Pilar's Exhibition

Ini final task kakak term 4 (terakhir) di reception junior. Selama term 4 ini tema utamanya adalah invention. Kakak harus membuat maket 3D dan mempresentasikan maketnya tanggal 22 mei yang lalu.

Tema penemuannya pesawat. Tentu saja proses pembuatan maket dibantu papanya (ok, yang buat papa dan dibantu kakak). Maketnya terdiri dari miniatur pesawat orville dan wilbur (penemu pesawat) dan miniatur pesawat jaman sekarang. Kakak diharapkan bisa menjelaskan perbedaan kedua pesawat ini dan kegunaan2 pesawat dalam kehidupan manusia. Pas banget, kakak kan suka sama pesawat :)

Sayang sekali mama dan papa ga bisa mendampingi kakak selama exhibition :( Maaf ya kak. Tapi mama dikirim banyak sekali foto2 kakak dari guru kelas dan mama2nya teman kakak. Hope you enjoy the day, champ!

What's behind the name?

Actually the name Iris had crossed our mind since... forever. We've always wanted to name our daughter Iris if we had one.

Iris means rainbow in greek; also the name of greek's rainbow goddess. It is also the name of a flower. And not least, the name of structure which gives color to the eyes.
For us, it is the first meaning that touches more: Iris as rainbow. Our beautiful rainbow.

The search for middle name was a struggle :) it was husband who finally came out with the name Rahima, the night before the labor after months and months of search and hundreds of name proposed by the wife (exagerated off course)... in the end, Rahima was inspired by one of Allah's asmaul husna "ar-rahim" which means the merciful.

The last or family name is none to be explained :D

So there, the story behind the name.

Another thing I'd like to share is this one morning when i was newly pregnant on my way to the office, the radio played two songs in a row.. the first being daughter by pearl jam, and the second was iris by the goo goo dolls. It striked me :) what if... it's a girl..and why not we name her Iris...?

:)

Welcome again little rainbow. May your presence to this world bring colours and joy just like a rainbow after the rain. Aamiin.

Our little rainbow is here

Welcoming the new member of our family:
Iris Rahima Avicenna
Born in Brawijaya Hospital on 11 May 2014 at 06.49
Sectio caesarian
3540 gram; 48 cm long
Obsgyn dr UF Bagazi
Pediatrician dr Evita KB Ifran

Surrender

I got this word from a very dear friend of mine this morning. I probably don't show it much but my mind has been thinking on several things, big things which we will be facing soon or later.

The soonest one will be the delivery off course. As much as i want it to be a smooth and sailing spontaneous delivery, i cannot neglect the fact that a trial of labor after caesarian has some risks and pre requisites. To name some of them: no induction is allowed to trigger contraction. The obgyn recommendation is quite clear, if there's no natural contraction this week, we need to set a date for another caesarian.
I need to do more effort to make the contraction come off course but in the end it's true what she told me earlier, just surrender. If God wants it to happen (the spontaneous delivery) then i will get my contraction this week. Amin.

Some other decisions have also been made for our family plan later this year. We finally got our seats for Hajj 2014 which means we will leave our dear 4 mos old little baby at home with probably her grand parents and nanny to take care of her while we're not there. Not to mention how i should prepare her breastmilk stock and how i will cope with the tight schedule (and pumping my breastmilk in between in order to avoid engorgement and to ensure i can still produce and breastfeed my baby when i'm back), etc. But then again, we believe God has chosen us to come and visit the holyland this very year and we should be greatful about it. Again, some efforts must be made and in the end, surrender is the word.

And another thing linked to our next opportunity later on, but it's probably to early to be shared but it's been occupying our thoughts, sans doute. Again..we do make efforts and surrender :)

To surrender, is not at all a negative word, is it?

Thanks again dear friend, you know who you are :)