March 25, 2012

Daddy is back / Babamiz dondu

Yuksel just came back from a three-week research trip to Indonesia, and we all missed him a lot! Especially little Derin. They Skype'd twice everyday, and the 11-hour time difference made it very easy. You could literally see the love on the screen :) Derin gave his dad e-kisses, and daddy to him. It was a sight to see. 

Yuksel'in Endonezya'ya yaptigi 3 haftalik arastirma seyahati sirasinda hepimiz onu cok ozledik, ama Derin daha cok ozledi. Babasiyla her gun iki defa Skype uzerinden gorustuler. Derin babasini ekranda optu, babasi da onu. Gorulmeye degerdi. 

E-kiss / E-opucuk


Getting ready to go to the airport to welcome daddy back / Babamizi karsilamak icin hava alanina gitmek icin hazirlanirken


Exploratory trips at the airport while waiting for daddy to arrive / Hava alaninda bekleme sirasinda kesif calismalari


Exploratory trips at the airport while waiting for daddy to arrive / Hava alaninda bekleme sirasinda kesif calismalari

Exploratory trips at the airport while waiting for daddy to arrive / Hava alaninda bekleme sirasinda kesif calismalari

And daddy is here! / Babamiz geldi!

And daddy is here! / Babamiz geldi! 
Happiness... / Mutluluk...

March 18, 2012

Mm..Mm..Good / Cok Lezzetli


Those of you closer to us would know, Derin has had problems eating chunky food for a while now, and has a strong gag reflex, making it harder for him to chew and swallow, even though he has all the necessary teeth in his mouth. So he eats pureed food pretty much at all times. We took him to the doctor, and checked to see if there were any anatomical issues. Lucky for us, he's fine. So we now decided to focus on the subject a little differently, which involves allowing him to get hungry, vs. feeding him as we always do, frequently during the day, at a certain time. So we tried that today and we were delighted that he was able to tolerate chunks, and bite/chew/swallow on his own, with some light snacks made for teething babies. Great start, we thought. We'll keep trying...

Bize yakin olanlariniz bilirler, Derin'cik hala parcali gidalar yemekte zorlaniyor, siklikla olan ogurme refleksi dolayisiyla pure haline getirilmis besinler yemek durumunda kaliyordu. Doktora gittik, anatomik bir sorun olup olmadigini kontrol ettirmek icin. Neyse ki oyle bir sorun gorunmuyor. Dolayisiyla bu konuya daha baska sekilde yaklasmaya basladik. Normal saatinde ona yemegini yedirmek yerine, daha da cok acikmasina izin vererek, onune koydugumuz kraker gibi besinleri kendi kendine yemesini saglamaya calistik. Ilk gunun sonuclarindan cok memnunuz. Denemeye devam...

Once sabah kahvaltisinda peynirli yumurta /
 First, scrambled eggs , feta and goat cheese for breakfast


Sonra yogurtlu puf biskuviler / Then, yogurt puffs
Sonra da Cheerios / And then, Cheerios






Piano Piano Bacaksiz

Daddy bought our Derin a mini real piano recently. He's been experimenting with it, but we're still waiting to hear a masterpiece...any day now :)


Babasi ogluma mini bir piyano aldi. Elektrikli bir tane vardi, ama bunu ozellikle istedik. Derin biraz daha buyuyunce bu piyano da yerden yukseltilebiliyor, hatta Derin icin kucuk bir taburesi bile var. Ara sira cosup eserler ortaya cikarmasi icin bekliyoruz. "yavas yavas" ogrenecek bacaksiz :)


March 17, 2012

Bed Time Stories / Uyku Durumlari

This week I had a lot of fun reading during our daily bed time routine w/ Derin, as he's getting more interactive with every passing month. He started expecting some of the upcoming pages, and demanding to stay longer on the ones he likes more. I like it :)

Bu hafta Derin ile her aksam yaptigimiz uyku oncesi kitap okuma aktivitemiz sirasinda cok keyif aldim. Cunku her gecen ay daha da interaktif olup, istedigi sayafalarda daha uzun kalmayi, ya da gelecek olan sayfayi bildigi icin bazen hizlica gecmek istedigini bana anlatabiliyor olmasina cok seviniyorum. 

Once trenlere bakiyoruz...

Sonra renkler ve isimlere... sonra da 4 kitap daha bitiriyoruz en az, her aksam. Toplam okuma suremiz 15 dakika kadar. Sonra zaten kitaplari bir kenara atip kendini de yatagin uzerine atiyor. 

Bazen iPod'u alip sanki kirk yillik kullaniciymisiz gibi bir guzel kumanda ediyoruz

Bu arada Pandora'da Adele caliyor, oglum da pek seviyor

Bu hafta icinde bir gun beni cok sasirtip sabah 07:30'a kadar uyumasi sirasinda cektigim bir foto. Ben aslinda uyumuyorum.... hic belli olmuyor zaten :)

Parks and Recreation / Birkac Park Gezisi Daha

Winter continued to amaze us by not being itself this year. None of the family members had any issues with it, naturally, since it allowed us to enjoy outdoors a lot sooner than spring time. Few more photos from our park/playground visits this month...

Kis bu sene kendisi gibi davranmayarak bizi sasirtmaya devam ediyor. Hic birimizin bir sikayeti yok elbette ki. Bahar gibi kis gunleri yasadigimiz icin disarida daha cok zaman gecirme firsatimiz oluyor. Bu ay icinde yaptigimiz bir iki park gezisine ait birkac fotograf daha...