new way of saying

 
we received this from oma anna about a week ago.


 
looking good on nataya. adding to her hairpins collection :P

happy birthday, nataya

nataya's turning 4 today :) the day went smoothly. she behaved very well all day. she seemed to understand that it's her special day and she didn't want to ruin it :)


waking her up with presents from sami and i: a set of play cash register and weights, some paints, and a set of 'how to draw mickey mouse and friends'. happy she was opening them all :)



we held a small party at school with her classmates. blowing a 4-candle on a strawberry shortcake. actually sami planned to bake one for her but we decided to buy one instead because sami couldn't be in bandung in time for the party. so it was just ata and i (and her classmates + teachers, off course). but it was ok, nataya didn't make it hard at all! good girl :)


happy birthday, girl! be good, sweetie. be stronger, happier, smarter and everything. hopefully i could be there always for you watching you grow. love you, nataya!



playing with the present all day long, over and over again :)


the goodie bag: custom-made pencil, sketchbook, pouch by k.e.d, a choice of kid's fave character (snoopy, hello kitty, kerokeropi, doraemon, and mickey mouse) rubber stamp, and small juice.

dad + kid

astonishing. when i was busy reading something on the web, nataya was busy doodling on a piece of paper. i didn't notice. i thought she was just making lines or so. but when i closed my laptop to see what's she's doing. o my god. she showed me her drawing and it was pretty clear. not just lines looking like loose thread :P she told me that it's a kid and his/her dad. so sweet.



and it's not her first time drawing a dad+kid scene. a few months ago she did this, dad+kid whale. ah her daddy must be so proud :)

her drawing

there was a time when nataya loves to "draw", making lines, using lots of colors, and wasn't afraid whether she was wrong or right, just draw, making lines, lines, lines, lines.. i love that moment :) and was hoping that she could be like that until.. forever :P


nataya, 17.5 months



nataya's drawing (making tattoo on her hand), 20 months


nataya's drawing, 21 months

then there was a moment when she was afraid of doing the drawing. she prefers us to draw for her. she seems to be afraid of making mistakes in drawing :( and that was the moment i was a bit disappointed and worried that she would do that for the rest of her life..


nataya, 2 years 8 months

but lately, her confidence strikes back. yay! she begins to like drawing again, and willing to try in drawing new shapes. she is an expert in circles, btw :) and yesterday, she could draw triangles by herself. she also could draw a happy face, a sad face, a shark, a sun, fishes in the water.. and some other things that i don't remember :D

hope (later) she could draw better than i do :)


nataya showing off her drawing happily, 3 years 3 months

nataya on a lovely sunday

one sunday she woke up very early because of the hot weather. yup it was early in the morning but bandung was already hot as well. she urged her parents to wake up with her too. but she only managed to have her dad going downstairs with her, while mommy stay longer in bed :D

she loves having her morning tea :)

and later on before lunch, we went for groceries & DVD shopping :)

comfort food

nataya lost her appetite these days. i think it all started after we got back from the pediatrician, who prescribed some medicine for her to take. (she got fever since last wednesday + a bit cough, but now her temp is back to normal although she still got the cough + the runny nose) perhaps those medicines make her lost her willingness to have meals. and this really nerves me up. she even refused to eat this yummy cheesy dish which she usually never resists. oh well.. all she wants these days are cheese, only cheese, milk, and some biscuits. no rice, no no no..! she could refused everything i cook. sigh. and that really ruin my mood in cooking.  

so today i decided to make easy yet comforting food for myself. like this dish, baked pasta with melted mozzarella on top for lunch, and instant noodles with lotsa shredded cheese for dinner. (yup, i know not very healthy..)

nataya's pink plaster cast

on tuesday night (12.05.09) nataya fell in front of the bathroom. we'd have just done with our routines before bed-time: brushing teeth and washing feet. her feet were still wettish when she was stepping out of the bathroom and so she fell. she cried out loud. i thought just because she was shocked of the sudden fall. but she kept on crying and seemed that she couldn't move her left foot. i asked her to stand up but she didn't want to. i was still thinking that she was shocked, not in pain.  

then, we moved to her bed. i tried to calm her down while changing her clothes but she kept on crying. she refused to read any books nor magazines. tired of crying, she then fell asleep.  

the next day, she still didn't want to stand up. she got cranky all morning. so we decided to take her to the hospital. she got x-rayed. then we knew that she got a small crack in her left leg. OMG. i was shocked. yup. and felt so so so so sorry. i was there when she fell the other night :( how come i didn't hold her when she was stepping out of the bathroom? :(  

the doctor put a plaster cast on her leg. she estimated that it could be taken off around 2 – 4 weeks. she assured us that children's healing are usually fast. 

here are the pics when the doctor was putting on the cast. nataya was a bit hysterical, by the way. she couldn't like doctors, hospitals in ANY ways, althought the doctor was pretty and friendly.

after the hospital session, we stopped by to my parents' house to inform about nataya's cast. we thought that the grandparents' should better know about it asap but not by phone :D

get well soon, nataya! :) musfi loves you :-*

difficult

nataya has been very difficult these days. she refused to have naps neither with her mom. she doesn't like naps anymore even if she is staying at her eyang's (my parents'). padahal sebelumnya kalau di rumah eyang tidurnya bisa berjam-jam, rekor 3, 5 jam. but now? so so so hard to take her to bed. our maid (who becomes her nanny while staying at eyang's everytime i'm away) told me that nataya would always called for her mom every nap time. and since her mom is away, she refused to stay in bed..


and it happened also this day. her lovely daddy was her nanny today. padahal dulu dia mau-mau aja tidur sama ayahnya. but not today. dan seperti biasa, ketika diajak ke tempat tidur, dia menolak, katanya: "NO!" sembari jalan ke luar kamar. Opens the door and yelled; " MUFSI!" but her mom didn't show up. so no napping..

jadinya pas siang jam 2 an, mulai uring-uring-an. dan apa-apa salah, rewel ga jelas. hadeuh, bikin senewen. tapi akhirnya jam 3 dia tidur juga setelah dikelonin ibunya. DUH!

yah, lumayanlah daripada engga sama sekali..

and poor dad. he was very exhausted today, karena seharian ngasuh nataya. jam 10 juga udah tewas.

nataya dan makanan padat

nataya udah hampir 8 bulan sekarang. alhamdulillah, saya berhasil! berhasil! berhasil! memberi dia ASI eksklusif sampai 6 bulan. hooraaay!

setelah 6 bulan nataya mulai makan makanan padat. menu pertamanya adalah bubur tepung beras putih, lanjut dengan bubur tepung beras merah. alhamdulillah, nataya suka, lahap sekali makannya! tapi setelah kira-kira 2 minggu makan makanan padat, nataya mengalami sembelit. duh, kasian deh. ga tega gitu ngeliat dia ngeden gila-gilaan sampai keringetan mau ngeluarin pupnya yang keras. tapi setelah saya kasih buah-buahan, sayur-mayur, air putih dan air rebusan sayuran yang banyak, berangsur-angsur pupnya jadi melunak.


dari semua buah-buahan dan sayur yang saya kasih, nataya paling bete sama pisang dan pepaya. hahahaha! waktu pertama kali saya kasih pisang, dia sampai bergidik gitu nelennya. sebegitu enegnya-kah? akhirnya pun dia muntah setelah suapan yang ketiga. kasian. nyesel deh ngasih dia pisang :( nah kalau pepaya, entah mengapa.. waktu pertama-tama dia mau-mau aja, tapi lama-lama kok ga mau, mulutnya tertutup rapat untuk buah yang satu ini, sampai akhirnya dia marah-marah, nangis kejer saking ngamuknya. huehehe, akhirnya saya pun menyerah. pepaya langsung dicoret dari menu makanannya.

buah favorit nataya adalah pir xiang lie! dimakan bareng biskuit sebagai sarapan sambil nonton dora, wah udah nyetel banget deh! bisa lahap banget makannya.

selain itu nataya suka banget sama kentang rebus. dicampur dengan brokoli, wortel atau buncis. pasti lahap! oya, waktu itu pernah saya coba kasih kentang rebus dan bit. weleh, kesusahan saya. ngamuk lagi dia. kayanya dia ga suka bit.

tapi paling repot kalau gusinya lagi bengkak karena mau tumbuh gigi. nataya bisa rungsing seharian! dan tentunya merusak appetite dia. makanan yang tadinya dia suka sekali, akhirnya cuma dilepeh-lepeh aja. duh, sedih deh kalau udah gitu. gantian, ibunya yang pundung. hahahaha!

sampai sekarang nataya masih minum ASI. saya belum mengenalkan susu formula padanya. saya pikir selagi ASI saya masih cukup saya ga akan ngasih susu formula dulu. alhamdulillah, saya masih dikasih kesempatan untuk terus menyusui nataya. ga tau deh sampai kapan. kita lihat aja nanti ;)