Grandma's Papa

This is Grandma's Papa, Leopold Turalakey (Engkong).

Oh, but the baby is not Grandma.

The baby is long gone Grandma's close brother (Daniel Turalakey).

Rani's Princess

Another princess has been born!

Jacqueline Zivel Kanuhova was born through Caeserean section, July 28, at 23.28, 2550 gr, 47 cm!

Real pretty girl, fair skinned with oval face!

Hidungpun cakep!

Looks like any other lovely Chinese girl, sedikit sipit tapi ndak terlalu!

Selamat pada Rani dan Puput, sertaOma Dian dan Tante Patsy!

Semoga baby ini akan tumbuh menjadi anak manis, berbakti pd orang tua, dan jadi harapan bangsa.

Amazing Waters

It's My Birthday !

I've spent 365 days in this world today!

Now a days, I can't remember where I came from.

The place I was before I met mama.

I tried to tell mama about the beautiful place I came from. But she seems to understand and smile at me.

The more I try, the more it fades.

I really can't remember much anymore.

Maybe soon, I'll be able to speak like mama.

Because I remember one thing.

The beautiful place, must be kept a secret.

364 days old

1 more day and Rique is 1 year old.

This is what boys do.

A hint of baby to boy..

Frustrating

Boring Diaper Session

E-mail from Grandma : Today Rq was taken again to see the docter as he started to cough since yesterday.There we saw some babies his age, or bit older. But Rq was the most mobile, so active and so daring to climb up and down the chair.

Here he is playing the Game-Boy and also "drinking" Bir Bintang with ojiisan.

When he was a little cranky, Novi tried to amuse him with the Disney ears. When he saw himself in the mirror, he seemed to be horrified and cried!

Can't wait !?

Sick

E-mail from Grandma :

Rq caught the cold, virus originated from somebody very close. Almost can't be avoided! Took him to the dr. yesterday, before it got too serious. Then mama also got herself checked to get some anti-biotics.

Last night was hellish for the small body, fever so high that I had to use 3 ice-packages at once to lower the temp.

Novi "slept" with us in the room, and it was not a full rest at all. Most suffering was Rq who cried almost the night away. Cradled him to give him some calmness, but it always lasted only about 10 min. then awake and wail again. He coughed also, although not as bad as mama. Fed him pure water, one big bottle of it, and a bit of milk. But he wanted the pacifier,mostly.Morning, we gave him his fever-reducing medicine, and he started to sweat and temperature went down.

Now he is feeling down but not crying. Even his new car, bought by Dai and Emi yesterday, was not an attraction for him.So Novi gendong selendang, and then ojiichan took over. He is reluctant to smile and doesn't want to be put down. Well, everybody is showering him with "kore hoshii...? Kenapa sayang...? Kasian...!" After last night almost 40C, he deserves that yah? These are taken just now, before Papa Daichan went for work. Rq still got stamina to want to go in the car, too..haha...Please wish him speedy recovery!

Nostalgic Moments

See Naomi's ever mischievous smile.

Faber Hills, Singapore

with So-en, and Macha

River Isimu, Gorontalo, 1980