within the first week of february, we welcomed two new arrivals to this excellent place we call earth.
on feb 1st – also federal territory day – kakcik was blessed with the arrival of a baby boy. all my attempts or plans to visit her at maternity ward, hkl kept getting thwarted either by a cranky daughter, discussions that ran into hours or by having to kowtow to clients.
after sheepishly text-ing her to apologise for not managing to visit, was duly informed that the baby (whom i shall refer as chong jr – since i somehow forgot to ask kakcik whether she’s finally decided on a name) has since been transferred to the pediatric unit from ICU and that there’s a ban on visitors – even for close family members. my prayers are with the two – for chong jr to grow strong enough to go home and for kakcik to keep strong!
then on feb 3rd, it was anaqi’s birthday – ayu has been asking me when the birthday party would be – i was never big on doing birthday parties, but this year, there was conscious decision not to celebrate. he has turned two and true to form, is becoming more of a terror – but of the cutesy type..
at 9pm on feb 5th, got a text msg announcing the good news to arrive in marlin’s household!… a baby girl, weighing in at 2.4kgs, was delivered at naluri medical centre. now, since this is like a stone’s throw away from my home – there was no excuse not being able to find time to head there.
so today, after a foiled attempt to register kakak at her pre-schools tae-kwan-do class (the instructor sms-ed to say she is unwell only 30 mins after the promised 10:30am), we headed over to naluri medical.
now, my babies all weighed 3kgs and above – and are a handful to carry even from the start. but baby hana is so petite.. i didn’t even dare to ask to hold the baby..
congratulations to kakcik+chong and marlin+kamal! don’t hesitate to ask me for advice – since i’ve been around the block 2x 
so there you have it.. who would’ve thought that the budak itams’ offsprings would have birthdays one day apart from each others?