What about Husayn???

Well, we're still on the topic of my kids' development. When Husayn reached 3 last November, I never visited the local health center for his regular check-up. So, when Hisham's visit was due, I brought Husayn along as well. I told him that we needed to go to see doctor. He absolutely loved hearing this and got all excited.

When we were there, the nurse and doctor did the routine check-up on him. They brought out this booklet and showed Husayn all the objects in the book. They basically asked him what the object was, what is it for and what colour it is. With confidence and happyily he answered all the questions correctly.

Well done my boy! I know you are a very clever and good boy. He just couldn't stop talking and explaining everything to the nurse and doctor. He got a really good thumbs-up from them.

As my Hisham was considered to be underweight, I thought Husayn would be in the same leauge. He was always petite since he suffered from bad cases of collic and eczema ever since he was born. He didn't sleep much at night, screaming his head off until 5 a.m. in the morning and refused to drink even my milk. I had to force-feed him using syringes and hold him tight while feeding him by shooting milk and food into his mouth. Sounds really cruel, I suppose.

Needless to say, it was a real nightmare. His face bled all the time and sometimes, even smelt really bad because of the eczema. I had to tie his arms up so that he won't scratch and hurt himself. Looking at him then just broke my heart.

Alhamdulillah, the pain is over. He still mildly allergic to dairy products but it's a lot better now. He eats a lot and almost everything compare to his sister. Surprisingly, his weight was confirmed to be normal by the doctor.

This is his chart :
Weight: 12.4 kg
Height: 87 cm

Believe it or not, to tell you the truth I only weighed 20 kgs when I was 12 years old. Yup. You read it right. I was so petite despite eating lots of chocolate as well as other food. I just could not stop eating all day but still didn't gain any weight. Before I was pregnant with Ameera, I only weighed 40 kgs on average and probably 43 kgs at the max. But not anymore!

The lucky time is over. I still can't stop eating now (as always) but at the same time, my weight doesn't go down at all. The worst part is, all of my clothes in my wardrobe don't fit anymore so I am forced to wear my old maternity clothes. They fit well. Gosh. Help me!!! I do some exercise-sit ups and walks to the bus stop to send my daughter as well as some gardening, vaccuming the floors bla..bla..bla...you name it.

Hah just to justify that it's OK to myself huh? Heheheh. I also run up and down the stairs for many times a day carrying my kids. WHY??? Why do I torture myself like this?

Well, there's been a few times now where some of my friends thought that I was pregnant. Errr...not at this time!

Well, enough about me. Hehe. I am just so delighted with Husayn's progress. Despite this, he is still very short when compared to his other friends of the same age. The important thing is he looks as healthy as ever. His cheeks are chubby now and the most important thing is he eats a lot now. I'm more than happy to see my kids happy.

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The Blind Side

As always, every weekend we always have our lazy time together. We stay at home and watch movies. Last weekend, before the 82nd Oscars, my husband and I decided to watch The Blind Side, starring Sandra Bullock. My husband said it's just another American football movie that I would like to watch. Similar in a way to Remember the Titans or Any Given Sunday and many others that I just can't remember.

Honestly, I am not going to review the film. I suck at it. Well, that is what my husband told me anyway. I admit it though. Instead of summarising the movie, I'll re-tell the whole story! Anyway, what I want to write today is about the moral of the story itself.

Overall, I like Sandra Bullock in that movie. She's different this time. More elegent and not clumsy as in her other roles. After watching the movie, I had a talk with my husband. I told my husband how good it is to know that in this world, there is still a nice family well specifcally, a woman like Leigh Anne Tuohy who decided to help someone and change their life for the better.

Leigh Ann comes from an upper class rich family and is surrounded with all these other rich people. Somewhere in her heart (and out of no where), she choose to help a homeless black teenager (Michael Oher) who goes to the same school as her kids.

To cut a long story short, she eventually decides to adopt him with support of the rest of the Tuohy family of course. And as a family, they help Michael fulfill his potential, both on and off the football field. At the end he succees to change his fortunes and becomes a really better person.

I know there are lots of Hollywood celebrities nowadays who do the same thing. But heck yes. They are rich. I mean, really, really rich. Millions of cash in the bank account and can hire 10 nannies for each kid they adopt. But not Leigh Anne. Yup, she's rich too. But she's just another normal person like any of us with the added advantage that she has some extra money to burn.

But the question is, are we going to do the same thing if we have that kind of money? Are we going to just say hello and invite any homeless kid to our house and make them part of our family?

I would love too. But I don't think I'll be able to do the same thing Leigh Anne did. She just touched my heart and made me teary. It made me think, how nice she was and if everyone had the same heart like her, there would just be no bad people out there.

I just don't know how to dramatise my summary of the movie, just try and watch the movie. I hope you'll love it too.

Well done Leigh Anne and the Tuohy family. And what I didn't know previously, I found out early Monday morning when my husband told me. Sandra had won the Best Actress award in the 82nd Oscars for he role in that movie. Wow! She definitely deserves it. She did an amazing job!