Baby J#2 at 24 weeks

Yes, Baby J # 2 is now 24 weeks ... hala ... barely 3 months to go before his/her grand entrance. I had my congenital anomaly scan last Saturday. The baby's fine, and very healthy ... unfortunately, we didn't get to know the gender. Eh he/she's so tamad to open his/her legs para makita yung gender niya. But the sonologist told me it's 75% girl. May hiwa daw kasi, pero it's still hard to tell. My OB told me to have it ultrasound on my 28th week, coz sabi niya ang scrotum daw may hiwa din.

It's only a week now before mom and dad will leave for the US. They will stay there for2 months or until they get their SSS no. or green card. They'll be home for before Christmas or before I'm scheduled to give birth. My kuya's house is now 90% done. By Saturday, my Lola (Dad's mom) will live with us until the house is finished. She will stay with my kuya ... actually after 2 months, mom and dad will also live there. My kid brother will stay with us. Will surely gonna miss them. But mabilis lang naman ang 2 months eh plus ... imagine how many pasalubong we will get from them.

Julianna Alyssa's 1st Birthday

It took me a lot of months to sit again in front of the PC and write something about what's happening in my life. I've been having the pregnancy syndrome called "katamaran" and I also having a lot of distractions lately besides taking care of my human walking doll. I'll blog about that later.

Last May 11, 2009, Janna celebrated her first birthday. Though her real party took place 6 days after. We had a small celebration at home. Bought a few balloons and some food for her. Time really does fly so fast. My little girl is now 1 year old (I think I'm gonna cry hahaha!)

May 16, 2009 was her party celebrated at Shakey's Tomas Morato. We had a blast... from 110 confirmed guest to 240 guest ... ang dami no? Actually, hindi na nga lahat na-accommodate sa Shakey's, my dad had to bring his guest at Dulcinea hahaha. All throughout the party, my little girl is sleeping. Arrrggghhh! Good thing we didn't pursue the super bonggang party I planned before or else, it will all be a waste for Janna won't enjoy every single detail of the party.

Suppliers I got for her party was Ging Lorenzo as official photographer, Emily Uy of Sugarbox for Janna's cake, Chocolate Lovers for the party favors, and Jacque Tan of Partyboosters for the party venue dress up. I'll do a separate supplier ratings for that. I'm so raving with my suppliers, my guest loves Janna's party kahit fastfood party ang 1st birthday niya.

And one of the best part is the gifts ... Janna got lots of gifts from her party that she shared her toys with her cousin Ellay, to play with right just after the party.

Baby J#2 @ 17 weeks

I had my monthly visit to the OB today. No babysitter is available, so we tagged Janna along. We're on our 17th week today ... and good thing I only gained 2 lbs. in a month. My OB was kinda happy about that even I ate like there's no tomorrow.

OB asked me if I already feel some little kicks on my tummy ... I said, "Yes, doc lalo na sa gabi bago matulog." She wasn't convince though coz It's still pretty early for me to feel those kicks. But we have a taekwondo baby inside me, coz when OB put her Doppler on my tummy, he began to kick. Sabi nga ni OB, "Oo nga, may naninipa na sa tiyan mo" Hahaha! And Janna was again amazed on the heartbeat her baby brother/sister has. She keeps on asking, "Mommy, baby?" hehehe!

Next month, hopefully baby J#2 won't be that shy for us to know his/her gender ... oh we can't wait!

and I'm Back!

A lot of times have I told everyone that I'm such a lousy blogger. It's been a month now and I got lots of pending things to blog about like Janna's first birthday, Baby J#2's monthly progress, Kuya's wedding, Janna's 1st birthday supplier's rating. Too much to do but don't have the power to do so. I told myself that today starts the day of my come back.

-ooOoo-

As for my little Julianna Alyssa, she's now a pretty walking doll. She can now run and walk around the house. We never get to bring an umbroller or stroller whenever we go out coz she refuse to ride in it. She prefer to run or walk and explore her surroundings. She already have six teeth now ... four on her upper jaw and 2 on her lower jaw. She's still more into milk formula than solid food though she's now eating table food. No chicken, seafoods, mangoes and eggs on her diet. But her pedia already gave her a go on tilapia and bangus. She can now say a lot of words with intonations and emotions. She dances a lot and sometimes try to sing or hum. She's now more sociable than ever.

-ooOoo-

And for the little one whose growing inside me, he's now almost 4 months old. I can now feel his little kicks especially at night. We're excited to know the baby's gender by September, before mom and dad leaves for the US. Everybody is hoping for a baby boy. But if this baby would be another girl, ok lang ... no need for shopping coz there are a lot of Janna's clothes that were worn only once and looks almost new. This time I wanted to establish my milk supply. I was disappointed when Janna only breastfed for two weeks. This time I wanted for this baby to be breastfed for as long as I can.

More kwento next post... the little one is awake already.

A Father's Day Message

Sa mga kapwa ko mabait
maganda, masipag, matalino
at halos walang kapintasang misis...

pakibati na lang sa mga
swerteng lalaki na naka-jackpot sa atin...

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.

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