Tedjamulia Family Blog

Late Happy New Year

2012-01-16T11:37:00.000-08:00

Last year was full of wonderful events and we are planning on even more this year. We have accomplished a lot last year. Mainly, we purchased our first home. David keeps saying it's a starter home, but I keep telling him that's why we have an unfinished basement, so we can expand when we need too. I absolutely HATE moving. This last move makes it 4 moves since we got married in 2006. I know people like to move a lot, but I swear every time we move I'm just hauling even more junk to the next place. This time, however, we really sorted through stuff and donated a TON to D.I.

We always do a nice Christmas picture in front of our tree, but due to chaos, it just didn't happen till last night. We had to keep Autumn happy with pieces of Mango. Our kids started to get sick yesterday and they were just slightly irritable.

We hope that everyone is having a great new year thus far!

Cloth Diapers

2011-07-16T16:01:00.000-07:00

Well, I happened to go to Costco and happened to walk past a demonstration stand, and happened to decide to try out these cloth diapers. Figured that Autumn's number 2 waste is now hard enough that I'm not completely grossed out by doing cloth diapers. They are very fashionable and appear to be well made. The cost of them is approximately the same as 2 months worth of diapers.
See and she happens to like them! She looks rather cute in it too.

Autumn Crawls!

2011-07-07T11:03:00.000-07:00

I had to share...

2011-03-10T12:13:00.001-08:00

I know it's been a while and I have a lot to update on but I had to share this. Will is a very independent and stubborn kid. At a very young age, he figured how to survive by himself. Seriously, he would get his own cereal, water, treats, everything. Well, everything but wanting his diaper changed and that's a whole different story. Anyway, I have been trying to be more stern and let him know I am in charge, not him. Also we know he can talk, he just refuses. The second he hears me say "Say (fill in the blank)" he puts his face to the ground and tries to hide. Well, I decided getting him to say anything was just getting nowhere so off to his room he goes. I decided to do the "1, 2, 3" method. I did it twice and that's all it took to get this reaction. "Will, can you come lay down so I can change your diaper?" I get no response, no muscle movement, nothing. "Ok, I will give you to the count of 3. Think about it and if you don't come you'll go back to your room." Still, nothing. "Ok, 1" Wait! There's movement. Will raises his index finger and then words!! "One" I do the motion for 2 and say 2 and now he's doing it with me! By the time we finish with 3 he has this big smile on his face. Ok, who in the world could be mad after that?

Possibly Very Bad News

2010-09-29T09:42:00.000-07:00

I learned yesterday that I may have a nephew being born without kidneys. What this means is the baby is too small for a transplant and too small for dialysis. If this baby is born without kidneys, he will be born alive and will live for about 24 hours. We will find out for sure on Friday. With me delivering so close as this baby being born, I can only imagine the heartache of those in this very delicate situation. This gospel is truly amazing, knowing that this baby is being born under the sealing and will have the opportunity to be blessed and given a name. We may not understand everything that happens in this life, but understanding that it will all make sense later is such a great comfort to me. Love to those that need the comfort at this time.

The Corn Monster

2010-09-27T14:11:00.000-07:00

I guess he loves corn as much as his mommy! Straight from the can, no heating required!

Will Singing

2010-09-18T11:14:00.000-07:00

We had bought one of those really old Sesame Street videos, a New Year's theme one, and Will just loves it. We have had it for a couple of months now. It was one of those that we bought and stayed in the car in his dvd player. One day I was driving and there's this really nice song that was being sung and then at the very end I could hear Will singing the very end chords of the song. It blew me away. So, one day, I had David in the car and the spot was coming up so I turned the radio off and told him to listen. David got the most surprised look on his face. It's always the last three notes or chords of the song. David tried to get Will to do it again but he wouldn't do it because he got shy due to us both staring at him. Well, today he was watching it in his room and the spot was coming up so I tried to catch it. He did not let me down. Enjoy!

Will knows "Yes"

2010-09-15T11:14:00.001-07:00

We have Will all figured out. He will say "yes" when he wants something, but ignores us if he doesn't want it. Here's a clip but you will need to turn it up loud to hear him.

Now, in case you don't believe me that he really knows what "yes" means here is another one. He was watching me put this on the blog and he was getting rather upset because he wanted to keep watching it.

Just as a side note, Will has a lot of my personality which means the more we try to get him to talk or to try to teach him anything the more he fights it and the longer it takes for him to do or learn it. So, we have opted to, we will just wait till he wants to do it. I am starting to think I wasn't the easiest of all kids growing up. I have gotten a lot better on not being stubborn, but I can only imagine how I was as a toddler. I guess I'm getting what I deserve... HAHAHA, don't worry, still love the kid like crazy.

Loss

2010-08-16T15:45:00.000-07:00

Yesterday the Dewsnup family got down right horrible news. Cousin Zeb passed away with what appears to have been a massive heart attack. I'm still in shock and don't know quite how to react. Life is just so fragile. We love you and will miss you greatly Zeb!

David's Birthday

2010-08-09T06:59:00.000-07:00

I will start off saying that I was didn't take pictures of the BBQ. I was too busy entertaining to worry about it. However, I can tell you what we did. We cooked up brats and turkey tenders, dutch oven potatoes, and a summer spaghetti salad. It was so yummy! We had our neighbors over for and I also surprised David by inviting our old neighbors up. Julie and Ryan came too! I felt really bad that I didn't get a chance to spend more time with them. I'm glad they were good sports. When we were almost done eating, my parents showed up!! So they came just in time for cheesecake which was devine! We cut up fresh strawberries and washed the blackberries that we had picked. Will loves the blackberries. I tried to feed him the cheesecake and he just wouldn't have it. Instead, he would reach on my plate and David's plate for the blackberries. Everyone, besides Ryan and Julie, left around 8:30 which allowed us to finally open up birthday presents. I did take pictures of that, at least.

The shirt I gave David.

Ryan and Julie

Will and his happy face, even if it is all scratched up.

Thank you everyone for coming! It was a blast!

Horrible Experience

2010-08-07T21:23:00.000-07:00

Today went fairly well. We spent the majority of the day relaxing and the other part getting ready for the BBQ we are having tomorrow. Well, Will's friends down the road were outside playing this evening so we walked over and enjoyed watching the kids playing. David and I decided to go pick blackberries at home so asked our friend if she wouldn't mind letting Will stay and play with her kids. We were gone for a bit and then went back over. I was enjoying visiting with my friend and just happened to look over at the exact wrong moment. Her oldest child pushed Will off the top, out of two very steep cement steps, and watched as my son face planted it into the cement. I won't lie, I made a scene. First it was just "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" Then I realized the child, who is 6 or 7 years of age, was not be reprimanded. David whirled around and asked what happened and all I could say was "He pushed Will down the stairs!" Poor Will is just screaming, just laying there on the sidewalk. I rushed over and the all the kid could say was "Yes, but I pushed him slowly." Holy cow! Now Will is all scrapped up and bruised up. I did feel bad for making such a scene. I apologized to my friend later, but I guess watching it happen and seeing the way his head hit the cement was just sickening. I had better get a cooler head for I'm sure this is going to happen more than once throughout Will's lifetime.

The Happenings

2010-07-15T17:47:00.000-07:00

Well, it's been a while since I have posted anything on "thee" blog. I am tired of being lazy so here I go. We found out we are having a little girl, the due date is 11/1/10; however, my doctor said he is willing to induce me a couple of days early so it will be in October. The name we have picked out is Autumn Marie, after my older sister.

The 4th of July was fun, or rather 3rd of July. Will got to actually enjoy a parade and get candy and then we went to my parents and he got a whole swimming pool to himself. He had a lot of fun, well, we all had a wonderful time!

We recently bought Will a toddler mattress. You see, we used a Chicco play yard for Will and I strongly encourage it to anybody. They sleep so much better on trips when they are in their own bed. Anyway, so we went and finally bought a mattress and Will slept on it the first time last night. Today's nap was awesome! He really loves his new bed and new freedom that it provides. He doesn't need to wait for mommy to come get him out anymore! YIPEE for me! Still can't decide if that's a good thing or not....

Also, can I mention that since I've been out of high school I have been summoned to jury duty 3 times. Once right out of high school but I no longer lived in Millard County. The second was when we moved to Draper so I no longer lived in Utah County. Now I have been summoned once again for Salt Lake County. What gives?!?! The original time frame was for this month and the doctor's office didn't find it necessary to have me excused but I just received a post card yesterday stating that my jury duty has been postponed to August!!! Well, I seriously struggle with migranes, especially at the beginning and ending of my pregnancies so they now feel that it is necessary to have me excused. I don't mind doing the whole jury duty thing but when they pushed it out another month that just pushed me to being in my 3rd trimester. I am fully expecting a summons in a year.

Okay, I had to take a 20 minute break. Will just stepped on a bee, we think. The poor kid, he has had a bad run of luck this past week. He's a champ though. He didn't want mommy, he wanted his daddy. He's sitting on the couch eating dinner with David. I figured, the poor kid can do no wrong at the moment. If he makes a mess I'll simply just clean it up.

Thought I would share some pictures. This one is a picture of our future piano player. We were visiting David's uncle and Will went straight to the piano, positioned himself and started pounding. He does this a lot at home as well.

Will sure loves his daddy. It's all about "his" daddy. I think that's wonderful because David couldn't be a more perfect role model. Here we are sitting on my parents porch. He most definitely has my hair color!
I guess I had better go play with the little man, he seems to be feeling a lot better. I just wanted to just let you all know that I have been so blessed in my life. It is true that we must have sorrow to know happiness. I know without a shadow of a doubt that I have been blessed with a wonderful husband and son, and soon to be daughter. I am so incredibly grateful for my life and those that are in it. Of course, I am so very grateful for this gospel and what it has to offer for me and to everyone else in this world. What a true blessing it truly is.

Mother's Day

2010-05-14T12:59:00.000-07:00

I would be very ungrateful if I didn't share my wonderful Mother's Day. I was blessed enough to have my parents and my brother Wes and his wife Irene over for Mother's Day. I got up early and made a jello dessert and started the dinner rolls. I was able to make it to Relief Society for the first time in months. (Will sleeps in till 9:30 or later and church starts at 9. We have Relief Society first.) I was able to attend all of church while David got Will ready and brought him to Sunday School. Will is now old enough to be in the nursey so my mom and I spent the time with Will. It was very nice for my mom to play with Will. We got home and David cooked up some really nice Salmon. David and Will gave me a nice Elmo Mother's Day card, in which Will's hand was traced in it. David also gave me a nice hymn book in a binder for the piano. It was such a wonderfu Mother's Day and I want to thank my wonderful husband and son for that.

The Beloved Dryer

2010-04-21T13:18:00.000-07:00

I have learned a little fact today; the reason why my son follows me when I am doing the laundry. I took the laundry out and came back to this...

This has now happened about 3 times but this time I managed to get a picture or two before he tried to climb out. FYI, taking him out of the dryer when he is not ready to come out only brings out the terrible 2's. Wait, he's not even 18 months yet!!!!

My Little Boy

2009-12-30T16:37:00.000-08:00

Here is Will walking! He is such a confident little boy. We love him so much!

A Much Needed Update

2009-12-23T08:45:00.001-08:00

For all of those that have been patiently waiting to see Will's birthday cake, here it is! Here is one with Will, I mean me, blowing the candle out.Will thinks he is a BIG boy and he dumps water all over himself!

Also, the Grand Finale, Will with his piece of cake.

Here is Will in the middle of his opened presents.

After the party, we all went to the Aquarium in Sandy. Here is a picture of Will touching the water with his cousin. Will is just over 2 months older than his cousin, Daimian.

Alright, now we have Thanksgiving to tell you about. We went to Delta for Thanksgiving this year. It was a lot of fun considering that Charles and his family were there. We haven't seen him in like 4 years. I don't have any pictures on this computer, but as soon as I get them, I will post a picture.

Now, we gave Will his first hair cut. He was really tired but overall, as long as he had his binkie in his mouth he was happy. Doesn't he look like a big boy?!?!?!

Can I also mention that I can't believe it's Christmas already?! I am not ready, I would have been but the weather is just awful! I do have somewhat of a Christmas picture already. This was last Sunday, aka Christmas Sunday.

Will also likes to pose...

And to end this blog with my handsome 2 men!

Our Halloween.

2009-11-01T10:45:00.000-08:00

Halloween was a pretty good day. We got up early, dressed Will up in these super cute warm ups that were the Halloween colors and off shopping we went. I feel horrible, I left my car unlocked, by accident of course, and someone came along and decided to steal our GPS system. Yes, it was at home. I still haven't stopped beating myself up over it. Anyway, David looked at the situation in such a delightful light, he gets a new and improved model! So off to Costco! We also bought some sushi rolls at Costco, BARF!!! Don't get them. The first few are good, but that's about it. They are not as good as they appear to be. Also, that day was the day we went out buying stuff for Will's big number 1 birthday!! YIPEE! I think I'm going to keep it a surprise as to what we are doing. Let's just say, I spent almost all night on Halloween practicing. It's a good thing too, David and I learned a lot. Don't worry, Will's birthday is on the 17th so you'll see pictures soon enough. Anyway, we did so some trick or treating, just to a few homes up here. Will was Tigger and boy was he ever so CUTE!! To sum it up, I am so blessed to have my little family. I am so happy!

Will got into quite a pickle last night...

2009-08-27T09:33:00.001-07:00

David insisted I post these pictures. They occured last night while David was off playing basketball!

Will laughing his head off!

2009-08-26T10:22:00.000-07:00

We have noticed a trend with Will; he is a super hyper baby late at night. He thought it was just soooo funny that we were playing fetch with the dog. This was around 11:00 last night. He was laughing more than what this video portrays. Will stopped laughing for a minute or two when David went to go get the camera.

2009-08-07T14:34:00.001-07:00

Oh my goodness! So, Will can now sit up by himself, and last night he pulled himself up into the standing position. I am just so amazed at his progress. He is always on the go go go. Oh, and almost forgot, he has 5 teeth. He has been such a champ; Tylenol is my best friend!

Now, a little about me. Two Thursdays ago my neck started to hurt me pretty bad. I went to a Chiropractor and it relieved the pain enough that I could work Saturday and Sunday. Well, I woke up on Monday in extreme pain. I couldn't move or breath without having pain all up and down my right side of the neck. David came home and took me to the Chiropractor and it helped enough that I could sleep 2 hours after we got home. Well, needless to say, I do have a problem with my neck. I had an xray done and there is mild degeneration of my neck. I have been to the Chiropractor 3 times this week and I still have a lot of pain, but I am getting my flexibility back in my neck. Other than that, life has been good. I just feel bad that I have not been able to stay on top of cleaning my home. I just haven't had the endurance to keep up with it...

Well, here's some pictures of Will. Enjoy!

Williams gift to Daddy

2009-06-21T11:41:00.000-07:00

Will has a tooth!!

2009-05-20T12:17:00.000-07:00

Don't ask me why David's finger was in his mouth but good thing it was because he found a tooth in there!! Will really hasn't been fussy either. What a champ!!!

Will gets his first taste of food!

2009-05-18T18:31:00.001-07:00

Will got to try rice cereal today. He is such a smart little boy; he didn't get food all over himself! Smart smart smart boy!!

At Our Home

2009-03-25T13:05:00.000-07:00

Well, I feel like we have accomplished a lot in the last little bit. First, we finished a puzzle that I got for my Birthday. It was a CSI one, it was a lot of fun to do.

Second, I got my dog so excited to be outside that she wouldn't come back in. Of course, that was when the weather was way nice and now since it's snowing/raining she sticks her out of the door then looks at me like "Do I HAVE to go out there?" then turns around and goes straight back into the nice warm house.

Third, I accomplished getting my son dressed in green for St. Patricks Day. I totally forgot, but just happened to get him in green. What LUCK!!! So, here's a picture of my 2 most handsome men both wearing green!

Now, on to the cooking! My most wonderful husband wanted to have Lobster tail. So, he told me that he had pulled them out of the freezer and was waiting for me to come home from work to help him make them. Well, instead I came home to this...

To top it off, I decided to make homemade Chicken Turnovers. I kinda made up the recipe for the filling, but the pastry is a normal pastry for pies. However, trying to be healthy, I made it with wheat flour so that's why it looks so dark.

As you can tell, we have all been very busy! I have been very blessed in deed to have such wonderful people (and dog) in my life to share all this wonderful fun. Just for your enjoyment, here's a picture of Little Will!

A Little Update

2009-03-20T09:36:00.000-07:00

I guess it is about time I update this. We have moved to Holladay and loving it! Our new home is only 8 miles from David's work which makes it nice for him, but added 15 more minutes to my drive making it a long 45 minutes. It's ok though, I only go down twice a week!

Will is growing like a weed. Yesterday, he calmed down only when we went outside. The little guy likes the outdoors!! He is also very active. We got him one of those jumping things that hang from the doorway, and he just loves it!!

Also, I turned 26 this month and had a lovely birthday. My husband gave me a nice gift which was a hair cut and weave. Now I look like I have more life to me! YIPEE!! Here I am before my cut...

Here I am after the hair makeover!

Can I just tell you that I am just so grateful for where I am in life and who I am sharing my life with. I have been blessed and I am just so happy and content. My life is perfect and both my wonderful husband and I are striving to be the best that we can be. Must I add, my son does not need to strive to be perfect, he already is! :)

Will is now laughing up a storm!

2009-02-09T17:59:00.001-08:00

David came home and took over so I could take a shower and get our place looking decent. Well, my relaxing shower was cut short because David was insisting I get out and see something. I came out to this....

Will Is Playing

2009-02-03T23:25:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we were over at our new place painting when I start to hear Will's toys jingling on his carrier. I started to panic thinking that somehow it had tipped with him in it. I go to check on him and there he was just batting away at the toys! My little man is growing up so fast!!

Our First Loaf of 100% Wheat Bread

2009-01-26T09:36:00.001-08:00

William David Tedjamulia's Blessing

2009-01-08T19:16:00.000-08:00

Will was blessed on January 4, 2009 in our ward in Draper. It was a really nice event. David's parents flew in from Georgia and my parents came up from Delta. Afterwards, we had a nice luncheon at our place. Yes, our place may be small, but it was wonderful! Below are some nice pictures of the lovely event!

Will's First Christmas

2008-12-27T15:25:00.000-08:00

Christmas was a lot of fun this year. The only downfall was that David got sick; therefore we were not going to Delta for Christmas day. I went down on Christmas Eve to exchange gifts and to go to the Christmas Eve program. It was nice to see so many people that I haven't seen for a while.

Here is my Aunt Connie holding Will. My mom is standing right next to her.

Here is me and Will and Santa. First exposure to the holly jolly guy!

Doesn't he look studly??

Here is the little on Christmas eve right before going to bed.

Here is my little family, minus me, on Christmas morning.

He fell asleep after opening up his first present.

2008-12-15T20:49:00.000-08:00

Coming home from the hospital!

Our first Thanksgiving as a "little family", excluding Dakota.

Dakota was preoccupied during the family picture.

This is my most favorite picture of "little Will".

Our New Life!

2008-04-06T10:05:00.000-07:00

We finished school and moved on to provide for ourselves. What a wonderful adventure that has been. Shopping for furniture, disagreeing here but agreeing there. I wanted lighter wood but David insisted on darker. The biggest surprise of all was the moving bonus David's job provided. It was at this point that the big screen tv was an issue. It started out between 40-50 inch but ended at 65 inch! Moving the tv was a real treat. Since it was only David and I, we decided to move it all the way up the stairs so we could enjoy the BIG screen. Boy oh boy was David excited. Never in my life have I seen him so proud of himself!!! He was able to buy HIMSELF a tv, let alone all the furniture that was to make our new place our home. Of course when it came time to move to our new home in Draper, David decided he needed to do some work training in New York City, leaving it all up to little ol' Veronica to move us, now the second time this has happened. Well, we moved a day early due to the weather and I had a friend come help my dad and I and we were all moved and unloaded withing 4 hours. It was amazing. Poor Dakota was pretty stressed out. She didn't know what was happenning. She was leaving her only known home to a new strange place. Well, it didn't take long for her to get over it when she realized she had 2 dog friends living next door. Now she acts like this is the best place she could have ever been in, except for heaven of course!! She is pretty much potty trained now. She sleeps with us in our bed and she has not had an ACCIDENT since we moved up here. She sure likes to get under the blankets right between David and I and blop down, refusing to budge!! What a treat she has been. I have enjoyed knowing I'm not the only one home when David is at work. When we are both gone at work, she gets the whole garage to herself! She loves it!!! Well, Dakota has David and I trained now. I think if we have a kid we will be by far more prepared than those that didn't get themselves a little beagle. She had us getting up every few hours when she was a little puppy to let her out to go potty. Now, doesn't that sound like that will prepare us for other things??? Then, she had us trained to make sure that those things we didn't want her getting into were not within her reach. Now, doesn't that sound like baby proofing??? It all boils down to responsibility and I strongly encourage it for everyone because you will truly have your eyes open when you do decide to have a little tike.

Where Did We Go Wrong as Parents?

2008-02-03T20:11:00.000-08:00

Our only “child” is a sadist.

Tonight I watched as Dakota bit the face off her newest victim—an unsuspecting wiener dog dressed in an umpire outfit. As this horrifying event took place, I shook my head and asked myself where Veronica and I went wrong in our parenting. Surely we taught Dakota better values than this.

When we gave Dakota this new toy to play with she decided that before “defacing” the poor creature she would utterly humiliate it. After sniffing it for a couple of seconds she started by completely ripping off the little umpire shorts that the dog was wearing, leaving it in the most vulnerable position that I can think of.

Then, off came an arm and then the face. In all my years, I have never known a dog to smile, but Dakota couldn’t be happier even if we gave her a 12 oz steak from Outback.

I almost threw up when she started ripping the stuffing out of the umpire dog, and when she finally reached the squeaker and waived it proudly in the air I decided that it was time to put the poor, maimed stuffed animal to the tender mercies of the garbage can hidden in the garage, where it would be safe from the jaws of the beast that I have grown to love.

Afterwards, Dakota looked at me like a child who had just gotten his tricycle stolen by the neighborhood bully. As she stared at me with her big, brown eyes I asked myself how such innocent eyes could belong to such a heartless killer of stuffed animals.

Perhaps bringing home stuffed animals was the wrong approach. Tomorrow I think I’ll go to Deseret Book and bring home a copy of Talmage’s “The Miracle of Forgiveness” after I finish cleaning stuffed animal guts off the floor.