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Happy 1st Birthday.... 26 Days Later

Onya is 1!!
Well, benernya sih dia uda ampir 13 bulan sekarang.
Tadinya kita gak mau pesta.
Tapi bulan Maret we decided to throw a party.

Reason was, well, awalnya my parents yg insisted kalo ke 1 harus pesta.
Dan the fact that bulan maret dapet BBM dari my cousin.
Isinya "Dis, kata mami juli onya pesta ya? Kita pasti dateng dari Cicurug untuk pesta Onya"
Gw langsung ngakak... Hahahhahaha, kayanya jadi pesta nih.

Terus itu pesta lebih buat celebrate 1 year as parents sih,
Karena onyanya juga belum ngerti kan.

Mulailah cari2 tempat.
Dari yg awalnya mau di Pizza Marzano, trus pindah ke Marche.
Abis Marche, ahirnya diputusin buat pesta di Miniapolis Plaza Indonesia.

Budget-pun membengkak sebengkak2-nya.
Tapi makin deket harinya, kita makin super excited.
Apalagi si Abo juga ikutan excited.
Seneng aja, temen baik bela2-in terbang dari Bali buat pesta Onya
(walo emang pas deketan ama ultah mertuanya.)

Disini keliatan bgt mana yg family beneran, sama family2-an.
Ah udalah, yg pait2 nanti aja bahasnya.

Intinya my husband, my parents, my brother and my best friend are trully my FAMILY.

Party went well.
Puji Tuhan all the kids were so happy.
Mereka puas sama acaranya, mainannya, goodiebag-nya, makanannya.

Sayangnya birthday girl was cranky.
Bangun nap-nya rada kaget soalnya.
Tapi belakangan pas uda rada sepi dia hepi kok.

Perkembangan Onya setaun ini...
Giginya uda ampir 4. Emang turunan gua numbu giginya rada lama.
Si ubi juga dulu ampir setaon baru numbu giginya.

She has moved on to carseat type 1.
Front facing already now. We got her a Maxi Cosi Toby... Peach colour.
Hahaha, biar koncreng!

Her first word few months ago was "daddy"
Sekarang si uda makin banyak kosa katanya.
Duck, jiji (giraffe), dede (tiap liat anak kecil bilangnya dede, liat foto dia sendiripun bilangnya dede), maam (makan), pa (ga jelas maksudnya apa), doy (otoy).... Daaan tetep masi belon mau manggil mami *sigh*

Udah tau semua org.
Kalo ditanyaa "where is opa, ama, uncle, dady, mami, auntie, maco, otoy, yeni?" dia langsung tunjuk org yg bersangkutan.

Kalo dibilang "no!" dia godek2 lehernya.

Demen bgt musik.
Terutama lagu "if u happy and u know it clap ur hands" - langsung deh jejingkrakan sambil clap clap clap.
Kalo lagu Hockey Pockey dia put her hands up in the air kegirangan.
Lagu Head n Shoulder dia tepak2 kepalanya.
Lagu Twinkle2 Little Star, tangannya buka tutup kaya bintang kelap kelip.

Jalannya juga uda mulai mantep.
Dia terlalu ngebut kalo jalan, jd suka lost her balance.

Belakangan ini dia lagi demeeeen bgt maen balok2-an or stacking bowl.
Kalo main itu anteeng bgt duduk di highchair or di box.

Makannya Puji Tuhan gampang n lahap.
Apa juga dia doyan, kecuali melon cantaloupe ga gitu doyan.

Susunya masih ASI.
Sejak setaon udah mulai gw kenalin ama fresh milk.
Pinginnya sih jangan sampe dia kena susu formula.
Somehow ga gitu yakin ama susu formula di indo yah.
Mungkin bulan depan gw start wean her dr asi ke fresh milk.

Tidur malemnya juga puji Tuhan uda mulai panjang.
Semalem malah she slept through the night.
On her 10th months gw sempet stress, dia bangun tiap jam!
Bahkan kadang 40 menit sekali bangun!!
Ternyata kayanya wkt itu her teeth are cutting in, jd dia juga ga nyaman.

Bobo siangnya kalo weekdays sekali aja sehari.
Biasanya ranging dr jam 11-1 or 11.30-2.
Rata rata 1,5 sampe 2 jam deh.
Bobo malemnya jam 6:30-an udah cranky.
Biasa nahan2 sampe jam 7:15 or 7:30 uda pules.

Kalo weekend jam 4an sore suka gw suruh bobo siang lagi.
Jd bobo siangnya 2x.
Malem bisa main2 sama daddy nya sampe jam 9.
Biasanya mereka main, maminya nonton Or maen game di iPad.

Suka ga mau digendong Yeni.
Dibujukinnya cuma "yuk liat meong di depan" baru deh angkat tangan, minta digendong yeni.

Onya sama sekali ga takut orang.
She doesnt seem to have stranger or separation anxiety.
Dia cuma gak mau sama bonyoknya andi. Somehow.

Gw sempet takut dia ga demen anjing.
Tapi kemaren di buaran dia cuek aja pegang anjing langganan mami.
Lega deh.

Rambutnya udah mulai tebel.

Those are about Onya.
Now about being a mother....

I change a lot.
For me,
Setaun ini Im losing lots and lots of sleep.
Berenti kerja.
Ga bisa tiap weekend makan mi ayam pinggir jalan krn ga mungkin dong onya dibawa gerah2-an, kasian.

Belon bisa nonton bioskop.
Karena ternyata Im the type of mother yg ga mau anaknya ditinggal lama2 sama nanny.

Pernah jantung rasanya berenti pas ukur suhu, ternyata suhunya Onya 38.5
Demam gara2 flu waktu itu.
Puji Tuhan, onya cuma sakit 2x dlm 13 bulan ini.
Pilek.

Gw kudu bangun pagi dan masak sehari 3x.
Untungnya sejak setaon, onya kalo sarapan udah gw kasi weetbix.
(yg sodium content-nya paling low)
Jadi kalo lg males masak havermut, ya tinggal gw bejek2 aja tu weetbix.
Campur pisang n susu... And sejak setaon, Onya mulai gw kasi setetes maple syrup yg 100% dr mapple tree.
Susah tauuuu muter otak saban ari mo masak apaaaa.

Oh God, tapi semua itu worth it banget sebanget bangetnya.

Sukaaaa bgt the feeling of her hands in mine kalo lagi nenen.
Rasanya dunia damaaiii bgt and everything is so worth it.

Liat her first smile waktu onya umur 2 bulan.
Smile yg bener2 looked at me in the eyes and smile.
Gw sampe nangis saking terharunya.

Moment dimana Onya meluk gw for the first time.
Moment dimana dia bisa jalan selangkah tanpa pegangan.
Moment dia nangis karena minta gw yg gendong.
Moment dia ngabisin makanan sampe mangkoknya liciiin.

Aaah.....

Beneran deh.
It's an honour gw bisa nyaksiin semua milestones dia first hand.
Im so in love with my kid.

And so this time around,
Sekalian deh....
Mau bilang supeerr thank you for my parents, brother and my super best friend who were with us from pregnancy till Onya was born....
Who supported us a lot from the time we were courting till we got married sampe ada Onya sekarang..

Onya, now thirteen months, is very very different from the tiny newborn I held in my hands over a year ago.
She grows so fast.....

With Onya in our lives, we quickly realize just how brief our time on earth is,
and how quickly it will fly past us.

While there is nothing we can do to slow things down,
I do cherish every single moment and experience I have of motherhood,
and am very thankful to God for giving me this opportunity to be a mother.

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