When in Melaka, I've to drop by my favourite cafe.
So many memories here with grandma & godmom, used to come here so often they remembered my orders.
If u do come here, try their coffee & for me (must have) caramel slice ~ my heavenly dessert 😍 @ Calanthe Art Cafe

Words can express how important our friendship is to me. Even trying to type this I’m already crying. To my best friend, my bettes, my sister, my confidant, my shoulder to cry on, my eating buddy, my Ribena buddy, my advisor and most importantly... Godmom to lil Idris... Happiest of Birthdays to you. Our friendship has lasted almost 30 years and it’s still going on strong. From gawky teenage hood (well, I was the gawky one), to our roaring 20s, to our slightly toned down 30s, from singleton to motherhood... we’ve gone through so much together. But no matter what, our friendship has stuck. I love you Bettes.. you know I do. So much. Ok can’t type anymore cos it’s making me cry. May your life keep on blossoming like it always has and more!!!
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Happy 39th bettes, and to many more (like 100 years)

Sharing some videos I took of the the day we welcomed Idris. I had to pick my second daughter from tuition and she had no idea that that was the day we were welcoming Idris, or that I was finally going through with it. Neither did Imaan but she was only back from school a little later, her surprise is shown later in the video.

Both their reactions were priceless. You see, for the past week prior to that day, the two girls had literary been bugging me every single day about “the baby”. And all the while I never really gave them a definite answer. I had considerations... and was scared of making the wrong decision.

I was blessed though, because I had my mama, and Amee be with me the whole time I needed to make that decision. In fact, Amee dropped everything to be with me that day. Something that I will always cherish. Her sacrifice came with a condition, that she was to be Godmom to Idris.. something I readily agreed! 😄

Family members came to excitedly welcome him. My longest friend Fino came rushing too.

I see many have asked about the adoption process. We are still going through it. We can only legally adopt Idris after two years of fostering. Can’t wait for the day to come. What I did mostly was that I googled for every information possible, and of course asked friends and acquaintances for advice as well.

More posts coming up of course.. it’ll take some time though. I do have a newborn to handle after all 😆😉