Smells Like Coffee

Ever since I got pregnant, there were so many things I wish I made it myself. Since I already got a baby crib from my final project (we'll talk about it later), I actually wanted to make another furniture and some other decoration for our room. Unfortunately we didn't have that much time to make some big things, so I started with a small ones.

I came out with some handmade stuff. The first one is a pair of crochet little mittens for those tiny fingers. Did some trial and error with some materials until I had the finest one. I couldn't believe its sizes when I finished it, but then I found out that a newborn's hand is really that small!


I found the pattern online, but didn't save the page (sorry..) so I guess you should search it 'google-way' . :P



On our 1st PED visit after we discharged from the hospital, Q's PED told me to remove those mittens when he is being breastfed. The reason is because we can see if he is hungry when we see his hands. Hi will hold his fist while he is hungry and being breastfed, and it will getting loose and loose when he is full. So I only put the mittens on when he is going to sleep, to prevent him from scratching his face with those tiny fingers.. :)

Hmmm.. Let's throwback for a while.. Mengenang kembali litlle Q di setahun pertamanya, yang juga setahun pertama kami, as bubun and momo..

Qavi - Newborn

Here is one of the biggest things this year: our little Q was turning one!

Times flies.. I do still remember how he was being such a nice and kind little baby growing in my womb for months. No morning sicks, no nausea time, and he was very cooperative during those days, thanks God! And I still remember how all of the pain was like suddenly gone on the second that he was born. It's all worth it.

They say..

"a baby's first birthday is also a mom's first birthday"

..and it's totally true! I learned soooo many new things since the very first day I met this little angel. And still got so much to learn in the future. The first year was like the most trying year of my life. After all, we are so glad that we have him in our life.


We didn't want to held a big birthday party for Q, but we did want something to be remembered a few years later. After days of so called research, hahaa.. we decided to make a little smash cake party for him. I made this sugarless banana birthday cake with cream cheese frosting and put a simple decoration on the top of it.