we figured it’d be more worthwhile to hold a joint cukur rambut ceremony for the two babies, and invite relatives and friends at one shot since many hadn’t had the chance to be acquainted with the new arrivals, and so we did – for aidin, who’s at that extremely cute age of three months (topped with curls to die for and smiles that melt the heart), and auni, who’s at that rather clueless age of one month (with few fuzzy bits as hair and accidental twitches of the lips that get passed off as smiles).

oh look, four little tykes to strike terror upon their oma! *gasp* let’s tie them to the train tracks!

aniq, auni, aidin, adam… and thomas the train

the last time we had the ceremony for aniq, the husband got to carry the baby during the ceremony, so this time, it was my turn.

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yeah, told ya the boy’s curls are to die for. compared to our almost-botak girl, tsk. must be from my (follicle-challenged) gene pool. (premature balding/receding hairline’s in my side of the family, gah!)

so, ta-da! her first haircut… err, hair trim. we’ll spare you the “boy or girl?” queries from strangers and not shave your whole head ala GI Jane. keep that few fuzzy bits you call hair, and don’t worry, *some* day you’ll get to wear those hairclips aunty diah gave you, ok? :p

the thing about having kids in the family, is that there’s bound to be comparisons. like how different adam and aniq are. and looks like it’ll begin again – or perhaps has already begun – with the two new additions.

but this time, we have a trump card – “alah, dia kan girl…” and yeah, this line has actually been used a couple of times already as it is.

the thing is, it’s us parents who perpetuate this comparison business – we simply can’t help it! i’ve caught myself asking the husband why the sister’s different from her brother, and it always start with “aniq dulu…”

eg.

“aniq dulu rambut lebat, auni rambut sikit.”
“aniq dulu minum susu banyak! kenapa auni tak minum banyak eh?”
“aniq dulu malam bangun, auni malam tak bangun terus.”
“aniq dulu tembam sekali! auni ni macam tak kembang-kembang jer.”
“aniq dulu active! auni asik tidur, tidur, tidur…”

and the husband’s response would be – you guessed it – “alah, dia kan girl…”

like it makes all the difference in the world, to be a girl!

but maybe it’s a good thing, to have that gender difference as a trump card, since she’s gonna have to compete with her brother AND two boy cousins. heh.

and speaking of cousins, meh, makcik nak promote sikit ni!

with our regular cupcakes and berkats supplier, Simplycupcakes a.k.a. ayu, about to move continents in a few months time, we’re happy to find another worthy replacement in her absence. as my mum says, they both have the same “citarasa”. tasty and tasteful, indeed. :)

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i’m a little behind in blogging, have so much to do and interesting stuff to write about… but it’ll have to wait.

tomorrow going science centre, you know!

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