This is what 15 months looks like

Right now, Grace is napping and I am struck by how much she's changed the past few weeks.  I've gotta write some of this stuff down so I don't forget.  This kid is amazing.  So smart, so sweet, so fun...so much personality.

She loves music.  I ask her to sing me a song and she hums a little melody and sways her shoulders back and forth.  Then she likes to abruptly stop what she's doing, gaze at the floor, look up through her eyelashes, take off RUNNING and SCREAM.  It's funny.

I've noticed I don't take as many pictures of her as I used to, mostly because I'm constantly taking video of her.  But Blogger won't allow me to share videos straight from my phone, and I don't feel like figuring out how to make a youtube clip today.  So you'll just have to take my word for it.  She's busy and cute. And gifted. No I'm not biased.

Grace's new favorite word is bubble.  And we blow bubbles ALL the time on our kitchen floor, because it's been -20 degrees outside for the past few days.  Also I want to move to SoCal. 

She's incredibly girlie.  She loves to try on shoes, hold make up brushes, and her favorite sign language sign is diamond.  Sorry for that, future boyfriends.  Oh, and she tries on her tutus everyday.  I'm telling you, I have nothing to do with this. I know that kind of reads sarcastically...but I swear, it's all her! 

When in doubt, wear two tutus.

This is the face she makes when we tell her to smile:

"Smile!"

 This is the face she makes when she's sick to death of winter:

So I don't forget -- 15 months = 20 lbs, 2'7" tall, giant cranium.  Sound familiar...?

Recently she's added more animal sounds to her repertoire; sheep, cow, horse have joined a well-rehearsed dog, cat, fish and monkey.  She's become a picky eater, exclusively enjoying Chobani strawberry yogurt, milk, and Target-brand puffs.  That's it.  Because she's really, really stubborn. She's very good at saying "No." She can follow multi-step directions (when she feels like it), and while she can be a little shy around strangers, she is the star of the show if she's comfortable.  She's hilarious.  And I'm praying she's not a future theatre major.

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Guest Post

Well hello everyone.  I'm Georgia, and I'm just delighted that mummy is finally sharing her blog with me.  It's about time, really.  I can't tell you what she's put me through the past year...really, bringing home that demanding little cry baby Grace, thinking she can just GO back to work, never letting my bestie Bellina come to visit, hardly letting me vacation at Grandma's...it's almost criminal.

But this latest stint? THIS IS WHERE I DRAW THE LINE.  Read on, dear ones, and I am sure you will see what I mean. Sure I love her, but she's just so unfair.

Let me just say it: Mummy is destroying a sacred place.  Yes that's right. I'm not mincing words. You see, early last winter I found it to be quite prudent to use a quiet spot in the front room (which is hardly ever used, by the way) as my tinkle room.  Isn't that a cute name? The carpet is plush, it's close, convenient, and Mummy and Daddy were none the wiser.  Until they caught me yellow pawed.  I never get any privacy.

Anyway, I got in trouble.  But I'm tiny and sneaky, and tenacious, so I kept it up. I had to! I'm certain you all remember last winter's polar vortex, where temperatures plunged well below zero for a record number of days, right?  Well, when you weigh 8 pounds and have the constitution of a porcelain doll, one can't possibly be expected to go outside to relieve oneself, can one?  The answer, of course, is no.  Plus, I prefer mummy or daddy take me out on my leash (I like them to suffer along beside me if I'm expected to go outside.), and last year Grace was just a tiny swaddled bundle of tears and regurgitated milk who apparently needed constant attention, so no one would come outside with me.  Quite frankly, they brought this upon themselves.

Until Mummy said she couldn't take it anymore and they disappeared in the magical, movable metal box and came home with a bunch of boxes of wood.

They ripped out my tinkle room carpet and replaced it with slick, cold wood.  The nerve.

Here's daddy laying the sub floor.  He thinks he's so smart and manly.

Hey dad?  You still looking for your favorite pair of socks?

That's what I thought.  Who's smart now?

heh. heh. heh.











Mummy and Daddy are SO EMBARRASSING.  I assume the G is for Georgia.

 

Look at this.  Every time I walked into the room I was sushed away.  She teeters around like a drunk little elf and they act like it's the second coming. I can literally THROW MY OWN TENNIS BALL and I don't even get a second look.  

Well, brace yourselves, the picture below is the final product.  Mummy bought those shelves to put on either side of the fireplace, but she forgot to measure for the molding, so they don't fit.  Serves her right.  She keeps telling me the room's "not done yet" so I'm holding out hope for something soft and fluffy... 
Until then...there's a plush green carpet upstairs that needs my attention.
Heh. heh. heh.

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IDEAL TYPE - tipe idaman COWOK MODERN

Hai! 
Enggak terasa sudah memasuki bulan ke dua di tahun 2105.
Bulan penuh cinta kasih - karena Valentine 
dan bulan penuh rejeki - karena Tahun Baru Cina. Mihihi�. 
Lalu�  
Gimana dengan resolusi kalian? 
Apakah sudah ada perkembangan? 
Ehehe� 

Well�, tapi aku nulis di sini bukan untuk ngebahas tentang Valentine, Tahun Baru Cina, ataupun  tentang Resolusi. Sesuai dengan judul, di post kali ini aku akan membahas mengenai ideal type atau tipe idaman dari cowok modern. 
Agak random sih, tapi topik ini agak menggelitik aku mengingat akhir-akhir ini banyak artikel yang ngebahas tentang hal ini mulai dari majalah sampai internet. 

Jadi dari beragam artikel yang membahas tentang topik ini mengatakan kalau beberapa tahun belakangan ini terjadi pergeseran akan selera dari para kaum adam. Yang mana kalau dulu yang menjadi daya tarik para cowok terhadap cewek adalah penampilan fisik dan juga sisi kewanitaannya- kayak masak, bisa jahit, dan lainnya, sekarang kedua hal itu bukan lagi menjadi prioritas. 

Fenomena beberapa tahun belakangan ini dan semakin terlihat di tahun ini, para cowok-cowok lebih mencari perempuan yang berotak cerdas dibandingkan hanya memiliki penampilan yang menarik.

Dari hasil survey  situs Womenshealthmag menyatakan bahwa : 

• Para Pria lajang akan mengencani perempuan yang lebih pintar dan berpendidikan dibanding dirinya; 
• Para Pria juga tidak keberatan untuk mengencari wanita yang memiliki penghasilan lebih besar daripada dirinya; 
• Para Pria lebih tertarik mengencani wanita berkarier; 
• Para Pria juga senang dengan wanita yang percaya diri dan mandiri. ( jadi sudah bukan jamannya lagi jadi cewek cewek manja! )

Ada alasan logis yang melatarbelakangi fenomena ini, yaitu sosok ibu kita. Dimana pada generasi kita, kita dibesarkan oleh wanita-wanita berpendidikan dan tak jarang bekerja. Hal inilah yang mempengaruhi pembentukan pola pikir para cowok  saat mencari pasangan. 

Unsur psikologi ini juga semakin terbentuk karena keadaan ekonomi yang tidak stabil akhir-akhir ini. keadaan ekonomi itu mendorong para cowok untuk memilih cewek-cewek yang pintar dan bekerja sehingga dapat menjadi pendamping yang dapat meringankan beban ekonomi. 

Media juga memprediksi kalau fenomena ini akan semakin hot sejak adanya "Efek George Clooney", yanga mana aktor yang terkenal sedikit play boy ini akhirnya bertekuk lutut pada perempuan yang merupakan lawyer HAM lulusan Oxford University. Woow! 

Menurut aku pribadi�, 

ini merupakan perubahan yang sangat menyenangkan. 

karena dari dulu selalu ada pemikiran kalau cewek itu jangan sekolah tinggi-tinggi, nanti cowok-cowok takut. Dan bahkan yang sudah sekolah tinggi-tinggi, capek-capek, enggak jarang diharuskan untuk berhenti berkarier pas sudah menikah. 

So! menurut aku perubahan pandangan ini adalah angin segar bagi para perempuan.  

bagaimana menurut kamu? 

@ De Park , De Heliconia Cluster <3 

9 Feb 2015 . 

Jakarta terkepung banjir � TxT

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