senangnyaaa akhirnya kita jadi pindahan juga hari senin kemaren...we did the final walk through at 8 AM, closing at 9 AM and the keys were in our hands an our later...siangnya langsung pindahan...sekarang 90% udah beres semua deh rumahnya, tinggal ruang komputernya aja yang masih belum keliatan bentuknya..hihi..soalnya masih mau beli computer desk nya dulu nanti sore. Ya udah deh mau lanjutin beres beres lagii....have a nice weekend peeps!!
he had finished his peanut butter sandwich, now it's cheerios time!!..
arrived at the school..pointing at the car, didn't wanna go inside the building
Yesterday was quite an experience for Jibran, it was his first day of school..his first time being left with complete strangers...did he cry??..Of course he did..hehe..he already sensed what was about to happen when we just arrived in his school..didn't wanna let go of me. tapi akhirnya dia mau juga sih lepas dan main bola...but then he realized i wasn't anywhere near him and then he started screaming..padahal gue ada di deketnya cuma dia nggak nyadar..hehehe...i kissed him a quick goodbye, tell him to have fun and make lots of friends and that i'll be back in 3 hours. I went to the director office next to his classroom afterwards sambil ngintip2...and he was still crying..he was following his teacher everywhere she went, pointing at the door and screaming..MOMMMY..MOMMYY...huhuhu....kasiaaann....and then i left the school a few minutes later.
I went to borders, finished a book in one seating, Feng Shui in 5 minutes by Selena Summer, very2 interesting book...and then i called his school to check how he was doing..the director told me he was eating lunch...his menu was tuna casserole, corn and peaches...he was sitting next to Miss Sandy and she said he looked happy...i was so relieved. I went to LOWES after that to get a garage door opener...picked up my sister at her school and then went to memorial hospital metro station to pick up D cause he wanted to join us picked up Jibran...jadi abis itu jemput jibran..it was nap time..so the school was very quite...gelap dan cuma ada alunan musik classic aja and jibran was sitting in one of the corners with his teacher..hehehe..and then he screamed as soon as he saw me. Kata gurunya Jibran did okay for a first timer, he didn't cry for long after I left...but then he would cry again everytime he saw someone opened the door..maybe it reminded him about me leaving. He ate a little bit but his teacher couldn't get him to take a nap like the other kids..hehehe..i know this one will take a little while...
mommy and son reunited..=) 
on the way home 
Hari ini hari kedua..dari di depan gedungnya jibran udah nggak mau masuk..maunya di gendong, sampe masuk kelas pun nggak mau di turunin..hehe...jadinya di gendong sama Miss Sandy dan tetep nangis pas gue keluar. Now i'm online at the St. Louis Bread Company or a.k.a panera bread. I'm gonna pick him up in a few minutes..miss him soooo much..it feels weird not having him around...
Anyway, Jibran sekolahnya 2 kali seminggu aja..i've been looking for a day care since 2 weeks ago, i called every single day care in the yellow pages..pinginnya sih yang nationwide, but there is a long waiting list..day care lainnya kebanyakan cuma terima Full time..padahal gue maunya part time aja..sekalinya ada part time tapi 3 kali seminggu..i just want twice a week for now. jadi setelah telfon2..cuma ada 2 aja yang bisa di consider..one is a home day care, pertama nya sih gue bener2 nggak mau sama yang namanya home day care, but i know she lives in a nice neighbourhood..and she sounded nice over the phone, so i decided to check it out...it was allright i guess...tapi kurang sreg aja..abis kayanya activitynya kurang structured and the TV was on when i went there..dan waktu gue tanya apa TV nya selalu on or not dia bilangnya.."well not always, for example when it's meal time, the TV is off..when it's time for them to play outside, the TV is not on...when it's nap time, the TV is not on either"..yah iya lah..siapa juga yang mau nonton kalo lagi pada tidur dan main di luar..hehe..berarti kan other than that the tv will always be on kan.
anyway..akhir ketemu juga day care yang cocok..namanya 123 & ABC Academy, located just 2 minutes from our new house (if nothing happens, we'll move there next monday)..dan ada program yang 2 hari seminggu...pas banget kaan...gedung sekolahnya bagus, bersih..dan ada kelas2nya..Jibran masuk ke kelas 1.5 to 2 year olds...safety nya juga OK karena the entrance is locked all the time, jadi yang mau masuk harus pencet bell dulu. the kids seem happy there, directornya dan gurunya baik2..and they have the open door policy...jadi orang tua nya bisa stop by kapan aja kita mau. Kamis kemaren itu kita tour sekolahnya, and friday i came back to enroll him dan seninnya langsung mulai. Enaknya nih harinya kita bisa pilih kapan aja as long as it's twice a week. Mudah mudahan Jibran suka deh disana ya....
thank you for everything, for being beautiful inside out, for the millions things you gave me, for instilling in me values and morals, making sure i knew right from wrong..thank you for sacrificing your self for me, for every tears you shed to save me, for putting me before your desires..thank you for your patience, for your devotion, for showing me to be strong, for fighting your way through each struggle, i know no one in this world could do the things you've done and survived the life you've lived, thank you for trusting me with your thoughts, dissapointments and dreams, for being an unselfish woman in this selfish world..for your sensitivity to people's needs...Mama, you are loved by so many people whose lives you have touched..especially me. May god grant you peace, prosperity and happiness and keep the evil away!! I LOVE YOU!!
Jibran seminggu ini udah 3 kali berenang di club house apt..tadi sore berenang lagi...dari rumah udah di pakein tuh swimming trunknya dan pas keluar..sengaja gue jalan di belakangnya, cuma pingin tau aja dia tau nggak sih jalan ke kolam renang, biasanya kan keluar rumah kita langsung ke mobil..jadi harus nyebrang parking lotnya, kalo ke club house enggak harus nyebrang. eh ternyata jibran tau lho..keluar rumah dia turun tangga sendiri (dia dah bisa turun tangga sendiri kaya anak gede, nggak mundur lagi pelan2 kaya dulu)..trus belok kiri..walked along the pathway..abis itu belok kiri lagi sampe depan club housenya..trus belok kiri lagi ke kolam renangnya..hehehe..udah hapal dia ternyata.
jibran had his 18 months appointment last saturday at 11 o'clock..he got one DPaT shot on his left arm. beratnya jibran sekarang 25 pounds, cuma naik 1 pound aja from last appointment, tinggi nya 33 inches. i asked the doctor a lot of things about eating habit karena jibran emang makannya agak agak susah sih..i mean he eats a lot when it comes to his faves foods but the thing is he doesn't have that much faves foods...pokonya picky sekali deh...contohnya nih, he likes cheese a lot, shredded cheese or string cheese..tapi kalo di kasih cheese nya dalam bentuk lain..misalnya yang cubed gitu..he's not gonna eat it..dan dia tuh ngeliat makanan baru udah males duluan..susaahh banget untuk nyobain, palingan makanannya di pegang2 dulu, di liatin dengan muka yang..'what the hell is this?'..yah nggak heran juga sih sebenernya kalo jibran jadi picky eater..it's hereditary, blame it on his dad..huehehe..:p
pokonya jibran tuh yang makannya banyak cuma breakfast aja, memang dia suka sih breakfast menu, pancake, french toast, peanut butter sandwich, oatmeal, cereal and the like, tapi masa iya seharian mau di kasih itu itu aja. jibran juga makan dagingnya susah..again, just like his dad, doesn't eat most of the meat. paling jibran makan chicken nugget, dan chicken finger (bukan jari ayam lhoo..sejenis chicken nugget lah tapi white meat dan lebih crunchy tepungnya) aja yang kurang lebih sama aja tetep nggak mau di makan. he eats popcorn shrimp, yang goreng2 memang suka, untungnya tempe goreng juga suka.
anyway, trus kan gue tanya sama dokternya..jadinya gimana nih dookk kalo anak susah makan gini, apa kita harus coba terus kasih makan like every hour siapa tau dia mau makan, trus apa harus sambil main2 gitu di suapin atau gimana. kata dokternya sih we have to stick with the 3 meals a day, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks in between. jadi kalo jam 12 pas waktu lunch dia nggak mau makan, ya udah..don't offer him snacks for substitute..just wait until it's snacks time, dan juga nggak usah coba kasih makan lagi till it's time for dinner. biarin aja kalo kelaperan karena memang the point is to make him hungry and to make him appreciate food. jadi dia tau kalo ada makanan memang seharusnya di makan karena nanti kalo nggak dia nggak bakalan dapet lagi. kalo tiap jam di kasih makan tuh dia jadi ngegampangin.."ahh ngapain makan sekarang, toh bentar lagi juga di kasih lagi"..don't let him used to the idea of having food available for him anytime he wants it. soalnya ya itu dia jadi semena mena. trus katanya sih mungkin beberapa hari pertama he will lose some weights..tapi jangan khawatir karena nantinya timbangannya bakalan naik lagi kok. gituu..
makanya, gue sebenernya agak dilema juga, bingung harus gimana..abis kan biasa lah orang indonesia itu suka pusing dan ribut banget kalo anaknya nggak mau makan, beda sama orang sini yang cenderung santai..emang kalo gue perhatiin anak indonesia tuh makannya buanyak lho di banding anak2 bule. trus makanya kalo cara indonesia kan misalnya anak nggak mau makan ya di ikutin terus..di cari cara2 biar mau makan kaya sambil di gendong lah, sambil jalan2 di mobil, sambil ini itu..trus hayoo aja di jabanin nyuapin biar sampe sejam juga.abis kan katanya anak kecil yang susah makan itu nggak bakalan ngerasa laper, jadi biar di diemin aja ya udah..nggak bakalan minta makan. kalo orang sini mikirnya.."ntar juga kalo laper dia minta makan"..gitu. bingung juga sih mau ikutin yang mana..sebenernya lebih condong untuk ngikutin cara orang sini..tapi kan duh sedih juga kalo ngeliat anak sendiri jadi kurus dan gue nggak mau kalo kesannya gue ibu yang males banget yang nggak mau telaten nyuapin anak..huhu..
anywayy..duh dari sejak pertengahan juni kemaren nih gue super *sok* sibuukk banget..kayanya sebulan setengah terakhir ini bisa di itung pake jari deh berapa kali jibran tidur siang di rumah, makanya sekalinya tidur siang di rumah tuh langsung bablas 3 jam tidurnya, biasanya tidur di mobil aja. abis kan pertamanya kita di sibukkan sama masalah rumah waktu itu..yang akhirnya harus muter muter cari rumah lagi setiap hari..trus juga sempet ada bokap dan ade gue yang satu lagi..jadi ya muter muter juga ajak jalan2..trus 2 minggu kemaren (11 july - 22 july) ada dinces, one of my bestfriends yang dateng ke st. louis dari detroit karena suaminya di tugasin disini. jadi lah kita tiap hari nemenin dia bepergian..mana datengnya nggak bilang bilang lagi..hihi. jadi senen pagi dia nelfon *ceritanya dari detroit* dan ngobrol2 seperti biasa..trus siangnya epi telfon bilang mau ke rumah..dan dia nyampenya pas gue lagi mandi..begitu keluar dari kamar mandi ternyata si dinces udah ada di depan mata gue lengkap dengan handycamnya..hahahaha..asli heboh banget lah jadinya, udah serasa di punk'd aja tuh gue, hehe.
trus selain itu..kesibukan lainnya yaitu nganterin ade gue sekolah. her school actually started on july 5, nah harusnya kan kita udah pindah rumah kesana..tapi karena belum berarti kan gue harus anterin tiap hari..and it takes an hour to drive..duh ngebayanginnya aja gue males. tapi trus ternyata di sekolah deket rumah ada yang offer free english class from monday to thursday selama sebulan...trus setelah ngomong sama kepala sekolahnya, akhirnya di ijinin deh ade gue untuk nggak ngambil summer selama sebulan itu supaya nggak usah bolak balik tiap hari dan biar dia bisa work on her english juga..tapi kalo hari jum'at tetep harus sekolah and the last 2 weeks of summer class juga tetep harus masuk. jadi ya lumayan sih gue tiap hari anter jemputnya cuma ke sekolah yang deket rumah, ten minutes lah dari sini. jadi di itung udah 4 kali jum'at nyetir ke belleville, IL..dan nungguin disana sambil main2 sama jibran, ke park lah, ke pet smart, mac donalds, walmart, kemana mana lah nungguin selama 3 jam. nah hari ini nih hari pertamanya dia yang harus sekolah tiap harii..huhuhuhu..jadi lah mulai hari ini sampe 2 minggu ke depan kita bakalan bolak balik kesana, berangkat jam 7.30 pagi dan sampe rumah sekitar jam 1. cape banget deh, beneran..banget banget capenya..kasian juga jibrannya kalo pagi jadi harus di bangunin dari tidur nyenyaknya. makanya jam tidurnya pelan pelan lagi di adjust nih, dulu sih jam 10.30 dia paling cepet tidurnya..kemaren2..jam 9.30 udah mulai tidur..dan hari ini..jam 8.45 udah tidur lho..record banget deh.
alhamdulillah sih jibran fisiknya termasuk kuat..jadi dengan cara hidup kita sebulan setengah terakhir ini di tambah makannya yang susah dia sehat sehat dan happy happy aja, padahal gue aja sempet sakit sebelum ke chicago..batuk, pusing, pilek..kecapean lahh..untung jibran nggak ketularan..mungkin karena keluar terus kali yaa..soalnya waktu itu gue sempet maksa mau di rumah aja tapi trus mikir duh kalo di rumah udaranya muternya disini sini juga ntar malah jibran ketularan lagii..ya udah lah mendingan keluar aja..hehe..eh bener sih nggak ketularan.
Hmm...trus apalagi yahh..jadi tadi kita pas nungguin hana..kita ke Cooper day Care..memang belakangan ini lagi cari day care untuk jibran, tapi part time aja sih..dan belum nemu yang cocok..jadi masih liat liat. setelah itu kita ke chongs market beli beras...fried fish ball, etc..trus ke western union di Kmart..makan di cafetaria nya sekalian beli diaper, etc...trus jemput hana..abis itu ke post office trus pulang deh. sampe rumah langsung bikin mie bakso pake pangsit goreng, dumpling, fried squid and fried fish ball*gara2 hari sabtu kemaren makan di rumahnya tante dien jadi pingin lagii..hihi..*..jibrannya mandi trus nonton DVD barunya..DVD anak2 islam gitu dari indonesia, ada lagu lagunya dan ceritanya..lagu2nya enak2 deh..and jibran loved it sampe minta ulang lagi trus duduk aja tenang nonton. trus ngapain lagi yahh..oh ya bikin pudding untuk jibran, packed some stuff to be sent to denmark tomorrow, masukin baju2 yang abis di cuci ke lemari..do this and that..sampe terakhir nidurin jibran dan sekarang baru deh bisa online2.
hmm apalagi yaa.....jibran kosakatanya udah nambah..dikit sih, sekarang dia bisa ngomong Boohbahh dan lagi seneng ngomong..BABAB
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BIBIBI BABI BABI BABI BABY BABY BIBA BIBA..kalo enggak MOMMA MOMMA MOMMY MOMMY MIMI MIMI YUMMY YUMMY..pokonya lagi seneng bolak balik kata deh..trus kalo ketemu orang sekarang hampir selalu ngomong HI dan jibran juga setiap di kasih sering bilang thank you, tapi keluarnya sih more like.."teke" gitu tapi intonasi nya seperti kita ngomong thank you..
ahh ya sudah lah kayanya udah kepanjangan deh...mendingan udah dulu kali yaaaaaa.......