well. Ammar is doing better now.. he went to see a doctor yesterday and they told him not to worry about it. The doctor did tell him thought that it's may be the time to work on his waight =) heheh.....I'm so mean lol.

Yesterday i felt like eating "ma7ashy" i don't remember when was the last time i cooked that tabkha!!!long time, but there is this thing about this tabkha...i mean why do we have to empty the kosa from the stuff? i really like the stuff. I know you can cook the stuff alone ba3deen but i really like the whole kosa! So you know what i did? i just cut the kosa like circles, then i put one lair of kosa in the dish, then i put a lair of the rice mixed with the meat, then another lair of kosa. Then i put the tomato sauce with the garlic, covered it, and put it in the oven! Annnd Wa La ...the UN- ma7shy kosa was fantastico!! it tasted exactly the same. You guys should try it...

This is not the first time for me to experiment with food. I remember when i was pregnant that i felt like kosa too ( i really like kosa and vegetables as you can see:), so ofcourse being pregnant and huge and tired; i didn't want to bother working on it. So i remember that i just cut some kosa, put it inside the pan, through the rice and the meat and the sauce....and ya we ate it just like that....it looked like something smooshy and mooshy but hey.. it tasted just like kosa me7shy and this is what i needed! And by the way I'm not the only one who does that. My mother in- law does that too with the malfoof not kosa;) and she makes it yummy!

Any way, today i went to the mall and bought some stuff. Then took zaido to the park..he really loves watching the ducks and the big birds over there:) Then we went home and took some lunch to the masjid for Ammar to eat. I stayed there until Isha prayer...i really miss going to the masjid. Subhanallah when i was prying mughrib there...i had this weired feeling of peace inside me! i don't know how to explain it...but it was nice to pray in the house of Allah. Maybe because ammar was taking care of zaido, i was able to concentrate more.. i don't know, but it was just a nice feeling. I was hoping to see some of the girls but after running behind zaido all day long, i decided to go home because my back is killing me now.

This Monday my school is going to start. I'm kinda excited and nervous at the same time. This holiday was nice and long and I'm ready to go back. Living in a place like this, you have to keep yourself busy with somthing good or els your mind will keep you busy with...not good things maybe!

Alhamdulilah i found a good place for zaido and I'm hoping for the best. Ammar and i went and checked the place out and we were very pleased with what we saw, so inshallah it's good for my little zaido. I know i'm sad to leave him for long hours, but i'm also excited for him because he is going to be around kids his age and he will learn some new things and be able to expand his imagination more, especially that they have some qualified teachers there. So inshallah it's going to be good for him.

Allah ye7mely zaido ow y7fazly my little family. Ya Allah ehdyna ow same7na 3ala taqseerna.

Ameen.

Outlandish

Salamz, while i was checking (youtube), i found those nice songs...i don't know if some of you know them already! but this group is amazing mashallah they are called "Outlandish". They also did sing the song "Try Not to Cry" with Sami Yusuf. I liked this one so check it out. You can also see more on (youtube) ofcourse...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8f0O09ldUs
enjoyyy;)

Ammars Turn!!

Alhamdulilah Zaido now is alot better. He is back to action...playing and running around thank God. I also managed to give him his medicine without him crying yay! He basically knows that I'm about to give him his medicine when he sees me holding the dropper thenge, so he runs a way from me and I too run after him...i try make him laugh and we do a little dance together...then i hold him and give him hugs and kisses, then i lye him in bed and slowly drop his medicine in his little mouth. Before, Ammar use to hold his hands very tight so he does not push me around, also Ammar use to squeeze his cheeks very hard to make him open his mouth! It was so sad. But now alhamdulilah my way is working...I'm very glad that there is no more fighting and screaming:)

Another thing i'm happy about is last night zaido went to bed without his bottle:) i brushed his cute teeth and put him to bed..it felt so good alhamdulilah.

Yesterday i went to my school and bought the parking thenge before it gets crowded. Then i took Zaido to the park. The weather was awesome mashallah and the sun was out and warm. To my surprise, the park was empty! It was only me and Zaido in the park! We played and had a good time...then finally before we leave, another mom came with her little son and Zaido got excited so i stayed little more. Zaido played with the boy and shared his tools with him after some resistant;) while the mom and i talked and laughed. Kids are so funny I love this age...i think it's the most fun of all.

After we went home, Ammar called me and told me to get ready because a guy is coming to buy the desk YES!...Ammar also stopped by to help him get it out... yaaay I'm so glad we got rid of it finally. This desk was so huge and took a big space..so alhamdulilah.

But around mughrib while i was giving Zaido his bath, Ammar called me and asked me to come and picks him up from the masjid!! he sounded weird, so i quickly wrapped zaido and got him dressed. After i arrived at the masjid, Ammar told me that while he was at work he felt dizzy and he actually fainted for few seconds:( he stayed there for like an hour and then called me! Alf alhamdulilah there were some people around him who helped him a little. It was scary:( I brought him home and alhamdulilah he is ok now. He took some rest and slept then we called khaleh and took some advices from her.Ammar has been working very hard lately and i think his blood pressure may be went down. after he took some rest, we did drink some green tea as usual, watched some TV, and just laughed about it. Inshallha toady we'll go see a doctor just to make sure that everything is fine. He is better this morning.

plz make some duaa...

Allah yeshfek ow y3afek ya habeby Ammar...

Ammen

Zaidos turn:(

Where should i start? the past few days i basically felt very lonely. since Wednesday i didn't have my car, so i couldn't take zaido out or do anything. Ammar has been very busy lately with the youth trips, the youth training thenge, and the big event and fundraising for the masjid on Sat. Subhanallah, i really was planning to go with him and I already spoke with khaleh who offered to come and pick zaido up Allaha yjzyha el kahir, but subhanallah Zaido habeby got sick and ofcourse there was no way for me to go and just leave him. He was cranky and very weak :(
It's wired every time i plan to leave zaido so i can go out.. something happens!

On Sunday Zaido got worse so we took him to the emergency room...because his doctor is not available on weekends! and alhamdulilah Ammar was home! Zaid has a runny nose, bad caught, fever, and dhiaria! After waiting for three hours, a doctor came and saw zaido finally. He saw zaido for like 2 minutes, gave us the description drugs, and we were free to go alhamdulilah. Ofcourse three hours felt like forever but alf alhamdulillah for all the blessing that we have, when you think of poor people, the kids in Africa, the Iraqi kids...Ya Allah!!!alf alhamella ya rab! we should never complain...it's 3eeb to complain wallahi.

oh ya, the doctor told us not to give zaido milk for 24 hours! that was somthing hard!! but i have to say that i will defently take some advantage of that. Zaido is used to sleep while drinking his milk, and I have been thinking of ways to stop that. It's not good for his teeth so inshallah this will work for him.

After that we went to see my in laws and we spend the night there.
But what a night that was! Zaido 7abeby woke up like 4 times ya haram:( he couldn't sleep. He kinda reminded me when he was a little baby, when i used to breastfeed him every hour at night!! was it every hour?!! i can't even remember now!! So Ammar and i were trying to hold him to make him go back to sleep...it was really hard! sometimes he just wanted ammar and sometimes he didn't want anybody at all...in the end i started singing to him and the only song that worked is the Sami Yusof song. He stopped crying when i sang "Allahuma saly 3ala sydena Mohammed......":)...i kept singing it and i came up with some new rhythms until he fall back to sleep. Bas ya 7aram this poor little sick boy ahh...Allah yeshfek ya mama wallah i miss him running around the house and seeing him happy and laughing. the sad part is when i have to give him his midecin. it's basiclly a war...after i give him the medicin, he holds his big teddy bear and moves away from me as if he is telling me "ana za3lan mennek:(" .. ya habeby!

Finally my car is back....but too late i already missed all the fun stuff!

Any way, so starting from tomorrow, Ammar is going to go to UCLA every Tu and Thu. He is going to help as a TA for one class... this should be good for him inshallah. Allah y'aweeh ya rab!

And my school starts in 2 weeks inshallah. Allah yesserha...i hope this semester is going to be a smooth one inshallah. It was a very long and nice holiday alhamdulilah and now it's time to go back to work.

Ya Allah eshfy zaido ow kel marda el muslemeen ow yesser omorana ya ar7am el ar7ameen.

Ameen!

Why Abeer Could't leave a Comment!

ok i just knew why my sister couldn't leave a comments for me....DUHH ...i had to check my sitting thenge....i fixed it
so to Aboora and all ...please leave me some comments if you like...they will make me so happy:)

*this is my sis Aboora and her khateeb...i justa wanted to show them off =)

salama ya 7amama;)