Stress

Everything has been going quite smoothly, but today I found out that there are things that caused so much frustration for a lot of people (including us) involve in this matter. At the end, it will cost us more money than we have projected, which is a really big issue for us right now.

What a day…I’m not in my best mood and have a terrible headache.

So sorry, Andrew…I hope you wouldn’t notice the pressures that we have right now. Hopefully in the next few days everything will be fine for us.

Happy 1st Father’s Day, Daddy!

In Indonesia, we don’t have a Father’s Day, and I don’t actually know why. It seems like the appreciation only goes to the mothers. Hehehehe. Anyway, I am really glad that now we are in the US, we get to celebrate the Father’s Day. So today, is the 1st Father’s Day for Arman.

Below is the wishes that Andrew likes to say to his daddy:

Happy Father’s Day, Daddy!

Thank you for all you have done for me since the day I was born!

Thank you for working so hard to provide for our family!

Thank you for being a loving and protective daddy!

Thank you for being the funniest daddy!

And….once for all, thank you for being the best daddy in the whole world!

I love you so much!

…looking forward to celebrate more father’s day with you!

Love,

Andrew

It finally came

As you might have noticed, there hasn’t been any new posting in this past one week. I’ve been through so many things that keep my mind very busy and the impact was my hormones seemed to be going like a roller coaster.

Last week, I looked at the calendar and noticed that my monthly guest didn’t make it’s prompt visit this time. I was getting worried and a lot more worried as it passed two weeks from the regular date. Could I be pregnant? Could I be carrying another child in my womb? If so, how would I feel?

Since the beginning of this year, I’ve been wanting to have another baby so much and weirdly I want to have a girl specifically. I can’t stop looking through the baby girl’s clothing whenever I walked by the babies’ store. I even imagined how my life would be with a loving husband, a toddler cute boy and a baby girl. But yet, as much I wanted to have another child, I now deep down inside that this is not the right timing yet. We still have a few other priorities that we like to have set up first and we know that financially we couldn’t afford having another child yet.

I was getting really nervous and decided that I should just get over-the-counter home pregnancy test pack and just get things over with. At least that way, I know what I would be facing. So I did and the result was negative, even though, honestly, I was sort of hoping it would be positive. I still wasn’t relieved and thought that the test pack must have been inaccurate. I waited for a few more days and before I did the second one, it finally came. Pheuwwww….this time, I felt very much relieved. At least now I have one less thing to worry. And hopefully the other things that we are facing right now will be over soon.

Andrew’s Favorite Play Area

Every week, after Andrew’s regular music class, we would go to the food court where we get our lunch. After we finish our lunch, Andrew then would ask us to take him to his favorite play area located in the center of the food court.

In this play area, there is a huge banana lying on the ground, a big piece of cut watermelon, a huge cup of drink fall down to the ground, a giant hotdog and a cupcake on a big yellow plate. All of these fake giant food are made of I would guess plastics.

You can see lots of kids of different ages having a great time playing here. Andrew always have a blast time running and climbing here and there. I tried capturing all those blast moments, but it was hard, Andrew was running all the time. Here is the best I got.

The Reasons…..

These are the whole reasons why motherhood is so enjoyable…

Now (Andrew is 31 month old)…

Then (Andrew was 10 month old)…

Those expressions always make my days brighter…

Precious Moments (Part II)

There were lots of comments that I got after I did my posting on Precious Moments. Therefore I decided to have a sequel posting to the first one. I was looking at my Precious Moments’ collages the other day and realized that I missed one figurine. I looked over the list of Precious Moments’ Figurines that I have but couldn’t find the one that was missing. I then realized that I’ve sold it to my friend, Cencen, back in October 2007.

Batik

This morning, as I was preparing food for lunch, I asked Andrew to pick his own shirt for his Gymnastic Class. Guess what, he chose to wear the Batik shirt from his Oma. I told him that this is not the right shirt to wear for such class but he insisted on wearing it. When we got to the class and to the park afterwards, Andrew’s batik actually caught a few peoples’ eyes. They told me how beautiful the pattern is and asked me where to get it. I guess Andrew certainly knows how to become the center of attention. Enjoy the pictures that I took after we got back from the park.

Double Check Your Receipt!

Tips of the day: Double check your receipt!

Dreams Come True

Yesterday, Sunday, May 11, 2008, was both Mother’s Day and my Birthday. I had a great blast of a day, well…actually not just a day, it was two days. Yeah, this past weekend, Saturday and Sunday, we went to Disneyland and the California Adventure to celebrate Arman’s birthday, my birthday and Mother’s Day. Anyway, happy belated Mother’s Day to all mothers around the world.

Gymnastics & Fitness

This Spring, Arman and I decided to enroll Andrew in one of the class offered by the city of Santa Monica. It is the Gymnastics & Fitness class for Tumbling Toddlers. The age of the students in this class are from 2-3 years old. In this class, students are taught first time gymnastics skills. Motor development is enhanced through balance, climbing, hanging, tumbling, jumping and obstacle courses.