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.

Julianna Alyssa @ 10 months old

Julianna Alyssa's milestone at 10 months old

1. Loves taking her vitamins. Before, I have to put it on her food or milk just to make her get to take her vitamins everyday.
2. She now eats solid food 3 times a day, and now eating two tablespoons per meal.
3. Doesn't use her walker that much, she loves to climb on things for her to stand up.
4. And she can now cruise around the house particularly in her crib and in the sala.
5. She already learned how to clap her hands.
6. New words she's been uttering this past few days: Bab-ba - for Bobby (our mini pin), dey - for there, Pay-pay or Pay - for Popoy (our retriever dog)
7. Loves to see our dogs and flowers.
8. When she's having difficult time sleeping, all you have to do is comb her hair.
9. She'll make kilig when you say kilig-kilig to her.
10. Learned how to drink to a sippy cup.
11. Loves fruit juice and water.
12. Swims for the first time in an inflatable pool. And she love it!
13. Super mega bigtime drooler!
14. She loves eating super mega small bite sizes of bread during merienda.
15. Little by little, she's trying to socialize especially with toddlers and kids.

Party Preps

Thanks to those people who read my blog last weekend. As of this moment, we are now preparing for Janna's birthday again. And this time, hubby is into it as well. I'll give a ran down of our preps plus the suppliers.

THEME - We decided not to have one para mas madali. But according to Mec, nabanggit ko na kasi ang colors na gagamitin for the party, sabi niya Crayola daw yung theme ko hahaha. Mukha ngang Crayola hehehe. You'll know why later.

DATE - May 11 falls on a Tuesday, so we decided to have the party by May 17, but realized that it's Mother's Day, so I have to change it to May 16. Time of the party have to wait ... by March, I have to observe the weather and how hot it is in our lawn from 3pm onwards.

VENUE - initially we got a venue from QC but due to tight budget, we asked them if we can get the refund in full. The owner said yes ... but take note that she only did that because we are one of her old clients. Of course, sa iba it will be forfeited. Our new venue will be in our own backyard. We have covered garage that can accommodate some people naman just in case it will rain and have a huge garden for kids to play.

VENUE DRESS-UP - I got Party Boosters to dress up our backyard. We'll gonna have to adjust the design dahil malaki na ang lugar na i-de-dress up niya. Will wait for her quote since she just received the photos yesterday. Balloons that she'll be using are based on pinks and purple.

FOOD CARTS - I have to talked to Ms. A if she still wants to work with me. I guess nagtampo siya sa akin when I cancelled all her services last week because of our budget. Now, hubby wanted to get her again for the food carts since walang bawal dito sa backyard namin, kahit ilang food carts pwede na hehehe. I think will be getting 4 instead of 2 food carts.

CATERER - I'm so sure it would be our good friend, Raymond Wong to cater our event. Their food is so good and we also got their services in one of my Dad's birthday party. Very affordable rates din.

PARTY HOST - Pencil booked with Wizzo ... thanks to Sis Jacque! mwah!

PHOTOGRAPHER - We got Ging Lorenzo as our photographer. Paid our downpayment already. We got her services also on Janna's Christening. Si Paul Vincent kasi fully booked na ng May.

CAKE - I already talked to Ms. Emily Uy of Sugarbox. Medyo may change lang sa details ng cake. I won't go with the cupcake tree but have a 2 or 3 layer cake nalang. Kasi medyo lumiit yung budget for the cake. Her cake will be in yellow, yellow green and orange.

LOOT BOX - I'll be getting Blaskie for the loot box. Then my cousin and I will go to Divi to buy some small toys and everything for the kids. Loot box would be in yellow, yellow green and orange as well.

INVITES - DIY ... I'll scrap one of her photos and pa-print nalang namin in 4R or 5R then put in an envelope with map and everything. Kaya ko yan ... actually nakaready na yung invite, will just have to put her latest photo. Papa-picture kasi kami sa studio ng April ... or I'll ask my photo hobbyist Tito or my photo hobbyist friend to capture her shots hehehe. Or pag kulang na sa time or kulang na sa budget... eh DIY nalang namin ni hubby ...

GUESTBOOK - I can scrap this one too, but I had a tip from fellow N@Wie and Ka-Plurkie, Julliefer, I can buy an 8 x 8 scrapbook in Papemelroti and paste Janna's photos nalang per page ... hmmm ... sounds good di ba? Since wala naman kami maid, and malabo din kasi ako makapag-digicrap ng maayos eh di pwede ko tong gawin.

TARPAULIN - madami daw kilala si hubby na nagpi-print ng tarpaulin, so this would not be a problem. And since DIY nanaman to eh ok lang ... grabe! kakayanin ko kaya to? huhuhu! Oo kaya ko to ...

May naalimutan pa ako? I didn't know that party planning is so stressful ... not to mention ... nakakabutas ng bulsa hahaha! Kahit ano basta para kay Janna gagawin namin for her.

Julianna Alyssa @ 9 months old

Her milestone @ 9 months old:

1. Knows how to wave goodbye.
2. Knows how to hum songs ... I think she was born to be a singer hehehe.
3. Additional words she can utter:
- A-ba for labas
- aba! for the expression Aba!
- anda for ganda
- a-ap for sarap
4. Loves to stand up
5. Starting to cruise around her crib.
6. Still drinks more milk than eat more solid food.
7. She knows how to kiss.
8. She can twitch her lips like a mouth of a fish.
9. She can do beautiful eyes and kilig gesture.
10. At night, she prefers not to be lulled to sleep, but rather put in bed and she'll shut her eyes every once in a while to tire herself to sleep.
11. She explore her hands more lately. she wave it, close and open, wiggle it, putting it in her mouth ... she's so facinated with her hands.
12. Does "eat! bulaga!" on anything that can cover her face. Before she only does that on her lampin.
13. Now uses large size diapers. Mukhang pa-XL na dahil lumalaki na ang pata!
14. Now weighs 7.5 kilos and measures 74cm.
15. The laundry hamper is her favorite place after a walker ride.
16. If she hears a song, it's either she'll stomp her feet or wave her hand to the tune. I love it! kakatuwa!

She fell

Last night, Janna and I are playing, while hubby is in front of his laptop.

... and throughout the play ... I fell asleep ...

... and the next thing I know ...

... BLAG!

Janna was crying coz she already fell from the edge of our bed. I was in the state of shock. I could see hubby's face went furious towards me. I know Janna fell, but still I'm there sitting while watching her cry in hubby's arms.

This is the first time it happened and I'm not letting it happen again. I was so scared of what it may cause to Janna in the future. We didn't know how she landed, but I believe somebody broke her fall. Walang bukol, walang pilay, no broken bones. She just cried because of fear and nothing else.

By the time she fell asleep, I cried so hard ... dun lang nag-sink in sa akin ang lahat. What if mali pagkakabagsak niya? Ano na mangyayari next?

I thank God for saving her. She's really a strong baby. And lesson learned talaga to never leave your baby unattended.

I'm such a bad mommy!

8th Month Birthday and Anniversary Celebration.

January 11, 2009, Mom and Dad celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary at home. Medyo diet muna kami sa paglabas-labas dahil gusto namin malakas resistensiya ni Janna bago kami pumunta ng Baguio for Panagbengga Festival next month. We ordered food from Max's and Jason bought a cake from Conti's. And since it's also Janna's 8th month birthday, eh di madami nanaman food on the table wahahaha!

Janna's milestone @ 8 months:
1. Can now get up alone from lying down position, side position and sitting position.

2. Can now wave goodbye
3. Can now do close-open
4. Loves playing "eat! bulaga!" using her lampin hehehe.

5. She knows were to look if you ask her to where she should look for. Example: "Where's Daddy?" she'll look at her Dad. "Where's Lolo", she'll look at her lolo
6. Some words she can speak:

• hinde for no
• yea for yes
  
• i-ja for Lola Lydia (my mom ... badtrip ... hindi namin alam kung bakit first name basis sila ng mom ko.);
  
• Egg for Lloyd (my brother ... hindi din namin alam kung bakit egg ang tawag sa kanya;
• Mam-ma for Mommy;
  
• Dadi or Adi for Daddy;
  
• A-ta for lolo Apin
• Didi for milk

7. She's now practicing to stand up by holding on to something for her to get up.
8. She already have two lower teeth sprouting. She's a big time drooler and super manggigil.

9. Drinks milk from 5oz to 6oz of milk every two hours (I badly need bigger bottles now).
10. She can now eat solid foods from 1 tbsp. to 2 tbsp. per meal twice or thrice a day. Now eating mixed foods according to pedia's advice.

11. Knows how to make "beautiful eyes".
12. Nods for yes.
13. Can now play alone but still with supervision.

14. Can now hold her bottle pero tamad pa rin hawakan ng matagal. Even if I put her trainer bottle holder on it, ayaw pa din niya hawakan.
15. Loves eating marie or teething biscuits. I love the way she looks so messy and all.

16. Her favorite play time with her Daddy.

17. Smiles and giggles a lot.

Four months to go and you're a year older ... Mom and Dad is doing their best to give you the best party you'll ever have. Wish us luck!

View more photos here.

Baby Food hoarding!

Last January 7, we went to Janna's pedia for her check-up due to her coughs, cold and fever. According to her pediatrician, no wheezing or halak naman so it's not asthma. Maybe it's just allergies. And the reason for her fever was she has a "singaw" in her throat. Oh wawa naman ang baby.

She lost 100 grams of her weight. And now my mission is to let her gain more before her well-baby check up on January 31.

Her pedia gave us a go signal that she can now eat mixed food. But still can't eat chicken, fish or seafoods, eggs, mangoes and orange so as not to trigger her allergies and asthma. So being the very excited mommy, I bought her baby food. Originally, we wanted home cooked meals for Janna. But wasn't able to do so coz we haven't bought food processor for her baby food. When Janna feels there's big lumps in her food, ayaw na niya kainin ... or nasasamid siya. Pero she loves home cooked potatoes sa nilaga and beef stew. And she loves kalabasa na lutong Diningding without the bagoong.

Janna's First Christmas

Christmas of 2008 was one of the best Christmas for me and Jason. It's Janna's first Christmas. We tried to be as festive as possible for it's something she'll look forward to every year. We bought her a simple present coz she practically has everything already (thanks to her lolo and lola for that). Wrapped it and put it under the Christmas tree.

December 24, 2008
We cook our Noche Buena earlier because of kuya's celebration. Palaging ganun, our noche buena is also kuya's handa for his birthday. Kaya pagdating ng 12mn, halos paubos na ang food kasi kinain na namin hahaha. Sayang I didn't took a picture of our Noche Buena ... Oh before I forgot, Dad brought 3 lechon that day, all gifts from his friends. Oo, nung December, nagdidildil kami sa lechon (hindi sa asin at kamatis hahaha!).

We attended the Christmas Eve mass while my Kuya is celebrating his 35th birthday at home with friends. Good thing Janna is so behave at the church. We didn't have the hard time taking care of her.

Happy Birthday Kuya Stan, looking forward to your wedding this year
... totoo na ba yan? Baka stir nanaman yan ha?

After hearing mass, we started opening gifts. Janna is more excited on ripping the wrappers than seeing the gifts inside hahaha. Kasi she cries whenever kinukuha namin yung crumpled gift wrappers from her hands. Kaloka! We bought her a shape sorter. She loves it ... I mean she loves to chew it hahaha.

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December 25, 2008
We went to Antipolo to visit Janna's other lola, Lola Perlie. And so goes with Tito Jade and Tita Jamie. As what I expected, Janna already have a stranger and separation anxiety. I've been telling hubby that we should see her mom at least once a month so that Janna won't always be like this. Whenever she's been carried by somebody else she barely sees everyday, she begins to cry. Cry as in parang somebody is spanking her. And when she looks around and I'm nowhere to be found, she'll cry again. Oh bummer! Now you know why going to the mall and going to the salon is something of a difficult task to handle nowadays.

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After a bit of playing and everything, she's starting to talk to her Lola and Tito Jade. Nagpapakarga na din siya, medyo matagal na din. Sometimes, she fell asleep on her Lola's shoulders when she's sleepy na. Tito Jade gave her a Crocs shoes (which i think can wait for a couple of months before she can wear it.) and a Vtech toy while her Lola Perlie gave her a cash gift. And of course, hubby and I got presents, too from the ever-galante Kuya Jade. Hehehe!

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We went home by 8:00p.m. Mom told me that one of Janna's Ninang, Hazel, is coming for a quick visit. May ibibigay lang daw sila. Pero they end up eating pa rin because Mom insist for them to eat before they leave nyahahaha! Wawa ang buntis, nabundat. They gave Mom and Dad a Banofee Pie from Banapple which i tasted for the first time. Grabe ang sarap! Which made me and hubby Banapple treat our new fave dessert.

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Baby Hailey, laro tayo!

December 26, 2008
Mom's sibbling along with their children and apo's in tow went for a mini reunion. It's been a while since they've seen each other. Usually, it's tita Ligaya who we always see. Si Tito Rene kasi is always busy eh. Hindi mahagilap! Hahaha!

Tito Rene already got 10 grandchildren ... all boys hahaha! Imagine Janna's birthday party, sa kanila lang puno na ang venue hahaha. It would be fun grabe!

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Grabe, ang dami namin dito no! Actually, kulang pa nga yan eh hahaha!

As usual, my Dad was like Santa, nagpapila at nagbigay ng cash gift. Dad sucks big time on buying gifts. He always opted on giving cash gifts for the reason that they can buy whatever they want for themselves. Para daw hindi sayang ang regalo ... ok may point nga naman si Dad. Saka mas ok sa kanya if you tell him what you want so that he knows what to buy for you. That's why I got this for my birthday and Christmas.

The Gifts
We didn't expect anything from everybody but it would please us to see somebody remembered Janna on Christmas Day. So here are some of the gifts she received this Christmas. Walang gift si Mom and Dad sa kanya kasi palagi naman siya may regalo kay mom lalo na pag nag-shoshopping ng damit hahaha. All her clothes were bought by mom, and some of her big things like high chairs, extra playpen, and a comfy chair were bought by her Lolo.

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FIRST PHOTO: Baby Pooh pillow came from Ate coolet (bro's GF), the dress and 2 piece swimsuit from my cousin Roselle, dozen of underwear from my cousin Rina, Vtech Storybook and Crocs Shoes from Tito Jade, photo album by Tita Ninang Ana, Barbie bag and hairclips from Ninang Hazel, Shape sorter from us.

SECOND PHOTO: Towel from Ninong Jess and Ninang Otel, Touch lamp from Ninang Bebet, Pink Osh Kosh dress from Tito Ninong Onet ... the stuff toy was from our Christmas party exchange gift.

THIRD PHOTO: 2 frog suits from Ninang Me-anne (sakto for Baguio in February).

FOURTH PHOTO: From Lola Evelyn in California, of course ... I love the Winnie the Pooh shirt hehehe.

Not in photo is the cash gift from Lola Perlie, and Janna's gifts from Lolo Junior, Lola Yolanda and Lola Josie is on the way already hehehe.

So that's Janna's first Christmas. You can view some photos here.

Julianna Alyssa @ 7 months old

Milestones @ 7 months:

1. Can now say "Ma-ma" for Mommy, ma-mam for water, didi for milk
2. Can now crawl (grabe ang bilis!)
   
3. Can sit down on her own. She practiced while she's in the hospital. By the time we went home, pag hiniga na namin siya ... she sits from her side tapos tinutukod niya yung isang hand niya bago maka-sit up straight.
   
4. Can now cling on the edge of her crib. She's now starting to practice to stand up by grabbing on to handles of her crib. We're planning to lower her crib na kasi baka matuto na tumayo bigla sumampa sa crib at mahulog siya.
   
5. Is now eating solid foods. Her pedia advised us to let her eat a teaspoon per feeding. But she can eat a tablespoonful already ... twice or thrice a day yun ha. Next week she will start to eat fruits.
6. Mastered the use of her walker. Before she walks sideways, but now she walks straight. The best thing of all is that she never slides at all, she walks as if she's walking without a walker.
   
7. Poses and smiles at the camera when you say "Posing!"
8. We started putting on shoes while she uses her walker. Dati kasi walang kasya na shoes, pero ngayon meron na weeeeeeee!
   
9. She now weighs 6.8 kg. and 7o cm. in height.
10. Starting to make "beautiful eyes" when she laughs.
11. Whenever she holds something, when you say "give", she'll give it to you back ... except when she's holding the remote control and our cellphone hehehe.
12. Knows how to wave goodbye. Learned it after her hand was free of dextrose.
    
13. Knows how to kiss mommy and daddy, with matching hawak pa both hands sa cheek yun ha.
14. Loves to play thumping on anything that is shaped like a box. We're planning to buy her a toy drum set for Christmas hehehe.
15. Doesn't like drinking in a sippy cup but rather drinks water from a glass. Sana di masayang yung sippy cup na binigay ng tito niya.
16. Obeys when we say, "Come here, Janna!" or we say "No!"
17. She can now recognize faces and names of the people around her.
    

Janna's Traumatic Hospital Experience

Night of Saturday, Nov. 29, Janna has early signs of cough and colds. I gave her NSS, nebulize every 6 hours para hindi na magtuloy-tuloy yung sipon at ubo.

Nov. 30, we went to FEU hospital's Pay Treatment Room to have a check on Janna, since her pedia's clinic schedule will be on Tuesday pa. The resident pedia told us that it's a simple cough and cold. The reason why she's crying when coughing is because her colds is dripping down her throat that makes it very itchy. Janna's pedia told us to have 1.5ml salbutamol and 0.5ml NSS to be nebulize every 6 hours.

Dec.1, she's doing ok but her cough is getting worst. And there are signs of asthma already because of the wheezing sounds. But still we continue what's precribed for her and she's still active like before. The night came, and she's having a hard time breathing. We went to the ER already because she's having fever, cough and colds already.

Dawn of Dec. 2, she's still in the ER under observation. She was given higher dose of salbutamol to lessen the wheezing. The ER Pedia doctor told us that she will be admitted already. Habang nagne-nebulize si Janna, yung resident pedia ba naman hanap ng hanap ng ugat kasi kailangan i-hydrate si Janna dahil mag-e-extract sila ng blood sa kanya. Siyempre Janna became so uncomfortable, she's crying a lot na. Nung wala siya makita, sabi niya sa assistant niya, "kailangan ko na mag blind shot dito" Jason told the doctor kung ok lang mag-rest muna ng konti si Janna bago nila insert ng IV para naman ma-relax ng konti dahil kanina pa iyak ng iyak. Sabi ba naman ng doctor, "eh di pumirma po kayo ng promisory note na ayaw nyo magpa-swero, para di ho namin sagutin kung ano mangyari sa anak nyo." Grabe nagpigil talaga si Jason ... tinawagan namin yung pedia ni Janna ... telling her na di namin gusto yung talas ng dila nung doctor na yun, at siyempre parents ka, alam namin kung ano makakabuti sa anak namin.

Pumayag naman si Dra. Ong (pedia ni Janna) na mga 4a.m. nalang lagyan ng IV si Janna. Before kami i-akyat sa room, nagpunta muna kami sa x-ray room para ma-x-ray si Janna. Then after that umakyat na kami. Janna slept on my chest the whole time dahil ayaw nya magpabitiw. Awang-awa na ako sa kanya pero I have to be strong for her or else magiging helpless din siya pag nakita niya kami na umiiyak. Pero hindi ko din napipigilan umiyak sa awa sa kanya.

Exactly 4a.m. pumunta na yung nurse to notify na dadalhin na kami sa treatment room sa pedia departpent for her IV insertion. Hindi nila ako pinapasok sa kwarto, I was outside the room waiting for them. Susmiyo umiiyak talaga ako... ang bata-bata pa ng anak ko nakaranas na ng dextrose. It was such a horrible scene. I could hear Janna crying a lot. Pero I'm glad magaling yung pedia na nag-handle sa kanya, sabi nung nurse assistant, isang hawak palang daw sa right hand ni Janna, nakita na daw niya yung ugat kaya daw mabilis yung insertion ng IV.

Pagdating namin sa room, nag-feed ng konti si Janna and fell asleep again. The nurses asked for a diaper to cover her hands para daw di magalaw ni Janna yung IV. Kaso pull-up diapers yung dala ko that time so hindi pwede. Pero dala ko yung baby legs niya, kaya yun nalang ang pinambalot ng nurse sa hands niya. At least nagkaroon ng purpose ang baby legs niya hehehe.

Noon time ng Dec. 2 extraction of blood naman. This time allowed na ako to stay sa room. Again, magaling nanaman yung pedia na nag-handle sa kanya, kaya konting iyak lang siya tapos, ayun tapos na. Eh si Janna kasi tuwang-tuwa din na sumasakay ng wheelchair, parang walang sakit. Hahahaha!

Dra. Ong told us, according to her X-ray and blood test, it's viral pneumonia. And we all thought it's just plain asthma attack. Good thing we decided to take her to the hospital. Wala naman major medicine taken orally ... puro nebs lang and Pro zinc everyday para daw makatulong sa kanya.

Nebulize every 4 hours for the 1st day. Puro tulog din naman ang ginagawa ni Janna since naka-aircon ang room niya plus di rin naman siya pwede mag-play dahil sa kanyang dextrose. Pero hindi din namin natiis, nung umuwi si Jason para kunin yung laptop at damit niya, dinala din niya yung walker ni Janna. Tinali namin sa isang corner ng bed niya yung walker para hindi niya mahila yung IV. Saka para hindi din siya ma-bored.

2nd day, every 6 hours na ang nebulize niya dahil konti nalang yung wheezing sounds niya. Saka wala na din sipon, little coughs nalang din. Saka medyo malakas din siya uminom ng water kaya siguro nakatulong na din yun. Pinabagalan na din ni dok yung drip ng IV niya para unti-unti na siya kumain ng milk.

3rd day, every 8 hours na ang nebulize, and wala na wheezing sound naririnig si doc. So nag-go signal na siya na uuwi na kami tomorrow morning. Hay salamat naman ... ilang gabi na din akong hindi maayos matulog dahil every 2 hours may intern na nagchi-check ng vital signs ni Janna, plus yung round the clock nebulize ni Janna. Saka alam na din namin na magaling na siya kasi malikot na siya ulit at tawa na ng tawa on smallest things.

4th day, ayun every 8 hours nalang ang nebulize niya, to continue na at home. Tuwang tuwa na si Janna, finally natanggal na yung IV sa kamay niya. At tumatakbo na siya sa buong room niya sa hospital sa tuwa.

Pagdating niya sa bahay, binigyan ko kaagad ng solids si Janna. Sa sobrang sabik, naka-2 tbps siya ng Cerelac in one sitting. Pagkainom ng water, natulog siya ulit. Walang hele, nung hiniga namin siya sa bed, tumagilid at natulog. I'm sure she missed her crib and she missed the house. And I'm sure she missed the people around her, kaya at home she's comfortable na.

Lesson learned: Wag dalhin every weekend sa mall ang babies lalo na pag hindi pa complete ang vaccine. You'll never know kung ano sakit makuha nila sa ibang tao outside your home.

Milestone: Sitting

She still can't sit by herself, but I tried to make her sit in a sitting position last week ... Still has a problem balancing but getting the hang of it. I'm so proud of her.

More practice honey and you'll gonna do better next time. And I'm sure you'll gonna love sitting while playing with your toys.

Family Day Out

We went shopping last Sunday ... or should I say we tagged along Mom and Dad for our Sunday baby day out. I told Jason that it's been a while since he went out with me and Janna. Since it's a 4-day mall sale at Trinoma, Mom and Dad decided to go there.

As usual, I didn't bought anything for myself ... but lola bought me a shirt from Her Bench. And Lolo again bought Janna some clothes and an everyday shoes for her walker time. Basta I'm with Jason, hindi talaga ako makabili ... pero next Sunday I'll insist on getting me something coz I badly need another dress for another wedding coming this December (Jason, I know you stalk my blog sometimes ... ihanda mo na ang sarili mo sa shopping day ko sa Sunday)

As usual, the little one loves going to the mall. When she says "a-pa-pla", it means Trinoma. We just figured it out last weekend. Kasi when we say, "Punta tayo ng Trinoma!" she'll laugh with glee and will say "a-pa-pla!" ... weird ng language ng anak ko hahaha. Just before she dressesd up for the day, she said to Lola and me "sa-ma, sa-ma" pertaining to sasama siya ... kasi we are all dressed up, siya hindi pa hahaha. Akala niya siguro iiwan siya.

A photo of Jason and Janna at Dockers, Trinoma. While waiting for lolo buying pants, I did a photo opp of my two loves. I love the lighting and too bad I don't have my camera. I just used my camera phone here. And I'm glad it's still a reliable phone.

Speaking of camera, I told my Dad about my birthday gift request ... and when he saw the item hindi siya nagsalita ...

Does silence means yes? Ay sana nga!

After shopping, we went to the grocery to buy our weekly food supplies. While waiting for Dad at the lobby, we went to buy a Praline Mocha Frap Grande. Kainis, wala ng Peppermint Mocha ... yun pa naman favorite ko during this season. I already got 1 sticker ... 15 stickers to go till I get that planner in my hands hehehe. Goodluck nalang sa akin. As if I can sip a cup of coffee everyday from Starbucks.

Wish Granted!

Got it last Thursday night courtesy of her Lolo's Christmas bonus. Thanks Dad! Although mukhang midget na midget ang anak ko sa high chair niya eh salamat po.

I'm always having a hard time feeding her especially when she's in her walker. After taking a bit of her food, she'll walk away from you, and you have to drag her again in the dining area to feed her again.

With this, she sits still while being fed. Maybe she learned already the concept of meal time and playtime are two different things.

Now, can we talk about my Christmas and birthday wish? hahaha!

Janna's new toys part 2

Jason went to SM North Edsa last week to claim Janna's toys from Huggies Exploration Promo. Believe me, it's so hard to save those wrappers to accumulate points. The time this promo started, Janna is still using cloth diapers at day. We only use disposable ones during night time.

Kaasar pa, when Jason went to Chicco store to claim the items, my name is already on the list but my items were nowhere to be found. Ginawan ng paraan nung taga-Chicco at nakuha ko rin yung right toy. Actually, I've chosen the Megablok Alphabet Blocks, kaso numbers yung binigay kay Jason. Di bale, it's free naman eh hihihi!

It comes in a Huggies paperbag ... sweet!

Here are the toys I got from my 30 points accumulation of Huggies Diaper wrappers (I wonder what will they do with their wrappers ... it's plastic and non-biodegradable hehehe)

And someone's so eager to play with it.

"How can you open this, Mommy?"

"I love it!"