Happy Anniversary!

Before the day ends, I'd like to wish my hubby a very happy 20th anniversary! Through ups and downs, in sickness and in health, I am happy we're still together after all these years. 

It hasn't been easy for us lately, but I am hopeful that life will get better soon. 💖

I love you, Dadi! Here's to more years to come! 💑

I love you, Jeremy, Jamella, and Jasper! 

Back To The Habit

Hello there! After years of blogging hiatus, I am back and hopefully, will start posting again regularly. I have been busy with my family and work so I had to take a time off, and a long one at that. A lot of things have happened and for one, I now have 3 kids. My youngest child is just 6 months old and quite a handful. We have no helper for 2 years now but it's a good thing that my mother helps me out in taking care of the kids. So one can imagine how difficult it could be to juggle a full time work, taking care of the family, and keeping myself sane LOL! I hope that with my return, I can post more and share my thoughts about anything under the sun. P.S. It's good to be back :)

Sunday bonding

I love Sundays. It's my rest day from work and I get to spend the whole day with the kids. Today, we are on a movie marathon ala Pixar. That is, the kids and I are watching movies by Pixar. Movies of the day are Ratatouille and Monsters Inc. We've watched these twice this day alone LOL! I bet the kids already memorized the lines and scenes :) I plan to call it a night after this movie though. Got to catch up with some serious sleep hehe!

Merry Christmas!

58 days to go til Christmas!

It's getting cold in the early morning and the nights are longer. I can smell Christmas in the air. Even our neighbor has started playing Christmas songs. Most probably we'll put up our Christmas tree after All Saint's Day. I thought we would be spending Christmas in our very own home but sad to say, our loan papers have not been finalized yet and it could take 2 to 3 months before the funds are released. Thus, we can't transfer yet. Sigh. Oh well, we didn't have enough money anyways to cover for some construction and finishing that needs to be done so maybe it's a blessing in disguise? WTG for positive thinking LOL!

I haven't done any Christmas shopping as I don't have money yet so for now, I have to make a list and think of gifts to give. Those that are affordable and at the same time useful to the recipient. After all, it's the though that counts, right? :)

I just love Christmas. It is Jesus's birthday and December is also the birth month of Jeremy and hubby. Lots of reason to celebrate :) We'll have a simple celebration just like the past years as it has been our little way of thanking Jesus for all the blessings that He continually showers upon us. Thank You and we love You!

Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas everyone!

My blog has been quiet for a long time now and before the year ends, I wanted to post even if it's a short entry.

Christmas this year was nice as we celebrated it with Jamie, our youngest. This was her first christmas and we gifted her with a big teddy bear. As usual, I had a shift but good thing I work from home so we had our 30-minute break at 11:45pm-12:15am. We got to have our noche buena like the others :)

After a few hours, we were on our way to Baguio. Again, it was our first time with the whole family so we were all excited. We just got home last night. Tired from the long drive but definitely happy because it was one trip to remember. Pictures to follow :)

Happy Birthday, Jesus! We thank You so much for everything. We love you!

New Moon Movie Date

Hi everyone! I'm just checking in to the blogverse and I have been so busy these past few weeks. I don't even have time to arrange my farm in farmville LOL

Anyway, I'm just excited for December because of a lot of significant events to happen. Jeremy and my hubby will celebrate their birthdays, a very dear friend will get married (yiiihii!), and for the first time, the whole family will go to Baguio for a quick vacation as the wedding will be held there. I already booked our hotel accommodation and will plan the itinerary too so that we can maximize our time there.

I'm excited for tomorrow too as our account at work will watch New Moon! I'm sure it will be lots of fun and as for me, as long as Edward gets enough screen time, I'm going to be okay :D

Happy weekend everyone!

Mommy Moments: Name Game

This week's theme is Name Game!

Finally, I get to join Mommy Moments again! I'm just writing this while on break hehehe.

On with the theme. We picked the name Jeremy for our eldest as it sounded cute. Yep, that's the reason. And then later on I checked online for its meaning and it said it meant, "God will uplift." It was a good name after all. Then we decided to add name Justin so his name is Justin Jeremy.



As for Jamie, we wanted to keep up with the JJ initials so we named her Jamella (according to my hubby, she's a character in DOTA or was it another game? hmmm...I forgot LOL)and then we added Janna. We just call her Jamie now or Jam as her grandparents fondly call her.





So that's the story behind our kids's names. I think they got cute and meaningful names. How I wish I can say the same for my name LOL!

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Busy busy

Hello! I'm back! I have been so busy these past weeks that I realized I didn't have an entry for August yet, and it's been two weeks since I last joined Mommy Moments. I have new responsibilites and tasks at work so I am concentrating on those and I am just too excited to learn new things :)

I also don't get a chance to play Pet Society and Farm Town as much as I did before because when I get off from work, I sleep right away and wake up three hours later to eat. This boils down to time management again and I hope I get adjusted to my new work schedule very soon. If there's one thing I really, really like about it is I get weekends off again! Weee! It has been years since this last happened so definitely I'm loving it :) I'd get to go out with my family again during weekends and just bond with the kids. They are growing up so fast!

Jamie is now 5mos. old and she loves to play with her feet. She babbles a lot and can even say mamamama :)I know she's not calling me yet but I just love it when I hear her say it. She smiles a lot too and is not difficult to take care of unless she's hungry LOL!

Jeremy is definitely a big boy and he has gained weight because he's eating rice again unlike before when he used to favor spaghetti all the time. I guess it was really just a phase after all. But of course, spaghetti is still his all-time favorite. And he says "wow" when he sees Jollibee, whether the store or the mascot LOL!

Anyway, that's what I have been up to for the last few weeks. I hope everyone is having a great time too! We're almost in mid-August and September is next! Just a few months to go and it's Christmas once again :) Time does fly fast when you're having fun.

Happy weekend!

Work and Facebook

Good day everyone! I am extremely busy so I haven't been able to update my blog nor visit others's. There's a big change in my schedule and I now work 15 hours a day. Well, yes I just work from home but I have to do some serious time management because I also have to take care of the kids. And yes, still no babysitter for over a month now. Sigh.

Of course, more work hours mean a bigger salary so no complains there. Whatever time I have left, I squeeze in some household chores, bond with the kids and hubby and if I'm lucky, I get to sleep in too :) This opportunity doesn't come everyday so I say bring it on! LOL!

By the way, have you played Pet Society in Facebook? It's my latest addiction along with Farm Town. I just started playing a few weeks ago and I'm on my way up! I managed to get more friends so that my pet, Maddie, can visit more pet friends and that means more coins and that means more money to buy furniture, clothes, etc. Ha! If only that were real :D I rarely update my friendster account because I spend more time in Facebook and from there I get to chat with friends and play lots of games. It keeps me sane :)

With everything that's been going on, I still try to create balance with my work and family. I'm grateful that even if we don't have a helper, my family has stepped up to help me :) Thank you!

Catch you all soon for more!

xoxo

Mommy Moments: Encounter with Pets or Animals

This week's theme is Encounter with Pets or Animals. Since we don't have a pet at home, I'm sharing these pics from our visit to the Manila Ocean Park last December 2008. It was our first time and we were given tickets by my Boss at work and we were thankful. It doesn't come cheap and we live in Novaliches so we took the opportunity to come and visit it.

The place is nice and there's definitely a lot to see. My son enjoyed looking at the fish although he was more excited when he saw the mini-playground LOL!

Here he is looking at the fish and just look at his stance. It's as if he's curious for real :)



Of course, we had to take this picture before he ran off to the playground.



I think it's good to expose kids to animals and we plan to visit Manila Zoo one of these days and if time and budget permits, Zoobic Safari is our next stop.

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Happy Father's Day!

Greetings to all the Fathers especially to my father, father-in-law, and Dadi! We love you!

Thankful

First off, I'd like to thank my family for helping me take care of my kids these past weeks. You rock!

Also, thanks to the bosses at work for giving me extra hours. We need to add to our savings for Jamie's Christening this July.

Thanks to my hubby for always being there for me. And to my kids, of course. You all make me complete.

And definitely, I'd like to thank Jesus for the strength to overcome life challenges. No matter how difficult life can get, I am not afraid for You are here :)

Mommy Moments: Haircut

Jeremy had his first haircut when he turned 1 year old. It has always been a challenge to have his hair cut because he cries very hard, doesn't sit still because his eyes and hands follow the barber's razor LOL!

As you can see in the picture (August 2008), he's still all smiles because he thought he'll just be playing with the toy car



He's still smiling here when the cape was put on and he was given a lollipop. But that's about it because he started wailing when the guy started to cut his hair. I didn't take a picture anymore as I was restraining him from getting up fom his chair and well, I just wanted to pacify him.

Here's what he looked like after his haircut. We were thinking of just a trim for him so that he gets a new hairstyle but the barber found it difficult to style his hair so there.



Afterwards, we treated him to his favorite spaghetti, this time at McDonald's, to make him feel better :)

Lately, it's easier to have his hair cut but whenever he hears other children crying, he follows suit LOL! Maybe next time, there won't be tears anymore.

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Mommy Moments: Happy Mommy Moments

This week's theme of Mommy Moments is Happy Mommy Moments. Like what Chris said, everyday is a happy mommy moment and choosing one or even some is difficult especially since I can't find those pictures LOL!

Anyway, I just thought of posting this video of Jeremy dancing while you can hear me on the background coaxing him to face the camera. I took this video last April 13.

This video is indeed a happy mommy moment for me as I see my son enjoying himself. I hope you like watching it too :)




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Mommy Moments: Daddy Moment

This week we give way to the Daddies in the house :)

Jeremy and his Daddy are very close. My hubby vividly recalls how our son used to sleep in his chest when he was a few months old and that he would put Jeremy in a makeshift sling while he's on shift (and I am trying to get some sleep). Too bad I can't find these pictures.

Now that Jeremy is older, they have fun doing activities together like playing in the arcade. In the picture below, his Daddy helps him in the game by pushing on the pedal while he drives. It's so touching to see my boys just having fun and bonding.



Whenever we have occasions to attend to, we see to it that all of us go. Like the recent kid's party where Jeremy was invited. His daddy was there to guide him and even watched him while he was playing games.



I'm looking forward to the time when we can bring Jamie along to such activities. I'm sure it will be so fun. We savor these moments when we can all have fun and we make sure to squeeze some R&R no matter how busy we are.

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Rain, rain go away...or not

It's been raining pretty hard usually in the afternoon these past few days. While it certainly is a welcome change from the blistering summer heat we are experiencing, it can be a pain sometimes.

Case in point: I can't do my grocery if it's raining as it gets so hard to commute especially going home because the streets are muddy and it's difficult to look for transport. My umbrella can only do so much and still leave me sopping wet and then the wind blows really hard leaving me with an upturned umbrella. I know. It was one sucky day when everything I mentioned happened in one day LOL!

Basically, I like the rains when I don't have plans of going out and when I don't have work to do so I can just lie down and snuggle with my loved ones. I also want to spend time watching tv, catching up on my favorite series like House and those cooking shows in the Asian Food Channel. I miss Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations as we don't have it in our current cable provider.

What about you? Like the rains or not?

Rainy Tuesday

I was checking my blog the other day and got the surprise of my life when I saw that I have a follower! Oh yes! I didn't know what it was at first LOL! It's like I was living under a rock :) But yes, it just dawned on me what it was when I read it. So, that's the thingamajig that I see in other bloggers site. Interesting. What made me appreciate it more was that it was totally unexpected :) Thanks, Elaine!

By the way, the three of us (hubby, Jeremy and I) went to SM Fairview yesterday to buy food and also to bond with Jeremy. I wanted to spend time with my son so that he'll know and feel that we love him even if he already has a baby sister. We had lunch at KFC and he ate his favorite spaghetti and then we headed over to the newly-opened Timezone at the Annex. Jeremy played some games and then it was time for us to go home. Too bad it was raining so hard. Maybe it was because of the weather or he's just plain sleepy, but Jeremy didn't want to walk! I can barely carry him. Imagine a petite mom like me carrying a 17-kg big baby LOL! Oh well, it was just a short distance to where Daddy was waiting for us so I obliged. I guess he just missed it because I didn't do much carrying when I was pregnant.

We went home and Jamie was fast asleep. I intend to do this more often. Spend time with Jeremy and definitely when Jamie is a bit older, we can bring her along too. That would be too fun :)

Mommy Moments: Summer Outing

This week's theme is Summer Outing. Jeremy had his first time at the beach last year when my company had our annual Summer Outing at Al Fresco Beach Resort in Matabungkay, Batangas. He was only 1yr. and 4mos. old when we went there. He loved the beach instantly when we arrived there and it was very difficult to pry him away from the water LOL!



You can barely see me there as my son seems to be bigger than me :)

This year we were able to make a short trip to Subic a few weeks before I gave birth. My sister-in-law came to visit us after so many years of staying in the US. We all went to Subic for a swim. Too bad the name of the resort where we stayed escaped my mind. Jeremy and his cousin, Dylan, frolicked in the sand and had a good time.



The second picture above was of Jeremy while he was on his kiddie pool. He was just right outside our house and he enjoyed a lot. Because I gave birth two weeks ago, we won't be able to go on another beach outing anytime soon so for now, his kiddie pool will suffice :)

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Mommy Moments: Siblings/Cousin Bonding

When I saw my children together for the first time, I felt an overwhelming sense of happiness. My 2 y/o old son looked lovingly at his younger sister but this is short-lived as I noticed him itching to tug at her leg LOL! Whenever they're together we're always alert because my son loves to hold hands and his baby sister is too delicate to be held yet.

It's difficult to take a pic of them together as my son squirms most of the time so this is the best that we got. I bet it would be too cute once they start playing together and I'll make sure to catch snapshots when that time comes.



Their cousins live next door but I've yet to take a pic of them together as we just moved here 2 weeks ago. Maybe I can add it some other time :)

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Go shawty...

It's my birthday
I'm gonna party like it's my birthday :D

Yep, today's my birthday and I turn the big 3-0.

Hmmm...I don't feel like my age yet and anyway, what am I supposed to feel? LOL! Age is just a number :)

Hubby just cooked spaghetti and will buy ice cream later. That's enough for me. Just being with my family and with everybody healthy, those are the best gifts I could ever receive. Of course, my other gift came exactly one week ago when I gave birth to my daughter, Jamie :)

To those who I share the same birthday, Happy Birthday to you too!

p.s. Today is also the feast of St. Joseph :)