The one with 3 weeks left

...i have three weeks left until we welcome baby Simone in the world
...i have three weeks to go before i run out of excuses of why i eat so much
...i have three weeks more until we say goodbye to what we call 'goodnight sleep'
...i have three weeks more until i feel the real pain of motherhood. (which by the way terrifies me already)
...we have three weeks more until we become a family :)

you see, everything is still 'halo-halo' for me. there's excitement of course dahil super lapit na namin makita ang baby namin. we're so thrilled to see her, touch her, embrace her and kiss her. my sisters are already talking about celebrating her 1st birthday. sabi ko, " sandali ha, iisipin ko muna how i will get through the delivery stage, then we can talk about her birthdays...hahaha" mas matindi pa sa ken eh kasi ako baptism pa lang nya pinaplan namin. hehehe.

and then there's fear...more like a soon-to-be parent kind of fear. yung tipong, "will i be able to do this?" "what should we do to raise her well?" "what can we do so she wont get sick?" yung mga ganun ba...siguro normal naman tong nararamdaman ko.

Pero overall, mas excited kami to finally see the first apo in the Tan-Fermin families! haaayyy... God bless you baby Simone.

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At 8 months and 1 week, my baby has grown so much. she has learned new 'circus' tricks in my tummy, she knows how to kick mommy's tummy and make 'inat'. i can feel her tuhod and siko altogether. parang stretch na stretch. sabi ng mga mommies ko, naghahanap na daw kasi sya ng pwesto kaya daw ganun. she gets hiccups after i eat, katuwa. she loves to play in the evening, tulog sya sa umaga at hapon. (read: puyat ito!), she loves to show off her butt in the morning, she only tames down in the evening when her daddy sings her a lullaby. its more like a song by gary v. actually. the lyrics are so nice and everytime kakantahin ni simon yun, masarap ang tulog nya sa gabi.

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scary lang last night when i thought manganganak nako dahil ang tigas ng tummy ko. as in!pero no pain eh, tapos nakatulog din naman ako so okay na pag gising ko. kinausap namin si baby and asked her na konting tulog na lang ang hintay nya. 3 weeks na lang then she can go out na. she really wants to come out na...as in! kaya nga id tell my sis in law,who'd always call her name, to stop it muna kasi na-eexcite lalo si simone. hihihi.

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from my last check-up, i gained 26 lbs. already. good weight gain so far. next schedule is this thursday. i hope to have an ultrasound kung sasabihin ni dra.

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our company is leaving again for HK and China this feb. 7-11. i felt a little sad at first pero okay na rin kasi may baby naman ako and i've been there so wala naman mawawala sa ken. wala lang dadalaw sa ken sa hospital na officemate when i give birth. hehe. good thing though, i get to have pasalubongs without me buying them! yahoo!!!

i miss our office and honestly, i feel a little guilty of having to take an early maternity leave. pero it surfaced, my family is more important. sabi nga ng boss ko, my condition is far more important than work. pero i still call them every other day to check on things at para hindi ako mawala sa cirkulasyon. hehehe.