A Father's Day Message

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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Is this a sign?

Last month, inayos namin ni mom yung mga gifts na hindi pa magagamit ni Janna. Pero may napansin ako sa mga regalo sa kanya ...

Everybody knows naman na Janna is a girl ... pero bakit meron nagregalo ng mga ito:

A Blue Baby Book

2 Blue baby albums

1 Blue Dinner set

Hmmm ... sometimes I believe in signs and I wish this one will come true. Jason and I really wanted to have a baby boy for our second baby. Is this a sign?

A Mother's Day announcement

This is a long overdue post!

I celebrated Mother's Day of 2008 with the birth of our daughter Julianna Alyssa. It was my first time to celebrate Mother's day and I have the best gift ever.

We celebrated Mother's Day lunchtime with my family. We ate at Lamesa Grill in Trinoma. After that, while mom and dad do the groceries, my sibblings along with my hubby, my SIL and the babies went on shopping. Pauwi na kami and nag-text si BIL saying we should meet at dinner time to celebrate Mother's Day with them. So, we just took a rest for a while and by 7:00p.m. we are on our way to Brick Road in Marikina. We ate at Friday's and the food is so good. And Janna's having a great time coz they gave her a complimentary sundae because of her birthday on May 11.

Then we went home by 10:30pm. I saw an open drugstore and asked hubs to buy me an EPT kit. My period is delayed for a week already and I wanted to make sure that I'm not pregnant coz I've been taking some meds for my allergies that time. But when I took the test, it's POSITIVE. Oh my God, after a year I got pregnant again! Jason and I was laughing so hard because this was an unexpected news for us. Well, actually hindi rin naman kami shocked kasi we're not into contraceptives.

I went to my OB on May 11 and confirmed that I am really really pregnant. By May 21, I already saw Baby J#2 on ultrasound, He's so tiny like a grain of rice. And I can already hear his heartbeat already nakakatuwa. I have a slight hemmorhage that's why I was advised to have bed rest.

We're embrassing this gift from God with open arms and everybody is excited already just like the time we have Julianna. I'm not really sure if I can handle a toddler and a baby at the same time. But what the heck ... yung mga may anak nga na twins nakaya nila mapalaki ng sabay ang mga anak nila, eh what more yung magkasunod lang di ba? My mom has been so not into na makasunod ang apo niya sa akin pero she's not into me having contraceptives, so wala siyang choice. And I told them na let the baby feel na he's welcome ... ayoko lumaki siya na unwanted.

My EDD is on January 10, 2010. I'll be a mom of two on 2010 ... after 3 years of being married to hubs ... thanks for the wonderful Mother's Day gift, Lord. And we hope you give us a baby boy this time. Janna would love to have a baby brother.

WifeSpeaks: Memoir Monday - Commitment

Photo by Paul Vincent

This is me and Jason on the day of our wedding, October 28, 2006. We took our vows in the presence of our Lord and surrounded by the people we love and love us. We binded our commitment through the sacrament of marriage.

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LP: Tulay

Ito ay kuha ko noong 2006 nung kami ay nagpunta ng Pagudpod, Ilocos Norte. Ang Patapat Bridge ay nakatayo sa gitna ng bundok at Philippine Sea. Kapag ikaw ay nakatayo dito, kita mo na ang dulo ng Pilipinas. Isa din itong alternatibong daan papuntang Cagayan, Tuguegarrao at Isabela. Ilang beses na rin nasira ang bridge na ito dahil sa hampas ng alon na galing sa dagat tuwing may bagyo. Ngunit sinisikap naman ng gobyerno na ayusin ito at panatilihin maayos ang paglalakbay ng mga taong gusto pumunta o dumaan dito.

Binubuksan ko ang tulay dito para makita natin ang lahok ng iba.

Stick Figure Family

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Julianna Alyssa's Birthday Wishlist

Note: The reason why I'm doing this wishlist is because some of my friends asked me to do a list to give them an idea on what to give her on her birthday para daw magamit niya at di masayang. Ika nga nila, what's important is she's surrounded by the people who loves her. Gift is still a gift, and Janna love's ripping gift wrappers lalo na ngayon that she's more appreciative of the things given to her.

1. Photo Album - I'm using King Jim, ring binded, refillable, self adhesive album. Yung square na malaki. Sorry di ko na alam ang dimension basta yung square na malaki. Naka 2 albums na ako with 30 pages na, yung February up to present hindi ko pa napapa-print and I'm expecting a lot of photos because of our trip in Laoag and her upcoming birthday party. Basta self adhesive, ring binded, at malaking album ok lang.
2. Books - She loves books, although she's not that attentive pa when we read stories to her, but she loves looking at illustrations.
3. Toys - she's still young, she loves toys every single day. She loves balls (I saw a bag of balls at Toy Kingdom, 100 balls ata yun hehehe), toys with wheels (boy ata si Janna), toys that makes noises (baby instruments will do like piano, xylophone, drums).
4. She loves to swim ... an inflatable, safe, kiddie pool will do. And if we will not gonna use it for swimming, will gonna use it as her play area for her balls. oo gusto niya ng swimball.
   
5. Clothes - she's wearing size 1T for shirts and onesies, size 1 for skirts and pants. (medyo payatot pa kasi) One size bigger for her will do :). She doesn't have denim shorts or denim jumpers (I'm still looking for a more affordable clothes for her coz she tends to outgrow her clothes fast.). She looks good on knee socks, too.
   
6. Shoes - sa Pitterpatter size 20 siya pero sana may magregalo nung tumutunog or umiilaw para ma-encourage siya to walk hehehe. Wala pa siyang rubber shoes.
   
7. She loves Tigger (but I love Winnie the Pooh) hahaha!
   
8. She haven't gone to Disneyland ...
   
9. She uses Angel's Breath for her cologne hehehe
10. She doesn't have a hat for travelling ... I saw one in Enfant and it's so cute. Pero I saw one in Barbie din at half the price.
11. A bike, parang lahat naman ata ng kids dumaan dun hehehe.
12. Kaboodle or play mat - we need more than what we have right now. Janna needs more room to play hehehe.
13. Educational toys (Leap Frog, Vtech, etc.)
    
14. A Nintendo Wii, PSP, Nintendo DS, a new cellphone, Spa GC's ... ay para sa akin pala to hahaha! Erase! Erase!

Kahit wala sa list na yan ang ibibigay mo ok lang, actually kahit nga wala kang ibigay ok lang. Basta ang mahalaga andun ka at masaya lahat sa araw ng birthday ng baby ko hehehe.

12 days to go May 11 na, 17 days to go till her party ... grabe na to!

Julianna Alyssa @ 11 months old

This is an overdue post. We celebrated Janna's 11 month birthday in Laoag City. Feeling ko birthday na talaga yun kasi ang daming pagkain parang may fiesta. Tapos hindi naman nakisaman ang Red Ribbon dahil wala sila ng rectangle size na cake big enough to feed 50 persons or so. Kaya we opted to buy 3 chocolate rolls.

Janna's milestone at 11 months:

• Her new tricks are as follows: clapping, flying kiss, a-line, sawsaw suka (yes, the sawsaw suka game), high five, give me five, waives goodbye, waives hello, putting her hands to her ear as if she's talking on the phone, eat-bulaga, kiss and hug.
• Just learned how to walk, still a little wobbly but she can already do 2 steps at a time. The other day she did 4 steps.
• Knows how to climb down our bed. She learned it while attempting to grab one of her toys. Ended up sliding from our bed, and she kept repeating it until she mastered it.
• Eats a bit of rice with sabaw and minced pork or beef or mashed veggies. Actually, she's now eating table food little by little.
  
• Can eat biscuit and chews it thoroughly before swallowing it.
• Drinks 6 oz of milk every 2 hours.
• Additional words she can utter: baby - she says baby when she wanted us to carry her, bow for blow (coz we're teaching her how to blow her candles for her birthday cake on May), e-lo for Hello, lay for Elay, eat-ba! for eat bulaga, wow for wow, wim for swim
  
• Upper front tooth sprouting already.
• She had her first time to swim in a pool on an inflatable on her 11 month birthday. She's a water baby. Loves to swim in the pool. Hubs and I decided to enroll her in swimming lessons by the time she learned how to walk properly.
  

• First time to ride a plane on May 19, 2009. She loves flying and the next plane ride will be in July, hopefully with my in-laws.
  

• Still a cruiser, doesn't use her walker anymore. She's more into pushing it not riding it.
• Loves books... especially those with large illustrations.
• Loves dogs, she shouts with glee when she sees one of our dogs peeking in our kitchen.
• Loves to dance, any song she hears as long as she loves the beat, she'll dance. Even if she's drinking milk. May kasama pang head bang yun.
  

Less than 2 weeks and will be celebrating her 1st birthday. I'm getting excited already and at the same time a little bit nervous on the day of her party. Sana pumunta ang mga relatives and friends namin on that special day para ma-feel naman ni Janna the love they have for her.

For the 3rd Time...

... we are going to change venue again for Janna's birthday party on May 16. There's no way the kids will enjoy the party if they are all dripping of sweat and the adults are already getting annoyed of the whole scenario. I've been doing ocular inspection during the afternoon. From 3:00pm onwards, it really is too hot in our backyard. One way to minimize it is to rent a misting fan to cater the whole place or do the party at night. But unfortunately, it's quite too expensive to rent a misting fan and a children's party at night... I don't think so.

The family had a serious talk at dinner. And Dad suggested that the party should be held in a much comfy place for the kids to enjoy. So we decided to have a Jollibee party for Janna. Yes, a Jollibee party.

And now we need to find a venue this week to booked the place and revised the invites ... sayang yung mga print outs, hindi na magagamit tsk!

Any suggestions of a Jollibee branch within Quezon City na medyo malaki ang venue for parties? Need your help, desperate na kami huhuhu!

First Plane Ride

Our flight was scheduled on April 9, 2009 at 6:10pm bound to Laoag. Since it was Janna's (and yours truly) first time to ride a plane, I asked Jason if we can go to the airport 2 hours before our flight schedule. We left our house around 2pm and reached NAIA Terminal 3 at 3:00pm. No traffic and whatsoever.

I was like a probinsyana when I first step at the airport. Susmiyo, ganun pala ang feeling ng nasa airport. It was huge ... akala ni Janna mall yun. She was clapping her hands when we were already inside. The place is really cold... hindi nagtipid sa A/C I must say.

Our flight was delayed for an hour and a half. Imagine how Janna and my niece, Elay were beginning to get cranky because we've been there for a long time. Though they love to stroll around. we brought their umbrollers, by the way. It's what the grannies told us to bring.

We stayed at Cinnabon to eat our meryenda and wait there till its boarding time. We took a lot of photo ops of Janna while standing up. She can now stand against a wall, and never sits until we said so. You can view the photos here.

while waiting for our delayed flight... hay!

I was afraid at first that Janna might not love flying. But I was wrong, she loved every second of it. She loves looking outside the window as she see the million lights of Metro Manila. She even screams when she sees the moon. You can view a video clip wherein she's laughing so hard whenever the air from the A/C lingers on her face.

We did join the mini games inside Cebu Pacific's plane. Unfortunately, mahirap pala sumali ng may hawak na bata. hahaha! Kasi nahihirapan kami maghagilap ng things needed for the "bring me" game lalo na kung nakikisingit si Janna sa paghalungkat.

I didn't like how our plane landed at Laoag's Airport. Akala ko nag-crash na kami eh. Kumbaga sa naglalakad, para kaming nadapa. Kaya pala Jason told me to hold Janna tightly kasi matindi daw mag-land ang Cebu Pacific ng eroplano, hindi daw swabe unlike sa PAL. True enough, even si Janna nagulat, napaakap ng ng di oras ang bata. Pero it's just a manner of seconds lang naman pero I didn't like it talaga.

minutes before boarding ... sabi ko kasi kay Jason wala pa kami picture
ni Janna outside the plane wahahaha!

pinilit na family picture kasi nauna na sa amin sila kuya,
hindi kami nakapagpakuha ng picture.

But it's was so different nung pauwi kami. This time, our flight was on time, and the plane is quite more colder than the forst one. And Janna and Elay loved this trip because they got photo ops with the pilot and the stewardess. You can view the photos here. A lot of people from the plane were playing with them kaya akala nila it's a playground on air hahaha. As usual, Janna had the same laugh whenever the A/C is turned on (addict sa malamig). Kaso while descending nung pa-land na sa Manila, medyo nakakabingi na that made Janna a bit uncomfortable. Pero she's so intelligent, what she did was she's like chewing something, as in close open yung mouth niya. Tapos she's looking at me and Jason biglang tatawa. Galing-galing talaga ng baby ko.

I really enjoyed our first plane ride. And I'm looking forward until my next plane ride. Hopefully, we can go to Bohol in October for our 3rd Wedding Anniversary with Janna.