It's "Santa Claus" in July!

Hubby is back in town after being away from the house for two weeks. And together with him is his "Santa Claus sack" which contains loads of nice stuffs he bought in London...yummy!

Mostly are the two boys' stuffs, which are clothings like T-shirts from M0thercare (with 50% discount..yippee!) and England's jerseys (also on great discount). Others are socks, jeans for Ashraff and a pair of shoes for Aliff (and it's just 3 pounds?!).

He bought himself few shirts to wear to the office and England's football jersey, England's collared shirt for Abah and his brother and a set of M&S toiletries for Mak.

Then, he bought lots of M&S's talcum powder as souvenirs to close relatives and friend. Even my maid got to wear M&S powder now...

For Moi, a birthday gift all the way from London - a new DKNY's handbag and M&S's talc, body lotion and shower creme *grinning from ear to ear*.

I guess the only thing that stopped him from buying more things are none other than MONEY...If he was given something extra, he might have buy the whole shop!

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Now on the Aliff. He's already 8 months old yesterday.

What can I say about this boy..hmmm...

Well, he has started to crawl (but very slowly), and once in a blue moon, he will sit on his own but most of the time, he's off balance. And yes, he has two teeth now, on his bottom gum. So far, breastfeeding is still manageable even with the two teeth jutting out.

Oh yes, I still do fully breastfeed him, alhamdulillah. But have to say, my motivation to pump in the office is running low. Sometimes I only pumped once. Stock is depleting. But it should last for about one or two month. Once it reaches the "red alert" level, then I must take full action to increase my pumping time again. My target is to fully breastfeed him till he's 1 yo.

Aliff is a good eater, I must say, which is totally opposite his brother. It was easier to feed him. He eats almost anything! What makes me proud is that he ate what I cooked for him! Something which Ashraff never did. I thot my cooking was so bad that even a kid won't eat the food I cooked...hahaha...Now, I am more than determine to cook for Aliff.

So, it's pretty much low maintenance for Aliff - fully breastfeed and home-cooked meal (and not forgotten, hands-me-down clothes), making our life as parents of two more manageable. Plus we needed the extra money for the holiday, our new home which shall be completed by the end of this year (oh yes, we've bought a new house near to my parent's place), and Ashraff's school fees (we intend to enrol him in a kindy next year). So, selagi boleh save duit, savelah duit...walaupun kekadang tu terasa sesak (macam duduk dalam kebuk asap).